Boom—
A thunderclap exploded in the night sky.
Amidst urgent air blasts, Dark green smoke bombs, like raindrops, shot towards the strong figure rapidly approaching the sea surface.
Facing these air bombs, Lin Sheng’s expression didn't change at all. He casually swatted them, breaking them apart one by one.
A distance of a thousand meters was crossed in a mere breath, and these air bombs had no effect on him.
Seeing this scene, the Nightglow Jellyfish King seemed somewhat surprised.
However, its reaction was quick. Facing Lin Sheng, who was only tens of meters away, the Jellyfish King’s massive body rapidly contracted, shrinking several times in the blink of an eye.
“Hmm?”
Under Lin Sheng’s surprised gaze, the next moment, the shrunken Nightglow Jellyfish King suddenly burst forth with extreme speed. Its entire body, like a massive cannonball, shot straight towards him, its form rapidly expanding in mid-air.
It was like a giant dark green mouth, wanting to swallow him whole.
The speed that suddenly erupted was completely disproportionate to its massive size.
In an instant, it enveloped Lin Sheng’s body, pulling him into the seawater.
On the sea surface, a group of Nightglow Jellyfish also gathered around, emitting large amounts of mist, seemingly escorting the Jellyfish King.
At this moment, within the Jellyfish King’s massive body in the seawater, there was constant pulsation. Through its glowing skin, one could see viscous liquids continuously surging within its body, attempting to quickly digest and decompose whatever was inside.
The Nightglow Jellyfish itself contains extremely strong paralyzing toxins. As the king of its species, the toxins within its body are far stronger than those of ordinary Nightglow Jellyfish.
Even high-tier Spirit Beast-level sea beasts have a slim chance of escaping once swallowed into its body.
As a high-tier Spirit Beast, its intelligence was not low, so it was confident that the human inside its body would turn into its blood meal energy, perfectly compensating for the energy consumption during this period.
Hiss…
The Nightglow Jellyfish King let out a strange low growl, as if giving orders to the surrounding Nightglow Jellyfish.
The Nightglow Jellyfish gathered around it immediately dispersed to hunt for prey.
However, at this moment, the low growl from the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s mouth suddenly stopped.
Its massive body glowed brightly, and upon closer inspection, a dark shadow was clearly visible within its body.
Hiss hiss hiss…
Seemingly realizing something was wrong, the Nightglow Jellyfish King let out an urgent low growl.
The Nightglow Jellyfish that had just dispersed quickly gathered again.
Rip—
But the next moment, a large hand had already pierced the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s skin, followed by a second. Two large hands tore outwards, instantly ripping a huge wound on the Jellyfish King’s body, tearing its body more than halfway apart.
Lin Sheng’s strong figure leaped out from the wound, and soon a large amount of viscous dark green liquid gushed out from the wound.
“This is far enough.”
Looking at the dying Jellyfish King, Lin Sheng raised his hand and slapped its body.
With a single strike, the Jellyfish King’s already tattered body immediately disintegrated.
Lin Sheng naturally wouldn’t waste such a high-tier Spirit Beast.
With a thought, he successfully absorbed it.
【Beast Name: Nightglow Jellyfish (Spirit)】
【A rare beast living in the ocean, whose exceptional talent far surpasses ordinary members of its species. It is the leader of the Nightglow Jellyfish community, containing potent venom. Although its strength is slightly weaker than typical high-tier Spirit Beasts, it possesses the ability to control Nightglow Jellyfish…】
【Integration Requirement: Physique 6】
【Integration Effect: Poison Corrosion Buff 7, Physique Bonus 7, Strength Bonus 7】
【Talent: Gill Respiration (Level 2)】
【Talent: Liquefied Corrosive Poison】
“It’s passable.”
Lin Sheng glanced at the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s attributes and shook his head slightly.
Poison-type Spirit Beasts were of little use to him now.
Compared to the talent of Liquefied Corrosive Poison, he was more interested in the Level 2 Gill Respiration talent.
At this moment, due to the death of the Nightglow Jellyfish King, the surrounding Nightglow Jellyfish seemed startled, no longer displaying their previous fearless reactions.
They scattered in all directions as if fleeing for their lives.
Lin Sheng was too lazy to bother with these low-tier Spirit Beasts. He looked around, his gaze falling on the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s corpse.
After all, it was a high-tier Spirit Beast, and its Materials were quite valuable. Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, he pulled out some of the toughest ones from its dozens of limbs.
At the same time, he took out a soft sac, two fist-sized and glowing green, from its body.
From Nong Yu’s words, he knew that the most valuable part of the Nightglow Jellyfish King was this poison gland. Just one of these was worth over fifty thousand taels of silver.
After taking the poison gland and preparing to leave, Lin Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at a certain spot on the sea surface to the east.
In the dark night, he narrowed his eyes. He paused at that spot on the sea, where a faint vertical pupil had appeared. Just a moment ago, he felt a malicious intent emanating from beneath the sea.
However, it disappeared in the blink of an eye. This was due to Big Yellow’s Evasion Talent, which allowed him to detect that hint of malice.
The moment he detected the malice, he integrated with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey and activated his Heart Monkey Talent.
However, at this moment, he didn’t feel any abnormality.
“An illusion?”
After a long while, Lin Sheng frowned and shook his head slightly.
He was certain that the malicious intent just now was real, but it was a pity that it had now disappeared without a trace.
“Forget it, let’s go back first.”
He was too lazy to continue pursuing it. He swayed his body and quickly moved away from the sea surface, speeding towards Little Black’s location.
An incense stick’s time later, the sea surface had returned to calm. The torrential rain in the sky had lessened considerably, and the waves had gradually subsided.
This part of the sea still glowed green, but it was noticeably fainter than an incense stick’s time ago. It was estimated that it wouldn’t be long before the Nightglow Jellyfish’s venom and blood would be completely washed away.
Half of the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s remains floated on the sea surface, while the other half was in the seawater.
Although it was utterly dead, it was still a high-tier Spirit Beast. For a short period, ordinary sea beasts wouldn’t dare approach, but this situation wouldn’t last too long. Within half a day, some sea beasts wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation, and then the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s remains would be completely devoured.
Soon, another incense stick’s time passed. At this moment, the Nightglow Jellyfish King’s body suddenly moved slightly.
Then it was directly pulled beneath the sea surface.
Subsequently, a nearly transparent oval shape emerged partially from the sea surface. Hundreds of eyes of varying sizes, the largest as big as quail eggs and the smallest as tiny as soybeans, all stared in the direction Lin Sheng had departed, all with a hint of resentment in their eyes.
“Finally willing to come out? I was just trying my luck, but I didn’t expect to be right…”
At this moment, a voice filled with excitement slowly came from hundreds of meters below the sea surface. Lin Sheng’s figure slowly floated up from the seawater, looking with some curiosity at the almost transparent oval-shaped creature where the Nightglow Jellyfish King had been.
Although this thing only revealed a part of itself and not its full form, it was still clear that it was a jellyfish sea beast.
Compared to the Nightglow Jellyfish King, its size was significantly smaller, only slightly larger than an ordinary Nightglow Jellyfish.
But from its special and strange appearance, Lin Sheng knew that this thing was his target for this trip: the Aurora Jellyfish.
Before coming, Nong Yu had told him all the information and characteristics of the Aurora Jellyfish.
When he sensed that fleeting trace of malice earlier, he already had a guess in his mind.
It was important to note that with his perception, especially his sensitivity to malice, few creatures could hide and escape from him.
He seemed to have given up, but in fact, he already had a guess in his mind.
So, after deliberately leaving, he then integrated with the Nightglow Jellyfish King and used the Gill Respiration talent to return. To avoid alerting the enemy, he didn't choose to get too close.
After waiting for a while, he indeed reaped a considerable harvest.
Seeing Lin Sheng suddenly appear on the sea surface.
The almost transparent oval jellyfish, or more accurately, the Aurora Jellyfish, reacted instantly.
Its originally transparent body instantly emerged from the seawater.
Aside from the difference in size, its appearance was seventy to eighty percent similar to the Nightglow Jellyfish King.
Its large and small eyes stared at Lin Sheng. Suddenly, its transparent body emitted an extremely bright and dazzling white light.
It was dozens of times more intense than sunlight.
The next moment, its figure rapidly descended into the seawater, swimming quickly towards the seabed.
However, its movements were fast, but Lin Sheng’s were even faster.
As it leaped out of the water, Lin Sheng had already closed his eyes, shielding his face with his hand, and rapidly approached the opponent.
Beneath the sea, the two chased and fled. Although Lin Sheng knew the characteristics of the Aurora Jellyfish and reacted preemptively, the distance between them continued to widen.
Clearly, even with the Level 2 Gill Respiration talent, which made his mobility in the sea far stronger than that of ordinary sea beasts, he was still inferior to the Aurora Jellyfish.
Lin Sheng narrowed his eyes, and suddenly, both of his eyes turned golden. He opened his mouth, first revealing sharp, bone-white teeth.
Roar—
Instantly, accompanied by a large number of bubbles, a low, muffled roar echoed from the sea.
The Aurora Jellyfish, rapidly swimming ahead, quickly paused.
But it was only a brief pause. It quickly recovered and resumed its rapid swimming, even seeming to be startled, moving slightly faster than before.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng frowned, but soon another low, muffled roar echoed from the water.
The rapidly fleeing Aurora Jellyfish inevitably paused again.
Although it quickly recovered once more, it was too late to escape now. A large hand had arrived first, pressing onto its body.
Fierce power burst forth without reservation. Instantly, the Aurora Jellyfish’s body trembled violently, and one could clearly see a powerful force sweeping through its entire body.
Bang!
With a muffled thud emanating from its body.
The next moment, the Aurora Jellyfish’s entire body fractured into spiderweb-like cracks.
Just this one strike completely deprived it of its ability to resist.
Lin Sheng’s palm, like a steel knife, plunged into its body.
A series of information about the Aurora Jellyfish had already appeared on the panel.
【Beast Name: Aurora Jellyfish (Spirit)】
【Its body is almost transparent, providing extreme concealment. It possesses keen sensory abilities and can emit strong light when encountering danger, causing blindness and affecting the mind. It is a rare variant beast of the Nightglow Jellyfish, possessing a natural suppressive ability over jellyfish-type sea beasts below the high-tier Spirit Beast level…】
【Integration Requirement: Perception 8】
【Integration Effect: Perception 10, Agility 9, Physique 5, Spirit 1】
【Talent: Gill Respiration (Level 3)】
【Talent: Concealment】
Scanning the panel, Lin Sheng’s eyes lit up.
“It actually has 10 points of Perception, and a Concealment-type talent. No wonder it could hide from my Perception.”
Gently exhaling, Lin Sheng’s thoughts turned, and he already chose to integrate with it.
As the integration was completed, the Aurora Jellyfish, which had only a breath left, completely lost its life force.
Lin Sheng didn’t care, grabbing its tattered body and swimming towards the sea.
Although the Spirit increase was only a little and differed from what he had imagined, the ten points of Perception far exceeded his expectations. He was quite satisfied with the gains from this trip.
Moreover, he gained a survival-type Concealment talent and Level 3 Gill Respiration.
At this moment, as he swam in the water, he felt extremely light, almost identical to how he felt on land, with no restrictions whatsoever. Instead, he could use the surging seawater to burst forth with extreme speed, clearly more at ease than when he was chasing the Aurora Jellyfish earlier.
This was clearly the effect of the Level 3 Gill Respiration talent.
The Level 3 Gill Respiration talent could reduce the impact of seawater on him to an extremely negligible degree.
This feeling was quite marvelous. One could say that he no longer needed any boats; no matter how severe the weather, he could easily handle it in the seawater.
However, after more than half an hour, he had already found Little Black’s location.
Little Black was still circling in the sky, and one could see a hint of worry on Nong Yu’s face on its back.
Splash.
As a wave appeared, a translucent jellyfish emerged on the sea surface.
“Aurora Jellyfish!!”
Nong Yu, who had been watching the sea, immediately spotted the jellyfish and instinctively exclaimed. Only when she saw Lin Sheng’s figure appear beside the jellyfish did she finally sigh in relief, her hanging heart finally settling down.
Squawk…
Little Black let out a strange cry and immediately swooped down towards the sea surface.
“No need to come down, just go straight back to the ship.”
Lin Sheng waved his hand and spoke indifferently.
Little Black tilted its head, immediately understood, changed direction, and flew towards the ship.
Although Nong Yu was a bit puzzled, she simply assumed that the Aurora Jellyfish was too large for Little Black to carry, which was why Lin Sheng told them to go back and get the ship.
However, to her surprise, when they arrived above the ship, they saw the tattered body of the Aurora Jellyfish lying quietly on the deck, with Lin Sheng standing by, waiting for them.
“This…”
Seeing this, Nong Yu widened her eyes and then rubbed them vigorously, only then confirming that she hadn’t seen wrong.
“Young Master’s swimming is this good!?”
A thought involuntarily popped into her mind, but she quickly remembered that Lin Sheng seemed to be visiting the East Sea for the first time, so logically, his swimming skills shouldn’t be very good.
“Could it be a Bloodline Talent?”
She pondered, as Little Black landed on the deck.