Mysterious Sea Monster

As a seasoned angler, Brother Yu was naturally extremely interested in going out to sea.

Brimming with motivation, he spent several days slaughtering Sandworms, even killing several Sandworm Kings. Afterward, he paid in full, took the Meat Bait he had saved up, and eagerly set out to sea.

Brother Yu and Guagua differed somewhat in the route their Spirit Fire Rafts took.

Along the way, he still encountered some strange, aggressive little monsters, but they were nothing worth mentioning to Brother Yu.

After sailing for a while, he found a stretch of sea he rather liked and began fishing with great anticipation, hoping to reel in a big catch.

At first, everything was fairly normal.

Although the few fish he caught were a little small, Brother Yu was still quite happy.

That was until he suddenly came up empty several times in a row, and the Meat Bait on his hook vanished without a trace.

This set Brother Yu's temper ablaze, and he swore to find the bastard freeloading off his bait.

Who the hell dares eat just anyone's bait?!

If you eat my bait, at least give me a bite!

Freeload off me, and I'll send you flying!

Thus, after focusing intently, Brother Yu finally caught this shameless "thief."

However, the thief apparently had no intention of being taken without a fight and actually began struggling.

Brother Yu was burning with rage as well, using every trick he had to wrestle with it.

Then his rod snapped.

And that was not the end of it. After snapping his rod, the "thief" not only failed to flee but charged straight at Brother Yu, smashing the Spirit Fire Raft to pieces with a sweep of its tail.

Without the Spirit Fire Raft's protection, no matter how skilled Brother Yu was in combat, there was nothing he could do.

All he could do was watch helplessly as the fish in his basket sank into the sea...

"That's outrageous!"

Brother Yu gritted his teeth.

If his rod had merely snapped, that would have been fine. It would only mean that it was not yet time for him to catch such a big one.

But what the fuck did it mean by flipping over my fish basket too?

If this could be tolerated, what could not? An angler definitely could not tolerate this!

Revenge. He had to get revenge!

"..."

Seeing the fury on his face, Yuanfang and Li Miao exchanged a glance.

"Did you get a clear look at it?"

Yuanfang asked.

The fishing rod made by Spirit Candle was already of decent quality. Anything capable of snapping it was definitely no ordinary catch. It might even have been some wild boss.

Moreover, according to Brother Yu's description, the thing had shattered the Spirit Fire Raft with a single tail strike. It was extremely terrifying.

Hearing Yuanfang's question, Brother Yu finally calmed down a little and recalled, "...I didn't see it clearly. It was a black mass, seemed to have octopus-like tentacles, and a huge tail."

Brother Yu had practically died the moment he fell into the sea, so he had not gotten a good look.

Black, octopus tentacles, huge tail...

After piecing those elements together in his mind, Li Miao's eyelid twitched.

Forget it. He truly could not imagine what the thing actually looked like.

"Then come with us. Let's recover your Wax Ash first."

Li Miao said.

Brother Yu naturally nodded. The reason he had not immediately gone back for revenge was because his Spirit Fire Raft was gone too, and he needed to buy another one. But he was still short on wax oil...

The three set off together, and under Brother Yu's lead, soon arrived at the place where he had capsized earlier.

"Your Wax Ash is over there."

Li Miao had sharp eyes and spotted Brother Yu's Wax Ash floating on the sea at a glance.

"I'll take Brother Yu over there. Yuanfang, keep watch for me." Li Miao drew his Candlelight Saber and spoke to Yuanfang.

Yuanfang gave a slight nod, took out his Swift Shortbow and Poison Feather Arrows, and readied himself.

Li Miao's Spirit Fire Raft slowly approached the Wax Ash with Brother Yu aboard...

The two were extremely vigilant, constantly watching for movement on the surrounding sea surface.

The Wax Ash drew closer and closer.

Just as Brother Yu was about to touch his Wax Ash.

A patch of pitch-black quietly spread through the seawater behind them.

Bang!

Whoosh—

In an instant, the explosion of the sea surface and the whistle of an arrow tearing through the air rang out almost simultaneously.

With a wet pfft, a Poison Feather Arrow shot directly into the mysterious monster's black tentacle.

The black tentacle recoiled in pain, thrashing violently once before rapidly withdrawing and vanishing into the sea in the blink of an eye...

Li Miao reacted quickly as well, turning around and slashing with his saber, but he hit nothing.

Splash—

The Spirit Fire Raft, still rocking ceaselessly with the ripples, proved that what had just happened was no illusion.

"Fuck!"

Brother Yu reacted faster than Li Miao, but he had only seen the tentacle struggle for a moment. With no weapon on him, he could only watch helplessly as the mysterious monster escaped.

After he retrieved his weapon, Li Miao suddenly realized that Yuanfang behind them had disappeared!

"Yuanfang?!"

Li Miao's heart skipped a beat. Could Yuanfang have been killed without them noticing just now?

Even Yuanfang had been taken out? Could this sea monster really be that vicious?!

Li Miao found it hard to believe.

But soon, Yuanfang's figure surfaced beside his Spirit Fire Raft.

He climbed onto the raft and shook his head slightly at the two of them. "That thing fled into deeper waters."

Yuanfang had naturally not been dragged into the sea. He had jumped in himself.

When he saw that his strike had failed, he decisively dove in to keep the Spirit Fire Raft from becoming a blind spot in his vision.

However, the mysterious sea monster seemed extremely cautious. The moment it was injured, it immediately fled.

That made Yuanfang sense something different.

The monsters on Candlewood Island were all highly aggressive creatures that practically had no reason.

The concept of "running away" did not exist in their minds. Only killing their enemies or dying themselves could end things.

Yet this mysterious sea monster had decisively chosen to flee after being injured, completely unlike the other monsters...

"What a sly bastard."

Li Miao realized it too. Sure enough, this thing was a boss.

"It ran into deeper waters the moment it got hurt. How are we supposed to kill it? We can't even find it. Feels like one of those awful gimmick bosses."

After the three regrouped, Li Miao shook his head and said.

The protection range of their Spirit Fire Rafts was not large, which meant they were severely restricted when fighting in the sea.

Although the Spirit Fire Rafts' protection reduced the effects of the seawater, it was still nowhere near as convenient as fighting on land.

Thus, Li Miao's past gaming experience told him that this was most likely an annoying boss that relied on gimmicks.

"It's not impossible to find it..."

Yuanfang looked thoughtfully at Brother Yu.

"Why are you looking at me?" Brother Yu was puzzled at first, but then inspiration struck him. "You mean... Meat Bait?"

Li Miao slapped his palm. "That's right! Didn't Brother Yu encounter that thing because of the Meat Bait? We can use it as bait and ambush it in advance!"

"No rush." Yuanfang put away his Swift Shortbow. "Fighting in the sea is too restrictive, and we don't have enough attack options. Let's mark this place first and deal with it later."

"Let's scout the nearby waters first."

Yuanfang was very calm.

This was clearly not a monster they could handle easily at their current stage.

If they failed and died at sea, even recovering their Wax Ash would be extremely troublesome.

"We can only do that for now." Though Brother Yu was depressed, he had no other choice. Still, he silently committed that thing to memory...

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