Phi-Fic Chapter 182 Giant Whale, Water-Stabilizing Pearl
Chapter 182 Giant Whale, Water-Stabilizing Pearl
As Jiang Yuchuan and Xiaoqing dived deeper, they encountered more and more luminous corals and seaweed growing on the rocks around them, their colors becoming increasingly vibrant, as if they had entered a magnificent and fantastical underwater world.
Soon, Jiang Yuchuan and Xiaoqing both stopped.
They did not dive to the bottom at this moment. The tables and chairs stopped because there was a huge creature sleeping below them.
Judging from its appearance, it can be vaguely identified as a whale.
However, this whale was many times larger than its kind, almost like a small mountain. Its body was a hundred feet long.
Jiang Yuchuan gazed at the enormous whale that was quietly suspended in the depths of the water, his eyes flashing slightly.
Just as he was about to use his divine sense to investigate the whale, he discovered that his divine sense was being blocked by a special force.
As soon as this familiar situation occurred, Jiang Yuchuan knew that what he was looking for should be inside the giant whale.
Sure enough, as soon as this idea popped into his head, Xiaoqing conveyed the same message to him.
Xiaoqing also said that the whale gave him a sense of danger.
If Xiaoqing felt threatened, then this giant whale must be at least comparable to a fourth- or even fifth-tier demon beast.
Given the environment and resources of this world, it is simply not enough to nurture such powerful creatures.
The reason this whale has grown and mutated to its current form is definitely due to the spirit within its body.
"Leave this giant whale to me; you don't need to lift a finger."
Xiaoqing knew that with her current strength, she would probably lose more often than she would win against this behemoth, so she agreed with Jiang Yuchuan and stepped back to stand guard for him.
Although Jiang Yuchuan couldn't fathom the strength of this giant whale, with his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, dealing with it shouldn't be a problem.
However, considering that the spiritual object he was looking for was inside the giant whale, he had to act quickly and decisively when the battle began, killing the giant whale as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications from a prolonged fight.
Just as Jiang Yuchuan was about to make the first move, the sleeping whale suddenly opened its eyes and looked at Jiang Yuchuan.
Without further hesitation, Jiang Yuchuan activated his spiritual energy, his body radiating a brilliant azure light, and instantly launched the jade hairpin magic weapon, attacking the giant whale.
The moment the jade hairpin shot out, it split into thousands of blue threads, tightly binding and imprisoning the giant whale.
The startled whale was clearly enraged by Jiang Yuchuan's actions. It let out a muffled roar, struggled, and swung its massive body with all its might.
The surrounding reefs and corals were shattered and destroyed by the waves created by the whale's struggle.
Jiang Yuchuan had long anticipated that the jade hairpin would not be able to trap the giant whale for long. Therefore, while the giant whale was struggling frantically, he immediately formed hand seals and summoned four circular cyan magic arrays engraved with array patterns in the east, west, south, and north directions of the giant whale.
The giant whale clearly sensed a threatening aura from the four-sided magic array that Jiang Yuchuan was summoning, and therefore struggled even more violently.
Without the support of Jiang Yuchuan's spiritual power, the silk threads that the jade hairpin conjured quickly shattered amidst the whale's violent struggles.
The magic circle was just completed at this moment. Jiang Yuchuan recalled the jade hairpin with one hand and pointed two fingers at the giant whale with the other.
As Jiang Yuchuan pointed, the newly formed magic arrays on all four sides burst into light, and four thick golden-silk green thunder vines, each requiring several people to encircle, shot out from the magic arrays, binding the giant whale that was trying to escape their encirclement once again.
The Golden Silk Green Thunder Vine is Jiang Yuchuan's natal magic weapon, and its power far surpasses that of the Jade Hairpin magic artifact.
No matter how hard the giant whale tried, it was unable to break free from the golden silk green thunder vine's restraints.
Jiang Yuchuan once again activated his spiritual power, unleashing all the lightning surrounding the Golden Silk Green Thunder Vine.
Tens of thousands of electric arcs were released from the vines, and in an instant, they gathered into a net on the enormous, mountain-like body of the whale.
The lightning released by the Golden Silk Green Thunder Vine at this moment is the lightning tribulation of Jiang Yuchuan's Golden Core that it absorbed earlier.
Tribulation lightning is a product of the laws of heaven and earth, and its power is extraordinary. Even though the enormous body of this whale had been modified and strengthened by the spiritual entity within its body, it still could not withstand the tribulation lightning for long.
In less than fifteen minutes, the frantically struggling whale finally calmed down and stopped breathing.
After confirming that the giant whale had indeed passed away, Jiang Yuchuan withdrew the golden silk green thunder vines that were tightly wrapped around it and removed the surrounding magic array.
"The rest is up to you. Go and extract the spiritual object from the giant whale's body."
Jiang Yuchuan turned to Xiaoqing, who was keeping a distance, and said.
Xiaoqing nodded hurriedly and rushed towards the giant whale, diving into its wide-open mouth.
Seeing that Xiaoqing had suddenly become so obedient and docile, Jiang Yuchuan knew that she was frightened by the methods he had used when dealing with the giant whale.
Jiang Yuchuan waited outside for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before he saw Xiaoqing emerge from the giant whale's body, carrying a transparent bead that emitted a pale blue light.
After taking the bead from Xiaoqing, Jiang Yuchuan examined it carefully. Just like before, he set up a sealing formation on it and put it into his space, placing it together with the other two spiritual items.
"Of the five, three are already gone. Now only wood-attribute and metal-attribute spirit items remain."
Then, Jiang Yuchuan looked at Xiaoqing beside him and asked, "Xiaoqing, can you still sense spiritual objects similar to this bead?"
Xiaoqing nodded, then shook her head.
Jiang Yuchuan then realized that Xiaoqing needed to get close enough to a certain distance to sense the presence of a spirit. If the distance was too great, it couldn't detect it.
"I see……"
This situation was somewhat within Jiang Yuchuan's expectations.
There is ample time.
This continent is only so big. As long as Xiaoqing can sense the existence of spiritual objects, he will eventually be able to find the remaining two.
Jiang Yuchuan turned his gaze back to the carcass of the giant whale.
Under the transformation of the spirit, this giant whale was no different from a demon beast except that it did not condense a demon core.
"It would be a waste to leave such good materials here unused."
Jiang Yuchuan circled the whale's corpse once, and finally chose to take away its essence, blood, heart, eyeballs, and some bones and flesh, leaving the rest, which was of little use, behind.
After processing, the essence and blood, and the heart can be used as materials for alchemy; the eyeballs and bones can be used to make magical artifacts; and finally, the best pieces of meat can be used to cook delicious food.
Because the whale's body was so enormous, Jiang Yuchuan spent a considerable amount of time cleaning it up.
Since Xiaoqing hasn't reached the stage of human transformation yet and doesn't have hands, there's very little she can help with; she can only do simple carrying tasks.
After nearly two hours of work, Jiang Yuchuan finally managed to organize and pack everything he wanted into his spatial storage.
"Let's go, Xiaoqing."
Jiang Yuchuan didn't particularly enjoy being underwater, so once everything was settled, he immediately prepared to take Xiaoqing back to Fangzhang Island.
What Jiang Yuchuan didn't know was that the moment he sealed the pearl he had taken from the belly of the giant whale, the calm Wuhui Sea immediately became turbulent, as if it were angry, and stirred up towering waves.