Cave Refuge

From this, it seems that although each underwater nest in the lake produces fishman spawn, once these fishmen grow up, the professions they transform into are all exactly the same.

Faced with this situation again, Dong Tianyu no longer had the heart to probe. Looking at the flag that he'd confined within an independent space, perhaps it had been too long since it was separated from the fishmen, so the flag rather violently self-destructed.

Once the flag entered the independent space Dong Tianyu had specifically divided within the Cave, it began to tremble nonstop, and it was uncertain whether it acted this way because it couldn't hold back any longer.

In any case, as time passed, the trembling of the flag began to become more and more intense.

Even though the flag was trembling violently, Dong Tianyu thought that since he had already confined it within an independent space, it probably wouldn't cause any trouble.

Moreover, Dong Tianyu had just used a thermobaric bomb and blocked the shockwave generated by its detonation in the connecting passage, so he gradually forgot about the flag confined in the independent space.

It was only later, when he remembered and wanted to check on the flag locked in the independent space, that he discovered the flag had already self-detonated, ultimately filling the independent space with a dark green eerie fog.

Upon seeing that the space where the flag had been trapped was filled with dark green eerie fog, Dong Tianyu didn't know how best to handle it for a moment.

Releasing this eerie fog would be quite fitting to the situation, but Dong Tianyu couldn't do that.

After all, considering the fishmen spawn that emerged from the lake, which grew rapidly by absorbing the eerie fog in the air, and the fishman priest on the altar, who recovered from his wounds by absorbing the eerie fog, this was clear.

So, if Dong Tianyu were to release the eerie fog from within the Cave at this time, it would certainly be an act that aided the enemy.

At this moment, seeing the fishman priest on the altar of Lake Heart Island, still ceaselessly waving the flag, Dong Tianyu also lost the desire to snatch the flag back from his hands.

He immediately took out a thermobaric bomb that was one less every time from his Storage Space. Using flying swords, he once more sent the bomb directly above the altar on Lake Heart Island.

The flying sword carried the thermobaric bomb right above the altar, then dropped it, letting it fall on its own. After the bomb dropped, the flying sword swiftly returned to Dong Tianyu's side. He then stepped onto the flying sword and quickly escaped into the distance.

As the thermobaric bomb fell onto the central altar on Lake Heart Island, it detonated in an instant. The fierce high-temperature shockwave burned away all the fog-like eerie fog in the air, leaving not a trace behind.

This time, Dong Tianyu personally witnessed the entire process of the thermobaric bomb's detonation from atop his flying sword.

Unlike the last time when he had to endure the blast at close range, although he was hurried this time, Dong Tianyu still managed to escape beyond the radius of the shockwave produced by the explosion of the thermobaric bomb.

Ultimately, while Dong Tianyu did encounter the attack of the high-temperature shockwave produced after the detonation of the thermobaric bomb, because his position was quite far from the center of the explosion, the impact of the high-temperature shockwave on him did not cause any substantial harm.

Looking at the clear air in the distance, although the air over there was quite hot at that moment, the eerie fog that used to permeate the air had disappeared without a trace.

Just as Dong Tianyu was preparing to clean up the underwater nests at the bottom of the lake, a roar that shook the heavens suddenly emerged.

At first, after the roar ended, Dong Tianyu stayed on guard for a long time, but could not find the source of the roar.

Dong Tianyu expanded the coverage of his Spiritual Sense Scanning as much as possible, yet still found no clues at the time.

However, as the range of the Spiritual Sense Scanning expanded, even though Dong Tianyu did not find the direction of the source of the roar,

he inadvertently noticed that the eerie fog, although now very thin in the air around him, was drifting, rather synergistically, all in one direction.

To prevent himself from making an incorrect judgment, Dong Tianyu specially released some Eerie Fog from his Storage Space that had been trapped in the Cave. Unexpectedly, the moment Dong Tianyu released these traces of fog, they floated towards the same area as if they were alive.

Seeing this situation, Dong Tianyu felt a bit curious, but more importantly, he guessed that the ultimate boss of the Mysterious Ship might be in the direction where the Eerie Fog was drifting.

Curious, Dong Tianyu always kept his Divine Sense Scanning at its maximum range before finally proceeding in the direction the Eerie Fog was wafting.

Unlike the slowly drifting Eerie Fog, the speed of the Flying Swords was thousands of times faster.

As the Flying Swords continued to fly, a giant octopus came into view, lazily sprawled on the ground, its tentacles carelessly spread around.

Although on the surface the octopus appeared non-aggressive, watching the suckers on its tentacles open and close, absorbing the Eerie Fog from the air, the creature's body continued to grow rapidly.

At the same time, Dong Tianyu noticed that although the Eerie Fog was constantly converging towards the location of the octopus from all directions, the density of the fog from one particular direction was significantly lower than that coming from other directions.

It was certainly due to the fact that Dong Tianyu had destroyed those two altars.

Watching the octopus comfortably absorbing the Eerie Fog that was falling right into its lap, it seemed to be growing endlessly and at high speed.

Dong Tianyu felt that he couldn't let this continue; if it did, there was no telling what kind of colossal creature he would eventually have to face.

Seeing the octopus's body swelling incessantly, Dong Tianyu thought helplessly and finally gave up on the idea of sending it over with Flying Swords, as the market currently had a variety of metals.

But for Dong Tianyu, the Flying Swords he had were not ordinary cold weapons, nor were they the Standard Flying Swords distributed to novel protagonists when they first joined a sect.

If he continued to use Flying Swords, they might very well be lost without return. After a moment's hesitation, Dong Tianyu directly used the Art of Controlling Objects on two Thermobaric Bombs.

Although using the Art of Controlling Objects consumed a significant amount of Spirit Power, it was a consumable that could always be restored. Even if he used a lot, it was better than having to reforge the Flying Swords if they were damaged.

Having successfully taken control of the two Thermobaric Bombs with the Art of Controlling Objects, he then manipulated the bombs to slowly fly towards the octopus lying on the ground.

As the two Thermobaric Bombs controlled by Dong Tianyu wobbled closer to the octopus, the creature, which had been lying on the ground lethargically, seemed to notice these two small things coming its way.

The eyes, previously tightly shut, now revealed a small slit, and a tentacle that had been lying casually on the ground quickly wrapped around the two Thermobaric Bombs like lightning.

Seeing this, Dong Tianyu hadn't expected those thick tentacles to be so precise in ensnaring the two small objects that were insignificant to the octopus.

The difficulty was akin to using only your fingers to simultaneously catch two grains of rice dropped on the ground.

Just as Dong Tianyu saw this and was hesitating whether to detonate the Thermobaric Bombs ahead of time, he never expected the tentacle to send the already trapped bombs towards the mouth of the octopus.

It seemed like the octopus was intending to swallow the Thermobaric Bombs that had been captured by its tentacle.

Concerned that the bombs might get into the stomach of the octopus and render the remote useless in his hand, Dong Tianyu immediately pressed the button for a delayed explosion.

Normally, pressing this delayed explosion button would cause the Thermobaric Bomb to explode automatically after ten minutes.

Those ten minutes would definitely give the tentacle enough time. When Dong Tianyu finally saw the two Thermobaric Bombs enter the mouth of the octopus, his anxious heart gradually calmed down.