Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 686 - 143: Deadly Trap for Fish

The Beast King at the bottom of the Fan Di Sea is a humpback whale that has reached over a thousand years old and is the only humpback whale in this sea area.

As a whale, it also needs to surface intermittently to breathe fresh air.

However, due to its extreme laziness, it surfaces less frequently than the average humpback whale, about once every half month; the rest of the time, it resides at the seabed, motionless. When hungry, it simply opens its mouth, inhaling and exhaling expansively.

With a wide mouth and strong suction power, a single inhale can engulf all the fish passing within three miles, feasting in one gulp; for most of the remaining time, it lays still like a rock.

Today, it continues to "petrify," not moving at all.

At this moment, a group of brightly colored Lightning Flying Fish swims past before its eyes, with a few bold ones even bumping against its thick, closed eyelids.

Interestingly, the humpback whale isn’t interested in feeding today and tolerates these tickling collisions with its good temper, continuing to "petrify."

Perhaps its indulgence encouraged the Lightning Flying Fish to be more reckless.

More fish swim by, with the electric sparks emanating from their bodies striking the humpback whale.

The skin of the humpback whale is tough and thick, much like granite, impervious to swords and blades.

Yet, the electric sparks from the Lightning Flying Fish cause a sharp, paralyzing pain on its skin, abruptly waking the drowsy whale.

The small Lightning Flying Fish daring to provoke the King of Sea Beasts, angered the humpback whale. It opened its mouth wide and with a single gulp, sucked in all the surrounding Lightning Flying Fish.

While the humpback whale was engulfing the Lightning Flying Fish, a "Human-shaped Fish" was also sucked into the whale’s mouth along with the group of Lightning Flying Fish.

After swallowing the annoying Lightning Flying Fish around it, the humpback whale shifted its cumbersome body and continued to sleep.

Inside the whale, like a floodgate opened for discharge, Yue Jinghua along with a group of Lightning Flying Fish were swallowed into the stomach of the humpback whale.

She wiped her face and looked around.

The belly of the half-saint humpback whale, from its mouth to its stomach, resembled a natural tunnel-like water dungeon, the seawater piled up more than half a meter high, with several Lightning Flying Fish used as bait struggling in the water.

Inside the fish’s belly, there are also numerous fish skeletons and some rotten seaweed.

Yue Jinghua had already thought it through: with her power alone, challenging the humpback whale would only lead to a dead-end. Making Long Jiuzun fight against the humpback whale was the optimal win-win strategy.

The inside of the whale’s belly was a world of its own; Yue Jinghua continued walking downwards along the stomach.

The whale is a large mammal, and its body structure is quite similar to that of a human.

Yue Jinghua walked from the relatively spacious mouth of the whale to its abdomen filled with dense meridians and blood vessels, eventually finding the whale’s heart and lungs.

Looking at the whale’s two bright red lungs, Yue Jinghua grinned maliciously.

The humpback whale was sleeping soundly but suddenly felt a stifling sensation within its belly.

Even though the humpback whale is a sea beast, it possesses higher intelligence than regular sea beasts. It was skeptical, as it had surfaced to breathe only seven days ago; why would it feel chest discomfort and shortness of breath?

Despite feeling something was off, the humpback whale only felt the gas in its belly continuing to decrease, overwhelmed by a rare sensation of suffocation.

No matter how hard it racked its fish brain, it couldn’t fathom that someone had tampered with its lungs.

Having no choice, the Humpback Whale could only shake its head and wag its brain, as its rocky mountain-sized body slowly rose from the water.

During the slow ascent, the Humpback Whale felt its feeling of suffocation intensifying, becoming as irritable as a person desperately needing a restroom but unable to find one, its tail impatiently slapping the water as it rose more violently from the surface.

In the Fan Di Sea, led by Long Jiuzun, the Southern Expedition Army had been stationed for a few hours and had only managed to kill a few roaming Humpback Sharks when they were utterly bored, and suddenly, a huge whirlpool appeared on the calm sea surface.

On the sea surface, it was as if a great axe had suddenly torn open a mouth, and the sound of water rushing like a stampede of horses seemed like thousands of members of the Shui Clan were swarming in.

As the Humpback Whale surfaced, a group of Lightning Flying Fish also leaped out of the water.

A water column tens of meters high, taller than any wave on the sea, suddenly appeared, shooting up from the sea like a fountain, piercing through to the clouds.

In the mind of the Humpback Whale, there was only one word: "Refreshing!"

Meanwhile, on nine Sea and Air Ships, over a hundred eyes of the Southern Expedition soldiers were all fixed on the sea surface.

"A whale, it’s a Humpback Whale," exclaimed Long Jiuzun with tremendous joy, "King of Sea Beasts, the Humpback Whale. Long Zhui, charge."

At his command, the nine Sea and Air Ships surrounded the Humpback Whale.

On the ship’s sides, the Southern Expedition soldiers prepared for battle, quickly extending dozens of Fish Eagle Crossbows, aiming a barrage at the Humpback Whale.

The Fish Eagle Crossbow is a special type of crossbow designed by the Sea Defense Army, shaped like a crossbow with an arrow-gun design.

Each Fish Eagle Crossbow is equipped with a rope made of shark tendon, exceptionally sturdy.

Each crossbow is enhanced with a Dark Array, making a whistling sound when fired, with the arrows launching swiftly and sharply.

The head of each arrow is specially fitted with an eagle-claw-like sharp barb; when it hits a sea beast, the barb penetrates into the flesh, and with a forceful pull, leaves the sea beast bloodied.

Dozens of Fish Eagle Crossbows attacked from all directions, just as the Humpback Whale had coped with its "suffocation" and was feeling refreshed.

Unbeknownst to it, disaster struck from above as Fish Eagle Crossbows swooped down like locusts.

Though its skin was thick and tough, it could not avoid being hit several times, with the sharp Crossbow Arrows piercing its skin and ripping open several wounds.

Realizing it was encircled by Human Dark Practitioners, the Humpback Whale grew even angrier.

As the King of Sea Beasts in this realm, having inhabited the Fan Di Sea for nearly a thousand years, especially after acquiring the Holy Rune, its power had grown immensely, and no local sea beasts dared to provoke it. Never had it suffered such indignity, and it let out a sharp cry as sharp as a child’s wailing scream.

It seemed to roar: "Foolish Human Dark Practitioners, dare to offend our Sea Beast clan."

Following that piercing cry, the sea surface immediately churned with waves. The sea beasts outside Fandi Port heard the call of the King of Sea Beasts. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

In an instant, hundreds of Humpback Sharks with their triangular fins appeared from all sides, and countless palm-sized Lightning Flying Fish also leaped out of the water.

Humpback Sharks slammed into the Sea and Air Ships, while Lightning Flying Fish shot out numerous cyan-blue electrifying sparks, with a scent resembling burnt odor filling the air.

Above the Vanti Outer Sea, a grand battle between Human Dark Practitioners and the Sea Beasts was about to erupt.

Inside the whale’s belly, Yue Jinghua lazily leaned against the thick stomach lining of the whale, wearing a wicked smile as she anticipated watching the spectacle unfold.