novelraw Chapter 408: The Black Hunter and the Witch Take Turns Beating Him Down!
Chapter 408: The Black Hunter and the Witch Take Turns Beating Him Down!
Chapter 408: The Black Hunter and the Witch Take Turns Beating Him Down!
Witch, I Swear I’m Not a Deep Sea Ancient God!
Why was this happening? Hayer and Blood Lion simultaneously stopped their fight with tacit understanding, observing the situation in the distance.
Blood Hunter and the Tentacle Merchant weren't rushing to attack, but instead engaged in a spiritual energy field confrontation.
The collision of their spiritual energy fields still managed to alter the battlefield situation!
"That's my thing!"
The Little Tentacle Merchant hoisted the Sea God's Staff onto her shoulder, her green monster eyes glaring viciously at Blood Hunter.
In her view, if Blood Hunter hadn't interfered, Chen Qi would have already been firmly bound by her tentacles and mercilessly flogged!
Under the control of the Sea God's Staff, the surging sea beast horde behind her also emitted terrifying roars.
Blood Hunter assumed a sword-drawing stance amidst the raging waves:
"Overestimating your abilities..."
The collision between their spiritual energy fields intensified, already stirring up violent winds over the ocean.
Why are they starting an energy clash? Chen Qi, caught between the two, frowned and quickly retreated three steps backward.
Then, he urgently adjusted his breathing and analyzed the current situation.
These two were fighting because of him.
Moreover, judging by the current explosive atmosphere, there was no room for cooperation between them, and he wouldn't be split in half and taken away separately through negotiation.
Fight on! You two, keep fighting! Chen Qi thought to himself while watching from the sidelines.
Now, even without Big White Hair's support, he could leave this place.
In the distance, Hayer and Blood Lion were already full of confusion; lacking information, they completely couldn't understand why these two were fighting.
They could only vaguely see that the target seemed to be the Black Hunter near the Canary merchant ship, or that Princess Yisha...
But even if they didn't understand the situation, it wouldn't affect their battle!
Battle was everything!
"Continue fighting! Fight!"
Blood Lion raised his arms and shouted, breaking the stalemate first.
Meanwhile, the spiritual energy field of Blood Hunter on Chen Qi's right also overwhelmed that of the Little Tentacle Merchant on his left.
In terms of spiritual energy field, the Little Tentacle Merchant was completely no match for Blood Hunter!
The surging crimson spiritual energy field swept over the Little Tentacle Merchant like a violent wind.
First Blade: Ever-Burning Blade.
Second Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade.
Blood Hunter spread his arms like a bird taking flight, simultaneously slashing with both blades, unleashing hundreds of strikes in just one second.
On the ocean surface, wave after wave of energy ripples spread out.
Facing this dense assault, the Little Tentacle Merchant refused to back down, her entire body's tentacles striking out with hundreds of punches:
"You'll pay for stealing my thing!!!"
Her body suddenly expanded, growing from less than 1.3 meters to an astonishing 1.6 meters—
A full 1.6 meters tall!
Soon, the swollen Little Tentacle Merchant transformed into a 'Big Tentacle Merchant', the green tentacles on her body continuously multiplying, rapidly increasing from the original twenty-something to over a hundred—
Cup Release: Sea Tentacle Body!
In this enlarged form, the Little Tentacle Merchant's strength and speed would be greatly enhanced.
As a Saint's Cup Release, it could increase her power by a full five times over her original state!
"This is..."
Everyone on the Canary merchant ship gasped in surprise. Although her size hadn't changed dramatically, the tentacles on her body were rapidly growing.
The Little Tentacle stood barefoot on the raging waves, holding the Sea God's Staff, a hundred tentacles glowing with eerie green fluorescence stretching out behind her, merging together, opening and closing like petals, gradually forming a giant mouth with a ten-meter radius.
This scene made this monster of the Great Sea Coffin even more resemble a wicked witch covered in tentacles.
"I'll eat you~"
She tilted her head and smiled lightly.
Great Sea Devouring Flower Mouth!
The flower-tentacle mouth behind the Little Tentacle Merchant lunged forward like a giant beast, biting fiercely.
This devouring mouth composed of a hundred tentacles carried powerful Goblet affinity energy; even a Great Shark Battleship, even a deep-sea titan, would be bitten apart by it.
The opened tentacle mouth instantly arrived before Blood Hunter.
Swish!
However, accompanied by the howling wind, in just one second, countless blade marks appeared on these massive tentacles.
"Ah?"
The Little Tentacle widened her eyes.
Blood Hunter's chest heaved violently.
Breathing Technique Qi Burst, movement skill Accelerating Shadow, followed by Split Slash.
Blood Hunter flashed crimson.
As a fringe hunter, he hardly used any superfluous moves; his basic skills could be described as monumental.
Like a sliced watermelon, the great sea devouring mouth composed of a hundred tentacles instantly exploded like fireworks.
Thousands of tentacle fragments scattered across the ocean surface—
Splash! Splash!
The still-wriggling tentacle pieces fell onto the Little Tentacle Merchant's hair and slid off.
The Little Tentacle's arrogant expression twitched slightly.
That was her Release that consumed massive spiritual energy.
Although they were both fifth tier, the combat power gap seemed to be... just a little bit large...
Just a little...
So weak, Little Tentacle... Chen Qi thought to himself.
Although the Little Tentacle Merchant was one of the Great Sea Coffin's BOSSes, there were still gaps among fifth tiers!
The Little Tentacle Merchant neither possessed a domain nor could perform arrival, and she hadn't truly mastered rift power herself, only being granted the power of the Great Sea Coffin by the Sea God.
Her strength was at the same level as the weakened Azure Beast, unable to compare to monsters among monsters like Blood Hunter.
Damn it, what to do if I can't win? The Little Tentacle Merchant's green pupils rapidly contracted as she cast a hungry look toward Chen Qi.
Her target had only ever been Chen Qi from the beginning.
And like Chen Qi, as a monster of the Great Sea Coffin, she could dive into the ocean at any time!
Once she entered the sea, Blood Hunter would have no way to deal with her!
Yes, she just needed to capture Chen Qi!
"Too weak! Trash!"
The Little Tentacle Merchant flipped Blood Hunter the middle finger while waving the Sea God's Staff.
She poured all her spiritual energy into the Sea God's Staff!
Ancient blue runes suddenly appeared around the Sea God's Staff.
Now, she would stir the tides!
Using the staff as a blade, she traced phosphorescent trajectories in the air.
The Sea God's Staff could manipulate the surrounding seawater while commanding the sea beasts enslaved by it.
Almost instantly, five thousand of the ten thousand sea beasts surged toward Blood Hunter like a dark tide.
"..."
Blood Hunter wanted to escape and create distance.
However, the waves beneath his feet suddenly transformed into a hundred-meter whirlpool that devoured the sea.
On the ocean surface, Blood Hunter had to constantly use Water Walking while being unable to use land for leverage, greatly affecting his speed.
The continuously expanding whirlpool beneath his feet, combined with the sea beast assault, left Blood Hunter temporarily unable to mount an effective counterattack.
This was the unique skill of a rift-exclusive item!
Sea God's Staff: Great Whirlpool!
"Die! Be devoured by the sea!!!"
The whirlpool sucked in Blood Hunter along with numerous sea beasts.
Everyone watched this scene in shock. If the Canary merchant ship hadn't quickly distanced itself, they too might have been unable to escape this terrifying whirlpool.
Blood Hunter was actually swallowed... Yisha, who had calmed down, looked in shock at the Tentacle Merchant standing on the waves.
The Tentacle Merchant stood with one hand on her hip, the Sea God's Staff resting on her shoulder, wearing an expression of victory.
She raised her head, looked at Chen Qi, stuck out her forked monster tongue, and laughed arrogantly:
"Alright, guest, now no one can stop me!"
"Submit to the Sea God's power!!! Become my slave!!!"
The Little Tentacle Merchant laughed as she walked toward Chen Qi:
"Come here! Guest, I won't do anything to you! I'll just make you my cushion, working twenty hours daily for me! I'll give you meat to eat."
However, after just one second, she sensed something wrong.
The Black Hunter she had targeted showed no fear appropriate for prey, but instead revealed a slight smile.
That Sea God's Staff that can manipulate waves is quite good; its skill actually managed to trap Blood Hunter... Chen Qi stroked his chin, excitedly analyzing.
The previous attack had left the Little Tentacle Merchant temporarily unable to attack, incapable of performing another Release.
And just now, to activate the Sea God's Staff's Great Whirlpool skill, she had consumed massive spiritual energy, leaving her in a spiritual energy vacuum period.
Moreover, Big White Hair was almost here... Chen Qi, drenched in seawater, gripped his long blade.
The roles of hunter and prey had already reversed.
Now, this Little Tentacle Merchant was the prey!
Yisha urgently said:
"Black Hunter, let's retreat together. I'll have Little Golden Flower Fox and the Canary cover you."
Chen Qi stretched his neck:
"No need, Yisha! I'm going in!!"
"Going in?"
Yisha was stunned.
Chen Qi gripped the Rift Blade and used Hound's Pace, quickly darting forward.
"Don't want to submit to me? No choice, I'll have to use force... Huh?"
The Little Tentacle Merchant looked confused, slightly opening her mouth, at a loss.
Chen Qi hadn't retreated but instead advanced forward!
And he had already reached her front!
Boom!
Before she could react, a burning tentacle fist struck her left cheek!
Smack!
Before her left cheek could fully deform, the right tentacle fist swiftly followed!
"!!!"
Meanwhile, Chen Qi's Rift Blade slashed at the Tentacle Merchant's right arm!
This guy wants the sacred artifact the Sea God gave me, the Sea God's Staff! The Little Tentacle endured the pain in her right arm.
She had tolerated the previous matter with the Sea God.
Never did she expect that today, the Black Hunter would dare attack her!
She was the monster queen of the Great Sea Coffin!
Only she could rob others! Her witch-like beautiful face quickly twisted into a snarl as she threatened:
"Human! Don't think that just because you completed a transaction with the Sea God, you can steal my things! Once I capture you, I'll make you experience true fear!
I'll kill everyone you love! I'll thoroughly humiliate you in front of that witch!! Humiliate you!!"
Chen Qi ignored her threats, the Ember's Touch behind him spreading out.
Secret Technique! Tentacle Flogging: Chain Slaps!
Smack smack smack smack smack!
Chen Qi's tentacle flogging wasn't aimed at injuring the Little Tentacle, but rather at stimulating the numerous nerves in her skin to create intense pain.
The tentacle strikes fell like torrential rain on the Little Tentacle Merchant's face.
Smack smack smack smack smack!
Smack smack smack smack smack smack!
Yisha stared in astonishment from afar; the dense, crisp sounds, along with the Little Tentacle's already unrecognizably red face, were enough to show that the Black Hunter had the upper hand.
Low physical damage, high mental damage, extremely humiliating!
The Little Tentacle couldn't take it anymore, but during this spiritual energy vacuum period, she could do nothing.
She could only endure this damage with her monster body, waiting for her spiritual energy to recover.
Once her spiritual energy recovered and her tentacles regrew, it would be the Black Hunter's death.
An eye for an eye, repaid a thousandfold!
Every slap the Black Hunter dealt her today, she would return on his buttocks!
Her severed tentacles needed five seconds to regenerate.
Five!
Four!
Three, two!
One!!! The Little Tentacle Merchant stuck out her long tongue and laughed arrogantly:
"Human!! Now it's my turn!!!"
I'm going to whip you hard!! She was extremely excited, her face flushed, as ten green tentacles on her head, ten on her waist and back instantly regrew!
These twenty suction-cup green tentacles suddenly charged at Chen Qi!
"Wail! Scream! Shout! Beg for mercy!"
"..."
However, contrary to her expectations, the anticipated sounds of flogging and begging didn't come.
The Little Tentacle felt a chill.
Something long, thorny, and soft had grabbed her tentacles!
Huh? The Little Tentacle silently turned her head.
There, standing barefoot on the raging waves, was a witch holding a wooden flower-adorned staff.
Thorny, thick queen vines continuously emerged from both sides of the staff, tightly entangling all of the Little Tentacle's tentacles.
The witch's eyes stared at her like an angry God of Death:
"Try hitting him and see what happens?"
Beside this witch stood a white-haired, red-eyed witch who stood on the waves, watching Hayer and Blood Lion while sipping a cup of black tea.
Fen... Chen Qi temporarily stopped his attack and couldn't help but smile.
Quite timely.
The moment she saw the Ice Witch and Fen... the Tentacle Merchant's neck and heart beat rapidly.
Within the Great Sea Coffin, the Ice Witch was the deep sea monster killer feared by all merchant monsters!
Bad... A trace of fear finally appeared in the Little Tentacle's arrogant eyes.
If she wasn't careful, she might die at the hands of the Ice Witch!
Must run! The Little Tentacle broke out in cold sweat, her instincts driving her to escape.
However, thorny bramble vines wrapped around her waist.
Fen used thorny vines to entangle the Little Tentacle's neck:
"You think you can hit Qi and just run away? Who said you could leave?"
She actually hit Qi right in front of me! Hurt Qi! The vines on both sides of Fen rapidly spread.
I haven't started hitting! He was the one hitting me!! The Little Tentacle wanted to explain, but the thorny vines tightly gripping her neck, combined with panic, prevented her from speaking.
Through relentless day and night practice, Fen's Queen Vines and Thorn Body had achieved considerable mastery.
Fen immediately used Queen Vines to flog the Little Tentacle!
Smack smack smack smack!
Torrential vine attacks struck her back and buttocks!
Tears streamed from the Little Tentacle's eyes.
As a monster, she had long adapted to most pain.
However, for some reason, this vine flogging caused her reason to slip, making her unable to resist wailing—
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!
The skill researched by the Golden Flower Bird Queen could not only cause extreme damage but also create mental anguish!
Even battle-hardened warriors would find it difficult to resist this kind of pain.
Must, must break free, her strength isn't enough... Tears continuously streamed from the Little Tentacle's green pupils as she tightly gripped the Sea God's Staff.
Although Fen's attacks could inflict mental damage on her, preventing her from fully controlling her spiritual energy.
But in terms of raw power, it was far from enough! Far from enough!
Boom!
Soon, tentacle fists and tentacle whips! Struck her face!
This attack directly shattered the Little Tentacle's sharp teeth, drawing bright red blood from her forked monster tongue!
Damn it! Black Hunter! The Little Tentacle Merchant widened her eyes.
The Black Hunter's strength could actually injure her!
She never expected that as a fifth-tier being, superior to countless adventurers, she would one day be caught between a tentacle-wielding hunter and a vine-controlling witch, attacked from both front and back!
Smack smack smack smack smack smack!
Chen Qi and Fen's attacks continued relentlessly, pouring down on her body.
She struggled to turn her head sideways.
Fortunately, the Ice Witch's attention was focused on the Great Whirlpool, not yet on her.
"Before the Ice Witch makes her move, I must escape. They can't catch me, they can't..."
The Little Tentacle Merchant tightly gripped the Sea God's Staff, attempting to perform one final Release at the cost of damaging her body and overdrawing spiritual energy.
In this sea area, no one could pursue her into the deep sea.
She was the sea's overlord, blessed by the Sea God!
As long as she reached the deep sea, no one could punish her! Not even the legendary Ice Witch was an exception!