"Okay, let's go back to the island then."
Upon seeing the Seedling Turtle, Luo Yu immediately said that he would rather collect some Seedling Turtle from it than undergo training...
"Speaking of which..."
But Shi Ke was more concerned about something else than going to Mirror Moon Island to rest.
His gaze kept drifting towards the deck of the Moon Empress, and he finally voiced the question that had been lingering in his mind.
"While I was on my way, I killed a Zombie King Beast, and then a fishing hook snatched away its crystal core..."
"You have a crystal core on your ship that looks a tiny bit like mine."
Shi Qianqian: "..."
Luo Yu looked at July, and July spread her wings.
"My pet beast probably mistook your catch for unclaimed property while fishing, cousin. I'm sorry, I'll return it to you later," Luo Yu said.
"?" Shi Ke wasn't particularly concerned about a King Level crystal core, but if he remembered correctly, the distance between the two places was at least tens of thousands of meters. "You mean, it was your pet beast fishing just now?"
"Are you kidding me? Do you even know how many meters it is between here and where I was just now?"
What kind of fishing rod can fish for crystal cores from tens of thousands of meters away?!
Moreover, it wasn't as simple as fishing for crystal cores at the beginning!
They were aiming for the Zombie King Beast. If the Zombie King Beast hadn't been attracted by their flesh and blood and broken free of the fishing line, they might have actually been caught.
His gaze lingered on July, watching her pick up her old fishing rod again, exhausted from July Water Devil Beast. His mind was in a daze; he couldn't understand it, yet he had witnessed it with his own eyes.
Well...
Luo Yu laughed, "Its fishing rod is quite special. Look, it even caught a crystal cannon that some warship abandoned and left in the sea..."
"What on earth is going on! What kind of fishing rod is this amazing? Are you selling it? I'll buy one." He felt that if he didn't figure it out, for the next few months his mind would be filled with images of his crystal core being snatched away.
"Cousin, don't worry about so much. Don't be so curious," Shi Qianqian said. "Anyway, let's go back first. You can't afford a fishing rod; the price of one is comparable to that of a Thousand Autumn Turtle."
Shi Ke:???
Having witnessed firsthand the power of July's Dependent Fishing Rod, Shi Qianqian felt even more Confidence about the first stage of the Abyss Trial. With this ability... why worry about not having crystal cores?
If you're not afraid of becoming public enemy number one, you can stay put and fish in the heavens.
"Forget it... I'll find out more details when we get back to the island." Shi Ke sighed, his thoughts even more chaotic. A fishing rod worth as much as a mid-level Time King?
He felt like he was falling behind the times, even though he had just come from a big city, a place that should be a remote and impoverished area.
"Wait, it looks like we can't leave."
Shi Ke suddenly frowned. "We've made too much noise and attracted a lot of zombies..."
"The Aurora Sea Dragon sensed the changes in light in the seawater... The horde of corpses has surrounded us from all sides. You two, come aboard my ship first. I'll deal with these corpses and clear a path before we leave."
"Or, Qianqian, call your aunt to come and help."
Shi Qianqian quickly looked at Luo Yu, wanting to ask if the guardian deity was present.
Luo Yu thought for a moment and said, "Since the guardian didn't make a move, it means there are no Senior Level zombies. Since we're already here, we might as well try out the skills before leaving. We can't have come all this way for nothing."
"Does that mean, hit?" Shi Qianqian indicated that she understood.
"Hmm." Luo Yu nodded. He took advantage of the Zombie Tide to see some of July's evolved power, and he hadn't really tested it yet, so it would be a bit of a waste to go back now.
"Cousin, don't interfere, leave it to us." Luo Yu looked at Shi Ke.
"Huh?" Shi Ke was taken aback, looked at Luo Yu and Shi Qianqian, and said, "You're not kidding, are you? There are a lot of zombies."
"It's not as simple as a zombie ambush on the ship..."
That's... a dark, swarming mass on the seabed, about to swim over.
"Let's give it a try." Shi Qianqian trusted Luo Yu: "Quickly show me what July's strength is now."
Besides believing it, she now wants to know even more why July didn't change at all after her bloodline evolved through the Dependent Evolution Method!
Not only did it not look stronger, it actually became cuter and more frail.
This technique, which makes Shi Qianqian Qianqian's spine. It was the ultimate secret of the "pretending to be weak to deceive others" principle that she was pursuing.
She had a feeling that July was definitely very strong now, after all, the cuter the appearance, the fiercer the fighting power!
Although she couldn't figure out how Luo Yu planned to deal with the Zombie Tide no matter how hard she racked her brains, the fact that Luo Yu dared to speak meant that he must have a solution!
"July." At Luo Yu's command, July stood on the bulwark.
"Let's give it a try and see how far we can go."
"Goo-ga!" July nodded, closed its eyes, and connected with the power of the earth's veins. It was about to dive into the seabed, transform into a giant beast, and fight the Zombie Tide for three hundred rounds, but then it was somewhat surprised because it sensed that there seemed to be an underwater Volcano on the seabed!
Volcano?
Luo Yu was also taken aback.
Then, a Boldness idea popped into Luo Yu's mind.
He glanced at them; both ships' protective shield systems were activated. Since that was the case...
"Something's not right. Is he really planning to fight back?..." Shi Ke was startled, not understanding what Luo Yu was thinking. Even if this Earth Penguin was extraordinary, having undergone special training, the astonishing number of zombies in the ocean...
Before he could react, with a loud "boom," both ships began to shake violently!
It was a deep, rumbling sound from the earth, as if a dormant Volcano on the seabed had been activated, with crimson magma spewing out from the Volcano.
This explosion was caused by the massive aftershocks of magma entering the sea and the vaporization of the seawater, creating a devastating circular impact in the deep sea!
The horde of corpses that had gathered from all directions hadn't even reached the surface when the shockwave arrived. One by one, they were torn apart by the terrifying pressure. Octopuses, sea serpents, and giant crustaceans were reduced to mangled remains in an instant. Boiling water and poisonous smoke swept across the sea, rising from the surface in various places! "This is..." The Mirror Moon Giant Crocodile, which had been following Luo Yu and his group in the distance, wanting to see July's evolved strength, hadn't expected this...
The shockwave swept across its body; its crocodile eyes darted around, and it bared its teeth.
This little penguin actually activated an underwater Volcano!
The power of this "prototype of natural disaster" greatly surprised the Mirror Moon Giant Crocodile. At the same time, on the more distant Shiyin, Liu Yun was also shocked as she stabilized the swaying of the ship and looked in the direction of Luo Yu and the others.
"What's going on...?"
Amidst the massive tremors, Shi Qianqian and Shi Ke, clinging to something aboard the swaying ship, were both stunned. What stunned them even more was what followed: from the seabed, a red light permeated the air, as if molten lava was still continuously spewing forth.
After the magma exploded, it cooled rapidly upon contact with water, piling up layer by layer. Gradually, rubble and pumice emerged, and a new, miniature island slowly rose from the ocean.
July, holding her fishing rod, leaped off the swaying ship and onto the still-warm black rock platform, looking at the floating remains of zombies around her like a king surveying his territory!
At this moment, Shi Qianqian and her cousin had no idea what was happening. Shi Qianqian plopped down on the boat, leaned out, and stared at the sea in utter shock.
"What did you do?" Shi Qianqian couldn't help but ask.
What kind of superpower is this...?
Did they drop a nuclear bomb on the seabed?! She clearly saw that July didn't even move!
Both appear to be Low-Rank Ordinary Species, so why is Luo Yu's penguin... so exaggerated!
"There just happened to be a Volcano on the seabed, so July activated it, drawing upon some of nature's power."
Luo Yu felt this astonishing power and was secretly shocked. He had originally intended for July to revert to her lava behemoth form so she could dive into the sea and fight multiple enemies at once, but who knew...
In July, a mere tap into the Volcano energy of the seabed triggered a chain reaction of massive explosions, resulting in the scene before us.
As expected... the power of nature is still the most terrifying.
Looking at the rising miniature island, Luo Yu seemed to be deep in thought. With the power of the underwater Volcano and July's own Power of Magma, July seemed to now have the ability to create land on a local scale in the ocean.
It's important to understand that July is currently just a dormant period. Once it enters its normal state, even if there are no more Volcano around, it might still be able to create land in some shallow sea areas.
Thinking of this, Luo Yu's eyes lit up. He felt that the plan to expand the land and build a new island could be implemented soon, which would also be a good opportunity for July to train her Power of Magma through this process!
"Luo Yu scholars... you..." Shi Ke stammered, unable to comprehend what was happening, whether it was the Fishing Technique from before or the underwater explosion just now.
Is the person before me really just a Junior Level Beast Taming Master?
"July, let's continue!" However, instead of building an island out of thin air, there's a submarine Volcano right here, so why not make use of it?
All it takes is to continuously activate the Volcano power in July, causing the underwater Volcano to erupt continuously, and this place will take the shape of an island in just a few days!
Rumble!!!!
The seabed continued to boil, and the horde of corpses that gathered there, even those who were lucky enough to survive the first shockwave, were still tragically torn apart by the continuous eruptions of the underwater Volcano.
"Elder brother..."
Shi Ke, supporting the swaying ship, looked at the crystalline shield flickering from the underwater shockwaves and hurriedly said, "Brother Luo Yu, the underwater Zombie Tide must have retreated after these two shockwaves. You should tell your penguin to stop its supernatural powers."
His eyes were filled with unease as he looked at his panicked Aurora Sea Dragon, suspecting that if it hadn't been inside the crystal shield, it would have been injured by the underwater shockwave.
"What exactly do you want?" he asked the boy from Mirror Moon Island.
"Strike while the iron is hot," Luo Yu couldn't help but say.
"While the Volcano is still active, let's activate its power further. In a while, a new island will emerge here."
From now on, this new island... will be the first territory he expands into near Mirror Moon Island!
Luo Yu named it...