"Are you sure we're not encountering some legendary super Emperor-tier, or even quasi-divine level Void Beast?" Ye Yun couldn't help but ask, and everyone exchanged glances.
Zhao Wangsheng's mouth twitched, and he said, "We… shouldn't be that unlucky, right? Besides, it's just a legend…" After all, the Void Sea was full of unknowns, and countless rumors circulated over the years. Many of these were even more outrageous than quasi-divine Void Beasts, but most were baseless. The existence of such Void Beasts was considered slightly more credible, but only slightly.
Ye Yun asked, "Having been here so many times, have you heard more legends about that Void Beast? For example, what does it look like?"
"There aren't many other legends," Zhao Wangsheng frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "As for what it looks like, the most widespread rumor now seems to be that the Void Beast has hundreds of giant tentacles, a bit like a super-sized octopus?" He paused. "That's all. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be a legend."
Indeed, after hearing his description, Ye Yun and the others looked strange. "Hundreds of tentacles? What a bizarre appearance, I really can't imagine…" After all, based solely on the description, it did bear a slight resemblance to the Cthulhu monsters they had heard of in their previous lives.
Lin Xueyan and the others shivered when they heard the description. To them, even the slightest thought of a monster covered in tentacles was terrifying. Just then, Chen Lingyi's faint voice came. "Master… look over there, are those tentacles?"
"Hmm? Tentacles?!"
"Yes! The tentacles are so big!" Chen Lingyi's words made everyone's hearts skip a beat. Almost all of them rushed to the ship's railing and looked down in the direction she pointed. What they saw sent shivers down their spines. As a large number of Void Beasts emerged, the black sea surface seemed to boil. One after another, black tentacles thicker than large pillars surged out from underwater and directly into the sky. Some of the more unlucky flying ships were destroyed entirely by these tentacles with no resistance. And the ultimate target of those tentacles was their own Divine River flying ship!
Ye Yun's expression changed slightly, and he immediately said, "Teresa, increase defense power by two levels!"
"Yes, this ship will activate its first rated power defense!" As she spoke, the azure light screen around the Divine River flying ship suddenly showed patterns that flowed with magnificent Xuan Qi light. Almost simultaneously, those thick black tentacles lashed out fiercely at the light screen. Each strike seemed to possess immense power, emitting a deafening roar that made the entire massive ship body tremble violently.
Lin Xueyan and the others, as well as the many cultivators from Hongchen Mountain, all showed fear. After all, in this dark place, encountering such a colossal being would make anyone's heart race.
"Holy hell, could we really be this unlucky and encounter it?!" Zhao Wangsheng's expression was priceless at the sight of the tentacles emerging from the sea. Ye Yun also took a deep breath. "It seems likely… This time, it's probably going to be a real problem." Quasi-divine level beings, let alone them. Even if all ten Emperor-tier powerhouses in the Heavenly Domain were combined, they might not be its match. Much less them, and on its home turf! In fact, they were considered lucky. By this time, many of the remaining flying ships in the fleet had suffered devastating blows, causing the entire fleet to disintegrate, with all ships desperately fleeing in all directions.
Just then, Ye Yun heard Teresa's prompt again. "Captain, detecting high-energy reaction below."
"High-energy reaction approaching!" Hearing her successive prompts, Ye Yun's eyelids twitched. He didn't need her to tell him; anyone with eyes could see the dramatic changes below. On the already turbulent sea surface, bubbles kept appearing, and waves hundreds and thousands of meters high crashed back and forth. Gradually, Ye Yun noticed a small blood-red mountain emerging from the waves. Indeed, it truly looked like a mountain erupting from the seabed, quickly reaching over two thousand meters and still growing.
The cultivators fleeing in the fleet were all stunned by this scene. "What kind of monster is this! Help!"
"It's so huge! How can there be such a large Void Beast!"
"Run for your lives! Damn it! I don't want to be swallowed by it!" The many flying ships tried to flee with all their might, but one must remember there was a beast tide attacking nearby. They couldn't just leave if they wanted to. Even though they were fighting with all their strength, they could never break through the impact range of the beast tide and were forced to stay in place, watching helplessly as this nightmare-like monster emerged from the sea.
At this point, Ye Yun finally got a clear look at the monster, and his mouth couldn't help but twitch. "This thing… looks a bit like a Dark Lord…" It resembled an overturned snail, covered in a thick, blood-red shell. The monster, thousands of meters high, possessed a mountain-like, oppressive body, beneath which was sickening blood-red flesh, truly resembling a Lovecraftian monster. And its incredibly ferocious face, with its huge blood-red eyes, was staring directly at the Divine River flying ship.
Ye Yun was also looking at it, his expression extremely grim. "Such immense pressure… it seems it truly surpasses Emperor-tier…" At this moment, everyone on the Divine River flying ship felt their legs go weak. Even Fang Zhiwei, who was usually fearless, was somewhat afraid. "Mas… Master? Are we going to be eaten by it?"
"Yeah, it feels like our ship will be destroyed if this continues!"
"Those tentacles are just too powerful…" The terrifying scene made Lin Xueyan and the other girls somewhat scared. Ye Yun looked at them and said with a relaxed expression, "Don't worry, everything will be fine. For now, go to the previous space and wait."
"Ah, I don't want to…" But before they could reply, Ye Yun waved his hand and sent them into the master-disciple space. A few seconds later, he received requests from Lin Xueyan and the others to come out. Clearly, despite their fear, they genuinely wanted to share hardships with their master. But Ye Yun naturally wouldn't agree and rejected them all.
Zhao Wangsheng, standing nearby, looked at this scene and asked in surprise, "Elder Ye, what are you…?" Before Ye Yun could fabricate an excuse, the blood-red monster on the other side opened its literal blood-red mouth and let out a deafening roar.
"Ye… Yun… Ye… Ye Yun…" The powerful sound waves stirred up colossal waves on the sea. The nearby flying ships were almost deafened by the sound. Ye Yun, among the crowd, was stunned by the name called out by the monster. "This thing can talk? And it's coming for me?!" This was not good news. If a monster of this caliber was coming to kill him, there would be nowhere to escape. But the problem was, Ye Yun couldn't understand why. He had never seen it before, nor had he offended it. Why was it looking for him? And its name, how did it know?