Xia Qiu and Moo Moo left the area where the Sea Fish gathered, put distance between them, slowed down, circled around, and continued to capture the magnetic field, heading for the nearest island.
The recent battle had allowed Xia Qiu to understand the situation in this part of the sea; many fish were larger than those in the East Blue.
A Sea Fish, tens of meters long, was common, with some even reaching over a hundred meters.
If it weren't for the dangerous maneuvers he'd employed, defeating that seventy-meter Orca wouldn't have been so easy.
If the Sea Fish had lower intelligence, his chances of defeating a hundred-meter-long one would be quite high.
However, the larger the Sea Fish, the greater the crushing effect on him, and the more troublesome the fight became.
Even with his continuously growing strength, his limited size meant he would still struggle.
His limit was probably around Sea Fish measuring one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty meters; he could still kill them through constant attacks and evasion.
Of course, above one thousand meters in the sea, such Sea Fish were relatively fewer.
The deeper he went, the larger the Sea Fish became. Below the Sabaody Archipelago, any random fish was two to three hundred meters long.
There were even monsters like the Kraken.
Dealing with such fish required more than just simple strength enhancement.
He needed more attack methods.
Xia Qiu currently had two evolutionary directions: one towards humans and the other towards large marine life.
For humans, there were two paths. One required a stronger body, including strength, speed, and defense, which meant Xia Qiu needed Reinforcement Energy. The second was to develop more attack methods to ensure his body had no weaknesses.
For large creatures, there were three directions. One was to grow larger, giving him a more imposing physique. However, as his body grew stronger, the speed of his length increase slowed down. He had gone from one meter every four months to one meter every six months, and it was getting slower. Furthermore, growing larger would sacrifice speed and agility, so there had to be a limit.
The second was to increase his strength. Although its effectiveness would decrease, it would still have some impact.
The third was more attack methods that could injure large marine life.
His current most powerful attack methods were his teeth and ramming.
Next were whipping, tentacles, and spikes.
However, besides his teeth, ramming, whipping, and tentacle spikes caused very little damage to large Sea Fish.
Therefore, he absolutely needed a powerful part, similar to his teeth, capable of breaking through defenses.
Combining these, Xia Qiu's next goals became clear.
First, continue hunting Pirates to strengthen his body.
Second, develop a method to break through large Sea Fish, preferably a large, sharp body structure.
He already had a plan for the former, but the latter still required careful consideration. There were several evolutionary directions, but he needed to encounter corresponding marine life to evolve.
Besides these, the immediate priority was, of course, to redefine his sonic signals and vibration amplitudes to restore his detection abilities.
Xia Qiu swam forward, continuously creating distance with Moo Moo, releasing sonic waves to detect Moo Moo, and recording distance and time through the interval and sonic information.
Based on the distance, he defined the sonic waves by the signal reflected by his body size.
Then, by supplementing with the five Sea Fish he had killed, he could basically restore his relatively accurate detection capabilities.
Xia Qiu led Moo Moo, swimming along the magnetic field. The magnetic field grew stronger, but he couldn't accurately determine the magnetic poles.
Over here.
Xia Qiu swam to the left, continuing forward, occasionally surfacing to observe the distance.
This was an island.
Xia Qiu detected the magnetic field of an island. The magnetic field was very weak. He swam in that direction for a distance and discovered the island.
However, even though the island was relatively close to him, it was still covered by the strong magnetic field of another island.
Such a weak magnetic field was not enough to attract Pirate Ships here.
So Xia Qiu continued forward, occasionally spotting an island, but without any magnetic field.
Another magnetic field appeared, but it was small, while another magnetic field grew increasingly larger.
Another island appeared before Xia Qiu, with high mountain peaks.
The island was about the same size as Jumada Island, and it emitted a tremendous magnetic field, far stronger than those in the East Blue. The magnetic field he had been tracking became most intense here.
On the map, seven routes occupied the Grand Line.
But in reality, the distance between islands was vast, and there were smaller islands between them, making it quite spacious.
This island, as the starting point for the seven routes, was sufficient.
Xia Qiu and Moo Moo headed directly for the island. As they neared the island, a giant figure approached.
Xia Qiu used the redefined sonic wave information to directly judge the sonic wave interval, about five hundred meters. However, the sonic information was blurry, around fifty meters.
Xia Qiu approached the target and discovered it was a giant Squid.
Its mantle length was thirty meters, and its tentacles were about thirty meters long.
It was huge.
This Squid could entangle him.
Due to its mouth size, it was difficult to bite it to death immediately. Getting entangled would also lead to trouble.
Of course, with its own strength, it couldn't drag him away. And with its tentacles, he could find other ways to break free from its control and then kill it, it would just take some time.
At least thirty meters, forty meters long fish would have a hard time defeating this squid.
The squid discovered Xia Qiu and immediately gave chase.
It seemed to have surfaced from the deep sea to hunt.
Xia Qiu stopped, and Moo Moo followed, its mouth agape as it saw the giant squid.
This squid is so big.
Big Brother can probably beat it, right?
Big Brother stopped, he must be planning to fight the squid.
Moo Moo thought, floating calmly beside Xia Qiu, completely unconcerned by the squid's approach.
Squids are troublesome.
If it were me, I'd definitely run if I encountered a squid like this.
Fortunately, Big Brother is here, he can definitely kill it and make it his food.
But as the squid got closer and closer, Xia Qiu suddenly moved, turning and running.
"Huh?"
Moo Moo was slightly stunned, its mouth agape, its eyes filled with disbelief.
Why did Big Brother run? You, you, you actually ran.
Quick, run!
If Big Brother can't beat it, I definitely can't.
Moo Moo shivered in fear and turned to run.
But it was too late. The squid instantly charged forward and grabbed Moo Moo.
Tentacles wrapped around Moo Moo, engulfing its body.
"Moo moo moo moo."
Moo Moo cried out, trying to break free, but eight thirty-meter-long tentacles, along with over fifty meters of arms, had it ensnared.
Ahhhhhh.
Moo Moo struggled violently. As it thrashed, the dorsal fin on its back, lined with spines, cut into the squid's body, leaving deep gashes.
If it could have coordinated with its massive pectoral fins and teeth, Moo Moo's chances of victory wouldn't have been small.
But seeing Xia Qiu swim away into the distance, it fell into a panic, completely entangled.
It's over, it's over, even Big Brother ran away.
Moo Moo fell into despair, feeling the tentacles tighten, a great pressure even reaching its neck.
But the next moment, Xia Qiu circled back and charged towards the squid's head.
Crack.
Xia Qiu bit into the squid's head. With one bite, a bloody hole appeared in the squid's body.
Then he bit again, three bites in total, and the squid was dead.
Finished.
If he got entangled, one bite would lead to a tug-of-war, and being wrapped up made it hard to exert force, requiring a considerable amount of time.
But it had entangled Moo Moo, so he could just kill it directly.
Good, good.
Xia Qiu contentedly began to devour the squid.
Meanwhile, Moo Moo, freed from the detached tentacles, recalled Xia Qiu's actions and understood his plan.
He dared to use me as bait, how outrageous!
Stare.
Moo Moo lowered its body, its eyes fixed on Xia Qiu.
I demand an explanation!!!
But Xia Qiu ignored him, continuing to eat the squid. He had traveled so far and was starving.
So Moo Moo moved a little closer, still staring at Xia Qiu.
But there was still no reaction.
Thump, thump.
Moo Moo nudged Xia Qiu with its head, then pulled back, staring at him.
"Moo moo, moo moo, moo moo moo moo."
Explanation, explanation, I need to explain.
Xia Qiu twisted his head, looked at Moo Moo, and opened his mouth, revealing sharp teeth.
Eek, so scary.
Moo Moo trembled in fear.
Ah, forget it, I wasn't injured anyway.
I should eat first, before Big Brother eats it all. This squid also deserves some credit.
Moo Moo lunged at the squid in front of it and began to devour it.
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