“Kraken?” Zu An’s expression became a bit strange. He had previously seen this kind of monster in the secret dungeon he encountered in the past. Now that he thought about it, this monster had a special purpose...
Suddenly, the window to the side was smashed open. A tentacle swept toward the two of them. The Kraken had clearly sensed the smell of delicious flesh.
The tentacle was about to reach the table when Zu An waved his hand and said, “Get lost!”
The chopsticks in his hands flew out practically at lightspeed. The tentacle that all the guests couldn't damage in the slightest was pierced straight through by the chopsticks; the mucus on its surface didn’t seem to be of any use either.
A bitter wail erupted, shattering all of the glass around the dining hall. The tentacle immediately retracted out of pain. Then, the endless tentacles that had been flailing around powerfully seemed to have been really alarmed and shrank back into the sea. The massive figure down below was fleeing in even greater alarm.
The seamen on deck and countless cultivators were all counting their blessings for having survived this disaster.
“Why did that monster suddenly leave?”
“It might be because our attacks worked, right? It knew that we weren’t so easily provoked.”
“Hah, compared to that, I would rather believe that it already ate its fill. Who knows how many guests and seamen had their flesh and blood sucked away by those tentacles?”
...
They all surmised that the greatest possibility was that the large-scale weapons of the ship had nearly been activated. Thus, the monster felt a bit alarmed, and because it had already eaten enough, it had decided to leave.
Only Shang Hongyu knew the real reason. She looked at the man across from her with shock. Even though the window had exploded and pieces were flying everywhere, there seemed to be an invisible force field around the table where the two were, blocking everything outside. The food, and even the wine glasses, were perfectly fine.
Zu An chuckled when he saw her expression, remarking, “I was pretty cool just now, wasn’t I?”
Shang Hongyu’s face turned red. She quickly shifted her eyes away and said, “Hmph, it’s about the same as the Dragon King. I’ve already seen enough of this kind of thing.”
But deep inside, she knew that even though the Dragon King didn’t fear the Kraken, that was because of the natural pressure he could exert with the Dragon race bloodline. If they really fought against each other, he likely wouldn't have been able to win so effortlessly.
Zu An didn’t mind. He took out a porcelain bottle, and with a wave of his hand, the pool of pink fluid that the Kraken had left behind from its wound entered it.
When she saw that, Shang Hongyu's eyes widened and she said, “You really aren’t a good person.”
Zu An was stunned. “Why are you suddenly saying that?”
Shang Hongyu pointed at his bottle. “The mucus of the Kraken has powerful aphrodisiac properties, especially toward women. If you're collecting it, who are you planning to use that powerful effect on?” As she said that, she crossed her arms in front of her chest and she moved backward. “You aren’t planning to use it on me, are you?”
Zu An was speechless. He said in annoyance, “If I really wanted to do something to you, why would I need something like this? The reason I'm collecting it is because this mucus is an extremely valuable medicine refinement material and hard to gather. I naturally wouldn’t just leave it now that it’s here.”
“So you know a bit about medicine refinement... Wait, what's the meaning of that? What do you mean, you wouldn’t need to use this to do something to me?” Shang Hongyu looked at him angrily.
Zu An smiled and shook his finger, replying, “Did you forget the effects of treatment with my ki?”
Shang Hongyu now remembered her treatment. Even though it was just an instant, that was a feeling she would never forget for the rest of her life. With that ability, there was indeed no need to use the Kraken’s mucus.
“Hmph, despicable!” Her face heated up and she scoffed.
Zu An was speechless.
I was clearly just explaining things to this woman. What else am I supposed to do?
Suddenly, there were noisy footsteps outside. The two quickly glanced over.
“We should leave for now,” Shang Hongyu suggested. If the others saw that the two of them were completely fine, it would be hard to avoid suspicion.
“Alright.” Zu An got up. With a wave of his hand, the seat they were on was blasted to pieces, as if it had been destroyed by the tentacle.
Shang Hongyu nodded, feeling that he was quite meticulous.
Soon after, a group of seamen rushed in. When they saw the two, they were a bit surprised. “You two are quite lucky. You actually weren’t eaten by that monster.”
Shang Hongyu patted her chest and said as if she was filled with lingering fear, “Thank goodness I was hiding in the corner, and then that monster suddenly left. That was how I survived!”
Zu An looked at how the seamen were fooled.
It seems that women are all natural-born actresses.
The two of them quickly arrived at the deck. They enjoyed the ocean breeze while watching the seamen rush around busily to repair the damage. Many of the rooms were a mess from the giant tentacle, and even some of the giant catapults on the ship had been destroyed. However, he ship doctor was rather idle, only needing to pacify the guests. After all, the previous attack only had deceased casualties and none injured.
Shang Hongyu looked at their own room in the distance. She couldn't help but feel happy, saying, “Our luck is pretty good. The room is still safe and sound.”
Could this be because of some mysterious form of destiny?
“If that guy had dared to destroy our room, it could forget about leaving,” Zu An said nonchalantly.
Several guests heard what he said and rolled their eyes.
Look at this guy bragging,
That woman seems to be a fool too. She actually believes such a terrible lie. But she doesn’t look all that pretty, so it’s no wonder that she doesn’t know much.
Zu An was speechless.
Meanwhile, Shang Hongyu was laughing so hard that she was shaking a bit.
...
After that brief interruption, the two began to talkt about more important matters.
“That Kraken seems to be a bit weak. It isn’t as strong as the one I met before,” Zu An said seriously.
“Hm? I didn’t expect you to have actually met a Kraken before? As expected of the legendary regent.” Shang Hongyu was a bit surprised. “After all, the Kraken usually lives deep in the sea. Even the Ocean races see it very rarely.
“That one earlier wasn’t a mature Kraken. It should still be a child.” She put away her smile and said, “But even if that's the case, it shouldn’t have appeared in this place.”
“Oh?” Zu An gave the large-scale weapons on the deck a look and said. “And here I thought that these weapons ewre for defeating these kinds of monsters.”
Shang Hongyu explained, “These weapons are indeed meant for the ocean monsters, but against terrifying monsters like the Kraken, it’s no different from a child trying to fight off adult criminals with a knife. I previously told you that the deeper into the sea we went, the stronger those ocean monsters would become. Normally, it would be impossible for monsters of this level to appear.” Her expression became extremely grave as she continued, “However, the Kraken just happened to appear in this place, which means that either there's something that attracted it here, to the extent that it didn’t mind traveling thousands of miles, or...”