novelraw Chapter 436: Capturing the Deep-Sea Titan!
Chapter 436: Capturing the Deep-Sea Titan!
“Someone’s coming again…”
On the White Tower fleet, a White Tower Hunter whose skull had been smashed muttered, his voice full of despair.
How could this be—
Little Crow lifted her head, her chest pounding wildly, coughing uncontrollably.
A heavy shadow swallowed everything!
Little Crow’s mouth opened slightly, forming an egg-like oval.
The enormous creature before them was the Twelve-Tentacles that had slept on the sea for ages!
Deep-Sea Titan: Twelve-Tentacles!
In the old days it had been corrupted by the power of the shadow beasts and finally sank into Blue Fire Island in a dormant state.
When it stirred, it brought tsunamis;
its breath became storms;
its stare was the abyss incarnate!Anyone who got close would die without a doubt!
It was a colossal beast that countless merchant ships and warships fled from.
It had twelve colossal tentacles and crimson red moon eyes. Whenever it was on the verge of death, it would consume one eye to replenish the massive Titan Body’s health.
Twelve tentacles meant twelve trials of heroism!
Legend said even peak-level legends could only get through six trials before it.
Across the long history of the oceans, only Whale Father, the Deep Sea Hunters, and the Ice Witch had records of defeating the Twelve-Tentacles.
Chen Qi raised his head. Of the twelve tentacles, three red moon eyes had already gone out.
That meant the White Tower fleet on the tentacle-mountain had defeated three of the Twelve-Tentacles’ tentacles!
But only three.
Tick! Tick!
As if flaunting its trophies, that enormous tentacle suddenly shook the White Tower ship, and on the flag one could still see a White Tower Hunter hanging there.
And there were White Tower Hunters still alive.
But they could no longer make sounds, only moving their lips to force out one last message:
“Run… away…”
They were dying… Little Crow’s eyes widened.
“Qi, can you hold it?”
“Don’t worry. My charm is more than enough, so there’s no need…”
Chen Qi could feel the aura of the Deep-Sea Titan: Twelve-Tentacles.
But before he could finish speaking—
Suddenly, that mountain-like tentacle dropped from the sky, blasting up a hundred-meter-high ring of water!
“!!!”
The twelve leftover Ember’s Touches behind Chen Qi instantly spiraled and formed a tentacle shield that withstood the blow—
Deep Sea Affinity lost its effect!
No, to be precise, the opponent had struck against Deep Sea Affinity itself!
Chen Qi’s eyes flickered with confusion.
At once, twelve tentacles emitted infrasonic shrieks in unison, a cry of despair.
The meaning of that sound was, plainly—
“Ah! Death approaches us—”
“Let us die—”
“Let us die together!”
“Die together!”
“We will die together!!”
Little Crow’s eyes bulged.
In the sky, all nine enormous blood eyes suddenly turned as one, aligning toward Chen Qi!
The Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles was dying!
And before it died, it wanted to die together with Chen Qi!
“Ahhhhhhh!”
In the massive shriek, the nine red moon eyes on the tentacles condensed into spirals—
Titan Gaze: Nine Pillars of the Red Abyss—
What a headache—
Chen Qi’s brow tightened.
He had no choice;
he had to subdue the Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles in front of him.
Chen Qi reached out, spending one hundred points of Deep Sea Power, and poured it into Deepsea Water Spirit No.1.
Water Spirit No.1 raised a tiny fist:
“Waku waku (Master! I feel your vast power surging wildly inside me!)”
Water Spirit No.1 suddenly absorbed countless sea waters and leapt up before Chen Qi and Little Crow—
Violently swelling!
A bright gleam flashed in Water Spirit No.1’s eye;
it grinned arrogantly:
“Wahaha! (A mere Titan dares challenge this Water Spirit!)”
Water Spirit No.1: Titan Wall!
Boom!
The red moon eyes opened;
nine beams of laser tore the sky and struck Water Spirit No.1’s massive body—
That huge water globe instantly boiled furiously!
Water Spirit No.1 shouted:
“Waaah waaah waaah (Wah! Master, save me!)”
“Well done, Number One!”
Chen Qi snapped his fingers again.
Coastal Apex Predator lifted its burning great head and fired a scalding Dragon Furnace Cannon at the Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles—
Blazing fire tore through—
The Dragon Furnace Cannon roared across the sky and struck one of the tentacles’ blood eyes—
Kaboom!
The Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles let out another long wail. Its tentacle pillars writhed, and one red blood eye shut again—
Four of twelve blood eyes had closed!
Eight remaining!
“Waku waku!”
Water Spirit No.1 instantly shrank and landed on Chen Qi’s head, too frightened to move.
“This is troublesome…”
Chen Qi’s brow furrowed.
The wounded on the White Tower fleet looked at Chen Qi with flesh-and-blood-riddled eyes.
Their spiritual perception was shattered, but they could vaguely sense that this man was a strong one.
However, the monster before them was a Titan!
Each time it died, the Deep-Sea Twelve-Tentacles would grow stronger!
Stronger and stronger!
This was no beast two legends could beat.
He lifted his head and spoke in despair:
“Book Saint… I’m sorry, I can’t come back…
…can’t come back…”
Chen Qi raised his head and looked at the Twelve-Tentacles.
With his current strength, defeating the Deep-Sea Twelve-Tentacles was no problem at all.
But he didn’t want to defeat it—he wanted to capture it.
As a Sea Shepherd, his current herd had the Coastal Apex Predator as an attack unit and Deepsea Water Spirit No.1 as a temporary weapon.
At the moment, Chen Qi’s pasture wasn’t rich enough.
Every time he turned a “lamb” into a hunting hound through Deep Sea enhancement, it cost one hundred points of Deep Sea Power.
He had used the hound power only twice, and his Deep Sea Power was already exhausted.
If he could capture a Titan—
Chen Qi reached out and attempted capture again.
[Charm Success! The Deep-Sea Titan desires your body!]
[Capture Failed! The Deep-Sea Titan senses death and resists your capture;
it only wants to die with you!]
Impossible to capture… Chen Qi frowned.
And why would it want to die with him the moment they met?
Did that mean he had to give up on this Titan?
Rumblе!
Amid the shriek, bloodlight erupted across the Titan’s body. It recovered and entered its second form again—
So I have to kill it… Chen Qi’s hand moved to the Rift Blade at his waist.
At that moment Little Crow swallowed and said:
“Qi, on its second tentacle there are pustules constantly oozing pus. That’s the power of the Black Whale’s blood—”
Chen Qi turned his head.
He nearly forgot: the person before him was a deep-sea ecology researcher.
A crazed deep-sea scholar!
Chen Qi asked:
“Little Crow, is there any way to calm this big guy down?”
I… Little Crow trembled and bit her lip.
She had been completely overwhelmed by the Titan’s enormous presence and had lost all reason.
She activated spiritual perception and examined every inch of the Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles.
On the Titan’s body she could see scars caused by various contaminations.
Alchemy toxin pollution, Shadow Demon infestation, twisted corals—
But these things alone were not enough to threaten the Titan’s ecosystem.
On the second tentacle there were jet-black pustules that did not belong to the Titan.
They writhed and emitted a terrifying power that made Little Crow uneasy!
This was contamination power from the Fringe World.
Little Crow gritted her teeth and said:
“Black Whale blood combined with Rift and Shadow affinity power might be eroding the core of that second tentacle—”
Little Crow stammered.
Although she was a deep-sea researcher,
this was the first time in her life she had treated a Deep-Sea Titan.
It was the first time she’d heard anyone talk about saving a Deep-Sea Titan!
Little Crow said:
“I’m not certain, but if we can remove the pustules on the second tentacle, we might be able to calm it—”
“I understand.”
Chen Qi wasted no time;
he flashed.
In an instant his figure flickered crimson like lightning, becoming a thunderbolt.
After advancing to Saint, with Storm Power and Tidal Power combined, he could move at will over the sea from any angle—
The ocean was practically his domain.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
“Careful, there’s also a ten percent chance this will enrage it…”
Little Crow said, eyes wide.
Wait!
A blade flashed!
Before she could finish explaining, all the jet-black pustules on that second tentacle burst open—
Splash!
A downpour of black blood fell.
Bang!
“Done.”
Chen Qi leapt down from the storm and landed beside Little Crow, sheathing his blade.
“So fast…”
Little Crow gasped.
Chen Qi turned and looked at the Deep-Sea Titan.
Just as Little Crow had said, once the pustules were removed, the Titan screamed again—
But it no longer wailed the suicidal “let us die together” cry.
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Amid the pain-filled shrieks, the twelve tentacles slowly sank, like the roots of giant winding trees, drifting on the sea and forming a kilometer-wide giant land.
It had calmed down… Chen Qi drew a deep breath and spent spiritual energy.
He began to capture!
[Charm Success!]
[Capturing…]
[The Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles enjoys the tearing pain of your blade cutting its body—
An ancient pleasure! Awakening its excitement after a hundred years of slumber!]
[For such ancient painful pleasure, the Twelve-Tentacles is willing to follow you!]
[Capture Success!]
[Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles (resources matured): yields ten Abyssal Tentacle Crystals, Deep-Sea Titan Blood, Titan Wriggling Shadows, Red Moon Blood Tears, 300 points of Deep Sea Power.]
Chen Qi’s eyes widened a fraction.
This was the harvest from a Titan-class lifeform.
Abyssal Tentacle Crystals were rare materials used to forge Rift Weapons.
Deep-Sea Titan Blood and Red Moon Blood Tears were materials for crafting Saint-level potions.
Titan Blood could make Titan Potions to greatly enhance constitution, while Red Moon Blood Tears could improve inspiration, eyesight, and spiritual sight!
Normally these drops required defeating a Titan to obtain.
With such top-tier materials, handing them to Fen would easily brew Great Sage-level potions!
Wriggling Shadows were excellent materials for Shadow affinity users, usable to craft Shadow Rift Weapons.
Plus three hundred points of Deep Sea Power—
Chen Qi was ecstatic.
This was not a deadly Titan—it was a fat golden bull!
Fat! So fat!
The Deep-Sea Titan had not slept in vain and had not grown so large for nothing!
Chen Qi decisively used Wool Harvest.
In an instant, vast amounts of Deep Sea Power poured into his body.
Various materials condensed from the Titan’s body and arrived before him.
Chen Qi put the materials into his Backpack Card.
“Nice work, Little Crow! Great job!”
Chen Qi praised.
If not for Little Crow, he might have had to slay the Titan on this sea.
“…”
Little Crow blushed, nodded, and glanced at Chen Qi.
She hadn’t expected to be complimented as Chen Qi’s subordinate.
Still, it felt pretty good… Little Crow held her chest.
If she kept going, she might be even more useful.
I am still useful… Little Crow thought quietly.
After the Deep-Sea Titan was harvested, it bent its tentacles and fell back into slumber.
Not bad…
Chen Qi rubbed his hands, then looked toward the White Tower fleet atop the tentacle-mountain.
There were still living White Tower Hunters on that fleet.
“Little Crow, you’re up next. Save them.”
Chen Qi said.
Although he was a Saint, his medical ability wasn’t even as good as a third-tier Transcendent.
“Mm…”
Little Crow nodded.
Chen Qi used Ember’s Touch and carefully placed the White Tower ship on top of the Deep-Sea Titan Twelve-Tentacles’ tentacle.
Chen Qi and Little Crow boarded the battered ship.
The vessel contained many corpses.
Their bodies all bore honeycomb-like penetrating wounds and had black centipede-like fluid trickling through them.
Black Whale blood again… Chen Qi used deep-sea sensing to detect survivors.
The fleet had about five hundred soldiers;
now only nine remained.
The others were either minced meat or mutated corpses polluted by black blood.
On this abyssal sea, even professional Transcendent units were merely food for the beasts.
Chen Qi used Ember’s Touch to gently open room doors and place the living onto the deck.
He looked at those survivors.
Most were mangled, limbs torn;
half were so damaged you couldn’t even tell male from female.
Among the living was a White Tower Hunter Chen Qi recognized: one of Melanie’s junior mates, a spectacled hunter who wanted to enroll in White Tower University’s graduate program.
The spectacled hunter’s glasses were driven into his eyes;
he kept carving at them with blood, mumbling deliriously:
“Up… up… ashore…”
“Don’t speak!”
Little Crow snapped, immediately pulling stop-bleeding agents and mutation suppressants from her medical Backpack Card and injecting them into the survivors one by one—
After administering the medicines, Little Crow cast a Greater Healing.
Under her hands, the wounds stopped bleeding and stabilized enough.
“All right, everyone, hold onto your willpower. Don’t fall asleep, but don’t try to fight anymore…”
Little Crow instructed.
At that moment someone ignored her warning and raised his right hand.
The man was the White Tower Hunter Chen Qi had first noticed.
Though his spiritual field could no longer be detected, from his uniform it looked like he was a senior officer on the White Tower ship—a fourth-tier captain!
As he lifted his hand, his wounds split open again;
bones cracked, and a torrent of blood spurted out.
“???”
Chen Qi was taken aback.
This White Tower Hunter seemed utterly indifferent to his own life.
The mangled White Tower Hunter opened his blurry right eye:
“…Please… tell them…”
Tell them what? Worry flickered through Chen Qi’s eyes.
The White Tower Hunter gathered his last strength and said:
“Book Saint— they’re going to die, everyone’s going to die…”