After reaching the waters to the west of Skull Island…
Gale quickly discovered a problem here.
That is, the marine life in this area was much scarcer compared to the eastern waters of Skull Island where Flood Dragon Island was located, as well as the southern waters he had just finished exploring.
Large marine creatures, in particular, were extremely rare in this part of the sea.
Discovering this, Gale immediately became alert and cautious.
The reason for this situation was likely a large predator in these waters that had either eaten all the large marine life or scared them away.
“Ang.” Be careful.
Gale gave another warning to the Giant Turtle behind him.
He spent a few more days exploring this sea area to the west of Skull Island.
At this time, over a hundred meters deep underwater in the center of this sea area, Gale discovered a massive, pitch-black pit.
This pit was enormous and circular, with a diameter of at least a hundred meters.
It was bottomless, and looking down into it revealed only total darkness, like a dark abyss within the ocean.
The moment Gale approached the pit…
In the darkness beneath the pit, a pair of massive, dark-red eyes, like red lanterns, suddenly snapped open.
In the next instant, a massive pitch-black tentacle shot out from the pit, striking directly at Gale.
The tentacle was as fast as lightning and instantly coiled around Gale’s tail.
Immediately after, Gale felt an almost irresistible, terrifying force coming from the tentacle, trying to pull him into the pit.
But Gale reacted quickly.
The moment he was ensnared and felt the massive force, Gale immediately turned his dragon head and bit down hard on the tentacle.
Puchi!
The tentacle’s strength was great and its speed was fast, but its defense was not much.
Gale swung his head and bit right through it.
Roar— The moment the tentacle was bitten off by Gale, an angry, monstrous hiss erupted from the pitch-black pit.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Immediately, several more massive black tentacles burst forth, attacking Gale.
Gale dodged at full speed, but there were too many tentacles.
Two of them managed to coil around him, followed quickly by several others, wrapping around his tail and neck.
Then, Gale felt a massive force pulling him toward the pit.
Gale struggled with all his might but found he couldn’t break free.
The main issue was that he was in the ocean and had no point of leverage.
Fortunately, Gale had a teammate.
“Ang.” Gale immediately let out a dragon roar toward the direction behind him.
Hearing the sound, the Giant Turtle following behind Gale quickly swam over at its fastest speed.
The Giant Turtle thought about how it didn’t have any outstanding offensive means—its limbs and head were relatively short.
Its only prominent features were its massive size and the defense of its shell.
Thinking of this, the Giant Turtle simply used its body as a weapon.
It swam with all its strength and slammed headfirst into the pitch-black pit.
The Giant Turtle’s massive body turned into a straight line as it crashed into the dark pit.
Immediately, there was a loud boom.
Boom— The entire pit collapsed under the Giant Turtle’s impact, burying the Giant Turtle and the creature inside.
While the Giant Turtle’s attack wasn’t sophisticated, its massive size was a factor.
The impact force of this collision was definitely no small matter.
Even a behemoth of the same level would not feel good after being hit head-on.
Ow!
Sure enough, the moment the Giant Turtle crashed in and the pit collapsed, a sharp, pained cry rang out from inside.
The massive tentacles binding Gale instantly retracted as if they had been electrocuted.
Then, the collapsed pit exploded as a massive Octopus Monster crawled out from the ruins.
The size of this Octopus Monster was terrifyingly large.
It had eight tentacles, each about thirty meters long—nearly as long as Gale himself.
However, one had been bitten off by Gale.
Its bloody maw was filled with spiral-like sharp teeth.
But at this moment, half of the Octopus Monster’s head was caved in.
Without a doubt, this was caused by the Giant Turtle’s impact.
Seeing the Octopus Monster emerge from the ruins of the collapsed pit, Gale did not hesitate.
He lunged forward with his massive body, coiled around the Octopus Monster’s entire head, and began to constrict with all his might.