Chapter 612: Tang Guo

The bearded captain stared intensely at the sea surface a few hundreds of meters to their right. The rest of the crew also watched that area while holding their breath, not even daring to move.

Below the surface of the sea in the area they were looking at, a long shadow suddenly appeared, judging from its shape and size, it was a huge serpent.

“Is it a sea python?”

The bearded captain exclaimed. Sea serpents are rare, especially such a powerful one. Judging from the aura intensity that shook even space, this sea serpent should be at least immortal class.

Thinking of this, the body of the captain couldn’t stop trembling. In front of creatures of this level, their entire fleet is insignificant. It can destroy it easily with just a breath.

“Splash!”

With the sound of water breaking, the giant sea serpent suddenly emerged from underwater. A huge stream of water slid down from its head, creating a waterfall and causing the surrounding sea to vibrate.

At first glance, this giant serpent’s head alone had a diameter of 50 to 60 meters. Such a giant creature is quite rare.

Contrary to space behemoths that grow bigger as their strength increases, the high-level creatures of this planet aren’t necessarily big. By concentrating all of their energy into their energy core, they can keep a relatively small size despite their world-shaking strength.

The bearded captain had never set foot in space. Although he and most of the crew had seen many terrifying space behemoths on the network, they had never seen them in reality.

He rarely saw such a giant creature on this planet. Judging from the giant head with a diameter of 50 to 60 meters, this giant serpent has a body length of thousands of meters!

“What, what should we do?”

​​The crew beside the bearded captain froze in their places, their thinking seemed to have stagnated. They were terrified. All of them looked at the most experienced bearded captain, in hope of him having a solution.

The bearded captain smiled bitterly. His mental ability and cultivation base are higher than the rest of the crew, so he didn’t immediately lose the ability to think.

Unfortunately, although he was able to keep his thinking ability, this didn’t mean that he could find a solution to their current predicament.

The behemoth in front of them is the biggest creature he had ever seen, coupled with its unfathomable strength, their chance of escape is infinitely close to zero.

“Roar!!!”

Just when he was about to say something, the terrifying creature opposite them suddenly raised its head and roared. Under this roar, everyone on the boat fell to the ground and held their head in pain. Their eardrums were on the edge of bursting and their bodies started convulsing due to the sonic waves.

“Ahhh!!”

The bearded captain felt that something was penetrating his head, his mental power couldn’t stop shaking. He felt as if thousands of needles were penetrating his head, filling him with pain and driving him to the edge of collapse.

“I can’t take it anymore!”

Next to the captain, the lean man yelled with a flushed face. It wasn’t just him, the others also gritted their teeth and writhed in agony, looking like they were about to die.

Fortunately, after a few more seconds, the things that were rampaging across their mind retreated, causing them to feel a whole lot better. They finally relaxed as their body laid limp on the floor.

“This……”

The bearded captain was the first to recover. He stood up a little dazedly, then looked around. Everyone in the command ship laid on the group, looking powerless. He looked at the crew in the other ships and they were the same.

After a few more seconds, people from all corners of the fleet finally started moving, they writhed on the ground, struggling to stand up.

They stood up and looked around. Although they suffered some injuries, they were not fatal. Fortunately, none of them died.

“Huh…it hurts.”

The lean man staggered to his feet, and after looking around, he couldn’t help asking,

“Is that giant serpent still there?”

“It’s really gone.”

The other people also looked around at the turbulent sea. After not finding that monster, they rejoiced one after the other. They survived this disaster!

​​　　“Huh, I almost died here. What did that giant serpent do?”

After checking his body, one of the people on the bearded captain’s ship couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s a mental attack.”

Pondering for a moment, the bearded captain said,

“The pain we endured before is the pain of our souls getting torn apart. Fortunately, it lasted for just 10 seconds, or at least half of the crew would become idiots”

“It’s just that, why did that giant serpent attack us?”

The bearded captain fell deep into his thoughts. After a while, a guess popped up in his mind.

“It was searching our memory!!”

The bearded man was panicking as he said this. He knew that such a forceful way of entering someone’s mind is very harmful. If even a little mistake occurs, the best situation would be mental problems. It could be much worse than that.

So, just now, all of them were infinitely close to death.

After hearing the guess of the captain, the crew gasped. They were all scared and puzzled. Why did that serpent search through their memory? What was it looking for? And why didn’t it kill or eat them?

“It doesn’t matter!”

The captain waved his hands and said,

“Everyone prepare yourself, we will leave this place and go back.”

No one objected to this order. Compared to income and wealth, their life is more important. Everyone returned to their post, then started manipulating their ships to go back.

“Boss, it seems that we suffered a great loss this time.”

The lean man walked to the side of the bearded captain and said with a wry smile.

Hearing that, the captain helplessly shook his head and said,

“What can we do? Life is more important than money. Moreover, we don’t know if that serpent has left or not. It’s unknown whether we can survive if we meet again.”

“Haah.”

The lean man sighed but didn’t say anything. He naturally understood the captain’s concern.

The fleet set off on its return journey. The atmosphere was relatively depressing. Everyone knew that their loss was great this time.

Next, their lives will not be easy. Most importantly, they can’t fish in the sea area again. They don’t know how long that great serpent will stay here and they need to wait for a long time to get a permit to fish in other areas.

Everyone in the fleet has red eyes, worried about their future life.

“Boss, after we go back, shall we…Shall we go to the Tianhu Secret Realm?” Suddenly, a person came to the bearded captain’s side and asked him.

Others also looked at the bearded captain. The latter was startled upon hearing this, but he said after thinking for a moment.

“There is no need to go to the Tianhu secret realm, we all have…”

The bearded captain couldn’t complete his sentence. He smiled bitterly at this moment. He wanted to comfort his crew, telling them they can still come back next time. At that time, they will certainly find other sea behemoths.

However, it’s unknown when they will sail next time. This time they suffered a loss. If the same happens next time, then they would certainly declare bankruptcy.

At that time, they can only disband this fleet. Everyone must part ways and look for other ways out.

So in order to avoid that from happening, they have to go to the Tianhu secret realm and fight for profits.

This is a very difficult decision for the captain. Because he knows better than anyone else how terrifying the Tianhu Secret Realm is.

Most secret realms are in different-dimensional spaces that have been closed for an unknown number of years. Usually, under such an environment, countless cultivation resources and treasures are born.

At the same time, countless monsters are born, fighting and devouring each other. Most of these monsters are unique and very powerful, making any secret realm an incredibly dangerous place.

Especially new secret realms, no cultivator has entered it before, so the number of monsters in such secret realms is the highest. Carelessly entering such a place usually results in death.

“Well, after we return, I will apply for a pass for the Tianhu Secret Realm.”

After making this decision, the bearded captain breathed a sigh of relief. This time, they were unlucky, but there’s still hope for the future.

What they didn’t know was that the giant serpent that searched their memory before was floating on the surface of the sea not far from their previous location.

“The location of the Tianhu Secret Realm is not far away.”

The reason why Fang Yun appeared in front of these people is naturally to get the location of the Tianhu secret realm. After getting what he wanted, he immediately left.

Although he had searched everyone’s memories before, inflicting great pain on them, he actually did so to keep their lives.

Even if he tries to be as gentle as possible, no one of them can withstand his terrifying mental power, so he invaded everyone’s mind at the same time, gathering fragmented information from them, then combining it together.

“Now that I have the location of the Tianhu secret realm, I feel a bit better.”

Fang Yun heaved a sigh of relief, then flew from the water surface and headed towards the secret realm.

“I wonder if the person that appeared in that secret realm is her…”

A figure appeared in Fang Yun’s mind. She had disappeared for a long, long time. In fact, even her image became a little blurry in his mind.

“However, I’m certain that I will be able to recognize her after seeing her.”

Fang Yun thought internally. When he heard the bearded man talking about her, he was quite touched. According to the captain’s description, the person that appeared in the Tianhu secret realm is most likely her.

However, Fang Yun still couldn’t believe it. Tang Guo has fallen into the turbulence of space, her chance of surviving is extremely low. Moreover, even if she survived, the chance of finding her in this vast universe is extremely close to zero.

Although Fang Yun thought that it’s likely not her, he still decided to take a trip. What if it’s true? What if she survived and appeared in this place?

The Tianhu Secret Realm wasn’t far from here. Even if he used just a small part of his speed, Fang Yun still reached it in less than a minute.

There are many powerful guards at the entrance of the secret realm. They held powerful weapons and had advanced machinery, surveilling anyone that would try to sneak into this secret realm.

However, with Fang Yun’s strength, these guys can’t find him as long as he doesn’t want to. He secretly passed by them without alarming any one of them.

However, what he didn’t expect was that on the third day after he entered the Tianhu secret realm, a team suddenly appeared in front of the realm’s entrance.

This team is exactly the bearded captain’s team that is preparing to enter the secret realm. Their outfit was quite different from before.

In the past, their outfit was fit for sailors, but now they are wearing defensive equipment such as light armor and heavy armor.

The bearded captain at the head of the team headed to talk with the guards, showing him his permit. Not long after, the bearded captain waved his hands, signaling everyone to follow him inside.

In the secret realm, a giant serpent slowly slithered on the ground. Its body length was around 30 meters and its diameter was around 1 meter.

Although it might be a behemoth in the mortal world, in the world of monsters, it’s just a little guy.

Fang Yun carefully sensed the surrounding environment. He rarely used his tongue to distinguish the surrounding smells as his spiritual perception could be noticed in this world.

In this small world, he sensed even more immortal-class powerhouses. He even sensed the aura of a being with a similar level. This empire seems to be much stronger than he thought before.

So, Fang Yun has converged down a lot.

After all, this is someone else’s territory. Furthermore, his goal this time is to see whether the person who appeared here was Tang Guo.

If it was Tang Guo, he would just take her away and leave. If it’s someone else, then he will simply leave this place alone.

Fang Yun’s body crushed the ground on his path. It was that he didn’t want to fly, but that this secret realm seemed to be restricted with some kind of law.

All outsiders can’t fly. He can break through this law, but this will cause great damage to this secret realm, which isn’t worth the loss.

“It’s no wonder that this Tianhu Secret Realm is said to be extremely dangerous.”

Fang Yun sighed, his body flashed again as he crossed this empty grassland at an extreme speed.

What he needs to do now is to find someone and confirm whether Tang Guo is in this realm or not, and secondly her location.

As long as he can determine the location of Tang Guo, he can immediately head there and take her away.

Time passed day by day, and finally, a figure appeared in front of him.