Chapter 75

Numerous jets of water repeatedly sprayed at Lei Huanxi. Despite the pain from the sprays, Lei Huanxi understood the dragon's well-intentioned efforts.

At first, Lei Huanxi could not avoid a single jet of water, but he felt his rolling movements becoming noticeably more agile.

Gradually, as the number of sprays increased and he gradually mastered the techniques of dodging, Lei Huanxi occasionally managed to avoid one or two out of ten jets.

Even though the success rate was low, this was already an incredible achievement.

An ordinary human, no matter how strong, fast, or agile, would never be able to dodge a dragon's water jets, even if they practiced for a lifetime.

But Lei Huanxi had successfully done it.

He had absorbed most of the powerful spiritual energy from the walnut and the spiritual power contained in the skin shed by Xiaopang. His body had undergone a complete transformation, far surpassing that of an ordinary person.

Lei Huanxi himself did not realize how astonishing his current underwater abilities had become.

This was a special training session from the dragon.

After practicing for a while longer, Xiaopang noticed that Lei Huanxi's dodging speed was becoming strained, indicating that his body had reached its limit.

The continuous jets of water suddenly stopped.

Lei Huanxi finally got a chance to catch his breath.

Although he knew Xiaopang was training him for his own good, the pain in every part of his body made him sigh heavily. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat Xiaopang in the water, he would have dragged the hateful silkworm over and beaten it up long ago.

No, he probably couldn't beat Xiaopang on land either... It had that damn immobilizing technique...

The human and the dragon began to wander. The seabed seemed like a natural spa, and Lei Huanxi's energy gradually recovered as they slowly swam.

The visibility in the water was already very low, but Xiaopang was not affected at all. This made Lei Huanxi curious about how it could see in the dark depths of the sea.

The diving flashlight finally came in handy. When it was turned on, a strong beam of light dispelled the surrounding darkness.

Unidentified fish and shrimp swam around them but maintained a certain distance, out of respect for Xiaopang.

Xiaopang began to feed in the water. Lei Huanxi could not eat the unprocessed fish and shrimp, so he took the opportunity to swim around slowly on his own.

Clearly, the underwater creatures only feared Xiaopang, not the human. Some bold fish even swam around Lei Huanxi.

Especially the flashlight on his head, which emitted a bright light that was very attractive to the underwater creatures.

Lei Huanxi finally saw the mysterious and beautiful world of the seabed...

Some fish were brightly colored, with intricate patterns on their bodies, as if a painter had carefully painted a masterpiece in the ocean.

Xiaopang, which was eating, looked over and quickly noticed Lei Huanxi's attempt to explore the underwater world. It stopped eating and emitted a strange sound wave in the water.

Lei Huanxi swore that if he was not mistaken, this was the first time Xiaopang had made a sound.

A dragon's voice?

In his imagination, dragons either remained silent or roared when they spoke.

But the sound wave emitted by Xiaopang was very low, almost imperceptible to humans if they were not paying attention.

What was Xiaopang doing?

Lei Huanxi soon found out.

He felt the water begin to churn.

The flashlight's beam could only reach a limited distance, but in the distant darkness, a large number of creatures seemed to be rapidly approaching.

Lei Huanxi's body stiffened; he did not know what he would face.

Marine creatures! A large number of marine creatures gradually appeared.

Good heavens, Lei Huanxi had never seen so many different species of fish at once! And even more creatures were rapidly approaching.

The sound wave earlier was a dragon's call!

A call from a divine dragon.

Xiaopang was still in its juvenile stage, and a large portion of the spiritual energy from the walnut had been absorbed by Lei Huanxi, so it could not yet command the four seas like a true divine dragon.

But even so, this was a dragon's call. When the sound wave reached, creatures within a dozen miles of the sea did not dare to ignore it.

That was the fear of dragons passed down for thousands of years.

That was the king of the sea!

Xiaopang summoned so many creatures and then continued to fill its seemingly bottomless stomach as if nothing had happened.

Lei Huanxi, however, was amazed.

He never imagined that the variety of underwater creatures was so rich.

Some fish were incredibly beautiful, glowing in the water, moving like spirits of the sea.

Others were extremely ugly, with no relation to beauty. They had large heads and large eyes, and if a person were to stare angrily, they would look both ugly and frightening. Their bodies looked like...

An axe!

Their bodies were shaped like an axe.

These fish were called axe fish. Although they looked fierce and terrifying, they had no real offensive capabilities and no lethal weapons for humans. They were even quite docile.

Surprisingly, these ugly and strange fish were considered ornamental fish.

A massive body slowly emerged from the fish crowd. The surrounding fish, pressured by the large body, swam to the sides but were not afraid.

Lei Huanxi was startled.

Good heavens, what kind of fish was this?

It was at least three meters long and weighed at least one and a half tons, and it looked even uglier than the axe fish.

Just then, a jellyfish passed by. Upon seeing the large fish, it panicked and tried to escape, but the large fish opened its mouth, and the jellyfish became its meal.

Strangely, despite its massive size and the ability to swallow countless fish in one bite, it showed no interest in the surrounding fish, and they were not afraid of it either.

This large fish, which mainly fed on jellyfish, was called a sunfish or mola mola. It was found along the coasts of China, but this was the first time Lei Huanxi had seen one.

Because of its ugliness, in the famous science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," the harpooner of the Nautilus once said:

"If you put it in a pot, the pot would be ashamed."

This fish was one of the strangest-looking and fastest-growing fish in the ocean. Its young were only 0.25 centimeters long, but when they grew to adulthood, they could reach three meters in length, with their weight increasing by 60 million times.

It also had many other names. In English and American regions, it was called a "sunfish," and in Spain, it was called a "stonefish."

Lei Huanxi, emboldened, wanted to get closer to take a better look, but to his amusement, the sunfish was even more timid.

As soon as it saw Lei Huanxi approaching, it panicked and quickly hid to the side, causing the surrounding water to churn.

Perhaps it thought, "Oh my, what is this thing? It looks so ugly. It must be a monster from the distant ocean."

Humans found it ugly by their standards, but in the eyes of the sunfish, humans were the ugliest and most terrifying creatures.

Suddenly, Lei Huanxi's eyes lit up. He saw a fish.

He did not recognize the other fish, but he definitely recognized this one. Not only did he recognize it, but when he saw it, it was like seeing a large piece of gold in the ocean!

And it was real gold:

A large yellow croaker!

A genuine wild large yellow croaker!

Wild large yellow croakers were once common decades ago, but due to overfishing and environmental destruction, they had become increasingly rare, almost to the point of extinction.

Often, dozens of fishing boats would go out to sea during the fishing season and, with good luck, catch only one or two, and they were usually only one or two pounds.

The so-called "wild large yellow croakers" in restaurants were actually farmed.

In a coastal city, a fishing boat had an incredible catch, landing a 7-pound wild large yellow croaker, causing a huge sensation.

This was the largest wild large yellow croaker caught in the region since the 1980s. Some elderly fishermen, who had fished all their lives, had never seen such a large wild large yellow croaker.

The fish sold for 70,000 yuan, or 10,000 yuan per pound, far exceeding the usual price of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan per pound.

Rarity made it valuable, and a 7-pound large yellow croaker was extremely rare.

And the one Lei Huanxi saw?

It was at least 10 pounds, if not more.

Good heavens, such a large yellow croaker would cause an even greater sensation than the 7-pound one.

This was pure, white silver.

Lei Huanxi's eyes sparkled like stars.

Treasure, they say the ocean is a vast treasure trove, hiding countless treasures. Now, Lei Huanxi had truly seen real treasure.

He quickly approached the large yellow croaker.

The large yellow croaker soon noticed the human's intention and tried to swim away.

But Lei Huanxi's speed was too fast. After being trained by Xiaopang, he approached the large yellow croaker in the blink of an eye.

The large yellow croaker made a sharp turn, a skill it used to escape, which had always worked. It usually managed to avoid its pursuers by making a sharp turn.

But Lei Huanxi's body reacted much faster than his brain. As the large yellow croaker turned sharply, his body naturally turned as well.

He rushed straight to the large yellow croaker, and then...

No, this large piece of gold fell into his hands.

Xiaopang finally looked over again. Lei Huanxi's unparalleled underwater speed and turning ability were still too slow in Xiaopang's eyes. Too slow, far too slow.

At that moment, the fish that had gathered suddenly became panicked.

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