156: The king of the lake bottom, the unicorn fish!

"Boom—!"

The anticipated fierce collision did not occur.

Just as Lu Yuan's fist was about to strike the dark shadow, its massive body eerily flickered, as if teleporting, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow!

"Hiss—!"

The punch missed, creating a long vacuum current in the water, causing the lake water to surge to both sides.

"Holy crap! This skill is amazing!"

Lu Yuan's figure nimbly turned in the water, steadying himself, growing even more excited!

The dark shadow finally revealed its true form.

It was a ferocious fish-beast, easily over ten meters long!

Its entire body was covered in basketball-sized, luminous blue scales, and a sharp horn grew from its head.

Most striking was its unusually swollen abdomen, as if stuffed with something, bulging all over.

Two scarlet giant eyes stared fixedly at Lu Yuan, filled with ferocity.

"A spatial-type monster? One-horned Big Belly!"

"What was this called again..."

"It's very familiar... I just... can't remember!!!"

"Damn it!"

"I'll memorize my books when I get back! How did this original owner study? Always messing things up!"

Lu Yuan swore to himself.

And that move just now must have been a spatial jump skill!

He quickly judged that this One-horned Water Beast's strength should be at Fourth Rank Peak, perhaps even touching the threshold of the early Fifth Rank.

It wasn't difficult, but the skill was a bit tricky.

"Gurgle—!"

The One-horned Water Beast let out a low roar, its abdomen writhing.

It suddenly opened its massive mouth, and solidified water arrows shot towards Lu Yuan!

"Hmph!"

Lu Yuan snorted, Frost Flame Power circulating around his body, easily freezing and shattering the water arrows.

How should he fight... His mind stirred, and a thought suddenly popped into his head!

"That's right! The ancient sea shark war halberd!"

This thing had a natural suppressive effect on water-type creatures!

Especially the Sea Lord's Deterrence passive!

"Come out!"

Lu Yuan let out a low shout, his right hand forming a virtual grip.

A golden light flashed, and an ancient, imposing war halberd appeared in his hand!

The ancient sea shark war halberd!

The moment the war halberd appeared, a pressure originating from an ancient ocean overlord instantly spread out!

The lake water seemed to freeze for a moment!

"Roar—!"

At the same time, light flickered in front of Lu Yuan, and the massive figure of Raging Waves Sea Soul emerged!

As soon as the Big Turtle appeared, an immense amount of lake water surged out, carrying countless small fish and shrimp.

It let out a roar, and Tidal Turtle Shell activated automatically, luminous blue water shields encircling Lu Yuan, with countless Spiral Thorns poised and ready!

In the water, Raging Waves Sea Soul was almost invincible!

"Big Turtle! Time to work!" Lu Yuan laughed loudly.

"Roar!"

Raging Waves Sea Soul understood, its four limbs propelling it as it charged fiercely towards the One-horned Water Beast!

The difference between the two was like a scooter hitting a semi-trailer!

The scooter was an electric bicycle, and the semi-trailer was a hundred-ton king!

Lu Yuan, holding the ancient sea shark war halberd, followed closely!

One man and one turtle, cooperating tacitly, stirred up colossal waves at the bottom of the lake!

"Boom—!!!"

Raging Waves Sea Soul's Tidal Turtle Shell slammed into the One-horned Water Beast!

A terrifying shockwave spread out, the mud at the bottom of the lake was completely stirred up, forming a huge vortex!

The One-horned Water Beast clearly hadn't expected this suddenly appearing "Big Turtle" to be so powerful, and was knocked directly into the air!

If only it had known, it would have used its skills.

However, it was, after all, a spatial-type monster, extremely cunning.

Its figure flashed again, disappearing into the air, and the next moment, it reappeared behind Raging Waves Sea Soul's side!

On its sharp horn, Source Power condensed, stabbing fiercely towards Raging Waves Sea Soul's neck!

"Nickname!" Lu Yuan shouted urgently.

Raging Waves Sea Soul reacted extremely quickly, its head suddenly retracted, and Spiral Thorns shot out like a torrential rain!

"Puff puff puff!"

The horn collided with the water spikes, emitting dull thuds.

Seeing that the attack failed, the One-horned Water Beast again used spatial teleportation to dodge most of the attacks, but a few thorns still grazed its scales, drawing a string of blood.

"This guy is slippery!" Lu Yuan's brows furrowed.

The One-horned Water Beast, relying on its spatial abilities, moved freely through the complex terrain at the bottom of the lake, constantly launching surprise attacks on him and Raging Waves Sea Soul.

Sometimes it was condensed water arrows, other times it was its sharp horn, making it impossible to guard against.

Although Raging Waves Sea Soul's defense was astonishing, it was also somewhat overwhelmed.

Lu Yuan, holding the ancient sea shark war halberd, tried several times to lock onto the One-horned Water Beast, but it always cleverly dodged.

"This won't do!"

Lu Yuan's eyes narrowed, and the Source Power in his body poured into the ancient sea shark war halberd without reservation!

"Buzz—!"

The war halberd hummed, and on its shaft, the ancient shark totem seemed to come alive!

An even more immense Sea Lord's Deterrence expanded its range and swept out!

"Gurgle?!"

The One-horned Water Beast, which was about to teleport and ambush again, suddenly stiffened its massive body!

In its scarlet giant eyes, fear and... a tremor from the depths of its bloodline appeared for the first time!

It was submitting!

"Now!"

Lu Yuan seized the opportunity!

He stomped his foot, his figure like an arrow leaving a bowstring, and the ancient sea shark war halberd in his hand cut a sharp ripple through the water, directly cleaving towards the One-horned Water Beast's head!

Shark Emperor's Raging Waves Slash!

Endless ocean power was drawn in, infused into the war halberd, and thousands of ancient shark shadows appeared on the halberd blade!

This strike was unstoppable!

The One-horned Water Beast felt a fatal threat and tried to teleport away, but the suppression of Sea Lord's Deterrence caused a slight disturbance in its spatial fluctuations!

It was half a beat too slow!

"Splat—!"

The war halberd brutally cleaved onto the One-horned Water Beast's dorsal fin!

The hard scales were torn apart, a deep, bone-visible wound appeared, and luminous blue blood gushed out!

"Ow—!!!"

The One-horned Water Beast let out an extremely painful wail, its massive body thrashing violently in the water!

"Big Turtle, entangle it!" Lu Yuan shouted.

Raging Waves Sea Soul immediately understood, opening its mouth to spray a huge water column, while Tidal Turtle Shell rotated and crashed into the injured One-horned Water Beast.

In the fierce battle, Lu Yuan keenly noticed a detail.

Although the One-horned Water Beast was fierce, in combat, it seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally guarding a specific area at the bottom of the lake.

Whenever the aftershocks of battle approached that area, it would become unusually anxious, even at the cost of injury, to divert the attack.

"This guy seems to be protecting something?"

Lu Yuan's heart stirred.

He deliberately angled the war halberd's attack towards that area.

Sure enough!

Seeing this, the One-horned Water Beast immediately panicked, rushing over desperately, blocking Lu Yuan's attack with its body, while letting out an angry roar.

"There's something fishy!"

Lu Yuan's lips curved slightly, secretly diverting his attention to carefully observe that direction.

It was an area where dense water grass and coral reefs grew.

After a clever lure, forcing the One-horned Water Beast to teleport a great distance, Lu Yuan finally saw the scene behind the coral reef!

His pupils suddenly dilated!

Behind that colorful coral reef, there was an enormous nest!

The nest was made of some special glowing water grass and rocks, and within the nest, dozens of monster eggs, each the size of a human head, were densely arranged!

Each monster egg was crystal clear and luminous blue, emitting Source Power fluctuations of around the Third Rank!

"Holy crap!"

Lu Yuan couldn't help but swear in his heart.

"This... how much Source Power is this!"

Such a large nest, conservatively estimated, contained at least forty or fifty monster eggs!

Monster eggs were completely different from monsters!

Each one was equivalent to the entire essence of a Third Rank monster!

If he absorbed all of these... Lu Yuan felt his breathing quicken.

He'd struck it rich!

This time, he had truly hit the jackpot!

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