Chapter 230: Eye of Cthuya (SS)

Plop! Plop!

Lan Qingyou tossed bottle after bottle of Explosion Potion into the sea. Instead of detonating immediately, they slowly sank into the depths of the ocean.

Snap!

About half a minute later, hovering high in the sky, Lan Qingyou sneered and executed a stylish, crisp snap of her fingers.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Muffled explosions echoed beneath the waves, followed by massive columns of water erupting into the sky.

The geysers were so colossal that they nearly drenched the down jacket of Lan Qingyou, who was hovering high above.

Mildly surprised that the power had reached such an incredible magnitude, Lan Qingyou hurriedly dodged the water columns, not forgetting to wipe a non-existent drop of cold sweat from her forehead.

But right at that moment, a deafening rumble tore through the air, and a heaven-piercing geyser, far larger than the previous ones, violently exploded from the sea.

Even the most oblivious person would realize that this signaled the emergence of whatever was sealed below.

Lan Qingyou instantly flew directly above the massive spout of water, intent on getting a good look at the monster that had been sniping at them.

However, when she arrived above the water column, what greeted her was an eyeball covered in seaweed?

Indeed.

It was an enormous eyeball, complete with an iris and sclera, wrapped in an irregular ring of kelp, seaweed, and other aquatic plants.

By Lan Qingyou's visual estimate, the eyeball was about a hundred meters across.

Below the eyeball, gravity pulled down thick clusters of algae, trapping a few small fish and shrimp within their tangled vines.

It did not look particularly terrifying; in fact, Lan Qingyou found it rather comical.

But she did not let her guard down.

[Eye of Cthuya (SS)]

[Health Points: 6150]

[Mana Points: 8480]

[Skills: (Fear Ray) (Magic Chaos Ray) (Desire Ray) (Indestructible)]

[Description: This is an eyeball from a dismembered Cthuya. Though it is only a single eye, do not underestimate it, or it will drive you into absolute despair.]

Tsk, tsk.

It was her first time seeing an SS-rank monster.

This eyeball was SS-rank despite being merely a body part, and it required both the Ark of the World Tree and the Stone of Sun Glory—two top-tier magic items—just to keep it sealed. One could only imagine the true level of the monster known as 'Cthuya'.

Desire Ray, huh...

Combining this with the Pope's previous mad ramblings, it was not hard to deduce that he had been hit by this very skill.

If the Pope, whose Spirit stat had been artificially boosted into the triple digits using items, couldn't resist it, then her own chances were probably slim as well.

But then again...

Did she really need to fight it head-on?

Wasn't her Black Witch Smoke skill the perfect hard counter?

Therefore, the moment she saw its skills, Lan Qingyou activated Black Witch Smoke without blinking an eye.

And almost the instant she turned it on, powerful beams of light shot out from the giant eyeball. Some swept toward the distant horizon, while others homed straight in on Lan Qingyou.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

A series of sounds, resembling muffled flatulence, rang in Lan Qingyou's ears.

Subsequently, the beams of light completely vanished.

The entire process was so fast that Lan Qingyou barely had time to react.

It really was a hard counter. It seemed she had drawn a truly practical skill.

Wait, no.

Now was not the time for this. She needed to head back and check if the ship was alright.

Feeling immensely pleased with herself, Lan Qingyou hurled a large-sized Frost Magic Potion at the eyeball. Then, shifting into top gear, she sped back to the ship as fast as a shooting star.

Meanwhile, the Eye of Cthuya was instantly frozen solid in place without making a single sound.

"Are you all alright?"

Lan Qingyou breathed a sigh of relief when she returned and saw that everyone on board was unharmed.

"We're fine. That giant eyeball fired a few beams of light earlier, but they were all blocked by the ship's protective shield,"

Seeing Lan Qingyou return from the open sea several kilometers away, everyone who was still standing gathered around as the Wheel of Fortune explained.

Although Lan Qingyou was currently wreathed in a fairytale-like, starlit smoke, the movement caused the gray mist in front to thin out, making it quite easy to recognize her.

"This ship must have remained intact against that eye precisely because of this kind of protection, right?"

Lan Qingyou understood clearly.

With so many Magic Circuits on board, having a protective shield seemed perfectly normal.

"Who knows. First, tell us what information you gathered over there."

"Alright."

Lan Qingyou nodded, then relayed all the intel she had uncovered.

"Although it is massive, its attack methods seem purely mental. Additionally..."

"Additionally?"

"That eye belongs to a dismembered monster sealed in this location, and its threat level is rated as SS-rank. It has three long-ranged ray skills. Earlier, it probably fled to the shallows after attacking the Pope."

Lan Qingyou dispelled her smoke and recounted the information she had investigated to the group.

"Holy crap! What kind of ancient demon is this, actually pulling the dismembered body sealing trick?"

"Holy crap! What kind of ancient demon is this, actually pulling the dismembered body sealing trick?"

"Shouldn't the key takeaway be that a mere eyeball was rated as an SS-rank by the world's will?"

"No, no, no. Hitting and running away—this point alone is enough to prove that it lacks confidence in itself, or perhaps it felt a certain someone's terrifying aura and got scared off?"

"Impossible. Setting aside whether it has confidence, it definitely wouldn't be scared. After all, there must have been plenty of talents in the Karim World with much higher levels and experience than us. If a few small fries like us could scare it away, there would be no need for a seal in the first place."

Seeing that these researchers still had the leisure to stand around analyzing things while a great enemy loomed before them, veins popped on Lan Qingyou's forehead.

Good grief, shouldn't they save this kind of discussion for later?!

They were completely ruining the tense atmosphere, didn't they know that?!

Consequently, Lan Qingyou had no choice but to issue a reminder.

"Although your enthusiasm is admirable, I regret to inform you all that it also has a skill called Indestructible, which basically means it cannot be killed."

"Ah! Something like that exists?"

"Indestructible... That's the first time I've heard of such a skill."

"Then what should we do?"

The crowd looked at Lan Qingyou in speechless dismay, prompting her to shrug helplessly in return.

"I don't have any good solutions for this either."

After all, she herself was an ageless and immortal existence. This meant that, in some respects, her condition was quite similar to the enemy's.

Given her circumstances, she had never even considered how to deal with an enemy possessing an 'Indestructible' attribute.

"Indestructible, huh? Unkillable... That feels a bit tricky to handle."

The Magician frowned.

"However, I have actually thought about this sort of scenario before."

"You mean ways to strike down someone with the Indestructible skill?"

Lan Qingyou blinked in surprise.

"Right. After all, since things are already this magical, it wouldn't be impossible for ageless, immortal, and indestructible things to show up. If we didn't have a contingency plan for that, wouldn't we just be flying blind?"

Well then.

So there were actually people pondering over such matters. She could only admit that she had underestimated the heroes of this world.

Thus, Lan Qingyou, the ageless and immortal entity herself, settled in to listen to what kind of brilliant contingency plan they had come up with.