Published: March 2, 2025
In the cave, the ground cracked in pieces, and soon a deep cavern was revealed.
This cave seemed bottomless, but the opening was quite small, with a diameter of only about three meters. Countless bubbles emerged from it, accompanied by ibira's deep yet cliché villainous declaration.
Wen Yu waited for a moment until a slippery octopus tentacle first stretched out from the depths of the cave. The tentacle swayed back and forth, as if sensing everything in the cave.
Wen Yu deliberately suppressed his aura and was not detected by ibira. It was only until ibira sensed that there was no "danger" inside the cave that the tentacle retracted back into the cave, and the next second, a larger tremor sounded.
The ground shook for a moment, until two long and slender dragon whiskers emerged from the entrance, followed by a ferocious dragon head. After the dragon head protruded, its round eyes wide open, everything around was captured in ibira's sight.
Unlike the information gathered by the tentacle earlier, this time, ibira's observation revealed two distinct differences.
One was a black barrier...
The other was a smiling human looking at him.
For a moment, Wen Yu and ibira locked eyes, neither of them speaking.
In Wen Yu's view, ibira revealed only its upper body — just as the Sea King had described, ibira was not particularly pretty.
Although the upper body was dragon-like, it had no limbs and was completely smooth, covered in a foul-smelling mucus.
Wen Yu was sizing ibira up when he noticed that ibira was observing him with a curious gaze.
He was watching, studying this mysterious person who had not appeared within his perception range...
Then, he moved.
Like a freshly unearthed mud loach, ibira slowly began to shift his lower body, pulling out his legs — those eight tentacle-like octopus limbs, of varying lengths but particularly stout — at a leisurely pace as if to say, "I don’t seem to be moving."
Until ibira's body completely broke free from the seal.
"So, who are you?"
Ibira was the first to speak, his voice steady and deep, devoid of the expected brutality.
Wen Yu, hearing this, smiled and said, "I am..."
"Vroom~~~"
Before Wen Yu could finish his sentence, a surge of water erupted forth. Ibira's eight octopus limbs thrashed violently, creating waves in the cave that splashed against the surrounding dark barrier but failed to stir a ripple.
In an instant, Wen Yu's reply was interrupted by ibira, and the "retreat is the best strategy" plan announced its failure along with the powerful dark barrier.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you’re quite skilled at this."
Wen Yu burst into laughter, observing ibira and realizing that this so-called super sea monster seemed to possess a bit of cleverness as well.
Ibira, awkwardly yet politely smiling at Wen Yu, glanced around at the black barrier, then looked back at Wen Yu before speaking again.
"I believe fighting is not the only way to solve problems. This gentleman, erm, I don't know your name, may I ask what brings you here?"
"I came this time to..."
"Hiss..."
Before Wen Yu could finish his words, ibira launched an attack on him!
The slick body suddenly sprang forward, and with a violent surge of water, ibira darted directly in front of Wen Yu, then opened its massive mouth, sharp teeth glinting ominously as it lunged at Wen Yu.
"Crack..."
A sound of bones breaking echoed as ibira's head crashed into the newly formed dark barrier in front of Wen Yu, like an egg hitting a stone, its large teeth and jawbone crushed to pieces.
"You... hey, aren’t you being a bit too harsh on yourself?"
Wen Yu continued to chuckle, but the next moment, he saw ibira’s blood-red eyes full of murderous intent.
Ibira had always wanted to escape.
Just breaking the seal and sensing the Sea King's death, ibira felt that his hard days were finally over.
The vibrant world outside awaited him, and ibira was already a bit impatient. However, at the first moment of breaking free from the seal, ibira realized with his own eyes that he had fallen into another, even stronger barrier.