Chapter 453: Contracted Monster
However, before he could answer, Luo Jianfeng narrowed his eyes and flew out of the ship.
A moment later, he unsheathed his sword and swung it towards the ocean.
At the same time, Zhen Yuan, Shen Xu, Dongfang Jing, Chen Yi, and others also flew out.
Zhen Yuan, Dongfang Jing, and Chen Yi were using swords, while Shen Xu was using a level eight hammer.
"Be careful." Zhen Yuan said, looking at Shen Xu.
"You too." The double said and Zhen Yuan nodded.
Although they weren’t afraid of poison, jellyfish stings were typically painful and neither wanted to experience it.
[Ayuan, help me collect some corpses. I want to use them to refine poison pills and powders.] Shen Xu transmitted and Zhen Yuan nodded.
With that, the two began fighting.
Zhen Yuan’s opponent was a peak-stage level eight jellyfish while Shen Xu’s was an early-stage level eight.
Looking at the pink jellyfish in front of him, the double narrowed his eyes and raised his hammer.
"Unrivalled dissonant hammer art, first move." He whispered and swung.
Half a breath later, the hammerhead arrived above the jellyfish and it quickly reacted.
In the blink of an eye, it raised its tentacles and used them as a shield to protect its body.
However, the first move of the unrivalled dissonant hammer art contained three hits.
Although the tentacles successfully blocked the first two hits, they couldn’t withstand the third and the jellyfish was smashed into the ocean.
Seeing this, Shen Xu raised his hammer again and attacked; not letting the jellyfish catch its breath.
’I can’t let it absorb water to heal itself.’ He thought and continued to attack.
At the same time, the jellyfish shielded itself while trying to sneak some tentacles behind Shen Xu.
"Wishful thinking." The double sneered and used his spiritual root fire to burn the tentacles.
Because jellyfishes were ninety-five per cent water, Shen Xu’s fire was a natural enemy and the opponent began losing its body.
However, they were fighting in the ocean and the lost water was quickly replenished.
’As expected, it can replenish faster than I can burn.’ Shen Xu thought and put his fire away.
’I need to find a way to pull it out of the water.’ He thought and subconsciously turned to look at Zhen Yuan.
At this time, Zhen Yuan had trapped his jellyfish in a sword light barrier and was using sword aura to slice it into watery pieces.
’I should also have used a sword.’ The double thought but didn’t change his weapon.
After all, he preferred the hammer over the sword and wanted to master his weapon to a high level.
Thinking this, Shen Xu narrowed his eyes and continued to fight.
However, he had only been fighting for an incense stick when a scream pierced the air.
"What’s going on?" He muttered and used his spiritual sense to scan the surrounding area.
A moment later, his spiritual sense stopped several metres away.
"The water is poisonous." A female cultivator shouted, her eyes wide with shock and fear.
"You will be poisoned to death if you fall into the water." Someone said.
"Hurry up and take fellow Daoist Su to the ship."
"I..." A male cultivator started and reflexively stepped back.
"What are you afraid of? Use an isolation talisman to prevent the poison from transferring to you."
"Why don’t you send him back?"
"Can’t you see I am busy?"
Shen Xu sighed when he saw this.
However, he didn’t help or interfere with the matter.
After all, he wasn’t a saint and didn’t want to get involved in other people’s business.
Fortunately, a friend of the poisoned person sent him to the ship and began searching for an antidote.
’He’s lucky to have such a good friend.’ Shen Xu thought and nodded before shifting his attention to his opponent.
[Xiaoxu...] Zhen Yuan suddenly transmitted and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow.
[What’s wrong?] He asked.
[There is something wrong with this swarm.] Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.
[Didn’t we find it strange that pink-hair jellyfishes suddenly appeared so close to shore?]
[Have you figured it out?] The double asked and Zhen Yuan nodded before replying.
[It’s the leader.]
[Leader? What’s wrong with it?]
[I have been observing its laws and I have realised that it’s not a wild jellyfish. It’s someone’s contracted monster.]
Shen Xu was shocked when he heard this.
At the same time, he reflexively looked around, wanting to see the enemy that was controlling the jellyfishes.
[It’s no use.] Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.
[There is no one in the surrounding ten kilometres.] He said and Shen Xu nodded.
[I also didn’t sense anyone.] He said.
[I am afraid the enemy won’t appear until our group suffers a big loss.]
[Mmh.] The double nodded in agreement to Zhen Yuan’s speculation.
[Ayuan, should we find a way to quickly deal with the leading jellyfish?] He asked and Zhen Yuan nodded.
[The other jellyfishes will scatter once the leader dies. Also, the contract owner will suffer a backlash and won’t have a chance to ambush us.] He said.
[I will message elder Luo.] Shen Xu said and didn’t waste time.
Several metres away, Luo Jianfeng was fighting the leading jellyfish when he suddenly heard a voice in his head.
[Elder Luo, your opponent is someone’s contracted monster. I am afraid we have fallen into a trap.] The voice said and Luo Jianfeng frowned.
’This voice belongs to that kid, Shen Xu.’ He thought but didn’t turn around.
However, he carefully observed his opponent but didn’t see any clues.
[Are you sure?] He asked.
[I am sure.] Shen Xu transmitted and Luo Jianfeng nodded.
Although he didn’t know how Shen Xu had identified the jellyfish as a contracted monster, he believed the little double would not joke about such a matter.
[I will let the other elders know. Keep an eye out and inform me if you notice anything.] The swordsman said and Shen Xu nodded.
[Understood.] He said and turned to tell Zhen Yuan about the conversation.