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Backlight Stealth—this skill was remarkably similar to Anna's Vast Sea Barrier. It possessed the ability to conceal both physical form and spiritual presence, making the user nearly impossible for an enemy to detect. For an Agility-Attack System Soul Master like Zhu Zhuqing, it was the ultimate tool for survival and assassination.
Upon learning of Dai Weisi's tactical plan, Tang Yuehua finally let out a long breath of relief. She wiped the cold sweat from her brow and the lingering tears from the corners of her eyes, her voice trembling with lingering fear.
"You scared me to death... I truly thought you two had already..."
"Heheh, rest easy. Your husband isn't that easy to kill," Dai Weisi chuckled, trying to lighten the heavy atmosphere. "Besides, we haven't even had children yet!"
His bold remark left Tang Yuehua speechless, her elegant face flushing a soft shade of crimson as she glared at him with exasperation.
However, Dai Weisi's playful demeanor vanished as quickly as it had appeared. He steered the massive head of the Saint White Tiger of Star Luo toward the ocean surface. His tiger-like eyes widened, a freezing chill flickering within his pupils.
Although the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had been suppressed for the moment, Dai Weisi was under no illusions. He knew this ancient beast would not be so easily defeated. Even though the current Saint White Tiger possessed combat power comparable to Bo Saixi, Dai Weisi didn't expect to actually slay the Whale King. His goal was simpler: stall it at all costs.
Glancing back at Anna, he muttered under his breath, "Nana, you have to hurry!"
"ROAR—!"
At that exact moment, a deafening explosion of sound erupted from beneath the waves. The roar shook the very sky, and Dai Weisi's heart sank. As he suspected, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was far from finished.
"You shall all perish!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King bellowed in a fit of primal rage. It unhinged its massive maw—a blood-red cavern large enough to swallow hundreds of men whole. The winds began to howl and the sea convulsed.
Under the sheer pressure of the Whale King's immense soul power, a massive siphon effect occurred. Thousands of tons of seawater were pulled into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they condensed into tens of thousands of razor-sharp Water Arrows. Then, like a torrential storm of steel, they whistled through the air.
In terms of scale and destructive force, this attack far eclipsed the Deep Sea Needlefish found in the Circular Sea. This was a true "Water Arrow Rain." Not only was the piercing power terrifying, but the sheer volume of the projectiles meant that even with Dai Weisi's teleportation skills, there was no gap to escape through.
He couldn't dodge. He had to take it head-on.
Dai Weisi's pupils constricted. "Senior Xiao Bai!"
"Understood!"
Xiao Bai immediately grasped his intent. He needed her to protect Anna and the others. She instantly activated her Demon Shark Domain and utilized her Crystallization skill to form a defensive barrier against the shrieking arrows.
"First Soul Skill: White Tiger Barrier!"
As Dai Weisi's cultivation had grown, he rarely found need for his first soul skill. However, after completing numerous trials on Sea God Island, the age of his first soul ring had been bolstered by several thousand years. Its defensive properties were now on an entirely different level.
The deep purple first soul ring flashed brilliantly. A protective golden light erupted, enveloping the Saint White Tiger in a shimmering cocoon. Simultaneously, the tiger unfurled its massive wings and charged directly into the storm of arrows, flying at high speeds toward the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
While the arrows were formidable, they were ultimately an area-of-effect attack. Spreading that power across such a wide range meant it was difficult to deal significant damage to the reinforced hide of the Saint White Tiger.
"Double Hellish Spike!"
Two purple rings flashed in succession, and the Saint White Tiger's speed surged. In a single breath, it closed the distance. Its claws gleamed like obsidian spears, whipping up a gale that parted the surrounding seawater as it lunged forward.
"Soul Bone Skill: Dark Golden Terrorclaw!"
Puchi!
The claw strike was unstoppable, piercing straight through the thick, rubbery skin of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. With a violent wrench, Dai Weisi tore a massive chunk of flesh from the beast's flank. Before the whale could react, the second set of claws followed suit.
"Ugh... AH!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King let out a muffled groan of agony. While its massive size meant the loss of a single piece of flesh was physically minor, the searing pain of having its body literally shredded was very real—and very humiliating.
"Damn it! To think this tiger's claws are sharp enough to break through my Indestructible Vajra Body..."
Strictly speaking, the Whale King didn't possess the literal "Indestructible Vajra Body" skill, but as a million-year-old soul beast, its physical defense was legendary. Even the Sky Azure Bull Python or the Titan Giant Ape couldn't compare to its durability. Even for a Peerless Douluo like Bo Saixi, drawing blood from a creature just one step away from Godhood was a monumental task.
However, Dai Weisi's Dark Golden Terrorclaws were an anomaly. The Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear was a super-tier soul beast; a ten-thousand-year specimen could battle a hundred-thousand-year beast. Now, with external soul bones comparable to hundred-thousand-year rank and the boosted strength of the Saint White Tiger, piercing the whale's hide was no longer an impossibility.
As his right arm buried itself deep into the whale's massive head, Dai Weisi rapidly condensed his soul power. The Saint White Tiger's right arm began to pulse with an intense white light.
The Whale King couldn't see the light—after all, it was inside its own skull. Dai Weisi activated his Ice and Fire Evil Eyes, peering through the layers of skin and muscle to see the massive, trunk-thick veins and the underlying structure of the beast's brain.
"Now's the chance!"
"Soul Bone Skill: Tiger Roar of the Forest!"
ROAR—!
A muffled, explosive boom echoed from within the Whale King's open wound. The Saint White Tiger's right claw unleashed a terrifying sonic shockwave at point-blank range. The penetration power was immense. It shredded through flesh and meridians before slamming directly into the whale's thick skull.
"GUAH!"
Having its skull struck from the inside was a pain beyond endurance. No matter how high the Whale King's tolerance, it couldn't help but scream out in agony.
"Don't stop!"
Dai Weisi wasn't about to let this opening go to waste. He poured his soul power into his arm, unleashing the Tiger Roar of the Forest in a relentless, rapid-fire sequence.
Shockwave after shockwave bombarded the skull, vibrating the bone with the intent to shatter it and liquefy the brain within. It felt as if someone were holding a massive iron spike against the whale's head and driving it in with a sledgehammer.
"ROAR!"
"Thunder Orbs!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King let out a low, guttural snarl and forced its mouth open. In an instant, countless dark purple orbs of lightning filled the air. They accelerated like shells fired from a cannon, streaking across the sky toward the Saint White Tiger. They looked like a barrage of electromagnetic railgun fire, trailing heart-stopping streaks of electricity.
"Weisi, look out!" Tang Yuehua cried out in warning.
Dai Weisi had already sensed the incoming onslaught. "Hmph. Soul Bone Skill: Invincible Golden Body!"
A faint golden sheen coated the Saint White Tiger, providing absolute protection against the hundreds of lightning orbs. Each of these orbs possessed enough explosive force to cripple a low-level Soul Douluo. Fortunately, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had not yet ascended to Godhood. If it were a God, these orbs would be Divine Skills, and Zhu Zhuyun's Golden Body would have shattered instantly.
Seizing the moment after a final sonic blast, the Saint White Tiger retracted its arm and soared into the sky, dodging the dense secondary explosions of the lightning.
They couldn't afford to keep trading hits like this. Even if the Golden Body blocked the damage, the soul power consumption was staggering. They were already down to sixty percent. If they were on land, they could use their Fusion Domain to draw energy from the earth, but here on the open ocean, that was impossible.
They had to rely solely on the Mysterious Heaven Skill to recover. If their soul power ran dry out here... Dai Weisi didn't dare to finish that thought.
"We can't drag this out. This beast is too tough," he thought grimly. "I have to hit it with something so painful it has no choice but to retreat."
(End of Chapter)