"Ah?"
"Teacher..."
"What happened?"
Hearing Taoyuan Teacher's grave voice, Shui Bing'er didn't hesitate, rushing to the cockpit and saying to the Mara Sisters:
"Quick, full speed ahead! Any direction, just get out of here!"
"Okay... okay!"
Mara pulled the gear to its highest setting, pushing the forward throttle to its maximum, and the Peach Garden burst forth, reaching speeds over 30 knots.
But even at this speed, the Peach Garden cruise ship couldn't escape the danger zone in time.
A figure, leaving a trail of dust, floated above that sea area, tightly gripping a sea-blue fishing rod, which had been bent into a crescent shape by a powerful force:
[Ding~]
[Successfully attracted the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!]
[The Deep Sea Demon Whale King has taken the bait!]
[Triggering the reward for fishing the Million-Year Spirit Beast, Deep Sea Demon Whale King!]
[Fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for fifteen minutes: Reward the host with a five-thousand-year increase to all spirit ring lifespans.]
[Fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for thirty minutes: Increase the host's entire spirit ring and Spirit Bone lifespans by ten thousand years.]
[Fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for one hour: Increase the host's entire spirit ring and Spirit Bone lifespans by twenty thousand years, and reward with one twenty-thousand-year Spirit Bone. For every additional hour, an extra ten-thousand-year lifespan reward will be granted, along with several water-element Cultivation Techniques, ultimate skills, and Artifact Refining items.]
[Fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to the surface: Reward with 3 opportunities to draw matching weapons for Disciples, reward with 7 water-element spirit ring and Spirit Bone enhancement liquids...]
[Fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to leap out of the water: Reward with a top-grade mount: a juvenile Water-Repelling Golden-Eyed Beast!]
[Fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to remain floating and leaping out of the water for more than two hours: Reward: Divine Grade Fishing Rod.]
[Successfully fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King: Reward: 1 ninety-thousand-year Spirit Bone, a 10% increase to all spirit ring and Spirit Bone lifespans, and a near-ultimate increase in water-element affinity for Disciples!]
[...]
The figure of the immortal dust stood in the ocean, and Su Ran's mind was filled with the System's presence.
It really was a big catch, and an unparalleled big catch at that!
It greatly surprised Su Ran that he could actually catch the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, such a massive catch.
However, Su Ran quickly understood. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's Cultivation was nearly a million years, and its remaining lifespan was not much. The Blood-Bright Bait could increase a certain proportion of a Spirit Beast's lifespan, which was extremely important to him, allowing him to face the Spirit Beast's inevitable Divine Tribulation later.
And the rewards for fishing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had even reached the highest tier Su Ran had ever encountered.
Successfully fishing it would actually reward a ninety-thousand-year Spirit Bone. Even if unsuccessful, holding it for a long time could increase the lifespan of spirit rings and Spirit Bones by thousands or tens of thousands of years. Perhaps his first few spirit rings could even be raised to nearly a hundred thousand years!
In this way, any Spirit Ability Su Ran casually used could be the ceiling for powerful individuals on the continent!
How could Su Ran not be moved by this?
At the bottom of the deep sea, layers of waves surged. The colossal creature rolled once, causing a massive whirlpool, dozens of meters in diameter, to appear on the sea surface.
The entire sea area became extremely eerie, incredibly dark and deep. The surrounding waves rose a hundred meters high, and low, dark clouds pressed down from the sky, truly a disaster.
The Peach Garden was on the edge of this disaster, accelerating to its highest speed to move away. But due to the appearance of the whirlpool, the surrounding seawater surged madly into it, dragging down the Peach Garden's speed.
Looking at the terrifying anomaly in the sea behind them, the Mara Sisters' eyes widened:
"What on earth is happening? How could such an anomaly suddenly occur?"
Even the experienced Mara Sisters couldn't figure out the situation.
Mani looked back twice, noticed the dust-trailing figure fishing, and couldn't help but rub her eyes:
"Sister! Look, is that person fishing Taoyuan Teacher?"
"Probably? It seems only Taoyuan Teacher on our ship likes to fish, right?"
"Taoyuan Teacher, so handsome!"
Even in times of peril, Taoyuan Teacher's peerless appearance was enough to make a young girl blush and feel a flutter in her heart.
Mani's face flushed with Peach blossom pink:
"Shui Yueer adult lied!"
"Their teacher's appearance is not ordinary at all!"
"He's simply the most handsome man I've ever seen in my life!"
"He's too good-looking! If he's ordinary, are there any good-looking people in the world?"
"Really?"
Mara couldn't help but look back. Once she looked, she didn't want to turn her head back, her face filled with disbelief, and the strength in her hands involuntarily loosened by two points:
"He really is... so good-looking!"
"Not good, the speed has dropped. Our escape speed must be at least above 28 knots to have a chance to leave the whirlpool's gravitational pull!"
Boom!
Just then, the colossal creature at the bottom of the deep sea churned again, seemingly angered. The sea area within ten li began to show abnormalities, and a giant wave surged from afar, pushing the Peach Garden back another thousand meters. The cruise ship was pushed to the edge of the whirlpool.
"Teacher told you to leave here early, why are you still back?"
"Teacher will help you out."
Su Ran saw that the Peach Garden hadn't reached a safe distance yet and was a little worried. If these girls were here, he couldn't fully unleash his power.
On the ocean, Peach blossoms began to flutter. A Peach Blossom Branch flew away, propping against the stern of the Peach Garden, pushing it thousands of meters away, and then successfully driving it out of the safe zone.
Just as the Peach Garden left the dangerous area, sailing further and further into the sea, reaching the safe zone, Su Ran finally intensified the force in his hand. The ocean immediately became turbulent, giving rise to a sea tornado.
On the surface of the tsunami, a dark and deep whale scale skin flashed by. The giant creature and Su Ran both began to exert their strength, stirring up monstrous waves in the sea area spanning dozens of li.
"What the hell?"
"What on earth is Taoyuan Teacher fishing for? It's causing such a huge commotion!"
"This is too terrifying, much more terrifying than those ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts we encountered before!"
"Taoyuan Teacher must be crazy, right? This couldn't be a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, could it?"
"Fishing a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, has anyone really done such a thing?"
"Yes, our teacher has. Only our teacher could do something like this..."
Standing in the cabin of the Peach Garden, even the usually composed Shui Bing'er couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
"Taoyuan Teacher won't be in danger, will he?"
"Probably not, Taoyuan Teacher should know what he's doing, right?"
"..."
"Spirit Master adult, where should we go now? The nearest sea route to Sea God Island is blocked, we can only go around."
Mani came to ask about the Peach Garden's next move. The incident was sudden, and their originally planned route had been changed.
Shui Bing'er rubbed her temples and decided:
"Maintain a safe distance, find a nearby safe island to stay for a while, and wait for Taoyuan Teacher to finish fishing."
"I hope Taoyuan Teacher succeeds in fishing. Amen. Seeing a hundred-thousand-year Sea Demon caught ashore would also be an eye-opening experience, wouldn't it?"
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