Chapter 117 - Ambush on the Ocean (2/2)

'I do not know. I feel the vibrations of something that is approaching, but I can't understand where. Yet it is getting closer.'

”Ye, you feel something. Do you sense scents?”

Since Xing couldn't understand where the vibrations she felt came from, Hei turned to Ye, who could sense the scents from afar. At the same time, he activated Snake Tongue and Spider Hair to help his little sisters detect the anomaly.

To the side, Ho Yeon-Hong was surprised and a little disgusted to see Hei stick his tongue out, with the saliva dripping down his face. But Hei didn't have time to pay attention to her further.

'No, big brother. I don't smell, are you sure you're not wrong Xing?' (Ye)

'No, I'm not wrong! It's like asking you if you were wrong to detect a scent.' (Xing)

”Calm down, don't fight. You are both right. I feel vibrations too, but there are no scents.” Hei appeased his little sisters revealing that both hadn't been wrong.

”Hei, if you and Xing can feel the vibrations but not the smell, it means that the origin of the vibrations is moving through a medium that conceals the smells but not the sounds,” Lian suggested to Hei. He immediately understood what she meant.

”The ocean! Underwater!”

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Shortly after that, the water around the war galleon and the artifact ship began to shake violently. It wasn't due to the movement of the two ships but to something else. Suddenly, dozens of dark shapes appeared from under the water, ranging from one meter and a half up to two meters.

As soon as the moonlight illuminated them, the crews of the war galleon and the artifact ship could see that they were fish-type spirit beasts. No, it wasn't correct.

”Killer whales, Orca. Why are there so many?” Hei immediately recognized the identity of the new arrivals. But his question was answered quickly afterward.

A tremor greater than before was created in front of the war galleon. An imposing spirit beast came out from the ocean. It had dark black skin marked by huge scars several meters long. In total, its body had to be 15 meters long.

”Bowhead Whale!” Hei was speechless at the appearance of that creature.

The Bowhead Whale was a rare type of whale. It was characterized by the arched shape of the head derived from the triangular structure of the skull. It didn't have a dorsal fin and had a mouth larger than any other type of whales. Instead of teeth, it had laminae about three meters long, called baleen. They were used as a filter to expel water from the mouth and holding its prey. Its blubber was also the thickest of the whale species, making it incredibly tough.

But what surprised Hei most wasn't the appearance of this rare spirit beast nor its size. But its cultivation. The whale in front of him was a second-level spirit beast; meaning, it was comparable to a spirit soldier.

From the whale head, a small figure (compared to the size of the whale) slowly ascended into the sky. It was the silhouette of a man, and by the fact that he could fly, it meant that he had at least reached the rank of spirit soldier.

”Sok Yeong-Gi! Why don't you come out and play with me? The punishment that your Captain's whore awaits will first be imposed on you by myself.”

The man's voice exploded throughout the surrounding area, making it audible to anyone around. Immediately afterward, from the war galleon, Sok Yeong-Gi flew high in the air, reaching the same height as the man who had challenged him.

”Pang Ja-Kyung! What do my eyes see?! The famous beast tamer under that asshole Hong Shin. What brings you here?”

”Haha. You make me laugh. You get too ahead of yourself when you're just a first stage spirit soldier. Among the rank of spirit soldier, you are only at the bottom of the ranking.”

”Look who's talking. Aren't you also a first stage spirit soldier? Do you think you can compare yourself to me in a one vs. one? You, a beast tamer?”

”Stupid. Do you believe I can't defeat you in a one vs. one? You are very wrong if you catalog me with the rest of that trash beast tamers. I can fight very well alone. Plus, once my whale has slaughtered your men, it will only be a matter of moments for you to suffer the same ending.”

”Pang Ja-Kyung! If you believe that you and your stupid whale can beat me, come forward! I, Sok Yeong-Hong, one of the three Spirit Soldiers under Pirate General Ho Ri-Na, will kill you.”

The speech between the two pirates ended there. Although Sok Yeong-Hong seemed self-confident, he wasn't. He was arrogant, but he wasn't stupid. Pang Ja-Kyung alone was already a big headache for him, but now there was also his whale to worry about. If they attacked him together, Sok Yeong-Hong even had doubts about being able to escape. At that juncture, the only thing he could think of was...

'Hei, as your superior, I order you to engage the whale and take time.' Sok Yeong-Hong sent a spirit message to Hei.

The situation was beyond all his expectations. If he wanted to survive, he had to save Ho Yeon-Hong. But if he had brought her with him flying, Pang Ja-Kyung would have reached him. If they had used the artifact ship instead, he wasn't sure that the boat could resist enough to distance themselves from the whale.

The only solution was to keep the whale as busy as possible while he was fighting Pang Ja-Kyung. And the only ones to whom he could entrust that task were Hei and his team, which had two seventh stage martial artists and two equally strong spirit beasts. In extreme cases, he could use his and Hei's crew as bait while escaping.

'Understood.' Hei replied briefly. There was no point in arguing now. Being affiliated with Ho Ri-Na, although not officially, there was no way that Pang Ja-Kyung would let him go. The only thing he could do was to take out the Bowhead Whale, a second-level spirit beast.

”Old Tohyon. For this battle, your help will be crucial. But if you don't feel it, I'll understand perfectly.”

”Master Hei, are you kidding? I have never felt more alive in all of my life. I am ready when you want.”

Hei smiled at the expert seaman, ”Lian, we can't fly. So you'll have to keep us in the air, okay?”

”Got it, Hei.”

”Ho Yeon-Hong. Even though we should protect you, I have to ask you to stay close to Lian. You absolutely have to make sure she isn't disturbed.”

Ho Yeon-Hong was confused as to how the situation had degenerated. But she still nodded her head. Although she had little experience, she knew it was better to rely on those who were more experienced.

'And what about us, big brother?' Ye and Xing asked nervously together. It was the first time that they faced such an opponent.

”The three of us will attack the whale. We will eat whale meat for breakfast, so let's do it!”

'Yes!' The two little divine beasts screamed excitedly, ready to fight with all of themselves.