Half an hour later, the poison took effect. Xia Qiu felt his tentacles weaken and lose control, step by step.
An hour later, the poison intensified. Xia Qiu felt his lower abdomen weaken, the numbness becoming more pronounced.
Xia Qiu began to feed on Sea Fish, generating Evolution Energy to repair the damage.
One and a half hours later, his lower abdomen remained weak but the numbness did not spread.
Two hours later, his lower abdomen maintained its state.
Xia Qiu fed again, and the numbness in his lower abdomen slowly disappeared, regaining control.
Two and a half hours later, his tentacles began to recover.
Three hours later, Xia Qiu fed on Sea Fish, and his tentacles fully recovered.
"The poison is very potent."
Xia Qiu felt the changes in the toxins. It took him three hours to recover.
The venom of six or seven Sea Snakes was neutralized, which amounted to the Evolution Energy from four feedings, though each feeding was not at maximum capacity.
This was in addition to his robust body and his poison-resistant physique.
If a Sea Fish, Sea Beast, or Sea King did not possess the ability to evolve through consumption, it would be difficult to resist such rapid spread and repair.
If body size were exchanged for physical strength, a Sea Fish around a hundred meters long would be equivalent to his current body.
However, the evolutionary heat flow and his poison-resistant physique could increase a Sea Fish's size to one hundred and fifty meters, or even more.
The difference was that if they couldn't resist, the venom would spread, causing significant damage.
Even if it couldn't kill the enemy, it would be enough to paralyze them.
That was sufficient.
Xia Qiu was quite satisfied with the effect of the venom. Since he had endured it, he could now feed on Sea Snakes and prepare to evolve his poison glands.
But he couldn't rush it.
It took him about three hours to resist the venom of six or seven Sea Snakes.
Therefore, the number and frequency of encounters had to be controlled. The number of Sea Snakes should be less than eight, and the time interval should be over three hours.
He also needed to catch the Sea Snakes himself.
He had tentacles, so he could let them attack his tentacles, then wrap around them, kill them, and eat them.
Xia Qiu made up his mind and dived to the seabed to rest. The water depth here was about six hundred meters, double that of the area near the ocean cliff.
Xia Qiu rested for over an hour. Once he was completely sure his tentacles were fine, he began to act.
He swam slowly, heading towards the ocean cliff.
What is Big Brother doing?
Moo Moo saw Xia Qiu's actions, raised its head, and watched him swim towards the cliff, thinking about the Sea Snakes from earlier.
Is Big Brother going to fight the Sea Snakes?
Trouble, trouble.
Moo Moo immediately followed, staying behind Big Brother but not daring to get too close, keeping about ten meters behind Xia Qiu.
As Xia Qiu approached the cliff, the water depth increased from six hundred to three hundred meters.
However, he noticed that there were very few Sea Snakes near the seabed.
The water was too deep.
Sea Snakes lived in the sea, but their usual habitat was below one hundred meters. While some existed below that, they were fewer in number.
There were cave openings on the cliff. Even if they could dive to three hundred meters, they would likely stay in the upper layers.
Xia Qiu slowly ascended and, upon reaching the surface, charged towards the Sea Snakes, releasing sonic waves.
Here they come.
Xia Qiu sensed the Sea Snakes swimming towards him and turned his body.
Puff, puff, puff, puff.
Sea Snakes lunged at Xia Qiu's body, biting and tearing at him.
Xia Qiu ignored the Sea Snakes attacking his scales. He waited until a few Sea Snakes latched onto his tentacles, then wrapped around them and immediately chose to disengage.
*Boom.*
Xia Qiu instantly distanced himself from the cliff, continuously increasing the gap.
As he swam away, most of the Sea Snakes that couldn't bite him were dragged along.
Xia Qiu swam for over a thousand meters. The Sea Snakes on his abdomen were already dead from constriction. He released his tentacles, and the Sea Snakes fell one by one.
Xia Qiu dove straight down, swallowing the Sea Snakes one by one, and waited patiently.
After more than half an hour, the poison took effect.
Xia Qiu continued to feed, resisting the spread of the toxin. After more than three hours, the poison disappeared.
The Evolution Energy also didn't bring any changes to his body, or rather, the changes weren't obvious.
His own body size was too large, his teeth were many times bigger than a sea snake's. Only the fangs of a forty-meter sea snake would be bigger than his.
However, Xia Qiu could feel a heat flow gathering near his mouth, indicating it had taken effect, but there simply wasn't enough Evolution Energy.
It seemed he needed to continue feeding on sea snakes.
Xia Qiu thought this, but he wasn't planning to hunt today. If the toxin hadn't been completely removed and was still settling, it might cause some trouble.
Eating twice a day was just the right frequency.
Xia Qiu dived towards the seabed, intending to find a place to rest. However, there weren't many resting spots that could accommodate him and Moo Moo. There was a shipwreck nearby, but the shipwreck itself wasn't much larger than Xia Qiu.
After searching for a while, Xia Qiu found a patch of seabed rocks. But the gaps in the rocks were too small; Xia Qiu couldn't even enter the rock formations. He could only lean against them from a distance, using the rocks as cover to rest.
In the Grand Line, sleeping was very dangerous. Attacks from large marine creatures and changes in ocean currents could threaten Xia Qiu.
Xia Qiu had two ways of sleeping: one was his own fragmented sleep, which allowed him to rest and relieve physical fatigue in a short period, taking only a few minutes at a time.
The second was the dolphin's USWS sleep method, which involved switching between the left and right brain for rest.
This was an ability he gained after eating a dolphin. Of course, this ability didn't allow Xia Qiu to be fully awake while one hemisphere was resting. The so-called left-right brain switching actually meant one side of the brain was in deep sleep, while the other was groggy.
However, in this state, the target could control their breathing, swim slowly, and perceive vibrations and danger.
This greatly maximized his safety.
But what's with you?
Xia Qiu looked at Moo Moo, who was leaning against him and sleeping soundly, and angrily slapped it.
"What happened? Did enemies arrive?"
Moo Moo immediately woke up, looked around, and found no enemies.
Did Big Brother hit me?
Moo Moo glanced at Xia Qiu, who remained still.
Looks like Big Brother was dreaming.
Sleep, sleep.
Moo Moo patted Xia Qiu with its pectoral fin, then lay down again, falling asleep against Xia Qiu.
...
In the early morning, Xia Qiu ate some sea fish, floated to the surface, and basked in the sun, warming his body.
The ocean near the island was relatively calm. The sunlight shone down, falling on Xia Qiu, making him feel warm.
Xia Qiu was enjoying the brief moment of peace, but suddenly he was startled.
What is that?
Xia Qiu saw several black dots appear in the mountain range above the island. One of them grew larger and larger, rushing towards the sea.
Splash.
As the black dot approached the ocean, Xia Qiu saw what it was.
It was a giant Eagle, entirely black, with a long beak.
Its body was enormous, with a wingspan of over twenty meters and huge, sharp talons.
It turned out the cave above the mountain range was the Eagle's nest.
Splash.
The Eagle dived towards the ocean, landing instantly on the water, its giant talons reaching into the sea.
Boom.
The Eagle soared into the sky, away from the sea. Xia Qiu saw it grab an eight or nine-meter-long sea snake with its talons, one claw gripping the snake's head, the other its midsection.
The sea snake tried to bite the Eagle, straining to turn its head, but could only bite the Eagle's feet.
The Eagle's feet had thick keratin layers. The sea snake's bite force was limited and couldn't break through the keratin.
The Eagle carried the sea snake higher and higher, returning to the cave entrance on the mountaintop.
Besides this Eagle, there were two other Eagles circling in the sky, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Xia Qiu curiously observed these Eagles and found that their numbers were far fewer than the sea snakes. Including those in the nest, there were probably less than ten in total. The sea snakes, however, numbered at least a hundred, possibly two to three hundred, and included many sea snakes thirty to forty meters long.
In terms of overall strength and high-end power, the snakes clearly had an advantage.
However, the sea snakes the Eagles hunted were mostly seven or eight meters, or around ten meters long.
They had excellent eyesight and would attack when they spotted smaller sea snakes surfacing for air, capturing only one at a time before returning to the nest.
They wouldn't attack larger sea snakes.
Xia Qiu watched for a while. Seeing the Eagles return to their nest, he slowly submerged and began to head towards the snake's den.
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