In the Marvel Universe: I can summon items from all dimensions.

Chapter 108 Heroic Spirits vs. Sharks

Fun fact: Sharks are actually creatures with low electrical conductivity.

The reason is simple: sharks have a special nervous system called the ampulla of Lorentz, which allows them to find prey by sensing subtle changes in electrical current. However, this also makes them overly sensitive to electrical current, to the point that batteries can be used to repel sharks.

Of course, those were ordinary sharks, but this tentacle giant shark was a monster from some horror movie set. Although the electric current could still stimulate its sensitive nervous system and make it feel extremely painful, it could not cause any actual damage. Instead, it would only enrage it completely.

Its body, which was over two thousand meters long, began to swing wildly.

Its blood-red eyes, filled with murderous intent, scanned the surroundings. However, since all the other large creatures in the area had already fled, it could find nothing to vent its anger on. So, its massive body no longer lay prone on the coral reef, but instead began to move in an extremely strange swimming motion, using the shark part of its upper body and the tentacle part of its lower body.

The ghost sharks swimming around also became active in response to the giant tentacle shark's movements. Like an army guarding an emperor, they scattered in all directions, searching for any possible prey and enemies. The few medium-sized fish that dared to move in this area were immediately bitten to death, and even the entire water area experienced abnormal fluctuations.

"It seems my guess was correct."

On the edge of the floating rock, Paracelsus thoughtfully watched the changes below: "The ghost sharks must be subordinates, a kindred, or something similar to the tentacle sharks. Otherwise, the tentacle sharks certainly wouldn't allow them to roam around them."

"So, if we subdue the boss, we can take care of the rest of the stuff too?"

Mason whistled merrily: "That's great!"

That's what he thought, but Okita Souji on the sea was saddened.

Because some ghost sharks have already spotted her.

Perhaps inheriting the style of sharks in horror movies who, upon encountering a person, will bite them twice without hesitation to taste their saltiness, a dozen ghost sharks, each four or five meters long, charged towards her with the ferocity of a pig when they confirmed that someone was standing arrogantly on the surface of the sea.

A multitude of gaping maws, large enough to easily swallow a person, lay at his feet. Seeing this, Okita Souji helplessly lowered his head and gently placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Miss Okita, my skills aren't used in this kind of way—"

Before the lingering resentment of her complaint had even faded, the fastest ghost shark burst through the surface of the water, charging down from directly below with the intent to swallow her whole—

Okita Souji suddenly leaped, his slender body flipping through the air like a bird, and at the very last moment before being swallowed, he lightly landed on one of the ghost shark's teeth, using the momentum to leap up again—

If a normal human did this—whether they could or not, they would fall down because ghosts can penetrate matter—but guess what? Although Okita Souji looks no different from an ordinary person, she is actually a spirit origin shadow, which is to put it bluntly, a high-level spirit.

In a sense, she and these ghost sharks are actually the same kind.

So she skillfully used the Ghost Shark's momentum to leap nearly ten meters high, simultaneously drawing the Kashuu Kiyomitsu from her waist. Then, she suddenly spun around and, in the blink of an eye, unleashed a crescent-shaped blade of light that struck the Ghost Shark's nose!

The blade, over a meter long, was almost entirely embedded in the ghost shark's body. Its astonishing sharpness easily cleaved the creature's head in two, instantly severing its brain and killing it instantly. This was a testament to the strength of a genius swordsman from the late Edo period.

However, the sharks' offensive did not end there. As the carcass of the first ghost shark began to drift away in the wind, the second, third, and fourth sharks leaped out of the water, aiming their gaping maws at her as she fell.

From Mason's perspective in mid-air, the sharks charging towards Okita Souji almost formed a towering structure, while she, already slender and light, was like a feather, fragile and powerless, about to fall into the abyss of destruction.

But this is only the surface.

The Philosopher's Stone, which Okita Souji held in her mouth, was slowly melting like a candy. A large amount of magic power was directly integrated into her body during this process, suppressing the tuberculosis that was about to flare up due to the strenuous activity.

Once this problem is solved, Okita Souji's mobility and speed will be so formidable that even the Sixth Heaven Demon King will be amazed!

Without flinching, she opened her arms, subtly adjusting her posture using air resistance, and then, by the slightest mistake, stepped on the tip of a shark's nose. Gaining further momentum, she spun around, her blade flashing like the moon, piercing straight into the shark's head and killing it instantly.

The massive spirit began to dissipate as its consciousness was destroyed, but before that, Okita Souji had already borrowed enough power and found a landing spot. Just like stepping on plum blossom stakes, he used more than a dozen shark heads as landing points, exerted force with his feet, and quickly ran down, landing back on the water.

Even typical martial arts films wouldn't dare use such an exaggerated setting.

"sharp."

Mason clapped enthusiastically, praising Okita Souji's amazing skill, while keeping a close eye on the water's surface—

The sea was churning like a boiling pot, with a large number of ghost sharks having found their target and rushing towards the surface. It was truly a cause for concern for Okita Souji's safety.

However, what makes a Heroic Spirit is that they have proven themselves to have outstanding talents throughout the long history of humankind.

For Okita Souji, it would be impossible to ask her to unleash a beam of light or use a tank as a club, since she was just a mere swordsman. However, her martial arts training had endowed her with exceptional intuition. She possessed a terrifying insight into potential dangers, almost like precognitive ability. In the context of swords clashing, this meant anticipating the enemy's moves. In this situation, it manifested as her ability to easily dodge the ghost shark that was attacking her from beneath the water without even looking.

It is just like a feather floating in the air, seemingly fragile, but to cut it with a sword is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Such a dance can continue indefinitely until exhaustion is reached, provided no other disruptive figures appear.

In the next instant, a colossal monster, comparable in size to an adult blue whale, roared and burst through the water. Its gaping maw was large enough for several cars to pass side by side. Although it was somewhat clumsy, it was much faster than a ghost shark, and the powerful muscles that could support such speed must have far surpassed those of any real creature.

Purity is too high.

As soon as it appeared, the tentacle shark stared intently at Okita Souji with its blood-red eyes, and then charged at her without hesitation.

That would be a bit awkward.

The reason she was able to escape unscathed from the onslaught of ghost sharks was mainly because she was slightly faster on foot than they could swim. And although these guys were fierce, they were all incredibly stupid, just charging around recklessly, making it easy and comfortable for her to hide.

To be honest, the tentacle shark is no different from them. Okita Souji could see through its simple path of movement at a glance. However, the problem is that it is a bit too fast.

This guy's swimming speed is probably much faster than a marlin. If converted to land speed, it would be roughly equivalent to a supercar. As a slightly enhanced Spirit Origin Shadow, even if Miss Okita ran her legs off, she couldn't match this speed.

The numerical value is overwhelmingly superior.

Furthermore, the opponent possesses a full ten tentacles. Given her physique, a mere sweep of them would send her back to Chaldea on the spot. Even if she wanted to attack, the length of Kashuu Kiyomitsu's tentacles would make it difficult to pierce her vital organs, leaving her with virtually no room to maneuver.

Okita Souji's lips twitched twice, then he turned and ran.

Where are my teammates? Help!

At this moment, Okita Souji was about 140 meters away from the tentacle shark.

What would take Usain Bolt more than ten seconds to cover was just a matter of moving forward a few body lengths for the latter. At the same time, the six tentacles abandoned their swimming duties and instead reached forward, seemingly about to arrest Okita Souji on the spot.

Bitter.

If she were a hero from Liangshan, she would probably feel the same way.

But she wasn't one, so she had to run for her life.

Given Ms. Okita's output capabilities, the only way to defeat this monster would probably be to switch to a form that can unleash a beam attack, and it would have to be a Servant form; a Spirit Origin Shadow wouldn't suffice.

So in an instant, the battle that was originally so easy and carefree, like strolling through the streets, immediately turned into a desperate escape for Ms. Okita. In less than two seconds, several thick and powerful tentacles lashed out at her with tremendous force, so strong that the tips of the tentacles even exploded into small sonic boom clouds. Given her physique, it was truly a case of being injured if grazed and killed if touched.

So, Ms. Okita, with a "this is going to be a disaster" expression on her face, was about to be lashed out by the tentacles—

No, judging from the size difference, "smash" would be a more appropriate word.

In short, she dodged the first attack by jumping like a hurdler, then turned to the side to avoid the second blow from above—the water splashed up by the tentacles hitting the sea was like bullets, almost knocking her away, but luckily she had lowered her body in advance to avoid losing her stable stance.

Immediately afterwards, she turned around and charged straight at the tentacle shark.

The saying goes, "An inch longer, an inch stronger." When the enemy's attack range is much larger than one's own, close-quarters combat becomes the only option.

Seeing that the little creature not only didn't run away but even dared to charge at it, the giant shark became even more enraged. Its huge mouth, big enough to fit several buses, suddenly opened, ready to crush Okita Souji into mincemeat.

"This is difficult."

Just as he was about to reach the tentacle shark, Okita Souji made a sudden stop, turned to the left, and narrowly avoided being sucked into its mouth. Then he raised his hand and swung his knife, stabbing Kashuu Kiyomitsu near the tentacle shark's gill slit.

The rough, almost tangible feel of cutting leather with a stone knife made Okita Souji grit her teeth, but she hadn't intended to do anything to harm the guy; she was just trying to create a foothold.

She gripped the hilt of Kashuu Kiyomitsu's knife like a rock climber, used the momentum of the tentacle shark's forward charge to perform a backflip, leaping seven or eight meters into the air in an instant, before suddenly straightening her body and landing on the tentacle shark's back.

You can't possibly smoke yourself too, can you?

The moment Okita Souji had this thought, a tentacle whistled toward her. She nimbly dodged to the side, avoiding being struck directly, and the tentacle struck itself instead.

In an instant, tiny shield scales flew off, and blood gushed out—it actually attacked itself as well!

"Oh no—this is bad."

As more tentacles rushed towards her, Ms. Okita's face turned pale. She continued to flee for her life while shouting at the rocky surface in the sky.

"Why are you all just standing by and watching?! Help me!!!"

"It seems that Lord Okita has reached his limit."

Paracelsus said calmly, "We also need to speed things up on our end."

As he spoke, he maintained the alchemical array beneath his feet, continuously converting the power of the Thunder God Orb into light, which was then transmitted to Mason through another alchemical array. After the previous test, the efficiency of this alchemical array had been adjusted, reducing...

By lowering the intensity of energy transmission, Mason will not be immediately stretched to the point of expansion (physically), but will have time to aim and perform other more precise operations.

What they needed to do was very simple: while Okita Souji was entangled with the Tentacle Shark, they would use a ranged attack to disable the latter's mobility, pry off the Water Orb, and then attempt to capture a Pokémon. If the last step failed, they would simply shoot it. It was very concise, and even the old lady at the village entrance could easily understand it.

Here, some people might ask, isn't it said that sharks are weak to electricity? Then why not just have Paracelsus take the Thunder Orb and knock the tentacle shark unconscious, instead of going through all this trouble?

This is actually an awkward issue involving permissions.

According to the legend, the Divine Pearl is not something anyone can use casually. Even touching it would cause an ordinary person to suffer a backlash from its power. Mason can use it freely because the Dragon God granted him the corresponding authority—which is quite sad, because Mason has the authority but no proper way to use it. Paracelsus, on the other hand, has the method to use it but no authority. He can only use hacking-like methods to extract energy from the Divine Pearl indirectly, making it difficult to generate enough instantaneous output to defeat the Tentacle Shark. He can only use Mason as a turret in this way.

Of course, another reason is that Mason wanted to train himself. He needed to have an offensive skill in his skill bar that didn't rely on items. Otherwise, he felt a bit uncomfortable always having to rely on calling for help and throwing things to fight.

"Hang in there, Okita!"

Mason took a deep breath and frowned, saying, "Fire support is here."

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and then compressed light energy into his blood.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. This time, the charging process was much faster than last time because he reduced the amount of blood and the intensity of light energy. While blowing up the entire arm like last time could ensure the strength of the attack, regenerating the arm is actually quite troublesome. In order to improve efficiency, it is necessary to appropriately reduce the intensity of the attack.

A few seconds later, Mason's left arm swelled up slightly. Although it still looked somewhat horrifying, it was much better than when it turned into a mass of tumors last time.

"Let's do a little quiz first."

Mason narrowed his eyes, aimed his index finger at one of the tentacles of the giant shark, and then, taking advantage of the moment when the arteries were pumping blood to the extremities, he increased the pressure of a small number of blood cells to the limit. Immediately afterward, his left index finger exploded, and a brilliant golden laser shot out from it, instantly hitting the tentacle that Mason had aimed at.

The laser, having reached its maximum condensation point and reached extremely high temperatures, instantly burned through the tentacle—thanks to its enormous size, otherwise Mason would have had a hard time hitting it directly with the first shot.

"It seems the output is sufficient."

Mason's brow relaxed a little. Then, with a slight twitch, he moved the severed finger that was still shooting lasers, and instantly severed the already burned-through tentacle.

Steaming hot, the section of the shark that had been charred was quickly cooled by the seawater. The severed tentacle writhed violently as it sank into the water. The tentacle shark, injured in this way, roared loudly. For a moment, it didn't even care about continuing to attack Okita Souji, who was already sweating. The remaining nine tentacles thrashed wildly, creating huge waves on the sea surface. Mason, who was hundreds of meters in the air, was startled by the power of this force.

How exactly do sharks roar? Do they even have vocal organs?

The biology of this other world is truly perplexing.

But since the test was successful, you're just a dish on my dinner table now—

After quickly regenerating his index finger, Mason used the same trick again, infusing a large amount of light energy into a small amount of blood. Using his arm and arteries as cannon barrels and his index finger as the muzzle, he aimed this time at the left fin of the tentacle shark.

Ready, compress, charge, fire!

Thanks to the increased proficiency, the third laser shot was fired with even greater speed and efficiency.