61: Offshore animal tides? No, that's my working capital!

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

The Outer Sea, an Unnamed Deserted Island (now renamed "Flower Fruit Mountain").

Gu Yang sat on a reef by the sea, holding a massive roasted beast leg in his hand, eating until his mouth was dripping with grease.

Behind him, a group of three-meter-tall Thunderstorm Apes stood in line. They held various deep-sea Ores, Spiritual Plants, and even large shells just fished out of the sea, respectfully offering them to their "Great King."

"Squeak squeak!" (Great King, this is today's fresh catch!)

The black-and-blue Ape King flatteringly handed over a sea pearl emitting a faint blue light.

Gu Yang took the sea pearl and tossed it into his mouth like a jelly bean, crunching it loudly.

[Ingested Tier 2 High Grade Sea Spirit Pearl... Energy +500...]

"The taste is average, a bit fishy."

Gu Yang shook his head in disdain, but still patted the Ape King's head. "Good job, this is your reward."

He casually tossed the half-eaten beast leg bone to the Ape King. The Ape King treated it like a precious treasure, clutching the bone and howling with excitement.

This was Gu Yang's invention: **"Fishing Law Enforcement 2.0"**.

He had the Thunderstorm Apes go to the nearby waters to provoke various powerful sea beasts and lure them to the island. Then, Gu Yang would jump out and take them down with one hammer strike each.

This "waiting for the rabbit to hit the tree" model was extremely efficient. It not only solved his food problem but also caused Gu Yang's Storage Pouch to bulge once again.

"I've saved up Materials worth about a hundred thousand Spirit Stones."

Gu Yang calculated, "Although I'm still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the Top-Grade Spirit Stones needed to activate the teleportation array, at least it's a start."

However, peaceful days are always short-lived.

One day, the originally clear sky suddenly turned gloomy. In the distance on the horizon, a black line was rapidly approaching.

That was... Yao Beasts!

Endless sea-dwelling Yao Beasts!

From low-tier swordfish and sea snakes to high-tier giant whales and demon sharks, they seemed to have been startled by something, desperately fleeing and migrating toward the Inner Sea.

A once-in-a-century Outer Sea Beast Tide!

"Rumble—"

Ten thousand beasts stampeded, and the tsunami surged to the heavens.

The deserted island where Gu Yang was located happened to be right in the path of the beast tide's migration.

Looking at the overwhelming swarm of beasts that was enough to submerge the island, the monkeys shivered with fear. They all hid in deep mountain caves, and even the Ape King held his head, not daring to come out.

But Gu Yang did not hide.

He stood on the highest peak of the island, facing the howling wind. Looking at the densely packed "ingredients" below, he felt no fear; instead, he began to salivate with excitement.

The green light emitting from his eyes was even more greedy than that of a hungry wolf.

"How is this a beast tide?"

"This is clearly working capital delivered to my doorstep! It's a walking buffet!"

"All of you, stay right here!"

With a thunderous shout, Gu Yang leaped down from the mountaintop.

Boom!

He crashed onto the coastline like a meteorite, kicking up a hundred-meter wave.

Divine Ability—Extreme Dao Force Field! Full power activated!

Buzz————!!!

The gravity within a thousand-meter radius instantly increased twenty-fold!

The low-tier Yao Beasts in the lead felt their bodies suddenly become heavy, as if they were carrying a mountain. They were pressed directly onto the beach, unable to Move, and some even had their internal organs crushed.

"This path is closed!"

Holding the heavenly demon meteor hammer, Gu Yang stood alone at the very front of the beast tide.

He didn't use any sophisticated Moves; just the simplest horizontal sweeps and vertical chops.

Whoosh—Bam!

The Meteor Hammer swung into a black storm.

With every strike, several, or even dozens of Yao Beasts were beaten into meat paste.

He stood there like that, transformed into a heartless harvesting machine. The pile of corpses beneath his feet grew higher and higher, soon forming a small hill.

"If you're tired, take a bite."

Gu Yang casually grabbed a recently killed Tier 2 sea crab and took a bite, shell and all, to replenish his consumed stamina.

[Ingested high-energy flesh... Stamina recovering...]

This was practically a perpetual motion machine!

However, the beast tide seemed endless.

And as time passed, more and more high-tier Yao Beasts appeared.

Early Golden Core Stage, Middle Golden Core Stage, and even Late Golden Core Stage great demons began to mingle within the beast swarm.

"Roar!"

A fifty-meter-long **Ironclad Crocodile Turtle (Golden Core Perfection)** lunged out of the sea, opening its massive mouth capable of crushing steel to bite at Gu Yang.

"Scram!"

Gu Yang swung his hammer backhanded, smashing it against the crocodile turtle's shell.

Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere.

This crocodile turtle's defense was extremely strong; surprisingly, only a few cracks appeared, and it didn't die.

"A bit tough."

Gu Yang frowned, preparing to deliver a finishing blow.

Suddenly, a heart-palpitating, terrifying Aura emanated from the deep sea.

The surrounding low-tier Yao Beasts scrambled to get out of the way, as if welcoming a king.

Splash!

The sea surface parted.

A massive dragon head covered in cyan scales emerged from the water.

Next came a slender dragon neck, a massive body... a Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon!

This was a true Early Nascent Soul Stage Great Demon King! Although it wasn't a True Dragon, its Bloodline was a hundred times purer than that Crimson Flame Flood Dragon from the Mortal Realm, and its strength was worlds apart!

It was one of the instigators of this beast tide.

"Lowly human! How dare you obstruct my subjects!"

The flood dragon spoke in human tongue, its voice like thunder, making Gu Yang's eardrums ache.

Its cold vertical pupils stared at Gu Yang, and when it saw the familiar dragon tendon belt around Gu Yang's waist, the killing intent in its eyes instantly skyrocketed.

"That is... the Aura of Crimson Flame?!"

"You dare to kill my kinsman?! To pull out his tendons and skin him?!"

"You deserve ten thousand deaths!"

Gu Yang was also stunned for a moment as he looked at this flood dragon, which was more than twice as large as the previous one.

Then, he touched the somewhat worn-out old belt at his waist and showed a look of disdain.

"Another loach?"

"Perfect. This old belt has been used for a long time and is starting to get a bit worn."

"Since you've delivered yourself to my door, I'll just change to a new one."

"Arrogant!"

The Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon was furious and opened its mouth to release a burst of Sunflower Water Divine Lightning.

Boom-crack!

Blue lightning carrying the Aura of destruction struck toward Gu Yang.

Gu Yang didn't dare to be careless; this was a Nascent Soul Stage lightning Spell, much stronger than Venerable Thunder Sword's.

Primordial Indestructible Golden Body—Water and Earth Dual Defense!

An earthy yellow halo appeared on his body's surface; it was the defensive buff from "Child of the Earth," while his Sea God Physique gave him extremely high resistance to water-based Spells.

Bang!

The lightning struck him, blasting his skin open and leaving him charred black.

"Exhilarating!"

Although Gu Yang was injured, his Aura grew even stronger.

He stepped on the earth, and a continuous stream of earth-element Spiritual Qi surged from underground into him, repairing his injuries.

"You take a Move from me too!"

Gu Yang swung the Meteor Hammer and actively charged toward that Nascent Soul flood dragon!