Su Ming's Deception Tactics

"Cradle of the Sea!"

A multitude of magic runes gathered, bursting with elemental light that could not be concealed even over the sunlit sea. Xiwo concentrated with all his might, and the spell rapidly neared completion.

"Light Cut Spell!"

Zijin used the Divine Favor Scepter to slash the bases of two tentacles, flew out of the encirclement, and headed toward Xiwo.

Xiwo held his staff level and aimed at the two octopuses ahead. Just as he was about to cast his spell, the enormous whale appeared beneath him, its broad mouth gaping wide as it swallowed him along with the ice floe under his feet. Amid a great spray of water, the whale leaped high into the air before crashing back into the sea.

They had entered shallower water here. The whale had charged straight in from behind to swallow Xiwo, and by the time it stopped, it was beached.

The zombie whale's enormous body thrased violently in the shallows, churning up clouds of mud and sand. It twisted frantically, trying to free itself and return to deeper water.

Zijin streaked across the sky like a meteor, already constructing a spell as she flew. Countless magic runes trailed behind her in a brilliant comet's tail, growing more numerous by the moment. As she approached the whale, she dismissed the Divine Favor Scepter she had been using to fly and took up the Bone Staff of the End.

After a graceful dive, she landed firmly atop the whale's head, gripped the Bone Staff of the End in both hands, and drove it in with all her strength!

"Zombie Reverse Disintegration: Sea Area Version!"

The instant the spell erupted, thick black mist gushed from the whale's body, mixed with great chunks of flesh and blood. The nearly hundred-meter-long behemoth began to disintegrate