The Madness of the Sea Soul Beasts! (Part One)

"But everything changed after the birth of the Sea God."

Ariel then described a story about the Sea God punishing Whale Species.

During the human's conquest of the Great Sea Poseidon, a race of Sea Soul Beast, even after being defeated by him, preferred to fight a losing battle rather than submit to him.

Whale Species are one of them.

Therefore, after Poseidon became a god, he favored all marine creatures and Sea Soul Beast except Whale Species.

Over the course of twenty thousand years, the Sea Soul Beast that submitted to the sea Sea God and offered their faith to Sea God united together.

Soul Beast, possessing intelligence similar to humans, have a much purer temperament than humans, and therefore their faith is also purer.

In the minds of the other Sea Soul Beast, which are about the size of walnuts, Sea Soul Beast that refuses to submit to the Sea God is a heretic and must be executed!

After the Sea God became a god, he no longer personally dealt with Whale Species. However, the other Sea Soul Beast that were over ten thousand years old spontaneously united together, even setting aside their hatred for each other in the food chain, and turned all the conflicts towards the Whale Species Soul Beast, launching Genocide War against the entire Whale Species race!

Today, ordinary whales have all died out, and Whale Species of the Sea Soul Beast level, as well as other weaker species, have all become extinct.

The Evil Spirit Orca, with its superior reproductive ability compared to ordinary Whale Species, considerable individual strength, and a vast population that spans the entire Great Sea, including dozens of individuals over Hundred-Thousand-Year, has stubbornly survived.

However, the number of Evil Spirit Orca in the entire Great Sea today is less than one-tenth of what it was 20,000 years ago.

However, because they did not submit to the Sea God, they were enemies of the entire ocean... Thus, for the past 20,000 years, the Evil Spirit Orca clan has not cared how other Sea Soul Beast viewed them, and has killed any Sea God Believer!

Even if it's not for food or to accumulate cultivation, they will still bite the other Sea Soul Beast to prove that their orca clan will never be enslaved!

Besides the Evil Spirit Orca clan that survived, another type of Whale Species has stubbornly survived to this day, and still makes the other Sea Soul Beast tremble with fear.

Deep Sea Demon Whale.

However, this species of whale is also on the verge of extinction, with only three remaining...

True and False?

The story Ariel described differed slightly from the plot of Douluo I, but Zhou Qing didn't really care whether it was true or not. He just realized that if he were to become an enemy of the gods in the future, the Evil Spirit Orca and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might be his potential friends.

"... Only those Evil Spirit Orca, which are a thousand years old or younger, can frolic so happily in these Reef Sea Area. Once they grow to ten thousand years old, enter the deep sea, and join other adult groups, they will become enemies of the world." Ariel sighed.

"Captain, the story you're telling is getting more and more outrageous."

"That is!"

"Although we don't believe in any Sea God, isn't it a bit inappropriate to create such a character?"

"Haha! As long as the story is good, that's all that matters!"

The remaining crew members and sailors shared their opinions and burst into laughter.

They did want Zhou Qing's Star of the Ocean, but none of them were Soul Master and they were running a legitimate business; they couldn't steal someone else's spoils.

"Hey! You guys! You dare tease the captain?" Ariel put her hands on her hips and snorted, "That's my only hobby!"

"Yes, yes, the captain loves to scare people with stories!"

The crew's relationship with Ariel wasn't like that of superiors and subordinates; rather, it was more like that of close friends who could talk about anything.

"What scare tactics? It's clearly the truth!"

Ariel laughed in exasperation and scolded the crew, "Stop gossiping and get to work! You're just making a fool of yourself in front of the guests!"

"I'm sorry, you must have found this amusing." Ariel Human Dao to Zhou Qing and the others again.

"It's alright, after all, we're the ones who have troubled you."

Zhou Qing was completely at ease with the crew, except for some lingering doubts about Ariel. But as long as Ariel didn't deliberately cause them trouble, things would be fine...

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Night falls.

After Ariel's arrangement, everyone ate dinner and then went up to the deck to wait.

"Tonight is a full moon!"

Ariel looked up at the Full Moon surrounded by stars, stretched, and pointed to the rows of reefs. "Every night, the Rubik's Cube Octopus crawls out of the sea to receive the moonlight... except on rainy days."

Xiao Wu then asked about something else, "Don't Sea Soul Beast attack ships on their own?"

Yes, it will.

The person who answered was a crew member peeling an orange. "I've worked on other ships, and all I can say is that even if you know the route, going to sea is all about luck, because you never know when Sea Soul Beast will suddenly attack the ship."

"However, our Mermaid is very lucky; we've never had an accident," another crew member added.

"More importantly, our captain is beautiful and generous!"

One of the sailors praised it.

"Stop flattering them!" Ariel scolded them for being so talkative, and then told them to prepare the fishing nets to throw into the sea later.

"What are you preparing fishing nets for? To catch fish?" Romantina asked.

"We only went out to sea to bring you here to hunt Soul Beast. We won't make much money. We'll have to catch some sea urchins and shellfish," Ariel explained. There are plenty of sea urchins and shellfish in this area. Because they grow in the Reef Sea Area where Sea Soul Beast live, they are larger and taste more delicious. Naturally, they are much more expensive than those caught by other fishermen in safe waters.

Generally speaking, ordinary fishermen would not come to such places to fish.

But who could blame them when the captain and crew of the Mermaid were all highly skilled and daring?

Needless to say—

Ariel was incredibly lucky; every time she went to sea, it was smooth sailing. Not only was the weather good, but there was never an incident of Sea Soul Beast attacking her ship.

"Once out of the water, the Rubik's Cube Octopus can only unleash 30% of its power. If we could catch some and sell them, we wouldn't have to go to sea for a year." Some sailors also wanted to take the opportunity to catch some Rubik's Cube Octopus, fantasizing about getting a bigger harvest.

"Seven or eight is enough. Any more and we'll have trouble dealing with them." Ariel didn't object, but she set a limit on the number of Rubik's Cube Octopus to be caught.

"Difficult to deal with? You, Soul Master at least at the Soul King level, can't even handle a few hundred-year-old Rubik's Cube Octopus?"

Zhou Qing knew that Ariel was hiding her strength, so he only complained to himself.

In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed.

It was late at night.

As Xiao Wu yawned, Tang San noticed a cube-shaped object emitting a faint blue light next to a reef not far away. He climbed along the edge of the reef and reached the top of it.

Under the moonlight, everyone could see the eight tentacles beneath the cube, as well as the beak-like mouth.

It's the Rubik's Cube Octopus!