465: There are no "what ifs" in reality.

But as soon as she finished speaking, the Oceanic Giant Whale seemed to break free from the control of time flow, violently shaking its body and flinging Luo Mu away.

Luo Mu hadn't anticipated this, but being able to fly, he wasn't thrown into the water; instead, he stopped in mid-air.

However, immediately after, he felt his vision go dark.

Looking up, he saw that the tail of the Oceanic Giant Whale was smashing towards him.

Luo Mu absolutely dared not directly take this attack and immediately wanted to transform into lightning and flee into the distance.

But just then, the Oceanic Giant Whale's mouth suddenly opened, unleashing a terrifying suction force towards Luo Mu.

It had already fallen into the sea, and a large amount of seawater and air poured into its bottomless Giant Whale stomach like a black hole.

Luo Mu's figure suddenly froze; he was trying his best to escape but was held back by this terrifying suction.

So, he remained in place, fighting against this suction with his flying ability.

In an instant, he was left with only two choices.

One choice was to be pulled away by this suction and then swallowed into the Oceanic Giant Whale's stomach.

But this was clearly impossible, as the dragonkin corpses before were almost instantly digested after entering.

Although fairy tales mention surviving in a whale's belly, that was, after all, a fairy tale.

Luo Mu absolutely dared not gamble, so he seemed to only have the second option.

The second choice was to remain in this stalemate, attempting to withstand the blow from the whale's tail.

But this choice was also a huge gamble; Luo Mu wasn't sure if he could withstand it.

However, in this situation, he had no other choice... No, he still had a third choice!

Suddenly, a sword shadow, darker than the night sky, appeared before Luo Mu, severing a part of the huge whale tail.

Subsequently, a second, third, and fourth sword shadow appeared consecutively, all striking the massive whale tail.

Black greatswords continuously appeared; that was Gu Qinghan's Holy Skill, Death Judgment!

In an instant, Gu Qinghan's mana was halved, but the effect was also very significant.

The Oceanic Giant Whale's tail was badly mangled; although not completely severed, it created enough space for Luo Mu to dodge.

At the same time, a bone hand suddenly appeared next to the Oceanic Giant Whale's mouth.

The bone hand appeared extremely abruptly, yet the moment it appeared, it grabbed the whale's mouth.

Although the bone hand seemed a bit miniature compared to the Giant Whale's size, it managed to slightly shift the direction of the whale's mouth.

But this slight shift was the key for Luo Mu to dodge the attack.

Luo Mu immediately felt the surrounding suction greatly decrease; although he couldn't escape the attack range instantly, it was enough to make some evasive maneuvers.

He looked at the whale's tail, which had been badly damaged by Gu Qinghan, and immediately found a gap to slip through.

The huge whale tail fell, smashing directly onto the sea surface, raising giant waves dozens of meters high.

But this attack, originally meant to be a killing blow, had no effect; instead, it further aggravated the Oceanic Giant Whale's injuries.

The Oceanic Giant Whale immediately let out a painful wail and, with a turn, shattered the bone hand.

Its enormous body flipped, seemingly wanting to escape again.

But how could Jiang Xiaoyu, who had been on standby, give it this chance? He used his Holy Skill again, directly flipping its massive body out of the water once more.

Luo Mu, quick-eyed and quick-handed, immediately rushed up and also used his Holy Skill to begin a new round of attacks.

Chen Yuting knew that her Holy Skill couldn't restrain the opponent for too long, so she switched to accelerating Luo Mu and the others.

Gu Qinghan, on the other hand, released all his Death Knights; over a hundred Death Knights, like a flock of crows in the night, charged towards the Oceanic Giant Whale with an ominous aura.

Luo Mu's target this time was the side of the Oceanic Giant Whale's already injured eye.

The Death Knights' target, however, was the rear half of the body that Luo Mu had just damaged.

The Death Knights' mounts dug their sharp claws fiercely into the Giant Whale's flesh, pecking at the flesh with their mouths.

At the same time, the Death Knights also continuously attacked with their long spears, pulverizing the tough flesh.

When the Oceanic Giant Whale rolled again, Jiang Xiaoyu struck once more, and this deep-sea overlord was again forced out of the water.

This time, Chen Yuting even used her Holy Skill again, just to prevent this fellow from moving for a short period.

Immediately after, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, but there was no lightning flashing.

"Judgment of the End!"

Innumerable Mutated Creatures had died around them, already meeting the conditions for using Judgment of the End.

And Gu Qinghan, leveraging Chen Yuting's control, unleashed this skill, which could almost destroy any defense, onto the Oceanic Giant Whale's body.

A black waterfall descended from the sky, merging into the sea like ink, and also dyeing the Oceanic Giant Whale's body black.

This behemoth was already battered and bruised, and with this, almost all the intact skin on its surface gradually began to shrivel.

Like a dried and aged corpse, it no longer possessed its previous toughness and defensive capabilities.

However, the Oceanic Giant Whale's endurance and vitality were also terrifyingly strong; Gu Qinghan and the others kept at it until morning before the behemoth's resistance gradually weakened.

If not for the high-grade mana potions Gu Qinghan had bought from the Auction House earlier, they might not have been able to persevere.

But even so, this battle had already changed in nature.

Some Death Knights were submerged in the seawater, smashed into scattered bones by the Giant Whale.

Fortunately, Luo Mu and Jiang Xiaoyu were not injured and were still constantly looking for opportunities to attack.

But clearly, this battle had become a war of attrition, a test of endurance and willpower.

Whichever side couldn't withstand this attrition first, the other side would win.

However, if the Oceanic Giant Whale won, it could only escape into the deep sea.

The price of its failure was to remain here forever, becoming a stepping stone on Gu Qinghan's path to growth.

It stared fixedly at Gu Qinghan with its only remaining eye, as if to remember this person.

At this moment, it was enduring Gu Qinghan's attack but was not moving.

It was recovering its stamina, and incidentally, observing this enemy who had made it so miserable.

The Oceanic Giant Whale definitely possessed considerable intelligence; Gu Qinghan even felt that it had recognized him as the ant who had snatched its spoils of war back then.

"If I hadn't snatched most of the Deep Sea Tentacle's corpse back then, would this guy be even stronger now..."

Every time Gu Qinghan thought of this, he felt a chill of lingering fear.

After all, the phrase "one step ahead, always ahead" isn't just words.

If the Oceanic Giant Whale had become stronger back then, its combat power now might not be over four million, but seven or eight million.

It might even have broken ten million!

If that were the case, could anyone truly contend with such a level of existence at this stage?

However, this was only a "what if," and reality was cruel.

Reality has no "what ifs."

"Gu Qingyuan, blind its eye."

Gu Qinghan's voice was cold, like the gradually chilling temperature, yet it carried a hint of a determination to kill.