Deities: Rulers of Nature

Qinglu swam over to Qingmu and Jinyan and whispered a few words to them.

The two nodded and quietly dispersed with a few warriors, swimming forward close to the seabed, while the rest of the snake people found places to hide.

The snake people picked up several large stones and threw them at a giant squid that was a little far from the group.

The stone pierced through the seawater and struck the giant squid's skin with considerable force.

It caused no harm, but was highly provocative.

The giant squid turned around leisurely, its basketball-sized eyes quickly locking onto Aoki and the others.

Upon discovering a species it had never seen before, its eyes showed not anger, but rather curiosity.

This area can be described as the king squid's backyard. It's not that there are no creatures that can threaten the king squid, but they will be eliminated by the king squid in the first instance.

However, every now and then, creatures attracted by the Moon Reflection Spring would rush around like they had lost their minds, and eventually become food for the giant squid.

The giant squid had gotten used to it, and even found enjoyment in discovering delicious flavors in the process, so it was now eager to try the taste of these new species that had come from who-knows-where.

Despite its large size, it swims incredibly fast.

With a gentle wiggle of its ten arms, the enormous body lunged forward.

Seeing that they had successfully attracted their target, Aoki and Kin'an immediately led their soldiers to swim away into the distance.

They swam at a moderate pace, always staying within the sight of the giant squid.

Just then, another giant squid that was leisurely swimming nearby noticed them.

Seeing its companion chasing something, it swayed its body and followed with great interest.

Seeing this green, he frowned slightly, not expecting to attract two at once.

Qinglu quickly made a few hand gestures, and Qingmu and Jinyan, seeing this, split into two groups and swam quickly in different directions.

Once they had created enough distance, the snake-men warriors appeared and surrounded the two king squid.

Among them, Qinglv led the team to catch up with the larger one from Qingmu's side, while the remaining five leaders led the team to help Jinyan deal with the smaller king squid.

When the giant squid chasing Aoki saw so many small creatures suddenly appearing around it, the playful look in its eyes finally disappeared.

It suddenly accelerated, swinging its eight thick tentacles simultaneously, creating a current of seawater that swept towards the surrounding snake-men, while its two long arms precisely aimed at their target.

Several snake-man warriors who couldn't dodge in time were struck and sent flying sideways a long distance.

One of the long arms also wrapped around a young soldier, the suction cups clinging tightly to his body.

The sharp keratin at the edge of the sucker instantly pierced his scales, and blood spread in the seawater.

Seeing this, Qinglu and Qingmu turned around and rushed forward, each drawing a red crystal knife and slashing at the tendons.

Both of their attacks were imbued with the power of blood and qi, but when Aoki struck the skin of the wrist and foot, the blow was deflected. It wasn't that no damage was done at all, but it was far from what was expected.

The green blade did manage to hit the target, but the wound wasn't deep enough, and the blade was stuck and couldn't be pulled out at all.

The warrior whose wrist was entangled did not give up. He endured the excruciating pain, pulled out the red crystal spear from his back, and used all his strength to stab the soft part on the inside of his wrist.

The king squid let out a roar. This injury was nothing to it, but it was a clear provocation.

It suddenly opened its mouth, and a large glob of black ink spurted out, spreading out in the blink of an eye and turning the surrounding area black.

All the snake people's vision was completely blocked, and they couldn't even see their companions not far away.

"Everyone, step back and get out of the ink zone!" The green voice, amplified by spiritual power, traveled clearly through the seawater to everyone's ears.

The green color was not affected by the ink. The Eye of Truth penetrated the ink-stained seawater and saw the giant squid's every move clearly.

The giant squid is also unaffected, moving more freely in its ink.

In just a short while, two more warriors were struck by its tentacles and screamed in pain. The young warrior who was entangled by the long tentacles was even put into its mouth.

Upon seeing this, Qinglu roared and shot straight towards the head of the giant squid like a green arrow.

The giant squid sensed the danger and abandoned the half-dead snake-man warrior. All its tentacles lashed out at the green creature simultaneously, the ten tentacles intertwining in the seawater to block all of the green creature's escape routes.

However, Qinglu had no intention of retreating. Its sharp claws shot out, imbued with the power of blood and qi, and went straight for the root of one of its arms.

The initial sensation was slippery, but thanks to Qinglv's timely adjustment, it still tore open two deep wounds.

Dodging the blows of the other tentacles, Qinglu attacked the wound again, successfully tearing it off.

The gushing out of dark green blood turned the once clear seawater murky again.

This time, the giant squid was truly enraged. It let out an even deeper roar and wildly lashed out with its remaining nine tentacles, determined to tear these little creatures to shreds.

The seawater surged violently, and the surrounding coral reefs were shattered.

Green is unhurried, taking advantage of its small size and high speed to nimbly weave through the dense network of tentacles.

His True Eyes can see the trajectory of the giant squid's attacks in advance, allowing him to dodge at crucial moments.

Moreover, Qinglv discovered something: the giant squid also has blind spots. For example, right now, although its nine tentacles are waving at the same time, some of them are heading towards the position Qinglv was in before.

Aoki and the other warriors didn't just stand by and watch; they kept throwing stone spears from a short distance away to distract the giant squid.

After throwing all the stone spears, he picked up a random stone and threw it at them.

Aoki seized the opportunity, circled around to the side of the giant squid, and tore off one of its eyes with a single blow.

The king squid felt pain and its movements suddenly stopped.

Seizing the opportunity, Qinglu picked up a red crystal knife belonging to an unknown person, quickly swam to the top, and slashed fiercely at the weakest point connecting the head and body of the giant squid.

The red crystal knife, imbued with a deeper color of blood energy, slashed deeply inside.

[Explosive Aura: Tier 1 Universal Divine Technique. It mobilizes mental energy to draw upon the energy of the Fire Star, unleashing it simultaneously with the internal blood and qi. This grants extremely high attack power for a short period, while also inflicting a minor burn effect.]

This was naturally a gift from Ji Xuan; over the past three years, Qinglu had become proficient in using it.

The giant squid stiffened abruptly upon being struck, then began to writhe wildly, which only allowed the green-eyed creature to cut deeper. In the end, the green-eyed creature successfully severed the giant squid's head.

But what's amazing is that the giant squid's tentacles are still wriggling. Even the snake-man who went to pick up the first tentacle torn by the greenish-blue color was accidentally tugged at, though not by much force.

Looking at the corpse of the giant squid, Qinglu's tense mind finally relaxed.

At that moment, Jin Yan and the others' voices came from not far away.

Qinglu turned her head and saw Jin Yan and the other five leaders of the Black Iron Rank dragging another giant squid corpse as they swam over.

That giant squid was just over ten meters long, and it looked like it had only recently become a Black Iron rank creature.

So, facing an attack from six opponents of the same level, and with the help of dozens of warriors around, the king squid was the first to be dealt with.

Dark green blood spread in the seawater, along with broken scales. Five warriors did not survive this trial.

Their bodies were carefully collected and will be taken back to the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm for burial later.

The remaining snake-men were mostly injured, but no one complained or backed down.