156: The pseudo fifth level!

"Everyone, come here!"

Xia Fan realized this, and while he wasn't afraid of the Blue Octopus King's methods himself, he couldn't guarantee that his subordinates, like King Kong, wouldn't be affected. He immediately called out, "You all go to Freedom Country first!"

"After I've dealt with things here, I'll come find you!"

With that, he directly activated the eastern emperor bell. After the spatial rift opened, fierce beasts like King Kong and Ta Mu were all teleported towards Freedom Country.

It wasn't that Xia Fan wanted to run away; it was just that, given the current situation, if King Kong and the other fierce beasts remained here, they wouldn't be able to do anything.

On the contrary, he would have to divert some of his attention to monitor the status of his subordinates like King Kong, which would be a fatal flaw when battling the Blue Octopus King.

Therefore, it was better to send them all away!

Soon, King Kong and the other fierce beasts all entered the teleportation. They looked back and saw that Xia Fan had already retrieved the eastern emperor bell and closed the passage.

"Dong!"

Suddenly, a melodious bell chime echoed across the vast ocean. Xia Fan, even more recklessly, pushed the eastern emperor bell to its limits.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the bell chimed, hundreds of meters high waves erupted in all directions. The areas of these explosions were also filled with numerous giant sea beasts, still attempting to encircle him.

Consequently, this group of giant sea beasts had no time to react and were all sent flying, plummeting into the sea like dumplings.

Some giant sea beasts even let out incredibly painful roars. After all, with this single bell chime, their soul formats were damaged. If they had been any closer, they might have died on the spot.

Being merely disoriented was already a good outcome.

"Whoosh!"

Beneath Xia Fan's feet, the giant turtle was closest to the eastern emperor bell and was most affected by its chime, thus it completely fell unconscious at this moment!

He stood on the giant turtle's back, looking at the Blue Octopus King and the many sea beasts before him!

"Damn it!"

The Blue Octopus King was very close and deeply affected by the eastern emperor bell's chime. Although its condition was very poor at the moment, it could still stand in place. After regaining its senses, it couldn't help but curse loudly.

It was the first time it had encountered such an enemy using a treasure, and a fierce beast at that. It felt its dignity had been challenged.

In fact, the Blue Octopus King already felt a deep apprehension towards the eastern emperor bell. "What kind of treasure is this? It can even harm me?"

It had nine brains, and its soul power far surpassed that of ordinary fierce beasts. Yet, even so, it was still affected by the eastern emperor bell.

If its soul hadn't reached the fifth stage, it would probably have been blasted into the sky like those sea creatures.

"Land Tiger King, you will surely die today!"

The Blue Octopus King roared inwardly, but it dared not make any move lightly, and kept its eyes fixed on the eastern emperor bell.

"As expected of a fellow with a fifth-stage soul, to be able to withstand the power of the eastern emperor bell!"

When Xia Fan saw that it could still hold on, he immediately marveled.

However, Xia Fan's thoughts grew even more fervent, wishing he could immediately slay the Blue Octopus King.

Such a powerful pseudo-fifth-stage expert must contain immensely vast energy within its body, especially its crystal, which was even more important.

If it could be devoured by him, he would be one step closer to a true fifth stage. He immediately showed a slight smile, "Octopus King, I'm going to eat you today!"

"That is indeed a good treasure!"

The Blue Octopus King praised Xia Fan, but quickly changed its tone, "However, with your current strength, you cannot shatter my soul!"

"Since that's the case, I have a chance to kill you!"

After speaking, the Blue Octopus King waved several huge tentacles, fiercely striking at Xia Fan. The surging momentum contained immense, terrifying power.

Boom—

Loud roars erupted almost instantly. The tentacles struck repeatedly, but they all hit the eastern emperor bell, causing it to rumble continuously.

Xia Fan, protected by the eastern emperor bell, remained as steady as a mountain!

With such a powerful defensive treasure, he didn't believe the opponent could break through, so he was very calm about the Blue Octopus King's attacks, even showing a slight look of disdain.

"You dare to look down on me?"

Seeing this, the Blue Octopus King became even more furious, increasing its strength. It even unintentionally swept up a few sea creatures, directly pulverizing them into a bloody mess.

But the Land Tiger King, protected by the eastern emperor bell, remained unharmed!

Although its soul had entered the fifth stage, its physical body was still at the fourth stage, which is why Xia Fan referred to it as a pseudo-fifth-stage. It was impossible for it to break through the eastern emperor bell's defense.

The two sides were thus: one as steady as a mountain, the other attacking frantically, yet neither could do anything to the other, leading to a stalemate.

"What a magical treasure!"

The Blue Octopus King seemed to have tired of fighting. It gradually retracted its tentacles, but its gaze was fixed on the eastern emperor bell with extreme greed, wishing to claim it for itself.

By now, it understood that it couldn't break through the defense of this treasure.

However, its nine brains endowed it with extreme wisdom. "This ocean is my home turf. I don't believe you, a Land Tiger King, can hide in that treasure forever and not come out."

"Besides, with your realm, you probably can't activate such a treasure for too long, can you!"

"Moreover, if you cower and don't come out, there must be a weakness!"

The Blue Octopus King's thoughts cleared instantly, and it decided to find Xia Fan's weakness before defeating him!

"I've got it!"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed the Blue Octopus King's mind. With a joyful expression, it waved several enormous tentacles, using them to stir up a huge wave. "Primordial Heavy Water!"

Accompanying its loud shout, the giant wave surged towards Xia Fan, and its eyes showed excitement.

Looking out, this giant wave was somewhat unusual.

Ordinary seawater, when gathered, is blue, but this Primordial Heavy Water had a dark blue-purple hue.

It was as if a massive amount of seawater had been compressed hundreds of times, now all gathered together and surging towards Xia Fan.

"Bang!"

Under the impact of the heavy water wave, even though Xia Fan brought out the eastern emperor bell for protection, he was pushed sideways.

The immense power carried by the wave was continuous and could constantly stack, forcing him to focus entirely on stabilizing the eastern emperor bell, unable to make many other reactions.

Whoosh!

Accompanied by the intense sound of waves, Xia Fan, along with the eastern emperor bell, was swept towards a distant sea area.

The Blue Octopus King was overjoyed, "You've finally shown a weakness!"