Chapter 223: Bai Xiuxiu: “say My Name, And It’ll Scare You!”
“If this Deep Sea Demon Whale King is seeking revenge against Tang San, shouldn’t you be happy about it?”
“Why do you look so worried?”
Huo Yuhao clearly saw through the [Dream] authority that Little Planet Spirit now showed an expression of having made a mistake, feeling very guilty inside, with her fingers twisting together from time to time, not daring to meet Huo Yuhao’s “gaze”.
Little Planet Spirit lowered her head and looked at her toes, her originally ethereal and inclusive voice now at a lower pitch.
“If it were just revenge against the Sea God, of course I’d be very happy.”
“But her heart is now completely filled with hatred, with almost no reason left.”
“I tried connecting to her spirit, soothing her anger, making her calm down a bit, at least able to think normally, but I failed.”
“Her strength is very strong, already approaching a million years, not much different from that Deep Sea Demon Whale King from before.”
“Aside from that child Silver Dragon King, probably only Di Tian can barely deal with her.”
“Moreover, my control over the ocean is too weak; I can’t establish contact with her at all.”
“She, who awoke due to an accident and fell into madness, can now be said to kill any Sea Soul Beast she sees!”
“Many children in the ocean are actually innocent.”
Hearing Little Planet Spirit’s gentle voice laced with guilt, Huo Yuhao’s “gaze” softened as he looked at her, slowly soothing her through the [Dream] authority.
He actually didn’t think this was a bad thing, mainly because he felt nothing for the ocean, and the life or death of Sea Soul Beasts had nothing to do with him.
Extreme North, Xilu City, Enthusiasm, even including the Magic Net—these were all on the continent, and the continent was Huo Yuhao’s base.
As for the ocean side, Huo Yuhao hoped it would be as chaotic as possible; the more chaotic it got there, the less stable the Sea God Divine Position’s base would be, allowing Huo Yuhao to quietly encroach on the ocean.
Little Planet Spirit was the Planet Will after all; loving her own children was very normal, and Huo Yuhao expressed respect for that.
But Huo Yuhao wouldn’t fight the Demon Emperor over it either; the benefits and risks were completely disproportionate, so let the Demon Emperor stir things up in the ocean.
“By the way, you sent this Demon Soul Great White Shark, right?”
“Otherwise, how could the ocean current erupting from the Arctic Ocean blow her to the Ice Sea?”
Little Planet Spirit rallied her spirits, lifted her head, and said:
“Yes.”
“Aren’t you going to other continents?”
“Even with coordinates, you need a guide on the ocean.”
“Among Sea Soul Beasts, none are more suitable as a guide than the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.”
“Their clan often wanders aimlessly in the ocean, has been to many places, and is very familiar with ocean current distributions and various safe sea routes.”
“With her help, you can easily head to other continents.”
Huo Yuhao’s gentle voice reached Little Planet Spirit’s ears through Dream Power.
“Mm.”
“Thank you.”
“I do need a guide.”
Little Planet Spirit was very happy, her toes lightly tapping, her voice mixed with joy.
“As long as I can help you, I’ll head back to the inner side of the planet first.”
“The planet records still need me to maintain them.”
“If there’s anything you need help with later, I’ll do my best to aid you.”
Accompanied by Little Planet Spirit’s ethereal and gentle voice echoing over the pure white ocean, that fresh red figure gradually disappeared in the Dream Space, returning to the planet’s origin.
Huo Yuhao also withdrew his “sight”, returning his consciousness to reality.
In reality, the Demon Soul Great White Shark beside Huo Yuhao’s feet was vigorously flapping her fins, trying to return to the ocean.
The bait’s weakening effect had faded; after all, she was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Su Tong expressionlessly blocked this Demon Soul Great White Shark’s retreat. If she let this shark escape, the teacher might suddenly wake up in anger in the middle of the night, and in the teacher’s memory, this shark would grow bigger and bigger.
“Stop struggling.”
“You can’t escape.”
“The teacher isn’t that cruel; at most, he’ll cut off your shark fin. With a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s vitality, you won’t die.”
The Demon Soul Great White Shark covered her eyes with her fins, her pleasant female voice carrying sobs.
“How can this be?”
“I won’t come here again next time.”
“You, you go easy, I’m afraid of pain.”
The Demon Soul Great White Shark resignedly extended her right fin, then thought about it and retracted the right fin, extending the left one instead.
Su Tong’s mouth curved up slightly; this Demon Soul Great White Shark was surprisingly cute.
It was obvious that this Demon Soul Great White Shark held a high status in her clan, at least the child of an elder; otherwise, she wouldn’t be so well-protected, looking untouched by the law of the jungle’s wild impurities.
“Alright, Su Tong, stop scaring her.”
Huo Yuhao gently squatted down, patted this shark’s white belly, making crisp “clap clap” sounds, and said:
“My fish, what’s your name?”
“Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, such strong spiritual power; your status in the clan must be high, so you should have your own name.”
The Demon Soul Great White Shark shyly slapped away Huo Yuhao’s hand with her fin, her voice carrying pride.
“Don’t mess around! I can get shy too.”
“My mother is the clan’s king!”
“I’m the prized heaven’s pride of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan!”
“Hmph hmph, say my name, and you’ll be shocked!”
“I’m Dong Qianqiu! Freezing the ocean, for ten thousand generations!”
Huo Yuhao: “Stare…”
Su Tong: “………”
“Actually, both the teacher and I are Ice Attribute Soul Masters, and we’re currently looking for soul rings to advance.”
Su Tong’s You You words suddenly reached the ears of the proud-faced Demon Soul Great White Shark.
Her fish body shuddered, her expression gradually stiffening, her white fish head’s eyes on both sides filling with mist.
“I… I’m actually Fire Attribute, do you believe me? Heh heh heh.”
“…………”
“Nooo!! My soul ring isn’t suitable for you! It won’t give you powerful soul skills.”
“I… I was wrong! I… I’m not Dong Qianqiu, I’m actually Bai Xiuxiu.”
Huo Yuhao patted Bai Xiuxiu’s fish head and said:
“You should’ve been honest earlier.”
“I think this name sounds better than Dong Qianqiu.”
Bai Xiuxiu tsundere-ly twisted her fish head and said:
“Hmph!”
“I still think Dong Qianqiu sounds better; Bai Xiuxiu is too tacky. When I get back, I’ll ask my mother to change my name!”
Huo Yuhao really wanted to tell her that this was probably impossible; by now, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had likely slaughtered her entire family, unless the Sea God intervened.
But given the Sea God’s current situation, intervention was unlikely.
Which meant this big shark in front of him had likely honorably acquired the Innate Bridge-Blocking Sacred Body.
Huo Yuhao had no intention of explaining the situation to her directly; let her go back and see for herself.
“Alright, Bai Xiuxiu, right?”
“I won’t kill you, but you’ve eaten so much of my bait; it can’t just end like this. Go back home and bring me some deep-sea specialties as compensation.”
Bai Xiuxiu suddenly lifted her shark head, looking at Huo Yuhao with hopeful eyes, and said:
“You’ll let me leave?”
Huo Yuhao stood up, put away the fishing rod, and said:
“Shark meat isn’t tasty anyway, and we don’t want your soul ring.”
“Go back, and remember to bring some specialties.”
Bai Xiuxiu didn’t notice a strange eye mark appearing on her tail fin.
“Okay!”
“I’ll definitely bring you the tastiest deep-sea Dragon Scale Octopus and Deep Sea Spirit Pearl Mussels!”
“I’ll be quick; just wait here for a couple of days.”
Bai Xiuxiu happily thrashed her fish body, sending wet sand flying everywhere.
Huo Yuhao used telekinesis to lift this fish up and threw her forcefully; the entire fish traced a beautiful arc in the air, landing in the water with a perfect posture and a small splash, enough to make the Philippine dynamite fishing team break out in sweat.
Bai Xiuxiu returned to the ocean, excitedly leaping out of the sea surface, flicking her tail to draw a heart shape with the water splash in the air, then sped toward the Arctic Ocean.
Huo Yuhao beckoned to Su Tong and said:
“Let’s go; time to form a Soul Spirit Contract for you.”
Su Tong carried the fish bucket, which had no fish in it; she tilted her head slightly and said:
“Teacher, we’re just letting it leave like this?”
Huo Yuhao looked toward the ocean and said:
“Let her leave.”
“But she’ll be back soon; the ocean isn’t calm anymore.”
“This Hungry Shark probably has nowhere to go.”
Su Tong nodded thoughtfully; hearing the teacher say that, it seemed something had happened in the ocean, and the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan might have met with disaster.
As for how the teacher knew, she had always trusted the teacher’s intelligence network.
