Roasting the Crab King

Over the course of several days, thanks to Zero's efforts, Xu Qing killed ninety-three Lord Level sea monsters.

On average, I can kill a dozen or twenty Lord Level every day.

Finally, deep within this sea area, the King Level monster that ruled this place was alarmed. With so many of its Lord Level minions dead, it couldn't possibly be unaware.

"Who is attacking my men? Is this a provocation?" A black crab over a hundred meters long emerged from the enormous cave.

Its entire body seemed to be cast from steel, gleaming with a cold luster. It had eight thick legs, and its two large pincers were even more astonishing, reaching twenty or thirty meters when lifted.

A pair of flat, round eyes bobbed up and down, exuding a cold chill.

King Level King Level in the ocean are generally larger than those on land, typically exceeding 100 meters in length.

The appearance of King Level monster caused all the sea monsters in this area to become restless.

Upon seeing the King Level monster appear, Zero immediately surfaced to inform Xu Qing.

"Oh, it's here? We've been waiting for it for ages. Zero, stay away, don't get caught in the crossfire," Xu Qing said happily upon learning that the King Level monster had finally arrived.

Zero immediately moved away from this area of water.

Puff puff!

The calm sea began to bubble, like boiling water, and a huge dark shadow emerged from the seabed, becoming clearer and clearer.

In mid-air, Xu Qing held the Azure Cloud Bow, watching the King Level monster get closer and closer to the sea.

Whoosh!

The first thing to emerge from the sea was a pair of huge crab claws, followed by the enormous crab body.

Xu Qing was astonished. "It's a crab! I've heard crabs are delicious. I wonder what this Crab King tastes like?"

As he spoke, he began to crave grilled crab. The hundred-meter-long Crab King in front of him had already taken on the shape of food in his eyes.

"Today, we'll eat grilled crabs!" Xu Qing drew back the bowstring, and three pale golden arrows materialized, radiating light.

The King Level monster that emerged from the sea immediately noticed the light in the air. "Humans? How dare you! Mere humans dare to act so presumptuously on my territory!"

The next second, seawater gathered in front of the King Level monster, forming a waterspout more than ten meters thick, which rushed towards Xu Qing in mid-air.

Most of the King Level monsters in the ocean have mastered the ability to control water, and this Crab King is no exception.

At the same time, three pale golden arrows streaked across the sky like falling meteors, tearing the waterspout apart with unstoppable force.

Clang!

The light arrow tore through the waterspout and pierced through the body of the King Level monster. Even though the King Level crab-type monster had an incredibly hard shell, it couldn't withstand the sharpness of the light arrow.

The black, hard shell was pierced and torn apart, and the King Level monster let out a painful roar.

But in the next second, three more purple light arrows struck, accompanied by lightning and thunder, piercing through its body once more.

Purple lightning enveloped the entire body of the King Level monster, causing it to convulse, roll, and emit blue smoke on the sea surface, even scalding the seawater with electricity.

"One more time," Xu Qing said, firing three more purple light arrows at the sight.

Sizzle!

The enormous, jet-black Crab King was electrocuted, foaming at the mouth, and its black, steel-like body began to turn red.

Clearly, this King Level monster has lost its fighting ability and is only on its last breath.

"Time for grilled crabs," Xu Qing said, putting away his Azure Cloud Bow.

When Xu Qing dragged the giant crab ashore, it breathed its last.

Looking at the enormous body of this Crab King, Xu Qing pondered, "I've heard that crabs are delicious, especially deep-sea mitten crabs like this. I wonder what this monster crab is like; will its meat be tough and dry?"

Xu Qing then began to dismember the Crab King, removing its legs and claws first.

"Let's grill a leg first," Xu Qing said, lighting the fire to grill a crab leg.

Once the crab legs were grilled and turned red, Xu Qing cracked open the shell and took a bite.

Gurgle gurgle!

Xu Qing chewed on the crab leg meat, feeling like he was eating beef tendon. It wasn't tender at all, and it had a faint fishy taste; the flavor was terrible.

"Ptooey, ptooey, this is awful! The Sea Serpent King from last time had some flavor in its meat, but this Crab King has absolutely no flavor at all!" Xu Qing spat it out, looking disgusted.

"No, I'll try grilling another claw," Xu Qing continued grilling the crab claw.

After the crab claws were grilled, Xu Qing removed the shell, took a bite, and exclaimed, "This is even tougher than beef tendon!"

Xu Qing was completely disheartened. This Crab King was simply not tasty; it was a monster after all and had nothing to do with seafood.

"Go to hell!" Xu Qing threw the Crab King's body into the sea, along with its remaining legs and pincers.

Only sea monsters would eat something like that.

Soon, a group of sea monsters, including Zero, began to gnaw at the Crab King's body.

Having lost his appetite, Xu Qing simply sat down cross-legged to cultivate.

By evening, Xu Qing's Spiritual Force had broken through to the second level of the Planetary Level.

It was probably because he had been experimenting on sea monsters for the past two months that his Spiritual Force had been honed, allowing him to break through first.

The next morning, a sea monster of the Beast General Level returned.

"What? You discovered other King Level monsters?" Xu Qing was surprised; this was quite fast.

Moreover, of the three Beast General Level sea monsters, it seems that only the last one is still alive.

"Lead the way, Zero, let's go," Xu Qing called out.

Then, Xu Qing used Zero as his mount, riding Zero and heading northeast with the Beast General Level sea monster.

More than 370 kilometers away in the sea, Xu Qing arrived here riding Zero.

"You mean, that King Level monster is down there?" Xu Qing looked at the Beast General Level ocean monster.

The Beast General Level sea monster nodded.

Looking down into the sea, Xu Qing pondered. Sending the sea monsters to find the King Level monster was a good idea, but after finding it, they would still have to lure the King Level monster out, which would be a bit of a hassle.

Generally speaking, you should start by targeting the Lord Level sea monsters and kill as many as possible, which will attract the attention of the King Level monsters.

But this would take a lot of time, and he needed to find a way to make things simpler.

"Speaking of which, I can go into the sea too. I can control the seawater just the same way, and I'm not afraid of suffocating. Besides, Planetary Level Warrior don't need to breathe anymore," Xu Qing suddenly thought of this.

He should just go into the sea, find those King Level monsters, and kill them.

Moreover, he wasn't going to fight those King Level monsters in the sea; he was going to sneak up and launch a sneak attack, an assassination.

"Yeah, how come I didn't think of that before? I wasted so much time," Xu Qing slapped his forehead.

Those involved are truly blinded by their own perspective.

"Zero, I'll hide on you. You lead me quietly closer to the location of that King Level monster, that's enough," Xu Qing manipulated the seawater, enveloping himself and turning into a water sphere.

Zero nodded, then wrapped the water sphere in and followed the Beast General Level sea monster into the deep sea.

The sea was pitch black, and many sea monsters roamed around.

Zero is Lord Level, so many sea monsters dare not approach it casually, and even Lord Level monsters only glance at it and then ignore it.

Soon, Zero brought Xu Qing to the seabed, more than 1,800 meters deep.

Guided by the Beast General Level sea monster, the King Level monster was in a cave, but no sea monster dared to approach it casually.

"Alright, there are still two hundred meters to go, right? I'll go by myself. Anyway, there aren't any other sea monsters here," Xu Qing said, controlling the seawater to envelop his entire body and resist the water pressure of the deep sea.

Given his abilities, he could easily accomplish something like this.

Zero and the Beast General Level monster stayed there, waiting for Xu Qing to kill the King Level monster before coming out.

Xu Qing swam forward and soon saw an underwater mountain peak. At the foot of the mountain peak was a huge cave, more than a hundred meters long, which was the cave where the King Level monster was located.

"Once I get inside, what methods should I use to make things easier?" Xu Qing pondered as he approached the huge opening.

Xu Qing quickly came up with a plan. "This is the seabed, and most marine life should be afraid of electricity. I can electrocute the target directly. Even if it doesn't kill him, it should lose its ability to resist, and then I can kill him."

"Okay, that's settled. The target might die a rather gruesome death, but it's just bad luck."

Soon, Xu Qing reached the outside of the cave.

Xu Qing looked into the cave from outside and saw a huge lantern glowing. Through the light, he could see an enormous, strange fish.

"Lantern Fish? King Level Lantern Fish, that's really rare. Its lantern is lit, it can't be hunting, right? Never mind, I'll kill it first," Xu Qing quietly swam over.

The King Level Lantern Fish was clearly fast asleep, so it didn't notice anything intruding.

"Three, two, one, I'm lightning!" Xu Qing arrived in front of the King Level Lantern Fish, and then purple lightning crackled from his body.

Hundreds and thousands of purple lightning bolts, like pythons, enveloped the sleeping King Level Lantern Fish.

Purple lightning raged through the cave. The sleeping King Level Lantern Fish was caught off guard and was electrocuted, causing it to convulse and its lantern to explode.

What happened? This was the only question on the mind of this King Level Lantern Fish.

It never imagined that a human would dare to venture deep into the ocean, enter its cave, and even electrocute it.

The King Level Lantern Fish was enraged. Although its whole body was convulsing and somewhat out of control, its massive body began to struggle, and the surrounding seawater began to churn.

This is King Level Lantern Fish unleashing its power.

"So resistant to electricity, it seems the shock didn't penetrate its body," Xu Qing saw that the King Level Lantern Fish was still struggling, and immediately manipulated the God-Splitting Silk, turning it into sharp blades to tear the fish's body apart.

The moment the God-Splitting Silk tore apart the body of the King Level Lantern Fish, countless bolts of lightning surged into its body.

Instantly, the King Level Lantern Fish lost all ability to resist, convulsed violently, and its eyes rolled back.

A burnt smell wafted over, and Xu Qing knew immediately that the Lantern Fish was being cooked by electric shock.

"Cough cough," Xu Qing felt that she had gone too far.

However excessive it may be, he still had to do what he was supposed to do, since his original intention was to kill the other party.

As for how to kill, that doesn't matter; we don't care about the process, we only care about the result.

About ten minutes later, Xu Qing swam out of the cave.

"Zero, let's go up," Xu Qing commanded Zero, leading him away to avoid the sea monsters along the way.

Inside the cave, the King Level Lantern Fish was upside down, its entire body covered in charred marks—not just its skin, but also its internal organs, all burned by electricity.

It was charred inside and out.

The sea monsters outside also failed to notice that their leader was dead, and that he had died in his own cave.

Whoosh!

Xu Qing emerged from the sea, his body floating, freeing himself from the seawater that had enveloped him.

"This is the second King Level monster already. It seems this method is still effective. We can continue next time," Xu Qing thought, finding it quite amusing.

Sneaking into the lairs of those King Level monsters to carry out decapitation strikes is quite thrilling.

Next, Xu Qing continued to use the sea monsters as scouts to search for the location of the King Level monsters, and then sneak down to carry out the assassination.

In just half a month, Xu Qing had already killed six King Level sea monsters.

"There are quite a few King Level monsters in this sea," Xu Qing said, stretching on an island.

Of these six King Level monsters, only one reached the second tier of the Planetary Level, while the others were only at the first tier of the Planetary Level.

The Sea Serpent King that was killed in the East Sea last time was also at the first tier, while the East Sea Azure Dragon is slightly stronger and should be at the second tier.

In the nearshore waters, the strength of King Level monsters is generally at the Planetary Level. For those with higher strength, one would have to go to the far offshore waters.

"Today is the 27th, there are only three more days until my senior sister goes on vacation, so let's stop here for now and come again next time," Xu Qing glanced at the vast sea and called for the Smart Fighter Jet Little White to pick him up.

Soon, the Smart Fighter Jet Little White arrived and carried Xu Qing away.

Back in Jiangnan Base City, Xu Qing called Zhao Ruo to record a video call.

"Senior sister, do you want me to come pick you up?" Xu Qing asked her.

"Yes, of course I will. Come pick me up on the morning of the Number One," Zhao Ruo said with a smile.

Xu Qing thought for a moment, "Let's go to your house first, Senior Sister. I'll buy the things first."

"Oh my, junior brother, when did you become so thoughtful? Did Sister Qin give you some pointers?" Zhao Ruo feigned surprise.

Xu Qing gave her a disapproving look. "Senior sister, what do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me? Do you believe I won't come to pick you up and you'll have to go back by yourself?"

"No, no, no, I was wrong. It was indeed you who considered things very carefully, Junior Brother," Zhao Ruo quickly said.

She knew that if Xu Qing was really unhappy, he might not come to pick her up.

"Hmph, Senior Sister, be careful. If you mess with me, you'll be in big trouble," Xu Qing raised an eyebrow.

Zhao Ruo smiled on the surface, but in her heart she had a different thought: once she got Xu Qing under her control, she'd see how arrogant the other party could be.

When the time comes, she'll get all the revenge she's gained.

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed, and it was January Number One, 2058.

Early in the morning, Xu Qing greeted Qin Lin, packed the things he had already bought, and boarded the Smart Fighter Jet to go to the Elite Training Camp.