Chapter 228 Sea Situation
Heaven Dou Empire, Hanhai City.
As the largest city in the western border of the Heaven Dou Empire, it is also the largest coastal city and port city on the Douluo Continent.
The enormous city was built along the sea, or rather, on a mountain by the sea, so that the ebb and flow of the tides could not shake it in the slightest. The thick city walls were definitely of the standard for a main city.
Qin Mu and his two companions were currently in the largest hotel in Hanhai City. Given their status, they would receive the highest level of treatment wherever they went.
However, Qin Mu did not use his identity as the Pope of the Spirit Hall, but instead disguised himself as a wealthy young master.
If one flaunts their identity as the Pope of the Spirit Hall, it may reduce some unnecessary trouble, but if trouble does arise, it will definitely be very troublesome.
After Qin Mu arrived in Hanhai City, he did not immediately rent a boat to go there. Instead, he first asked Ling Yuan and Yue Guan to collect some precautions for going to sea.
On land, the three of them could probably walk sideways with impunity.
But this was at sea, and the three of them had almost no experience in naval combat.
Qin Mu and his companions didn't need to worry too much about encountering some low-level pirates.
But their destination was the sole overlord of the entire ocean, a million-year-old soul beast, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!
After nearly three days, Ling Yuan and Yue Guan finally arrived at Qin Mu's room that evening, both with furrowed brows.
"What's wrong? Judging from your expressions, things don't seem very optimistic!"
Although he already knew something about the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Qin Mu still pretended to know nothing and asked the two of them questions.
"The situation is very bad."
As Yue Guan spoke, he took out a map from his storage ring.
"This is a nautical chart that I bought at a high price. It records many sea areas that captains who have gone out to sea have unanimously agreed are very troublesome. Among them, we only need to pay special attention to three sea areas."
"Soul beasts in the sea are similar to those on land in some ways. They also have their own territories, and their sense of territory is even stronger than that of land-based soul beasts. So, as long as we don't enter the territory of those particularly powerful sea soul beasts, we won't anger them and cause trouble."
"First is the Demon Soul Sea. This sea is very far from Hanhai City, but very close to Sea God Island. It is home to a large number of 100,000-year-old Demon Soul Great White Sharks, which are extremely troublesome."
"Secondly, there is the Demon Sea. This sea is much smaller than the other two. It is only inhabited by the Demon Orca pod, but this pod lives in the deep sea."
"Although the sea area is small, its combat power is even greater than that of the Demon Soul Great White Shark population, and it is extremely dangerous. Of the ships that enter the Demon Sea, only one or two out of ten can barely make it out."
"Finally, there is the most dangerous, but also the relatively safest, Demon Whale Sea."
Upon hearing the mention of the Demon Whale Sea, Qin Mu's face immediately lit up with interest, but he noticed the embarrassment on Yue Guan's face.
"Qin Mu, have you really thought this through? Are we going to go out to sea to hunt soul beasts?"
"You should know that if any of these three sea areas is attacked, even a powerful expert like a Title Douluo may not be able to escape unscathed."
"If you're not sure either, I suggest you consider other soul beasts."
"After all, the difficulty of hunting sea spirit beasts is a whole generation higher than that of 100,000-year spirit beasts on land."
Upon hearing Yue Guan's words, Qin Mu suddenly frowned.
Yue Guan's words clearly indicated a desire to retreat, even though he was currently a level 96 Title Douluo powerhouse.
The fact that he would say something like that can only mean that the situation he knows is definitely more serious than he described.
Turning his gaze to Ling Yuan beside him, Qin Mu noticed that even someone as arrogant as Ling Yuan didn't look particularly optimistic at the moment.
"Little Qin Mu, Yue Guan is right."
"This matter is of great importance. If you insist, I think it is necessary for us to borrow some reinforcements from the Spirit Hall."
"Otherwise, the three of us alone would most likely just be throwing our lives away in vain."
Ling Yuan paused for a moment, then spoke.
"Actually, with your current strength, you don't need to risk going out to sea to hunt sea spirit beasts at all."
"Besides, those three seem to be just ordinary 100,000-year-old sea spirit beasts, nothing particularly special."
"Compared to the others, your sixth spirit ring, the one from the Titan Giant Ape, is of much better quality than the other three."
Hearing the two of them keep backing down, Qin Mu actually laughed.
"What? Are you two elders of the Spirit Hall, who have served for many years, afraid?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Yuan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and annoyed.
"How can you be so ruthless?"
"We were just trying to be helpful! Do you even know what the survival rate is in the Demon Whale Sea?"
"Only half! That doesn't even sound like the incident rate in the Demon Sea, right? That's because the overlord of the Demon Whale Sea, that 100,000-year-old deep-sea Demon Whale King, hardly ever makes a move!"
As she spoke, Ling Yuan gritted her teeth, eventually letting out a helpless sigh.
"It is said that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King once had a dispute with the Sea God, and was eventually blinded in one eye by the Sea God."
"Besides, everyone who has ever seen the Deep Sea Demon Whale King make a move has died in the Demon Whale Sea without exception."
"The reason why the rest of them were able to return alive is because they found a way to enter the Demon Whale Sea over the years!"
"If you're truly so stubborn, then you might as well go and die by yourself!"
After saying that, Ling Yuan didn't wait for Qin Mu to say anything more before turning her head away and ignoring him.
Seeing the two of them like this, Qin Mu understood that they were worried about him.
After all, no matter how powerful he was, he was only a pseudo-titled Douluo. When it came to escaping, he might not necessarily have more skills than these two genuine titled Douluos.
But Qin Mu had no way of telling the two of them the truth.
After all, if he revealed that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King possessed a million years of cultivation, those two would absolutely not agree to let him go to sea.
At this point, Qin Mu also gave up his intention to tease the two of them.
"Alright, you two, I was just teasing you. Why don't you know what's good for you?"
Hearing Qin Mu's words, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, our target for hunting soul beasts this time is still on the continent, right?"
Just as Ling Yuan and Yue Guan were relieved, Qin Mu's next words made them jump up and down in alarm.
"No, the soul beasts we need to hunt are still in the sea."
"And the soul beast they hunted was none other than the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!"
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