158: Chapter 158 The Strangely Behaving Blue-Backed Dragon

Bengbu recounted everything that happened after the Eastward Expedition Team left the coastal waters in detail.

After swimming eastward for a long time, they found a massive trench, and a large number of demons had gathered inside it.

Then they learned that the demons in this trench had gathered because of the upcoming Whale Fall.

Then the Whale Fall occurred, but a Level-5 Green-backed Dragon suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

This Level-5 Green-backed Dragon coiled around the Whale Demon's corpse and devoured it alone, refusing to let any other demons approach.

Hearing this, Qin Ling inside the shrine looked somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected that the Eastward Expedition Team composed of these five demons would actually find a place where demons gathered and encounter so many things.

However, aside from his surprise, he felt even more puzzled.

The corpse of a Level-5 Whale Demon was indeed a priceless treasure to the demons in the sea, but to a Green-backed Dragon that was also at Level-5, its attraction shouldn't be that great.

Just like back then, the dragon corpse of the Little Li Dragon was a rare tonic for First-Turn and Second-Turn minor demons, but its effect on Third-Turn demons had already been greatly reduced.

Not to mention if demons of the same Fourth-Turn consumed it, the effect would be even worse.

The Green-backed Dragon was already at Level-5; how much of an enhancement could it possibly get from eating the corpse of this Level-5 Whale Demon?

Why would this Green-backed Dragon's behavior be so peculiar?

Qin Ling had a guess, but he wasn't sure.

Secondly, Qin Ling was still very interested in the trench mentioned by Bengbu.

Most demons acted alone, and the reason he was able to gather a bunch of demons here at Zhuguang Reef back then was also because of the Little Li Dragon's corpse.

Even so, it barely exceeded a hundred demons.

But what about the trench found in this area?

As Bengbu said, because of the Whale Fall, over a thousand demons had already gathered here.

This was definitely a very precious opportunity for him to harvest incense points.

Qin Ling quickly made a decision. No matter what, he needed to go to the trench and see what was going on.

He couldn't just let this opportunity slip away in vain.

Therefore, Qin Ling immediately sent a voice transmission to Bengbu.

After hearing the divine oracle, Bengbu closed the gap of its shell, rolled over from beside the leg of the offering table, rolled out of the temple door, and with a roll of its tongue, climbed onto the Mantis Shrimp's back.

"Let's go, Mantis Shrimp!"

The Mantis Shrimp flicked its body, shot out from Zhuguang Reef, and sped toward the sea surface.

As a Third-Turn demon, the Mantis Shrimp was extremely fast, fast like a stream of light shooting from the deep sea toward the sky.

The seawater changed from dark blue to azure, and the light filtering down from above became brighter and brighter.

The Mantis Shrimp rushed out of the water, its body tracing an arc in the sunlight before landing on the deck of a fishing boat.

The hull swayed slightly, and the mooring lines gently drifted.

This was a fishing boat from Qin Family Village, moored by the dock. The hull was coated with tung oil, emitting a warm luster in the sunlight.

Inside the shrine at the entrance of the cabin, the small divine statue sat quietly, with lowered eyelids and calm corners of its mouth, identical to the one in Zhuguang Temple.

It was precisely the statue of Lord Qinling worshipped on the fishing boat.

Bengbu rolled down from the Mantis Shrimp's back, its shell bouncing twice on the deck before rolling in front of the shrine.

The gap of its shell opened, and its tongue stretched out from inside, carefully lifting the small divine statue out of the shrine.

The movement was very light, so light as if it were afraid of shattering something.

It took the divine statue into its shell, properly placing it beneath the softest soft membrane.

The reason Bengbu did this was naturally because of the divine oracle of Lord Qinling.

Bengbu was not unfamiliar with this; previously, it had also held this small divine statue of Lord Qinling and headed into the East China Sea to search for the Little Li Dragon.

It was just that the target of the search had changed this time.

At this moment, Qin Ling was standing on the deck of the fishing boat, but his figure was concealed.

Seeing the divine statue held inside Bengbu's shell, his figure directly darted into this divine statue.

He naturally had to follow this divine statue to the trench.

Bengbu closed the gap of its shell, turned around, and rolled back onto the Mantis Shrimp's back.

"Let's go, Mantis Shrimp, we're heading back to the trench!"

The Mantis Shrimp bounced off the deck, leaped into the sea, and splashed a sheet of water.

It swam toward the depths of the East China Sea, swimming toward that trench.

The fishing boat swayed gently at the dock, and the shrine was empty.

The Mantis Shrimp sped through the deep sea, its eight legs flicking continuously at an extremely fast speed.

Bengbu lay flat on its back, the gap of its shell tightly closed, with its tongue retracted inside the shell.

After a long time, the Mantis Shrimp finally arrived at the trench.

It darted out from the gloom, its shrimp back flicking to steady itself at the edge of the trench.

Bengbu rolled down from its back, the gap of its shell opened, and its eyeballs gazed toward the depths of the trench.

The smell of blood in the seawater was thick enough to choke its shell, more than twice as thick as before it left.

The corpse of the Level-5 Whale Demon was still suspended there, much like before it left; the Whale Fall had not yet completed.

And the Green-backed Dragon coiled on the Whale Demon's corpse was still there.

However, in the seawater beneath the Whale Demon's corpse, many things had been added.

They were dense corpses of demons.

Some were still sinking, some were stuck in the crevices of the coral reefs, and some were slowly drifting, carried by undercurrents.

There were First-Turn, Second-Turn, and Third-Turn demons. Just by looking at them, one could tell that they definitely wanted to approach the Whale Demon's corpse, but were killed by the Green-backed Dragon after getting close.

Bengbu's gaze moved away from those corpses and fell upon the three Fourth-Turn great demons.

The Giant Squid lay in its original position, its ten tentacles gathered at its sides, one of which was a section shorter, with blood still seeping from the broken end.

There were several deep claw marks on the Hammerhead Shark's body, extending from its head all the way to its back with the flesh peeled open. Blood mixed into the seawater, attracting some small fish to peck at the edges of the wounds, but it didn't chase them away.

The Oarfish curled itself into a ball, and its long, silvery-white body bore several charred scorch marks, as if it had been scalded by something.

Its scarlet crest was crooked, drooping over the top of its head.

All three Fourth-Turn great demons were injured, and in this trench, the only one capable of injuring these three Fourth-Turn great demons was that Green-backed Dragon.

Clearly, after realizing that this Green-backed Dragon was trying to monopolize the Level-5 Whale Demon's corpse, even these three Fourth-Turn great demons couldn't sit still and tried to approach.

The trench was frighteningly quiet, save for the sound of the Green-backed Dragon chewing.

Qin Ling had naturally drifted out of the shrine long ago, sizing up the entire trench.

His gaze first swept across the trench, and upon confirming that there were indeed a large number of demons within this trench, a look of joy flashed in his eyes.

Then his gaze looked upward to see the three injured Fourth-Turn demons.

His gaze did not linger on the three Fourth-Turn demons, but continued upward.

Upon seeing the dense corpses of demons in the seawater beneath the Whale Demon's corpse, Qin Ling's brows furrowed slightly.

To him, these demons were potential providers of incense points!

His gaze continued upward, seeing the mountain-like corpse of the Level-5 Whale Demon, as well as the Level-5 Green-backed Dragon coiled around the Whale Demon's corpse.

Upon seeing the Whale Demon's corpse and the Green-backed Dragon, Qin Ling's eyes were complex.

There was surprise, trance-like realization, and understanding.

So that was how it was!

Now he understood why this Level-5 Green-backed Dragon's behavior was so abnormal.