Zhou Ming, who went all out once a plan was decided, showed astonishing fishing efficiency.
Vines, like water snakes, twisted and darted through the water. When they encountered suitable fish, they swarmed, wrapped them tightly, and after strangling them, brought them back to Zhou Ming.
If there were powerful fish, the effects of Numbing Gu and Bewitching Nectar Flower Gu attached to the vines would silently take down those fish. Even a Thousand Beast King would be limp and at Zhou Ming's mercy after such a process.
Fortunately, the fish here had no Gu worms parasitic on them and could only fight Gu Masters with their own inherent strength.
Perhaps this was the Land Spirit's arrangement, but it indeed saved Zhou Ming a lot of effort.
Soon, Zhou Ming captured a large number of fish, most of which were killed. Zhou Ming wove a giant sphere out of vines, the vines dense, isolating the seawater, and sealed all these fish inside, preventing their Aura from leaking out.
At the same time, the capturing work continued, gathering more fish into the sphere.
"Besides this, there are also Dragonfish."
The constantly spreading and growing seaweed provided Zhou Ming with an increasing field of vision, and the vines, quietly swimming like sea snakes, began to hunt Dragonfish.
To lure a Desolate Beast Dragonfish, the fish Zhou Ming had captured so far were certainly not enough.
If the Desolate Beast Dragonfish wasn't interested in the bait Zhou Ming had prepared for it, he would use the flesh and blood of its own kind to entice it, to see if he could enrage it.
As a Gu Master, it was naturally impossible to actually make the Desolate Beast Dragonfish bite the hook and be pulled up by Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming only needed the Desolate Beast Dragonfish to be interested in his bait and follow the bait upwards. To lure it to the island, a different plan would be needed.
After a while, Zhou Ming felt he was almost ready, so he carefully sent the giant vine sphere downwards.
His movements were slow and cautious, constantly activating Deception Gu to lower the vine sphere's Aura and its sense of presence, trying to prevent the surrounding fish from being interested in this dark, massive object.
The Deception Gu, only capable of Rank Four power, acted on the vine sphere. Due to the transmission effect and dao marks repulsion, its effectiveness was further reduced, so Zhou Ming did not dare to rush. After about ten minutes, he slowly sank the vine sphere a thousand meters down.
Then, with a "thump," it landed on the head of the Desolate Beast Dragonfish.
The Desolate Beast Dragonfish, floating quietly in the seawater, seemed to turn its head in confusion, then showed no further reaction.
Zhou Ming manipulated the vine sphere to slowly open, and some mixed flesh and blood were released, spreading in the seawater.
The Desolate Beast Dragonfish showed no reaction.
More flesh and blood were released, and as tiny vines extending from the vine sphere stirred, the strong smell of blood spread even faster.
The Desolate Beast Dragonfish still showed no reaction.
"Why is its reaction so sluggish? Even if it doesn't like to eat, with so much flesh and blood, it should at least move its mouth, right?"
Zhou Ming was puzzled and once again manipulated the vine sphere to release something else.
This time, it was a large number of Spicy Chili Gu, which Zhou Ming had cultivated through Spicy Chili Plant Gu.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At Zhou Ming's will, all the Spicy Chili Gu exploded simultaneously, creating dull roars in the water.
The seawater surged, and shockwaves spread. Since they were detonated directly above the Desolate Beast Dragonfish's head, its head bore the brunt of the explosion.
However, the Desolate Beast Dragonfish still showed no reaction, only shaking its head impatiently, with no further movement.
And on its head, which had endured a large number of Spicy Chili Gu explosions, not a single trace of the explosions was left.
'Is the Desolate Beast Dragonfish really that docile?' Zhou Ming certainly didn't expect that attack to harm the Desolate Beast. He only hoped that the sound it created would attract the Desolate Beast Dragonfish's attention and make it curious to check what was happening.
As a result, the Desolate Beast Dragonfish only reacted so little. Could it be that such a sound was no different from a mosquito's buzz to the Desolate Beast Dragonfish?
'Last resort, if it doesn't work, I'll retreat.'
In desperation, Zhou Ming released his final Killing Move, scattering half of the Dragonfish flesh and blood he had collected at once, and moreover, he scattered it directly onto the Desolate Beast Dragonfish's head.
A large amount of flesh and blood fell on the Desolate Beast Dragonfish's head. The Aura of its own kind's flesh and blood seemed to stimulate the Desolate Beast Dragonfish, making its head sway back and forth. Suddenly, it opened its huge mouth and sucked, drawing in a large amount of seawater along with all the surrounding flesh and blood.
Because the Desolate Beast Dragonfish sucked in the water too quickly, it directly dried up a small area of seawater, forming a cavity, and then the surrounding seawater gurgled in to refill that cavity.
But now the seawater was completely clean, with no trace of flesh and blood, all having entered the Desolate Beast Dragonfish's mouth.
After swallowing that large gulp of seawater, the Desolate Beast Dragonfish again made no movement, still maintaining its previous posture, floating motionlessly in the seawater.
'This Desolate Beast Dragonfish definitely has a problem!' Zhou Ming couldn't help but exclaim in his heart. No matter how great the gap between an immortal and a mortal, he shouldn't be so insignificant as to not even be able to attract its attention.
But what good was it to discover it had a problem now? Zhou Ming's methods were clearly ineffective against the Desolate Beast Dragonfish.
'Perhaps, this is also the Land Spirit's design. It won't allow people to exploit loopholes in this way to get high scores, so no matter how hard I try, without enough strength, I will never be able to catch the Desolate Beast Dragonfish.'
'This Desolate Beast is placed here not to test Gu Masters at all. It's very likely that when that Gu Immortal designed the test, he had already considered the possibility of a Gu Immortal entering the Water Ripple Blessed Land to accept the Legacy test, which is why he made such an arrangement.'
'And the Land Spirit's intelligence is limited; it won't make any changes to the original owner's arrangements. So even if we are just a group of Gu Masters, it will still include the Desolate Beast Dragonfish.'
Thinking this, Zhou Ming gave up on the idea of continuing to try and wasting time on fruitless efforts.
"In that case..." A sinister light flashed in Zhou Ming's eyes as he manipulated the vine sphere to rapidly ascend.
This ascent was completely devoid of the cautious manner of its descent. It moved very quickly, and deliberately opened gaps in the vine sphere, leaking flesh and blood outwards, while continuously scattering Spicy Chili Gu along the way.
One Spicy Chili Gu after another exploded in the water, emitting dull roars, pushing the waves and allowing the floating flesh and blood to spread even further.
Soon, the bloody smell and explosion sounds attracted a large number of fish, which curiously approached.
Then, several thorny vines suddenly shot out from the vine sphere, fast and fierce, lashing violently at the surrounding fish schools.
The exotic fish schools did not have the powerful defenses of the Desolate Beast Dragonfish. Even a Rank Five Fish King, without Gu worms on its body, would be left with a mark when struck by the vine whip.
Under the pain, the fish schools were all provoked into ferocity, chasing the vine ball and biting upwards. At this moment, the vine ball split open more gaps, and more flesh and blood were spilled out, further stimulating their ferocity as the fish schools tore at it.
Faster! Faster! Faster!
The vine ball ascended rapidly, causing extensive damage along the way. The fish below chased the vine ball upwards, and the fierce Aura of higher-Rank fish immediately stirred up turmoil in the fish schools above, driving them upwards as well. Thus, the fish schools even higher up were also driven upwards... The commotion of the fish schools continuously spread, quickly reaching Zhou Ming's altitude. Zhou Ming dared not linger and swam upwards rapidly, while also persistently causing destruction everywhere.
The simplified version of the City - Spring Grass and Trees Grow Deep Killing Move turned the massively proliferating water grasses into attack methods. Although the attack effect was not strong, it was enough to stir the water even more turbid and make the fish schools even more ferocious.
"No, my primeval essence is being consumed too quickly, retreat now!"
The Killing Move only lasted for a dozen breaths, and Zhou Ming's constantly replenished primeval essence was about to run out.
She dared not delay any longer and swam upwards quickly with single-minded focus. Only some pre-set small actions continued to disturb the fish schools.
At this time, the commotion of the fish schools had already affected the Gu Masters who were continuously fishing.
"Ah! Why is there suddenly a Thousand Beast King!"
"Blood Dace fish school! Help! Help!"
"No! Myriad Beast King! Ah..."
Gu Masters in the Eastern Sea basically prepared underwater reconnaissance and communication methods, so being in the sea did not affect their observation of the surrounding environment and communication.
But this fish school commotion was too sudden. The aggressive fish schools surging up from below attacked fiercely, catching the Gu Masters off guard. Soon, Gu Masters died in the fish school attacks.
"Which bastard did this good deed!" Pirate Boss was furious when he saw the surrounding environment in chaos, the seawater full of bloody remains, a turbid sight that made one want to vomit.
It was very simple to cause a fish school commotion. With his attack methods, he could easily cause a fish school riot, but what good would that do?
Their goal was to catch fish, not kill fish. Causing such chaos underwater would make fishing much harder; wasn't this harming others without benefiting oneself?
"Damn it, I can't hold on!"
Pirate Number Two in the distance was even more enraged. He was unlucky; after killing a group of fish that furiously attacked him, he was targeted by several Thousand Beast King fish. After a fierce assault, even with his thick skin and flesh, he couldn't withstand such biting. He began to surface, covered in bloody wounds.
"What's going on! What exactly is going on!"
Cai Zhiyin had just repelled a Thousand Beast King, and looking at the turbid seawater around him, a sense of confusion arose in his heart.
Listening to the screams that occasionally rang out around him, Cai Zhiyin's heart was bleeding. Those were all his helpers!
This was only the first stage. If too many of his subordinates were lost, the later stages would only be harder.
"Miss Qin! Cousin!"
He shouted loudly, using a Gu worm to transmit his voice far into the water.
"Cousin! I'm here!"
Qiu Hongyan's voice came from afar. Cai Zhiyin's heart rejoiced, but when he looked closely, his expression changed drastically.
"Hongyan! Dodge!" He roared loudly.
"What?" Qiu Hongyan was stunned, then suddenly felt a huge wave surging behind her, an undisguised malice assailing her.
Turning her head, she saw a Thousand Beast King-level Splittooth Giant Shark opening its huge mouth, its sharp teeth blooming like petals in rows, ferocious and savage, biting down towards her... Sorry, this chapter is late again... Today I accompanied my wife to the confinement center to hire a confinement nanny, another big expense...