Chapter 1954: Mutated Sea Beast

"My heavens! You possess such a terrifying talent for controlling water-elemental power. What was that shimmering halo you just cast upon me?"

Poseinan was completely awestruck by the immense power Xu Yang had just displayed, unable to stop himself from asking Xu Yang about the source of his abilities.

Xu Yang didn't offer many explanations, merely responding calmly, "As long as we are upon the sea, it is akin to being on my home turf. Of course, this isn't my only domain. Does this mutated creature dare to be insolent in front of me? It doesn't have the right."

As Xu Yang finished speaking, his powerful Sea God's Domain manifested an even more astonishing effect. Guided by Xu Yang's mental power, from several hundred meters away, the enormous mutated sea beast was directly lifted from the water with the power of towering waves, bringing it above the surface. This allowed Xu Yang and Poseinan to truly see the sea beast's true form.

Its body resembled a massive sea lion, but its head and menacing maw seemed to emanate an intimidating power capable of devouring everything. It looked incredibly ferocious.

"So, the sea tribes of the three great empires dare to enter the true open sea? It seems you truly have a death wish."

To Xu Yang's surprise, even with its body restrained by his wave power, this monstrous-mouthed sea creature still maintained such an arrogant demeanor. Xu Yang scoffed, "What gives you the right to be so presumptuous in our presence?"

The mutated sea beast burst into laughter. "Ignorant fools! Our Eternal Night Emperor has already grasped the power to conquer the entire Sea of Martial Gods. Before long, the vast Sea of Martial Gods will become mere dust beneath the Eternal Night Emperor's feet. By then, the entire land region of the Ancient Martial God Path will become meaningless. Ultimately, it will be our great Eternal Night Emperor who unites the entire Ancient Martial God Path!"

As soon as the hideous mutated sea beast finished speaking, it immediately opened its cavernous mouth. A fierce suction force began to wildly sweep up the surrounding waves. Each time it swallowed, it was a true catastrophe in the sea. Without Xu Yang present, even the Sea Beast King Poseinan would have found it difficult to stop the furious churning of the waves.

"Damn it, this creature's combat ability is terrifying. Such a ferocious species has never appeared in the Sea of Martial Gods. If everything he says is true, and the Sea of Martial Gods is about to undergo a major change, then this catastrophe could turn the entire Ancient Martial God Path upside down!"

Poseinan was genuinely starting to panic. As a beast king who had long been affiliated with the Star Scar Empire's maritime regions, he instinctively began to worry about his sea tribe subjects.

However, in Xu Yang's eyes, this was nothing more than a farce.

"I don't care if you're spreading alarmist rumors or stating facts. I will personally investigate the true purpose of the Eternal Night Emperor. But none of that concerns you anymore, because the moment you appeared before me, your downfall today was sealed."

After speaking, Xu Yang directly flung the trident in his hand. What seemed like an ordinary throw actually unleashed the immensely powerful water-elemental suppressive force around the trident. The instant the trident flew towards the sea beast, the space around it immediately fell into a state of stagnation.

All spatiotemporal laws within the affected area completely lost their effect. The mutated sea beast had originally intended to use the water vapor and waves it had swallowed to obstruct Xu Yang's trident attack, but it discovered that the killing edge before it was far from as simple as it imagined.

Xu Yang's seemingly casual strike, simply by manipulating the surrounding spatial laws under the influence of his mental power, could transform decay into wonder, even with the most ordinary attack.

Because the spatial laws were altered, it was equivalent to directly limiting the opponent's defensive capabilities. Even the weakest attack, against an utterly defenseless opponent, would surely inflict irreversible damage.

In an instant, with the spatiotemporal restriction, the trident unerringly plunged into the mutated sea beast's skull. A pained shriek erupted.

The enormous mutated sea beast before them was thoroughly subdued by Xu Yang's single strike. It had originally been arrogant enough to challenge Xu Yang. But now, after suffering this almost fatal blow, it had completely lost any desire to continue flaunting its power before Xu Yang. Instinctively, it wanted to bury itself back in the deep sea and escape.

However, Xu Yang quickly discovered the trident's remarkable innate ability: it could directly connect to his mental power. It didn't require martial power to control it through confrontation.

With just a thought, the trident began to violently spin within the sea beast's wound, literally tearing through and completely piercing its massive maw.

"I haven't told you to run yet, how dare you even think of it? If I can't even suppress an arrogant creature like you, then I, Xu Yang, wouldn't be worthy of being here."

As Xu Yang finished speaking, he waved his palm. A powerful suction force, channeled directly through the trident, was unleashed at the mutated sea beast's wound, pulling both the divine weapon and the sea beast's corpse, impaled upon its tip, directly before Xu Yang.

This was the best possible trophy. Xu Yang was very pleased with his work. Holding the trident, he meticulously examined the enormous sea beast's corpse.

He quickly discovered that the biggest difference between this creature and ordinary sea beasts lay in the composition of its blood. Poseinan, staring at the sea beast's wound in utter shock, remarked, "Strange, this creature's blood contains other power sources. Even its blood isn't purely red."

Xu Yang nodded. "Indeed. It seems the secret must be hidden within their life essence."

Thinking this, Xu Yang once again activated his Kunlun Dao cultivation method. In a matter of minutes, the mutated sea beast's enormous body was refined by Xu Yang into a radiant Beast Core.

Unlike the black-and-white cores of the dark faction disciples, this massive creature's concentrated life essence shimmered with mottled blue light.

"If my judgment is correct," Xu Yang said, "the reason these sea beasts possess such ferocious combat abilities must be greatly connected to this blue life essence, which originally did not belong to them." Xu Yang nodded, but instead of keeping the core for himself, he offered it to Poseinan. "If you're interested, you can try ingesting it. See how much your power can increase with this core."

Poseinan wasn't motivated by greed for the power, but rather by the desire to provide Xu Yang with more clues through his own efforts. This way, should any catastrophic changes truly arise in the Sea of Martial Gods in the future, the Star Scar Empire could react immediately.

"Thank you, esteemed one!"