Chapter 81: Sea Serpent and Whale

Wu Chang activated the Ocean Kin transformation; he felt his body turn liquid, bones stretching endlessly, flesh flowing along them.

The sensation was bizarre, as if experiencing an entire species' evolution in a single second.

When his body stabilized, he stepped before the mirror and saw his reflection had become an entirely new monster.

His upper body remained largely human, but below his thighs, his limbs fused into a single thick tail nearly two meters long.

In his Sea Serpent form, his entire body was covered in tough black scales; under light, faint blue patterns shimmered across them, elegant yet deadly.

His jaw elongated into a sharp point; between his tongue and two canine teeth, a hollow channel opened, extending straight to his dantian.

At will, he could convert energy into venom and expel it through this hollow.

Besides his teeth and throat, two thick venomous fangs had grown at the tips of his elbows.

Bigger caliber, double the joy.

Anyone hit by his elbows now would suffer far more than if bitten ten times.

Bloodline Talent: Ocean Kin — Sea Serpent

Transformation Description: Activate the bloodline power within to transform into an Ocean Kin. In Ocean Kin form, gain Ocean Affinity, enabling free movement underwater; all skills retain full effectiveness underwater and gain enhanced water-element effects.

Talent Skill: Snake Venom

Skill Description: In Ocean Kin form, your energy attribute increases by 50%. You may convert energy into soul toxin. Targets struck by snake venom lose bodily control, gain Poisoned status, and suffer continuous toxic damage. Damage value and duration are determined by the user's energy and inspiration attributes.

Soul Toxin: A special toxin targeting sentient beings; it strikes directly at the soul. Energy beings and non-flesh lifeforms cannot resist it.

Talent Skill: Miasma

Skill Description: Instantly expel a large cloud of mist-like venom, filling surrounding air or water to inflict area-of-effect damage and apply Soul Toxin to targets.

Talent Skill: Amphibious

Skill Description: The Sea Serpent possesses exceptional adaptability, allowing it to survive on land. This adaptability grants the user partial transformation ability, enabling use of Sea Serpent abilities at any time, in any environment.

Soul Toxin was excellent and powerful; combined with the venomous fangs after transformation, Miasma allowed both single-target and AoE attacks.

The Sea Serpent form radiated danger; compared to the obviously dim-witted Fish-Head Monster, it was vastly superior.

But Wu Chang could only say he reluctantly accepted this result.

After all, the official name of the Golden Flying Fish was Deep Sea Gift; mentioning "deep sea" naturally evoked deep-sea phobia and megalophobia.

The Sea Serpent was ultimately too low-class.

Unless one day he could transform into a dragon, his ceiling remained too low.

He glanced at his elbows, now sprouting fangs, and whispered:

"Man! Is this because of you?"

He sighed, dismissed the Ocean Kin transformation, summoned Zhenwo into the room, and resumed devouring the Golden Flying Fish.

The first random result was unsatisfactory, but he still had a second chance!

Zhenwo flung open his jaws, bared his molars, devoured voraciously — and activated the Ocean Kin transformation.

As the bloodline transformation ignited, a loud bang shattered the ceiling of the post office break room.

A giant nearly five meters tall appeared before Wu Chang.

"You have activated the Ocean Kin bloodline compatible with you."

"You have gained the bloodline transformation effect — Ocean Kin: Whale."

Bloodline Talent: Ocean Kin — Whale

Transformation Description: Skipped

Talent Skill: Whale Devour

Skill Description: In Ocean Kin form, your strength attribute increases by 50%. Consuming enemies grants temporary increases to your strength cap and temporarily enlarges your body. Each enemy consumed reduces your willpower cap by 0.5; duration: one plane.

Wu Chang rubbed his eyes, verified twice before daring to believe. He swung a punch and roared: "Stop!"

What is Deep Sea Gift? This is Deep Sea Gift!

When activating the bloodline, the system's prompt specified activation of a "compatible" Ocean Kin bloodline.

Zhenwo drew the Whale on the first try — is this the true value of a future "Immortal Transformation" ceiling?

Recalling Chi Yuan's arrangements to defy heaven and alter fate — plundering all life, forging a true self!

He had once criticized Chi Yuan's actions, mainly because Chi Yuan had targeted him.

Now, seeing Zhenwo in Whale form, he could only say: "Chi Yuan, you did well!"

Though the Whale transformation had only one skill, its effect was brutally simple.

If given a choice, he would pick the Whale clone a hundred times over the Sea Serpent.

Bigger is better; better is bigger!

Especially since the Whale transformation could stack strength through consumption — his frame was undeniably tough.

Which man wouldn't want a big, hard Whale?

After the thrill of the Ocean Kin transformation came Wu Chang and Zhenwo's frantic repair of the post office ceiling.

Wu Chang controlled both bodies for an hour, patching the ceiling with wooden planks, nails, brown paper, tape, eye patches, and a ball gag.

!

Yes, he used a ball gag.

The ball gag wasn't to seal small holes — it was to silence Marty.

Because Zhenwo had brought Marty back to the post office, and now he was hidden upstairs.

Another benefit of hard work now revealed itself.

Because he completed his duties on time, townsfolk never came at midnight to demand package delivery; indeed, they deliberately avoided the post office at night to not disturb his rest.

Thus, everything occurring inside the post office remained undiscovered by any townsfolk.

After tidying everything, Wu Chang guided Zhenwo upstairs and removed the ball gag from Marty's mouth.

Marti had already woken up. He stared fixedly at Wu Chang's true self and asked, "Where is this?"

"The attic of some building. Don't worry, I've already taken care of the residents below. No one will discover us. We have plenty of time."

Wu Chang sat beside Marti and said in a cheerful tone.

Marti shivered, turned his head away, and did not dare to look at Wu Chang.

He was on the verge of going mad. In his not-so-short life, he had never encountered anything so bizarre.

The black-robed man before him had nearly broken every rule in town—breaking into his general store, launching an attack on him, and obtaining a large batch of Divine Grace through some inexplicable method.

And right in front of him, he had framed Marti for the crime of stealing Divine Grace.

The black-robed man had committed so many heinous crimes against him, yet when facing the black-robed man, he could not even summon hatred.

Even his gaze toward the black-robed man was gentle and approving.

Every time he thought of this, he felt a terror rising from the depths of his soul.

He could not control his own thoughts, could not even control his own emotions—was there anything more terrifying than this?

Soon he found out: yes, there really was.

"Mr. Marti, there's something I need to tell you. After we left, the angry townsfolk smashed everything in the general store and burned the entire place to the ground."

"The good news is, your wife and children were not implicated, and their lives won't be affected. Giles, the owner of the butcher shop near your home, as your best brother, has already taken over your family."

"You didn't see it—they were really affectionate. They cried and cried and then started kissing, so much that even my face turned red. Giles will definitely take good care of your wife."

After hearing Wu Chang's good news, Marti's face, already pale from blood loss, instantly flushed from red to purple, and from purple to green.

Wu Chang continued: "The bad news is, in the town of Bluff, there is no longer any place that belongs to you—neither family nor work. That is truly regrettable."

"Now, in this entire world, the only one left who will properly listen to you speak is me."

"You only need to answer my questions, and I will let you go, to do anything you wish. Whether it's leaving Bluff and starting a new life, or clearing your name and settling the score with Giles—either is fine."

"Mr. Marti, shall we have a chat?"

(End of chapter)