12dz Chapter 9: Lifespan and Innate Magic – What a Great Deal!
Chapter 9: Lifespan and Innate Magic – What a Great Deal!
Although the demon beast was physically strong and had abundant blood energy, after being repeatedly and severely injured, the spirit-whiskered whale's struggles visibly weakened.
But Gong Chengyuan's situation wasn't much better at the moment.
He had been swept into the sea by the giant waves stirred up by the Spirit Whisker Whale and was caught off guard by the cold evil. He had to expend a lot of spiritual power to protect his lungs and internal organs. After finally leaping onto the ship, he immediately threw himself into the hunt for the Spirit Whisker Whale.
The Vortex Blade Wheel he unleashed was a large-scale ranged magic weapon, which consumed a great deal of spiritual power and divine soul power when used. After just one attack, the remaining spiritual power in Gong Chengyuan's body was almost completely drained.
But now there is no other way out. If this spirit-whiskered whale gets away, the losses will only be greater!
Gong Chengyuan gritted his teeth, as if he had made a decision, and suddenly took out a bright red pill from his pocket and swallowed it in one gulp!
"call!"
As the medicinal effects dissolved in his body, the frenzied spiritual energy instantly filled Gong Chengyuan's meridians and bones. His face suddenly turned red, and without hesitation, he immediately controlled the Vortex Blade Wheel to launch a near-mad attack on the Spirit Whisker Whale!
In an instant, the sea surged, the giant whale struggled, and blood and flesh flew everywhere!
"Snap!"
A crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out.
A crack was seen being cleaved open by the vortex blade wheel on the hard, bloody skull of the Spirit Whisker Whale!
"Huff... Chen Ye, quick, use the Water-Splitting Thorn to crush its brain!"
Gong Chengyuan wiped the sweat streaming down his forehead and, panting heavily, said to Chen Ye.
"Uh... okay!"
Chen Ye was slightly taken aback, then once again summoned the Water-Splitting Thorn and shot it toward the gap in the skull that Gong Chengyuan had cleaved open.
The original owner had never participated in demon hunting before. The only experience was when Chen Ye hunted the Crimson-scaled Shark after he transmigrated, but it was definitely not as tragic as this.
The surrounding seawater was completely stained red with blood, and large and small chunks of flesh and skin tissue of unknown origin floated on the surface. An ordinary person would probably vomit at the sight of this bloody scene.
Although it's cruel, there's no other way. Hunting large sea beasts can only be done by slowly whittling down their health, unless there's a powerful cultivator who can kill them with a single blow.
puff!
As soon as the Water-Splitting Thorn pierced the head of the Spirit Whisker Whale, it was stirred back and forth under Chen Ye's control. It should be noted that the Spirit Whisker Whale was over ten zhang long, and even its head was no smaller than the size of a room.
Chen Ye felt as if he were trying to stir a large vat with a toothpick. Fortunately, the Spirit Whisker Whale was already severely injured and had almost no ability to resist.
As time went on, the spirit whale's struggles lessened, and finally, after a long, mournful cry, its massive body stopped convulsing, bobbing up and down on the surface of the sea before falling completely silent.
"Phew...it's all over..."
Seeing this scene, all the surviving crew members on the ship, including Chen Ye, couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, followed by an overwhelming sense of lingering fear.
This whale hunt might be an exaggeration to say it was a near-death experience, but it was definitely extremely dangerous.
Not to mention the damage to the Cangyun.
Seven crew members were smashed to pieces by the whale's tail, and four others were swept into the sea and their whereabouts are unknown.
On this boundless swamp, the water also contains a chilling aura; those who have disappeared are practically dead. In addition, nearly ten people have suffered injuries of varying degrees.
Roughly speaking, the ship is still intact, with only about thirty crew members still able to move around.
They won, but it was a Pyrrhic victory...
"Brother Chen... Brother Chen."
A somewhat reserved voice came from behind him. Chen Ye seemed to be lost in thought until the person behind him gently patted his shoulder, which brought him back to his senses.
"What's wrong?" Chen Ye turned around and looked at Luo Chen, who was standing behind him with respect.
"Um... the captain said that you should take the uninjured crew members and do some simple processing of the whale's carcass."
Luo Chen said cautiously that many crew members had witnessed Chen Ye and Gong Chengyuan's coordinated hunt for the Spirit Whisker Whale.
Combined with Chen Ye's identity, he has now become the "eldest brother" among the non-clan members of the Gong family on the ship!
"Let me handle this?" Chen Ye frowned upon hearing this. Logically, this kind of work should be handled by the steward of the Gong family. How could it be left to a crew member like him?
"Chen Ye, you can take over. The captain and I are both injured. As for the second steward..."
The head steward, Gong Lin, who was practicing internal energy to heal his injuries, sighed.
When he was attacked by the Spirit Whisker Whale, he was also thrown off the ship, but miraculously he was pulled back up.
There are three managers on the Cangyun. The first and second managers are both members of the Gong family, while the third manager, Li Hongnian, mainly manages the ship's crew of repairmen and is not on the deck at the moment.
It's not hard to tell from Gong Lin's words that the second steward of the Gong family has probably met with misfortune.
Chen Ye did not refuse; after all, it was an order from the Gong family, and he was merely carrying it out.
Subsequently, under Chen Ye's leadership, the crew worked together to drag the carcass of the spirit whale onto the deck.
From the sea, the spirit whale is enormous. Once it's dragged onto the deck, it's like a mountain of flesh piled up at the bow, taking up the entire deck space.
"Hiss... Why doesn't this spirit-whiskered whale have a demon core?"
Gong Chengyuan pried open the head of the Spirit Whiskered Whale and, enduring the discomfort, searched inside for a long time, but he did not find the most valuable demon core.
"Could it have been shredded by my water-splitting thorns?"
Chen Ye said somewhat guiltily from the side.
"No, that's impossible."
Gong Chengyuan shook his head, his face pale. He had not yet recovered from the effects of the depletion of his spiritual energy. He took a deep breath.
"Even if the demon core was shattered, there should still be some residue, but there's absolutely no sign of a demon core inside this spirit-whiskered whale's head. Sigh, we've really suffered a huge loss this time!"
Gong Chengyuan sighed heavily. Who would have thought that a spirit-whiskered whale that had awakened its bloodline talent would not have formed a demon core?
This is completely unreasonable!
Without this demon core, the profits from this whale hunt were reduced by at least one-third.
Considering the cost of repairing the Cangyun and the compensation for the injured crew members, it would be better not to take the risk!
Did we lose money?
From the Gong family's perspective, it was indeed a huge loss.
However, from Chen Ye's perspective, it's a completely different story.
With a full hundred years of lifespan, plus a unique innate spell, Chen Ye has really hit the jackpot this time!
Of course, Chen Ye did not intend to take the demon core. He did not know that after the demon core was crushed, it could turn into demonic energy and be absorbed into his sea of consciousness along with the death of the spirit whisker whale.
Now that demon core has been transformed into the wick of the Life-Forging Lamp, Chen Ye can't return it even if he wanted to, let alone the fact that he never intended to return it in the first place...