Escape! Nightmare...!

More than thirty Demon Soul Great White Shark of the ten- Ten-Thousand-Year level didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly roasted to a crisp upon contact with the golden-red flames, floating belly up to the surface.

The 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark King and the Deep Sea Demon Whale, who were responsible for bringing up the rear in the distance, were so frightened that they no longer cared about the orders of the Ferocious Beast. With a flick of their tails, they desperately burrowed into the deep sea.

The Demonic Nightmare Octopus, located right in the center of the inferno, was the first to be hit.

The Heavenly Phoenix Fire surged wildly into its body through the wound on its severed wrist, burning its massive, purplish-black head until the skin was torn and large patches of soft tissue turned charred and curled.

"Roar--!!"

The Demonic Nightmare Octopus struggled desperately in the boiling sea of fire, its remaining six tentacles frantically slapping the surface of the water, trying to extinguish the blazing white flames on its body. But those flames were like a leech, impossible to extinguish no matter how hard it slapped.

Damn it! Damn it!

The Demonic Nightmare Octopus cursed wildly in its mind.

It was sleeping soundly in the ocean trench at a depth of 10,000 meters. If it hadn't been for that strong call from its bloodline, it would never have run all that way out to get this beating!

Originally, it only wanted to devour the thing on the ship that attracted its bloodline, and then go further, complete its evolution, and transform into a true deep-sea overlord!

It originally thought that this was just an ordinary human merchant ship, and that sending two 100,000-year-old Sea Soul Beast to clear the way was already giving them too much credit.

Who would have thought that a human Super Douluo was sitting on this dilapidated ship! And such a powerful Super Douluo at that!

If we keep fighting, we can forget about evolving; we'll just end up here as grilled octopuses!

Withdraw!

The Demonic Nightmare Octopus no longer dared to harbor even the slightest greed.

Enduring the excruciating pain of its entire body being burned, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a large glob of thick, almost solid, purplish-black ink.

The ink swelled in the wind, transforming into a thick curtain of water that blocked the falling Heavenly Phoenix Fire for two breaths.

Taking advantage of this opening, the Demonic Nightmare Octopus used its remaining six tentacles to exert force simultaneously, slamming its massive body into the seawater beneath it. It sliced through the water and fled madly into the deep sea without looking back!

In the blink of an eye, only churning boiling water, billowing white mist, and large numbers of charred Sea Soul Beast corpses remained on the sea surface.

Scarlet Lion Douluo clutched his chest as he flew into the air, looking down at the unfathomable depths of the sea, and asked for instructions.

"Deputy Pagoda Master, that beast has escaped, should we...?"

"Need not."

Leng Yaozhu released the Heavenly Phoenix Holy Spear from her hand, and the hundred-meter-wide phantom of the fire phoenix behind her slowly receded.

"The ocean is the domain of Sea Soul Beast. Once you reach a depth of a thousand meters, even the most skilled warriors will just be easy prey."

Human Soul Master are already significantly less effective in underwater combat, let alone someone who specializes in fire-based combat.

That's enough to make the beast suffer enough to deter it from causing trouble again.

Leng Yaozhu was about to retract her Battle Armor and land back on the deck, she suddenly caught a glimpse of two enormous objects floating on the sea in the distance.

These were the two Ferocious Beast tentacles that she had just severed at the root with a single shot.

The two tentacles were tens of meters long and as thick as water vats. They had been scorched by the Heavenly Phoenix Fire, their skin was charred black, and purplish-black blood was still oozing from the cuts. They were slowly sinking down with the waves.

Leng Yaozhu paused for a moment, then raised her hand and pointed to the sea.

"Pull it up."

Scarlet Lion Douluo:?

And so...

Two thick tentacles, each over thirty meters long, lay across the center of the deck, occupying almost half of the activity area.

Although they had separated from the main body, the two fleshy pillars still retained a strong vitality, twitching from time to time and making the metal plate bang loudly.

A smell that was a mixture of the fishy smell of the sea and the aroma of charred meat filled the air.

The guards and crew members gathered around, pointing and whispering from a distance of about ten meters, but no one dared to get too close.

"This is the physical body of a 400,000-year-old Ferocious Beast?"

"To be able to move after being cut off for so long, that's terrifying vitality."

Lu Guan loosened the railing, strolled over to the tentacle, and kicked the charred skin.

It has an extremely firm and elastic feel.

Na'er ran over quickly, her big eyes shining as she stared at the white, tender flesh at the cut, and swallowed hard.

"There looks like so much meat! Enough to eat for days!"

Ye Xinglan, standing at the back, twitched at the corner of her mouth.

That was a super Ferocious Beast that had just made three Titled Douluo vomit blood!

You two are arguing about whether someone's severed leg tastes good—is that polite?!

but...

Ye Xinglan twitched her nose.

After being Ultimate Fire of the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, the tentacles did indeed smell quite fragrant.

He's been fed so well by Lu Guan's parents for the past five days that his stomach is starting to react unexpectedly to the smell of meat.

Ye Xinglan quickly pressed down on the sword hilt, turned her head to look at the sea, and forcibly suppressed the thoughts in her mind.

I am a sword cultivator!

How can a sword cultivator be swayed by the desires of the palate!

At this moment, Leng Yaozhu's dark red Four-Word Battle Armor transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into her body, changing back into her magnificent long dress.

She walked over, looked at Lu Guan, then at Na'er. She shook her head helplessly, retracted one of the tentacles, and with a wave of her hand, flames erupted, burning away the mental pollution on the tentacles.

"Take it and cook it into food, then divide it up."

Upon hearing this, everyone on the deck was overjoyed, and the fear they had felt during the attack vanished instantly.

This is the flesh and blood of Ferocious Beast!

"Thank you very much Deputy Pagoda Master!"

Scarlet Lion Douluo was overjoyed.

Even a small piece of the flesh and blood of a 400,000-year-old Ferocious Beast is equivalent to several months of arduous cultivation!

He wasn't ashamed of himself anymore; he immediately summoned the Blazing Lion Martial Soul and personally took on the role of the butcher, severing the tentacles.

Ordinary blades couldn't even leave a white mark on the hide of Ferocious Beast; only Titled Douluo could cut it with his Soul Power.

While they were working, Lu Guan quietly retreated.

Within his sea of consciousness, Little Nightmare Tiger's face was solemn.

Lu Guan asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nightmare!"

"Those two tentacles contain the aura of a 'Nightmare'!"

Lu Guan's mind went blank.

No, what did this so-called Ferocious Beast "Nightmare" do to offend someone back then that it was chopped into mincemeat and scattered all over the world?

It's amazing that so many Soul Beast could be devoured like that...

Etc!

Lu Guan frowned deeply; something was wrong.

During the time Lu Guan spent in seclusion in the courtyard of Heaven Dou City completing his Two-Word Battle Armor, he had nothing to do and conducted many experiments on Little Nightmare.

He specifically went to buy the essence blood of several high-age Soul Beast, wanting to see if Little Nightmare could continue to devour and evolve.

But obviously, it didn't work.

At the time, Lu Guan was still wondering if there were any strict restrictions on the Little Nightmare's devouring ability, or if it could only devour one type of creature.

Now it seems that the so-called ability to gain power by devouring the bloodline of "Nightmare" may not actually be the Dark Winged Tiger's ability at all.

The root cause is "Nightmare"...?