Chapter 1059: Fierce Suicide, Creature of Wisdom

In this world, sometimes many things are not things you can avoid just because you do not want to encounter them.

After a short voyage to the west, the Yuanfang approached the cliff face of the Strait Mountains that jutted out of the sea, but upon arriving here, Captain Bill reported some not-so-good news—

Although this sea area near the Strait Mountains did not look like it had shallow areas like the vicinity of normal land, most of this was considered deep sea.

But after all, this was also a mountain range, and there were still many peaks that were close to the sea surface but had not completely emerged from it, which meant—

There were hidden reefs here.

Once a reef was struck, the result would be no better than encountering a sea beast attack.

Of course, this news was not that bad for Xia Duo; he sent a Sending to Captain Bill, telling him not to worry about hitting reefs, as he would issue a warning in advance.

Instructing Niya to keep an eye on the outcome of the sea beast battle, Xia Duo stood at the bow of the ship and cast 【Infrasonic Detection】, letting the invisible sound waves shine into the sea area ahead at a 45-degree downward angle.

Skipping the feedback from the seawater itself, what remained was the situation underwater.

When casting 【Stone Travel】 to conduct infrasonic detection underground, the limit range this spell could detect already exceeded five hundred meters.

And in thinner media like air and water, the detection range was even wider.

The only downside was that Xia Duo did not have the feedback characteristic data for infrasonic detection in air and water, so he could not distinguish the specific reflection targets.

That is to say, if two fish were placed in front of him, he could only determine there were two weak reflection sources through infrasonic detection alone, but could not determine their specific forms.

However, for something as large as a hidden reef, there was no need for detailed analysis; as long as a strong reflection source appeared, avoiding it in advance was definitely the right thing to do.

……

As Captain Bill said, there were indeed many hidden reefs below the sea surface, but the vast majority did not affect the normal sailing of the Yuanfang.

Only one or two that were closer to the sea surface needed to be avoided in advance.

Soon, the Yuanfang passed the shortest line connecting the sea beast battle area to the Strait Mountains; from this moment on, with every passing second, the Yuanfang would get further away from the sea beast battle area.

Until it was finally left completely behind.

By this time, Niya's mood had also become much brighter, "The big whale is still holding on! We don't have to abandon this ship!"

She knew very well that this ship cost Xia Duo more than 8,000 Gold Coins, which was not a small amount; one had to know that in the past, the net income of the Savile Territory, including the Tower of Time, was only about 100,000 Gold Coins a year.

Whenever possible, Niya would not easily give up on this ship.

"Has it not been completely defeated yet?"

Xia Duo was also somewhat surprised by the tenacity of that big whale, but he did not have the slightest thought of sympathizing with the other party; perhaps he might sympathize with it, but the other party might just see him as a small snack!

For this kind of species that was completely different from humans and had no special relationship with him, it was really hard for Xia Duo to generate any empathy.

Seeing that the battle between the two giant sea beasts was still continuing at this moment, his mood was also excellent; this journey had been safe despite the risks, and could be considered a rare sea voyage.

……

After sailing past the hidden reef area, there was no need for Xia Duo to continue detecting the underwater situation, so he cast the Scrying spell again to observe the battle situation of the two sea beasts.

The scene was extremely tragic; it might have already reached the final stage.

Regardless of the Water Element summoned by the big whale or the fish-men controlled by the giant octopus, they were completely gone at this moment, perhaps already consumed as cannon fodder.

As for the protagonist of the battle, that big whale with a body length comparable to two Yuanfang ships, it was already covered in wounds at this moment, and even the height at which it leaped out of the water was getting lower and lower.

And that giant octopus had hardly suffered any injuries; it had wrapped almost its entire body around the big whale, and the most significant result of its efforts was probably the two tentacles inserted into the big whale's eyes.

Through the Perception Field, Xia Duo could not only see the battle scene but also hear the battle sounds; of course, besides the intense sound of water, there were only the bursts of mournful cries emitted by the big whale.

That giant octopus was like a silent hunter; it was full of patience, hanging onto the big whale, letting the other party toss and turn in the seawater, but it just would not let go.

Gradually, the big whale's struggle became weaker and weaker, and Xia Duo also seemed to see an ocean overlord about to fall.

But the fall of an overlord would not be so peaceful after all; in the final stage of its life, the big whale mustered its last strength and swam with the giant octopus toward the direction of the Strait Mountains.

"Damn! Could this guy be—"

Xia Duo felt a shock in his heart; fortunately, things did not happen as he had thought. The big whale was not swimming toward where the Yuanfang was, but was swimming almost straight toward the Strait Mountains.

Xia Duo hurriedly controlled the Perception Field to track the figure of the big whale, moving rapidly to the west; he wanted to see what this big whale wanted to do—was there any way to escape the almost certain death?

……

At this moment, the time had long passed noon, and the towering Strait Mountains cast a large shadow on the sea surface; this seemed to be a curtain prepared by the Strait Mountains for an ocean overlord about to fall.

A moment later, the big whale entered the shadow with the giant octopus, but they still did not escape Xia Duo's monitoring.

In Xia Duo's perception, the big whale's speed was getting faster and faster, and the giant octopus on its body also seemed to twist uneasily.

As the distance between them and the cliff face of the Strait Mountains became closer and closer, while the big whale's speed showed no sign of decreasing, Xia Duo also had a vague guess about the intention of this big whale.

"Is there really such a fierce creature? Or has this big whale already developed Wisdom?"

Xia Duo was very shocked in his heart; at this moment, he suddenly had an urge to rush over and save the big whale, but his reason suppressed this urge.

He watched quietly as the big whale got closer and closer to the cliff face of the Strait Mountains, until finally, it mustered its last strength, a final leap, and smashed itself against the cliff face.

Of course, only its head was smashed.

But even so, this scene gave Xia Duo a great shock in his heart, not only because of the tragedy of the scene, but also the fierceness of the big whale—"I can die, but you cannot kill me."

"Perhaps this big whale really has developed Wisdom!"

For a time, Xia Duo's mood was very complicated, feeling pity for this big whale, but the next moment, an accident occurred again—

The giant octopus, which had quickly recovered from the impact, used some of its tentacles to climb on the cliff face, used other tentacles to dance wildly toward the location of Xia Duo's Scrying spell Perception Field, and emitted bursts of Psionic Ability information containing warnings.

If Xia Duo's main body were here, the Pioneer Scepter carried on him might directly block these chaotic Psionic Ability messages, but the Perception Field itself existed to receive information.

Naturally, it could receive these messages.

"Is this another creature with Wisdom?"

Xia Duo did not expect that this giant octopus also possessed some kind of Psionic Ability, and could even discover his Perception Field; this was too sensitive!

He suddenly realized that perhaps he had been discovered when he first started observing, but this giant octopus was busy hunting the big whale and did not show it.

"This is too smart!"

Possessing such Wisdom, could it not be a creature with Wisdom?

At this moment, Xia Duo had no more doubts about the fact that the giant octopus and the big whale were creatures with Wisdom.