The newly emerged 200,000-year-old Evil Orca King first stared with its scarlet single eye at the unreally beautiful mermaid figure sleeping in the dark water mass. A trace of instinctive greed and confusion flashed through its huge pupils, but soon, this greed was replaced by a more direct threat in front of it - the gray-robed figure that exuded an aura that made it extremely uneasy.
When its gaze, or in other words, its violent mental perception, was locked on Kraken, the confusion instantly turned into undisguised hostility, mixed with violence and contempt.
"Human?" Evil Orca King's mental fluctuations were as fierce and rough as the eruption of a submarine volcano, with unabashed murderous intent and contempt, roaring in the deep sea, "Left Guard! Right Guard! When did you two old guys degenerate into human lackeys? When I escape, I will overturn your lair and tear you into pieces!"
The two Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca behind it also let out a low and threatening roar, its scarlet eyes gleaming fiercely. Even though it was restrained, it still exuded the arrogance of a top predator in the deep sea.
Obviously, in Evil Orca King's perception, the person standing here is a human Soul Master who is powerful enough to suppress Zuo Right Guard. And Deep Sea Ferocious Beast and humans, especially those humans who set foot in the deep sea and hunt Soul Beast, have always been mortal enemies. Soul Beast, who has taken refuge with humans, is, in its view, a more hateful "traitor" than humans themselves.
A sharp light flashed in Left Guard's eyes, and he snorted coldly, his mental fluctuations filled with chills. "Idiot! Open your eyes and see clearly! Is your benefactor comparable to those humble and puny humans?"
Right Guard also said in a deep voice, with a hint of sarcasm. "It's a waste that you have lived for two hundred thousand years, but your eyesight is very poor. Have a good feel for what kind of existence is standing in front of you."
When Evil Orca King heard this, the rage in its single eye stagnated slightly, but its ferociousness remained unabated. It was not a completely unintelligent beast, but its inherent hostility towards "human beings" had just gone to its head. At this moment, after being reminded by Zuo Right Guard, its huge mental perception once again carefully and vigilantly swept towards Kraken.
This time, it sensed it more carefully. Under the gray cloak, under the seemingly ordinary humanoid outline... it seemed to be somewhat different. There was no fluctuation in the specific attributes Soul Power of human Soul Master, and there was no "vivid" breath of life like human flesh and blood.
Especially when its perception inadvertently passed by Kraken's left hand hidden under the gray robe. What was that? It didn't look like a human arm...
"Transformed Soul Beast?" Evil Orca King stared at Kraken with his single scarlet eye. His mental fluctuations lacked a bit of pure contempt for "human beings", but added a bit of uncertainty, and... a kind of anger at being deceived and offended.
"You are actually Transformed Soul Beast?! As Soul Beast, you actually walk like this despicable human being, and you also force the left and right guards who are also Soul Beast to work for you? Traitor! You are more hateful than human Soul Master! It is simply a shame to my Deep-Sea Soul Beast family!"
In Evil Orca King's simple and crude concept, the powerful Soul Beast should maintain its true form and dominate the deep sea with strength. Transformation becomes a human being. In its view, it is not only for itself. The betrayal of the race is a manifestation of cowardice and opportunism. It is abandoning the pride and strength of Soul Beast in order to blend into the human world. It is a more unworthy "traitor" than those Sea Soul Beast who cooperate with humans!
"Noisy." A sharp look flashed in Right Guard's eyes, and the invisible force field restraining Evil Orca King suddenly tightened, causing it to let out a dull groan of pain. However, the fierce light and resentment in the eyes of the killer whale king did not diminish at all, but intensified.
Left Guard turned slightly sideways, facing Kraken, and explained with a hint of helplessness, "My benefactor, forgive me. This stupid killer whale is used to being arrogant, and his brain is not very bright. It may have mistaken you for Sea God Island's 'Sacred Beast' who were raised, domesticated, and willing to serve as human slaves."
The so-called "Sacred Beast" is just a glorified name given by Sea God Island to some powerful Sea Soul Beast who are controlled or tamed by it through special means. In the eyes of the truly wild and untamable deep-sea Ferocious Beast, they are no different from traitors and lackeys.
Kraken listened quietly to Evil Orca King's roar and Zuo Right Guard's explanation. The face under the hood did not change at all, only the ice blue eyes, through the shadows, calmly stared at the restless two hundred thousand year old Ferocious Beast.
Traitor? Shame? Transformed Soul Beast?
There was an almost imperceptible ripple in Kraken's spiritual world. It was an almost... absurd feeling.
He is not Soul Beast, at least not completely, but the reaction of this Evil Orca King is not completely unexpected. Deep-Sea Soul Beast, especially some strong tribes who follow the ancient law of the jungle and have relatively simple thinking, often have such a black and white understanding of form and position. In their view, being strong should reveal one's true nature, and being in company with humans is degeneration.
Oh, so this is the plot Kraken thought indifferently. A new face with unknown strength appears in a weak human form. He is despised and insulted as a "traitor" and "disgrace" by the old strong men who rely on their own strength, and then...
This kind of routine seems to be not uncommon in some of the novels he has read. It is usually pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, or the protagonist hides his identity and is underestimated, and then reveals his strength and shocks the whole audience.
He understood this pattern. He just didn't expect that one day, he would be the one being provoked in this "plot". Moreover, the person who provoked him was the 200,000-year-old Evil Spirit Orca who was captured and seemed not very bright.
He just raised his head slightly, letting the shadow under the hood fade a little, revealing his ice-blue eyes, which directly met Evil Orca King's single scarlet eye full of violence and scrutiny.
Then, he gently moved forward and took a step.
Just one step.
"Boom--!!!"
Taking Kraken as the origin, it swept away silently! The seawater seemed to solidify under this pressure, the light was distorted and swallowed, and the shimmering moss Coral Douluo on the surrounding rock walls dimmed instantly! Even the pulse from "Eye of the Deep Sea" deep in the rift valley seemed to be momentarily stagnant under this vast pressure!
The moment Evil Orca King was the first to bear the brunt of the attack, it was as if it was pierced by billions of ice needles when it came into contact with Kraken's gaze! Its ferocious aura condensed by 200,000 years of cultivation, in the face of this vast deep purple pressure, was like a candle in the strong wind, instantly blown to pieces and completely gone!
"Woo--!!!"
A cry filled with despair, pain and disbelief was forced out of Evil Orca King's throat.
Its huge, restrained body trembled violently as if it had been hit hard by an invisible giant hammer. Every piece of black and red bone armor was making a "clicking" sound, as if it would collapse at any time!
Its scarlet single eye, which was originally full of fierce light, was now filled with boundless fear and confusion. It desperately and involuntarily wanted to avoid Kraken's sight, but it was locked by the terrifying pressure and couldn't even look away!
The two Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca behind it were even more unbearable. The moment the vast pressure came, they let out a shrill scream. The huge body collapsed like mud. The fierce light in its eyes disappeared, leaving only the most primitive fear and surrender in the face of a natural enemy. Not even the slightest thought of resistance could arise!
Tieshan, Mo Yuan, Left Guard, Right Guard, these four have already seen the existence of the power of Kraken. They can feel that the pressure released by the benefactor/Master this time is... clearer than ever before.
Kraken just looked calmly at Evil Orca King, who was shivering under the pressure, and even his whining became intermittent and weak. There was no emotion in his ice-blue eyes, as if he was just looking at a dead object, or observing a particularly noisy insect that fell into the net.
He didn't speak.
But at this moment, silence is better than sound.
That terrifying pressure that is as vast as the abyss and makes all spirits surrender, and that extremely calm gaze, are thousands of times more powerful than any roar, any threat, or any explanation.
Traitor? Shame? Transformed Soul Beast?
In front of those ice-blue eyes and the vast pressure, these ridiculous accusations seemed so pale and insignificant.
Only at this moment did Evil Orca King realize with incomparable clarity how ignorant, how ridiculous, and how... ignorant of life and death his roar and contempt just now were. The existence in front of him was not a "traitor of Transformed Soul Beast" at all, but an existence that it could not understand... that was above its cognition!
The ferocity and resentment in its eyes had long been replaced by boundless fear and humble begging. Its simple mind finally understood that Zuo Right Guard calling him "Benefactor" was not out of mind, but a... reverent and respectful title.
Kraken looked at Evil Orca King, and the last trace of unruliness in Evil Orca King's eyes completely dissipated, leaving only the purest fear and surrender, and then the vast pressure slowly subsided. The deep purple light faded like a tide, sinking into his body, as if it had never appeared before.
The sea water began to flow again and the light returned, but the suffocating sense of terror has been deeply imprinted in the souls of every Sea Soul Beast at the scene.
"Now," Kraken's mental fluctuations calmly spread out again. There was no sign of the terror pressure that had just been released. It seemed as if he was just asking a normal question, "Can we have a good talk, Evil Spirit Orca?"