Through the sudden turbulence in the water, Su Chen sensed something launching a sneak attack on him.
Underwater, and moving this fast—there was no need to guess what it was.
In that instant, the Life-Killing Spear in Su Chen's hand swept through a curved arc.
Rather than offering the slightest resistance, the seawater around the spearhead seemed to propel it forward, increasing the Life-Killing Spear's speed even further.
Su Chen clearly felt the spearhead collide with something hard, and only then did he see what had attacked him.
It was a peculiar Sea Soul Beast with a sharp horn nearly two meters long protruding from its head.
What had collided with the Life-Killing Spear was precisely this Sea Soul Beast's horn.
Su Chen's palm tingled slightly. This Sea Soul Beast was incredibly strong, and it swam exceptionally fast as well.
If his senses had not improved so greatly after receiving the Blessing of the Goddess of Life, he truly would not have detected its sneak attack just now.
Of course, if he had not received the Blessing of the Goddess of Life, he would not have entered the sea in the first place.
Su Chen was somewhat puzzled.
Even if he entered the sea, he would certainly stay in the shallows, close to shore.
No Sea Soul Beasts had appeared near Sea Burial Village in many years.
So how had he happened to encounter one?
Through the faint sunlight filtering through the seawater, Su Chen saw the red eyes of the Sea Soul Beast that had attacked him. They brimmed with greedy desire.
Well then, Su Chen understood.
It seemed that some scent emanating from his body had made this Sea Soul Beast like a demon meeting Tang Sanzang, wanting nothing more than a bite of his flesh.
"Heh heh, you want to eat me? Good timing. I haven't had breakfast either."
Su Chen had never eaten Sea Soul Beast meat before.
After a night of intense activity, Su Chen was still full of energy, but he was indeed a little hungry.
Since this Sea Soul Beast had delivered itself to his doorstep, there was no way Su Chen would let it go.
From their exchange just now, Su Chen had felt that although this Soul Beast was fast and exceptionally powerful in the sea, he was fairly confident he could handle it.
What worried him now was that if he failed to kill it in one blow, the Sea Soul Beast might realize the danger and flee.
Thud~
The Life-Killing Spear collided once more with the horn of the Sea Soul Beast as it turned and charged at him again.
In truth, Su Chen had enough strength this time to injure it while deflecting its charging attack.
But if he did that, this Sea Soul Beast would most likely flee.
Su Chen pretended that resisting was difficult, each defense more perilous than the last.
At last, the Sea Soul Beast felt the time was right.
It suddenly retreated some distance, then violently flicked its massive tail and charged toward Su Chen at a speed far exceeding its previous attacks.
"This is the chance I've been waiting for."
Su Chen tightened his grip on the Life-Killing Spear, and even the seawater around its tip began to tremble faintly.
Just as the Sea Soul Beast approached, a vortex condensed before its horn.
If Su Chen still intended to handle it as before, using the spearhead to push aside its horn and defuse its attack while having no spare strength, he would definitely be in serious trouble.
Though the vortex was not large and did not appear particularly powerful, it could certainly obstruct or even alter the direction of his spearhead.
This Sea Soul Beast had actually kept a trump card hidden until now, displaying a degree of intelligence.
That made sense.
Even wild beasts used certain tactics when hunting, much less Soul Beasts.
But this time, Su Chen had no intention of repeating the same trick.
With a flick of the spearhead, Su Chen's body became like a powerful bow drawn taut and ready to fire.
Whoosh!
The Life-Killing Spear shot out violently. The water before its tip spiraled outward in all directions, and a brief waterless passage actually formed in its wake.
Pop.
A red glow flashed from the tip of the Life-Killing Spear, and the Sea Soul Beast's hidden killing move—the rapidly spinning water vortex—burst apart in an instant.
Immediately afterward, the Sea Soul Beast's hard horn broke into two with a crack.
The Life-Killing Spear continued forward without the slightest obstruction, piercing directly into the Sea Soul Beast's forehead. The Soul Power condensed at its tip suddenly erupted, releasing within the Sea Soul Beast's brain.
Then Su Chen was carried backward for some distance by the tremendous momentum.
After all, this was beneath the sea, where it was difficult to gain leverage, and the seabed mud was far too soft.
But that was fine.
Borrowing the force of the Sea Soul Beast's dying charge, Su Chen returned to shore even faster.
"Heave, heave-ho!"
Su Chen exerted himself, dragging the Sea Soul Beast out of the water and onto the beach.
Good grief.
He had not been able to see clearly underwater. Only after reaching shore did Su Chen understand just how large this Sea Soul Beast was.
Excluding its long horn, its body alone was at least five meters long.
It naturally could not compare to some overlords of the deep sea, but swallowing Su Chen in one bite would have been effortless.
Though this Sea Soul Beast had a slender build, it was extremely dense, certainly weighing over a thousand jin. Its flesh had to be very firm.
If Su Chen had not received the Blessing of the Goddess of Life, he definitely would not have been able to drag it ashore.
Now he could say it too: he possessed Innate Divine Strength.
Though his Innate Divine Strength had actually been acquired after birth.
"Your adaptability is not bad. Although this Sea Soul Beast is only a little over two hundred years old, underwater, it is even more troublesome than a five- or six-hundred-year-old Soul Beast on land."
The God of Destruction's voice rang out.
"Senior Destruction, you're still here? I thought you had left long ago."
Su Chen had practiced his spear techniques all night, never expecting the God of Destruction to still be watching over him.
A smile could not help appearing on Su Chen's face.
He had long noticed the pale yellow Soul Ring that had appeared on the Soul Beast's body. If his Soul Power had reached level ten, he could absorb the Soul Ring right now.
Of course, he certainly would not rashly absorb this Sea Soul Beast's Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring.
Before even absorbing his First Soul Ring, he had already been able to hunt a hundred-year Soul Beast—and one in the sea at that.
His strength should be greater than Gangzi's, right?
That master had faced a hundred-year Mandala Snake and been beaten like a dog. If not for Tang San, he would have even lost his life.
Although that Mandala Snake had been four hundred years old, Yu Xiaogang had not been fighting underwater.
Pah!
Why compare himself to some useless windbag who had not even reached rank thirty by the time he turned fifty?
"I altered your Pendant while I was at it. It can now be used for storage. Figure it out yourself. Your physique has improved greatly, so do not neglect your training."
After giving a few instructions, the God of Destruction, who had silently protected Su Chen all night, finally went offline.
"Ah~"
The God of Destruction had gone offline too quickly, not even leaving Su Chen time to thank him.
He had just been wondering how he was supposed to bring this Sea Soul Beast back, when the God of Destruction brought him good news.
A storage Soul Tool was not cheap at the current level of Soul Tool technology.
Not to mention that his Pendant had been modified by the God of Destruction. It was definitely no ordinary Soul Tool.
Su Chen injected a trace of Soul Power into the Pendant and immediately understood how to use it.
"Whoa, this space really is huge."
Though the Pendant was only the size of his little fingernail, the space inside was enormous.
As expected of Brother Destruction—he was truly generous when he made a move.
Su Chen made a rough estimate. There had to be at least a million cubic meters inside, and probably even more. It could easily hold several basketball courts, let alone this Sea Soul Beast.
"Off you go."
Su Chen slapped the Sea Soul Beast, and it immediately vanished from where it lay.
When he looked into the Pendant Space, the Sea Soul Beast was lying in a corner, extremely conspicuous within the vast, empty Pendant Space.
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