Chapter 355

After Wang Chao and Long Batian arrived near the outer fifth layer, they began the baiting operation.

The waters here are pitch black; even divine sense cannot probe beyond a hundred meters, which can be considered a characteristic of the boundless sea trench.

A normal Golden Core cultivator's divine sense, when spread, can easily perceive everything within a kilometer; after all, the special nature of the forbidden land is here, and even if the Dragon People's Golden Core is strong, it only means a strong physique, not that their divine sense truly exceeds that of ordinary cultivators.

"Speaking of which, Yao'er is about to give birth, so I'll have another descendant." Long Batian pinched a ball in his hand, which continuously emitted a certain unique odor in the water.

Wang Chao looked at him: "Father-in-law, are you... able to keep up?"

"Don't underestimate the stamina of a Golden Core cultivator.... Although sometimes we still need to trouble them to help take care, but with descendants, many things become reassuring." Long Batian laughed.

Wang Chao nodded and said: "As long as the Dragon People can keep reproducing, there will always be a chance to leave the boundless sea trench."

"That's not urgent.... Here it comes."

Long Batian looked ahead, exchanged a glance with Wang Chao, then turned and swam upstream.

Soon after!

"Whoosh!!!"

A huge octopus sea beast charged over, apparently attracted by that odor; Wang Chao and Long Batian saw it and immediately sprang into action.

"Be careful, you haven't yet forged the Accumulation Beast Armor, so you can't clash head-on! I'll hold it off, you find its weakness." As he spoke, Long Batian's Accumulation Devices swirled around him, assembling into the shape of a dragon beast on his body.

The dragon beast armor, gleaming with a cold metallic sheen, had its forelimbs become quite elongated, and within its massive frame Long Batian's combat power rose rapidly.

Seeing the octopus sea beast charge, Long Batian drove his Accumulation Beast Armor forward to meet it; compared to Martial Cultivators, the fleshly body of Magical Cultivators is insufficient to oppose a demon beast of the same realm.

Imagine, demon beasts inherently possess tough, powerful bodies filled with demonic power, making them fearsome; while human cultivators must face various situations, even if their frail bodies can cultivate magic power, those who do not follow the body-refining path simply cannot contend with demon beasts in physical combat.

The Accumulation Beast Armor effectively avoids the weakness of Magical Cultivators' frail flesh. In a life-and-death struggle, no one overlooks their shortcomings; since we wish to avoid them, using flexible, variable Accumulation Devices that can be freely assembled becomes the primary choice.

No matter how many techniques you master or how powerful you are, if you are caught in close combat or ambushed and fail to react instantly, you are likely to perish.

The Accumulation Beast Armor only automatically disintegrates when it can no longer withstand the load; only then does it truly inflict direct damage on a Golden Core cultivator, so there are many types of Accumulation Beast Armor, mainly depending on the cultivator's combat style.

Someone like Long Batian is likely a belligerent cultivator who prefers head-on clashes.

And this octopus sea beast is huge in size; since their goal is to capture and kill it, they cannot simply flee upon sight.

Long Batian's dragon beast armor is also quite formidable: not only is it extremely fast in water, but even if the octopus sea beast's tentacles entangle it, he can actively blast a gust of air to flick the tentacles away.

As the battle intensified, Long Batian slashed off one of the octopus sea beast's tentacles with a claw, but the tentacle regrew in an instant; his face darkened, and he turned to dodge several incoming tentacle strikes!

"Really troublesome, do all these octopuses have the ability to regenerate severed limbs?"

"Father-in-law, be careful!!" Wang Chao suddenly sensed something odd about that octopus sea beast; he saw that as the beast launched its tentacle attack, a pair of large eyes flickered with a faint light, and from its mouthparts below it sprayed a black ink-like liquid, unknown what it was.

But Wang Chao merely felt instinctively that something was wrong, so he spoke up to warn.

In that instant, Long Batian also reacted and immediately withdrew!

Bang!

Only to see several invisible currents suddenly strike where Long Batian had been, producing a violent explosion!

The explosion's shockwave rippled out, knocking Long Batian off his feet and blowing him back; as for Wang Chao beside him, there's no need to say more—he already sensed the impending danger!

"Father-in-law, go!"

Long Batian clicked his tongue: "Really troublesome!!"

Although this octopus sea beast is a demon king realm creature, it seems to know how to lure people, employing many tactics.

The key is that those invisible currents appeared suddenly, even Long Batian himself didn't perceive them; one can imagine how dangerous it was just now. If Wang Chao's warning had been even a moment slower, Long Batian would likely have been struck directly.

Judging by the scale of the explosion, even with the dragon beast armor protecting him, he would probably lose combat ability for a short time and fall into an extremely perilous situation.

The two retreated swiftly; the octopus sea beast pursued for a while, then ceased the chase and returned to deeper waters.

After returning to the Myriad Dragon Palace, Wang Chao and Long Batian pondered how to deal with that octopus sea beast.

Wang Chao thought for a moment and said: "Given the current situation, the problem with that demon beast isn't its tentacles, but its ability to control water currents."

"The deeper we go, the smaller the range of divine sense perception becomes; I've installed components to enhance divine sense perception, but the effect is minimal. If that's the case, I probably need to reforge components and remodel my armor." Long Batian said.

"Father-in-law, do you have a solution?"

"It should be possible; since we can't expand the range of divine sense perception, we'll just endure it head-on. Most sea beasts have the ability to control water currents, but that demon beast is particularly unusual—its controlled currents are not only hard to sense but can also produce explosions. As long as we can withstand the first blast, quickly locate its demon crystal and smash it, we should be fine."

Long Batian himself was also a third-tier refiner; for ordinary cultivators, that level is still considered high, since most cultivators only know how to forge Accumulation Devices, and as for further refinement or reconstruction, they are completely clueless.

And as a rare refiner among the Dragon People, most of the Accumulation Devices come from his hands; modifying his own Accumulation Beast Armor to suit the traits of demon beasts is precisely the proper use of Accumulation Devices.

Of course, the Accumulation Beast Armor is not omnipotent; because it emphasizes enhancing the cultivator's self-preservation ability, its combat prowess is not outstanding, but by adding various auxiliary Accumulation Devices to the armor, one can greatly expand the cultivator's tactical options in battle.

Even while in armor, the cultivator can still freely activate techniques, but the problem remains.

If one truly seeks ultimate destructive power, it's better to discard the armor form and wield self-forged offensive Accumulation Devices instead.

Of course, it's not that no one has tried forging Accumulation Beast Armor from fully offensive Accumulation Devices; that kind of destructive power is indeed strong, but it's too extreme—any slight mistake can easily lead to one's downfall.

Thus, in the hands of most cultivators, the Accumulation Beast Armor seeks self-preservation while possessing more well-rounded performance, rather than merely pursuing the extreme of a single attribute.