After a moment of hesitation, Li Yang walked over.
As far as he could tell, he didn't sense any malicious intent from the small sword. If it wanted to harm him, a slight fluctuation would probably be enough to erase him from existence.
Soon, Li Yang arrived at a specific spot.
The area was filled with seagrass, coral, and the like, along with a few trees.
He sensed his surroundings, and his gaze finally settled on a white tree.
The tree was about a meter tall. Surrounded by seagrass, it didn't seem particularly special.
'Is this tree attracting the mysterious small sword in my mind?'
A hint of confusion appeared in Li Yang's eyes. He couldn't make out anything unusual about it at all.
After a moment of contemplation, Li Yang slowly approached.
When he was still five meters away, the hairs on Li Yang's body suddenly stood on end. He sensed danger!
'Retreat!'
Sensing the danger, Li Yang retreated without hesitation.
A look of shock then appeared in his eyes.
Several tentacles emerged from the seagrass, followed by a massive, three-meter-long creature that appeared before him.
It had a huge head, eight waving tentacles, and a pair of enormous eyes fixed on Li Yang. Its gaze seemed to burn with fury, angered that Li Yang had dared to disturb it and invade its territory.
'What a huge octopus!'
Li Yang's expression changed. He never expected to encounter such a massive octopus here.
The octopus is an extremely dangerous marine creature.
In disaster movies about the ocean, great white sharks and octopuses are often cast as the main antagonists.
In reality, the largest octopuses can have an arm span approaching 10 meters and are even capable of capsizing a ship.
Of course, the one before him wasn't that large. However, the suction power of an octopus's tentacles is terrifying. If an ordinary person were ensnared by all eight tentacles at once, they would be completely powerless to resist.
Even Li Yang, in his current state, wasn't absolutely confident he could defeat this octopus.
HUM...
Normally, in a situation like this, Li Yang would have turned and left. But the mysterious small sword in his mind was exerting a constant pull, seemingly urging him to obtain that white tree at all costs.
Just as he was hesitating, the octopus suddenly propelled itself forward, using the current to accelerate, and charged swiftly toward Li Yang.
'Forget it, I'll just take it down!'
Li Yang had previously considered what he would do if he encountered dangerous sea creatures. Gritting his teeth, he gripped a sharp dagger in his right hand.
He continuously retreated while slashing with the dagger at the tentacles the octopus extended toward him.
'I can't let these tentacles wrap around me!'
Li Yang's face was filled with caution, his body tensed. At this moment, his superior physical conditioning was on full display.
His reaction speed was extremely fast. The dagger flashed like lightning, and a large gash appeared on one of the octopus's tentacles.
Seeing that it was injured, the octopus grew even more enraged. It whipped its eight tentacles, each one like a long lash, striking viciously at Li Yang.
Li Yang continuously swung his dagger, and the number of wounds on the tentacles steadily increased.
Despite this, the tentacles still managed to make contact with Li Yang, and a powerful suction force immediately took hold. Then, one of the tentacles coiled, trying to wrap around Li Yang's body.
In this situation, Li Yang used his immense strength to quickly break free. A decisive person, he seized the rare opportunity and stabbed his dagger-wielding right hand directly toward the octopus's eye.
The dagger plunged straight in, destroying the giant octopus's eye. It instantly shrieked, fluid leaking from the ruined socket as its tentacles thrashed wildly. It was clearly in agony.
Faced with the crisis, Li Yang remained remarkably calm. Pressing his advantage to finish it off, he stabbed recklessly with the dagger in his right hand again, aiming for the octopus's other eye and its head.
The tentacles had also wrapped around him, but Li Yang couldn't be bothered with that now.
To kill this octopus, he had to go for a headshot.
In just a few seconds, Li Yang felt the tentacles on his body gradually lose their strength. The giant octopus's body slid off him.
The small fish and shrimp in the vicinity, terrified, quickly fled the scene of the slaughter, watching Li Yang in horror from a distance.
In their subconscious, they knew the terror of this monstrous octopus; no creature nearby was its match.
*HUFF!* *HUFF!*
Li Yang was gasping for breath, his heart still pounding. Clearly, the recent event had taken a huge toll on him.
That was a true life-and-death battle. A single misstep, and he could have died at the tentacles of that giant octopus.
'Thank goodness I've been practicing the Cultivation Technique. My body is several times stronger than a normal person's...'
Li Yang took a deep breath. Although he had come into contact with cultivation and seen another side of this world, he was still, at heart, an ordinary person.
After glancing at the octopus's corpse, Li Yang turned his gaze back to the white tree.
He advanced cautiously. After confirming there was no more danger, he finally reached the side of the white tree.
He reached out to touch the white tree, wanting to see what was so special about it.
But as his hand was about to make contact with the white tree, it was suddenly blocked by something.
'What's going on?'
Noticing this, Li Yang froze for a moment.
He tried again with his hand and was still blocked. It was as if the white tree were enveloped in a thin film.
'What is this situation?'
Li Yang's expression changed completely. He now understood that this white tree was no ordinary thing.
But with the film blocking his way, he couldn't touch it.
Just as he was pondering this, an urgent demand suddenly came from his mind.
Sensing this demand, Li Yang's heart stirred.
The mysterious small sword sent a message: it was preparing to act on its own to deal with the film.
After a moment's thought, Li Yang pressed his right hand against the film enveloping the white tree and summoned the mysterious small sword from his mind.
BOOM!!!
The mysterious small sword vanished from his mind and appeared directly in his palm.
Even though he had been cultivating for over half a month and his physical attributes were several times that of an ordinary person, the moment the mysterious small sword appeared, Li Yang still felt an immense pressure descend upon him. It was as if he were holding a great mountain in his palm, and he was about to be crushed by its weight.
The surrounding seawater violently expanded, instantly forming a two-hundred-meter-radius vacuum around Li Yang!
WHOOSH!
With the formation of the underwater vacuum, massive waves began to rage on the ocean's surface, spreading toward the horizon.
"What's going on?"
"Where did these huge waves come from all of a sudden!"
At that moment, people on many ships at sea were stunned, staring at the churning waves.
CRACK!
Underwater, Li Yang felt like he couldn't bear the weight of the small sword at all. But its appearance was instantaneous, lasting perhaps only for a ten-thousandth of a second. After it appeared, a shattering sound rang out as the tip of the small sword stabbed directly into the film. It then vanished just as quickly, reappearing in Li Yang's mind.