Chapter 110 - 98: Giant Whale Exotic Beast

Chapter 110: Chapter 98: Giant Whale Exotic Beast

Zhang Ji tossed a portion of the Glutton Coconuts and Glutton Crabs directly into the [Hope Boat].

He made no attempt to conceal his actions.

He might have been more cautious before, but now that he had mastered Spirit Strike and possessed a standard combat power of B+, a personal Ruins Realm was nothing to hide.

He had earned the right to possess it.

Bai Xiaoxiao, who was with Zhang Ji, had some inkling about things like Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands.

Theo and Valua, however, simply couldn’t comprehend Zhang Ji’s ability to make an entire tree vanish on the spot.

Theo assumed it was some form of Space Technology.

Valua, on the other hand, simply began to worship his new king.

It was incomprehensible, miraculous. The new king was stronger than him, and besides offering worship to show his respect, Valua couldn’t think of anything else to do.

After stowing away the Glutton Coconuts and Glutton Crabs, Zhang Ji planned to make arrangements for the natives of the Terjia tribe.

The natives on this island were actually quite strong.

After all, the island was home to a special plant like the Glutton Coconut. Combined with the [Gluttony Technique] Valua created, their physical conditioning was generally excellent. Of the several hundred natives, nearly half were at the level of professional martial artists, with the two strongest even reaching the Grandmaster level.

"I can have Uncle-Master Zhou Hao come back to handle the development later," Zhang Ji said.

Hesse was a small, economically underdeveloped country incapable of managing the native tribes here. If Zhang Ji’s group proposed investing in development, it likely wouldn’t be difficult to get approval.

A quick word to Zhou Hao would be enough to get the island’s development handled later. The immediate problem was Valua.

Zhang Ji wanted to take him away from here.

It was too much of a waste for a B-rank martial artist to remain on this island as a native.

"Valua, come with me. Let’s go see the outside world," Zhang Ji said.

"Outside? World?"

Valua stared at Zhang Ji, his expression suddenly turning to one of terror. He then began describing something in a torrent of words.

Zhang Ji couldn’t fully understand, so he looked at Theo. "What’s he saying?"

"He said there’s a massive, man-eating fish out there that could swallow them all in a single bite. If they travel too far from the island, it targets them. He tried to leave once but encountered the fish and was wounded..." Theo translated.

’A massive fish? One that even Valua can’t handle?’

Zhang Ji grew thoughtful.

It seemed that Valua had tried to leave when he was younger but had encountered an incredibly powerful fish-type Exotic Beast. He was nearly swallowed, and the experience left him with such deep psychological trauma that he hadn’t dared to leave since.

This also indirectly explained why he had been holed up on this island all this time.

It wasn’t simply that he lacked ambition; rather, his desire to leave had been snuffed out in its infancy.

"Ask him how many years ago that was," Zhang Ji said to Theo.

"Alright."

Theo nodded and promptly relayed the question to Valua.

Valua gestured with his hands and feet, giving a rough estimate of the time.

"He first encountered it when he was very young, and then a few more times after that. The most recent time was about thirty years ago. He said that back then, a child in the tribe was only as high as his knee, and now that ’child’ is as tall as he is..." Theo said.

’Then it seems there’s a good chance that fish is still around,’ Zhang Ji mused.

He hadn’t known there was such a massive fish-type Exotic Beast in this area.

He didn’t know if the fish was already dead in the ’version’ of the world he knew, or if he simply hadn’t triggered the relevant quest.

He had come for the [Gluttony Technique] before, but the quest had been a quick one. It was, after all, just a minor early-game skill for conserving consumables, so Zhang Ji hadn’t given it much thought.

Now, it seemed there was more of value here than just a skill, the Glutton Coconuts, and the Glutton Crabs.

There was also a mini-boss in the vicinity, waiting for a player to defeat it.

This mini-boss’s power was likely only at the B+ level, not quite A-rank.

If it were A-rank, Valua wouldn’t have had the chance to get away injured. The moment it decided to eat him, Valua would have been swallowed without the slightest opportunity to escape.

Since it wasn’t A-rank, Zhang Ji was confident he could kill it—and make a meal out of it.

Ever since eating that chameleon in the desert, Zhang Ji still found himself reminiscing about the taste.

"Take me to it. I’ll kill it for you!" Zhang Ji said to Valua in the Terjia language.

"I’m afraid!" Valua said.

"I think you should be more afraid of me right now," Zhang Ji said, a blue light of Primal Qi flickering in his palm.

He was in no mood to play therapist for Valua.

He had been subjugated by force in the first place, so using force to make him act was still the best approach.

Winning Valua’s true loyalty through his own character and generous treatment could come later.

"I’ll go! I’ll go!" Valua said, nodding repeatedly as he averted his eyes from the light of Zhang Ji’s Primal Qi.

"The rest of you wait here. He and I are going out for a bit," Zhang Ji said.

He then gestured for Valua to lead the way.

Though reluctant, Valua was cowed by Zhang Ji’s power and had no choice but to comply.

The two reached the shore. Valua then stepped onto the surface of the sea and began running swiftly in the direction where he had previously encountered the great fish.

Waves surged beneath Zhang Ji’s feet, propelling him forward at a speed no less than Valua’s.

With his current level of Spiritual Power, the effectiveness of his Profound Heart Stream martial arts techniques had also increased linearly.

Simply put, even though Waterfall Drop was only a ’Fine’ grade martial art, with the boost from Zhang Ji’s B+ rank Spirit, it could still produce damage equivalent to an ’Excellent’ grade martial art.

This was a classic case of having such high stats that a basic attack could deal more damage than someone else’s ultimate ability.

Both of them moved incredibly fast, covering at least a hundred meters per second. Soon, the island’s silhouette vanished behind them.