Chapter 845 - 844: The Sea Demon That Doesn’t Bathe! Fire Can Also Counter Water!

Chu Sheng had just collected dozens of Sea Demon corpses and was preparing to venture deeper into the battlefield. After killing its opponent, an Integration Realm Sea Demon suddenly stared straight at him.

This Sea Demon was exceptionally hideous. Its wrinkled, dark gray skin looked like swollen old tree bark, covered in bumpy, uneven folds. With its every movement, large strings of water droplets reeking of a fishy ocean stench rolled off its body, mixed with the smell of rotting flesh. When the wind blew, the stench could drift for miles. It was incredibly foul, so suffocating that it made a mosquito’s head ache.

"Holy crap! Don’t Sea Demons soak in the water all day? Why doesn’t this one ever take a bath?" Chu Sheng complained. He quickly held his breath, his compound eyes full of disgust.

He had already collected quite a few Sea Demon corpses earlier, encompassing all sorts of species. Even though the smell of those Sea Demon corpses wasn’t pleasant either, not a single one possessed such an overwhelmingly putrid impact as this "Old Tree Bark Sea Demon." The smell was so bad it literally stung the eyes!

Chu Sheng speculated that this Old Tree Bark Sea Demon must have been secretly observing him for a while. Seeing his highly skilled movements in continuously recycling Sea Demon corpses, it immediately realized that although he was a Demon Beast, he was on the side of the Human Race. After all, there were quite a few Beast Tamers on the battlefield, possessing all sorts of bizarre Beast Pets. With the Sea Demon’s limited intelligence, accepting a Mosquito as a Beast Pet was actually quite easy.

Having confirmed its target, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon didn’t dilly-dally in the slightest. Shaking its massive body, it charged straight at Chu Sheng.

As the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon rushed closer, that foul stench grew heavier, drilling directly into his nose. Chu Sheng repeatedly waved his front legs as if swatting away a fly.

"Don’t come over here!!!"

However, the louder Chu Sheng shouted, the faster the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon ran. His shouts seemed to have instead become the bugle call for its charge!

In the blink of an eye, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon was barely a hundred meters away from Chu Sheng. With a vicious sweep of its six thick, sucker-covered tentacles, a giant boulder tens of meters tall nearby shattered with a loud bang. Wrapped in a powerful gust of wind, the dense shower of crushed rocks smashed toward Chu Sheng like hidden projectiles.

"Damn, you’re playing for real!" Chu Sheng helplessly dodged aside, effortlessly evading all the rocks.

"Since you have a death wish, I, Lord Mosquito, will reluctantly give you a burial at sea. You should be thanking me. A burial at sea usually costs money, but Lord Mosquito is doing it for free."

Instead of retreating, Chu Sheng advanced. Spreading his two-meter-long wings, he dive-bombed toward the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon. His dark gold carapace gleamed with a cold light under the sun. Although his size was vastly inferior to the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon, his imposing aura was not weak in the slightest.

"Five Elements Divine Domain! Activate!"

A colorful Divine Domain Barrier instantly unfurled, firmly enveloping the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon within. Under the omnidirectional suppression of the Five Elements Divine Domain, the Law of Water that the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon was most adept at instantly misfired, its power directly slashed by more than half.

Unwilling to show weakness, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon let out a muffled roar from its throat. The tentacles around its body flailed madly, whipping up surging ocean waves that rushed toward Chu Sheng in midair, blotting out the sky. The waves swept up crushed rocks and foul-smelling seawater, whipping the surrounding air until it crackled with a loud HISS.

"Too smelly!" Several solutions flashed through Chu Sheng’s mind in an instant.

Blocking the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s tentacles would be incredibly easy. For example, he could equip the Silent Annihilation Battle Armor and effortlessly withstand the attack under the ten-fold attribute buff. Or, he could deploy the Five Elements Sacred Armor and easily block it with the enhancement of the Five Elements Divine Domain. He could even summon an Outer Body Avatar to meet the attack head-on and block the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s assault directly.

However, all of these methods made it difficult to avoid being splashed by the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s tentacles or the waves. If that putrid stench actually landed on him... Chu Sheng suspected he might just vomit on the spot and be unable to visit the girls’ dormitory for three whole days! After all, with that foul smell, the girls would definitely faint from the stench!

"No way. I absolutely cannot touch this Sea Demon. It’s far too filthy!!!"

Left with no other choice, Chu Sheng spread his Boundless Wings. With a shift in Space, he used Instant Teleportation to appear behind the Sea Demon. While pulling away to a safe distance, he simultaneously activated Amaterasua’s Eye and the Silent Extinction Nether Flame!

Two streaks of black flames appeared out of thin air, silently clinging to the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s back. The Old Tree Bark Sea Demon exuded a dense aura of the Water Element. Logically speaking, water should overcome fire. For Chu Sheng to use Fire Skills at a time like this seemed like a fundamental error in common sense.

In reality, however, when adversaries meet on a narrow path, the brave shall prevail. When water and fire clashed, the ultimate victor depended entirely on whose Law Level was higher and whose skill power was stronger.

SIZZLE...

The black flames crackled as they burned the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s skin, emitting faint wisps of white smoke. The Old Tree Bark Sea Demon paused for a moment. Immediately after, it let out a disdainful snort from its throat. If it could speak human language, it would definitely mock him: "A mere parlor trick! How dare you show off before a master!"

Because in the next second, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon summoned a sky full of ocean waves, sweeping down from above. The surrounding hundred meters of Space instantly transformed into a vast ocean!

Wandering through the seawater, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon smugly waved its tentacles and looked at Chu Sheng provocatively. In its eyes, such a tiny flame could be cleanly snuffed out by a single wave. If even a single spark remained, it would be an insult to its status as a Sea Demon!

But very soon, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon realized something was wrong.

The tiny speck of black flame on its body should have been completely extinguished by the monstrous waves. However, not only did the flames fail to go out in the waves, but they burned even more fiercely. They were even spreading through the seawater!!!

They burned from its face down to its body, and then from its body to its tentacles. Wherever they passed, even the seawater boiled until it bubbled! In the end, it even felt as if its very soul had begun to burn alongside it.

Pain! It was too painful!!!

Only then did the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon realize that Chu Sheng’s flames were peculiar; they were not ordinary mortal fire at all. Unfortunately, it was too late.

The Five Elements Divine Domain not only suppressed the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s Law of Water—greatly reducing the power of the seawater it summoned—but it also enhanced the power of Chu Sheng’s Five Elements Law. The power of the Amaterasua’s Eye and Silent Extinction Nether Flame that Chu Sheng unleashed directly skyrocketed by a massive margin!

The Old Tree Bark Sea Demon was merely at the Integration Realm Early Stage. Although it was one Grand Realm higher than Chu Sheng, under the waxing and waning effects of the Five Elements Divine Domain, it completely failed to withstand the dual burning of the Amaterasua’s Eye and the Silent Extinction Nether Flame!

"HOO... HOO..."

A coarse and miserable shriek squeezed out from the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s throat. It sounded like a leaky old bellows, every gasp making the air tremble.

Chu Sheng ascended a bit higher into the sky, choosing not to take this opportunity to attack at close range. Although attacking in close combat would allow him to kill the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon faster and save time, its body was simply far too smelly, and the scent of it burning was even harder to describe. He would rather wait a little longer and let the opponent slowly burn to death than get too close and taint himself with that stench.

Regardless, under the shroud of the Five Elements Divine Domain, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon couldn’t escape even if it wanted to. It was nothing more than a fish in a barrel.

Before long, the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon had been burned down by the flames until only a single intact tentacle remained. The rest of its body had all been reduced to flying ash. This was a piece Chu Sheng had intentionally left behind. If it was completely incinerated, he wouldn’t be able to recycle the corpse. That would be a massive loss.

Without the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s control, the surrounding waves quickly receded. The ground was drenched and still steaming with heat.

Pinching his nose, Chu Sheng slowly approached the Old Tree Bark Sea Demon’s remaining tentacle.

"As expected, scorched tentacles always smell fragrant. The Mermaid really didn’t deceive me!"