This situation is truly...

Gu Mo took in everything, pretending that everyone around him was a pumpkin. At such a moment, he needed to act naturally; as long as he wasn't embarrassed, there was no problem... He didn't say anything, just looked downward from the high sky, bent his bow, and nocked an arrow, releasing it at the moment of peak tension.

The bowstring thundered like a lightning strike!

The large bow fire arrow shot out with a howl!!

Transforming into a terrifying strike from the sky!!

Even though his form was merely a shadow, and the core abilities were continually diminishing, as an extension of thought, he was truly and fully synchronized in terms of knowledge and information.

In other words, his understanding and mastery of knowledge and skills, and the heights reached, were entirely indistinguishable from his true self. Indeed, due to differences in basic attributes and the unavoidable factors of different vessels used, some skills might degrade—

But he still possessed astonishing spell mastery, after all, the prototype had reached the heights of "Immortal Technique".

Especially when he could casually and freely apply it in practice, regardless of the method used, each move was the equivalent of unleashing the power of a treasure.

Just like at this moment, the whistling arrow, like a red meteor, fiercely hit the immense body of the Sea Monster, piercing through the tough, sticky outer layer with its sharp arrowhead. Immediately, it detonated the pure energy attached to the arrow, with a thunderous roar, True Qi rolled like waves, setting off flames that swept in all directions.

Numerous spells and enchantments were instantly imbued, greatly enhancing the power of the large bow fire arrow, achieving a leap from the cold weapon era to the hot weapon era!

Rather than a cold weapon bow arrow attack, it was more like a light missile strike.

The giant Sea Monster, in pain, let out an angry roar. Although its weakness hadn't been pierced, and the Spirit Stone Core within its dark, sticky body remained intact, it was still vulnerable, and Gu Mo's large bow fire arrow was not merely a mosquito bite.

Even if it couldn't be killed in one strike, and couldn't deal a critical blow, it still inflicted significant damage.

In its anger, it erupted, part of its body, like a soft-bodied creature, hurled out like a cannonball, piercing through the atmosphere in an instant of deformation and extension, while other parts of its body underwent dramatic morphological changes, expanding and contracting, causing the boundless ocean water to tremble!!

The storm intensified, the clouds and waves roared in unison, with the center as its position, forming wave after wave that spread rapidly outward, causing a tsunami-like terrifying impact!

Capsizing the nearest sailing warship immediately, smashing it to pieces, and obliterating it in the surging furious waves!

The more distant fleet was also subsequently impacted, tossed high on the wave peaks and falling heavily, violently shaken, seemingly on the verge of capsizing, ready to disintegrate in the trembling vast ocean, countless cries of terror and wails echoing, becoming the background sound in the raging sea storm.

The black-haired girl protecting Gu Mo was like an agile butterfly, lightly tapping her toes on the whistling black shadow, which was like a giant whip, leaping backward in an incredibly graceful manner, changing direction in midair.

With unbelievable reaction speed and incomprehensible unloading and leveraging skills, she gracefully evaded the giant's strike, which was angry enough to split mountains and seas...

Meanwhile, seizing the opportunity with extreme speed, the two of them perfectly landed below, on the turbulent sea surface...

On a piece of drifting, shattered ship plank.

Along the way with the explosion of continuous arrows, heavy air waves burst, sound waves roared, Gu Mo seized the opportunity to fire three arrows in succession, the large bow fire arrows trailing a burning meteor-like tail streak, fiercely and consecutively bombarding the Sea Monster's body, tearing open the surface of the giant, bald-headed creature that had emerged from the deep sea, creating a long wound!

Black, sticky liquid splattered, an immensely heavy gel that disappeared into the sea, while some fell on the distant fleet.

Originally expected to be mere shards, they quickly transformed, each turning into a massive black slime-like creature larger than a person, angrily and instinctively attacking the nearest sailors.

"Um... Thank you, Ah Xiu."

Just descending from the girl's embrace, his nose seemed to still linger with the faint fragrance of the girl, though the recent events felt as though they were stuck in his throat, urging to be spoken, eventually Gu Mo refrained from complaining to Ah Xiu, instead, he displayed a very cheerful expression, giving a thumbs up to the black-haired girl.

Hidechika glanced up and down, confirming he was unharmed, and gently uttered an "um" before swiftly turning her head, a rare blush emerging on her fair and delicate cheeks, probably also retrospectively feeling somewhat embarrassed by the recent events.

At the time she hadn't thought much, it was purely an instinctive reaction, a habit unknowingly developed in the past.

Forming a habit takes only fifteen days, and back then she had protected him for more than a month...

After all, before that time, Hidechika had always been solitary, alone, and he was the first and only one to spend so much time with her... Naturally, it was somewhat different, unconsciously forming a habit.

It was a subconscious action just now...

Logically speaking, a girl's behavior like this is naturally rare, but at this moment, there was no time for Gu Mo to calmly collect CG because, amidst the surging, angry sea, a wave reaching four or five stories high was crashing down towards their position.

"Such a mood-wrecking guy..."

Gu Mo sighed, and in the next moment, his expression changed slightly, immediately extending his hand to grasp the girl's wrist—

"No problem, no problem, I can handle this..."

In an instant, the wave crashed down, revealing its violent power in full; in the face of nature's might, human power seems so small... of course, it's different when it's not a human.

The dark sky was stormy, and on the dark sea, waves several meters high surged up and down, and the giant waves rose one after another. The waves roared, and undercurrents surged, yet amidst the raging waves, the two still stood firmly on that broken plank.

The light of the barrier faintly circulated around, like a transparent glass bowl, inversely covering them protectively on all sides.

Currently, Gu Mo's investment in skill points in mysticism was still mainly focused on Illusion Technique and the Path of Transformation as the primary specialization direction, with other aspects evenly enhanced, progressing neck and neck... He was not particularly proficient in Barrier Technique.

However, even if he wasn't as maniacal as Naraku, capable of elevating a barrier to withstand the assault of a top-grade Demon Blade—

It was still more than enough to withstand some wind and waves.

The gigantic sea creature emitted that unique sound but did not launch an attack against the two who were so close, not because Gu Mo and others were too insignificant compared to its mountain-like vast size and completely unnoticed, but because it was furiously attacking other targets.

Miss Saito, calmly and steadily, avoided the mimicry and extended, massive limb's blows, swinging the Glaive Scythe in hand and cutting down repeatedly.

The size of dual blades was somewhat unwieldy against such a giant monster.

Although infused with powerful Demonic Power, the heat extending from the emitted blade glow, like a beam of light, was unaffected by the weapon's size. She had already mastered the usage method of the Ninety-nine Weapons…but there was indeed still some difference in the feel.

On the other side, a brave and outstanding young general just arrived, none other than the famous Minamoto no Yoshiie of this era.

He was wielding the Seven-Bladed Blade, emanating a pure golden light, resembling a Six-pronged Sword condensed from Spirit Stone Essence. The unleashed blade light, with terrifying lengths of over ten meters, surged fearsomely.

If it weren't for the immense and amazing size of the giant sea creature, this blow could have severed it directly.

Yet, this creature's defense was astonishingly overwhelming and thick, despite its soft-bodied appearance, not displaying firm hardness but unparalleled resilience, akin to a slime, thus exempting it from much damage, hard to injure deeply.

Following the massive rip Minamoto no Yoshiie tore open, Gu Mo swiftly fired Continuous Arrows, shooting Large Bow Fire Arrows seemingly unaffected amidst the tumultuous waves, piercing through the sea creature's body like lightning!

Projecting already while drawing the bow…

Completing the process at the moment of release…

As soon as the Large Bow Fire Arrows were completed, they were immediately utilized, now finding rhythm, he felt more at ease with it.

The initially heavy Large Bow now seemed more pleasing to the eye, of course perhaps partly due to him utilizing "Self-Transformation" to strengthen and adjust his own physical skills, allocating more points in Muscle Strength; in the language of the Servant World, that means he replaced his Spirit Base.

Tiamat God, leveraging the Sea of Life, could transform from the demoness form into a dragon exceeding sixty meters in full length...

Gu Mo's skill level and conditions did not meet the requirements, but performing a certain degree of reasonable adjustment within the total of his attribute points was still very feasible. This is merely the basic function of this skill; delving deeper may unlock wonders of innumerable changes.

The sea creature seemed utterly enraged, violently stirring the Seto Inland Sea, causing tsunamis that even crashed into the other side of Yashima, leveling and submerging many buildings...

The two fleets gathered for naval warfare here earlier were already scattered, struggling to preserve themselves amidst the monstrous waves.

It seemed to borrow from the Spirit Stones that the Taira clan had collected over the years, and now, the scale of the demon soul that Taira no Kiyomori transformed into was downright incredible, not only becoming such a terrifying giant sea creature but also accumulating extremely vast Spirit Stone Essence inside. Driven by the magical power of the essence at all times—

This deep-sea giant seemed indefatigably powerful.

No matter the damage suffered, it would recover in the blink of an eye, then raise stormier waves, making the seashores roar and monstrous waves rage!