Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 183: A Saint-Level Sea Beast Makes its Appearance! (4k)

The 60 sections of the infinity symbol flowed slowly.
Every minute that passes, or every time Shi Ming's body strikes an enemy, the Wheel of Fate advances one small section. When all 60 sections are filled, the predetermined fate of Shi Ming and Jin Wu will arrive without any deviation.

No force can stop it.

Titanfall's Wheel of Fate is a very powerful skill.
But it's not that strong.

Its power lies in the fact that Shi Ming can see countless possibilities for the future through it, and based on these possibilities, he can avoid some risks, choose the future that is most beneficial to him, and let it come to fruition.

The limitation is that the Wheel of Fortune's binding is limited by distance; if one side escapes, the Wheel of Fortune will break directly, and the future it has determined will not come to pass.

Moreover, the Wheel of Fate did not grant Shi Ming any additional means of attack.

This leaves him lacking the terrifying output capabilities of "Ten Thousand Calamities Thunder Body," forcing him to rely on other skills to deal damage or stall until the 60th minute.

If Shi Ming only has one Titan's Descent skill and no Ice Annihilation or Arm of Might, then running away is the only way out.

Fortunately, Shi Ming has more than one skill.

1+1 is far greater than 2!

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Shi Ming leaped into the air, his Titan form allowing him to hover.

He stood facing the three-eyed golden crow.

The golden crow holds its head high, with three eyes set in it. The eyes on the sides are like burning stars, while the third vertical eye on its forehead is closed. Only when it receives a revelation will it activate a great prophetic spell, opening its eyes to glimpse fragments of the future.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged several blows.

The wings of the fierce and violent three-eyed golden crow burned fiercely like a solar flare.

In its spare time, it ignored Shi Ming.

It's hard to imagine that such a lowly and insignificant human would dare to steal the fruit of its immortal tree.

Even more unimaginable is that such a tiny creature could cause its spirituality to fluctuate, and it would faintly want to escape this battle from the bottom of its heart.

How ridiculous!

If it hadn't had its third eye that glimpsed the future, given its caution and dedication to spirituality, it wouldn't have surfaced, and might have even let Shi Ming take all the "fruits of immortality"!
Fortunately, the outcome of all of this was already predetermined!

The advantage is mine!

The thick seawater churned and surged during the battle. When it splashed into the area where Jinwu was, it vaporized rapidly. When it touched the area where Shiming was, it froze into ice and fell heavily to the ground.

Shi Ming had long since memorized the Three-Eyed Golden Crow's common attack methods through repeated observation of intelligence gathered from the Nameless Cocoon.

Steam, scorching heat, leaping attack, sharp peck, heat radiation, plus an S-rank skill that requires charging up to unleash, "Great Sun Wheel".
Among them, steam, scorching heat, thermal radiation, and the Great Sun Wheel are all countered by "Pure Ice Without Form".
As a human, Shi Ming possessed far more diverse fighting skills. He wielded the power of ice annihilation with great flair through his powerful mental strength. Furthermore, he was protected by the formless pure ice and ice armor, which shielded him from the intense heat of the Great Sun Wheel. The Three-Eyed Golden Crow could not harm him. However, the only difficulty in this battle lay in the fact that the Golden Crow's body was extremely scorching. Trying to accumulate the Wheel of Destiny through hand-to-hand combat would be a strategy that would inflict a thousand damages on the enemy but also five hundred on oneself.

If it were any other creature, Shi Ming could guarantee that this battle could be won quickly.

But it doesn't matter, his defense is strong, so he can win by attrition.

With 109 stamina and 118 endurance, plus the bonus stats from Titan mode, he can fight for an hour!
Moreover, it can seize the opportunity during this period, find the gap, and use ten times the power to break through the Three-Eyed Golden Crow's defense, rendering this S-class sea beast unable to fight, and thus accelerating the arrival of the Wheel of Destiny!

The advantage is mine!

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The more the Three-Eyed Golden Crow fought, the more it felt something was amiss.

It originally thought that even if the opponent brought a chilling ice block, the tiny humans were vastly different from it, a king born from an asteroid, in terms of physical strength and combat power. It believed that the battle would be quick and decisive, and that humans would eventually become its food.

But now, Shi Ming's incredible endurance has surprised it!
Moreover, the chill emanating from the other party was constantly accumulating. The low temperature within a 10-meter radius of the bead was unbearable for his claws and wings!

The fiery red markings on his right arm seemed even hotter than his own lifeblood!
no,

We can no longer remain so passive.
It longed for its third eye to open in battle, hoping it would bring guidance from destiny.
Unfortunately, the "Great Prophecy" is a passive skill. To glimpse fragments of the future, one can only rely on luck. After rising from the deep sea, its third eye never gave it any further insights.

The only prophecy has yet to be released.

!!!

Shi Ming, on the other hand, became more and more courageous in battle!

In the brief ten-minute battle, he used ice blades and ice-armored fists to strike the Three-Eyed Golden Crow's hard scales more than once. Although the damage was not significant, it really depleted the sea beast's stamina, making it increasingly exhausted. Moreover, when his fists struck, they added layers of the Wheel of Fate!

Compared to Jinwu, Shiming is more like a ferocious beast unleashing its full power.

They seemed tireless, growing fiercer with each battle.

Because most attacks are not from melee combat, the accumulation of Wheel of Fortune is quite slow.

It's less than halfway there now.

But Shi Ming believed that he would soon be able to force out the Three-Eyed Golden Crow's weakness, and use the King Slayer hidden in the system space to enhance the Arm of Power, and break through the sea beast's defenses, causing it to quickly lose its ability to fight. At that time, he would be able to take full control and bring forward the locked fate.

The Three-Eyed Golden Crow was getting impatient.
It wanted to escape, but was unwilling to give up.
Its inherent pride wouldn't allow it to give up.

It used its wide-range attack skill "Great Sun Wheel" once again, but unfortunately, it was completely immune to Shi Ming's attack.

It wanted to kill its opponent using physical strength, but Shi Ming's physical strength and defense were no less than its own!

Moreover, penetrating that extremely cold domain would also be a huge drain and cause it great harm!

The Three-Eyed Golden Crow had lost its will to fight.

It was puzzled.

Why is it that the future it glimpsed beneath the deep sea has not yet arrived?

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Exhausted from dealing with the situation, the three-eyed golden crow finally revealed a weakness: a golden feather fell from a spot beneath its wings that was originally covered with hard feathers!
good chance!
Shi Ming unleashed the full power of Ice Annihilation, causing crimson markings to illuminate his right arm. An ancient-looking blade inexplicably appeared in his hand, then became stained with the same crimson color as the markings. The Formless Pure Ice was firmly fixed to his waist, impossible to detach.

Ten times the power!
Hey!
Shi Ming let out a low roar, fully unleashing the power of his right arm, and fiercely thrust the King Slayer Sword into the spot where the feathers had fallen.

The blade pierced not flesh and blood, but a planet!
The solid defense was breached with overwhelming force, and some of the scalding Golden Crow Blood gushed out, breaking through the Eternal Freeze Domain and pouring onto Shi Ming's skin. The heat of the blood was dissipated by the Eternal Freeze Domain, and although it became icy cold, the energy within it still burned his skin after touching it.

Fortunately, he recovered well.

Moreover, the red markings on his right arm keenly detected this energy!

It rapidly absorbed the energy of the Golden Crow's blood, growing increasingly excited, but this energy was far from enough to awaken it. S-rank is not comparable to A-rank or B-rank; even Shi Ming needed more than 15 minutes, whether it was Titan's or Xuanwu's experience. Hiss—

The three-eyed golden crow was severely injured and let out a sharp, mournful cry!

pain!It hurts so much!
From birth until now, it has never suffered such excruciating pain!

This strike was more than just an external wound! The chilling energy within exploded inside its body, tearing apart the Golden Crow's internal organs. Moreover, the powerful internal force, like a divine punishment, instantly shattered more than half of its chest and abdominal bones!

One more blow, and it will surely perish.

hiss!
Its cry grew more and more intense, and the Great Sun Wheel, in its intense pain, burst forth with all its might, making its entire body shine like a supernova. Even from 300 nautical miles away, one could see a brilliant sun in this sea area!
Shi Ming left behind some hidden energy, drew his Zhanwang sword, and retreated rapidly to avoid the sea beast's reckless counterattack.

Moreover, his eyes couldn't take it to be so close to the Great Sun Wheel!

The crystallized land melted rapidly, and the high temperature of nearly 1000 degrees Celsius caused a large amount of thick seawater to evaporate and vaporize. The entire sea area was filled with the energy of pure crystals, as dense as the scene when 1000 pure crystals vaporized together when Shi Ming was in the formless pure ice.

The vapor rises to the heavens!

The three-eyed golden crow, severely injured, lowered its proud head.

The wheel of fortune has traveled nearly three-quarters of its course.

With only a quarter of the time remaining, the fate of Jinwu's fall and Shiming's acquisition of the skills [Great Sun Wheel] and [Great Prophecy] will come to an end!
Shi Ming pressed on relentlessly, like a leech clinging to a bone, making it impossible for Jinwu to escape!

The crow cries mournfully, and it's hard to imagine why the future we see has yet to arrive.

In despair,

Its third eye finally opened again.

A new prophecy is unfolding before its eyes, and it is about to be revealed!
It chirped excitedly!
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Fifty-six!
Fifty-seven!
Fifty-eight!
Just two more hits!
Fifty-nine!
Shi Ming excitedly and passionately raised his fist, ready to announce the judgment upon the fate of this sea monster.

The wheel of fate behind him was just a hair's breadth away from closing, connecting the beginning and the end.

Click.

The core area of ​​the boiling sea, spanning over ten nautical miles, was suddenly and completely crystallized! The boiling seawater turned into a high-temperature solid, resembling pure crystal diluted countless times.

Even the viscous air began to still.

Another loud bang.
Beneath the crystallized ocean, an unexpected, terrifyingly long, barbed arm shot out from the deepest part of the ocean, easily piercing through Shi Ming 142's defenses like tearing paper, and penetrating his abdomen.

Magnificent, vast, ancient, and majestic!

Holy Temple level power!
Shi Ming stared at his wound in disbelief. Just a moment ago, he hadn't even had time to activate the Xuanwu Shield.

【Tla blan ka!】

The ancient language was something Shi Ming understood perfectly. It meant that he had no intention of intervening, but this three-eyed golden crow could not die.

It won't die? I will die?

Damn you!

Whoosh!
Several more long arms shot out from the deep sea! They aimed straight at Shi Ming's head, heart, left rib, right rib, and abdomen!
Shi Ming endured the excruciating pain!

Xuanwu's Shield!

This time his reaction speed was extremely fast, and he barely managed to block it!
With a fierce effort, he wielded his right arm, adorned with crimson blood-red markings, and slashed at the indescribable long wrist that had pierced through his abdomen. With a whoosh, he narrowly severed it!

Thick blood splattered out, melting several small holes in his body. He didn't even have the strength to pull out the foreign object that had pierced through his body!

[Intelligence Eye, Obtain...]

His thoughts hadn't reached that point yet!
A gigantic arm, hundreds of times thicker than the previous one and comparable in size to a thousand-year-old tree, lashed out from beneath the crystallized ocean. The immense force was so great that it pulverized the crystallized layer and then slammed into Shi Ming's Xuanwu Shield. With a force comparable to an asteroid impact, Shi Ming was propelled into the air like a shooting star piercing the sky, along with the Formless Pure Ice that was tightly attached to his body, and he shot straight through the boiling sea.

Roar!
50% damage reflection!
In pain, the indescribable thing let out an angry cry!

The crystallized layer within thirty nautical miles was completely crushed, and towering, raging waves surged forth. Creatures below Grade A within 80 nautical miles of the core of the Boiling Sea were reduced to ashes.

The Immortal Tree and the core landmass were also shattered into dust and vanished without a trace.

The three-eyed golden crow was stunned.

The prophecy it saw came true, in a way it could not even imagine. Dragging its badly wounded body, like a setting sun, it sank into the deepest part of the ocean to meet the most ancient and powerful being, one that even it had never known before.

But it can never be found again.

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Having already swiftly retreated from the boiling sea, the Golden Bodhi, still shaken, distanced itself from this unfortunate place.

Having calmed down, Mel dismissed everyone around her, kicked off her gold-threaded ice skates, and tested the temperature of the milk in the outdoor pool on the upper deck with her fingertips. Finding it just right, she was about to relax when suddenly, a strange object streaked across the sky and fell into it.

Mel was already on edge today.

Even with the composure of an A-level Awakened, she was startled. She cautiously observed the object that had fallen into it.

It appears to be a human?
How did he get hammered like this?

With a crackling sound, the milk froze completely, and Mel felt an unprecedented, extreme chill.

"Somebody come!"

Before anyone arrived, the humanoid creature moved its fingers, the ice shattered, and then it slowly crawled up.

Then he opened his eyes again.

He gripped the severed wrist that had pierced his abdomen tightly with both hands, bared his teeth, and with a fierce pull, he ripped the barbed wrist of the mysterious creature out of its body.

It weighs a full four kilograms and still retains some of its activity.

His right arm, marked with red veins, trembled violently, emitting an unimaginable yearning, even though this amount of blood was far from enough to awaken new abilities in him.

Call ~
His external and internal injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Mel stared in disbelief at the humanoid figure, which in an instant transformed into a living, breathing young man in his early twenties without a single scar.

And this young man looks somewhat familiar...

(End of this chapter)