Chapter 152: Tidal Swirls and Ocean Current Channels
Mo Hui, fully prepared, returned once again to the ring-shaped sea and leapt into the water.
As soon as he entered, the once calm sea erupted into turbulence. The Demon Soul Great White Shark, Xiaobai, who had been waiting patiently, immediately flashed a cruel smile and charged toward him.
> Humph! You finally came into the sea again. You beat me up so badly before. Let's see how I beat you back today!
> "Hehehe! Mo Hui, this time, I won't let you get back to shore so easily."
Xiaobai swam toward him at high speed, speaking coldly.
Meanwhile, Mo Hui was instantly besieged by a swarm of black arrow-shaped fish—thousand-year-level sea soul beasts—coming at him in a dark mass like locusts.
Though they weren't a threat individually, their sheer numbers were a nuisance.
Mo Hui responded by using the Magikarp Spirit's free-swimming ability to dodge swiftly, while condensing a huge blue energy sphere in his hand.
With a glance toward Xiaobai, Mo Hui hurled the energy sphere directly in her direction.
> "Mo Hui, you think this weak little thing can hurt me?"
Xiaobai sneered. She had watched Mo Hui craft this move before—it could at best deal with some thousand-year-level fish. Even if it was larger now, she didn't think much of it.
But although she looked disdainful, her inner respect for Mo Hui made her instinctively avoid it. She turned to dodge the blue energy ball.
Still, an uneasiness lingered in her heart.
> What's going on? Why do I feel so uneasy?
After all, her Demonic Shark Domain—which allowed her to control the surrounding seawater—was strongest underwater. Even Mo Hui's bizarre blue wind domain had difficulty suppressing it in the sea.
As long as her domain wasn't neutralized, the home-field advantage made this her turf. The odds should have been firmly in her favor.
However, at that very moment—
BOOM—!
The huge blue energy ball exploded into a vortex that extended across the entire ring-shaped sea.
A powerful suction force erupted. Countless black arrow-shaped fish were dragged in uncontrollably.
Even Xiaobai, a 100,000-year soul beast, felt the pressure and her expression turned serious.
> "What a strong suction force… but you're just splashing water in front of me!"
The next moment, Xiaobai's body radiated with a deep blue-gray glow, and she activated her Demonic Shark Domain to suppress the whirlpool. The vortex's speed slowed visibly, and its pulling power nearly vanished.
Seeing this, Xiaobai grinned proudly.
> "As expected, in the sea, I am still the strongest."
But in the very next second—her face froze.
A burst of green light suddenly enveloped the surrounding waters, and her domain failed again!
Without the Demonic Shark Domain's suppression, the vortex roared back with full force. It not only consumed the black arrow-shaped fish, but even the mighty Xiaobai was dragged into it!
On the shore, Mo Hui's lips curled up in satisfaction.
> Eighteen days of effort to create this skill... looks like it was worth it.
This move was his new underwater version of Whirlwind, named: Great Tide Whirl.
Inspired by the Pokémon move Whirlpool, which traps and damages enemies for several rounds, Mo Hui was confident that with continuous refinement, his Great Tide Whirl would surpass the original.
Sure enough, under this move's power, even a 100,000-year soul beast like Xiaobai was swept away. The arrow fish, which were only thousand-year soul beasts, were almost completely wiped out in the area.
The remaining arrow fish, scattered throughout the ring sea, were terrified by the sight. None dared approach Mo Hui, as all who tried were sucked into the swirling abyss.
Now that all obstacles were cleared, Mo Hui began to swim toward the opposite shore.
Midway, a new idea struck him:
> The second stage of Storm Fist can repel seawater and create an air channel. But what if I didn't repel the water, and instead merged with it?
This thought took hold immediately.
Mo Hui launched a version of Storm Fist fused with water energy.
With a blast, a channel formed of storms appeared before him, stretching across the sea to the opposite shore.
Without hesitation, Mo Hui rushed into the tunnel.
To his surprise, as soon as he entered, he felt a force pushing him forward from behind.
His swimming became nearly effortless, and he quickly exceeded his previous underwater speed limit.
In fact, with the boost from this current, combined with the Magikarp Spirit's swimming freedom, Mo Hui's underwater speed now nearly matched his land speed without Lightning Flash.
> "If I get time later, I must refine this into a standalone soul skill…"
He had already decided on the name:
This ability, like the natural ocean currents of his previous life, would be called the Ocean Current Channel.
With the help of free-swimming and the Ocean Current Channel, Mo Hui crossed the 200-meter-wide ring-shaped sea in an instant and completed the Sea God's second trial.
Upon reaching the other shore, Mo Hui snapped his fingers.
The massive vortex in the ring-shaped sea calmed immediately.
And just then, the Sea God's voice echoed in his mind:
> "Second Sea God Trial: Break through the ring sea blockade without killing any sea soul beasts.
Result: Exceeded expectations.
Reward:
Sea God Affinity +5%
Soul power level +1
Age of all soul rings +500 years
One God-bestowed soul ring."
The next moment, Mo Hui felt all his soul rings unsealed, and his second ring's color changed—from yellow to purple.
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