“What’s going on? There’s no way to destroy them all.“

He Yishu sensed something was wrong, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.

SPLISH SPLAT! Black ink sprayed down like a tempest he cared not how vast the universe might be—at best every language’s order collapsed into starlight.

{To have held out this long: among the few Fogford parties I’ve met, you count as the tenacious sort. Good. }

Yang Zicang whirled around.

He seized that moment to catch the trace of his opponent, stomped hard on the ground with both feet, slid forward swiftly like a residual shadow, quietly drew a short blade from his sleeve, and thrust it straight at the dim, illusory head of a dark figure lurking ahead.

Crack! The blade pierced the body, letting out a harsh shattering sound like ice being split!

The dark figure’s body was blasted away with a thud by this immense force. A small black hole suddenly appeared beside the shadow and swiftly doubled in size as it spun. The gripping suction abruptly halted the figure, now revealing a human shape, causing it to tremble and pause for a breath.

In that split second, the Void Zero Temporal Shortsword in Yang Zicang’s hand blazed with a fierce orange light!

One strike, like a dazzling rainbow, spanned several meters and cleaved the dark shadow into mist.

-｛Distributor February. Di’an, relying on rich experience, determines that this conceived Glory Radiance may now be viable for trading.｝

-｛February. Di’an suggests I can conduct a “Glory Radiance ” transaction through the “Golden Emerald ” at the Mist-Sea Trade Route Supply Station 04.｝

-｛February. Di’an raises the price of this Glory Radiance by 5%.｝

The tentacles in the pool collapsed with a thunderous crash, splashing waves, and the attacks of the appendages came to halt as well.

He Yishu gasped heavily, collapsing limply, indifferently slumping onto the ground on his rear.

“Brother Yang’s strike… was truly magnificent, just like a protagonist on TVB. Ah eh… I almost thought we were done for today. “

At this moment, the only thing he could be grateful for was that it was Yang Buchen who had come with him. If it had been anyone else on the boat, they would have been hard-pressed to hold out until now.

— “Zzt… Grandpa… Ah! Zzzzt… You two bastards, what have you done! “

Yang Zicang and He Yishu looked up in astonishment toward the top of the hollow cavern.

“A speaker? “

“That sounds a bit like the island master? “

Silent Nightrapidly expanded outward, and he discovered it was a speaker filled with electrical crackling, located in a passage two or three meters above the cavern top.

Right at that moment, Yang Zicang suddenly turned his head to look behind, shouting, “Watch out! “

At the other end of the water pool, He Yishu had been relaxing. The moment he heard the call, a collapsed, limp tentacle on the ground shot out, rapidly wrapping around his wrist. In an instant, his skin was quickly blanketed by a spiderweb-like substance of bluish-black matter that spread like a net.

……

{Who are you… }

….

{Where do you come from… }

….

{Do you want to become one of my people… Those who become mine… will never die… }

……

Overlapping murmured voices rose and receded in his heart like waves of the sea—each ripple dissolving loud chaotic whispers in their place.

“Ughhh! ” He Yishu screamed in agony.

The enormous carpet sped away and wrapped around him tightly, yet the extended object was not severed by this. He Yishu could even “see ” a vague, echoing call from beneath the sea through this connection.

Beside Yangzicang, the black mist and the extending seawater quivered and condensed anew into the form of a burly man nearly two meters tall.

The youth sidestepped with a leap—it was not dead!

……

{It has been a long time since I met a Fogfolk like you. }

Yangzicang furrowed his brow tightly as he stared at this black shadow monster, which had grown the head of an elderly man.

{The two of you make me reminisce about the days back then. Back in those times, when the other Fogfolk faced the filth on this island, they were also filled with vigor just like you. }

-｛Distributor May Valkyrie has marked a new node in the first light of brilliance I nurtured, drawing on her extensive experience.｝

-｛The radiance of glory is thriving and growing stronger.｝

-｛Distributor May Valkyrie raises the price by 20.1% for this prelude of brilliance I cultivated.｝

The short sword in Yangzicang’s hand shimmered with a virtual flame red at its heart, tinged with lightning-like flashes of orange.

A single swinging stroke was all there was!

Suddenly, the entire tangible energy entity formed by the black mist collapsed into a blue-black crystal the size of a fist and surged forth, roaring amidst a stench of fresh blood, together, straight toward He Yishu on the other side of the water pool in the collapsed cavern.

{Become one of my underlings! }

“Underling? “

The massive rug instantly wrapped He Yishu and whirled through the air quickly, while that deep-blue crystal, trailing the black haze, clung to him in remorseless pursuit.

The cave began to shake violently, with countless debris peeling off and falling from the rock walls.

A colossal tentacle, half pitch-black and half marine blue, surged out of the pool and slammed down toward Yang Zicang!

Boom!

“It… can’t be killed!“

He Yishu, wrapped in the giant carpet and spiraling through the cave, grit out these words through immense pain with sheer willpower.

“It… will keep birthing new ones… This is the ‘Cang Mutations Bounty Bloodline’…“

Yang Zicang instantly caught on, “I get it! These tentacles are regenerating at lightning speed!“

It was just like that tree when they sold the incense balls.

Those dense clusters of tentacles weren’t from different octopi—they all belonged to just one!

Octopus tentacles are naturally capable of regeneration!

An ordinary octopus can sever tentacles to flee danger—let alone this giant one before them, possessing the ‘Moonbound Bloodline.’

Its regeneration ability was terrifying.

— “Ah, Old Man, you’re alive again?!“

Clang! While the crystal chased the giant carpet, it snatched a moment to slam headlong into the severely dented iron pipe, ringing out a hollow echo.

— “Old Man! Kill them—these two Mist-folk have ruined my plans!“

Dodging the tentacle attacks, Yang Zicang thrust the Temporal Spear out from the shifting black hole, aiming to strike the crystal. All three objects circled each other in midair.

“Ka Yunni!“

The crystal pursued the giant carpet with agile dodges left and right, barely vulnerable to the spears thrusting from behind.

“Stop shouting. I won’t let you out. Even if you want to become my grandfather’s subordinate, I won’t agree! Just wait here and die! “

Yang Zicang drew “Black Rose, ” pulled the trigger, and the bullet arced like a shooting star, chasing after the crystal that was curving through the air.

Four objects were now circling in the sky, tracing swift rings in pursuit.

A sharp, folding line shot through the air.

｛Hua Mi wants to make an investment in me.｝

{Wow… }

“Just say what you have to say! ” Yang Zicang said as he accepted the call, simultaneously leaping into the air. A whip-like tentacle slammed onto the ground, shaking the earth, while shards of rock fell from the cracked walls.

{Ah… well, here’s the thing. Just now, an islander came by selling news he’d heard about the old island owner. He said that decades ago, the island owner’s family supposedly acquired a treasure. The then-patriarch of the Ka Yunni family gained extraordinary power from it, but that treasure was quickly stolen. }

“And then? “

{Shortly after, that patriarch left the archipelago to manage the family business elsewhere. He was said to have died abroad later. }

But he is right here!

While dodging, Yang Zicang looked down, his mind racing:

That old bastard doesn’t dare show himself to the world anymore because he’s turned into an inhuman monster!

Plainly, that so-called treasure must have been in Ka Yunni’s grandfather’s hands all along.

…..

The “Anomaly Illusory Realm ” bloodline contamination here has already been obtained by the Tsunami Great Surge Society; that team couldn’t have left behind the treasure they encountered back then.

And according to the information Hua Mi just provided, this place only acquired the treasure after the Ka Yunni family began building up the island.

At that time, whether among the fog folk, the mainland populace, or the people from the large and small islands behind Wuche Island, everyone already regarded this place as the most famous scenic seaside destination.

-｛May Valkyrie indicates she is overseeing the glorious prelude I am incubating.｝

— “Grandpa, how is it? Did they die or not? “

“Ka Yunni, I’m not dead yet! ” Yang Zicang said with a chilling tone. “What kind of treasure does your family possess—is all it good for turning people into octopuses? “

— “What! You… “

A nervous shriek sounded through the speaker, followed by an abrupt cut of the audio.

Yang Zicang chuckled coldly. This reaction was nothing less than a guilty confession.

{You actually managed to see through that—not bad for a youngster. But what can you do about it? } A weird, echoing voice rose, laced with fury and suspicion.

“Yeah, what could I do? I’ve decided not to kill you two, the perverted clan head or this octopus. “

{Oh? } A vague azure silhouette emerged from the pool water.

“I’ve decided to grant the wish you’ve both been harboring all this time. “