87: Water Spirit Fruit!

"Your Majesty, there's a small island over there!"

After venturing a hundred miles into the sea, Xia Fan stopped. An island appeared before him, and Ta Mu eagerly shouted, looking very anxious.

Xia Fan nodded slightly, knowing he had finally found it this time.

The water spirit fruit was on the island in front of him.

"Mmm—"

At this moment, Xia Fan took a deep breath. He could even smell the fragrant aroma of the water spirit fruit, and he was overjoyed.

Although the water spirit fruit wasn't very useful to the sea beasts here, as most of them possessed some water manipulation abilities, it was still a spiritual medicine. Its unique scent attracted many sea beasts to linger nearby.

"Roar—"

"Splash—"

These sea beasts either roared at the sky, their eyes fixed on the direction where the water spirit fruit grew, waiting for it to ripen, or they impatiently swam in the sea, unable to stop.

They had an instinctive greed for the water spirit fruit.

Because if they devoured it, their strength would certainly increase.

"Charge straight through!"

From afar, Xia Fan saw the sea beasts, some obvious, some hidden, but his steps did not falter for a moment.

He let out a low growl and charged forward first, with Magic Cat and Ta Mu, along with other fierce beasts, following closely behind.

There was no room for hesitation this time, as the water spirit fruit would ripen soon. If another fierce beast got there first, his trip would be in vain!

"Your Majesty, with so many sea beasts, shouldn't we be cautious?"

Ta Mu followed closely beside Xia Fan, his shifty eyes constantly scanning the sea beasts they encountered, seemingly very afraid.

Xia Fan said nothing more, just focused on rushing to the island.

After all, the island was land, and he could unleash his full strength on land, having no fear of the sea beasts there.

At this stage, fierce beasts like him, who had reached the peak of the second tier, were still very rare.

On the island before them, there were also some natives, all fierce-looking, likely fierce beasts that had evolved from sea lizards.

Boom—

A massive sea lizard suddenly descended. Its huge, sharp claws instantly crushed a sea beast attempting to climb onto the island, then it let out an angry roar, seemingly asserting its dominance.

But this roar directly opened the prelude to a great battle.

Within a few minutes, countless sea beasts climbed onto the island, scrambling over each other, all surrounding the native sea lizards.

A fierce battle intensified!

"Roar!"

"Those who block me shall die!"

The moment Xia Fan and Ta Mu landed on the island, several giant sea lizards charged towards them.

These sea lizards attacked relentlessly with their crimson eyes flashing. Their massive claws created whistling sounds as they tore through the air. Any weaker fierce beasts would surely die beneath their sharp claws.

But Xia Fan, with Ta Mu, charged straight through, unhindered.

Bang—

At this moment, Xia Fan swatted the behemoth away with a single claw.

He didn't even glance at the sea lizard's fate, continuing his rapid charge forward, causing the sea lizards' encirclement to be broken before it could even form.

Gradually, few sea lizards dared to approach him voluntarily.

Mermaid Nami, due to the Soul Fire, dared not stray far from Xia Fan.

She witnessed all of this firsthand, constantly exclaiming in surprise along the way, "This tiger is actually so strong?"

"No wonder he never put me, or even the Dragon King, in his eyes..."

"This tiger must be invincible on land, too, right?"

Mermaid Nami's emotions were complex.

She suddenly felt that being captured by a powerful being like Xia Fan was a matter of course, yet she was also ashamed and annoyed at becoming his possession.

"As expected of Your Majesty!"

Ta Mu, on the other hand, thought very simply.

He realized that he only needed to follow Xia Fan, not even needing to lift a finger, to keep moving forward. Immediately, he began cheering and shouting by Xia Fan's side, "Your Majesty is mighty!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, number one under heaven!"

Soon, Xia Fan arrived in front of the water spirit fruit tree.

He saw many fierce beasts and sea beasts gathered here, all looking up, eagerly staring at the soon-to-ripen water spirit fruit, and he couldn't help but let out an angry roar.

"Scram!"

The tiger's roar instantly spread in all directions.

The weaker sea beasts and the native sea lizards on the island all stopped in their tracks out of instinctive fear, not daring to approach.

As for the fierce beasts in front of Xia Fan, they tucked their tails between their legs and quietly retreated.

This scene was surprisingly harmonious.

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Ta Mu exclaimed and let out a few more strange cries, cheering Xia Fan on.

He was now completely convinced of his boss.

"Lady Nami! I finally found you!"

Suddenly, a voice filled with surprise and joy rang out.

Xia Fan followed the sound and saw a giant shrimp, about seven or eight meters long, appear not far away, excitedly waving its pincers at Nami.

From a distance, he could see the excitement and joy on its face.

But Mermaid Nami was indifferent to all of this, even signaling the giant shrimp with her eyes to leave quickly.

"Hurry and go..."

Mermaid Nami shouted in her heart, but unfortunately, the giant shrimp couldn't hear her and continued to shout loudly, "Lady Nami, come back with me!"

She was helpless and dared not make any move, as Xia Fan could kill her at any moment.

"A mere shrimp soldier dares to cause trouble?"

Xia Fan observed the changes in expression of Mermaid Nami and the shrimp soldier, immediately understanding the relationship between them. He couldn't help but let out a cold snort, revealing a look of disdain.

This giant shrimp in front of him was only at the mid-second tier level. Its ability was to strengthen a certain part of its body, making it hard and sharp.

The most eye-catching feature was the giant shrimp's pair of enormous pincers. Just by looking at them, they appeared extraordinarily powerful and tough, almost indestructible, capable of shattering rocks and tearing metal!

"Alas, they are indeed different from the fierce beasts on land."

At this moment, Xia Fan sighed softly.

He understood that due to the sheer number of sea beasts in the ocean, they were constantly fighting, which resulted in the overall strength of sea beasts being far superior to that of land fierce beasts.

At least at this stage, the development speed of sea beasts was definitely faster than that of land fierce beasts.

However, this did not mean that Xia Fan would be afraid of this giant shrimp.

"Die!"

He let out an angry roar and charged directly towards the giant shrimp.

Flashes of light flickered around Xia Fan's body; that was Magic Cat's blessing on him.

"Pfft—"

In the blink of an eye, Xia Fan's claw pierced the giant shrimp's head. In the opponent's terrified expression, he twisted it a few times and then took out its crystal.

He knew that this ability to strengthen a local area could be stacked and used with other strengthening abilities.

With the giant shrimp's ability enhancement, Xia Fan's pair of tiger claws instantly gained immense power.

"These are all mine."

In the following time, Xia Fan successfully retrieved five water spirit fruits and immediately consumed one on the spot, gaining the ability to control water.

After that, he carefully pulled the water spirit fruit tree out of the soil!