Chapter 920: Losing Sanity (1/2)

The ocean waters were peaceful, with the tides proceeding about as usual while the water currents within changed according to the depth like usual. The sunlight illuminated the area, despite it being difficult, if not impossible, to determine the source.

There was one ocean on the bottom and another facing it on the top, situated 3 meters away. The waves were tiny, barely reaching 5-6 centimeters, which meant they did not produce any noise. Everything looked the same…except for one thing.

The sounds of something being scratched constantly resounded throughout the place, somewhat grating to the ears. The sound was akin to using stone to scratch against a rock to scoop dirt from it. At times, there was a faint white powder that floated on the ocean surface.

The cause was Krune. His gaze was vacant, almost dispirited, as he seemed to have lost his sanity. At present, in his hand was what seemed to be a piece of bone, somewhat cylindrical at the back while sporting a triangular front, sharp.

It seemed to be the tooth of the worm-like fish that he had ripped out. Right now, he was using it to scrap on a large piece of bone, trying to shape it into a weapon he could use to wield. Currently laid beside him were a couple of bones that had been carved into weapons.

One was a tail bone that had been turned into a club. The handle part was slightly curved to give it a better grip. He had also tied some of the cloth from his dress to increase its grip. The second weapon was a pike with a small hook-like thing attached at the front.

Tied to its end was a rope, made using his dress. The other end of the rope was coiled around his left hand.

At present, there was only a small piece of the garment covering his hips. He was bare for the rest of his body, having used up all the cloth. Having been afloat on the ocean water for almost a month now, Krune had almost become mad.

As a cultivator, a month wasn't even a long time. Rather, it was just a short cultivation session. But as a mortal, a month was a long time to be idle. It was the difference in mindset and mentality. It wasn't just his body that had turned into a mortal. His mind, too, had been affected.

At present, even the Little Krune that was within his subspace was idle, having stopped comprehending the laws of his subspace. All it did was lay flat and stare at the floating Wisp Cores.

Its mind was blank at the moment. It was because it was affected by Krune's thought process. Their shared thoughts worked against it at this moment.

Initially, Krune had thought about doing certain things to protect himself better. After all, he had begun to work on creating them. But as the days passed, without anyone to talk with, without anything to think or ponder over, he had shut his mind and began to mechanically work on developing his tools.

The body of the worm-like fish was five meters long. In other words, that meant it contained a tremendous reserve of flesh to eat and bones for him to carve into weapons. Using the smaller bones, Krune made some knives that he used to further carve out the flesh of the worm-like fish.

As for the bigger bones, he used the longest two to turn into weapons: the club and the pike. During normal times, he used the club to row himself forward. But over time, he stopped doing that, allowing the weak ocean currents to take him wherever they wished.

After all, without seeing any destination in sight, he didn't even know if moving in a certain direction was worth it. After a while, Krune simply gave up rowing. All he did was work on making weapons, healing his injuries, and strengthening his base.

It was the most difficult during the first day. Krune didn't have any tools to work with. Using the neon glow he emitted, Krune looked into the mouth of the worm-like fish, noticing its teeth. After protecting his hands by putting a piece of cloth over it, he began to pull out its teeth.

Then again, it was easier said than done. The teeth didn't even budge, no matter what he did. As his nails had fallen off, Krune couldn't even scratch its gums. With that, he had to struggle through a lot. After struggling for an entire night, he finally managed to take out the tooth that was the most damaged out of them all.

He cleaned it using a piece of cloth before using it to cut open a section of the worm-like fish. It took a lot of time as Krune was completely exhausted. After spending hours on it, he managed to rip out a considerable size of flesh.

As he was famished, Krune didn't even stop to think if it would be healthy to eat it raw. All he did was clean it a little using the ocean water before gorging on it. Once he finished eating it, Krune fell asleep immediately.

When he woke up, he felt like he had recovered some of his lost strength. After that, he began to use the damaged tooth to cut the gums and take out the healthy teeth one after another. From there, he used them to cut patches on the worm-like fish's body and cut out pieces of its flesh.

Though, he soon noticed that his actions were making the floating worm-like fish's carcass unstable. It seemed that if he kept up with his actions, it was bound to topple over soon enough. In order to avoid such a scenario, Krune spent a lot of time pulling out a tiny bone from the worm-like fish.