Fallen Sea Demon (2)

An even fiercer cold current swept through the region. The nearshore seawater had almost entirely frozen into ice that humans and Soul Beasts could walk across. In some places, waves froze solid while still hanging in midair, showing just how terrifying the temperature outside had become.

Tian Meng sensed it and clicked his tongue in amazement. "Hanyu, I've spent so many years in the Far North and seen plenty of strange things, but in less than half a year with you, I've seen even more bizarre things than before..."

"First, there was that cursed plant-type Martial Soul. Then there were the two completely different energies inside your body coexisting peacefully. And now there's this extreme cold only a hair below the Core Circle's. Either heaven favors you, or it wants to get rid of you for good. Hahaha..."

Shen Hanyu could not help feeling a little embarrassed. But when he remembered that he was a transmigrator, everything suddenly had a reasonable explanation.

Wherever a transmigrator went, opportunities and coincidences appeared. This principle had an extremely scientific basis.

After all... if this thing could not be explained through science, then metaphysics would have to do...

Using metaphysics to prove science—cough, cough. Circle this topic; it'll be on the test later...

Back to the main story.

Shen Hanyu walked against the fierce wind across the frozen ice sheet. Beneath him lay deep, freezing seawater, where countless starving predators lurked.

"The Far North's weather changes faster than my Mom's expression!"

Shen Hanyu could not help muttering under his breath. But as if realizing something was wrong, he hurriedly shut his mouth.

Tian Meng laughed like a goose in the Sea of Consciousness. Knowing Shen Hanyu's memories, he clearly understood the bone-deep fear Shen Hanyu had of his own mother...

This was absolute suppression...

There were quite a few other Soul Beasts hunting on the ice. Of them, the one Shen Hanyu recognized most easily was the enormous Ice Bear not far ahead.

This Ten Thousand Years Ice Bear swung its claws and carved a hole through the thick ice. It then leaped in, and when it emerged again, it had a struggling Blue Ray pup in its mouth.

Shen Hanyu had no intention of making an enemy of it, so he simply detoured around it and continued deeper in.

With the ice sheet frozen over, some of the Soul Beasts from the land had begun trying to hunt on it. Shen Hanyu encountered many different kinds of Soul Beasts along the way, large and small, small and large...

The one that left the deepest impression on Shen Hanyu was a strange Soul Beast with two heads.

After thinking for a long while, Shen Hanyu finally remembered that it was a Soul Beast known as a Snow Jade Dragon. Although it bore the title of a Dragon Species Soul Beast, it was cowardly to an absurd degree—the kind that would cry in fright if a big rat broke into its nest...

Still, this was Shen Hanyu's first time seeing a two-headed Snow Jade Dragon. It had probably undergone some beneficial mutation and accidentally grown a second head, though it was not particularly useful...

After detouring around the Snow Jade Dragon's territory, where it was frolicking about, Tian Meng spoke in a low voice.

"Hanyu, it's beneath that iceberg ahead..."

Shen Hanyu nodded and asked, "Are you ready?"

Tian Meng nodded solemnly, then decisively activated Spirit Sharing. He told Shen Hanyu everything he sensed and discovered the Fallen Sea Demon lounging idly in its nest within an underwater space.

"Hanyu, don't worry. I swear on my sincere feelings for Bing Bing that what happened last time definitely won't happen again. I guarantee it won't escape. You need to remember my instructions too. Be careful."

As his Mental Power completely concealed Shen Hanyu's figure, he continued, "Just get a little closer to it. Around fifty meters is where my soul skill works best. Hanyu, good luck!"

Shen Hanyu nodded. The sharp blade of the Cold Sky Spear easily pried a chunk of thick ice from beneath his feet and hurled it heavily into the distance, making even the ice sheet tremble slightly...

"Here I go..."

Shen Hanyu took a deep breath, then leaped straight into the water.

The icy, bone-piercing seawater made Shen Hanyu suck in a sharp breath. He could only keep circulating Soul Power to maintain his basic ability to move. Tian Meng hurriedly helped him, preventing Shen Hanyu from having to expend an enormous amount of Soul Power on this, and Shen Hanyu finally felt a little better.

As five Soul Rings slowly appeared beneath his feet, Shen Hanyu controlled his body and swam toward the depths.

The seabed was littered with collapsed boulders and enormous, dark fissures. Fish could vaguely be seen swimming among them. Even strange creatures like lanternfish had appeared here, which was truly bizarre.

Shen Hanyu streaked swiftly through the water, using the Cold Sky Spear to kill several hundred-year Soul Beasts that did not know their own limits. He allowed their Fresh Blood to flow out, attracting even more carnivorous Soul Beasts.

"Hanyu, right in front of you—the largest fissure. I can sense it. There's definitely a Fallen Sea Demon inside that broke through to Hundred-Thousand-Year not long ago! It already suffered serious injuries from its heavenly tribulation. Our chances are getting better and better..."

Shen Hanyu gave a brief reply in the Sea of Consciousness. Then brilliant light flared from the Cold Sky Spear, and a sharp spear beam shot directly into the fissure. It struck something and produced a faint sound, though it was barely noticeable beneath the sea...

"Hanyu, it's coming!"

Tian Meng said anxiously.

The moment Tian Meng's words fell, a tall figure carrying terrifying pressure rushed out from the fissure's entrance and smashed viciously toward Shen Hanyu.

Before Shen Hanyu could even react, the terrifying force and the disturbed current sent him flying more than a hundred meters away.

Barely steadying himself, Shen Hanyu held his breath and forcibly suppressed the blood threatening to spill from his mouth as he examined the Fallen Sea Demon, which was clearly in poor condition.

It was roughly three meters tall. Its upper body was humanoid, though it was covered in dark-blue scale-like armor. Its face was indescribably sinister and strange. Its hair was dark purple, and incomplete gills protruded from both cheeks. The instant it opened its mouth, a mouthful of sharp teeth was revealed, sending chills down one's spine.

Just as Shen Hanyu was studying it, the Fallen Sea Demon drew an enormous harpoon from who knew where. Its fish tail moved behind it, its eyes turned scarlet, and its body radiated brutality and slaughter as it charged at Shen Hanyu once more like a cannonball.

Shen Hanyu's pupils contracted. He hurriedly darted aside. The Cold Sky Spear scraped across the creature's body in a shower of sparks, and the spear shaft itself was bent by the terrifying force. Shen Hanyu could no longer worry about anything else and rapidly said in his mind, "Tian Meng, now!"

An incomparably pure and terrifying surge of Mental Power burst from Shen Hanyu's body and crashed fiercely into the Fallen Sea Demon. The terrifying Mental Power struck directly at its mind, causing its consciousness to blank out briefly as it stood rigidly frozen in place.

Shen Hanyu's first, third, and fifth Soul Rings lit up simultaneously. Then, wielding the Cold Sky Spear and carrying terrifying energy, he plunged straight into the Fallen Sea Demon's brain and utterly destroyed its life force.

Tian Meng shouted at that moment, "Hanyu, take its corpse back to its nest. Its nest keeps out water, so you don't need to worry about anything else..."

Enduring the pain of his slightly displaced internal organs, Shen Hanyu swiftly dragged the Fallen Sea Demon's corpse, before its Soul Ring could form, into the deep fissure. Outside, it was as though nothing had happened. Nothing discovered that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had fallen here...

PS: It feels like I made hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast too easy, but with Tian Meng's control, I suppose it still makes sense.

I don't want to write a complicated hunting process. It feels both troublesome and like padding, so I hope you understand...

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