Chen Qi swung his index finger somewhat laboriously. Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire
Snap! Snap!
At this moment, the sea was raging with waves and wild tentacles, and Fen, rich with Spiritual Power, became the main target of the attack.
Seawater solidified into columns before transforming into tentacles, falling from the sky, slapping down one palm after another.
Although the tentacles were not swift in their slapping, their great number made it somewhat difficult for Fen to dodge.
Fen, somewhat agitated, said,
"Qi, can you control these tentacles?"
"This is my first time; I need some time to adapt..."
Chen Qi struggled to adjust to the sensation. He couldn't precisely control the actions of each tentacle yet and could only issue some general commands:
"Fen, don't move for now."
"???"
Upon hearing Chen Qi's words, Fen froze momentarily. In that instant, a semi-transparent tentacle surged fiercely out of the sea, entwining around her waist.
"Ai!"
Oh no... Fen looked down.
Chen Qi gave a slight smile:
"I'm just practicing a skill, just for a little bit."
As he spoke, Chen Qi raised his finger, and the semi-transparent tentacle lifted Fen high into the air.
Unlike his Ember Touch, the tentacles created by the Deep Sea Compression Ball, once merged with the sea, were composed of condensed semi-transparent water.
"Qi..."
Fen blinked her green eyes and tilted her head, her wet green hair gently resting on her shoulders, looking toward Chen Qi with a speechless expression.
How come it feels like he quite enjoys this skill? Fen couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious.
Chen Qi remained silent, simply lifting a finger. Once more, seawater swirled upward, forming a pillar, ready to knock against her head.
These tentacles' power was enough to handle a Second Rank Transcendent, but they were still far from enough to take her on.
Useless... Fen smiled confidently, preparing to rely on brute force to burst through Chen Qi's technique.
However, the next second, she suddenly felt a type of poison infiltrate her body through the skin of the tentacle!
[Poison of Death], a poison that can efficiently lower physical attributes and produce a sensation of pain.
Moreover, there was pleasure!
The agony and ecstasy!
Death's Lash and Entwining Lv2, Chen Qi's basic tentacle ability, could imbue the basic attacks of the tentacles with [Poison of Death] and [Joy Poison], and these poisons were most effective when entwining the opponent.
The poison slowly entered her body.
Fen's expression showed surprise; she struggled vigorously, and just with the poison's slight effect, she found herself unable to break free from the entanglement of these trivial sea tentacles with brute force alone.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A second later, another tentacle fell from the sky, striking her head three times like a mallet.
The sound was incredibly loud! A good head indeed!
At this point, Fen couldn't take it anymore.
"Quack!"
In the next instant, Fen, unable to bear the humiliation, unleashed an explosion skill on the spot, forcefully blasting open the tentacle before performing a backflip in mid-air, landing gracefully.
"Qi..."
Damn it... Fen straightened her long hair, as vines began to grow at her feet, wishing to reciprocate the feeling to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi said with a helpless expression,
"No choice, I can't find any other practice opponents around here."
As he spoke, he retracted his fingers, withdrawing all the tentacles in front of them, which once again became a special Spiritual Power within the seawater and finally condensed into a palm-sized compression ball.
Return!
Chen Qi caught the ball with his hand and tucked it into the pouch at his waist on his hunter's clothes.
Experiment concluded.
Chen Qi summarized his findings. Although, in the eyes of a Deep Sea Hunter, this was just a bath loofah, for him, it was undoubtedly a powerful Divine Artifact.
Its most serious flaw was that the strength of a single Sea tentacle was not high, nowhere near as formidable as his Ember Touch.
However, it boasted two major features.
First, it could absorb the energy of seawater with extremely low energy consumption, hence its own Spiritual Power expenditure was quite low.
Although its combat capabilities on land were weaker, at sea, with minimal energy consumption, these tentacles seemed inexhaustible, constantly regenerating.
Second, it had an advantage in numbers and size. The tentacles could reach up to twenty meters in length and five meters in radius, continuously growing while at full power.
Though they played only an auxiliary role in one-on-one combat,
in scenarios of one against many, they could effectively halt the interference of common troops and could also deal effective blows to ships upon the great sea.
Additionally, Chen Qi discovered that the Sea tentacles grown from this compression ball could be enhanced with part of his [Tentacle] skills, lending stronger attack power to these tentacles.
It could be said that this skill greatly increased his safety in naval combat.
Not bad... Having concluded his assessment, Chen Qi grasped the poisoned vine that was attempting to sneak attack him from behind.
Vine Technique? Such a trivial skill? And you want to ambush me?
Chen Qi narrowed his eyes and gave a slight smile to Fen.
"Hey!"
A small, sheepish, gray flower sprouted from Fen's head:
"Qi, did you know? This isn't an ambush, these are 'Flower Aspect Vines,' able to provide a pleasurable massage..."
You think I'll believe that... Chen Qi clapped his hands, leading Fen to an even more secluded location.
Now that Fen had finished collecting her medicinal herbs, and his body was half healed,
it was time to prepare for the next course of action.
Given the massive wave of tentacle activity, to be safe, Chen Qi and Fen found a Nameless Island and, leaning against a coconut tree, discussed their subsequent plan.