Chapter 159: This Sea Monster Is Impossible for Us to Defeat! (Part 2)

At the auction, the Spirit Rice Rice distributed by Huang Zong himself.

In truth, it was merely the lowest grade of Spirit Rice in the Cultivation World.

The primary target audience was Loose Cultivators and Cultivators in the early to middle stages of Qi Refining.

Su Ping had long since been eating better Spirit Rice after reaching Foundation Establishment, but there was no shortage of these low-quality Spirit Objects in the ownerless Storage Bags he had collected.

Su Ping had only set aside a tiny portion, which served to enhance the foundation of his Registered Disciples and bolster the persuasiveness of their profound background in the mysterious world.

As it currently stands, the effect is quite good.

In Su Ping's view, the taste of this Spirit Rice Rice could only be considered passable.

Judging purely by color, aroma, and taste, it was actually no better than the signature dishes of top chefs on Water Blue Star.

The reason the attendees behaved so unseemly was mainly because they had never before come into contact with Spirit Objects or Spirit Qi.

After catching the aroma of the Spirit Rice Rice.

Their genes and subconscious instincts felt that this item was of great benefit to them.

This influenced their brains to create the illusion that this item was a rare and delicious treasure of the world.

And when they ate this Spirit Rice Rice, and every cell in their bodies cheered because they were experiencing the benefits of a Spirit Object for the first time.

It truly gave them the heartfelt realization that such a thing should only exist in the heavens.

Of course, this would only happen the first time they tasted it.

If they continued to eat Spirit Rice Rice in the future, their sense of taste and brains would no longer have such an astonishing, heaven-defying shock.

But that is a matter for the future; Huang Zong could tell from the genuine micro-expressions of the attendees.

Once the auction concludes and these people return, they will surely ignite the entire upper-class public opinion circle.

I fear there will be quite a few people regretting why they didn't come in person, right?

In this way... for the next auction or exchange meeting.

The caliber of the distinguished guests who come will have to be raised by at least one level!

After Huang Zong finished distributing it, he watched those guests—who were either wealthy or noble—not even caring about etiquette as they scraped every grain of rice from their plates onto their tongues, carefully savoring the aroma of the Spirit Rice before slowly swallowing it.

Huang Zong returned to the small room behind the curtain with a smug smile.

There, Lu Daheng and the other Registered Disciples were already waiting for Huang Zong to start the meal.

These Registered Disciples naturally had a share of the Spirit Rice Rice, and compared to the cat-sized portions on the guests' plates, each of them had a large basin.

There was also Braised Monster Beast Meat, Vinegar Spirit Cabbage, and other items.

Paired with a small cup of steaming hot Spirit Wine.

A mouthful of Spirit Rice Rice, a mouthful of braised meat.

Then a sip of Spirit Wine.

Tsk!

Huang Zong only felt that this life was truly too wonderful!

Even if someone offered him the position of CEO of a Fortune 500 company, he absolutely would not trade!

Even if this was once a grand ambition he had set for himself in his youth but failed to realize!

The auction officially ended.

The attendees left this Industrial Zone with complex emotions.

Most of them went straight to the airport by car, and then each used their own means to leave Gade City.

Some also reported what they had seen and heard through encrypted communications, then remained in Gade City to become the liaisons for the big shots here.

The mayor of Gade City and the local power brokers.

Also gathered together late at night for an emergency meeting.

They had to coordinate in order to handle the investments pouring in from major forces.

Facing such a grand trend, even the greediest local tyrants became cautious and humble at this moment.

And as the auction items flowed out to the outside world, besides causing waves of exclamation, it also caused a massive uproar, as if the professional circle had encountered a magnitude-12 earthquake.

It was just that, under intentional interference, this information did not form an internet craze.

Netizens were still hotly debating how to compete for the position of Shrine Maiden for the Black Crow God, or how some celebrity was doing recently.

And while these attendees were busy with their own affairs.

Another group of guests was invited into the Industrial Zone under the cover of night.

Lu Daheng replaced the satisfied Huang Zong to receive this group of arms dealers.

A small half of the money from the auction was handed over to these arms dealers in turn.

And this was just the beginning.

As both sides cooperated happily, the order volume could continue to increase.

If these arms dealers hadn't been instructed beforehand, they probably would have exclaimed whether the other party was arming a massive army and preparing to claim hegemony here.

However, judging from the previous few transactions.

They had also vaguely guessed some of the truth.

For example, the true owners of this batch of arms were not Huang Zong and his group, but the Mysterious Force behind them.

Although, emotionally speaking, it felt a bit beneath the dignity of a mysterious force to need mortal arms.

But practically speaking, for a qualified transcendent force, whether the arms are useful is the point!

Modern technological items can play a role, and even if it's only a little bit, it is worth a try for them.

After all, as it currently stands, they are in a complete seller's market; by giving just a little bit of mysterious objects, they can exchange them for large amounts of supplies from their hands.

Moreover, analyzing from the rise of Huang Zong and his group, as well as the news revealed by that chosen Saintess when she returned home.

It seems that the Mysterious Force behind them was originally just a small-to-medium-sized force in the mysterious world!

If the pretentiousness is a bit lower, it is not so hard to understand.

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The Granville Sea.

Following the spread of the news that the scientific research vessel was attacked by Da Hei.

Major powers all dispatched ships to this sea area.

Even under the water, submarines of various models arrived.

The wealthy Flower Flag Country even deployed many underwater Drones, attempting to find some clues.

If they discovered a sea monster's palace or something, that would naturally be even better!

And as the Auction concluded, it made the big shots realize the benefits and future potential of the Spirit Object.

Requests for increased funding from the military and research sectors were also, for once, passed readily.

After a massive amount of funding was dumped down, it was unknown if there would be any practical results, but the actions of all parties visibly accelerated.

Various supplies were also piled up in warehouses as if they cost nothing.

At this time.

The red-jacketed expert and his team, who had encountered the attack by Da Hei, were released after being questioned multiple times, and subsequently boarded a new research vessel.

And after a brief rest, they headed to the Arctic Circle once again.

It was not that they loved their work so much.

It was just that the other side was truly paying too much.

Not to mention the doubled compensation, they were even directly promised that as long as they found another Ice Crystal Stone.

They would be given the benefits they each required.

Experts could obtain large houses from the Wealthy District or honorary positions in the corresponding Association.

Parents with children could receive recommendation letters for prestigious schools.

The single youths were simpler and more straightforward: a large sum of bonus money!

Under the lure of heavy rewards, the red-jacketed expert's team became high in morale.

They did not even take the danger of potentially encountering the sea monster again to heart.

After all, the higher-ups had also told them that if they found the Ice Crystal Stone.

They would dispatch an aircraft to take them away, so they would not have to take a ship anymore.

In their view, that sea monster could only hover briefly after leaving the sea surface; even at its most powerful, it would be at most a few dozen or a hundred meters high.

After all, it was a transcendent of the sea.

Could it be that even when they were flying at an altitude of ten thousand meters... they could still be robbed by a sea monster!

Thus, they stepped onto the cold iceberg, relying on their previous experience and the intuition of professionals.

After several days of hard work.

With the help of a local old hunter.

They found another similar Ice Crystal Stone from underground.

The red-jacketed expert, as if having found a Supreme Treasure, placed it into a specially made large test tube.

And then immediately contacted his superiors.

This time, the higher-ups did not make him wait long.

Half a day later, a specially made small military aircraft landed at the camp.

The red-jacketed expert brought his excited teammates and boarded the rear cabin of the military aircraft.

Not long after, the military aircraft took off again amidst a sound of "OK," preparing to first reach a military base of the Flower Flag Country nearby.

Then it would conduct an oceanic flight, directly taking the Ice Crystal Stone sample to the largest research base in the homeland.

In their view, something the sea monster also wanted must be a good thing with mysterious attributes.

It had important research value!

The aircraft was flying steadily at high altitude.

This caused the red-jacketed expert, who had been busy for the past few days, to involuntarily close his eyes and fall asleep.

In his dream, the red-jacketed expert dreamed that he was standing on a podium, accepting the compliments of his peers as a top expert.

Then the Dream Realm suddenly shifted, and he appeared in a luxurious large house he had only seen on television, introducing everything in this large house to his wife and children, who were looking at him with worshipful eyes, and promising them that this was absolutely not a dream!

Then, the red-jacketed expert suddenly felt a chill on his face.

A loud noise appeared in his ears, and the scene before his eyes began to shake accordingly.

"What's going on!"

The red-jacketed expert was awakened by the cold wind; after exclaiming, he hurriedly grabbed the falling oxygen mask with both hands and pressed it to his face.

He and his team members looked up and saw with astonishment that a large hole had been torn in the top of the cabin.

A sea monster, which they had seen before and was shrouded in faint black Qi, stretched its large head out from the hole.

After slightly opening its mouth to reveal its sharp teeth.

The red-jacketed expert felt warmth in his lower body.

Then, after thinking for only 0.1 seconds.

This red-jacketed expert unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the safety case, and took out the test tube containing the Ice Crystal Stone.

Da Hei looked at this sensible human, nodded slightly, and took a light breath with its mouth.

The test tube was pulled away from the red-jacketed expert's hand by a great force.

Da Hei had obtained another Ice Crystal Stone, so it let its head slowly leave the cabin.

Then, just as Da Hei left the military aircraft and intended to perform a free-fall movement into the sea.

Da Hei suddenly discovered that the military aircraft seemed to have lost control and began to lose altitude rapidly.

At the same time, the expert in the red jacket let out a scream for help inside the cabin.

Da Hei did not understand the language of Ouluoba, but it could still understand human emotions.

Thinking of its master's prohibition.

It hesitated for a moment, feeling that this was not an act; the other party's Dharma Artifact really seemed unable to fly anymore!

While complaining in its heart that these tin Dharma Artifacts were truly trash.

Da Hei moved its mind.

The surrounding Wind Technique flew over, and the strong wind lifted the military aircraft that had been opened with a large hole.

Then it continuously decelerated, causing the military aircraft's pilots to watch with expressions as if they had seen a ghost as the aircraft went from losing control to stalling, and then its speed suddenly stabilized, until it floated on the surface of the Dahai with a "plop" sound.

Only after these two pilots had stammered a few times and regained their senses did they begin to stutter while replying to the inquiries from their superiors over the communication line.

The expert in the red jacket also stood up in a daze, looking at the Dahai outside the window.

He suddenly felt a trace of gratitude toward that sea monster.

He believed that the one who saved everyone on this plane could only be that sea monster!

"It must be a transcendent creature with high intelligence."

"Moreover, it can fly! And it can fly very high!"

"Such a mythological creature is truly too miraculous..."

After Da Hei obtained the second Ice Crystal Stone, it initially wanted to stay far away from this sea area to avoid having it snatched away by that little turtle again.

It was just that it had only just entered the water this time.

Da Hei discovered that there were many strange metal objects at the bottom of the water.

There was no Dharma Power fluctuation.

Yet they were clearly a type of object similar to a Dharma Artifact.

Da Hei could feel that after they noticed it, they swarmed over like sharks that had smelled blood.

Da Hei was only hindered by the prohibition and dared not kill wantonly, but its nature, having originated as a black fish, was extremely brutal.

It opened its mouth to inhale slightly and then spat out violently!

Dozens of powerful water currents appeared in the seawater!

In the blink of an eye, these underwater drones or detectors were struck by these water currents, and in the blink of an eye, they were torn to pieces and became part of the seabed trash!

This attack made the joint fleet of Flower Flag Country and Ouluoba even more agitated.

More warships sailed to the corresponding sea area.

A large number of aircraft took off, and more underwater robots were deployed.

As the Dahai began to become lively.

The Profound Turtle in the volcanic crater also sensed this trace of abnormality, and after a flash of confusion passed through its eyes.

Sensing that Da Hei was still healthy, it chose to continue closing its eyes to sleep.

Da Hei, however, was becoming increasingly irritable.

Those fragile little gadgets appearing again and again made it feel as though it were being provoked.

Although it could completely just run away.

With its speed, and the vastness and difficulty of observing the Dahai.

As long as it chose to flee, even if there were ten times more warships on the sea surface, they would not be able to find its tracks!

It was just that, how could a strong one flee in front of the weak?

After Da Hei once again spat out a water current to finish off the detectors that had entered the sea.

Its large head broke through the sea surface, and it let out a roar at the aircraft in the sky!

This roar resounded through the sky.

Even ordinary people could hear the angry emotion within it.

However, under the command of the generals in the rear.

More than ten Drones flew over and fired one detector after another toward where Da Hei was.

These detectors naturally could not break its defense.

They were even blown away by the Wind Technique before they could get within one meter of Da Hei's body.

In Da Hei's eyes, this was clearly a declaration of war.

Following a low roar.

A water spout a thousand meters high shot up into the sky!

And it generated a huge attractive force on the surroundings.

The pilots of those expensive Drones sensed that something was wrong, and they exclaimed one after another, wanting to flee.

However, under the suction of the water spout, these Drones struggled for only a few seconds before they were all sucked in.

Then these Drones were shredded and destroyed by the violent water current and disappeared completely!

After Da Hei unleashed a powerful technique to destroy those annoying flying objects.

Its anger still had not dissipated, and it swam rapidly toward the large warships that had released those flying objects!

While swimming, it thought in its heart that it had been provoked first this time!

And the other party had made the first move!

It was only counterattacking; that shouldn't count as violating the prohibition, right?

Thinking this way, it took Da Hei only a few minutes to spot a large cruiser of Flower Flag Country on the horizon.

Around this large cruiser, there were also more than ten warships and supply ships of various sizes.

The Drone was launched from this cruiser.

At this moment, they had also already detected Da Hei's approach.

After a moment of tension, the general, unwilling to be captured without a fight, issued combat orders.

Consequently, just as Da Hei saw the warships, it saw fire erupting from those large vessels.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Under the shelling, large sprays of water erupted on the sea.

Several missiles even plunged into the surrounding sea surface along parabolic arcs and exploded into large masses of flame.

However, under their detection equipment, the sea monster had immediately submerged to the seabed, choosing not to withstand their concentrated firepower head-on.

The captain could not help but order the use of Deep Sea Bombs.

Two Anti-Submarine Aircraft whistled past.

The Deep Sea Bombs were dropped and exploded, creating ripples of water.

This was an attack method effective even against submarines.

But for Da Hei, who could manipulate water currents, it was painless and itchy.

However, Da Hei was still somewhat wary of those fast-flying iron-skinned Dharma Artifacts, so it chose to prioritize destroying them.

The Anti-Submarine Aircraft that had just finished dropping their bombs lost their balance the next second due to a suddenly gusting Wind Technique.

Afterward, they collided at high speed.

Turning into a cluster of expensive fireworks, they fell together into the Dahai!

Afterward.

The observers let out screams.

They observed that the sea monster had begun to accelerate, attacking at speeds of 40 knots, 50 knots, and even 60 knots!

"Shelling! Release torpedoes!"

"Hurry, we cannot let it continue to approach!"

The captain's scalp went numb, and he issued orders repeatedly in terror.

It was just that... the opponent's speed was truly too fast!

After the first two attacks proved ineffective, they sadly discovered that they had lost the initiative against this sea monster.

The observers kept repeating that it was too fast, truly too fast!

Gazing at the sea monster right before their eyes, with its speed displayed as exceeding 80 knots, they closed their eyes.

The next instant!

Boom!

Amidst a loud noise, Da Hei slammed into the flank of the Flower Flag Country's large cruiser.

Under the terrifying screeching of steel, the entire cruiser seemed to be turning upside down.

Afterward, two large holes appeared at the front and back of the cruiser where it was struck, and the Dragon Bone snapped as a result.

The entire massive warship seemed to be shaking violently.

People on the surrounding large and small ships widened their eyes, watching this scene unfold with cold sweat.

A sense of powerlessness made the officers on these ships feel despair.

Awoo!

After crashing through the cruiser, Da Hei surfaced again and let out a howl filled with intimidation.

This time, because the distance was close enough.

Under the faint Dragon Might, even the crew members on the cruiser who were panicked and wanting to escape had their bodies stiffen, losing the ability to act.

The remaining ships fell into Chaos as a result.

The most courageous crew members also chose to put down their weapons and begin to pray.

Da Hei scanned the surroundings.

It was stunned to discover that among the mortals on these ships, not a single one was still willing to keep fighting!

It could not help but feel bored.

Of course, on the other hand, after Da Hei had unleashed a water tornado and repeatedly used its water and wind control arts.

It had also gradually realized the disadvantages of this strange place.

The Dharma Power used... recovered too slowly, to the point where it could almost not even feel the Dharma Power recovering!

This actually made Da Hei feel a little bit lacking in confidence.

After roaring a few times as a show of force and confirming that everything around it was a weakling, and that it had won this time.

Da Hei dove into the deep sea and then swam toward the volcano where the Mysterious Turtle was located.

To recover its Dharma Power quickly, it could only find this Mysterious Turtle to obtain a Pill.

As for that Ice Crystal Stone, it could only continue to be kept by this Mysterious Turtle.

However, Da Hei believed that after its master obtained the treasure, he would definitely ask about its origin, and then its, Da Hei's, contribution would certainly not be buried!

On the sea surface, the large cruiser was slowly sinking.

After the surrounding ships regained their senses, they joined in the rescue.

It was just that they could not save the cruiser that had been torn open with large holes.

And listening to the survivors' accounts.

The interior of this cruiser was not just simple large holes; there were also massive amounts of water flow acting like a metal ray storm, destroying many, many pieces of equipment inside the ship, causing many of the isolation layers to fail as well.

Consequently, it was difficult to even delay the sinking by a little bit...

"We cannot win against this sea monster!"

An officer on a warship watched the deputy captain of the cruiser, who looked like a drowned rat, muttering to himself in a low voice:

"As long as it is still in the sea, most of our attack methods simply cannot do anything to it."

"Plus the speed it displayed earlier... even if it wasn't sustained."

"It is enough to run all our units above and below the sea in circles."

"I will personally suggest... do not continue to provoke this monster."

The deputy captain kept repeating his whispers.

No one among the officers nearby went to stop this behavior that undermined military morale.

Right now, this deputy captain was the highest-ranking person present.

As for the captain?

According to the observers rescued so far, that captain was standing on the bridge at the time, so he flew straight out of the cabin and then fell into the water.

Judging by the scene at the time, the survival probability of the crew members who fell into the water was so small it could almost be ignored.

A large cruiser was sunk by a sea monster.

Regarding such a major event, the major powers soon learned of the situation and hurriedly sent special envoys to offer condolences.

At the same time, the danger rating for the sea monster was subsequently raised to an extremely dangerous level.

Meanwhile.

The Arctic was once again listed as a key focus target.

Any major power with the capability to travel to the Arctic for scientific research began forming new research teams and carrying out the increased production and improvement of specialized equipment.

Furthermore, it seemed that they realized their own attack methods for underwater targets were far too lacking.

Many professional experts also suddenly received large amounts of funding, allowing them to begin researching attack methods that could be used on the seabed.

In addition, the spokespersons for the extraordinary forces currently exposed also received information provided for free by the major powers.

They learned that on the other side of Water Blue Star, a large sea monster had actually already emerged.

But knowing is one thing.

These spokespersons were unable to provide the knowledge that the major powers hoped to obtain.

Whether it was Huang Zong, that Grandmaster Yuan Ci, or the old Temple Master of Qingmu Temple.

They truly did not know the origin of Da Hei.

It was just that whether others would believe their honest answers was another matter entirely.

Su Ping, meanwhile, refreshed at the Reservoir Fishing Spot; after he returned for Fishing, he contacted the Black Tortoise and Da Hei.

Only then did he learn of this matter.

Regarding this, Su Ping expressed his deep regret for the cruiser's encounter and felt that Da Hei had done alright.

It was worth rewarding it with one Blood Qi Pill!