novel bin Chapter 281 Flying Fish's External Soul Bone
Chapter 281 Flying Fish's External Soul Bone
On that turbulent sea, another fierce battle that lasted for more than an hour began.
Archer gripped the fishing rod tightly, his eyes fixed on the water, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
The fish seemed to be the overlord of the sea, and despite the long struggle, it finally began to show signs of exhaustion.
Its splashing in the water gradually decreased, and it only occasionally swung its tail, stirring up less water than before.
However, something strange happened.
No matter how hard Archer tried to lift the rod, there was always an invisible but powerful pressure.
He felt as if he were in a vast, high-altitude river, with some force underwater holding him back, making it impossible for him to successfully pull the fish ashore.
It should be noted that Archer had already unleashed the full power of his Soul King form, and the light of his soul power illuminated the surrounding sea.
Even so, the creature that looked like a knife fish remained as still as a mountain in the water, showing no sign of being pulled up, only occasionally shifting slightly to accommodate the pull of the fishing line.
Archer felt a pang of worry. He thought to himself that if he couldn't find a way to pull the fish up, he would probably be the one who ran out of strength in the end.
He gritted his teeth, his facial muscles twitching from the effort, but he still gripped the fishing rod tightly, refusing to loosen his grip even slightly.
Wu Heyi, who was standing nearby, also looked into the sea in search of what was happening.
The fish's body was barely visible, but its length could be roughly estimated.
He was quite surprised, after all, a knife fish that was over ten meters long shouldn't possess such great strength.
This power was completely beyond his understanding of ordinary knife fish; there must be some unknown situation involved.
After a moment's thought, Wu Heyi turned to Meng Xuanjun and called out:
"Old Meng, your mental strength is strong enough, investigate!"
At this moment, Mengxuanjun had just finished eating a fish and was sitting there patting his belly.
He also noticed that something was wrong. In fact, even if Wu Heyi hadn't given the order, he had already planned to investigate out of curiosity.
Meng Xuanjun closed his eyes, and his martial spirit slowly emerged from behind him.
In an instant, a powerful soul force, almost tangible, surged out from his body, directly transforming into vast spiritual power.
This spiritual energy rapidly gathered in front of him, instantly transforming into a gigantic hand that seemed to blot out the sky, and then slammed down into the sea.
As soon as the mental energy palm entered the sea, Mengxuanjun's brows furrowed tightly.
The feel was very strange. He knew very well that knife fish didn't feel like this at all; normal knife fish didn't have such a plump feel.
His mental energy explored the fish's body and he was surprised to find that its overall shape was somewhat like that of a bird.
Meng Xuanjun looked at Wu Heyi with a puzzled expression. After understanding his meaning, Wu Heyi calmly transmitted his thoughts using his mental power:
"No matter what the problem is, let's get Archer out of the water first!"
Mengxuan nodded and then focused her attention.
In that instant, his mental energy palm seemed to transform into a giant net, trapping the fish as if it were caught in an invisible net, rendering it unable to struggle any longer.
Archer also noticed something was wrong, and at the same time, he exerted his strength and pulled the fishing rod up hard.
Just as the fish broke through the water, a shocking scene unfolded: a pair of crystal-clear wings appeared to be spreading out.
The wings shimmered in the sunlight, like rare treasures.
Moreover, the wingspan of these wings alone far exceeds the original length of the fish, making it look extremely spectacular.
At this moment, Wu Heyi, examining the fish's appearance, exclaimed loudly:
"This isn't a knife fish, but it's a close relative of the knife fish—the six-eyed flying fish!" Everyone was greatly surprised upon hearing this.
Upon closer inspection, everyone discovered that the fish was not just a dozen meters long as they had previously thought; its body alone was over 20 meters long.
The fishhook was still firmly in the fish's mouth. After it came out of the water, although it had wings and could try to glide, the fishing line was still very strong, and it fell heavily onto the deck in just a moment.
After carefully observing the flying fish, Wu Heyi, based on his years of experience, estimated that the fish's cultivation level was quite high. He quickly explained this to Archer, who was slightly startled upon hearing it.
However, Archer was completely stunned by the giant wings of the flying fish in front of him.
He thought with awe that if he hadn't gone out to sea with Wu Heyi, he probably would never have imagined that fish could have wings and even fly.
He had been wondering why he couldn't pull the fish up smoothly, but now he realized it must be because of the wing.
But it's no longer important to investigate those things now.
Archer understood that if the age of the spirit ring was too high, exceeding the range that a spirit master could absorb, forcibly absorbing it could very likely cause the spirit master to explode and die.
This is an extremely dangerous matter; a slight misstep could lead to utter ruin.
But somehow, Archer always felt that there was a mysterious force guiding him to do something.
He gritted his teeth, as if possessed, took out the dagger he always carried, and with a determined look in his eyes, pierced the flying fish's eye. Then he stuck the dagger into the fish's head and smashed its brain to pieces.
The flying fish reflexively and violently resisted the moment it was killed.
Immediately afterwards, as black soul power condensed on its body, a shiny black soul ring began to appear.
When Archer saw the spirit ring appear, he sat down cross-legged without hesitation.
He began to use his own soul power as a guide, constantly forming hand seals, carefully absorbing the flying fish's black soul ring into his own martial soul.
However, the soul power of this soul ring surged and violently surged wildly through his meridians, and Archer could clearly feel that he had no ability to suppress this soul power at all.
This clearly demonstrates that the age limit of this spirit ring indeed exceeded his ability as a spirit master.
Just as Archer began absorbing the spirit ring, Ah-Dai, who had been standing by and couldn't resist the temptation of the food, picked up the corpse of the flying fish.
He grinned and found some steel skewers, skillfully skewered the flying fish, and then placed them on the fire that had been prepared beforehand to grill.
"Hehe, this fish can fly, it must be delicious. I'll grill it, and then Brother Che can eat it right away!"
Ah-Dai's eyes narrowed into slits with laughter as he eagerly awaited the flying fish to be cooked.
Just as the flying fish was placed on the fire to roast, its two large wings suddenly fell off with a thud, as if something inside them was trying to separate.
Wu Heyi's eyes widened in surprise, and he exclaimed, "External soul bone!"