Chapter 119 - Slaying The Whale (1/2)

Amazement and disbelief. These were the feelings that Hei and his companions were experiencing. Seeing a creature as big as the Bowhead Whale moving by hovering in the air was indeed an incredible sight.

Hei had previously seen a creature of enormous size flying through the air. But the other time, he had witnessed the scene as a spectator. This time, however, he was the target of the creature's attack, not to mention that he didn't imagine that a second-level spirit beast could fly.

That sight answered his question whether his little sisters could fly once they reached the second level, but, sincerely, he would have preferred to learn about it in another way. However, it wasn't the time to get caught off guard. A single mistake could have decreed the death of all of them.

”Old Tohyon, maximum speed again. Let's get out of here.” Hei nervously watched as the whale approached.

The old seaman activated the propulsion mechanism, inserting a new load of spirit stones. The artifact ship made a series of creaking noises from the pressure it was being subjected to.

'Shit, if we do such powerful accelerations in a row, the system will collapse before long.' Hei thought to himself as he gritted his teeth.

The artifact ship was pushed forward by the propulsion system and was able to get out of the trajectory of the whale's massive body. However, the ship received a violent impact from the high waves that were generated when the whale fell on the water surface.

'Has it landed? Why? It could have continued to fly... wait. Could it be that it can fly only for a short period?' Hei quickly analyzed the behavior of the whale that had once again dived underwater.

”Lian, immerse us in the water again. Ho Yeon-Hong, if you have ranged attacks, attack the whale at my signal.”

Ho Yeon-Hong's face turned pale upon hearing that. If Hei, who was a seventh stage, had barely scratched the whale's body, how could he hope that she could do anything when she was only a sixth stage?

”Attacking the whale?! What? But it's a second-level spirit beast. It wouldn't do any good, not even you- ”

”Don't argue! If you don't want to die, do as I said. Just attack the whale. Lian, get ready to use your full strength as soon as we dodge the first attack. Now dive in.” Hei interrupted her and warned Lian. The young blue-haired woman nodded firmly and pushed Hei back into the ocean.

As before, thanks to Spider Hair, Hei was able to perceive the approaching whale. Then he tugged the silk ribbon tight around his waist again. Lian pulled him promptly, and Hei warned Old Toyon of the whale's arrival.

The artifact ship once again dodged the whale's underwater assault, which again used the same tactic as before, hovering in the air towards them. This time, however, Hei was ready.

He ordered Old Tohyon to point the bow of the ship against the whale and prepared to receive the impact.

”Old Tohyon, maximum speed. We must not be pushed back. I'll take care of blocking the attack, but you need to keep pushing the ship forward.”

”Master Hei, this is total madness. But if you say so, then I will execute the order. ”

”Lian, are you ready?”

”Yes, Hei! Whenever you want!”

”Ho Yeon-Hong, get ready as well. Wait until my signal before attacking. Now Lian!”

”Lotus of Love bloodline, Activate!”

”Nightmare Spider Bloodline, Activate!”

'Nightmare Spider Bloodline, Activate!'

'Snake of Darkness bloodline, Activate!'

The spirit power of Lian, Hei, Xing, and Ye experienced a surge in power when their bloodlines were activated. Since they were joined together by the Battle Formation, the amplification effect was even more powerful.

The spirit power of the four of them was then concentrated on the tip of Hei's spear, which absorbed all the spirit power it was receiving without restraint. Suddenly, a slight flicker was produced by the spear as if it was animated, and it was getting excited in anticipation of the battle.

Hei didn't know why this was happening. Perhaps it was because he had infused his spirit power into the spear after activating his bloodline. After all, the spear had been made with his mother's own body. Bao Bei also told him that the weapons created with the bodies of divine beasts were particular. But now wasn't the right time to worry about it.

All Hei was thinking about right now was the whale before him. The creature was swooping down from above like a huge bird of prey. Hei firmly grasped his spear with both hands and asked Xing to tie his hands on the shaft of his weapon so that he wouldn't lose his grip.

”Are you ready? Law of Poison, Law of Darkness, Combined Technique, Poisonous Dark Spider Thrust!”

The tip of the spear was suddenly colored in dark purple and pitch black. Two Elemental Laws were linked in one place while the spirit power of four living beings was merged to produce more power.

Combined Technique. The maximum expression of the Battle Formation. In addition to uniting and amplifying the spirit power of multiple living beings, it was able to amplify the very elemental attacks, thus creating an even more powerful technique. There was no need to say that the difficulty was greater than that of the Battle Formation itself.

There were various reasons why Hei and his family were able to use it. First, Xing and Ye had the same mother in common; even though they had different bloodlines, they were still more similar to each other than a divine beast specimen of their species. Second, Hei had the same bloodline as Bao Bei and, therefore, the same as Xing's, while he had the element of darkness as his second element, that is, the same element of Ye's bloodline. Third, in their combination, there was Lian and the Lotus of Love bloodline. That bloodline was related to the Law of Wood. Together with the Law of Water and Law of Light, it had harmonizing characteristics. Thus, Lian, who possessed both the Law of Wood and the Law of Water, was harmonizing the spirit power and the Elemental Laws of their four so that they wouldn't go out of control.

Of course, at the level where they were, such a technique was only usable once. And this was already a result beyond what one would expect from someone with their rank of cultivation.

Boom! Screech!