Chapter 274: Welcome To Darkness Port
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Before the sky truly lit up, Tang Ling finally saw the sea. It was deep blue in color, vast, boundless, and covered with layers of waves. The excitement exploded in his heart at first glance.
This is the sea?! No matter how the era changed, the sea remained as it were. It was the source of life of all living beings on this planet, where millions of rivers ultimately converged. While the waves were pleasant to the ears, the blue surface made one want to jump into its embrace.
Tang Ling stood in the cart as he gazed addictively at the sea. The surface of the sea reflected the morning glisten of the sun, making it bright and s.h.i.+ny, as the waves were relentless.
He felt a little intoxicated by the scene, but right at that moment, a turbulent wave rose from the calm sea like an aquatic beast that was as huge as a raging bull from the gra.s.slands. It sprung out of the surface all of a sudden.
What’s that?!
Due to the distance, Tang Ling could not catch a clear glimpse of the aquatic beast. All he could see was a white horn on its head that reflected the sunlight.
Following the appearance of the first beast, the waves abruptly became rougher further away. Gradually, many more similar aquatic beasts appeared on the surface, leaping out and into the sea. The scene was overwhelming as if a huge herd of raging bulls was on a rampage in the gra.s.slands, except that it was on a larger scale.
The moment the merchants from the caravan saw this, a heated discussion quickly spread among them.
Only the elder who had given Tang Ling and the siblings a lift was calm. He sat in front of the car with a long smoking pipe that was made out of some kind of bamboo as he watched the school of white-horned beasts leaping in and out from the surface of the sea and said, “You guys are in for a treat. This is a hunt that you’re witnessing.”
A hunt? The white-horned beasts were out hunting? What were they hunting?
Tang Ling peered around excitedly. The elder then stood up and shouted at the front of the caravan, “Move the caravan 500 meters to the right. Be careful of the waves! Take care of the goods!”
He seemed to hold a certain status among the caravan. Right after his warning subsided, many merchants stood up and moved the livestock, carrying their goods to the right as quickly as possible, drawing a distance from the sea.
500 meters? Isn’t that a little too far?
Tang Ling had zero understanding of the sea and the beasts that resided in it. He was just curious about what kind of aquatic beasts were able to cause such huge waves that the caravan had to move 500 meters away.
Right after his thought popped, a gigantic bubble appeared behind the school of white-horned beasts. Was that really a ma.s.sive bubble? Upon a closer look, it was actually a wave crest caused by the rough waves which looked like a bubble at first glance.
Despite the distance, the gigantic wave crest that appeared was terrifying. Tang Ling could not help but wonder what kind of gigantic monsters were behind such a huge commotion.
In the next second, the large wave crest exploded, revealing an even bigger black fish behind the waves. Under the radiance of the morning sun, the gigantic black fish was as colossal as the nuclear submarine from the old civilization, and when it leaped out of the wave, its substantial presence seemed like it could shroud the sky.
It extended its fins, attempting to maintain its glide above the sea. Its fins were rainbow-colored, so when it extended them, they reflected the light from the sun, making it look like it was surrounded by little rainbows, hence forming a great contrast to its body.
The scene was not beautiful at all. On the flip side, it was a terrifying scene. As everyone trembled in fear, the black fish opened its mouth and revealed rows of sharp teeth.
“The creature is 47 meters long while its mouth is 10 meters wide when opened!” Tang Ling was overwhelmed by the black fish. With a single chomp, it caught two white-horned beasts and dove back into the sea with an enormous splash.
The splash evolved into tidal waves, but before the waves could subside or travel, another giant wave crest appeared on the left side of the school of white-horned beasts. It was another giant black fish about to jump out of the water!
At the same time, in front of the school of the white-horned beasts, a towering water pillar burst out from the sea, and following its appearance, an enormous head that was as huge as an island appeared on the surface!
“Requiem Whales! Requiem Whales!” someone from the caravan shouted in shock.
Tang Ling suddenly had a hard time breathing. Are all the beasts in the sea this gigantic? The head that appeared together with the towering water pilar is 50 meters long. How big exactly is its body underwater?!
Tang Ling had no answers to his question. He saw the ma.s.sive beast known as the Requiem Whale open its mouth which was as huge as a cave.
Despite its gigantic size, it cried like a human baby when it opened its cavernous mouth that was like a giant whirlpool, sucking in seawater within a 50-meter range in front of it.
A dozen white-horned beasts were instantly sucked into the Requiem Whale’s mouth without the slightest fight and the water that the whale sucked in was blasted out from its blowhole, causing an even taller water pillar.
The water pillars caused tidal waves across the surface of the sea, making the sea rough and ferocious. However, it was just the start because, from the south-east direction, another larger school of white-horned beasts appeared without any reason. There were almost a thousand of them and right behind the school were more than 20 gigantic black fishes chasing them.
Another Requiem Whale appeared from another direction. Tang Ling even spotted a huge triangular purple fin that sailed through the rough waves.
“Shark!”
An unknown emotion rumbled in his heart. He had read about sharks from the old civilization in the information room back in the safety sector, but until now, he had never encountered the sharks of the Purple Moon era yet.
The sea would never disappoint! A moment ago, his mind was thinking about sharks and the sea answered his wish in the very next second. A torpedo head burst out from the water and with a powerful flip, its huge body jumped out from the surface.
Huge! It was tremendous!
It might not be as big as the Requiem Whale but was a third bigger than the black fishes which were already 47 meters long.
The caudal fin was as sharp as a blade. It did not open its mouth, yet its presence made it seem like the ruler of the sea. As it glided across the surface for a moment, its sharp caudal fin sliced through a black fish’s body like it was nothing. The black fish then started to bleed blue liquid before it fell back into the sea.
The shark’s target was the black fishes!
Then, something similar to a long strip of ribbon floated up to the surface of the sea!
Am I seeing things?! Tang Ling rubbed his eyes and after he widened his eyes, he saw a reptilian head spring out of the sea.
The sea serpent!
While it was not as big as the shark, its size was similar to the giant python on land. It did not have a powerful bite, but it sprayed venom towards one of the white-horned beasts.
At the same time, loud bird cries sounded from the sky and a flock of giant birds appeared. Each bird was at least 10 meters wide with its wings extended.
Many more aquatic beasts appeared, and majestic scene after majestic scene happened at sea. Just like what the elder who drove the cart said, it was a hunting fest!
Even though Tang Ling was so far away, his heart throbbed with fear and he was overwhelmed by the scene. He admitted that he did not have the courage to even get close to the hunting ground!
It was not a game that humans could partic.i.p.ate in, or was it?
Right after Tang Ling’s thought popped in his mind, he saw something similar to a wooden boat although it had a metallic l.u.s.ter appear in the sky. It spread its oar-like wings to soar across the sky for a moment before it landed on the surface of the sea, sailing towards the center of the vicious hunting ground.
Are they trying to get themselves killed??! Tang Ling could not help but be worried about the small wooden s.h.i.+p.
In front of the t.i.tans of the sea and in the face of the rough waves, the wooden boat appeared insignificant. It was only a little longer than 20 meters and there were only three to five sailors on board. It seemed like it would topple any minute and be consumed by the waves or swallowed by the t.i.tans.
However, the sailors on the s.h.i.+p did not agree. Many aquatic beasts gathered in a single spot as the man standing in front of the s.h.i.+p shouted excitedly. His voice was powerful and loud. Despite the distance and the whistles and roars of the beasts, his voice was able to penetrate the obstacles and entered the ears of everyone in the caravan.
“My brothers, it’s time for a harvest! Today is the day that determines how we live next week! Wine and meat, or nothing at all!” As he spoke, the man’s upper body suddenly swelled. His muscles bulged and tore his white singlet into shreds, creating a contrasting proportion to his lower body.
With a single command, two sailors bolted up from the boat. The two men jumped off the left and right sides of the boat respectively and sprinted on top of the rough waves!
At the same time, the man with the monstrous body grabbed a giant anchor with purple carvings from his boat and started spinning it. As he spun, the whole boat started to shake violently.
“Go!” the man shouted and tossed the anchor into the sky. With a long trail of iron chain behind it, it plummeted into the sea! After the boat was anch.o.r.ed, it became steady amidst the rough waves.
Tang Ling then saw the two men, who sprinted along the waves, getting further away from each other. With the help of the sunlight, he was able to see the men holding a giant fis.h.i.+ng net in an attempt to net all the aquatic beasts. As for the last two men on the s.h.i.+p, they grabbed a 5-meter-long cleaver together with their captain and charged towards the sea.
Are these the people from Darkness Port?! What is with that bulging upper body?! Is that a war seed?!
The wooden boat was just the first of many as a dozen more boats in various sizes were sailing their way towards the hunting ground.