A Bite of Douluo Continent

Chapter 434 Taking Risks (Bonus Chapter for the New Helmsman of this Book, Black Night Z Ranger)

There are only two types of wooden platforms that would allow Qi Han to stand firmly in the water.

The first type is a dugout canoe shaped like a gold ingot, and the second type is a raft made by binding tree trunks together.

Without much hesitation, Qi Han chose the latter.

Canoes are more difficult to make, while rafts are much simpler.

More importantly, although canoes have a higher displacement and provide greater buoyancy, they are easily breached by the water jets spewed by the blue-scaled eels during battles, causing them to leak and sink.

In contrast, because rafts are flat, even if they are punctured by one or two small holes, as long as the overall structure is not greatly damaged, it will not have much impact on their buoyancy, making them safer.

The only thing to be careful about is that the ropes binding the raft were snapped, causing the raft to instantly collapse into countless pieces of driftwood.

"Ruyi, could you provide some advanced technology assistance, such as ships?"

"No." Ruyi rolled her eyes. "The system cannot provide any high-tech items that are helpful to the mission during the mission."

"Those ropes aren't really relevant to the mission, are they? Give me a few that won't get cut by the Azure Scaled Eel?"

Ruyi hesitated for a moment before reluctantly agreeing, "Alright."

Although she knew Qi Han's purpose in asking for the rope, she hesitated for a moment and chose to turn a blind eye.

Qi Han smiled slightly. The problem of the broken rope was solved, wasn't it?

In his previous life, he frequently traveled to various places and was a long-time fan of Bear Grylls, so he knew how to tie up the raft to Qi Han.

As for how to cut down the trees…

Is there anything more convenient than his kitchen knife martial spirit?

With a new idea in mind, Qi Han's frustration vanished. He stood up from the reef, dusted himself off, picked up Gulu, and headed towards the island.

Next, let's start cutting down trees and building a raft!

...

"Pfft!"

A brand-new raft was thrown into the sea from the island reef by Qi Han. After bobbing up and down on the surface of the sea a few times, it finally stabilized on the surface. The raft, which was three or four meters long, was so small relative to the entire ocean, but it gave Qi Han a sense of security.

Looking at the raft that was already slowly floating on the sea, Qi Han patted Gulu's head, "Little guy, we might have to go down and try it out next."

"Meow~"

Looking at the boundless blue sea before him, Gulu couldn't help but shrink his head back.

The cat's natural fear of water is on full display at this moment.

Gently tucking Gulu into his arms, with only its head peeking out from his collar, Qi Han softly comforted the little guy until it no longer showed any fear. Only then did Qi Han leap down from the high reef, stepping on the protruding rocks along the cliff edge to dissipate the force of the fall before slightly bending down and landing on the raft.

After the raft rocked a couple of times and then stabilized again, Qi Han finally breathed a sigh of relief, a satisfied look on his face.

He tried stomping his feet a few times, and his face showed even more satisfaction.

In his past life, he only knew how to do it, but he never tried it.

Qi Han felt quite accomplished that the first raft he made was so sturdy.

The next step is to lure those gluttonous creatures.

A bucket of silver threadfin fish appeared in Qi Han's hand. He skillfully tossed silver threadfin fish into the water one by one, then put the bucket into his system space. A flash of light appeared in his hand as he gripped the kitchen knife tightly and nervously watched the movements beneath the surface of the sea.

Soon, bursts of blue light surged beneath the sea surface, and one after another, blue-scaled dragon eels emerged from the seabed and lunged at the silver threadfish.

Two days of fighting had made the group of blue-scaled dragon eels aware of Qi Han's presence. Now that Qi Han had even appeared on the surface of the sea, they could no longer ignore him. While some of the dragon eels began to fight over the silver thread fish, more blue-scaled dragon eels rushed towards Qi Han, spewing out incredibly sharp jets of water towards him.

Qi Han snorted and stopped dodging as before. The second and fourth soul rings around the blade suddenly lit up. He swung the blade, and countless blade shadows connected. Each blade accurately struck the weakest point of a water column, shattering the incoming water column into countless water droplets that scattered in all directions.

Like raindrops pattering on banana leaves, the splashing water droplets fall back into the water, making a splashing sound on the sea surface.

This is a special use of Qi Han's second and fourth soul skills combined. Under the precise guidance of the Spirit Rhinoceros Blade, the blade shadows can no longer only be stacked, but can also be dispersed to attack different targets. Although the attack power of each blade shadow is not very strong, it is more than enough to deal with these dragon eels that are only a hundred or a thousand years old.

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the Azure Scaled Eels were gathering their strength after spraying water jets, Qi Han twisted his body to dodge the still sporadic water jets and slashed horizontally with his sword towards the area where the dragon eels were most concentrated below the surface.

The jet-black first spirit ring shone brightly at this moment. A crescent-shaped blade of light, as long as thirty meters, slashed into the water with unparalleled power. The restrained power did not cause much of a ripple in the water. Beneath the slightly rippling sea surface, more than a dozen green-scaled dragon eels were silently cut in two by this blade. Countless drops of blood surged up instantly, staining the surrounding sea area blood red, and also covering up the broken remains of the dragon eels.

Only the yellow and purple soul rings that slowly condensed and appeared on the water's surface proved what had just happened.

A faint smell of blood mingled with the salty sea breeze. Qi Han's gaze was cold as he looked at the other green-scaled dragon eels before him.

After witnessing their companions being easily killed, the group of blue-scaled dragon eels seemed to be stunned for a moment. The continuous stream of water stopped, and several figures quickly disappeared, as if they had already fled.

Qi Han's expression shifted slightly. He took a step to the side, and a sharp column of water shot out from under the raft in an instant. After piercing through the raft, it continued its momentum towards the spot where Qi Han had just been.

Hmph! I knew these guys wouldn't give up.

Over the past few days, Qi Han has come to understand the personality of the Azure Scaled Dragon Eels better. These guys are indeed cowardly, but they can also get hot-blooded at times.

For example, now that their companions have perished, they are unlikely to simply slink away; they will only be more cautious in devising ways to retaliate.

Following the first jet of water, more jets of water soon emerged from beneath the raft, while subtle ripples spread through the seawater, and the strange sound unique to the Azure Scaled Dragon Eel reappeared.

They started sending messages.

Qi Han carefully dodged the attacks coming from his feet while cautiously looking around.

Just in time!

He needed the other party to summon an even more powerful being, ideally one that was ten thousand years old.

As the dragon eels called out, more and more azure-scaled dragon eels appeared in the arena, and the water column attacks from all directions made it difficult for Qi Han to defend himself.

At that moment, his gaze sharpened slightly.

A blue-scaled dragon eel with even deeper blue scales, faintly tinged with sea blue, slowly emerged. Its body, over five meters long, made it stand out conspicuously among a group of hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old dragon eels. With its appearance, the attacks of the other blue-scaled dragon eels immediately ceased, quietly making way for it.

A green-scaled dragon eel that is tens of thousands of years old has appeared!

Chapter 435 The Little Boat Capsizes Easily (Bonus Chapter for the New Helmsman of This Book, Yu Muqianhua)

The ten-thousand-year-old azure-scaled dragon eel was extremely cautious as soon as it appeared. Although it surfaced, it kept a distance of nearly fifty meters from Qi Han and did not move forward. Instead, it constantly used its species-specific methods to communicate with other members of its kind.

Although it's unclear what it's saying, the fact that the other blue-scaled dragon eels are spewing water even more violently, as if they've been injected with chicken blood, tells you that it definitely didn't say anything nice.

Qi Han cursed inwardly. Now that the Ten Thousand Year Green Scaled Dragon Eel had appeared, he naturally didn't intend to continue entangled with the other guys. The best option was to kill this guy with one strike and then have Gulu use Mist Flash to run away with him.

However, the Evergreen Scaled Dragon Eel was far too cautious. Fifty meters was already close to the limit of Qi Han's striking range, and he was not confident that he could kill the opponent with a combination of four techniques in one strike at this distance.

I need to find a way to close the distance and unleash my invincible strike.

While keeping a firm grip on the opponent's position, Qi Han also had to carefully deal with the water jets spraying from all around him, a look of struggle appearing on his face.

The Azure Scaled Dragon Eels that can live to the level of ten thousand years are all seasoned veterans of survival. Judging from the behavior of the other party after it appeared, if I kill the other dragon eels and reveal the strength that can threaten its life, this guy may not necessarily avenge his companions. It is more likely that he will run away.

So even though he really wanted to kill these green-scaled dragon eels that kept attacking him, Qi Han patiently suppressed his killing intent.

We must not alert them at this moment.

"Bah."

Caught off guard, Qi Han was hit on the left shoulder by a jet of water, and a bloody gash appeared on his shoulder beneath his tattered clothes.

"Hiss..." He gasped, the sharp pain in his left shoulder causing him to freeze for a moment. Several more jets of water grazed past him, leaving streaks of blood on his body.

The more wounds you have, the slower your movements become, and the slower your movements become, the more easily you get injured.

Can't delay any longer.

Qi Han glared fiercely at the Ten Thousand Year Green Scaled Dragon Eel in the distance. After seeing that he was injured, the creature had only slowly closed the distance from fifty meters to about forty meters. At such a distance, killing the opponent was still very difficult.

"Gurgle!"

Qi Han suddenly shouted, and the little creature in his arms responded with a sound. He then activated the Mist Flash.

The original forty-meter distance was instantly reduced to negligible distance. With Gulu's help, Qi Han instantly appeared above the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Azure Scaled Dragon Eel and delivered a critical strike to the still-dazed Azure Scaled Dragon Eel.

As the cleaver was swung out, four spirit rings lit up, and a crimson blade of light ripped through the sky. The scorching heat, like the sun, had not even touched the seawater yet, but it had already caused a large amount of mist to rise from the calm sea surface. The strange, panicked cries of the Azure Scaled Dragon Eel could be faintly heard.

"go!"

Without waiting to see the outcome of the attack, Qi Han, still in mid-air, faced with countless water jets that seemed determined to riddle him with holes, gritted his teeth and opened his mouth.

Gulu, who had been poised to strike, called out softly again, its body shimmering with mist, instantly bringing Qi Han back to the raft, causing the water jet to miss its target.

"call…"

After this round of spraying, seemingly stunned by the power of his own blade, the surrounding water columns stopped. The other creatures that had been gathered together by the Eternal Green Scaled Dragon Eel finally realized the huge difference in their strength and scattered in panic, giving Qi Han a chance to catch his breath.

A single strike combining three techniques can carve a trench tens of meters long in the far northern snowfield, but the more powerful combination of four techniques has a significantly smaller impact in this boundless ocean.

As the rising steam gradually dissipated, a spherical shield made of seawater, with large sections of damage, appeared in Qi Han's line of sight.

Gu couldn't help but smile bitterly; his luck was truly terrible.

After becoming a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, the Azure Scaled Dragon Eel has a certain probability of awakening another talent skill called Boundless Water Defense. It can draw water from the surrounding area to form a shield to resist powerful attacks in a short period of time. The strength of the defense is related to the concentration of water element.

In the ocean, the protective power of this soul skill is not much worse than that of the Undying Golden Body, because the seawater in the ocean is endless.

To everyone's surprise, after finally getting a ten-thousand-year-old green-scaled dragon eel, it awakened this innate ability.

The combined power of the four skills is indeed not weak. Even in the ocean, a relatively unfavorable environment, it can still forcefully reverse the attribute difference with its terrifying temperature comparable to extreme fire, cleaving through the boundless water barrier with a single strike. However, the power of the blade light that penetrated into the protective shield has been greatly weakened.

As the protective shield slowly dissipated, the Azure Scaled Dragon Eel hidden within writhed in agony beneath the surface of the sea. Although it had not suffered fatal injuries, a knife mark still appeared on its body surface, with large areas of burn marks nearby. Its skin and flesh had been carbonized directly under the terrifying high temperature.

Such injuries have already affected its ability to move.

The excruciating pain overwhelmed the Eternal Green Scaled Dragon Eel's reason. Its timid and cowardly nature was completely suppressed at this moment, and its frantic desire for hatred took over, prompting the already injured Eternal Green Scaled Dragon Eel to charge at Qi Han without hesitation, spitting out a jet of water as it looked up.

The water column was completely different from the finger-thick water columns spewed out by the other green-scaled dragon eels. The water column, as thick as a bowl, arrived almost instantly, and its terrifying power made Qi Han's expression change instantly.

With a raised hand, a blade of light barely cleaved the water column apart. Qi Han quickly moved around on the three- or four-meter-long raft to dodge the subsequent attacks that followed.

Ugh~ I can't hit it~ I just can't hit it.

After spewing water jets several times, the Azure Scaled Dragon Eel had already rushed in front of Qi Han. Seeing that Qi Han had dodged all its attacks, the Azure Scaled Dragon Eel was even more furious. It submerged slightly and then lashed its tail at the raft in the next instant.

With a loud "Boom!", the heavy wooden raft was overturned by the Ten Thousand Year Green Scaled Dragon Eel. Qi Han, who was standing on the raft, did not expect this guy to have this trick up his sleeve. His expression changed drastically, but he still fell into the water while losing his balance.