ATPnovel Chapter 885 - 885 137 The True Nature of the Sea Master
Chapter 885 - 885 137 The True Nature of the Sea Master
885: Chapter 137: The True Nature of the Sea Master 885: Chapter 137: The True Nature of the Sea Master “Sea Beast?” Jiang Wang asked, his tone laced with doubt.He had unconsciously spoken in the language of Qi Country, but it was evident that the other understood.
The bald Sea Clan member transformed into a giant crab and erupted in rage, also roaring in the language of Qi Country, “Wretched servant, how dare you disparage the Sea Lord like this!”
The voice thundered like a storm, and he swung his giant pincers like a massive hammer, smashing down fiercely!
Clang!
The pincers struck a suddenly illuminated silver-white circle of light, unable to break through or even knock it away.
Jiang Wang effortlessly held up a circle with his Longing sword, easily withstanding the strike.
No wonder, no wonder the mind of that eight-clawed sea beast looked like that.
No wonder that eight-clawed sea beast possessed a distinct spirit, no wonder all the sea beasts he had encountered along the way were different from it.
This sea beast was not like the others.
Looking at the furious expression of this beast-like Sea Clan member, it was clear he felt gravely insulted.
The term ‘sea beast,’ to him, was likely an insult akin to calling a human a dog,
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
The massive pincers hammered down repeatedly.
With the sound of iron being struck, the force was tremendous.
But the circle of the sword did not move at all.
From within the silver-white circle of the sword, Jiang Wang’s clear voice emerged, “It’s my turn now.”
In the gap when the two giant pincers were raised after striking, the silver-white circle of the sword momentarily dispersed, still one sword before him!
Like a master scholar passionately making a stroke, a wolf-hair brush flung, and between heaven and earth, there was a streak of sword light like an ink mark.
Crack.
It sounded as if something had snapped.
The bald Sea Clan member first heard this sound, and then he saw that his right pincer, which he had just smashed down, was suddenly severed at the front claw portion.
Only then did he feel pain!
After the pain, fear came rushing in.
His strongest, most formidable weapon had actually been severed by a single sword!
What kind of sword was that?
Was it also that renowned weapon the human cultivators took pride in?
Thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, but in the real world, his left pincer had instinctively smashed forward.
He no longer intended to defeat his opponent but merely wanted to drive him back temporarily, seizing a chance to escape.
But another sword mark appeared!
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Wang slashed from left to right, and as his right hand loosened, his left hand caught the hilt, pulling it back from right to left.
This series of movements flowed smoothly, the master scholar’s casual sword now completely controlled and fundamental; two swords, two horizontal slashes, severing both pincers!
The pain-filled cries of the bald Sea Clan member transformed into a giant crab only then rang out.
Jiang Wang stepped forward, and before the pale blue blood of the giant crab could spray out, he stepped onto the body of the crab, which was as large as a small hill, squatting down and vertically grasping the Longsword, plunging it straight down!
He easily pierced through the thick carapace, Longing thrusting directly into the body.
The surging Path Origin that instantly gathered above it left the bald Sea Clan member in no doubt that once it exploded, it would turn everything inside him to dust.
“Can we have a proper chat now?” Jiang Wang asked.
At this moment, the handsome young man was squatting on the shell of the giant crab, his left hand supporting his body on the sword, his right hand casually resting on his right knee, palm facing down, with terrifying flames calmly burning below his right hand.
The originally ferocious giant crab, now with both pincers severed and all momentum gone, lay motionless in the air.
The frog-like sea beast lacked any sense of intelligence, but after staring blankly a few times, and for some reason, felt an instinctual fear, turned around, and leapt away without looking back.
The fear of death hung before the door, and the Giant Crab dared not move, yet bared its teeth and bravely exclaimed, “Don’t think you can extract the secrets of the Sea Clan from me!”
Jiang Wang paused before replying, “I don’t need you to tell me the secrets of the Sea Clan, just a casual chat will do.”
Jokingly, what secrets of the Sea Clan could a cultivator of the Ascending Dragon Realm possibly know?
Jiang Wang wasn’t desperate enough to expect earth-shattering secrets from such a weakling.
He merely wanted to supplement his general knowledge about the Sea Clan.
The Giant Crab remained silent, apparently accepting Jiang Wang’s request to “just chat.”
“Speaking of which, it has been some time since I last visited this region.” Jiang Wang inquired, “How many Sea Nests are there now?”
He chose a question to which he already knew the answer, testing the sincerity of the Sea Clan.
He didn’t expect the other to tell all, but if such a simple question was met with lies, then there was no point in continuing the conversation—simply killing him would suffice.
The Giant Crab snorted coldly, “There are five now!
You servants will eventually be driven out of the Lost World by the noble ruling clan of the Sea!”
Interestingly, the Human Race called this place the Lost World, while the Sea Clan referred to it as the Lost World.
But in the end, knowing his life hung by a thread, he somewhat curbed his disdain.
Jiang Wang remained unangered and asked further, “Under which king do you serve?”
“Not afraid to let you know, your father here is a warrior under the White Elephant King!
If you’re sensible, you’d release me quickly.
Otherwise… Ah!”
As he was threatening, Jiang Wang gently tugged at his sword handle, and the extremely sharp Sword Qi immediately wreaked havoc inside his body, turning his remaining words into a scream.
The hierarchy of the Sea Clan was broadly divided into warriors, war generals, commanders, kings, and emperors.
Warriors corresponded to Ascending Dragon Realm cultivators of the Human Race, war generals to Inner Mansion Realm cultivators, commanders to External Building Realm cultivators, while the strength of king-level Sea Clan varied considerably, corresponding to both Godly cultivators and Dong Zhen Monks of the Human Race.
Within the Sea Clan, all are broadly titled as kings, but there is a distinction between single-character kings and multi-character kings, with the former being significantly stronger than the latter.
The Human Race referred to single-character kings as True Kings and multi-character kings as False Kings, corresponding respectively to Dong Zhen Monks and Godly cultivators.
As for emperors, they naturally corresponded to Yan Dao Realm cultivators of the Human Race.
Information beyond the level of emperor was beyond Jiang Wang’s current knowledge.
This member of the Sea Clan saying he was under the White Elephant King indicated that, in this region, the White Elephant King was the highest rank he could claim affiliation with.
This meant the strongest force of the Sea Clan in this region could possibly be a False King.
This was a good thing.
The highest forces usually did not move lightly.
Typically, only with a True King in place would a False King roam freely, because consolidating Sea Nests was more critical than hunting down one or two adversaries.
This was also true on the Human Race side; without Dong Zhen Monks present, Godly cultivators generally guarded Floating Islands.
Thus, it could be inferred that in this region’s wilds, the main forces of both the Human and Sea Clan were likely External Building Realm cultivators and Commander-level Sea Clan.
It should be said that Chongguang Zhenren’s choice of battlefield did not overly trouble them.
“Your mouth is really quite foul, please be more polite.”
Jiang Wang stopped his hand, waiting for the Sea Clan member to stop screaming, before saying, “No offense meant, but I want to ask, why did it anger you so much when I mistook you for a Sea Beast?”
The Sea Clan member suddenly struggled violently, “Don’t you dare insult me!”
“Calm down!” Jiang Wang commanded sternly, as the Samadhi True Fire drew near his shell, “At this moment, do I have any need to humiliate you?”
The terrifying flames brought a burning sensation that cooled the Sea Clan member down.
“Sea Beasts lack spiritual awareness, equivalent to the pets and wild animals in your Human Territories.
I manifest the true form of the Sea Lord, how can I not be enraged when you confuse us together?”
Apart from being somewhat more powerful, Jiang Wang really couldn’t see any difference between the so-called “true form of the Sea Lord” and Sea Beasts, but he understood the meaning.
Just as some humans practiced techniques like Eagle Claw or Dog Crouch—while it’s fine for them to practice these techniques, calling them dogs directly would be an insult.
And the Human Race’s practice of using manifested Sea Lords as gatekeepers, known as Huzong Sea Beasts, was undoubtedly a blatant humiliation of the Sea Clan.
This was also a clear manifestation of the blood feud between the two races.
Jiang Wang was still processing this information.
The Sea Clan member, manifesting the form of a Giant Crab, seemed to see an opportunity and took the initiative to speak, “It seems you’ve just come to the Lost World and don’t understand our Sea Clan well.
How about we make a deal…”
“No need.”
Jiang Wang extinguished the Samadhi True Fire in his palm, but still pressed down with a palm!