Bang!
The calm sea exploded with spray as several Ghost-Screaming Fish shot out of the water like arrows. Dago pointed a finger, sending invisible ripples from his fingertip.
An icy-blue current immediately surged through the air before him, completely freezing the Ghost-Screaming Fish before they could react.
A cluster of Yitai then flew from beneath Dago's robe, condensing in midair into long, golden surgical blades that swiftly and precisely dissected the fish.
As the fish were opened up, Dago finally found what he had been looking for amid a mass of viscera resembling filthy, tangled hair.
"Pop—"
Several fist-sized black objects flew from the Ghost-Screaming Fish and landed swiftly in Dago's hand.
Dago carefully examined the snail-like objects in his hand.
They were roughly spindle-shaped, their surfaces covered in black bony spikes of varying lengths and tiny, irregular teeth. Pale, slender tentacles coiled around them, making them resemble malformed, grotesque combs.
Dago casually crushed one Monster Conch. A piercing infant's cry immediately rang out from within, and the remaining Monster Conches in his hand suddenly exploded one after another.
Boom!
Expressionless, Dago suppressed the blast's aftermath, only to find that every trace of the Monster Conches had vanished.
"They look like some kind of mysterious creature parasitizing the Ghost-Screaming Fish."
"Once startled, they self-destruct and vanish completely afterward. That is why I could not uncover any useful information from the Ghost-Screaming Fish corpses."
The secret of the Ghost-Screaming Fish seemed to have been solved.
The fundamental reason Ghost-Screaming Fish could gather all their vitality at once and convert it into an explosive soundwave was the Monster Conches parasitizing their bodies.
Yet Dago still had not obtained what he wanted. This innate ability of the Monster Conches apparently only activated after drawing enough vitality.
The Monster Conches that had just self-destructed