Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

Hei Ta was already used to Qi Zhimu conjuring things out of thin air.

The Azure Star science team has long mastered folding space technology.

Bread, milk, and... Open the lunchbox, and inside is a steamed egg that was prepared in advance.

She started eating quickly.

Although it's a bit cold, it doesn't affect the taste.

Some time passed, perhaps a few hours, perhaps half a day.

The darkness finally dissipated a little, the violent thunderstorm gradually subsided, and the waves on the sea became calmer.

However, a thick fog rose up, so dense that visibility was extremely low; nothing could be seen more than ten meters away.

Qi Zhimu whipped up a gust of wind to create a gap, but the fog would quickly gather back in.

Fearing that the ship might collide with reefs or icebergs while sailing blindly, he could only slow down and grope his way forward in the fog.

As it turned out, his precautions were correct.

There aren't many reefs or icebergs in this area, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.

As the fog thickened, the temperature began to drop sharply, and the air was filled with a biting, damp chill.

Black Tower, dressed in a thin dress, shivered slightly involuntarily, her breath condensing into white frost in the air.

Sensing the change in environment and the strangeness of the girl in his arms, Qi Zhimu hugged her tightly and transferred his body heat to her.

As if that wasn't enough, it intensified the flames to release more heat, attempting to dispel the eerie cold.

"Is it almost at its limit?"

"I don't know..."

The method of huddling together for warmth was effective, and Black Tower's body stopped shivering.

As the fog began to dissipate, Qi Zhimu was about to say something more when fatal trouble came knocking.

A massive underwater shadow rose at an incredible speed, enveloping the entire ship.

If someone were to look down from above, they would be horrified to discover that the underwater shadow of the boat is dozens of times larger.

The boat was in the shadows, indistinguishable from the snacks on a plate.

The moment the shadow fully rose, Qi Zhimu's eyes sharpened, and he unhesitatingly unleashed a violent wind magic.

The air at the stern was compressed to an extreme degree, which then unleashed a powerful thrust.

With a deafening sonic boom, the boat surged forward hundreds of meters in an instant.

Just as the boat left the shadows, several thick tentacles tore through the dark sea, carrying a stench as they swirled toward the spot where the boat had been moments before.

The tentacles were covered with terrifying suction cups the size of houses. If it had been a second later, the entire ship would have disintegrated instantly, dragging the people and the ship into the deep sea.

"You're asking for it!"

Qi Zhimu laughed in anger, shielded the Black Tower behind him, and swung his arm.

The sky suddenly brightened, and a series of loud claps of thunder struck the shadowy area.

A terrifying burst of energy created a giant wave hundreds of meters high.

A roar, filled with extreme pain and rage, pierced through the surface from the seabed.

The extremely strong penetrating force made Black Tower's eardrums ache, and his brain involuntarily experienced a moment of dizziness.

But the next second, they found that Qi Zhimu had plugged their ears with something invisible.

Under the relentless bombardment of thunder, the remaining thin fog was finally completely dispersed.

Amidst the violent surging of the waves, a terrifying monster that made them forget to breathe suddenly appeared in their sight.

It was a giant octopus whose size was beyond description.

A single tentacle was comparable to a skyscraper. It slowly rose to the surface of the water, its enormous eye staring at the two people on the boat.

His gaze was filled with an extremely obvious hatred.

Just as Qi Zhimu gathered lightning in his palm again, preparing to blast the monster into charred remains.

To everyone's surprise, the giant octopus didn't look at Qi Zhimu, who had caused it harm. Instead, it stared intently at the black tower that was being protected behind it, making a chilling grinding sound from its mouth and speaking in human language.

"It's you...you're that person's descendant! Damn it all! You all deserve to die! Stay in this ocean and stay with me forever!"

A roar filled with extreme hatred resounded as thousands of tentacles of varying thicknesses emerged densely from the sea, tearing through the air and striking the fragile vessel with overwhelming force.

Qi Zhimu sneered, "Who do you think you are, trying to steal food from my mouth!"

Faced with the overwhelming barrage of tentacles, he didn't even have the thought of using his staff.

With his fingers loosely clenched, Qi Zhimu's eyes revealed an arrogant and domineering look.

"Only you can die!"

A torrent of violent magic erupted, instantly forming a spiraling wind array that covered the area behind and above the ship.

The wind blades rotate at high speed, and the cutting sound they make is a hundred times more terrifying than a meat grinder.

The moment all the tentacles entered the wind array, their tough skin and thick muscles became as fragile as tofu before the wind blades.

Blood sprayed down everywhere, and countless severed tentacles and limbs crashed onto the sea, sending up towering columns of water.

No tentacle could break through the spiral wind array and threaten the black tower behind Qi Zhimu.

"Humans! Today, either I, Lotus, die, or you perish!"

The enormous monster let out a deafening roar.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lotus launched an even more frenzied attack.

Tens of thousands of rapidly regenerating tentacles create towering waves on the sea surface, their height invisible to the naked eye.

Countless mutated giant sea monsters were driven in, fearlessly rushing out of the water and throwing themselves into Qi Zhimu's wind formation.

Even more terrifying is that Lotus also possesses mind control abilities.

An invisible mental shockwave surged toward the two people on the boat, attempting to destroy their minds.

However, the moment this spiritual force touched Qi Zhimu, it vanished without a trace, not even causing a ripple, let alone threatening the Black Tower.

Qi Zhimu's mocking smile deepened.

"What Lotus or whatever, I don't care what you are. As long as you're a phantom life form, I'll kill you even if you don't have a health bar."

With a clap of his hands, towering flames erupted within the gust of wind.

The wind and fire clashed, and the flames never went out. Any mutated sea monsters that charged in were either shredded into pieces or burned to ashes.

The Black Tower, which had been struggling to withstand the low temperatures, felt a warm sensation as soon as the towering flames appeared.

"You bastard! Who are you?!"

"Just a magician who can destroy the world, and even more so, destroy you. Remember that!"

The battle intensified. While Qi Zhimu's defenses were impenetrable, the fragile ship's defenses were not so secure.

Affected by such a terrifying battle, the ship broke completely in half and was swept into a wildly spinning vortex.

Losing his footing, Qi Zhimu reacted swiftly, grabbing the black tower tightly in his arms and soaring into the sky with the wind beneath his feet.

Lotus clearly wasn't going to let them off the hook.

Countless thick tentacles began to extend, relentlessly pursuing the two people flying into the sky.

Qi Zhimu originally intended to create distance and launch a devastating attack on the octopus from above the clouds.

Unexpectedly, just as it rose to a height of several thousand meters, the black tower let out a muffled groan.