Monster Beasts were creatures ruled by instinct. Unlike other races, they did not possess highly intelligent minds. Yet not all Monster Beasts knew only how to attack and slaughter; the higher their level, the more developed their intelligence.
Although the Island King Whale could not think like the Human Race or the Monster Tribe, it still had a fair capacity for thought.
After taking that palm strike from Gu Xijue, it had decided she was its most important enemy. Everyone else could be set aside for now.
Lu Feng was the exception, of course, because he was with the person who had hurt it.
Its attacks had paid off, and with the cooperation of the Kunlun Immortal Realm cultivators, it finally forced Gu Xijue to let go. Naturally, the Island King Whale would not let such an opportunity slip away. It immediately burst out of the sea and swallowed the still-dazed Lu Feng in a single gulp.
"Lu Feng!" Gu Xijue was horrified. Even she would probably face more peril than hope if this Monster Beast swallowed her, let alone Lu Feng.
Without waiting for her true qi to recover, she immediately activated a Secret Art, forming a long blade of flame and slashing down at the Island King Whale.
The Island King Whale was no fool. Why would it give her a chance to hit it? It immediately twisted its body and plunged straight into the sea.
The flaming blade held terrifying power. With one slash, it carved a chasm through the vast sea, nearly ten thousand meters long and dozens of meters wide, so deep that the seabed was visible.
Purple flame burned fiercely, as though it had set the seawater ablaze, preventing the cleaved sea from closing again. From a distance, it looked like a horrific wound