153 Under the Sea III (2/2)

[Usage: Can be refined into a pill, or used in evolution.]

Within the chest, a single fruit that resembled a lotus was seen. It was blue, and slightly transparent, like a lotus made of glass. The fruit was fragile, and could easily get destroyed if it was not handled properly.

Putting the lid back on, the chest was returned to the storage space. Their maps were updated, showing that Long Bing Rong had explored some of the larger ruins on her own, this meant that she found the fruit after searching many of the ruins.

The Chilling Lotus Fruit was precious, by bringing it back, the Medical peak master could plant it and grow more of it. As for the flood dragon, it was getting used to being under the suppression of far superior members of the dragon race, it was no longer shocked at anything that would occur around Ye Qin.

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In a dark cavern, three youths were seen. One atop a huge pink dragon, while another was on a golden tiger. The final youth was sitting on a small black dragon, as they headed straight exploring a huge ruin.

This was the first ruin they would explore. With many smaller ruins explored, there weren't many left on the map. Now, only twelve remain.

”Boss, aren't we exploring these ruins too fast? I think the readers would want this underwater arc to be a bit longer, don't you think?” Wang Tao whispered.

”It's fine, a war will start soon, besides the arc won't be as short as you think.” Ye Qin replied.

”Eh? Boss, could it be, you know what the author is thinking? Cmon, tell me then.” Wang Tao asked.

”Go away, it's just an assumption, this novel still has a lot of story to cover, don't worry.” Ye Qin ended right there.

”...”

Wang Tao was silent as he continued forward. Their group went forward unhindered. The flood dragon had the ability to shrink itself, it was now only three meters long, and only half a meter thick, still enough for Ye Qin to sit on its back.

Looking around, the ruins seemed to be the same as the many other ruins they had explored. Dark cavern walls, and glowing stones that acted as a source of light. Now that some days had passed, they needed to hurry and return to help the Mermen king to fight in the war.

At this rate, they may not make it back in time. Thus, Ye Qin decided to omit some ruins from the search for now, and would return once the war was over. He didn't think it was worth spending too much time exploring, afterall, not many strong monsters were found.

Even on land, there weren't many monsters that could threaten them. Even the overlord class monster that they had met over a year ago was now no longer a threat. Only beings such as the Black Wing, could do so.

Now, they could only hope to quickly grow stronger by exploring the deep sea, or by venturing into the Monster Realm. With a large threat that may approach at any time, they had to take the risk and grow as much as they could before then.

Currently, despite not being able to head there, Ye Qin had some ideas of his own. A while ago, rings had awakened within his body, ever since then, he didn't notice any changes, nor did anything else happen like back then.

Even when he tried to summon the ring, nothing happened. It was as though it had never occured in the first place. However, now that his monsters were growing, he could sense a subtle change within his body.

He believed, the more he grew, the closer he would get to discovering the truth behind it all. For now, his goal was to get stronger, and expand his army for the future.

In the ruins, the three of them headed off in different directions to search at a faster pace. The five dragons had split off to explore another ruins, making the search even faster.

By fighting one at a time, they would be able to share the experience earned between them. Of course, Ye Qin had devised another plan as well, the dragons could fight each other, he hasn't tested it yet, but it may work out.

By defeating each other, they may be able to gain xp that way, making them grow even while inside the monster sea. In this way, he would be able to grow even faster, as though the huge disparity in the amount of xp he needed per level was as low as other monsters that other people had.

Back towards him, he went through a pathway by himself, while the other two had split off to search elsewhere. Along the way, some monsters popped out to become xp for him.

Finally, he arrived at the end of the passage. Stepping out, he found himself surrounded by high walls that were endless. Nothing else but walls and water were seen, however, he could sense some presences under the water.

Judging by the aura, there were at least ten thousand of them.

[Monster: Big Claw Lobsters]

[Level: 40]

[Grade: Rare]

[Type: Sea creature]

[Element: Water]

[Additional Info: Lobsters with huge claws that can fire a water cannon, or used to pinch its foes to death. Its pincers can crush steel like a twig, as well as many kinds of metals.]

Over ten thousand of such monsters were hiding below the water. The flood dragon stayed around Ye Qin, while the twin dragons came out in their true forms and fired beams of energy into the water.

Boom!

The surface of the water exploded. Tens of thousands of large water cannons were seen being fired from beneath the sea of water. While avoiding, the twin dragons continued raining down their energy under the water, killing multiple lobsters at once.