The next morning.
A hundred miles off Yinxu Island.
The seawater rose and fell in rolling waves, while the sun blazed fiercely overhead.
A black-clad figure with long hair raced across the sea's surface at high speed.
A faint, mysterious fragrance drifted from him—the special lure scent capable of stirring True Beasts into a frenzy.
Splash!
With a sudden crash of water, an enormous Sea Beast resembling a squid burst from the spray.
This Sea Beast had a pair of massive pincers on its head, a body over ten meters long, and a tail covered in densely packed suction-cup tentacles.
"Thousand-Legged Hunter Beast." The figure flashed aside, evading the Sea Beast's pounce. He landed on the open sea, revealing a cold and composed face.
It was Wei He, who had only recently been on Yinxu Island.
"According to the True Beast Compendium, Thousand-Legged Hunter Beasts are True Beasts between Full Realization Level Three and Level Six. Thousand-Legged Hunter Kings can reach Full Realization Level Six, while ordinary ones are only at Full Realization Level Three.
"The beast tide has only just receded, so there are still remnants around. This is the perfect time to use lure scent."
Wei He was pleased. With a leap, his body shifted left and right under the pull of gravity, nimbly evading the Thousand-Legged Hunter Beast's countless lunging tentacles.
Amid that vast mass of tentacles, he abruptly slipped through and struck out with his palm.
Puff.
It landed precisely between the Thousand-Legged Hunter Beast's two massive pincers, at the exact center of its head.
Boom!!!
An undisguised surge of vast Returning True Force turned into gray-black ripples that spread from the Thousand-Legged Hunter Beast's head.
In the blink of an eye, the more than ten-meter-long beast screamed miserably. Its body rapidly contracted and curled up,