Strange Fish

The winged monstrous fish was enormous, measuring about two and a half meters in length and over a meter in radius, far too large to be stewed in a single pot.

Its belly was white and its back blue, with its wings completely covered in pure black scales, exuding a sense of heaviness and terror.

When its wings spread, they nearly reached six meters in length. As it swam, it resembled a bird in flight, and with a single flap, it could block out the sun, "boom" and in an instant, it would shoot forward dozens of meters.

From its swimming posture, one could roughly deduce that it was a formidable beast with exceptional combat abilities. It was impossible for it to ambush its prey; it could only confront them head-on.

Its hunting process was roughly as follows: it would first catch up with its prey at an extreme speed, then crush it with straightforward power.

In the darkness, Qin Ran blended with the sea, not daring to move.

Just by sensing its aura, he felt that the monstrous fish was at least a fourth-level beast, which meant it was at least a Golden Core cultivator... a Golden Core body cultivator.

And if the fish had any strange divine beast bloodline, it would be even more troublesome.

His own cultivation was at the early stage of the Golden Core, although his strength was not low, it was less than one-tenth of his true self's, and now he was injured.

He most likely couldn't take on the monstrous fish.

So he could only watch as the monstrous fish circled the island again and again.

What was it looking for? Qin Ran could sense that the fish's target seemed very clear.

Could it be that this island had some special feature that he couldn't see?

He carefully examined the small island again, but during the day he hadn't found any issues, and now in the pitch-black night, he couldn't see anything more.

He thought for a moment, then activated his Divine Soul, preparing to investigate with his Divine Soul power.

Then...

As soon as his Divine Soul power extended out, the monstrous fish suddenly became agitated, "boom, boom" swimming towards him.

"What the hell?" Qin Ran was startled and quickly retracted his Divine Soul power, hiding his body in the water, no longer daring to move.

Fortunately, as soon as he retracted his Divine Soul power, the monstrous fish gradually calmed down.

"Can it sense the Divine Soul?" He was puzzled.

Thus, he couldn't help but make a guess, a guess that might not be true, that is, could this monstrous fish have been drawn here by him.

Was it now circling the island not to search for possible treasures, but to find him?

Impossible... should be impossible...

He denied it in his heart, but felt that if there was even a slight possibility that the monstrous fish was indeed after him, he needed to prepare early.

First, he needed to find a way to escape, as he might not be able to handle the monstrous fish now; second, he needed to leave a mark, so he could come back and clean it up later, as the transmission array of the Dan Peak might connect here.

Cleaning up was a future matter, while escaping was a present one.

"Should I just leave like this?" Watching the monstrous fish still arrogantly swimming, Qin Ran suddenly felt too cowardly, "Should I give it a shot?"

With this thought, he became eager to try, thinking he should find a way to test it first. Whether he could win or not, he would fight first.

Then, he recalled the divine techniques and spells he had mastered, searching for a starting move. He thought through one technique after another, the Water Flower Heart Sutra, the Nine Extremes Primordial Spirit Demon Devouring Skill, the Immortal Seeking the Way...

After thinking through them, he couldn't help but curse: "Damn it, my true self is too cowardly, all these techniques are for survival. What a waste!"

The Water Flower Heart Sutra contained evasion techniques, shield techniques, and illusion techniques, the Nine Extremes Primordial Spirit Demon Devouring Skill was for creating avatars, with a barely offensive ability to devour, and the Immortal Seeking the Way was for escaping.

If forced to count, only the War Spirit Art could be considered a combat technique.

But the War Spirit Art was essentially for boosting status, not an attack skill.

So, after searching through his memory, he couldn't find a single move to start with.

His true self's mastery of these skills was fine because that guy had some black-tech pills, arrays, and if all else failed, he could use his lifebound artifact to fight; but now, his Universe Bag was destroyed, he didn't even have a single piece of clothing on him, only a bead in his hand.

What could this bead do?

It could control water.

It could create water blades like during the day, causing the seabird to crash; more than that, well, it was similar.

"Damn it, don't let me go back!" He cursed, "Or I'll beat you up every time I see you."

He made threats, turned his body, and prepared to flee.

But just then, a beam of light suddenly shot over from the distant dark sea, passing over his head and hitting the swimming monstrous fish.

Following that, there was a "boom, boom" loud noise, and from afar, Qin Ran saw a huge ship breaking through the sea towards them. "A ship?" Qin Ran stopped again, "Cultivators?"

What was going on with this place? Why was it so attractive?

The monstrous fish was angered by the light beam, it "wailed" twice, furiously flapped its wings, creating huge waves, "boom, boom" charging towards the ship.

So easily provoked?

"Strong in power, but brainless." Qin Ran evaluated.

Taking advantage of the waves stirred up by the monstrous fish, Qin Ran blended into them, following the monstrous fish towards the sea ship.

Arriving in this completely unfamiliar place, finally encountering people, no matter whether they were malicious or kind, no matter what their purpose here was, he felt he should interact with them.

He didn't get too close, he wanted to observe first, and the monstrous fish had already started fighting with the ship.

The monstrous fish flapped its wings, and the surrounding seawater obeyed its call, suddenly raising waves over ten meters high, all pouring down on the sea ship.

The ship belonged to cultivators, with a protective shield set up on the hull, the seawater was blocked outside and slid back into the sea.

The seawater here was stirred up by the monstrous fish, Qin Ran felt like he was in a cradle, rocking with the waves. He looked at the thin protective shield on the ship's hull, making a judgment in his heart:

"It's a defensive artifact, not an array."

Seeing this move didn't work, the monstrous fish became even more agitated, it suddenly slapped the water, raising waves several meters high, riding the waves, it flew out of the sea.

Its wings spread, the thick body over two meters wide took off, and with another flap, it shot towards the ship like an arrow.

"Boom!"

It slammed into the ship's side!

Compared to the ship, its body was too small, but this collision made the large ship sway.

Much more effective than the waves it raised.

"What a huge force!"

Qin Ran was secretly shocked, this was not the strength of an ordinary Golden Core body cultivator, the monstrous fish was probably a bit stronger than an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

At this point, the monstrous fish was attached to the ship, and finally, someone came out from the ship.

In the dark, too far away, Qin Ran couldn't see clearly, but he distinctly heard a woman's voice, she shouted: "Beast!!"

Then she jumped down from the deck with a cow-tailed saber, slashing at the monstrous fish!

"A female cultivator with a saber?" Qin Ran raised an eyebrow, "A body cultivator?"