Chapter 1029 - 1129: With Great Caution

Then Ye Tianfan fiercely hurled the fireball towards one of the sea star warriors!

What puzzled Ye Tianfan was that the fireball was detected by the sea star warrior even before it touched them!

Then Ye Tianfan watched as a powerful jet of water sprayed out from the middle of the sea star warrior's five legs!

Ye Tianfan was unsure how he could see them spraying the water jets underwater, but there's no doubt about the water jets, as Ye Tianfan could indeed see them.

After the sea star warriors extinguished the fireball, they began to patrol around, knowing they were searching for him. Ye Tianfan quickly retreated a few steps. Without knowing the range of observation of the sea star warriors, Ye Tianfan noticed that the fireball was only detected within ten meters of the sea star warriors, suggesting their detection range is around ten meters.

Initially, Ye Tianfan thought the sea star warriors, with their bulging muscles, were physically strong demon beasts, but he didn't expect them to also mount long-range attacks!

Furthermore, through previous probing, Ye Tianfan found himself quite helpless against the sea star warriors!

His power diminished in the water, whereas sea star warriors have enhanced abilities in the water.

Comparatively, he might not even contend with one of them, let alone dozens ahead!

But observing these dozens of sea star warriors patrolling back and forth, Ye Tianfan suddenly thought that since their detection range is ten meters, he could cling to the top of the cave and slowly move towards the entrance. Even if discovered near the entrance, he could release multiple layers of defensive immortal techniques and rush into the cave!

Even if he were discovered, if the sea star warriors merely sprayed water, Ye Tianfan might leverage the force to accelerate his entry into the cave!

Ye Tianfan considered the plan a good one and observed the sea star warriors, then began crawling towards the top of the cave!

Using the buoyancy of the water, Ye Tianfan easily climbed to the top of the cave, gripping onto protruding rocks tightly and moving forward carefully; he could not afford to fall. With the cave height appearing to be around fifteen meters, a fall would expose him to the sea star warriors below before even hitting the ground!

So Ye Tianfan crawled cautiously, simultaneously watching the sea star warriors below!

The sea star warriors seemed tired after patrolling for a while without finding any enemies, reverting to their slack demeanor, with some lying down and stretching their legs—they were indistinguishable from their hands since all five legs looked identical!

At this moment, Ye Tianfan was extremely tense, reminiscing when he was young, sneaking out to avoid training using various tricks and eluding his grandfather's disciples!

In those days, seeking playful escapes, he employed all sorts of clever tricks despite being seriously committed to mastering Ye Family's techniques, his talents were indeed high, yet sometimes he sought to have fun, thus leading to such events!

Ye Tianfan was cautiously crawling across the cave top when suddenly he felt a rock in his hand was loose, and he'd applied pressure on it!

Once pressure is applied to a loose rock, an obvious consequence follows. Ye Tianfan inadvertently detached the rock, his body plummeted down suddenly!

But Ye Tianfan quickly reacted, clutching another rock tightly without letting go, while the hand that lost its grip rapidly seized the fallen rock, tucked it against his stomach, and hastily searched for a new rock to hold onto!

Ye Tianfan's hands held firmly, though his feet lost grip, his energy focused solely in his hands, thereby neglecting his feet, slipping down; however, the grasped rocks and water buoyancy stopped the fall!

Since Ye Tianfan's feet lacked support, his body turned upright, and the stomach-held rock began to fall downward!

Seeing this, Ye Tianfan's eyes widened, realizing if the rock fell, the sea star warriors would surely detect it and investigate above, easily discovering him with a casual jump!

Ye Tianfan hurriedly used his feet to clamp the rock before it fell too low.

Softly exhaling in relief as the rock didn't fall, he avoided drawing attention from the sea star warriors.

Ye Tianfan resumed careful forward crawling, being extra cautious with his feet trying not to crush the rock, yet avoiding slacking as it was rather heavy!

Proceeding carefully, after confirming repeatedly that rocks were steady and the rock wasn't slipping, Ye Tianfan used it as a foothold!

Slowly, Ye Tianfan crawled halfway along the route, although short, leaving him exhausted.

Having to climb while tightly clamping the rock, contemplating its disposal, he found no feasible location to discard it.

Discarding it below would undoubtedly expose him to the sea star warriors. Attempting a different disposal needed significant force, likely triggering disruptive water currents.

Such noticeable water movement would beware sea star warriors.

Now facing a dilemma of disposal or retention, Ye Tianfan cautiously clamped the rock.

Slowly he progressed, being extra vigilant not to attract attention from the sea star warriors below.

Approaching the sea star warrior's activity zone, his hand-held rock suddenly loosened, startling him to sweat, though invisible underwater.