Evil Orca King's Mockery

She had only been focused on chasing Jiang Lan just now and had not noticed what was ahead at all.

"Forget it, maybe it was seaweed." Jiang Lan did not think much of it and turned to keep swimming forward.

On the surface, the Evil Orca King resurfaced, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

He looked around, his gaze sweeping over every member of his clan. His voice was low and dangerous. "What was it that rammed me just now?"

No one answered.

It was not that they did not want to answer. They simply had not seen it clearly.

That figure had shot up from the deep sea far too quickly. They had only caught a glimpse of something white flashing past, and then their great king had been sent flying into the sky.

"Speak!" The Evil Orca King roared, and the sound waves made the surrounding seawater tremble.

"...I-I didn't see it clearly." One Evil Spirit Orca forced himself to answer in beast speech. "It looked... it looked like a penguin?"

"A penguin?" The Evil Orca King's voice rose a full octave, his expression as though he had swallowed a live octopus. "You're telling me a penguin sent me flying? Do you think I'd believe that?!"

"Maybe it was two things! A little penguin and some white... thing we don't know!" another Evil Spirit Orca hurriedly added.

The Evil Orca King took a deep breath, then another, trying hard to calm himself down.

Calm down. He was the king of the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe, the apex predator that ruled these waters. He could not lose his composure just because a penguin had sent him flying.

"Chase them down! Whatever they are, they dared to ram me—"

Before he could finish, two figures suddenly sprang from the distant surface.

A chubby little thing in a penguin onesie leaped out of the sea, flipped through the air, its orange flippers gleaming under the sun as it shouted.

"Guga! I won!"

Right after that, a white little ball leaped out as well. Its four tiny legs kicked wildly in the air, while the bow ribbons atop its bun-shaped head whipped out a purple arc. It let out an unwilling cry.

"Doro!"

Then the two of them plunged back into the sea together, swimming toward Sea God Island. The splashing water reflected a tiny rainbow beneath the sunlight.

The Evil Orca King and his clan watched helplessly as that human and soul disappeared across the sea, remaining silent for a full five seconds.

"...My King, it seems like those were the two things." The Evil Spirit Orca from before spoke cautiously.

The Evil Orca King slowly turned his head and stared at him with a look that said, Do you think I'm blind?

Of course he had seen them!

A human child in a penguin suit and a white ball of unknown species had swum right past him! They had not even noticed him at all!

He was the Evil Orca King! A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! The ruler of these waters!

Those two little things had sent him flying, then casually finished their race in front of him before casually swimming away?

From beginning to end, they had not even spared him a glance!

The feeling of being utterly ignored enraged him even more than being rammed had.

"Chase them down!!!"

The Evil Orca King charged out first, his massive body plowing a deep trench across the surface. Behind him followed a swarm of murderous Evil Spirit Orcas, looking as though they were about to attack Sea God Island.

The Evil Orca King came charging over with a vast group of his clansmen, carving white trails of waves through the sea.

"Stop right there!" The Evil Orca King roared, his sound waves making the surface tremble.

Jiang Lan and Doro were floating on the surface to rest. Hearing the roar, Jiang Lan turned around and saw a mass of enormous black creatures charging toward them with overwhelming force.

The one in the lead was the largest and had the fiercest eyes. The scar on his head glinted with a savage white light in the sun.

"Doro, are those big black guys chasing us?" Jiang Lan tilted his head, causing the hood of his penguin onesie to slide to one side.

"Looks like it." Doro lay atop Jiang Lan's head. "They look so fierce. Did they come to stand up for you because I beat you in that race?"

"I obviously won! And I don't even know them!" Jiang Lan smacked the water in protest.

"You lost!"

"I won!"

The human and soul floated on the sea, completely ignoring the murderous army of Evil Spirit Orcas behind them as they started arguing again over who had won the race.

The Evil Orca King rushed close and saw that the two little things were still bickering, without even turning to look at him once. He was so furious he nearly suffered a brain hemorrhage on the spot.

He stopped abruptly, catching the clansmen behind him off guard. They crashed into one another with a series of bangs, and the scene became a complete mess.

"You two..." The Evil Orca King's voice was extremely low, a sign that his rage had reached its peak. "Which one of you rammed me just now?"

Only then did Jiang Lan turn around and look the big black creature before him up and down.

Then Jiang Lan scratched his head and said in fluent beast speech, "Oh, so you were the one I bumped into? Sorry, mister. I was rushing to race and didn't watch where I was going."

The Evil Orca King froze.

He had not expected this human child to speak beast speech, much less for him to sound so casual, as if sending him flying was no different from accidentally stepping on someone's foot.

But then he noticed what this human child looked like.

He was about five or six years old, dressed in a strange penguin onesie. With his plump little cheeks and round body, he looked like a talking glutinous rice ball.

Beside him floated an equally round white ball, studying him curiously with its large purple eyes.

That was it?

This tiny thing had sent him flying just now?

The Evil Orca King suddenly found his earlier rage somewhat laughable.

A dignified Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had been sent flying by a little runt not even as big as the gap between his teeth. If word of this got out, how was he supposed to hold his head up in the soul beast world?

"Boy, whose child are you?" The Evil Orca King's voice carried a hint of impatience. "These waters are not a place for you to run around however you please."

Jiang Lan puffed out his chest, making the belly of his penguin suit bulge and making him look even rounder. "My name is Jiang Lan. I'm from Sea God Island!"

Sea God Island.

The moment those three words left his mouth, the Evil Orca King's gaze turned cold.

He already hated everything related to the Sea God. Now that this child had come from Sea God Island, he could not let him go even more.

"Sea God Island?" The Evil Orca King sneered. "A little brat like you hasn't even finished losing your baby teeth. Sea God Island lets you run around out here? Aren't they afraid you'll get eaten by fish?"

"I'm very strong!" Jiang Lan hated it most when people looked down on him because he was young. He immediately raised his little fist and waved it in the air. "Don't let my size fool you. If I punch you, you might get hurt!"

The air fell silent for a second.

Then the Evil Orca King burst into earth-shaking laughter.