"Roar!"
The anguished screams of the Whale King echoed from afar,
pulling all the Devil Soul Great White Sharks, shocked to their core, back to reality.
They turned their gazes in its direction.
At a great distance, the massive body of the Whale King thrashed in agony, its demon-patterned skin covered in sword marks.
Blood gushed from its wounds in torrents, and the site of its severed tail was particularly gruesome.
A tiny human figure continued to launch relentless attacks on its body.
"Damned human, if you don't let this king go, I will self-destruct my soul core and perish together with you!" the Whale King howled in anger and despair.
Luo Yu laughed. "Facing death, yet you still speak such bold words?"
He casually struck with another sword, ruthless in his attack.
The Ice Phoenix spread its wings, its icy sword aura wreaking havoc as it assaulted the Whale King's body.
It writhed in pain from the assault.
Dark red energy spheres were released in retaliation, only to be deftly dodged by Luo Yu and explode thunderously in the air.
"Damned human, let's perish together then."
The Whale King opened its bloodied maw, emitting a terrifying roar that sent visible ripples pulsing through the air.
The surrounding sea water burst into thousands of water columns.
Weaker Devil Soul Great White Sharks in the distance instantly fainted.
The might of a Ferocious Beast Level was clear for all to see.
A dark red soul core, the size of a pearl, shot out from its mouth, rotating rapidly in the air as the surrounding energy became restless.
The inner core also swelled quickly, emitting a terrifying aura.
Luo Yu could clearly sense the tens of thousands of years of cultivation harbored within the Whale King, an energy so formidable it was frightening.
The evil killer whale let out a merciless, cruel laugh.
"Human, if you don't want to die, let me go."
"Otherwise, no one gets out alive today."
Luo Yu flicked the blood off his sword blade and looked at the Whale King, raising an eyebrow.
"Is this your last resort, just self-destruction?"
"Stop talking nonsense, if you don't let me go now, I'll explode right before your eyes!" the Whale King roared, its voice heavy with intense fear.
It was completely terrified by Luo Yu's onslaught.
Previously, it had thought itself to be the supreme ruler and devil of these waters, but it had never imagined a human could be far more ruthless.
Without a word, the sword was drawn, and the attacks were merciless.
In just a short while, it couldn't count how many of its kin had been slain by this human; their Shark Sea Tactics were utterly ineffective against him.
Even with its full strength and every trick at its disposal, it couldn't land a single blow on the human.
It was too terrifying, utterly terrifying!
The Whale King felt true fear for the first time in its life.
An unprecedented experience.
At this moment, Luo Yu flipped his wrist and sheathed his longsword.
The tense nerves of the Whale King eased slightly.
So, it seemed this human wasn't as fearsome as it had thought; he too had something he feared.
And that was fearing its self-destruction.
The Whale King grunted, "Your decision is wise. Once I self-destruct my soul core, all the soul beasts in this region, including you, will be buried with me."
"Hiss—"
The Whale King felt a piercing pain from its numerous wounds, a resentful gleam flickering in its eyes.
It had never suffered such a humiliation in its life, and this would not be the end of it.
First, it needed to escape.
It circulated its Soul Power, sealing the wounds all over its body, then turned to flee swiftly.
"Wait, did I say you could go?" Luo Yu's voice was cold.
The body of the Whale King shuddered, then its eyes glinted with a ruthless and decisive light as it glared at Luo Yu.
It stimulated the soul core, releasing an agitated aura of Destruction.
"This soul core can explode anytime. Don't do anything foolish, don't push me."
Luo Yu laughed, mockery in his tone:
"No way, you can't seriously think that kind of move would threaten me."
"Isn't it? You might defeat me, but you can't stop the power of my self-destruction, no matter what." The Whale King thought this human was bluffing.
Luo Yu shook his head, casting a pitying glance.
"Although you live in the sea, in my eyes, you're no different from a frog in a well."
"Ah! How dare you insult me like this!!"
The Whale King's eyes turned blood red, filled with countless red veins, his body exuding a crazy bloodthirsty aura.
At that moment, he didn't care about anything else; he just wanted Luo Yu dead.
"We can't let it self-destruct!" the White Shark Clan Leader raced over from afar, shouting in fear.
"Just do it already, quit dawdling." Luo Yu urged impatiently.
The White Shark Clan Leader felt like cursing.
At a time like this, you're still provoking it. If it really self-destructs, won't all of us be done for?
The self-destruction of a ferocious beast isn't a joke.
The power is absolutely unimaginable.
It wouldn't matter if she died from it, but her people, her daughter, they were all here.
"Human, you will regret this, you will definitely regret it."
At this moment, the Whale King completely gave up on life, turning into a mad demon with only one goal.
To kill this damn human, to blow him to smithereens!
The dark red soul core surfaced with countless cracks, leaking dense and formidable energy—this was the result of the Whale King's tens of thousands of years of cultivation through killing.
Once it exploded, it would surely shake the earth.
The White Shark Clan Leader's eyes widened.
"It's too late, we can't stop it now."
"Daughter, run, get out of there!!"
"All members of the clan, quickly leave this sea area."
Urgent cries rang out; knowing the danger, the White Shark Clan Leader didn't flee but accelerated towards Bai Xiuxiu.
"Hahaha, die, all of you will die!"
"With you all as my funeral companions, this king's life is worthwhile."
The Whale King let out a deranged laugh, fully triggering the explosion of the soul core.
At the critical moment,
a rainbow light, swift beyond measure, shuttled through the void, arriving beside the agitated soul core.
Reaching out with a large hand, he grabbed hold of it directly.
"Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous, thinking you can grasp my exploding soul core with your arm, you're courting death!"
The Whale King laughed more wildly. Initially, he wasn't sure if he could kill such a formidable human, but this human dared to try and grab it with his bare hands.
Being at the center of the explosion would definitely mean certain death.
The soul core was about to explode.
"Roar!"
An earth-shattering dragon's roar suddenly erupted, with a nine-colored dragon shadow making a majestic emergence, soaring into the skies.
That deafening dragon's roar vibrated for miles.
Dragon Might spread throughout the field, making the bloodlines of all sea soul beasts tremble with instant fear.
It was as if their ancestor had arrived in person.
In the midst of the shocked gaze of everyone, Luo Yu was bathed in the Nine-colored Divine Light with Bai Xiuxiu subdued by the Dragon Might, limp in his arms.
The hand that grasped the soul core had turned into a nine-colored Dragon Claw.
"Dragon God Claw!"
"Seal!"
Everything seemed to freeze in an instant.
The raging soul core that was about to burst rapidly quieted down, and all of its aura was smoothed out in a moment.
"Puh!"
The Whale King spouted blood, his vitality rapidly weakening, even less than that of a 50,000-year soul beast.
His eyes were about to split, disbelievingly staring at Luo Yu.
"Impossible, impossible!"
"Ahhh!!"