Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

Jiang Chuan surfaced and sat on a protruding rock, still replaying the scene in his mind.

But no matter how many times he reviewed the battle in his mind,

The conclusions reached.

There was still not the slightest chance of winning.

He was able to defeat this old fish king not only because he took advantage of the fact that the fish's mutation was not complete.

More importantly, because...

The other person was in a state of extreme mental confusion.

It possesses source power but lacks any combat experience, like a child holding a gun, unable to unleash the full potential of this power.

If we change the target, let alone a fully evolved ninth-tier being, even an eighth-tier professional with source power could easily beat him senseless!

Source power...

A strong desire welled up in Jiang Chuan's heart.

He somewhat understood Song Jinghong's choice; any professional who aspires to become stronger would be absolutely unable to resist the temptation of such supreme power.

compare to.

What does the future of the entire human race matter?!

Jiang Chuan gazed at the dark water and muttered to himself, "I hope the fall of that old fish king will bring me a pleasant surprise..."

into the night.

The entire Devil's Reef was shrouded in thick fog.

The three fishing boats moored beside the altar had not yet left. The people on board gathered together anxiously. Some were fearful, some were pessimistic, and some were discussing seizing the boats and escaping. Jiang Chuan ignored them all.

Splash...!

A strange sound suddenly came from the water.

He perked up and looked up to see a huge, strange fish head floating up and being thrown straight onto the shore by a tremendous force.

Yu Zhenhai leaped out of the water and landed on the ground, kneeling on one knee. He gasped for breath and exclaimed with delight, "Master, I have accomplished my mission! I have found the remains of the Fish King!"

"You've finally done something useful."

Jiang Chuan quickly stepped forward, his eyes showing a strange light. This old fish king's head had evolved the most thoroughly, having fully entered the ninth rank, and it had not been destroyed in that terrifying source power explosion.

And this means...

He will definitely be able to extract the power related to the ninth rank from it!

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath, raised his slightly trembling hand, and covered the enormous head.

extract!

hum! !

An indescribable deep purple radiance suddenly spread out.

[Extraction successful! Strength +1500!]

[Extraction successful! Constitution +1500!]

[Extraction successful! Agility +1500!]

[Extraction successful! Wisdom +1500!]

Each of the four attributes increased by 1,500 points, which, with the blessing of the Eternal Domain, translates to a 3,000-point increase in practical attributes.

But that wasn't the most surprising thing for Jiang Chuan.

[Extraction successful! Item obtained: Source Essence!]

[Source Essence: SSS-grade item, formed from the residual source energy of a ninth-tier being after its fall. Extremely rare, it can be used to break through the ninth-tier bottleneck or to refine SSS-grade pills!]

Sure enough!

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath.

He carefully tucked the essence of source energy into the deepest part of his backpack.

During his trip to the South China Sea, he neither found the treasures accumulated by the fish-men over many years nor a solution to the blood algae crisis.

But with this essence of source power, nothing else matters.

His trip was worthwhile!

The blockade imposed by the Origin Blood Race has forced countless Holy Blood Races to find no way to break through. The ninth-tier opportunity that Song Jinghong needed to board that strange train to find has already been grasped in his hands!

"Master, I found this item in the ruins!"

Yu Zhenhai then took out another stone slab.

The stone slab was carved with strange, unrecognizable patterns, like some kind of unknown script.

Seeing Jiang Chuan's puzzled expression, Yu Zhenhai quickly explained, "This is the exclusive script of the Fish-Man race. I recognize some of it. It roughly records the major events and chronology of the Fish-Man royal court."

"I can only identify a portion of it."

"It's roughly said that... in order to break through to the ninth rank and regain the Naga race's recognition, the Fishman King took a risk and prayed for power from a forbidden being through an ancient ritual."

"Does a taboo exist?"

Jiang Chuan raised his eyelids.

"Its name wasn't written on the stone tablet; it was only described as 'the ancient being slumbering beneath the abyss,' an existence even older than the four great primordial bloodlines!"

"The Merfolk King offered the last sacred relic of his tribe as a sacrifice, and that being answered his prayers, bestowing upon him forbidden power. But this power was not pure; it also carried the terrifying curse of that ancient being!"

Yu Zhenhai turned the stone slab over to the other side, where the carvings were noticeably more messy and disordered.

"The contents of the curse..."

"It's the kind of distortion you saw underwater, Master!"

"After the Fishman King gained power, he was initially able to suppress the curse within him, but as time went on, the curse began to erode his mind and also erode all his blood relatives."

"The entire underwater city is slowly rotting under the curse, and the fishmen are undergoing mutations one after another. The fishman king has fallen into a state of half-madness and can only seal himself in the royal court."

Jiang Chuan suddenly spoke up: "What does the blood algae have to do with this curse?"

Yu Zhenhai nodded hurriedly: "Master is wise! The stone tablet just mentions this matter, saying that the Fishman King found a way to suppress the curse during his few moments of lucidity."

"It is a special crop formed by fusing one's own essence and blood with the egg of a deep abyss worm."

"It's blood algae!"

"The blood algae can temporarily suppress the power of the curse, but the price of its growth is that it constantly drains the life force of the Fishman King!"

"It wants to suppress the spread of the curse of the entire fish-man race at its own cost."

"But its vitality is ultimately limited."

"It can only last seven years at most!"

"If a way to break the curse isn't found within seven years, the merfolk will still face extermination!"

"And now..."

Yu Zhenhai did not continue speaking.

The result is already quite obvious.

Seven years.

The merfolk did not find a way to break the curse.

However, by chance, Jiang Chuan came here and casually scattered them all, so strictly speaking, they weren't exactly cursed and wiped out...

Jiang Chuan fell into thought.

The whole story became clear at that moment.

Blood algae is not an economic crop at all, but a curse suppression tool cultivated by the Fishman King using his own life force.

The blood algae fields along the coast of Tiannan City are ostensibly used to cultivate raw materials for healing potions, but in reality, they are used to absorb curses for the Fishman King.

Yu Jia and Ma Yuanhua thought they were doing business with the fish-men.

in fact.

From beginning to end, it's all about being a babysitter for a dying madman.

As for the three hundred living people that the fishmen demand each year, it is probably not entirely for reproduction, but rather that the fishmen are constantly trying to find a way to transfer the curse.

of course.

Whether it is or not is no longer important.

With the death of the Fishman King, all the blood algae that depend on his life force will lose their source at the same time.

"The withering of the blood algae is not due to any plant cycle, but because the Fishman King's life force has been exhausted."

Yu Zhenhai said, "Yes, if the Fishman King could still hold on, this batch of blood algae might have been able to grow for a few more years, but since you, Master, ended its suffering, the source of the blood algae has been completely cut off."

Jiang Chuan didn't speak. He looked down at the stone slab in his palm and suddenly felt an indescribable sense of absurdity.

Ma Yuanhua and Yu Baichuan colluded, while Murong Jin meticulously plotted behind the scenes, all wanting to pin the blame for the withering of the blood algae on him.

They had planned everything, but they never expected that they would personally venture into the deep sea and kill the ancient fish king who had lived for countless years.

Blood algae crisis.

And just like that, it was completely resolved in a way that no one had expected.