Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 573 The Deep Sea Demon Whale King Possessing a Supreme Treasure

Within the Devil's Sea.

"You think you can just hit my daughter and run away? There's no such thing as a free lunch. No matter where you run, I'll tear you to pieces."

The Demon Emperor's massive body slammed heavily onto the sea, roaring to the sky with a chilling voice filled with killing intent.

Heaven knows, she rarely had a moment of lucidity, and then she saw her own daughter being chased by a sea monster. How could she tolerate that! She absolutely had to kill that octopus-headed monster.

Upon landing on the sea, the Demon Emperor unleashed his spiritual power and instantly located Augustus's position.

At that moment, Augustus was calmly watching her, and behind him stood Leviathan, whose size was dozens of times larger than her.

"..." Demon Emperor.

Can anyone tell her what this huge, ugly thing is? Do these kinds of creatures exist in the ocean?

……

Rewind to a few hours earlier, in the far north of Douluo Continent, in the Arctic Ocean.

The seawater was boiling and churning. A deep-sea whale king, about two hundred meters long, was desperately running for its life. Its speed was so fast that it created streaks of white water, like an arrow released from a bow.

During its escape, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King roared at those behind it, "You bastard, if you dare to chase after me again, don't blame me for being impolite."

This deep-sea demon whale king has reached an astonishing length of two hundred meters, and the aura emanating from it is incredibly powerful.

Judging by the standards of soul beasts, this Deep Sea Demon Whale King's cultivation level has probably reached the level of a ferocious beast with a strength of 200,000, making it a dominant force in this vast ocean.

So what exactly is it that can chase after this overlord of the sea, making it flee in such a sorry state?

"Hmph, hand over the treasures on your person, and I might consider sparing your life." A hoarse yet seductive voice suddenly rang out, breaking the clamor of the sea.

Immediately afterwards, a huge humanoid silhouette slowly emerged from behind the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

It had an octopus head, a human body, and a pair of huge wings growing from its back. Its body was covered with a layer of eerie scales. Just by looking at it, one could feel the chills of fear and conclude that it was definitely not a benevolent creature.

"What kind of monster is this? Are there really such ugly soul beasts in the ocean? It's neither human nor fish."

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King inwardly groaned, his heart filled with helplessness and confusion. He had simply been circling normally in the waters of the far north, yet he had inexplicably been attacked by this monster; he was utterly unlucky.

Suppressing his unease, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King said coldly, "I don't have any treasures on me at all. Are you mistaken?"

Augustus sneered and said, "Do you think I wouldn't know whether there are treasures or not? If you really don't have any treasures on you, why are you running away?"

"I ran away because of your grotesque appearance! What soul beast would be stupid enough to approach something as bizarre as you?" The Deep Sea Demon Whale King muttered to himself, his voice filled with disgust.

However, if we're talking about its treasures, could it be the whale pearl left behind by its father?

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's heart skipped a beat, and his body tensed up instinctively. He immediately swung his tail again, using all his strength to accelerate away from the monster, and then said coldly, "I don't know what you're talking about. If you don't get out of my way, don't blame me for being impolite."

It was not a warmonger, especially when faced with a creature as ugly, terrifying, and powerful as Augustus, and it was unwilling to fight him easily.

But this doesn't mean it's truly afraid of the other party; it's just instinctively trying to avoid this undeserved disaster.

"Hmph, there really is something good here."

A greedy and fiery glint flashed in Augustus's eyes, a glint that was completely different from Leviathan's development path.

Leviathan has always focused on maximizing its ability to devour, and its rate of digestion and absorption is beyond imagination, now reaching an astonishing level.

It can even easily devour land and islands, turning them into nutrients for its own growth.

At this moment, Leviathan's cultivation level has achieved a leap forward by devouring the massive number of sea spirit beasts near Devil Island and those small islands containing destructive energy. He has now steadily reached a cultivation level of 800,000 years.

If it continues to devour all the remaining islands, it will only be a matter of time before it breaks through to a cultivation level of 900,000 years.

After all, those islands have been permeated with destructive energy for many years. Even if the destructive energy they contain cannot compare with the Destruction Stone, it is still a great tonic for a soul beast like Leviathan that lives by devouring.

Augustus, on the other hand, followed a path of plundering diverse abilities and bloodlines. He would devour and absorb any ability that could enhance his own strength or that he found interesting, and for this he slaughtered countless sea spirit beasts.

Whether it's a weak soul beast or a powerful being, as long as its abilities are coveted by Augustus, it cannot escape the fate of being devoured and becoming nourishment for Augustus to enhance its strength.

Augustus was able to keenly sense that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King possessed treasures because it had once devoured a special type of shellfish called the Myriad Treasure Clam.

These treasure clams are born with an extremely powerful talent for finding treasure, as if they were treasure detectors in the ocean.

After Augustus devoured the Treasure Clam, he inherited this magical ability, which allowed him to sense the existence of the mysterious treasure on the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body.

Although it didn't know what the treasure was, its instincts drove it to believe that it was definitely a rare treasure, and that once it devoured it, its cultivation would surely experience a qualitative leap and improvement.

Moreover, this deep-sea demon whale king is itself an extremely tempting "fat piece of meat." If he can successfully devour its two hundred thousand years of profound cultivation, Augustus is fully confident that he can break through to the three hundred thousand years of cultivation realm.

At this moment, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, seeing that he could not shake off Augustus and was being gradually closed in, felt his anxiety and anger growing stronger. Finally, he could no longer bear it and decided to stop running away and instead fight back.

"You ugly thing, stay away from me."

A powerful vortex of soul power suddenly erupted from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body, and a deep black light burst forth from its body like a black hole.

However, it was not pure darkness; upon closer inspection, it was actually a mysterious deep blue.

At the deep blue core, a peculiar spiritual fluctuation slowly emanated like ripples. Some fish-shaped soul beasts that approached were instantly enveloped by this spiritual fluctuation, and within moments their eyes rolled back and they lost their life force.

The Demon Whale Domain! And the spiritual power of the Spirit Realm!

"Is it also an ability of devouring?"

Augustus watched this scene with great interest. Its spiritual power had also reached the Spirit Realm, so although the Demon Whale Domain had some effect on it, the effect was not significant.

On the contrary, Augustus became increasingly interested in this deep-sea demon whale king. The fish-like soul beasts shrouded in the demon whale's domain appeared unchanged on the outside, but Augustus keenly sensed that they had lost all vitality.

The black hole-like domain of the demonic whales devoured the mental waves generated by their meager life energy, causing their vitality to fall into chaos. They appeared unharmed, but in reality, their life had been quietly stripped away, their internal functions were disordered, and they could only wait for death to come.

Immediately afterwards, in the center of the black hole, a huge fish tail swung down like a black battle axe, instantly forming a massive vortex that surged towards Augustus, carrying endless seawater and immense power.

Seeing this, Augustus neither dodged nor avoided the attack, choosing instead to take it head-on.

"The power of the vortex?"

Augustus was enveloped by the vortex and instantly sensed that it was no ordinary water vortex. It contained smaller vortices rotating in different directions, which cut towards him like sharp blades, making a tooth-grinding metallic cutting sound.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The scales on Augustus's body made crisp sounds as they were cut by the vortex's power, but it didn't care at all.

"But it's still too weak."

Augustus roared, and his soul power surged out like a volcanic eruption, instantly bursting the vortex power and turning it into countless water droplets that dissipated around him.

"Let me show you what true power is."

Augustus raised his right claw, which was wreathed in golden light—a talent ability from the super soul beast, the Golden Crocodile King.

"Golden Tear!"

Augustus roared, and golden light burst forth from his claws like lightning, transforming into a golden claw shadow that lashed fiercely at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Wherever the claw shadow passed, the seawater was cleaved open, forming a deep ravine.

The Demon Whale Domain was almost instantly torn open by the impact of the golden claw shadow, revealing the astonished Deep Sea Demon Whale King inside.

"roar--"

Seeing the golden claw shadow rushing towards it, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King roared suddenly, and then an extremely powerful aura burst forth from its body like a flash flood.

In an instant, everything around seemed to be swallowed up by this powerful aura, becoming ethereal and indistinct. Three concentric purple waves surged from its body, spreading outwards to form a magnificent and mysterious defensive barrier.

The golden claw shadow seemed to sink into quagmire the moment it touched the purple wave, gradually weakened and blocked, and finally disappeared without a trace.

Even Augustus was affected by the purple waves, his body involuntarily slowing down and his movements becoming sluggish.

After unleashing the purple wave, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's aura noticeably weakened, clearly indicating that this attack had consumed a significant amount of its soul power. It gave Augustus a deep look, a resolute glint in its eyes, before turning and fleeing without looking back.

"This guy!" Augustus was somewhat surprised, but his interest immediately grew.

The methods that the deep-sea demon whale king unleashed at the end piqued its curiosity, and it also discovered an interesting fact.

This deep-sea demon whale king seemed to lack combat experience. The purple wave at the end should have been a deadly move, a trump card, but it used it without hesitation.

After this move worked, Augustus was briefly controlled. This was the perfect opportunity for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to counterattack, but instead of taking advantage of the situation, it chose to flee, which was truly puzzling.

Although Augustus had ways to defend himself even if it attacked, this did not prevent him from realizing that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was a pushover!

"Those who can cultivate into ferocious beasts must have emerged from the fierce battles among numerous soul beasts. But this guy's combat experience is so meager, and he exudes a pure aura. He doesn't seem like a soul beast that has experienced brutal battles at all. So there are only two possibilities."

"Firstly, it has powerful backers. It has powerful ferocious beasts protecting it, which is why it was able to grow into a ferocious beast so smoothly."

"Secondly, the treasures on its body gave it energy. It is similar to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which forcibly advanced into a ferocious beast by absorbing the energy of treasures. However, the difference is that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is a useless piece of trash with no combat power, while it is a powerful deep-sea demon whale."

Compared to the first possibility, Augustus leaned more towards the second. After all, if the Deep Sea Demon Whale King truly had a powerful protector behind it, how could it stand idly by while being hunted down?

Moreover, the Deep Sea Demon Whale is neither an imperial auspicious beast nor a golden hawksbill turtle, so it's hard to imagine any soul beast being willing to act as its guardian.

"The treasure that could allow a deep-sea demon whale to break through to the level of a ferocious beast must be of immeasurable value. If we could obtain it, it would be a tremendous boon for both me and Leviathan."

Augustus's eyes blazed with intense heat. Choosing to devour the Myriad Treasure Clam was indeed the right decision, as it had instantly provided him with an opportunity.

"We absolutely cannot let it get away." Augustus flapped his wings violently, unleashing a powerful thrust that propelled him like an arrow, chasing after the direction in which the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had fled.

"Leave the treasure behind, and I'll spare your life."

Augustus' speed soared to its limit, instantly catching up with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King ahead, startling the latter into frantically wagging its tail and swimming away in a hidden direction.

"Stubborn and unyielding! Ten thousand feathers and flying scales."

Augustus snorted coldly, and with a sudden flap of his wings, a large number of scale-like feathers attacked the Deep Sea Demon Whale King in front of him like a dense barrage of hidden weapons. This was the ability he gained after devouring the Soul Beast: Demon Blade.

Seeing this, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King did not hesitate to unleash purple waves again in an attempt to block the attack.

"It's no use." Black waves also erupted from Augustus's body, colliding with the purple waves of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and actually canceling them out.

Augustus had absolute confidence in his control over the water element and had never been afraid of anyone.

(End of this chapter)