Stellar Transformation-Chapter 101: Episode 5 - 4 Goodbye, Little Black

"Hmph, you still think you can escape." A huge red octopus hovered beside Qin Yu, its meaty tentacle alarmingly forty to fifty meters long compared to the ten-plus meter tentacles of the other green octopuses.

The red octopus flashed and transformed back into human form.

"Tsk, tsk, you didn’t die from my strike, you do have some skill," Sang Mo ridiculed as he looked at Qin Yu, while the other octopuses also transformed into human form. Although many of their tentacles had been cut off a moment ago, their limbs were intact upon transforming.

This octopus has a trait where its meaty columns can regrow, which has nothing to do with cultivation. It’s just an innate ability of the octopus species. For instance, if a limb were lost from the Divine Beast Dragon Rock Lion, unless it ascended, it would definitely not regrow.

"Old San, I let you take action just now, and you didn’t even touch him," Sang Mo expressed his dissatisfaction.

Old San immediately replied anxiously, "Big Brother, I couldn’t help it. I was ready to make a move, but then that Cultivator’s speed suddenly increased by more than tenfold, frighteningly fast. I couldn’t catch up at all. Luckily, Big Brother, you made a move in the end."

Sang Mo snorted. "Let it be then. That guy’s speed was indeed bizarrely fast. In the end, I had to rely on my true form and, in addition to the length of my tentacles, to intercept him at the last moment. Just comparing physical speed, I was at most equal to him."

Qin Yu’s heart was shocked.

He had just deployed ’Star Domain,’ and under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t be able to compete in speed with Sang Mo.

"It seems really hard to escape," Qin Yu pondered continuously, oblivious to his body’s injuries.

Qin Yu had sustained serious injuries, yet streams of healing currents were continually flowing throughout his body, recovering at a staggering rate. Qin Yu believed that it wouldn’t be long before his injuries were completely healed. However, he remained astonished by Sang Mo’s attack power.

"Big Brother." Little Black flew to Qin Yu’s side, its wings caressing his back.

Qin Yu turned his head to look at Little Black, his face full of anger.

"Little Black, why didn’t you escape, why!!!" Qin Yu stared at Little Black and scolded through spiritual communication, only feeling furious at that moment. Little Black, being stared at by Qin Yu, replied, "Big Brother, if you can’t escape, we’ll die together."

"Idiot!!!" Qin Yu suddenly roared.

Little Black was taken aback.

Qin Yu’s voice resonated heavily through spiritual communication in Little Black’s mind: "Remember, no matter what, one of us must escape. Even if you want to die with me, wait until we’ve avenged ourselves," Qin Yu’s voice contained ferocity.

Since the age of eight, Qin Yu had never admitted defeat. Who is the toughest to conquer? Conquering oneself is the toughest!

Qin Yu had been able to surpass himself time and again since he was eight. No matter what it was, he had never admitted defeat, nor would he start now. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would not give up. His tenacity was strong; he did not fear death, but he feared dying such an ignoble death.

"Hahaha..." Suddenly, Qin Yu burst into loud laughter.

Sang Mo demanded coldly, "What are you laughing at?"

"I’m laughing at how foolish I am," Qin Yu’s eyes became vacant, twenty years of experiences flashing before his eyes. "I was so spirited, drifting on the sea, ready to experience the thrills of the Cultivation World. I naively dove into the deep sea hoping to explore the world of undersea demon beasts. Sadly, while I did experience those thrills, this might be my last time feeling them," Qin Yu sighed as he spoke.

Little Black, however, began to harbor doubts. He knew Qin Yu very well, who, faced with a crisis, would never give up until the last moment. How could he now be speaking such disheartening words to the enemy? Little Black’s instinct told him—

There’s something wrong!

"You are indeed ignorant. In this Infinite Sea Domain, even Demon Cultivators and Cultivators dare not recklessly dive deep. Even those who dare to dive are experts among Cultivators and Demon Cultivators, and they too quickly depart from the depths."

Sang Mo was certain that the Cultivator before him must be seriously injured. His own full-force whip from his flesh column would have been lucky to not kill a Cultivator. Initially, Sang Mo had even worried that Qin Yu’s body had been shattered.

Seeing Qin Yu so disheartened now, Sang Mo’s arrogance naturally surged.

"The injuries inside my body have healed about ninety percent, almost there." Yet in his heart, Qin Yu was secretly calculating, his Spiritual Sense accurately pinning down the position of all the people around him. He simulated the plan once again in his mind and confirmed there were no issues. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Qin Yu looked back at Little Black.

Feeling Qin Yu’s gaze, Little Black couldn’t help but shiver inside, knowing that Qin Yu must have made a decision.

"Big Brother, what are you going to do? Tell me quickly, let me know," Little Black urged anxiously.

Through Spiritual Communication, Qin Yu resolutely said, "Little Black, remember, if there is another chance to escape, you must seize it. No matter what, you must escape. Those who manage to escape must seek revenge for those who couldn’t. If both escape, that would be great. If neither escapes, we have to drag some down with us."

Little Black was startled, sensing the desperate determination in Qin Yu’s heart.

Little Black had only been out shortly before he joined Qin Yu, and this human and eagle had already developed a special bond, even able to sense each other’s emotions. It was truly mysterious.

"Big Brother, rest assured, I won’t let you down."

Suddenly—

A cry of an eagle abruptly sounded, and at the same time, a terrifying power burst from Little Black. With a swing of his mouth, he spat out a cluster of Thunder Fire, which flew rapidly towards Sang Mo. Unlike before, the core of this Thunder Fire contained a dark orb of lightning.

"Little trick."

Sang Mo dismissed it with a wave of his sleeve, sending a red ribbon flying from his sleeve to directly strike the cluster of Thunder Fire. However, the brightness of the Thunder Fire suddenly increased immensely, incinerating the ribbon in an instant.

Sang Mo’s expression changed.

"Big Brother, run!" Little Black’s voice rang in Qin Yu’s mind.

Qin Yu’s face changed. Little Black had made a move even faster than him, but unfortunately... He knew Little Black’s plan was too simple, so simple it was almost doomed to fail. However, Qin Yu wouldn’t let Little Black’s effort be in vain.

"Shoo!"

Qin Yu stepped onto the Flying Sword, flying rapidly southward.

"Trying to escape?"

Sixteen flesh columns wielded by two Golden Core Late Stage Octopuses blocked Qin Yu’s path, while on the other side, two more Golden Core Late Stage Octopuses were also fully prepared, blocking Qin Yu’s route.

Compared to eagles, these octopuses were even more keen on devouring the flesh of Cultivators, especially since Qin Yu had just severed many of their tentacles, making their hatred for Qin Yu far greater than that for Little Black.

Meanwhile, Little Black’s Thunder Fire also reached Sang Mo.

Sang Mo let out a fierce roar, suddenly transforming into a gigantic red octopus whose nearly fifty-meter-long tentacles were all shimmering with golden lights. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the surface of the tentacles was wrapped with some sort of Spiritual Artifact armor.

"Boom!"

Containing immense, terrifying Demon Essence Power, the tentacle fiercely struck the cluster of Thunder Fire, which explosively shattered. However, the dark black lightning flowed over the surface of the tentacle’s Spiritual Artifact like a liquid.

"Hiss~~~"

The Spiritual Artifact armor was corroded in just a short moment, and Sang Mo immediately felt waves of intense pain. He quickly mobilized the Demon Essence Power within his body in an effort to resist the bizarre, highly corrosive dark black lightning.

"None of you will escape!"

A deep yet exceedingly angry Spiritual Communication echoed in Qin Yu’s and Little Black’s minds, as eight fifty-meter-long tentacles, like giant pythons, completely blocked all around Little Black. Furious power surged between each tentacle.

"Big Brother." Little Black looked at the eight tentacles surrounding him and then at Qin Yu, who was surrounded by four Golden Core Late Stage octopuses, and was speechless.

In Qin Yu’s eyes, however, a hint of a smile flashed, although it was fleeting. But Little Black was very certain, he had indeed seen a hint of a smile in Qin Yu’s eyes, a smile of a plan being successful, which made Little Black suddenly startled.

"Hmph~~~ You, daring to break one of my Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact armors, I am going to flay you alive, then suck dry your Essence Blood and scatter your soul," Sang Mo’s deep voice echoed in Qin Yu’s and Little Black’s minds.

Little Black carefully analyzed the power disparity between Sang Mo and himself, eventually realizing that even if he used his secret techniques desperately, he could not defeat the creature in front of him, who was three times stronger than Xiang Yang and in the Early-stage Nascent Soul.

Meanwhile, Qin Yu—

"Good, this is the moment," Qin Yu’s lips curled into a cold smile, his Spiritual Sense completely locked onto Sang Tu, who was Sang Mo’s son. At that moment, Sang Tu seemed concerned about his father’s situation and turned his head to look over.

Just as he turned his head—

"Meteor Strike!"

Qin Yu’s entire body began to spin, both hands holding the Flame Sword. The Star Power began to orbit in a strange trajectory, and in just an instant, Qin Yu’s entire being transformed into a Sharp Cone, the tip of which was the Flame Sword.

"Sang Tu!"

One of the Golden Core Late Stage octopuses noticed, but with Qin Yu’s speed, it was utterly unable to block him. It only managed to transmit a Spiritual Communication into the minds of every Demon Beast present, and the others noticed as well.

"Sang Tu!" By the time Sang Mo looked over, all he saw was a dazzling, star-colored Sharp Cone rotating and piercing directly through his son Sang Pu’s head, then carrying a streak of golden light as it shot toward the south.

That streak of golden light was very clear to Sang Mo—it was a Golden Core!

Whose Golden Core?

"Boom!" Sang Tu’s body fell to the ground with a crash. Completely unprepared, he was struck dead by Qin Yu’s desperate blow. Actually, even if he had been prepared, he couldn’t have resisted Qin Yu’s desperate attack.

Beasts value their children even more than humans do.

Sang Mo was cruel and callous, but he was very good to his son. The reason his son could reach the Golden Core Late Stage, equal in power to Sang Mo’s brothers, was because Sang Mo himself had killed several Demon Beasts, allowing his son to devour their Golden Cores.

"Ah~~~~"

The shrill, piercing cry rippled out in all directions. At the same time, Sang Mo’s eight huge tentacles violently shook downward, instantaneously cutting through the flowing water like lightning as they chased after Qin Yu.

Little Black was dumbfounded.

"Little Black, run, this is your last chance. Don’t disappoint me, otherwise... I won’t rest even in death!" Qin Yu’s Spiritual Communication echoed in Little Black’s mind.

Little Black completely understood in just an instant.

A high-pitched mournful cry emitted from Little Black’s beak, filled with extreme pain, resignation, resentment, and sadness. However, Little Black had no other choice; he initiated ’Fleeting Lightning Nine Flashes’ and flew toward the west.

The other octopuses only then came to their senses, intending to chase after Little Black. But—

"This eagle’s speed is as terrifyingly fast as that Cultivator’s." The Golden Core Late Stage octopus, watching Little Black’s speed, gave up on the pursuit. They were slower than Little Black by a factor of two, unless their leader, the Early-stage Nascent Soul Sang Mo, personally chased after him.

"We’re not chasing?" Old San looked toward Old Four and Old Two.

Old Two scolded, "Chase what? Sang Tu is dead, the boss must be going mad. We should help chase that Cultivator. The eagle isn’t important. If that Cultivator truly escapes, prepare yourselves for the boss’s fury."

Old San and Old Four, thinking about Sang Mo’s temper, immediately shivered with fear.

"Let’s go."

The three Golden Core Late Stage Demon Beasts also rapidly pursued to the south.

At that moment, Qin Yu was riding his Flying Sword, employing Human and Artifact Fusion, moving through the water like a lightning arrow with extreme speed. However, the furious, red octopus, having just lost its offspring, shook its eight tentacles, nearly moving instantaneously.

"Pfft!"

A tentacle struck down. Qin Yu twisted his body strangely at the last moment, narrowly dodging the blow. However, several more tentacles then struck down in succession, slowing Qin Yu’s speed considerably.

Qin Yu gritted his teeth.

"It’s up to luck now." Qin Yu’s entire body suddenly turned red as if boiling, his face sporting a slight smile. He was very clear about Little Black’s speed; without Sang Mo’s pursuit, Little Black could definitely escape.

"Goodbye, Little Black!"

Qin Yu said slowly in his heart, subsequently his entire being turning extremely red. A fierce gleam flashed in Qin Yu’s eyes, as suddenly a flame ignited on his arm and began to burn...