Mist hung above the blue sea. For the most part, it could be considered calm and undisturbed.
Splash!
But a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the area, accompanied by a large amount of surging bubbles, from which some steam from boiling water seemed to be rising!
Boom!
Immediately after that, the seawater exploded.
A purple shark-like, tiger-striped creature as gigantic as eight meters suddenly jumped out of the water into mid-air.
A pair of purple fins with edges as sharp as blades grew on its head. As it rose, red blood dripped down from it, giving it a “sea lord” vibe that was cruel and bloodthirsty.
Wait, that wasn’t it!
The dripping blood seemed to belong to none other than the enormous purple shark itself, which by the standard of Earth, had an unparalleled size.
Moreover, it had only just jumped out of the water, but there were marks on it that resembled fist marks, and the flesh around them kept giving off a peculiar aroma of roast meat!
Apparently, it didn’t jump out of the water at its own will to showcase its bearing as an overlord of the ocean. Rather, it was being chased and had to jump out to escape.
Splash!
After rushing out of the water at a tremendous speed, the tiger-striped shark’s sharp purple fins acted like wings, carrying it as far as over 20 meters in the air.
However, they weren’t real wings after all, and it was inevitable that it had to fall back into the water. The impact created big waves that were tainted red by the blood.
Hum!
After it fell, the air above the sea stirred. Immediately after that, over ten human-like figures appeared and circled around the tiger-striped shark.
Everyone was holding an identical white longsword with a half-transparent blade.
“Ten Thousand Swords!”
After that, all the figures stepped onto the water and spoke the same sentence in unison.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The next second, the half-transparent blades of those longswords glinted brightly in the sunlight before they flew at the tiger-striped shark trapped in the center.
Roar!
The shark had a desperate look in its eyes. The wounds on its body widened, and blood turned into a thick mist, charging at the figures and the longswords!
Pew! Pew! Pew!
All the figures and longswords hit by the bloody mist immediately turned into a cloud of mist and dissipated, as if they had been hit by huge waves!
Pew!
However, a more solid white sword flew out of the water from beneath it, moving so fast that it left black after images behind. It then smashed into the tiger-striped shark’s belly, pierced its heart, and flew out from its back.
[“Kill tiger-striped shark (Extraordinary Rank-4, Quasi-Commander), obtain EXP: 434, Honor: 1!”]
Ji Ye rose out of the water and caught the falling Black Serpent Sword. Walking on the surface of the water, he approached the shark’s dead body.
Splash…
The rapidly dispersing soul power of the dead tiger-striped shark was all absorbed by the Totem Wolf Skin in his arms. He then covered its bleeding wounds with the black mud he obtained from the Sludge Monster’s territory so that the energy wouldn’t keep fleeing.
Right now, it was the third day after the Twin Dragon Mount captured the Metal Men’s territory.
To collect the blood and soul power required by the Bloodsoul Essence-breeding Method, they had come to the ocean and realized that this was a much more resourceful place than the land. The blood of this tiger-striped shark alone was more than the total amount of the blood they obtained from the Extraordinary creatures on the Twin Dragon Mount.
Of course, correspondingly, it also came with much more danger. On the land, they could run into dozens of Steelback Wolves at most, but in the ocean, the shoals of fish could come in tens of thousands.
However, with the Flood Dragon Bloodline in him, he had a lot of advantages. He could come and go at ease in this area of the sea, and in the past few days, not only had he collected a large amount of blood and soul power, but he had also obtained an ample amount of EXP and spoils.
For instance, the skin of this Quasi-Commander tiger-striped shark, the sharp fins on its back, and the white light that represented the Extraordinary level from some spots under its skin. He was able to gather three rewards all at once.
[Speedo Tiger-striped Shark Suit]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-2]
[Rarity: Excellent]
[Description: A combat suit made from the skin of the tiger-striped shark. It came with great defensive ability, as well as extraordinary power!]
The first piece was a “swimsuit” that resembled a bodycon stealth suit that could cover most of the body.
As a survivalist/rich second generation, Ji Ye knew a thing or two about the speedo brand.
Because a company on Earth had created a high-tech swimsuit that mimicked the real shark skin.
The seemingly smooth skin covering the shark’s body was actually full of tightly packed V-shaped folds that were of an osseous nature. Such folds could separate the water and let it flow around the body at a high speed to reduce the resistance of the water as it swam. When swimmers wore the high-tech swimsuit that resembled shark skin, they could easily swim at record-breaking speed!
Because of that, such swimsuits had exorbitant prices on Earth. One swimsuit could cost ten thousand dollars, and it could only be used a few times—talk about real luxuries.
However, the suit in front of them was a genuine Extraordinary-level shark skin product. It had both defensive ability and Extraordinary power. Although the specifics of the latter weren’t mentioned, Ji Ye suspected that it had something to do with increasing one’s speed in the water!
The second reward made Ji Ye’s eyes light up.
[Shark Oil]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-2]
[Rarity: Common]
[Description: Refined from the grease of the tiger-striped shark. It could burn underwater, and the aroma the combustion created could attract other creatures!]
Sharks sometimes referred to a legendary creature in Chidragon mythology.
But most of the time, the name meant common sharks.
However, this Shark Oil could burn in water to lure other creatures.
Maybe with the help of its combustion, he could attract a lot of sea creatures to him.
He could then kill them all and obtain the blood and soul power he needed, together with ample EXP and spoils.
[Tiger Shark Saber]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-3]
[Rarity: Superior offering]
[Description: A saber made of the fin of the tiger-striped shark with an extremely sharp blade. Tiger-striped sharks were very bloodthirsty, so when tainted with blood, this saber can activate a special power!]
In the third halo of light, there was a saber about a meter long with “tiger” in its name.
If it hadn’t been an offering, it could pair perfectly with Wu Song’s Tiger Soul Saber.
Wu Song used to need one more saber, but after he killed a saber-shaped Metal Man in the battle the other day, he had gathered enough material to forge a new one.
After killing the Commander of the Metal Men through the Soul Alpha Wolf, Ji Ye obtained an Extraordinary Rank-3 Commander-level Soul of Civilization. With that, he summoned a special hero whose profession was in life skills.
Now that Wu Song had his second saber, theoretically, the rare saber the monster dropped that was a Superior offering—
There was a high chance that it could be used to summon a hero from the Liang Shan navy, making Ji Ye’s plan of burning the Shark Oil to lure a large number of monsters here to kill them all at once more feasible.
“Eh?”
When he reached for the third reward, something flickered in his eyes.
Hum!
The Black Serpent Sword fell into the water without a sound.
It resonated with the Flood Dragon Blood and turned into the after image of a black serpent. It then dove nearly 20 meters down into the water.
Pew!
When it resurfaced a few seconds later, there was a dead, impaled Mirage Monster on its tip.
Other than that, an Ordinary Rank-9 Stone of Civilization was slowly taking shape beside Ji Ye.
“That’s the seventh in the past two days!”
“There has to be fewer than 40 of them left. I think they’ve completely lost the ability to compete for the overlord.”
“So, the only ones that remain in the Ten-Species Competition are…”
Standing in the water, Ji Ye looked up and turned in a direction.
From where he was, he could use his strong sight to see the settlement of the Eagle Men.
It was something resembling a group of nests that sat at the edge of a cliff. When Ji Ye looked at them, a familiar Eagle Man opened its three eyes and looked in his direction at the same time.
Hum!
When their eyes met across a distance of several hundred meters, Ji Ye suddenly raised his Black Serpent Sword and slashed it down forward!
Pa!
A one-meter long arrow that was glowing in green and was shot at him from the direction of the Eagle Men’s nest was struck down by the Black Serpent Sword in mid-air.
After that, the green light dissipated; the arrow covered with runes shattered, and it fell into the sea.
He might not be as good a swordsman as Yan Chixia, but after all the actual combat that Ji Ye had recently as well as the EXP-consuming practices, he could still be considered a remarkable one!
It gave him enough confidence to fight against any alien race!
“In a few days, you’ll have a taste of the arrows of the human race!”
Ji Ye noticed that a lot of creatures had appeared in the water nearby because they were attracted by the smell of the tiger-striped shark roasted by his Nine Yang Divine Art. He then decided that he should send the dead body back to the settlement first.
Moreover, it was also because the green light on the Eagle Men’s arrow seemed to be able to work against the air resistance, enabling the arrow to make the damage even after it had flown for several hundred meters.
In terms of what the humans could do at the moment, they were clearly at a disadvantage in the shooting range, so it wasn’t the right time to start a war with the Eagle Men yet.
However, after annihilating the Forest Monsters, the Metal Men, and some of the Mirage Monsters, the human settlement had accumulated a great number of Stones of Civilization. All they needed was to wait for a few more days when the players went offline to obtain their information. After that, the Twin Dragon Mount would be able to build firearms like guns!
When that happened, they would build sniper rifles, and the Eagle Men wouldn’t be smug anymore.
