Chapter 77: Dragon of the Sea

Compared to the monster's massive body, it wasn't even worth a single claw of this creature.

At this moment, it likely realized it had strayed into the domain of a giant predator.

It hurriedly turned around, swinging its tail, wanting to escape from here.

But it was already too late.

Watching the fish about to swim away and escape, the flood-dragon snake unhurriedly extended a single sharp claw.

Reaching out toward it in an extremely slow manner.

Yet despite being so slow—a movement that by all rights shouldn't have been able to catch this fish—

Everything changed in the span of a few circular sweeps as his claws spread wide.

An invisible ripple arose between his widely spread claws.

The surrounding water was immediately stirred up into a peculiar rotating ripple; at this moment, this rotating ripple was like raising a small whirlpool in this small patch of the seabed.

Under this strange little whirlpool, that pale-red small fish—the one that should have been able to escape—suddenly seemed unable to sense direction and began paddling in place.

Clearly, judging by the violent swinging of its tail, its speed should have been incredibly fast as it darted away, yet at this moment it had become paddling in place.

Extreme speed and extreme slowness formed a stark contrast at this moment—truly bizarre beyond words.

But the good times didn't last long; this strange situation didn't persist for long. In the next breath, the owner of the claws made another quick sweep, and immediately the suction of the transparent little whirlpool grew stronger.

The small fish was seen flipping sideways, losing its balance, and turning in a curve toward the direction of the claw's owner.

The next moment.

That pale-red small fish crashed headfirst into an upright claw of the flood-dragon snake, and its entire head was instantly pierced through.

At once, faint yet crimson blood slowly seeped out, spreading through the seawater and diffusing into a small cloud of bloody mist.

Seeing the scene before him, the flood-dragon snake—Baichuan, who had already completed his evolution—also revealed a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.

Then he raised his claw and stuffed the dead fish on it into his mouth.

As for that miraculous scene just now, it was precisely achieved through an ability Baichuan gained from this evolution.

The principle behind the whole process, when explained, is actually quite simple.

It was nothing more than Baichuan using his newly evolved underwater perception ability to detect, with extreme precision, every subtle change in the surrounding water—the pressure and ripples produced.

Since he could perceive every subtle change in the water, what followed was very simple.

All he had to do was extend his claws, spread them wide to increase the contact area with the water, and he could easily create a centrifugal motion in the water at will, thereby generating a whirlpool.

And there's no need to elaborate on what a whirlpool is—it's known as the tornado of the water.

Even though this whirlpool wasn't large, its suction wasn't something a small fish not even as big as one of Baichuan's claws could resist.

As for that final scene.

Because whenever a fish moves in the water, it inevitably disturbs the surrounding water and creates various ripples.

In this situation, as long as he detected every subtle change in the water, it was equivalent to sensing its next move in advance—because before the fish arrives, the water's vibration already does.

Thus, he could, like a "future vision," extend his claws ahead of time and calmly wait for the fish to crash into them on its own.

Of course, this rather exaggerated scene was, to a greater or lesser extent, also aided by the fact that he was currently in this relatively enclosed space, which made the effect so pronounced.

Although once outside, in the vast open ocean, it wasn't impossible to achieve, the effect certainly wouldn't be this exaggerated and striking.

From this, one can see just how powerful Baichuan's perception in seawater had become—it was practically like having an underwater version of "future sight," allowing him to predict the opponent's movements in advance.

After eating the small fish, Baichuan no longer hesitated. Having just completed his evolution, his hunger was far too great for a single small fish not even as big as one of his claws to fill his stomach.

He didn't even have time to tear off the old skin on his body before he directly stretched out his body and then lunged forward violently.

Instantly, the large stone blocking the cave entrance was sent flying by the tremendous impact force carried by Baichuan's forward charge.

In an instant, the flood-dragon snake of the sea made its appearance—his slender, streamlined body swayed wantonly through the seawater, stirring up wave after wave of violent water currents.

Among these, the water ripple at the tip of Baichuan's tail was the most violent.

That massive, hard, crescent-shaped tail fin, as he swung it, faintly stirred the surrounding water into a small whirlpool.

In just a few breaths, Baichuan had churned his surroundings into a murky mess, with large amounts of fine, soft sea sand rising and spreading.

Then Baichuan violently swung that massive crescent-shaped tail fin. Instantly, his entire body shot forward at high speed like an arrow released from a bowstring.

Along the way, he charged recklessly; whenever he saw a gathering of fish, he would violently release electric current, and then as his dragon-like mouth opened and closed, he would gulp down the entire school of electrocuted fish into his mouth.

Making him chew them down in big mouthfuls.

Before long, Baichuan felt his hungry body had already recovered to seventy or eighty percent full.

Only then did he stop, satisfied. Looking at the layer of old skin on his body that had mostly shed, he also smiled in satisfaction.

Then he manually tore it off completely.

Speaking of which, since that very first shedding back then, he hadn't encountered that kind of shedding predicament for a long time.

Because most of his subsequent sheddings had been completed together with his evolutions.

It had to be said, this also resolved a major concern weighing on his mind. Because Baichuan still vividly remembered the feeling during that first shedding, and felt a lingering dread.

That helplessness of being blind, unable to see anything, unable to detect even when other beings touched right beside him—he truly never wanted to experience it again!

After tearing off the old skin, Baichuan only now realized that in his earlier impatience, after directly crashing open the blocking large stone, his own head hadn't been hurt at all—seems his defense had greatly increased.

And only now did he have time to examine his current bodily changes, his current outrageously exaggerated senses.

Within a full kilometer radius, every change in the water, every subtle ripple. Such as various low-frequency vibrations, the water current changes from distant prey swimming, the struggling sounds of dying prey, and the most obvious scent of blood…

Ripples of all kinds, at this moment, all poured into his mind, gradually forming a vivid dark-world perspective in his mind.

In this perspective there was no light or brightness, only the general shapes formed by black and white, yet they vividly told him, with extreme clarity, the movements of every living thing within a kilometer radius centered on him.

At this moment, he was as if he had activated x-ray vision within a one-kilometer range!

And it was passive!

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(End of this chapter)