Chapter 137 - Chapter 137: Chapter 125 Struggling to Break Free, Escaping the Deep Sea.
Chapter 137: Chapter 125 Struggling to Break Free, Escaping the Deep Sea.
Splash!
The sound of flowing water was incessant.
In this area, various species had already fled without a trace under the oppressive presence of the Giant King Squid, leaving only the sound of the moving seawater behind.
Level 61!
This was the highest-level species Su Lin had ever encountered.
He knew that with each increase in level, the added attributes would grow with the level increase.
Therefore, it was within expectations that this Giant King Squid at level 61 would possess such formidable attributes.
Such a level of power could be said to stand at the true peak of the food chain.
It seemed that even in the vast and unfathomable ocean, this Giant King Squid must be an overlord-level existence.
As Su Lin released the Variant Species Seal he had been holding in his mouth, he indeed felt the locked-on presence on his body weaken considerably.
But it still hadn’t disappeared entirely.
There was not the slightest ripple of emotion in the indifferent, huge eyes of the Giant King Squid.
This caused a decisive look to flash across Su Lin’s eyes as he pushed the carcass of the Variant Species Seal away with his Wolf Claw.
Then he turned and fled in the opposite direction.
While swimming, he didn’t hesitate at all, activating his Hunting Talent in an instant!
The powerful force brought about by the Hunting Talent immediately surged through Su Lin’s entire body.
His golden-brown eyes turned as crimson as fresh blood.
His limbs became even more robust.
Facing such an invincible Giant King Squid, Su Lin dared not hesitate in the slightest.
He immediately displayed his strongest state!
After activating his Hunting Talent,
Su Lin’s speed at that moment once again faintly approached 100 meters per second.
This speed was extremely fast in the ocean.
Because the resistance of the water flow is much greater than that of air.
Splash!
This swift speed made Su Lin seem like a white bolt of lightning, quickly escaping from the area.
And Su Lin’s speed of 100 meters per second clearly exceeded the expectations of the Giant King Squid.
Even in its enormous indifferent eyes, a rare flicker of emotion appeared.
After all, the Giant King Squid had never encountered the Wolf Clan.
Nor had it ever seen such a peculiar white species swimming so quickly in the depths of the sea.
What species was this, anyway?
Even with its high intelligence, it still didn’t know what species Su Lin was.
But amidst its surprise, one of its tentacles, reaching a length of sixty or seventy meters, swept towards Su Lin,
intent on capturing this strange species for a thorough examination.
Another tentacle rolled up the drifting carcass of the Variant Species Seal and sent it directly into its mouth, wide enough to swallow a White Whale whole.
Splash,
As the Giant King Squid opened and closed its enormous maw, it brought about a surge of seawater, also revealing rows of sharp, giant fangs.
The immeasurable pure energy contained in the Variant Species Seal, more than three meters long, was hard to imagine.
But being swallowed by the Giant King Squid, it seemed no more than a morsel stuck between its teeth.
At this moment, Su Lin, feeling the massive fluctuations of water flow behind him, didn’t dare look back at all.
He could only swim strenuously.
He had never expected that his first foray into the sea to hunt a Variant Species Seal would end up encountering a sea monster-level Giant King Squid!
Bang!
A powerful current surged towards Su Lin, who could already smell the fishy stench from the Giant King Squid’s tentacle behind him.
This forced Su Lin to grit his fangs and continue swimming with all his might!
He must break through!
He had not yet grown to his strongest!
As long as he survived, one day this Giant King Squid would be nothing more than blood food in Su Lin’s mouth!
Driven by a strong will to live, Su Lin’s speed increased by a sliver.
The adrenaline burst forth, with his numerical attributes momentarily exceeding the panel display.
But the tentacle was too long and moved too rapidly; its three to four meter tip still managed to touch Su Lin!
Splash!
Along with the sound of the potent current, the tip of the tentacle wrapped tightly around Su Lin’s wolf body!
“Howl!”
Su Lin let out an angry howl!
But his howl didn’t carry the rough and resounding ring it had on land, and instead only bubbled through the water!
The tremendous strength of the grip brought Su Lin’s speed to an abrupt halt!
The fiercest and cruelest light flickered before Su Lin’s eyes!
A desperate struggle!
He knew he was at the point of a desperate struggle and couldn’t show any weakness!
Bang!
His right paw, enhanced by his Hunting Talent, smashed viciously against the tip of the tentacle!
But this time, the Wolf Claw, which could shatter stone and break any defense, did not achieve its intended effect!
Even with a Strength Value exceeding eight hundred, the claw only managed to slice a seven to eight centimeter wound on the tip of the tentacle!
Yet this wound didn’t even fully break through the tentacle’s flesh!
However, the tip is often the most sensitive part of the tentacle, and the pain brought a flash of surprise to the Giant King Squid’s massive eyes!
It hadn’t really expected this little white creature to cause it any pain, even though the pain was very faint.
The sensation of pain made it even more interested in Su Lin.
The tips of its tentacles began to exert force, intending to sweep up the small creature, about four meters in size, to take a closer look.
Just as its tentacle was tightly coiling around Su Lin, about to drag him back!
In Su Lin’s crimson eyes, a fierce determination flashed, and his fangs viciously aimed for the wound that had just been cut open, about seven or eight centimeters long!
For the Wolf Clan, biting is often the most ferocious form of attack!
Therefore, the strength contained in this bite surpassed the paw strike from before, and the sharpness of the fangs was far greater than that of wolf claws!
Crack!
This fierce bite not only penetrated the tentacle’s defense but also drew strands of blood!
As the blood flowed into his mouth, the Devouring Evolution Talent activated instantaneously!
“Ding! Host has consumed a Variant Species King Squid, obtaining 1500 Evolution Points.”
“Ding! Host has consumed a species far above its own level, obtaining an additional 2000 Evolution Points.”
One bite, a total of 3500 Evolution Points!
With such Evolution Points, he was almost at the edge of breaking through to Level 12!
But at present, Su Lin didn’t have the luxury to delight in this enormous gain of Evolution Points.
His eyes, crimson as blood, remained relentless as he continued to tear into the tip of the tentacle.
The defense at the tip of the tentacle was weak, but it still boasted at least a thousand Defense Points.
Yet, these Defense Points were no match for the formidable Devouring Power!
Crack!
Under the overpowering Devouring Power, the tentacle’s nerve endings snapped apart as if bitten through by Su Lin.
Under the Devouring Power, there was no blood at the tear, but a smooth, clean cut as if half was disintegrated by a mysterious force!
“Buzz!”
The pain of the severed tentacle tip made the Giant King Squid emit a buzzing sound!
The Giant King Squid had no vocal organs; the buzzing was like the sound of all its cells quivering in unison.
The power of this vibrating sound was far greater than the Sonic Attack of the Variant Species Seal, creating huge, surging waves that rushed towards Su Lin!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
….
The powerful impact forced Su Lin to spit out blood, his organs feeling as if they were in excruciating pain.
Yet, not daring to waste any time, he seized the opportunity presented by the water flow to swim away into the distance!
But the Giant King Squid behind him clearly didn’t want to let him off so easily, as several stout tentacles lashed out at him once again!
Despite Su Lin’s swift swimming and using feints to dodge two tentacles, he was eventually grazed on the back by the tip of another.
Boom!
Su Lin felt as if all the bones in his back had shattered instantaneously, his organs ruptured, and his entire wolf body felt as if it would explode from the force!
“Healing Talent!”
Clamping his teeth down, Su Lin endured the tearing pain and activated his Healing Talent!
Consuming Physical Strength accelerated the recovery speed of the Healing Talent!
As his Physical Strength waned, the pale glow of the Healing Talent stabilized his wolf body, and the sensation of bursting began to fade away.
All the while, Su Lin was consuming Physical Strength to run the Healing Talent and was using the powerful impact from being hit to escape the area!
The Variant Species King Squid behind him was still in pursuit.
Due to its huge size, the Giant King Squid seemed to move slowly, but it could cover eighty to ninety meters per second!
Boom!
But as the seawater surged, Su Lin used the currents to swiftly increase the distance between him and the Giant King Squid!
At a speed of a hundred meters per second, he covered almost ten kilometers in just over a minute.
During this time, he managed to use the huge coral and seaweed on the seafloor to hide and escape from the pursuit of the Giant King Squid.
During the escape, one of the tentacles brushed against Su Lin’s side once more.
If he hadn’t been continuously using his Healing Talent, his wolf body would have been torn apart by now!
Terrifying!
The attack power of the Giant King Squid was truly frightening!
Heavily injured, Su Lin began to drag his wolf body rapidly towards the ice layer above!
Indeed, the deep sea was very dangerous for him.
This time it was a Giant King Squid,
If next time he encountered a group of Variant Species Killer Whales or the likewise gigantic Arctic Xia Jellyfish, he wondered if he would be able to escape!
As for where Su Lin was at the moment, he had already forgotten in the midst of his frantic escape.
Anyway, being on land would be much safer in comparison.
With this notion, Su Lin moved his Wolf Claws to swim.
Just as he hadn’t swum far, he suddenly saw the over one-meter piece of the tentacle tip bitten off by the Giant King Squid!
“Haha! Fortune favors those who toil!”
Seeing the over one-meter tentacle tip, Su Lin’s spirits lifted!
He had been prepared to return empty-handed, but the sight of the tentacle segment, weighing around a hundred or two hundred pounds, almost made his mouth water.
One bite was worth over two thousand Evolution Points, a frightening amount of value to gain, much more so than from the Variant Species Seal.
This thrilled Su Lin immensely.
It had been a shame to leave behind that piece of tentacle in the rush to escape, but it had washed up with the current unexpectedly.