Published: March 2, 2025
“Then, my lord, would you like to hear a story about Ibira?”
“You may speak.”
Wen Yu replied, a look of interest appearing on his face.
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The deep sea signifies mystery, vastness, and a forbidden zone for humanity.
There are countless legends that originate from the deep sea—ferocious monsters, enchanting sea sirens, songs drifting on the ocean surface, and so on...
But for the sea king clan, or what was once the sea king clan, the so-called deep sea was just that.
Because they were a special kind of being that existed between animals and plants; not only did they lack emotions and consciousness, but they might not even have feelings. Yet when the apocalypse arrived and demonic energy began to invade, everything changed.
What was called mutation was, in fact, evolution. The initial round of mutation and evolution did not bring about any qualitative changes for the once sea king clan.
They remained immobile, and although a rudimentary consciousness was born, it was merely vague and muddled.
Until two strange creatures came to this place and engaged in a fiercely violent battle!
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“At that time, the Demon Realm Gate had not yet opened, and the entire group of mutated creatures in the deep sea did not even know about the existence of the demonic clan. To put it bluntly... the intelligence of the mutated creatures back then was really not impressive. Due to the permeation of demonic energy, the first wave of mutated creatures was born, resulting in a reorganization of the food chain. Looking back, the ocean's inclusivity is indeed astonishing!”
“At that time, many bizarre and powerful life forms had already emerged in the deep sea.”
“At that time, the level cap was only level three.”
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A giant king squid and a sea dragon...
One was a real deep-sea overlord, but under the infection of demonic energy, this giant king squid’s size expanded again. When it stretched its limbs, it created a scene that could block out the sun, and when it roared, the sound waves produced could tear the earth apart.
And the sea dragon... equally fierce!
Just the mention of the innate divine beast species was enough to depict the sea dragon's ferocity and feral nature—though it was similar to a star, the deep sea's environmental factors made this sea dragon significantly larger than others of the same level. Correspondingly, its sheer power was also greatly enhanced.
However, divine beast species are not absolutely invincible.
Divine beast species, especially innate divine beast species, are rightly deserving of the title monster, yet the giant king squid itself was also a monster!
The battle that occurred near the ancestral land of the sea king clan almost leveled the area. It was not until both creatures withdrew without a clear victor that the calamity finally calmed down. However, what they did not see was that under the influence of the undercurrents, a small portion of the remaining flesh and blood from both sides floated to the stone pillar, where it was absorbed, decomposed, and transformed into nutrients.
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“This process is slow. In fact, the nurturing process I just showed you was merely the result of me using skills to accelerate it; our sea king clan’s metamorphosis typically takes around three days.”
Three days is truly not long.
It was not until three days later that the seaweeds, which had absorbed the flesh and blood of the giant king squid and sea dragon, completely completed their metamorphosis.
It fell from the stone pillar, letting out a somewhat immature howl, its strange form looking hideous and terrifying.
With a dragon head and a serpent body, it had no scales; instead, its skin was covered in slippery mucus. It had no limbs; instead, it had eight tentacle-like appendages of varying lengths, similar to an octopus.
Upon being born, this first-born sea king clan quickly swam to the battlefield of the giant king squid and sea dragon, seeking the remnants of their flesh and blood to convert into nourishment for its growth.