Soul-Losing Gall
"This is our chance. Otherwise, the two of us alone can't break through its hard shell."
With that, Shen Ge summoned the Golden Light Sword and attacked. The Law Artifact sword had been aimed at the breach, but the Tide Crab kept thrashing about, so it accomplished little, instead striking a string of sparks from the crab's shell.
As Mu Wan maneuvered the flying boat to dodge, she saw that Shen Ge's attack had done no damage and muttered, "You're no good either. You can't even get through its defenses."
Shen Ge didn't feel embarrassed. He said casually, "So what? If you're so capable, kill it with one strike."
"Come on, get us lower. We're too far away here, and it can easily dodge our attacks."
The flying boat descended a little, coming to a stop at the same height as the Tide Crab.
Controlling the flying boat, Mu Wan said, "Shen Ge, I'm counting on you for now. My hands are a little full."
Shen Ge nodded. While controlling the Golden Light Sword to attack, he took out the Fire Dragon Talisman and held it in his hand. Finally, the instant the flying boat dodged the Tide Crab's pincer, Shen Ge seized the chance and threw the talisman.
A blazing flame transformed into a giant dragon and surged toward the wound on the Tide Crab's belly. Before it could react, the dragon struck the breach.
A scorched smell rose as the Tide Crab let out a furious roar, then counterattacked wildly.
Shen Ge controlled the Golden Light Sword to block a water ball they couldn't dodge. Looking a little grim, he said, "It's not easy to deal with. A Fire Dragon Talisman powerful enough to match a Foundation Establishment strike only managed to scorch it this much."
"What about the Burst Talismans? Switch to those. Let's blast it over first," Mu Wan said through gritted teeth, glaring fiercely at the Tide Crab. She seemed to find it a little embarrassing to be chased and beaten by a crab.
Shen Ge took out two Burst Talismans and said jokingly, "Junior Sister Mu Wan, remember to reimburse me."
With that, he channeled Spiritual Qi into the talismans, then threw them at the Tide Crab one after the other.
Bang!
Bang!
The first talisman exploded above the Tide Crab's head. Its shell was hard, but its eyes weren't protected by it, and the talisman destroyed one of them.
The second talisman exploded beside its feet. It was well placed, blasting off three of its legs.
Mu Wan piloted the flying boat after the severed legs and put them away. Then she looked at the Tide Crab, whose momentum was clearly weaker than before, and nodded. "That's how we should do it. Blast it first, then move in for the kill once it's been blown senseless."
"Easy for you to say. One of those talismans costs over a hundred Spirit Stones. Who has that kind of money to throw around?" Shen Ge said, speechless.
"Isn't Senior Sister Liuyue a master at drawing talismans? You're her junior brother and inherited the same teachings. When you run out, just ask Senior Sister Liuyue for more. It's not like she'd charge you." Mu Wan spoke as though it were only natural, making Shen Ge's mouth twitch. Easy for her to say. Ask for them? Didn't he have any pride?
"All right, enough nonsense. You take control of the flying boat. Watch me hit it with something powerful."
With that, Mu Wan relinquished control of the flying boat. Seeing this, Shen Ge hurried forward to take over and dodge the curtain of water sweeping toward them. At the same time, he complained irritably, "You just let go whenever you feel like it?"
Mu Wan ignored his complaint, took a fist-sized black bead from her Storage Bag, and threw it at the Tide Crab.
Shen Ge's eyes narrowed sharply at the sight of the black bead. Somewhat uncertain, he said, "Th... that's a Soul-Losing Gall? How did you get one of those?"
"What a loss, what a loss! This is a huge loss! That Tide Crab isn't even worth what it cost to refine your Soul-Losing Gall, and after you blow it up like this, who knows how much of it will still be usable?"
"Who cares?" Mu Wan said indifferently. "That's what he gets for being so arrogant just now. I'm going to kill him today."
Shen Ge's mouth twitched slightly. Today he had finally seen what it meant to have money to throw around. A Soul-Losing Gall was powerful enough to kill someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm outright if they had no defensive Law Artifact, and its price was outrageously high.
Its high price was one thing, but the real issue was that the materials needed to refine it were hard to find. There were probably only a few in the entire Spirit Moon Sect.
Perhaps sensing danger, the Tide Crab turned and sank beneath the water, but it was already too late. Just as it submerged, the Soul-Losing Gall exploded above its head.
The tremendous blast sent up a spray of water nearly dozens of zhang high, and at its center, it blasted out a vacuum a full ten meters deep.
After the spray fell, it wasn't long before pieces of flesh floated to the surface of the sea.
Without another word, Mu Wan plunged headfirst into the sea. Before long, she flew back out, now holding a huge pincer taller than a person.
"Let's go. It's taken care of."
Shen Ge opened his mouth. After several breaths of silence, he said, "Forget it. Just give me a piece of its back shell half a person tall. I feel like I came along just to watch you flaunt your wealth."
"I was going to give you this pincer, but if all you want is a piece of back shell that size, that's fine too." Mu Wan put away the large pincer, then took a piece of back shell a full person's height from her Storage Bag and handed it to Shen Ge.
Several figures were hidden among the clouds on the distant horizon.
A man with a fearful expression said apprehensively, "Um... are we still going to make a move?"
Silence fell for a moment. No one responded. Clearly, they were all somewhat afraid. After all, they had seen the power of the Soul-Losing Gall, and no one there could withstand an attack of that magnitude.
After a long silence, the man in the lead said, "Forget it. Let those two go. We'll wait for the next group."
"What if it's those two again?" someone said at an inopportune moment.
The leader's mouth twitched. Forcing down the urge to kick him, he said in a low voice, "Then we'll wait for the group after that."
Shen Ge and Mu Wan, who had already left, hadn't noticed the people hiding in ambush among the distant clouds, too afraid to make a move.
Watching the two disappear over the horizon, the leader in the clouds said coldly, "Come on, let's drive another Demon Beast over here. Be more careful this time. Don't pick one with lots of artifact-refining materials or one that's too strong. We can't let the strength of the people who come exceed our control again."
"Also, send someone to Changliu Market to get a defensive Law Artifact. Everyone chip in Spirit Stones. We have to get a good one."
"Those two just now were only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. They weren't strong, but they just happened to have plenty of good stuff. They might be artifact refiners. I miscalculated this time."
With that, the group flew toward the outer reaches of the deep sea and began looking for another Demon Beast.
Meanwhile, after Shen Ge and Mu Wan returned to the sect, Mu Wan hurried off. Shen Ge didn't know whether she had gone to refine an artifact or find someone else to do it, but it had nothing to do with him.
With such a large piece of the Tide Crab's shell, he had more than enough to refine two shield Law Artifacts-provided he didn't fail, of course.