Giant Octopus

Ye Xiao continued descending through the second layer.

He gradually discovered that at the bottom of the plunge, there seemed to be a huge, ink-black monster.

It had originally been curled up within a hollow in the canyon wall.

Its grayish-brown skin was almost indistinguishable from the rock wall.

Only when Ye Xiao drew closer.

Did that curled silhouette begin to move.

First, one tentacle peeled away from the rock wall.

Then the second, the third, and all six tentacles unfurled in turn...

Each was four times thicker than his arm and over ten meters long, its surface covered in dark suckers.

As he approached.

Ye Xiao was astonished to find that the monster's tentacles were dozens of meters long!

Covered in suckers, it could spray ink that lingered in the water for a long time.

The Giant Octopus did not attack at once.

It merely spread its tentacles, blocking the only passage ahead as though waiting for him to make the first move.

Water flowed slowly around it, its tentacles swaying faintly with the current.

They carried an unhurried rhythm, as if it had endured countless similar waits.

When Ye Xiao drew near.

The Giant Octopus sprayed ink at him.

In an instant, the waters around Ye Xiao were polluted into a pitch-black expanse.

However, in these waters where visibility had already been dim, it did not make much difference.

Ye Xiao swiftly fled and evaded.

But he soon discovered.

This Giant Octopus would not take the initiative to attack.

It merely occupied the only route to the third layer.

From this alone.

Ye Xiao had already figured out the nature of the second layer's trial in the Nine Abysses of the Yellow Springs.

Defeat the Giant Octopus!

Ye Xiao steadied himself in the water.

However, once Ye Xiao