Pretending To Be A Boss

Jin Lu was somewhat bewildered.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never seen anyone who fell into these waters survive.

The ocean was the cradle of life for the earliest creatures in this world.

Many powerful animals had crawled onto land. Yet there were many creatures in the deep sea that evolved solely to adapt to the depths.

They were the most fearsome predators.

Even having evolved into the form of the Golden Armored Leopard, Jin Lu would still feel fear and awe when she caught a fleeting glimpse of the giant shadows in the deep sea from the high reefs.

Tang Xian was probably gone.

For a moment, she felt somewhat sad.

She had never really believed in this outsider, but in the end, he had kept his word.

Remembering that little girl in the cave who was still waiting for Tang Xian to return...

Jin Lu didn't know how to explain it to her.

The power gap between the leader and the subordinates was too great. After the capture of the king, capturing the thieves proved to be too simple.

The Sunflame of the Great Tengu had scorched Jin Lu, but against these calamity-class boss creatures, a Purple-ranked existence, with the assistance of the leopard pack, the fight was one-sided.

The Hell Flame Wolves also surrendered, completely bewildered.

They didn't understand what had happened; they only knew that their leader, as if under some curse, was calling out in pain.

And then he inexplicably jumped into the sea!

The ocean was tantamount to Lord Sea God's stomach; such a suicidal act astonished the Hell Flame Wolves.

As Jin Lu fought more fiercely, the Hell Flame Wolves quickly lowered their tails.

They exhibited a submissive posture.

Jin Lu thought of Tang Xian's mention of domestication, realizing that without Tang Xian, none of it would probably be achievable.

The Hell Flame Wolves would not so easily accept that only their species would bear the burden of the Sea God's sacrifices.

Jin Lu then realized that what Tang Xian had described as domestication, as seemingly cruel as it was, actually was the most merciful approach.

Compared to letting them know the truth, subsequently rebelling, resisting, being suppressed, and after a series of such events, facing the same fate, this seemed especially cruel and inefficient.

Jin Lu let out a fierce howl. One of the leaders among the Hell Flame Wolves responded with a wolf howl.

For a time, Jin Lu didn't know how to deal with these Hell Flame Wolves.

For a time, the Hell Flame Wolves didn't know how to manage themselves either.

Jin Lu couldn't exterminate them completely, for if she did, the next ritual on this island would only involve her leopard tribe.

She had no choice but to let the Hell Flame Wolves withdraw first, and then return to the ruins to consult her people on what to do.

She didn't feel joy over the day's victory, even though she had won a great deal of territory.

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Sea God rituals were being conducted on every island, and today was the month when the Sea God needed to feed continuously throughout the year.

Had it been any other day that he jumped into the sea, Tang Xian felt that he might have been able to tear open the Great Tengu's stomach and swim back up.

But not now. The sea was likely filled with countless predators now.

He had already felt a powerful current pulling the Great Tengu and instantly absorbing it.

The Great Tengu, which should have been sinking calmly to the ocean floor, was shaking even more violently than it had on land.

Tang Xian was still inside its stomach, feeling dizzy and light-headed due to suffocation.

His vision blurred.

"Not able to hold out much longer... I wasn't stomped to death by the Zudun Giant, not killed by brutal creatures like the Nvwa Snake and the Great Tengu, and now I'm going to drown?"

His mind started to wander erratically.

Tang Xian wasn't overly anxious. Compared to drowning, being dissolved by stomach acid was more painful and fatal.

But he could still rely on his extraordinary life recovery speed to survive.

If there was one aspect of him that truly resembled an apocalypse-class creature, Tang Xian considered it to be his life force that refused to be extinguished.

He ultimately couldn't endure it any longer; his lungs felt as if they were about to explode from discomfort. He had no choice but to start breathing.

Seawater filled the Great Tengu's stomach and now began to pour into Tang Xian's lungs.

[Warning, essential survival elements detected missing, life value continuously decreasing.]

This slow death was excruciating for Tang Xian, even more painful than being dissolved by the Great Tengu's stomach acid.

Although the loss of life wasn't as rapid as that caused by the acid.

But the ocean wasn't some creature; Tang Xian couldn't gain resistance to it. He wouldn't experience a gradual reduction in damage until it became ineffective as it had been inside the Great Tengu's stomach.

His consciousness alternated between clarity and chaos.

Tang Xian was certain he couldn't die.

It was just the lack of oxygen that was causing his heart to supply insufficient blood, and inadequate blood supply to the heart would cause lack of oxygen to the brain.

His ears were filled with piercing tinnitus, and it was unclear how long he had been submerged. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

It was unknown where he had sunk to.

Affected by the turbulence or something else, he only felt a jolt.

Due to the severe lack of oxygen, Tang Xian's consciousness was in a state of three seconds of chaos followed by one second of lucidity.

In the deep sea, he couldn't see the disgusting organs of the Great Tengu.

His eyes were filled with endless darkness.

[I have long been dead]

[But my seven servants will control my body. If you can hear my voice, you are the one I have been waiting for.]

Just when Tang Xian felt too exhausted, wanting to fall into a deep sleep, two voices suddenly came from his sea of consciousness.

The voices sounded incredibly ancient and elusive, as if drifting from ancient times, crossing time to reach the present consciousness.

[I have long been dead]

[But my seven servants will control my body. If you can hear my voice, you are the one I have been waiting for.]