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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 825

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:01:17 AM


Chapter 825: Fishing

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Chapter 825: Fishing

At this time, Sages power was many times greater than in the past, and the fact that an Armoranas scales could resist his strike was very impressive. It had to be remembered that Sage had the innately more powerful body of a Demonic Insect. On top of that he was also practicing Body Cultivation and making use of the Jade Mantle, a technique that basically used Qi to mimic the abilities of a Body Cultivator. By layering all three together, Sages offensive power was extremely high and it was no wonder that those other people chose to capture the Armorana.

On the other hand, there was also the fact that Sage was underwater and could only leverage a small portion of his strength, especially since he had made a wide cutting attack. The Violent Sun Body Instruction was full of knowledge about how to move in and manipulate fluids. It described how to move in the air and in the water, but Sage knew they were simply fluids of different densities and viscosities. Yet, even if he knew of the study of fluid dynamics, it didnt mean he was an expert. He only knew that it was a linked discipline that the Violent Sun Body Instruction was very practically skilled in. It had many teachings on how to move without affecting the water and also how to affect it in the greatest manner. He chose to test out an inefficient attack on an Armorana to test its toughness. While underwater, the best attacks were actually short stabbing motions. The less the body had to move, the less it would be hindered by the water. Also, the long narrow shape and forward path meant it would experience the least resistance in motion. Spears and other piercing implements were the weapons of choice while under the water.

It was no wonder that Deep Shore was filled with various spears, lances, knives, and spearguns. Even a bow or crossbow would find its power reduced when its firing arms had to fight against extra water resistance. Of course, all of these considerations were mainly made for physical fighters. The vast majority of the different peoples here seemed to have all sorts of supernatural methods of combat. Just like that Dragon Sorcerer fellow, they had powers that let them skirt around the issues of fighting while under the water.

After killing one Armorana, Sage had something of a baseline for their performance and he moved on to attempting to capture them. If he could populate an isolated body of water on the Inner World, wouldnt he have his own personal supply?

Everytime the Armorana was on the verge of defeat, they would always escape towards a specific direction. It wasnt a sort of habit related to a compass direction because he fought them in different locations throughout the Lagoon and they werent all moving to the north, for example. In fact, he would not have noticed this strange quirk at all if it werent for the swarm of Blacksilver Fish keeping the Armorana so well contained. The Armorana would attempt to break out in any direction it could, but for some reason when they felt on the verge of defeat they would always move towards a certain location.

Once Sage noticed two of the Armorana moving in the same direction when they were cornered and these two were encountered in very similar areas. After catching a few more, he caught them also making a similar move and then he started to use the direction of their final escape attempt as a guide. The Armorana Lagoon was not small, spanning a hundred miles across and leaving plenty of room for these large fish to lord over their own small territories. At some point he found that the Armorana fled in the opposite direction. He found nothing in the intervening space so he moved perpendicular to that line and fought a few more Armorana. Moving under the sea was three dimensional so he had to repeat the process a few more times before he finally nailed down a smaller area of interest.

Since there seemed to be something interesting hidden away, he expected it would be on the seabed, but he was surprised when the Armorana led him to somewhere in the middle depths. There was nothing around for anything to be hidden behind or inside of so it was exceedingly unusual. After a few minutes he realized that it was far too quiet and empty. For a few thousand yards in every direction not a single fish or other form of sea life was present. Waiting there for a while he saw fish actively avoiding the space and he grew even more curious.

What exactly is going on over here?




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