The western coast of the Cangmang Continent.
The sea breeze smelled of salt and brine, mingled with the thick stench of blood. Great slabs of sea beast meat dried on the coastal rocks, while dark brown blood trickled down through the cracks and seeped into the sand, attracting swarms of sea flies.
Dozens of bare-chested Azure-Scale Tribe warriors fought the mutant beasts surging out of the sea. More than a dozen beasts already lay beside the rocks, their blood staining the beach red.
The warriors were ferocious, driving the beasts trying to come ashore back step by step.
Suddenly, the sea erupted, and an enormous squid burst from the water. All the warriors immediately raised their weapons, ready to fight.
Yet in the next instant, they all stopped.
Their expressions relaxed.
A burly man was dragging the enormous eight-tentacled squid out of the sea by its tentacles.
He held a black trident in one hand and dragged the three-hundred-meter squid with the other, radiating an indescribable air of dominance.
"Venerable Jiao Qing is out! He killed that giant squid!"
The Azure-Scale Tribe warriors suddenly burst into cheers.
The mutant beasts that had still been swarming onto the coast retreated like an ebbing tide, fleeing into the sea in panic. The Azure-Scale Tribe warriors excitedly chased them down.
Jiao Qing tossed the giant squid onto the shore and grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp black teeth. Fine azure scales emerged across his skin, gleaming coldly in the sunlight—the manifestation of his azure-scale profound flood dragon bloodline.
"Drag it back and butcher it! This giant squid will feed our tribe for months!"
Jiao Qing was a Venerable Realm expert of the Azure-Scale Tribe.
The Azure-Scale Tribe was one of the myriad tribes of the Miluo Star Region. They were said to possess