Chapter 693: Chapter 270: Unexpected Surprise: Giant Sea Beast

’Hey, wait. Is that island moving?’

Xiao Chen noticed that the small black dot on the far right seemed to have shifted its position slightly.

’Hm?’

’What’s going on?’

He subconsciously flew a little closer, wanting to get a better look.

As he drew closer, he could see that the black dot was indeed moving slowly.

Its speed was just so slow that it wasn’t noticeable from a distance.

Xiao Chen sucked in a sharp breath.

According to the Nautical Chart, those two small islands were over nine hundred li away from his position.

They only looked so small because they were so far away.

’But no matter how small, they’re still islands!’

’So what’s that thing next to them, about the same size, that can actually move?’

At that moment, three words flashed through Xiao Chen’s mind: Giant Sea Beast.

’Could it be...?’

’Have I run into a Giant Sea Beast, too?’

’Well, since I’m already here, I might as well go take a peek.’

Of course, Xiao Chen wasn’t foolish enough to get right up close. He only planned to observe from a safe distance.

’At the very least, I should figure out what kind of Sea Beast it is.’

Therefore, after flying for about five hundred li, he stopped.

"What a massive octopus!"

From four hundred li away, Xiao Chen could already see it clearly: an octopus of truly immense size.

The giant octopus was currently heading northeast, advancing with a slow yet intensely intimidating presence.

Its body was at least three thousand zhang long, like a moving island.

A faint blue Spiritual Light flowed across its thick hide, and with every squirm, each inch of its skin refracted bizarre ripples. On its head, a dozen or so crimson, vertical pupils scanned in all directions.

Suddenly, a thousand-zhang-long tentacle shot up from the seabed, instantly kicking up a monstrous wave.

At the crest of the massive wave, a Golden Core Sea Fish dozens of zhang in size launched a futile attack.

In the next instant, however, it was swallowed whole by a sucker at the tentacle’s tip, not even a bone left behind.

And throughout this entire process, the octopus never even stopped moving.

Another tentacle burst from the water, shooting straight toward a reef blocking its path.

The thick tentacle instantly wrapped tightly around the reef, ripping the entire formation out of the seabed.

Then, with a casual flick, the reef went flying as if it were a discarded pebble.

SPLASH!

The falling reef landed just two hundred li in front of Xiao Chen, kicking up a massive splash.

This allowed him to see it clearly—the reef was a hundred zhang long, almost the size of a small mountain.

’With that kind of power, the consequences of it hitting a person would be unthinkable.’

Because he was still a good distance away, Xiao Chen couldn’t yet feel the Demon Beast’s oppressive aura.

But just by looking at it, he knew this had to be a Nascent Soul Demon Beast at the very least.

’Strange... where in the world did a Demon Beast this big come from?’

Xiao Chen frowned, finding it hard to imagine what kind of environment could produce such a Giant Sea Beast.

He recalled reading an intelligence report about someone discovering a three-thousand-zhang scallop to the north.

He never expected there would be another one in the south, and this one was even closer to the Compassion Sea!

At the time, reading the report, Xiao Chen hadn’t felt anything in particular.

But now, witnessing the three-thousand-zhang giant octopus with his own eyes, he finally understood that immense, oppressive feeling.

’I suppose in a forest big enough, you’ll find every kind of bird, and in a sea big enough, you’ll find every kind of fish.’

Xiao Chen mused, took one last look at the beast before him, and then turned and left.

’It might look like it’s moving slowly, but in reality, no one knows what kind of abilities it possesses.’

Most of the time, its supposed sluggishness would only be a weakness relative to Cultivators or other Demon Beasts of the same level.

Thus, for his own safety, it was best to get away as quickly as possible while it hadn’t yet noticed him.

A creature like this was best left for the Nascent Soul True Monarchs to handle.

There was absolutely no need for Xiao Chen to put himself in harm’s way; it simply wasn’t worth the risk.

After getting his bearings, he headed directly toward the southeastern corner of the Compassion Sea.

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