An ice-blue great sword swept across the sky, and in just a short while, it had arrived above the territory of the Deep Sea Blue Whale clan.
Having been attacked by Flender two days ago, the Deep Sea Blue Whale clan was currently on high alert. Faced with this sudden terrifying pressure, the entire clan instantly boiled into chaos.
Flender and Zhao Wuji's seventh black Soul Rings on their bodies instantly lit up. The two immediately used their strongest Soul Skills without any hesitation.
A cat eagle with a wingspan exceeding ten meters and a giant bear over eight meters tall suddenly appeared. The terrifying pressure of Soul Power poured out once again, bringing immense pressure to the entire Deep Sea Blue Whale clan.
With an eagle's cry, the transformed golden cat eagle, Flender, had surging Soul Power on his body. He suddenly shot out countless golden plumes, each like a sharp blade, attacking the entire Deep Sea Blue Whale clan.
Meanwhile, the giant bear that Zhao Wuji had transformed into also had surging Soul Power. A terrifying pressure suddenly descended upon the Deep Sea Blue Whales, greatly hindering their movements.
At the same time, Lu Qibin's sixth black Soul Ring on his body lit up. He suddenly threw out a matrix-like chessboard from his hand. Under the effect of his Soul Skill, the chessboard instantly became enormous and divided into several areas, completely surrounding and separating the entire Deep Sea Blue Whale clan.
Just as Lu Qibin's control formation was complete, Gai Yue held the Frost Moon Sword in his hand, and his fifth black Soul Ring had also lit up.
"Fifth Soul Skill: Frozen Sword Dance!"
As the Soul Skill was released, Gai Yue's Frost Moon Sword instantly unleashed several terrifying icy sword qi, directly freezing and reinforcing the matrix formed by Lu Qibin's sixth Soul Skill, completely forming a giant ice cage.
As the cage formed, Flender directly confronted the twenty-three thousand-year-old Deep Sea Blue Whale leader. Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong each chose a thousand-year-level Deep Sea Blue Whale and began their battles.
Everyone's speed was too fast, and their attacks too swift. In just a few breaths, over a dozen thousand-year-level Deep Sea Blue Whales had been killed by Flender and Zhao Wuji's first wave of attacks.
However, the Deep Sea Blue Whales were simply too massive, and most of the attacks were blocked by the dozen or so already slain Deep Sea Blue Whales, giving the remaining ones time to react.
At this moment, the leader Deep Sea Blue Whale let out an angry cry. Its massive tail violently slapped the sea surface, and a terrifying tidal wave instantly surged toward everyone.
Before the tidal wave could reach them, Gai Yue swung his sword again, and the entire massive wave was completely frozen. This was the power of Gai Yue's fifth Soul Skill.
"End this quickly!"
Gai Yue said in a low voice, and his Frost Moon Sword had already been waved several times. This time, countless sword qi slashes shot toward the thousand-year-level Deep Sea Blue Whales, attacking and killing them.
From a distance, Shao Xin, who was watching Gai Yue and the others fight, said to Oscar and Ma Hongjun beside him: "Little Oscar, Hongjun, this is a lesson you must remember. No matter who your enemy is, as long as they still have the strength to resist, you must give it your all."
Oscar and Ma Hongjun nodded: "Understood!"
However, watching the battle, Oscar realized that Flender and the others had been too conservative before. Not to mention Gai Yue's ridiculously strong existence, even Flender and the others themselves could have probably taken down the entire Deep Sea Blue Whale clan.
Only fifteen minutes had passed, and the entire Deep Sea Blue Whale clan had been dealt with. Dozens of massive Deep Sea Blue Whale carcasses floated on the sea surface, with dozens of Soul Rings of various colors slowly appearing—yellow, purple, and black.
After the battle ended, even Flender couldn't help but look at Gai Yue with newfound respect. He had thought he had already given Gai Yue enough credit, but he never expected this battle to be so effortless?
There was no other reason—Gai Yue's strength was simply absurd. So this was the person who could single-handedly kill a seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast with his eighty-level Soul Power?
However, this wasn't the time for celebration. Everyone didn't say much and each took out the prepared sugar beans to eat, recovering their Soul Power.
At the same time, they directly stored the Deep Sea Blue Whale carcasses into Soul Storage Devices. In just five minutes, they had cleaned up the battlefield and then returned to the ship.
After everyone returned, the ship set sail and quickly left the area, lest powerful Soul Beasts be attracted by the bloody scent.
After all, the ship still had two little geniuses like Oscar and Ma Hongjun. Although they had extraordinary talents, their current strength was too weak, so they must be protected.
Back on the ship, everyone tallied their harvest: four ten-thousand-year-level Deep Sea Magic Whales, fifteen over five-thousand-year-level ones, and among the remaining twenty-two, eighteen were between one thousand and five thousand years, with only four being hundred-year-level.
It had to be said that the strength of this Deep Sea Blue Whale clan was quite good, allowing them to have such a harvest in one go.
However, after counting, Flender discovered that the Soul Storage Devices they had brought were already half full.
Because the Deep Sea Blue Whales were too large, basically all reaching ten meters, with the four ten-thousand-year-level ones being even larger, exceeding fifteen meters.
It was naturally impossible to spend more time going back to buy more Soul Storage Devices in this situation. So after some consideration, they decided to discard the Deep Sea Blue Whale carcasses under five thousand years, keeping only the whale glue.
Those above five thousand years would be taken back, which could not only be auctioned off but would also be top-tier ingredients as food.
As they headed toward their next predetermined destination, they dissected the Deep Sea Blue Whales and harvested four ten-thousand-year-level whale glues, fifteen over five-thousand-year-level ones, and twenty-two under five thousand years.
Originally, Flender had planned to store these whale glues, but Oscar suggested they could consume them directly. As long as everyone's physical fitness reached their current limit, they wouldn't need to continue hunting Sea Soul Beasts.
After all, judging from this battle, with a powerhouse like Gai Yue leading them, as long as they could find suitable targets, their harvest would definitely be excellent.
However, if they kept doing this, it would be too wasteful of those Soul Rings. So, after weighing the options, Flender still took Oscar's advice.
After all, Oscar knew that whale glue wasn't always effective when consumed. Once a limit was reached, no matter how much more was consumed, the effects would be minimal.
And Oscar's suggestion wasn't because he was so kind; he knew that Soul Beasts were becoming increasingly rare. If they continued to hunt them on a large scale, this species might become extinct in no time.
Although their current actions couldn't save many Soul Beasts, everything was judged by intention rather than action. As long as they did something, it would provide some peace of mind.
The final distribution of this batch of whale glue was decided through joint discussion among everyone. Gai Yue would take the twenty-three-thousand-year whale glue, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Lu Qibin each took a ten-thousand-year-level one, and the remaining over five-thousand-year-level whale glues were given to Li Yusong, Shao Xin, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun to consume.
The process of consuming whale glue wasn't difficult; the difficulty was in refining it. However, Oscar had already told everyone the method long ago, so it wasn't a secret to them.
(End of Chapter)