993 The Drake of the Black Sea (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The sky was light blue, but the ocean gradually darkened. The ocean did not seem right when the group of four glanced into the distance.

”Why is the water getting darker?” Mo Fan was pretty clueless about the ocean. He looked behind them.

The Sword Quills Sea Monsters had stopped chasing them, possibly because they had left their territory.

However, since the water darkened, Mo Fan believed they would soon enter the territory of a different species.

”The maggot has evolved once. It must have acquired some incredible benefits from the Sword Quills Sea Monster,” Lingling said.

”Oh, that's good news.”

”It seems like there's a bunch of sunken reefs ahead,” Bobby said.

Someone who was familiar with the ocean was able to tell where the sunken reefs were based on their experience.

Mo Fan glanced in the direction that Bobby was pointing and discovered that the water there was not as dark.

When the boat got closer, Mo Fan realized that the sunken reef was surprisingly big. It was basically a sunken island!

The water was not deep either. When the boat got closer, Mo Fan was able to hop onto the reef and stand atop it. The water only reached his knees.

(Ed. Note: Don't try this in real life. Reefs are razor-sharp and will tear your feet to shreds.)

”It looks like a reef cave,” Bobby said after taking a closer look.

”What's a reef cave?” Mo Fan asked.

”Many creatures in the ocean still need to build nests inside places like caves, holes, or burrows. At certain places, the reefs will connect to one another like island chains, but are sunken instead of being exposed above the surface. These natural reef islands usually turn into nests occupied by different species of sea monsters. We normally refer to them as Sea Monster Fortresses,” Bobby explained.

”Oh, that's right, the sea monsters most likely have their nests too. It doesn't make sense for them to sleep in the open,” Mo Fan nodded.

”This reef cave isn't small, you'll most likely find a huge bunch of sea monsters napping around a depth of five hundred meters. Let's be more careful so we don't wake them up,” Lingling said.

”The maggot must have come here to look for a suitable target. There must be a powerful species here. If it can sneak into the sea monster, it will become extremely powerful!” Mu Ningxue said.

”Indeed, the little creature is pretty good at finding the best places, but it also makes it harder for us to protect it. If the little creature startled the sea monsters, we'll have to go down there and save it,” Lingling said.

”Are...are you serious? Can a person really go down there and come out alive?” Bobby's eyes widened.

He was clearly aware of how terrifying a reef cave was. Even tier-one Hunter Groups would not dare to plot against a reef cave. Weren't the few of them just going to get themselves killed?

”We have to go. Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain,” Lingling said.

Mo Fan felt his balls hurting too. He could only pray that the little maggot would keep a low profile. It was necessary for the maggot to behave like a leech without being too greedy. Otherwise, they would have to die in its place!

”Bobby, can you find out what species lives inside the reef cave?” Lingling asked.

”Sure, I have been hanging around with some experienced Hunter Groups a lot because of my ability to identify sea monsters. Just give me some time, I'll conduct a population census of this reef cave!” Bobby said confidently. He did not forget to boast about his talent.

”Alright, I'll leave it to you. I need to know what the maggot is targeting,” Lingling said.

The maggot would soon be able to take the form of its host. It would eventually turn into the creature that it was living inside, and would basically inherit all its abilities.

Therefore, these maggots would subconsciously go after the high-level creatures, since no creature would be willing to stay at the bottom of the food chain if they had a choice.

As such, Lingling was trying to learn what the maggot was planning to turn into!

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Not long after, Bobby came back to the sunken reef.

The area within five hundred meters from sunken reefs was usually occupied by ordinary sea creatures. Most savage sea monsters occupied the households more than five hundred meters deep into the ocean. As such, they were fine standing on the reefs.