This Black Water Was Interesting
"Grandpa Jin?"
Mu Tian'en scratched his head and hunched his shoulders.
He didn't understand the expression on Golden Crocodile Douluo's face.
Still, Mu Tian'en could tell from the determined light flashing in Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes that Grandpa Jin was far from satisfied with merely hearing him describe his Soul Skill.
"Little guy, you're done talking about your Soul Skill, right?" Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes shone. "Now it's time to get down to business."
As he spoke, Golden Crocodile Douluo began loosening up.
The old man, who had created a dangerous wave with a casual lift of his hand, one equal to the whirlpool the Sinking Sand Water Turtle had created at the cost of its life, beckoned to Mu Tian'en. "Come at me~"
"Grandpa Jin~" Mu Tian'en didn't attack, nor was he about to do as Golden Crocodile Douluo asked. He blinked, a troubled look appearing on his face.
His little face scrunched up.
Looking at the little guy's expression, like that of a little old man, Golden Crocodile Douluo burst out laughing even here in the sea of sand.
"Little guy, say a thousand things or ten thousand, but in the end, don't we Soul Masters prove everything about ourselves with our fists and strength?"
"Your Soul Skill sounds very strong, and it even takes into account how you might develop in your future cultivation."
"But nobody knows how effective it'll be when you use it in real life."
"So you need to test it, again and again!"
At that moment, Golden Crocodile Douluo's whole body shook.
The clothes he had been wearing burst apart.
Bare to the waist, he revealed a physique that remained robust and powerful even at the age of 130 before Mu Tian'en.
He patted his chest.
A sound like a crocodile's bellow rang out from Golden Crocodile Douluo's chest.
Like thunder.
Like a howling wind.
Golden Crocodile Douluo seemed to notice the caution in Mu Tian'en's eyes. He spread his arms, leaving himself completely open before Mu Tian'en, and used Soul Power to make him a promise. "Don't worry. Apart from maintaining Martial Soul Possession, I won't use any Soul Skills."
It was precisely because Mu Tian'en knew Golden Crocodile Douluo would do this that he couldn't help stirring up the breath within him.
Bubble~
Bubble~
After a string of bubbles burst, Mu Tian'en held up three fingers.
He had spent quite some time fighting the Sinking Sand Water Turtle and then absorbing its Soul Ring. Even for an expert swimmer and whale-type Soul Master like Mu Tian'en, the breath in his body was only enough for three attacks while leaving him enough to return safely to the surface.
But Mu Tian'en didn't have Golden Crocodile Douluo's exquisite control over Soul Power.
He could only use his fingers to indicate his situation.
As for whether Golden Crocodile Douluo understood, Mu Tian'en didn't know, nor did he need to concern himself with it.
After all, those bright, piercing eyes had never left Mu Tian'en from beginning to end.
But in the next moment, unprecedented fluctuations began to emerge from Mu Tian'en.
His already somewhat fierce Martial Soul Possession form was completely unleashed the instant the Soul Ring circling him lit up.
At that moment, the terrifying Soul Power surrounding Mu Tian'en, ceaselessly plundering the breath around him, dyed the murky, yellowish water completely black.
It wasn't the black water droplet Mu Tian'en had condensed before.
Rather, it was more like the water that preceded the droplet's creation.
But~
Precisely because it was the water that came before, the black current also possessed weaker versions of the abilities of the droplet Mu Tian'en had displayed earlier.
Powerful shaping, formidable defense, and formidable staining abilities now became Mu Tian'en's best means of defense and attack.
In an instant, Mu Tian'en turned his Soul Power into a drop of ink.
In the blink of an eye, the drop of pitch-black water had stained the surrounding currents.
In a moment, it expanded to the limits of Mu Tian'en's reach, turning the dense current of sand and stones into his domain.
A low whale call sounded.
Mu Tian'en had already plunged into the ink-black water of his own accord.
"The little guy's methods are quite impressive."
Golden Crocodile Douluo looked at the giant black whale, which had grown enormous as it expanded to its limits but had also revealed a flaw. He raised his fist and pressed it against the whale's head.
He applied a little force.
Golden Crocodile Douluo watched as his entire arm sank into the ink-black water.
"This black water isn't as strong as that thing you showed me. You made it on the spot."
Golden Crocodile Douluo was at a loss for words.
When he saw that what the little guy had displayed was completely different from what he had described, he had thought the little guy was holding something back. As it turned out, he was putting on a show of strength.
Golden Crocodile Douluo exerted force with his arm.
He tried to pull his arm out of the black water, only to discover in the next instant that the ink-black current was anything but still. Countless whirlpools had formed throughout it, and the moment Golden Crocodile Douluo exerted himself, they dissipated and absorbed every bit of force his arm produced.
Not a shred of force could be brought to bear on the whale, which looked impressive but was hollow inside.
Golden Crocodile Douluo raised his other arm and slapped the whale's surface.
But in the next instant, countless ripples appeared across the whale's enormous head.
Once again, they dispersed Golden Crocodile Douluo's force.
At the same time, Mu Tian'en chose that moment to launch an attack.
The massive, heavy whale of water began to move.
In an instant, Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had just been pleased by the little guy's method of trapping him, felt a tightness in his chest.
Mu Tian'en's attack was simple.
The water whale rammed him.
If Mu Tian'en himself had rammed him, Golden Crocodile Douluo naturally wouldn't have thought anything of it.
Even if the little guy's body expanded to over two meters tall, it couldn't compare with Golden Crocodile Douluo's vajra physique, tempered over a hundred-odd springs and autumns.
In Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes, there were even many aspects of the little guy's physique that needed further cultivation.
But against a water whale with a volume of more than ten cubic meters, Golden Crocodile Douluo had at least some difficulty without activating his Martial Soul Avatar, even though the whale hadn't charged at full speed.
The impact struck his chest.
His muscles squeezed his breastbone, and his breastbone pressed against his lungs.
Some of the breath stored in Golden Crocodile Douluo's body was thrown into disorder in an instant.
As bubbles spewed wildly from Golden Crocodile Douluo's mouth, a sensation of suffocation that he hadn't felt in a long time began spreading from his lungs through his body.
Golden Crocodile Douluo's old face turned bright red as he held his breath.
But just as Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to get serious, preparing to break his arm free of the whale's restraint and dispel the impact entirely, the black-water whale Mu Tian'en had transformed into burst apart in an instant.
The turbulent torrent caught Golden Crocodile Douluo off guard.
After it had swept Golden Crocodile Douluo head over heels, he unleashed his Soul Power and forcibly steadied himself.
But before he could settle accounts with Mu Tian'en for embarrassing him, Mu Tian'en had already used the pitch-black current to shoot straight toward the surface.
Without looking, Golden Crocodile Douluo could tell the little guy's face was bright red.
He was running out of breath!
He was in a hurry to get out of the water!
"Heh, this kid was running out of breath, and he still had to have a little fun with an old man like me."
But Golden Crocodile Douluo merely smiled. Looking at the black water, which had spread out but still hadn't been assimilated into the surrounding current, he reached out and caught a strand of it with his Soul Power before shooting toward the surface as well.
The little guy's water had some tricks to it.