Chapter 149 – Mo Hui Beats the Shark
After being tempered by the Light of the Sea God, Mo Hui's physique had been completely transformed. With a single kick, he easily leaped dozens of meters and quickly rushed to the end of his Storm Fist.
As Mo Hui entered the seawater, the black, arrow-shaped fish in the ring sea immediately moved, rapidly surging toward his location.
But the air corridor created by Storm Fist was incredibly strong. Those black arrowfish, which were only at the level of thousand-year spirit beasts, couldn't penetrate the outer edge of the storm and were bounced back one after another.
This was already with Mo Hui showing mercy. Otherwise, even if the improved Storm Fist now focused more on control, it could still easily break through the defenses of a ten-thousand-year spirit beast—let alone mere thousand-year ones.
Soon, Mo Hui arrived at the end of the first Storm Fist, and a small whirlwind appeared under his feet, holding him up.
However, just as he was about to release a second Storm Fist to cross the ring sea in one go, a huge figure in the seawater suddenly smashed through the tornado wall that sustained the air corridor.
With the collapse of the air corridor, seawater surged in violently, and that massive figure rushed in with it—straight toward Mo Hui.
> "Delta Airflow!"
In an instant, a giant cyan ring expanded outward from Mo Hui, momentarily halting the massive figure's charge—just long enough for Mo Hui to see its face.
As he had expected, the one attacking him was none other than the 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark. Its 25-meter-long body and gaping, blood-colored maw made for an intimidating sight.
But Mo Hui didn't flinch. Using the speed boost from Delta Airflow, he soared above the great shark and delivered a powerful Storm Fist down from overhead.
> "Boom!"
A tremendous shockwave followed. The massive, seven- or eight-story-tall body of the Demon Soul Great White Shark was rocked backward by the punch.
Mo Hui looked on with a calm expression—as if he had expected exactly this outcome.
If you asked Mo Hui which of his self-created spirit skills had benefited most over the past two and a half months, the answer would unquestionably be Storm Fist.
Storm Fist had been refined through constant practice aimed at strengthening Mo Hui's fists and legs. Originally developed to enhance close-combat ability, it was also the only one of his custom abilities directly affected by his physical body.
And over the last two and a half months, his physical strength had increased by several times, so the power of Storm Fist had naturally risen dramatically.
While it didn't surpass techniques like Air Blade: One-Hundred-in-One or Extreme Cutting Wind Wheel in terms of power output, it was more than enough to shake a 100,000-year-level spirit beast.
Immediately afterward, the secondary effect of Storm Fist activated, and a massive 20- to 30-meter-tall tornado emerged in the seawater, trapping the Demon Soul Great White Shark inside.
With the opponent temporarily restrained, Mo Hui didn't hesitate. He launched another Storm Fist, punching open a new underwater air corridor. Then, aided by Delta Airflow, he surged toward the far side of the ring sea.
But at that moment, the Demon Soul Great White Shark—still trapped in the tornado—suddenly began to glow with a gray-blue light.
These lights quickly transformed into razor-sharp shark teeth, which tore apart the storm's restraints and surged angrily toward Mo Hui once again.
In the water, the Demon Soul Great White Shark's speed was terrifying. And this was a 100,000-year-level shark.
She instantly destroyed Mo Hui's second air corridor and caught up with him—especially since he was now without the boosts from Lightning Flash and Tailwind.
In the blink of an eye, the shark closed in and whipped her massive tail toward him.
Realizing that there was no way to dodge effectively in the water, Mo Hui didn't flinch. He threw another Storm Fist, clashing directly with the tail of the 100,000-year-old shark.
In the next moment, both Mo Hui and the Demon Soul Great White Shark were blown back at the same time.
Due to her massive size, the shark only retreated slightly before stabilizing, and once again became caught in the Storm Fist's secondary tornado.
But Mo Hui's smaller body was sent flying much farther. After tumbling through the water for a while, he was finally flung out of the sea curtain entirely.
Landing back on solid ground, Mo Hui flipped mid-air and slid to a halt with his feet, steadying himself.
Looking around at his surroundings, Mo Hui realized he had returned to the starting point, and couldn't help but sigh.
> "The second test of the Sea God really isn't that easy."
The thousand-year-level black arrowfish were nothing special, but the 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark was a huge problem.
In Douluo Book 1, 100,000-year-old spirit beasts still had very high gold content. Since spirit beasts would evolve as their age increased, their bloodlines would also evolve, meaning that even the weakest 100,000-year beast would match a Level 95 Title Douluo.
For powerful beasts like the Demon Soul Great White Shark, Titan Giant Ape, or Sky Blue Bull Python, a 100,000-year-old individual would have a combat strength equivalent to Level 96 or 97 Title Douluo.
That's also why most Title Douluos in the original series couldn't obtain 100,000-year-old spirit rings.
Not only were such beasts extremely rare during that era, but even when found, they often required several Title Douluos or at least one or two Super Douluos to successfully hunt and kill.
These requirements were too steep—only powers like the Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, or the Clear Sky Sect could guarantee success.
Even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tiles Sect, with both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, could only barely take down a normal 100,000-year beast. If they encountered a superior species, the chance of defeat was high.
Standing once again on the ground outside the Sea God Temple, Mo Hui lowered his head, deep in thought.
With a 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark standing guard, it was impossible to break through by brute force. And unlike Tang San in the original story, Mo Hui was acting alone—the shark would certainly focus all her attention on him.
> "I need a method… something that will stop that shark from interfering with me crossing the sea."
After a long pause, Mo Hui sighed:
> "Sigh~ It's a pity that the Storm Fist's secondary tornado is too heavily weakened underwater. Otherwise, even the Demon Soul Great White Shark wouldn't be able to break free so easily."
Just as he finished speaking, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Mo Hui's mind.
He had an idea.
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