"Master, the skin of this thing is quite hard."
Nezha squatted on the Black City-sized scales on the tail of Insect King. The tip of Fire-Tipped Spear's spear was drawn down along the gaps in the scales. Light green body fluid gushes out from the cuts, glowing with fluorescence in the dim light of Chaos.
Yang Jian stood on the head of Insect King. The short knife was pressed against the edge of the thickest scale under the jawbone. When he turned his wrist, the knife blade cut in half an inch and got stuck.
"Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force Seventh is so heavy that it can only crack its shell. Its hardness is stronger than ordinary Immortal Emperor-level armor Thirty Percent."
Zhao Gongming walked over from the bow of the ship, and the soles of his boots stepped on the scales on the middle part of Insect King's body, making a muffled sound, like stepping on a metal plate.
"It would be a pity to throw away such good material. If you peel it off and use it to make armor for elite monks, you can save a lot of spiritual materials."
Tongtian retrieved the cargo hold capacity data of Formation Ship in Main Battle Core and Tribulation Count.
"Insect King is four thousand miles away. Even if you only take the highest quality back and head scales, there will be at least three thousand pieces. Each piece is the size of Black City. Can it be loaded in the cargo hold?"
"If it doesn't fit, tie it to the outside of the ship."
Gu Changqing's voice came from the podium, unhurriedly.
Nezha raised his head and glanced at the position of Gu Changqing on the screen of Magic Formation, grinning.
"Okay, then I'm not welcome."
He inserted Fire-Tipped Spear into the gap between the scales, and Samadhi True Fire spread from the gun body, burning deep along the fascial network of Insect King.
The connection between the scales and the skin shrinks under the high temperature, revealing a larger incision.
Nezha grasped the edge of the scales with one hand, Wind-Fire Wheels's flames surged, and he kicked off his feet, pulling his whole body back.
A piece of gray-silver scale armor was torn from the tail of Insect King, covering an area of more than 500 miles. Light green body fluids and gray-white fascia fragments splashed out.
Yang Jian moves faster over there.
The short knife cuts across the fascia layer at the base of the scales. The lingering trace of Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force still remains on the arm. Each cut can cut through three layers of fascia.
The scales on Insect King's head were peeled off piece by piece, and piled up in the void next to the Sea of Bitterness passage, forming a small mountain.
Zhao Gongming stood in the middle of Insect King's body, pressing his hands on the largest scale. Sea of Bitterness's black substance seeped out from between his fingers and seeped into the connection between the scales and skin.
Sea of Bitterness corroded the fascia faster than Samadhi True Fire. Ten breaths later, the scale armor fell off on its own and hit Chaos with a dull roar.
Tongtian looked at the division of labor between the three people on the screen of Magic Formation in Main Battle Core, and clicked two nodes on Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram with his finger.
A mechanical arm extends from the left and right sides of Formation Ship. The grapple at the end of the arm grabs the peeled off scale armor and transports it towards the cargo hold.
The door of the cargo hold was open, and the space inside was expanded to ten times its original size by Formation, with gray-silver scales moving in piece by piece.
Kong Xuan squatted in the middle of the ship without moving, Five-Colored Divine Light folded his arms, and stared at Yang Jian's action of peeling off the scales with his two bird's eyes for a long time before speaking.
"Yang Jian, when you punched the space, Chaos Origin was torn open."
Yang Jian's knife didn't stop and he didn't look back.
"I saw it."
"Do you recognize what's leaking out of the gap?"
Yang Jian's knife paused.
"What?"
"Boundary Sea Deep Origin Tide has the wrong color. It is three shades darker than the normal Chaos Origin. It seems to have been contaminated by something."
Kong Xuan's tail feathers trembled, and Five-Colored Divine Light expanded outward in a circle, covering the Chaos space around Insect King's body.
"I just used Five-Colored Divine Light to sweep across the gap. There are traces of living creatures remaining in the tide."
Zhao Gongming's hands peeling off the scales stopped, and the black pupils in the whites of his yellow eyes turned to Kong Xuan.
"Living creature? What level?"
"I can't tell, the breath is diluted by Chaos Origin. I can only confirm that it's not Abyssal Beast, nor Tide-Devouring Insect."
The voice of Kelān came out of Communication Array, with an uncontrollable tension.
"Senior Kong Xuan is talking about Dark Tide."
Nezha was pulling out a piece of scale armor, and when he heard these words, his hand relaxed half a bit.
"What is Dark Tide?"
"Boundary Sea's deep source of pollution, Thief Race's channel log records an encounter. The entire fleet was soaked in Dark Tide for less than three seconds. All the hull's protective Magic Formations failed, and the crew's Divine Souls were corroded into empty shells."
Nezha's Fire-Tipped Spear punched the scales and looked back at the Magic Formation screen.
"Will that thing come after me?"
"No, Dark Tide only moves in the deep layer of the Boundary Sea. Unless someone takes the initiative to drill into the deep layer, it will not float to the shallow layer."
Kelān's voice paused for a moment.
"But Insect King's death may lead to something else."
Zhao Gongming's hand pressed back on the scales.
"What?"
"Insect King's corpse will release some kind of signal in the Boundary Sea, attracting other Boundary Sea creatures that feed on carrion. Thief Race calls those things Scavengers."
"How many Scavengers are there?"
"The number is uncertain, but the individual combat power is not strong. The largest one is probably Immortal Emperor Level. The main trouble is their number and speed."
Zhao Gongming grinned.
"Immortal Emperor Level's trash fish, no amount of them is enough to see."
He took his hands off the scales, turned around and walked back to the bow of the ship. The two boxes containing Sea of Bitterness were still open.
"Yang Jian, Nezha, speed up. We'll leave immediately after peeling off the scales."
"Received."
Nezha's Wind-Fire Wheels flames were pulled to the highest level, and the whole person shuttled back and forth on the tail of Insect King. Where Fire-Tipped Spear's spear tip scratched, the connection between the scales and fascia was all cut open.
Yang Jian's side was faster. The short knife traveled over the scales on Insect King's head. Each cut was accurately cut at the thinnest part of the fascia. The scales were peeled off 20% faster than Nezha's.
A quarter of an hour later.
All 3,200 of the highest quality scales on Insect King were peeled off and stacked neatly in the cargo hold of Formation Ship.
The skeleton and tendons were also put into Sea of Bitterness Box by Zhao Gongming, saying that they could be used to strengthen the wall strength of the Sea of Bitterness channel after returning.
The remaining residual body was pushed out of the Sea of Bitterness channel and sank into the Chaos depths of the Boundary Sea. The light green body fluid spread in the Chaos, like a thick mass of ink.
Nezha returned to the right wing. The layer of light green bodily fluids on his body had not yet been wiped off. The fishy smell was so strong that Tongtian wrinkled his nose in Main Battle Core.
"Tongtian, give him a Cleansing Talisman."
Tongtian placed his finger on Formation Diagram, and a white light flew out from the middle of the ship and landed on Nezha.
The white light swept over, the light green body fluids and the fishy smell disappeared together, and Nezha's clothes returned to their original appearance.
He patted his chest and nodded with satisfaction.
"Tongtian is still reliable."
Yang Jian returned to the left wing, the knife was sheathed, his hand was resting on the handle of the knife, and blood was still oozing from the cut at the corner of his mouth.
Tongtian gave him another Healing Talisman. The white light fell on the wound, the bleeding stopped, and the mouth was closed.
Zhao Gongming stood at the bow of the ship, and the Sea of Bitterness channel re-opened. Black matter poured out of the box, paving a channel with a width of five hundred miles in front of Formation Ship.