Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 504: Chapter 273: The Grudge Between Man and Beast

After Li Cungang slipped away once more, the Sea Beast’s eight massive tentacles suddenly twisted toward his fleeing form, each one bending into the shape of a ’7’.

The next moment, in front of the eight tentacles, water vapor suddenly swirled and condensed, gradually forming water balls the size of basketballs!

In the span of just four or five breaths, the eight water balls shot toward Li Cungang’s position like cannonballs!

"Damn it!"

Li Cungang heard the sound of something tearing through the air behind him. His expression turned grim as his True Qi erupted, condensing behind him into a shield of Gang Qi. Simultaneously, he tried to change position again to evade the volley of water balls.

Suddenly, a water ball carrying immense force slammed right into the Protective Gang Qi he had formed on his back. With a BANG, it unleashed a powerful shockwave!

The water ball exploded into a fine mist, and Li Cungang’s Gang Qi flickered and dispersed, but it reformed a second later.

However, Li Cungang’s face paled slightly. He used the powerful external force from the blast to shoot toward the mysterious black ship, which was sailing at a moderate pace, at several times his original speed.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG...

The attack had little effect. The Sea Beast slammed its eight tentacles onto the sea’s surface, using the force to slowly raise the main part of its body from the water. The sea churned as if boiling, creating massive waves and whirlpools. The Sea Beast’s enormous body gradually appeared, revealing its true form—

It revealed a head as large as a mountain peak, its skin a bottomless, dark green. Eight terrifying, colossal tentacles, each like a small mountain, were covered in suckers and stripes that glowed with a faint, eerie light. Its entire body was covered in mystical patterns, as if they were the marks of time and the ocean itself.

Its eyes, like two giant lanterns, glowed with a cold, icy blue light, dispassionately observing the figure fleeing rapidly in the distance.

It opened its mouth, revealing terrifying, concentric rings of sharp teeth!

As its body fully surfaced, water cascaded off it like a waterfall, crashing back into the sea with a deafening RUSH.

The next moment, it let out a low, earth-shaking sonic wave. Its eight terrifying tentacles trembled and waved as the sound echoed across the sea’s surface, as if announcing its existence to the entire world. Or perhaps, it was announcing to Li Cungang that it had come for revenge!

It was truly a colossal Octopus Sea Beast!

If Cheng Zongyang were to see it, he would be reminded of the deep-sea octopuses from the sci-fi movies of his past life. But this one before him was of a size that could easily destroy an aircraft carrier!

He even felt it was the kind of creature that could fight Vajra!

The Octopus Sea Beast stared at the rapidly retreating man, a hint of mockery in its eyes. Its eight tentacles once again condensed water balls, continuing to fire them ceaselessly at Li Cungang.

’I couldn’t get you on the island,’ it thought, ’so you think you can escape me at sea?’

’I don’t know why this kid left that ship—the one that even I was afraid to approach—but now that he’s off, he’s not getting back on!’

Li Cungang’s face was pale from the rapid consumption of his True Qi.

If he hadn’t recklessly used his True Qi to pound on that ship earlier, he wouldn’t be running so low now. This Sea Beast was tough-skinned, and with its Water Control Ability, he had no advantage in the sea!

This was exactly why he had been trapped on the island in the first place!

The only good news now was that the Sea Beast’s water ball attack had helped him speed up, and he wasn’t far from the ship.

But the bad news was, that familiar, dangerous aura of the Sea Beast was closing in again!

In a contest of speed, he couldn’t win!

"Damn you! You were the one who picked a fight with me! So you lost a tentacle—it grew back, didn’t it? Do you really have to hold a grudge for five years?!"

Li Cungang roared, forced to erupt with True Qi again to speed up. At the same time, he relied on his senses to constantly dodge the incoming water balls!

He couldn’t use his Protective Gang Qi anymore. If he did, he wouldn’t have enough True Qi left to reach the ship!

Seeing that its Water Element attacks were all missing, the Octopus Sea Beast immediately gave chase, its tentacles propelling it forward.

’The kid wants to get on the ship,’ it knew. ’That’s not going to happen!’

With its Water Control Ability, the Octopus Sea Beast moved across the surface of the sea as if on solid ground. Its speed was immense, giving Li Cungang no chance to board the ship!

That strange ship gave off an aura that made its heart palpitate with fear; it dared not approach within a certain radius. Otherwise, why would it have waited for Li Cungang to get so far away before attacking?

Li Cungang assessed the state of his True Qi, glanced at the distance to the ship, and felt the terrifying presence rapidly closing in from behind. His expression soured.

"You’ve gone too far!!"

He knew that with the Sea Beast in pursuit, he would never make it to the ship. At that moment, another idea formed in his mind. He maintained his current speed, waiting for the Sea Beast to catch up.

But in the next instant, the Sea Beast suddenly launched itself into the sky. With terrifying speed and height, it soared over Li Cungang’s head and landed heavily several hundred meters in front of him.

Li Cungang was forced to stop, using his True Qi to stand on the surface of the water. Seeing the waves from the Sea Beast’s landing crashing toward him like a tsunami, his face was grim as he raised his right hand, chopping forward with it like a blade!

Instantly, an invisible wave of True Qi shot from his palm, splitting the oncoming wall of water.

His body bobbed with the surging waves. Li Cungang neither attacked nor fled. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the strange ship, which was now further away and continuing its journey around the island. A plan began to form in his mind.