Chapter 824

The vortex formed extremely quickly; in just this short time, it had expanded to over ten meters in diameter, and all the mist-guais were sucked into the vortex.

The massive group of mist-guais nearly filled this ten-plus-meter underwater vortex, forming a whirlpool of fish made of fish.

A strange and inexplicable sense of dread slowly spread from this fish whirlpool.

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat; he vaguely sensed something was wrong.

His previously heated mind cooled slightly.

He stepped back a few paces, creating distance, and squinted sharply at the situation ahead.

If there was the slightest anomaly ahead, he planned to turn and run—using the guai-ring as a turbojet device to propel the Han Jiang giant ship away.

Under Fang Yue's gaze, the underwater vortex grew larger and larger.

Just moments ago it had been a mere ten-plus-meter whirlpool; now it had expanded to over a hundred meters in diameter, and was drawing close to the Han Jiang giant ship.

As the vortex expanded, the mist-guais surged into it en masse, spinning along with its current.

After a moment's hesitation, black silk spear-like forms rose behind Fang Yue, solidified, then shot out in a flurry of whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh toward the underwater vortex!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Blood splashed from the underwater vortex; the mist-guais, like before, were struck down one after another.

But this time, the mist-guais did not flee or scatter—they continued gathering within the vortex, and even those on the periphery rushed in from outside, leaping up to dive into the vortex, filling the gaps left by the fallen.

Thus, from a distance, even the expanded underwater vortex remained densely covered with mist-guais.

Seeing such a dense concentration of mist-guais, Fang Yue's mind stirred again.

His hands kept moving; the "spears" behind his back, like precision instruments, shot out whoosh-whoosh toward the vortex, reaping swathes of mist-guai lives.

The system prompts beside his ear flared wildly; for the first time, Fang Yue watched 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 surge visibly before his eyes.

Heaven—this was heaven!

Excitement once again seized Fang Yue's mind, causing him to miss the massive shadow slowly rising from the lakebed at the vortex's center.

"Realm Breakthrough Progress: 57%."

When Fang Yue glanced at his attribute list and saw 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 reach this number, the mist-guais in the vortex, as if controlled by an unseen hand, all moved in unison—leaping high from the vortex like fish leaping over the dragon's gate!

All the mist-guais synchronously leapt high above the water; for a moment, the entire area above the vortex was filled with nothing but mist-guais.

The mist-guais' bizarre behavior left Fang Yue stunned.

At the same time, the massive, fleeting shadow formed by the mist-guais' numbers blocked out the moonlight.

When Fang Yue snapped back to awareness, the mist-guais suspended in midair began falling toward the center of the vortex.

The mist-guais rained down like dumplings into the vortex's center—with a splattering splash.

In Fang Yue's stunned expression, a vast mouth, like a chasm, suddenly erupted from the vortex's center!

It was a creature with a gigantic mouth, crocodile-like in shape, but its scales stood erect like sharp thorns, dense and elongated; its massive head bore a ferocious, malevolent expression.

While Fang Yue stood frozen.

Beneath the moonlight, this monstrous creature with the giant mouth swallowed every single leaping mist-guai in one gulp!

Holy shit! I'm calling it: holy shit!

Fang Yue flew into a rage—this sudden monster had done exactly what he'd always wanted to do: wipe out all the mist-guais in one go.

Now, this sudden monster had done it—and wiped out the mist-guais he'd treated as his own crop.

Fang Yue's face darkened.

You just stole my kill?

As soon as the crocodile-guai sank into the water, Fang Yue didn't hesitate—he immediately controlled the guai-ring behind his back and fired hundreds of spears, all aimed at its landing point!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh—

Accompanied by the sound of the "spears" slicing through air, they plunged deep beneath the vortex's center—and Fang Yue instantly felt a strange sensation.

That was… the feeling of the spears being completely annihilated.

Almost the moment the spears vanished, the shadow instantly sensed Fang Yue as the attacker and surged toward him at high speed!

Fang Yue's expression changed; he slowly extended his right hand.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh—

The incomplete guai-ring behind him instantly extended black silk, intertwining to form a black broken blade over ten meters long.

When spears are destroyed, they cannot be recovered for materials; the guai-ring loses a portion of its black silk.

That portion must be replenished by Fang Yue burning guai-value.

Thus, with insufficient black silk, his black blade could only form half its full shape.

Once he burned enough guai-value inside him, the guai-ring behind him immediately generated vast quantities of black particles, filling the gaps and perfectly restoring it.

At the same time, the broken blade in Fang Yue's hand became wrapped in thick black silk; the blade transformed from broken to whole, and its length surged from ten-plus meters to forty meters.

Without hesitation, Fang Yue, standing on the lake's surface, swung his right arm with full force.

The forty-meter blade slashed down toward the shadow racing up from the lakebed!

Splash!!

Before the blade even reached, its wind shear split the lake's surface in two, precisely exposing the crocodile-guai rapidly swimming beneath.

"Eat my fish fry, die!"

The Frozen Heart Method wrapped around the blade; cold energy surged violently!

Fang Yue split his vision; instantly, the cold spread outward at visible speed, forming a zone of Frozen.

The crocodile-guai swimming beneath the lake surface was instantly frozen in place.

But only for an instant—the ice encasing the crocodile-guai shattered, and the creature regained freedom, immediately diving deeper into the lakebed.

But that tiny delay was enough—Fang Yue's black blade had already descended!

Crash!!!

The sensation of a blade slicing through flesh that he had anticipated never came back to him.

What he actually felt was only a peculiar sensation of chopping against hard glass.

Moreover, the glass was extremely hard—even with the augmentation of the Frozen Heart Method and the black blade forged by the Strange Ring, he clearly felt a sense of resistance when striking the opponent's body.

After a brief pause, the crocodile-shaped anomaly had already reacted, and like a wild dog being provoked, it spun around and bit down directly on the body of the black blade.

Boom!!

The crocodile-shaped anomaly had excellent teeth—with one bite, the black blade actually snapped clean in two from the middle.

The feeling he had sensed before welled up in his heart once again.

His connection with the black blade was actually severed after that one bite!

(End of this chapter)