Chapter Seventeen: Show Some Sense
The three members of the Electric Eel Clan—Lei Ling, Lei Kong, and Lei Tong—followed the trail of the three members of the Whirlpool Fish Clan and arrived at the special realm where the Sky Fruit Tree grew.
As soon as they entered this special realm, the supernatural senses of the Electric Eel Clan immediately detected the Sky Fruit Tree, only to find that its fruits had long since disappeared.
Instantly, the three Electric Eel Clan members fixed their gazes on the three Whirlpool Fish Clan members.
“Zhu Hai, you guys must have picked the Sky Fruit Tree, right?” Lei Ling said calmly, staring at them.
It was obvious that beneath his calm exterior, Lei Ling was extremely anxious.
“Get lost! You Electric Eel Clan shouldn’t push me too far,” Zhu Hai, the leader of the Whirlpool Fish Clan, shouted angrily.
Although he had killed a million Winged Ice Snakes earlier, his anger still hadn’t subsided. Hearing Lei Ling’s words, he assumed without hesitation that the three Electric Eel Clan members were mocking him.
This was unacceptable! Not only had he failed to obtain the Sky Fruit Tree, but his response had only earned him a demand to leave. Lei Ling’s anger surged instantly.
“Zhu Hai, you Whirlpool Fish Clan better not try to keep the Sky Fruit Tree all to yourselves. Show some sense—hand over all the Sky Fruit Trees now, and we’ll divide them equally between our two clans,” Lei Ling said, his voice trembling with anger, no longer hiding his fury.
Show some sense?
Hearing these words, the already agitated three Whirlpool Fish Clan members glared fiercely at the Electric Eel Clan members.
“Lei Ling, you think you can give us orders? What right do you have to command us, the Whirlpool Fish Clan?” Zhu Hai shouted back, his eyes filled with contempt.
The argument between the two sides had reached a deadlock!
Lei Ling laughed loudly before calming down, his eyes emitting murderous lightning.
“Very well then. You three of the Whirlpool Fish Clan, hand over your lives here today,” he said coldly.
Immediately, Lei Ling, Lei Kong, and Lei Tong reverted to their beast forms—three giant electric eels, each over a hundred meters long, with a deep hole the size of a finger on their foreheads.
Three bolts of lightning shot out from the holes in their foreheads.
The lightning was incredibly fast, almost instantaneous. Wherever it passed, the space seemed to evaporate, revealing the immense power of these bolts.
Seeing that the Electric Eel Clan was truly determined to fight to the death, Zhu Hai, Zhu Kong, and Zhu Xing immediately reverted to their own beast forms—three hundred-meter-long Whirlpool Fish.
“Whirlpool into Void!”
Three giant Whirlpool Fish trembled as a whole, and immediately countless spiral waves appeared, forming a swirling hemispherical world that blocked the attacks of the three lightning bolts. When the lightning reached the hemispherical swirl, it was instantly dispersed, losing all its power. The Whirlpool Fish could rival the Electric Eel clan thanks to this spell that allowed them to withstand lightning attacks; as long as the core of the Whirlpool Fish wasn’t damaged, the Electric Eel clan was at a loss. Seeing that the first attack had failed, the three Electric Eels violently swished their tails, stirring the spiritual energy in the special space until it nearly formed a tornado. “Whirlpool Fish, brace for our combined attack from the Electric Eel clan—Concentrated Lightning Strike!” the Electric Eel transformed by Thunder Command shouted coldly. Immediately, along with the two Electric Eels transformed by Thunder Control and Thunder Command, it released another lightning bolt each. The three lightning bolts emitted bright white light and converged at a single point. Then, they moved in coordination, directing the concentrated lightning at Chui Hai. Concentrated Lightning Strike meant combining the lightning of all three into one point for a devastating attack. The three Whirlpool Fish trembled anxiously, especially Chui Hai, who saw the lightning point aimed at him. He quickly spat out a Water Demon Essence, transforming into a blue sphere the size of a human brain, filled with the power of the Ice World. The lightning struck the blue sphere. Zzzz, zzzz… The lightning and Water Demon Essence collided continuously, causing water mist to rise and quickly fill the entire space. At that moment, the two Whirlpool Fish transformed by Chui Kong and Chui Xing, seeing the three Electric Eels attacking Chui Hai at the same time, didn’t help him but instead leaped straight to the side of the three Electric Eels—essentially using a strategy of luring enemies away from their target. The Whirlpool Fish transformed by Chui Kong spat out a blue sphere filled with the power of the Cold World, targeting the Electric Eel transformed by Thunder Control. The Whirlpool Fish transformed by Chui Xing also spat out a blue sphere brimming with the power of the Buzz World, possessing strong offensive strength, and sent it at the Electric Eel transformed by Thunder Command. The three lightning bolts vanished swiftly. Realizing that Chui Kong and Chui Xing were turning to attack them, the three Electric Eels knew they would be hurt if they didn’t resist fully. They stopped firing lightning and instead spat out blue spheres to block the incoming ones. Seeing the three Electric Eels cease their lightning attacks, Chui Kong and Chui Xing immediately returned to Chui Hai’s side, glaring angrily at the three Electric Eels. The two sides were evenly matched once again, facing off once more.
“Lei Kong, Lei Tong, I’m going to attack Zhui Hai. Each of you choose one and fight against one of the three Whirlpool Fish,” Lei Ling transmitted through his demonic consciousness.
On the other side, “Zhui Kong, Zhui Xing, the three of us must stick together and not let those three electric eels fight us one by one,” Zhui Hai warned through his demonic consciousness.
Suddenly, the three electric eels released lightning again, attacking one Whirlpool Fish each. As the Whirlpool Fish tried to resist, the three electric eels swiftly moved up to them, chose one each, and launched fierce attacks.
Unable to gather together, the three Whirlpool Fish had to desperately fight off the eels’ attacks alone. “Haha, now that you three Whirlpool Fish are separated, today is your doom. Once you die, I wonder how you’ll still be able to survive on this Tian Su Star,” Lei Ling shouted excitedly.
In an instant, after their plan succeeded, the three electric eels emitted lightning continuously from their foreheads. At the same time, they spat out water balls filled with the power of the Water World from their mouths, using them in conjunction with the lightning to attack their respective opponents.
“Zhui Kong, Zhui Xing, let’s escape!” Zhui Hai realized that if they continued fighting, the three Whirlpool Fish would run out of their demonic energy and be killed by the eels, so he urgently called out.
The three Whirlpool Fish vibrated their bodies continuously, releasing waves of vortex-like water halos to resist the lightning and water balls. At the same time, they tried to leave this space filled with spiritual energy and return to the corrosive seawater as soon as possible. Once back in the seawater, the corrosive energy would affect their demonic consciousness and weaken their attacks, giving them a chance to survive.
“Thinking of escaping? That’s not so easy,” Lei Ling shouted excitedly.
The lightning on the foreheads of the three electric eels grew even stronger, doubling in intensity. Zzzz, zzzz, zzzz. When the three bolts of lightning struck the defensive water surfaces of the Whirlpool Fish, they not only destroyed the power of the Water World but also sent extra lightning strikes straight into the bodies of the Whirlpool Fish.
Roar, roar, roar. The entire bodies of the three Whirlpool Fish trembled as they were stunned by the lightning. “You three electric eels, don’t push people too far,” Zhui Hai roared in anger.
“That’s how excessive we are. If you have the strength, go ahead and resist. If you, the Spiral Fish clan, want to seize all the World Sky Fruits for yourselves, then be prepared to die. But now, we’ll give you three Spiral Fish a chance—just hand over all the World Sky Fruits, and we’ll spare your lives,” Lei Ling’s voice resonated powerfully.
“We didn’t get any World Sky Fruits!” Chui Hai was so angry he felt like vomiting blood. Not only had he failed to obtain them, but no one would believe him even if he tried to tell them. Besides, even if he had gotten them, Chui Hai believed the three electric eels wouldn’t let him go after handing them over.
After all, the feud had already been formed; they certainly wouldn’t let it go just because he handed over the World Sky Fruits. Once the three electric eels got them, they would surely exterminate everyone to eliminate future threats.
“Lei Ling, do you think we, the Spiral Fish, are fools? If you keep pressing us, do you really think I won’t blow myself up in front of you?” Chui Hai shouted angrily.
This voice indeed worked—the attacks of the three electric eels slowed down significantly as they dared not get too close.
Seeing this, the three Spiral Fish immediately flew toward the outside of the special space, aiming to enter the seawater filled with corrosive spiritual energy and escape from the underwater secret realm.
But just as they gathered together again and were about to leave the special space, six giant monsters suddenly appeared outside—three Water-Parting Lobsters and three Sea Rats.
Each Water-Parting Lobster was over a hundred meters long, glowing red all over. With a swing of their massive claws, they created a void in the seawater.
The Sea Rats’ sizes kept changing—sometimes over a hundred meters long, sometimes fifty meters—except for their five-meter-long heads, which remained unchanged. Their four shiny teeth above and below were terrifying.
As soon as the Water-Parting Lobsters and Sea Rats appeared, they encountered the three Spiral Fish.
“Ah, you despicable creatures!”
“No…”
“Damn it…”
Before the three Spiral Fish could react, the three Water-Parting Lobsters and three Sea Rats tore through their bodies or bit them, preventing them from using their spiritual energy. They were instantly killed by the subsequent attacks.
In just a short time, the surprise attack by the Water-Parting Lobsters and Sea Rats wiped out the three strongest members of the Spiral Fish clan. It could be said that the Spiral Fish clan would no longer have a foothold on Tian Su Star and would surely be exterminated by other monster races.
When the three electric eels saw this, they immediately understood.
“You Water-Parting Lobster clan and Sea Rat clan have joined forces!”
“You’re truly despicable! You followed us the whole time and launched a sneak attack after we fought.”
“Six of you, do you still want to engage in a life-or-death battle with us, the electric eel clan?”
In an instant, the three electric eels, on guard, shouted loudly.
At this moment, the water-crab clan and sea rats were staring at the corpses of the three whirlpool fish, failing to notice the World Sky Fruit flowing out from their bodies. Naturally, they all glared fiercely at the three electric eels.
“Thunder Order, if you’re sensible, hand over the World Sky Fruit,” said Shui Kong, the leader of the water-crab clan, coldly.
The three electric eels were stunned, sensing that these words sounded eerily familiar— weren’t they exactly what they had said to those three whirlpool fish not long ago?