Chapter 1028 - 1128: Musclebound Starfish

Ye Tianfan looked at the crossroads before him, hesitating for a moment, but knowing that if he didn't deal with the demon beasts inside, he wouldn't be able to get out.

However, Ye Tianfan primarily trains in fire attribute Immortal Technique, which is inherently weaker in this environment. Plus, Ye Tianfan couldn't use his Magical Treasure, further weakening his fire attribute Immortal Technique.

It means that if Ye Tianfan wanted to eliminate those demon beasts here, he could only exert about forty percent of his full strength.

In other words, even if those demon beasts had similar power to Ye Tianfan, he might not be able to defeat them. Furthermore, if they were communal demon beasts, Ye Tianfan only had one option: to quickly pass through, forcibly endure their attacks, and use these attacks to escape more quickly!

This isn't due to Ye Tianfan fearing battle; it's because such battle circumstances are completely unnecessary. Besides, Ye Tianfan's main focus is fire attribute Immortal Technique which would be greatly ineffective in the water.

Ye Tianfan knew that if the demon beasts inside were docile and peaceful, the beast leading him wouldn't have sat there with a fierce expression. It would have led Ye Tianfan directly across and forward to the exit.

However, Ye Tianfan wasn't sure what these creatures were and had to first confirm.

So Ye Tianfan slowly swam forward.

Soon, Ye Tianfan saw a large cavern, and the end of this cavern was a cave with a slight glow.

Ye Tianfan's shoulder was suddenly tapped!

Turning around, Ye Tianfan saw the guiding demon beast tapping his shoulder and pointing with its other fin toward the dimly lit cave!

Ye Tianfan nodded; it seemed that cave was indeed the exit!

Ye Tianfan then looked into the cavern. Based on the glow of the Treasure Lotus, there were many human-like demon beasts walking around inside.

Upon closer observation, Ye Tianfan found these human-like demon beasts were actually starfish-like. Walking on two legs with the other two acting as arms, and a final leg akin to a head, they appeared humanoid to Ye Tianfan!

More importantly, Ye Tianfan noticed the muscles bulging on these starfish. Each was robust and sturdy!

"These... are Starfish Warriors?" Ye Tianfan recognized the names of these demon beasts because he had read literature describing them before!

"How could this be? Starfish Warriors live in the sea! And the only place they can be found is the dangerous Shen Bo Strait, no less risky than the ten forbidden zones!" Ye Tianfan thought upon seeing the Starfish Warriors.

As for why Starfish Warriors are only found in Shen Bo Strait?

It's because only the person named Shen Bo discovered these sea creatures and found them in the Shen Bo Strait!

Others haven't searched, so currently, only Shen Bo Strait is known to house these creatures.

This meant Ye Tianfan had a great possibility of being in Shen Bo Strait, with some small chance of being elsewhere!

This left Ye Tianfan astonished because the place he fainted was far away from Shen Bo Strait. If he were in Shen Bo Strait, how did he get here?

There was at least a half-month's journey difference between Shen Bo Strait and where Ye Tianfan fainted, even at Ye Tianfan's full speed!

However, Ye Tianfan quickly thought of a possibility that after fainting, spatial fluctuations transported him to the cave from before!

This meant he might have entered a relic or an Array!

But this likely wasn't a deliberate act, rather a twist of fate causing this predicament!

The misfortune for Ye Tianfan was because earlier in the cave he nearly died, even if not dead, he would be trapped and perish!

But immediately Ye Tianfan internally exclaimed: This is bad!

Although the literature didn't talk much about Starfish Warriors, it mentioned their strength. Typically, Starfish Warriors had powers around two or three levels of Qian Yuan.

Given the current situation, Ye Tianfan could roughly contend with these creatures!

But upon seeing at least twenty or thirty Starfish Warriors in the cave, Ye Tianfan realized boldly charging through would be extremely dangerous, likely ineffective and impossible!

Ye Tianfan suddenly wondered why the Treasure Lotus's light had shone on these Starfish Warriors for so long without any reaction?

Could they all be blind? Ye Tianfan didn't read about this in the literature, but upon closer observation, he didn't see anything resembling eyes on these Starfish Warriors!

If these Starfish Warriors didn't have eyes, would Ye Tianfan's idea of quickly charging through be feasible?

Ye Tianfan wasn't sure because even without eyes, these Starfish Warriors would have another way to detect enemies, otherwise, would they really wait every time for the enemy to attack them before counterattacking?

Considering this, Ye Tianfan felt some grievance toward Shen Bo, for not thoroughly observing these creatures when he discovered them. Observing demon beasts is essential for documenting them in literature, especially common creatures like Starfish Warriors, which aren't too strong and easy to observe. Yet the literature has only a scant few sentences!

If Ye Tianfan could not confirm how these Starfish Warriors dealt with their enemies, he decided to test them to see how they identify enemies.

Ye Tianfan formed a fireball with his hands, coating it with a layer of Spiritual Power. Although this consumed more Spiritual Power, it prevented extinguishment in the lake!

Otherwise, even if the fireball hit these Starfish Warriors, the cold water would douse much of the flames, rendering the attack ineffective.

Ye Tianfan only intended to test and not to fight, so he didn't expend much Spiritual Power.