Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 52: Entrance to the Sea
“What a pity, Chen Chu, your knife techniques don't match your main skills.”
“And it seems your knife techniques are just at the beginner level, not even breaking through to the first layer; otherwise, with your explosive strength and agility, your power would be even greater.”
At a little past four in the afternoon, Luo Fei, holding a large Buddhist scripture, spoke with some regret in the thirty-third floor reading room.
The dragon elephant skill focuses on strength and defense, while the mind's eye bright blade, being a low-level technique, struggles to fully utilize his advantages, not to mention that his knife skills are still just at the entry level.
In contrast, Xia Youhui has the black tortoise thick earth skill, which comes with a defensive shield technique. With the integration of his skills, he has just broken through and his battle power has surged significantly.
Similarly, those who cultivate advanced techniques generally have supporting combat skills, and after breaking through to double heaven, their strength far exceeds that of ordinary people.
Regarding this issue, Chen Chu merely smiled slightly, unconcerned, and said, “It’s fine; I’m already quite satisfied with my current strength.”
“After all, there aren’t that many perfect things in this world. Thinking more won’t change the situation; steady cultivation is enough.”
Luo Fei praised, “Chen Chu, I find your mindset very suitable for a path of cultivation.”
“Not at all, you’re not bad either; you’re silently about to break through to double heaven,” Chen Chu replied with a compliment.
“Why do I feel like we’re just complimenting each other for business purposes?”
“I’m speaking the truth.” Chen Chu looked 'confused.'
Luo Fei smiled gently, then lowered her head to read.
Seeing this, Chen Chu also smiled and casually flipped through his book. For some reason, he enjoyed this period of time every afternoon.
With a beautiful woman by his side, each reading without disturbing the other, this atmosphere made him feel relaxed and content.
Feeling the warmth of the sunlight shining on him from outside, Chen Chu’s consciousness sank.
Suddenly, at the bottom of the river over thirty meters deep, an exotic beast lurking in the mud opened its eyes.
Glub, glub!!
Having grown to one and a half meters long, the black heavy armored beast, as thick as a waist at its widest point, released a stream of bubbles, its tail sweeping up a cloud of mud.
With its heavy armor, towering dorsal fin, sturdy limbs, and red feathered horns that spread out like wings on either side of its head, the heavy armored beast appeared increasingly terrifying.
After eating all the mutated fish in the surrounding area of the river mouth, Chen Chu had been controlling the heavy armored beast to swim downstream for over a hundred kilometers to the entrance of the sea these past two days.
As it approached the entrance, the width and depth of the river increased, and consequently, there were more fish present, such as...
In the distance, a fierce mutated fish shot towards the heavy armored beast at an astonishing speed, its large mouth filled with fangs ready to bite down on the beast's neck.
Under normal circumstances, these fierce mutated fish utilize their explosive speed when closing in on prey, using the kinetic energy from their burst to tear into their target.
But today... just as the fish’s mouth clamped down on the heavy armored beast's neck, the moment its jaws collided with the thick scales, a crisp crack resonated.
When the kinetic energy from speed couldn’t tear into the prey, the reaction force would rebound onto itself, resulting in the fish’s lower jaw breaking off.
Boom! Water splashed explosively.
The heavy armored beast swept its front claws, striking down with terrifying force on the mutated fish’s head, instantly collapsing and shattering the fish’s skull, blood and white matter splattering everywhere.
This was the hunting method of the heavy armored beast: relying on its terrifying defense to lure opponents into attacking, then counterattacking to kill them in an instant.