Chapter 83: Who Is the Person Below the Hall Accusing This Councilor!

The three-meter-tall fish-headed monster was definitely sturdy in build, yet in front of the five-meter-tall Wu Chang, the gap was no less than that between a child and an adult.

In his Giant Whale transformation state, Wu Chang's Strength attribute increased by 50%, reaching a staggering 40.5.

Placed on land, this value meant that apart from an adult elephant, no other creature could withstand two slaps from him.

For instance, the fish-headed monster charging at the very front: Wu Chang slapped it, and while the monster's lower body continued to run forward, its head was already flipped backward, and the fish gills at its neck were slapped right out.

Wu Chang followed through with a grab, poked two fingers into the fish-headed monster's gills, and used the monster's body as a weapon, swinging it in a circle around him.

Anyone hit by his swing would, at best, suffer broken bones and torn tendons, and at worst, have their head explode into a mist of blood before collapsing to the ground, twitching and motionless.

In the blink of an eye, five or six fish-headed monsters had died at his hands.

This was the charm of the "Great Windmill"! As the saying goes, one force can overcome ten techniques; when Han Shi killed these fish-headed monsters, he needed to cast buffs, activate skills, and finally land three or four slashes just to finish one off.

Yet for the giant-sized Wu Chang, any random attack was comparable to an area-of-effect damage skill.

As long as one has sufficient stats, one can solve any problem.

Even the "low damage, high insult" Mamba Iron Elbow, when executed by him now, could easily smash a fish-headed monster's skull.

On the fishman pier, he was like a human tank, rampaging through the fish-headed monsters.

In a mere five minutes, the first batch of twenty fish-headed monsters that had come ashore were all lying on the ground.

Having finished off the enemies, what followed made him feel a bit troubled.

After the Divine Grace Day ceremony, he already knew these fish-headed monsters were townspeople who had eaten the Golden Flying Fish; they had all once been human.

Even though the fish-headed people in the Inner World were merely condensed directly from the island's past history, the thought of putting these things into his mouth still made him feel a sense of revulsion.

For most people, cannibalism is an insurmountable taboo; unless one has a friend like Hannibal who knows how to cook people, the average person will never have such an experience in their lifetime.

Just as Wu Chang was hesitating, he saw a wisp of white vapor detaching from the bodies of the dead fish-headed monsters on the ground.

This white vapor was similar to the life force he saw inside living people when he used the Calamity Curse skill.

A flash of inspiration struck him, and he took a fierce breath toward the dissipating white vapor.

Twenty wisps of white vapor were pulled in and sucked into his belly.

The Whale Swallowing skill had truly activated.

"Talent Skill: Whale Swallowing"

"Skill Description: In the Ocean Kin state, your Strength attribute increases by 50%; devouring enemies grants temporary Strength attributes and increases your own size. Each enemy devoured temporarily lowers your Willpower cap by 0.5. Duration: One plane."

Swallowing twenty enemies in one breath lowered his Willpower cap by 10 points.

But in contrast, his Strength attribute rose by 20 points, and his size grew from 5 meters to 7 meters.

For ordinary players, trading 10 points of Willpower for 20 points of Strength attribute was not a cost-effective deal.

But for Wu Chang, the high amount of Willpower that was practically given away, combined with the "Postman's Delivery Bag," allowed him to feast happily on the fishman pier all night long.

He rubbed his hands together, looking toward the sea with anticipation.

It didn't make him wait long; accompanied by the sounding of horns at sea, the fishman fleet appeared on the surface.

However, whether it was because his Sin value was too low or because Han Shi had killed too many before, there were only two medium-sized ships and three or four small ships on the sea, a scale far inferior to the fleet encountered in Han Shi's resentment.

"This is too stingy; don't they know a kid is in a growth spurt?"

He complained, and before waiting for the wooden ships to dock, he charged into the water.

Ocean Affinity turned the underwater area into his home turf; his 7-meter-tall giant body moved with ease while swimming beneath the sea.

Immersed in the water, he and the seawater were one and the same; all constraints from the ocean would not manifest upon him.

He was like a mass of flowing water; the seawater would not become his resistance, but rather his aid.

As long as he wished, he could stir up waves or dive into the deep sea.

Soaking in the cold seawater at night, he felt no discomfort; instead, he felt at peace and warm.

This feeling made him very relaxed, and in a daze, a cordial call came from the depths of the ocean.

That call was so cordial, so familiar.

His vision grew distant, and his mother's call to him as a child appeared before his eyes.

"Wu Chang, come here." "Wu Chang, come here."

"Wu Chang! You get over here! Your teacher Li told me this afternoon that you didn't hand in your homework again, you weren't listening in class, and you were chatting with the girl sitting next to you, laughing so loud that the dean patrolling the hallway could hear you! Are you trying to turn the world upside down, you brat!"

Wu Chang shuddered and woke up abruptly from the illusion.

That was close; he almost got caught.

Regaining his senses, he found it pitch black all around; through his Ocean Affinity sensing, he discovered he had already dived three or four hundred meters below the surface.

What kind of thing was so sinister? He focused his energy and stopped sensing the call from beneath the ocean.

He had swallowed too many fish-headed monsters just now, and the massive drop in Willpower in a short time had created a gap in his Willpower defense, giving that thing under the water an opportunity.

Fortunately, his foundation was solid; even with his Willpower reduced by 10 points, it remained above 50 points.

This kept him from drowning in a completely fabricated illusion and preserved the memory of his real, loving mother.

A monster is a monster; even if it has intelligence, it doesn't understand the human heart.

Did it think that softly calling a name meant kindness and gentleness?

Hah, when his mother called his full name when he was little, that was always the prelude to a storm.

Although he didn't know what the thing beneath the deep sea was, his 90-point Inspiration told him that the thing definitely didn't belong in a C-rank dungeon.

It didn't even belong in the Desolate World.

Could it be Cthulhu squatting on a square stone pier, preparing to give him candy?

He now understood Ma Di's feelings a bit; the most terrifying thing is often that you know what is terrifying, but when facing it directly, you feel no crisis at all.

Just now, he had almost been tricked into the unknown deep sea, but upon coming to his senses, he felt no lingering fear; instead, he felt a bit lost, as if he had let down the other party's good intentions.

I'm sorry, I'm not worth you being so good to me; I don't want to hold you back; you can find someone better.

He shook his head, bowed to the deep sea, delivered a "nice guy" rejection, and then swam rapidly toward the surface.

To vent the inexplicable emotions in his heart, he let out a loud whale song, then leaped high out of the water and slammed heavily onto a small wooden boat carrying fishmen.

The huge impact instantly overturned the wooden boat, causing the fishmen on board to fall into the sea.

The fish-headed monsters that the townspeople had turned into, although they also gained power from the Golden Flying Fish, had very poor absorption efficiency and did not gain Ocean Affinity.

As fishmen, fighting Wu Chang in the water made them even more helpless than they were on the pier.

Not to mention that the current Wu Chang was bigger and stronger than he had been on the pier.

An otherworldly version of "Jaws" played out before the eyes of the fish-headed monsters.

It took only two minutes for all the fish-headed monsters that had fallen into the water from the small boat to be finished off by Wu Chang.

His size expanded once more, and he turned toward another small boat...

Half an hour later, Wu Chang in human form walked out of the water and returned to the pier.

The fishman fleet had been completely cleared by him and would not respawn for the time being.

Having survived the second wave of attacks, the fishman pier naturally opened its third stage.

In the center of the pier, the life-sized bronze statue of Count Germain lit up.

A fishman about six meters tall, flashing with golden light and wearing a full set of armor, condensed on the pier.

From it, Wu Chang sensed the aura of a Divine Envoy.

It seems that in the Inner World, a Divine Envoy does not need to possess a body and can condense a form through the power of a statue.

The Divine Envoy raised the knight's sword in its hand, pointed the tip directly at Wu Chang, and declared: "You are guilty!"

The Light of Judgment was about to fall upon Wu Chang, but it was like a water column hitting a rock; the Light of Judgment shattered and scattered, while Wu Chang stood in place, completely unharmed.

He took the Town Councilor badge from his personal space and said with disdain: "Who is the person below the hall accusing this councilor!"

After saying this, he let out a cold snort, transformed into an eleven-meter-tall giant whale brute, looked down at the Divine Envoy who looked like a doll, and slapped it down.

(End of chapter)