Chapter 134: The Golden Giant Chapter

When opening spatial gates in other realms, there was always a direction—fixedly leading to a certain human settlement on Earth.
But when Chen Xiao opened the spatial gate for the Thousand Souls Realm, he didn’t understand this principle and simply connected the gate to some place on Earth. Strangely enough, throughout history, among the spatial gates connecting the world of supernatural abilities to the outside world, only those leading to Earth could be created, with none leading to other planets.
Some had tried to open a spatial gate for a realm on Mars to exploit its resources, but such attempts failed outright.
The location corresponding to the Thousand Souls Realm happened to be at the edge of the East China Sea, not far from where the Heavenly Dragon’s Secret Treasures were hidden. That’s why Chen Xiao chose this route to reach them.
Chen Xiao went alone to the location of the Heavenly Dragon’s Secret Treasures in complete secrecy—not even Wan Hu and Stedley were aware of it.
Beneath the sea, everything was silent.
At this point, Chen Xiao’s body was almost transparent; all signs of life and energy fluctuations on him were hidden. Yet if any marine creature approached within one meter of him, it would mysteriously disappear, its life force absorbed completely, leaving no trace.
With his near-instantaneous speed in the sea, it took him only about an hour to reach above the crack where the Heavenly Dragon’s Secret Treasures were hidden.
By then, the supernatural beings from other countries had already withdrawn, as there was little point in staying any longer.
As for the vampires and Dark Vampires who knew the truth, they returned to their own clans, preparing in secret. As for China, aside from the Great Immortals who visited once at the beginning, there was no further activity—everyone was gathering strength to seal and seize the treasures as soon as they appeared.
“Do these Japanese really think China has no one left?”
Chen Xiao felt annoyed as he watched the Japanese submarines and deep-sea vessels swimming around in the water.
This area was already on the edge of China’s territorial waters. After several attempts, the Japanese submarines, seeing that the Chinese navy wasn’t intervening, became even bolder and openly entered Chinese waters.
“Since you like to explore so much, come with me and take a look.”
Chen Xiao’s lips curled into a faint smile as he waved his right hand slightly. A strange force instantly formed within the crack, and instantly, all submarines and deep-sea vessels within a mile began to be drawn in involuntarily.
On the sea surface,
the sky was covered with dark clouds, with not a single star in sight. Suddenly, a huge vortex formed silently in the sea. Three Japanese research ships on the surface were quietly sucked into the vortex and vanished.
Watching the Japanese ships, submarines, and deep-sea vessels completely drawn into the crack, Chen Xiao smirked coldly. Then, his body moved, transforming into a ripple of water as he entered the crack as well.
Boom…
Suddenly, several muffled explosions came from the sea below—those were the sounds of the ships exploding.
Chen Xiao’s mind stirred. He sent his mental energy out to observe what was happening below.

A giant octopus with each of its eight arms stretching a hundred meters long—extremely terrifying. Its massive suckers firmly grasped the Japanese ships before crushing them.
“No wonder those Japanese deep-sea submersibles didn’t dive down; there was such a creature on the seabed. Last time it was a group of deep-sea pythons, and now this is a seventh-tier giant octopus…”
Chen Xiao frowned slightly. This giant octopus had no spiritual energy; it had reached the peak of the seventh tier purely through physical strength. Like that python on the verge of transforming into a dragon, it was just one step away from reaching the eighth tier. In a direct fight, Chen Xiao was no match for it.
“The life essence contained within this creature’s body is extremely rich—it can’t be wasted.”
Chen Xiao exhaled softly, dispersing the surrounding seawater. Silently, he moved up to the giant octopus. With its strength, it couldn’t detect Chen Xiao, whose presence was concealed by the main divine aura.
Chen Xiao smiled faintly. With a gesture of his hand, a first-tier water elemental creature instantly appeared beneath the giant octopus’s body.
Swish!
In less than a second—before the octopus even realized the presence of the water elemental—a golden beam shot from below, piercing through both the creature and the octopus’s body.
Until its death, the giant octopus never understood how it died.
Chen Xiao grabbed it with one hand, emitting cyan light that absorbed the octopus’s life essence.
“Not bad. A creature that reached the seventh tier purely through physical strength has far more life essence than a fierce beast of the same tier with spiritual energy.”
He immediately transmitted the life essence to the Black Tortoise Egg.
“However, killing ten thousand such giant octopuses still won’t satisfy the Black Tortoise Egg’s needs.”
Chen Xiao shook his head slightly as he continued to dive deeper.
“Damn it#￥%#%…”
Suddenly, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but curse. Below, there were not just one but dozens of giant octopuses similar to the one before—ten massive octopuses, each a hundred meters long, quietly clinging to the rock walls on either side.
“Could it be…” Chen Xiao frowned, considering another possibility. The last time he and the great immortal came here, there were only some deep-sea pythons of lower tiers. After the great immortal killed their leader, those pythons scattered. But in less than three days, another group of seventh-tier giant octopuses had gathered.
“Are these the guardians here? Then…”
Chen Xiao suddenly decided to do something extremely interesting. If these giant octopuses died, would more powerful guardians arrive next?
His body moved silently between the rock walls, with one after another first-tier water elemental creatures being placed beneath those giant octopuses.
Swish swish swish…
In the blink of an eye, ten golden beams shot from the seabed, killing the water elemental creatures and simultaneously eliminating those ten giant octopuses as well.
“Not bad.”
Chen Xiao was highly satisfied with his masterpiece. With a swift motion of his hand, he grabbed the life essence of those giant octopuses and collected it all.

Chen Xiao’s life force and energy fluctuations were completely hidden. The giant octopuses underwater had no idea what was happening, and despite their companions dying, they still didn’t understand the reason. They simply became more vigilant. When they reached a depth of about a kilometer in the crack, Chen Xiao gasped in shock. Hundreds of giant octopuses were clinging to both sides of the rock wall. Though terrifying on their own, their sheer numbers filled Chen Xiao with extreme disgust.

“Well then, let’s enjoy a feast of golden light.”

Chen Xiao’s body flashed as he appeared on a smooth rock wall. With a gesture, he carved through the rock, creating a cave about two meters in diameter and three meters deep. He crouched inside the cave and began summoning water elemental creatures. In an instant, a thousand first-tier water elemental creatures appeared, densely packed around the octopuses.

“Argh!”

Suddenly, a terrifying scream came from beneath the water. The sleeping deep-sea octopuses were abruptly awakened. From the terrifying sound, they seemed to understand what was about to happen. But by then, the golden light from below had already surged upward. In an instant, the entire area turned blood-red. The deep-sea giant octopuses clinging to the rock wall were killed along with those water elemental creatures before they could do anything.

The water elemental creatures weren’t dead; they were merely clones summoned by Chen Xiao, forms created from water energy. Once these forms were destroyed, they would return to their origin and continue to exist. But these giant octopuses truly died.

Without hesitation, Chen Xiao covered the area with cyan water, instantly devouring the life essence from the bodies of hundreds of giant octopuses.

“Argh!”

The voice from below sounded frenzied. A figure glowing with golden light broke through the endless darkness and appeared there. It was an octopus five meters long, its entire body shimmering with golden light. Although it still appeared massive in Chen Xiao’s eyes, it was far smaller compared to the terrifying hundred-meter giant octopuses earlier. Chen Xiao couldn’t determine its rank, but he knew its strength was at least eighth tier, possibly even higher.

Chen Xiao waved his hand, and a first-tier water elemental creature appeared beneath it. But in an instant, before the golden light below could appear, the water elemental creature was killed by the golden octopus. The golden octopus’s pair of giant golden eyes emitted a terrifying glow as it watched carefully for any movement. Someone with such power must possess intelligence and clearly understood that the abnormal situation here was no accident.

“A first-tier water elemental creature isn’t enough? Then let’s use a water elemental giant.”

With a mental command, a fifth-tier water elemental giant appeared above the golden octopus, transforming into a giant wave and charging at it.

“Argh!!”

The golden octopus was clearly intelligent. Sensing the water elemental giant charging, instead of attacking, it dodged by flashing in another direction.

Boom!

The water elemental giant was instantly destroyed by the golden light, but the golden octopus remained unharmed.

“Damn, this guy is quite shrewd.”
“Send more!”
Chen Xiao immediately mobilized his greatest strength, summoning eleven Water Element Giants, who appeared above and below the Golden Giant Octopus at the same time.
Once again, golden light erupted underwater, but the Golden Giant Octopus was extremely agile. With just a few dodges, it managed to evade the golden beams.
But soon after, the twelfth Water Element Giant appeared right above its head.
Boom!
The twelfth beam of golden light killed the Golden Giant Octopus instantly.
“An octopus is still just an octopus—how can it compete with humans?”
Chen Xiao hummed a tune as he swam out of the cave. With a wave of his hand, he absorbed the life essence of the Golden Giant Octopus.
“Hm?”
Chen Xiao was surprised—the life essence of this Golden Giant Octopus was even richer than that of the ninth-tier Ye Dragon.
“Chen Xiao, the life essence from the Xuanwu Egg has been replenished to 5%,” came Shui Miao’s voice at that moment.
“5%?” Chen Xiao was slightly taken aback.
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