Chapter 291: Slash (Part 2)
The boundless seawater was split open in an instant, and the sky was revealed the next moment, even the clouds were cleaved apart, with warm and dazzling sunlight visiting the sea floor that had been shrouded in darkness for millennia for the first time.
As if thousands of thunders exploded in unison, the vaporized seawater burst into white mist reaching the sky.
The massive flow of water, surpassing all the waterfalls on land, crashed down from both sides of the split sea layers.
In the roaring sound that swept across heaven and earth and submerged all things, the Hero's consciousness sank once more, moving away from the body of the mythical shrimp—
[How did it die?]
1.5. Siren's Guardian God
2.6. Soloing the Dream Erosion Group
3.7. Exhaustion to death
4.8. Killed by father
9. It's not dead yet.
10. Great Success/Great Failure
D10=d10(3)=3
♛: Exhaustion to death
An unparalleled axe, poured with all its strength, severed the deep sea along with the sky.
But the Sea Shrimp itself had no chance to witness this marvel of the world being split in two.
——This axe had already exhausted all it had.
The once heavy armor that could block all malice of the world lost its sturdiness after this strike and shattered weakly under the impact of the surging seawater, taking its life back to the boundless sea...
[Sea Shrimp R7 Fantasy Species]
It is said to have evolved from ordinary shrimp into a mythical giant shrimp.
Absorbing mineral elements from seawater and seabed, it grew an indestructible shell, allowing its pincers to grow into gigantic chopping axes comparable to Legendary Weapons.
It spent its entire life honing its path of slashing, only to one day sever the ocean, willing to perish for this purpose.
But no one knows why.
[Spectacle: Sea Slash Waterfall]
Located in the open ocean, a marvelous sight.
Without any geographical obstructions, the vast ocean naturally parts here, as if severed by an invisible great force, forming two grand waterfalls.
However, although only seen from afar, navigators observe that the sea level beneath the waterfalls seems to be slowly rising, and perhaps this spectacle will disappear in a few decades.
[A conversation with Divine Knowledge Saintess]
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Hmm, I understand what you mean, you want to know about that waterfall and the Sea Shrimp. But is it really okay? You've paid so much to gain this precious chance to talk with me.
Ocean Scholar: You're joking, clearly you know the answer without me having to say it. Because compared to many other insubstantial titles, I prefer to be called a scholar, so for me, no matter how valuable this opportunity is, satisfying my curiosity is most important.
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Hehe... Isn't this the way an ordinary person should talk? I also spent some effort to learn this. But since you are so frank, I won't continue to waste your time.
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Firstly, do you know what the 'sea' means to the Sea Shrimp?
Ocean Scholar: Please enlighten me.
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Oh my, you have no intention of conversing with me. Treating me like an encyclopedia, be careful you'll be suspected of having a knowledge addiction.
Ocean Scholar: ...I'm very sorry.
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Never mind, I know I will provide you with information equivalent to your efforts, so you're planning to focus all your energy on recording. I'll cooperate with you this time, as it's the last time.
Ocean Scholar: The last... Alright, I'm ready, please start. (The handwriting is somewhat messy)
Divine Knowledge Saintess: The ocean is the origin of life, possessing a spatial dimension far beyond the land. Even if life on land can reach the sky, compared to the vast and deep ocean, it is merely walking and living on a plane, as you can understand.
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Because the world that humankind can reach is too small, to humankind, the ocean, land, and sky are just parts of the world.
But in the eyes of the Sea Shrimp, the ocean is the world itself.
Sea Slash means severing the world for it.
Ocean Scholar: So why would it do this?
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Because it has reached its evolutionary limit, and this limit is determined by the world. You've researched the eighth-tier magic creatures in history, namely the Ancient Dragon Species and Great Demons, but you couldn't ever summarize a unified rule.
Magic creatures coexist with the world, the stronger they are, the closer their connection with the world, even able to respond to summons and cross space.
But on the other hand, the stronger the magic creature, the heavier the shackle imposed by the world. To advance further in the tier of life, they have only two choices:
Either completely fuse with the world, becoming part of the rules; or do the opposite, destroy, subvert, twist—ravage the world.
This is the fundamental reason for the birth of Great Demons.
Therefore, when creatures at the Great Demon tier encounter obstacles in their evolution, they will never choose to compromise.
Seekers of universal depravity do not allow the existence of life that cannot be depraved.
Those invading reality do not allow the existence of souls unafraid of nightmares.
Intending to achieve omnipotence, they do not allow the existence of unattainable goals.
To reach the ninth tier that can bear the name 'unique,' they must become absolute existences.
Ocean Scholar: The things you're referring to are — !
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Hehe, I can't tell you that, it's really frustrating, isn't it? Consider it a small punishment for your initial disrespect.
Ocean Scholar: Left behind a messy scrawl
Divine Knowledge Saintess: Have you calmed down? Then let's return to the original topic, the reason the Sea Shrimp wants to split the ocean is precisely to break its shackles.
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