Swallowing the Stars: Only in my later years did I come to the life-spending panel.

Above the East China Sea, a streak of deep purple lightning ripped through the sky.

Zhou Mu hovered at an altitude of 10,000 meters, looking down at the boundless blue waves below.

The sea shimmered under the sunlight, and occasionally a few huge sea monsters would leap out of the water and crash back down, creating towering waves. Everything looked peaceful and serene.

But Zhou Mu knew that beneath this tranquility lay the true overlord of this sea.

......

Zhou Mu opened an electronic document on the communication terminal; it was detailed information about the Azure Dragon of the East Sea sent by Jia Yi.

Although he was confident that he could kill the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, he would not underestimate the enemy.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea is a top-tier king-level monster, with strength equivalent to a third-tier planetary-level monster. It is 123 meters long and its entire body is covered with bluish-black scales, giving it extremely strong defensive capabilities.

They are skilled at controlling water, capable of creating giant waves tens of meters high in the sea, and move extremely fast in the ocean.

Along with the documents came a voice message from Jia Yi: "Wood, this thing has thick hide; ordinary attacks can't even break through its scales. We've organized three raids, but we couldn't capture it. It's not because we can't beat it, but because we can't catch it!"

"Once it's injured, it dives into the deep sea. That's not its territory. Even if several planetary-level martial artists joined forces, they couldn't do anything to it. Be careful, Wood, don't waste time with it."

Jia Yi's tone was cautious and concerned.

Zhou Mu smiled.

Can't catch up? That's because you haven't met him yet.

Now, with his full power unleashing forty times the speed of sound, combined with his lightning abilities, he can outrun this beast even underwater.

Not to mention his lightning domain, which covers a radius of five kilometers. Once the Azure Dragon of the East Sea enters the domain's range, it will be unable to escape under the suppression of the fifth-level perfect domain.

As for defense...

With his current strength, breaking through the scales of a King-level monster would not be difficult.

"We need to lure it out first."

With a thought, Zhou Mu raised his left hand, revealing a jet-black ring on his ring finger.

This is a spatial ring, a trophy that Zhou Pojun found on the head of the Wang family, Wang Jie, when he confiscated the Wang family's property. It has a total internal space of one thousand cubic meters, and it is unknown where the Wang family obtained it.

Thank you for the Wang family's gift.

With a sigh, Zhou Mu took out a silver-gray ship about thirty meters long from his ring.

This ship was also prepared with Jia Yi's help. It was based on a small patrol boat that the military had phased out, with a reinforced hull and life detectors and unmanned control devices installed inside. It was perfect as bait to lure out the Azure Dragon of the East China Sea.

Zhou Mu withdrew his mental energy from the patrol boat, and the boat fell towards the sea under the influence of gravity.

boom!!!!

The ship crashed into the sea, creating huge waves.

The boat rocked slightly, but quickly stabilized and floated quietly on the surface of the sea.

Zhou Mu activated the unmanned control device via the terminal, and the patrol boat's engine started.

After doing all this, he stood with his hands behind his back, concealing his aura, and quietly watched the patrol boats below, which were darting around aimlessly in this sea area like headless flies.

Time passed by, second by second.

The sea was calm, with only the roar of the patrol boat's engine.

The movement of the "bait" quickly attracted its first visitors to this sparsely populated sea area—several leopard tiger sharks of the size of beast generals, swimming near the ship.

Zhou Mu watched quietly, without making any move.

He wasn't waiting for these small fry.

After another ten minutes or so, the leopard tiger sharks suddenly seemed to sense something terrifying and scattered in all directions at an astonishing speed.

The once calm waves began to surge, and the entire sea area took on a somber and oppressive appearance.

Zhou Mu's eyes narrowed.

coming!

Beneath the surface of the sea, a massive shadow is slowly rising.

The shadow grew larger and clearer, quickly covering an area of ​​several hundred meters in the sea.

boom!

The sea exploded!

A colossal creature burst from the water, soaring into the sky before crashing down, creating a giant wave tens of meters high.

That was a dragon.

It was over 120 meters long, covered in bluish-black scales, each scale the size of a door panel, gleaming with a cold, eerie light in the sunlight. Its head was triangular, and its eyes glowed with an unsettling red.

Four thick, sharp claws were barely visible in the water, each movement creating a huge whirlpool.

It is the Azure Dragon of the East China Sea, which dominates the East China Sea.

It hovered on the sea, its massive body half-revealed and half-hidden, its scarlet eyes staring at the patrol boat with disdain in them.

It has been entrenched in the East China Sea for more than a decade. Waves of powerful humans have come and gone, but how many have been able to break through its defenses?

Most of those so-called strong ones can only leave a few white marks on their scales, and in the end, most of them become food and end up in their bellies.

Only one human wielding a knife easily broke through its scales, but in the end, it still managed to leave him behind and escape into the deep sea.

Zhou Mu observed quietly from behind the clouds, a slight stirring in his heart.

The aura of this Azure Dragon from the East Sea was even stronger than he had imagined.

In its eyes, the ship was nothing more than a treat delivered to its door, and it didn't even bother to determine whether it was a trap.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea slowly approached the patrol boat again and nudged the hull with its massive head.

The boat rocked violently and nearly capsized.

It seemed to find it amusing, nudged it again, and watched the ship spin on the sea, letting out a low neigh.

Roar! ! !

Today's toy seems a little different from usual; normally, by this time, the toy would be emitting delightful human screams.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea seemed to have grown tired of playing around, so it opened its massive jaws and swallowed the patrol boat whole.

It shook its head contentedly, preparing to dive back into the deep sea, when suddenly...

A bolt of deep purple lightning descended from the sky!

boom!!!!

The lightning struck the Azure Dragon of the East Sea hard on its back, exploding into a sky full of sparks.

The Azure Dragon's massive body sank downwards from the impact, dozens of scale fragments oozing purple blood.

Roar! ! ! !

It let out a deafening roar, but instead of taking the opportunity to escape, it suddenly raised its head, its scarlet eyes fixed on the dark figure in the air.

For so many years, since that human with the knife, no one has been able to truly harm it.

This human actually made it bleed?

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea suddenly opened its mouth, and a thick column of water shot into the sky, carrying terrifying force as it struck Zhou Mu.

The water column was over ten meters in diameter and moved at an astonishing speed, tearing the air apart and producing a sharp whistling sound wherever it passed.

Zhou Mu dodged easily with a swift movement.

At the same time, he took out the Chasing Spear from his spatial ring, and with a backhand thrust, it transformed into a stream of light that pierced straight into the Azure Dragon's crimson giant eye.

The Azure Dragon turned its head to avoid the attack, but the spear tip grazed its eye, leaving a deep bloodstain.

Although it didn't hit a vital spot, this attack completely ignited its fury!

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea swept its massive tail across, creating towering waves.

The giant wave was tens of meters high, carrying tens of thousands of tons of seawater, and crashed towards Zhou Mu like a moving city wall.

At the same time, its massive body lunged forward, opening its enormous mouth, intending to swallow this human who dared to provoke it whole.

"A beast is a beast; it has no reason whatsoever."

Zhou Mu sneered. "A head-on clash? Just what I wanted."