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Now that he had his pets finished fetching of everything to ground zero, the previously lush rocky island was now desolate and barren, filled with the charred remains of burnt up coconut trees, rows after rows.
"Alright.. the next problem is.. how should we cross over to that smaller volcanic island over there.." Duan Li said as he pointed with his index finger.
From where he stood, he could roughly tell the distance between them to be at least 2 kilometers, and if he were to swim that distance with his currently mortal-like stamina, it was questionable whether he would even make it alive!
Upon hearing this, Komodo that was all excited to return to his natural habitat quickly spoke up, "I can swim and bring everyone there! Just ride along on my body!" he suggested.
"Eh? No way! Aren"t you afraid of sea monsters attacking you? I have a feeling that something scary is down there!" Duan Li said as he shook his head in disapproval.
While he had become quite powerful in this short amount of time, water was still an uncharted territory for him where anything could happen.
For example, if they were to be dragged into the water, it would be useless even if they were strong if they can"t breath underwater and escape from their foes!
And even if they could escape somehow, as cultivators has a range of powerful offensive techniques, stranded in the middle of the ocean with no ability to fly, they would just be dragged into the water again and again until they became tired and have no more energy to swim, which would leads to drowning!
Not to mention, it would be quite dark down there, and Duan Li wasn"t brave enough yet to be unfettered by everything else like the novels he once read before in one of the Xuan village"s bookstore.
Those super-strong main characters would just annihilate or disintegrate everything in their way; so what if there was an ocean filled with deep mystery under them? With just a slap of their palm, the whole ocean would evaporate, leaving the small and big fishes in it to be bared naked to the human eyes!
"Sea monsters.. well, they are indeed down there.. but for some reason ,they would not attack swimmers on sight unless we did a full dive! If I remember correctly, this is one of the several iron clad laws in this world to keep things balance, and in this case, its that as long as a part of your body was exposed to outside, they won"t attack!" Komodo explained.
Oh?
"Iron clad rules? There was not a single one among you whom tried to break it?" Duan Li asked with interest.
Rules were rules, but not everyone would follow it. Besides, such a rule was exceptionally difficult to execute when the ocean was this wide, and it wasn"t even meant for humans!
So who would notice if a thing or two happened?
"Some decided to break it, but they would immediately be turned into a b.l.o.o.d.y mists after that!" Komodo answered.
He still recalled that once in a while, there would be fools that dared to test this, and ends up dead almost immediately.
Thankfully, he was a little bit smarter than his peers and lived by the rules!
Hearing this, Duan Li came to a comprehension as he nodded.
"I see.. if that"s the case, then it should be safe to cross-over by swimming.."
Since the laws were made specifically for the monsters and animals alike that lived here, while they may not be as smart when compared to humans, their instinct to avoid danger made them quite more obedient than the latter.
"Was the Guardian of the Second region the one whom imposed such rules?" he asked.
"No" Komodo shook his head, and then continued with a hint of fear on his face, "It was said that, the laws were crafted by.. the Grand Immortal himself!"
The Grand Immortal!
Duan Li"s eyes flashed.
"I see.. well, if it was made by someone whom created the very Eternal Maze itself, then I guess we should be safe!" turning around to face Di Rou, Cucko, Daelius, Dilong and Zhulong, Duan Li told them his plans.
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"Is this fellow crazy?" Dugu Liubai scratched his head in befuddlement.
He saw it all from here, that Duan Li was talking to a monster beside him while watching the ocean. Even worse before that, the other party was talking to a chicken!
The former could only make same incomprehensible roaring sounds while the latter would just be making chicken cucks..
So what was there to even talk about?
But it appears that this fellow could actually converse with them!
He had seen a lot of cultivators roaming around with their pets back in the Tian continent before, and even the best of them could only understand the actions of one another by heart based on repeated gestures and action, but never through language!
Thus, eventhough his eyes were acknowledging the fact before him, his mind could not help but to have some difficulties in coming to terms with it.
And while he could not hear everything what they were talking about, based on Duan Li"s lip movement, he could roughly tell what the other party was talking about, especially regarding the Grand Immortal.
"So this fellow also knows about the Grand Immortal? That Jing Zhianghu really spilled the beans eh?" he said to himself feeling a little bit amused.
The fact that Duan Li knows about the Grand Immortal showed that he had come into contact with the Guardian of the First region, and by the looks of it, it seems that they were a bit close with each other?
He then shifted his gaze towards the Fenrir with a pair of wary eyes.
"That Fenrir wolf.. it seems to be still developing.. but its air is a little bit different than what I remembered?" he thought to himself, but wasn"t sure what that differences were.
His main concerns was that, how did a legendary and mythical monster from the Ninth region became that fellow"s pet?
The more he thought about it, the more complex it seems!
"This fellow definitely isn"t simple.."
...
"So that"s about it everyone! I hope you guys are not that afraid of water!" Duan Li said .
He then turned to Daelius, "Your current form is too big, so just get inside my spatial ring first and then I"ll let you out once we reached the island."
He was planning to let everyone out so that they could have a breather while the view and atmosphere was this fresh, but Daelius had grown so big and it would be quite cramped later on, so he had no other choice than to tell the other party that.
"Woof!!" Daelius shook its head, and then something happened.
Wonggg!!
The next moment, he had turned back into a small cub!
"Eh? You can change your appearance back to that of a cub?" Duan Li was surprised by this and his mouth opened wide in agape.
Usually, when an animal or monster grew bigger, they wouldn"t be able to revert back to their former appearance, but it seems that Daelius was an exception!
"Is this a special ability of the Fenrirs?" he thought.
But now that Daelius had become smaller once more, he doesn"t have to stuff the other party back into the spatial ring!
Grabbing Daelius, he put the latter ontop of his head.
"Stay there and don"t fall down!" Duan Li chuckled.
Wooff! Wooff!
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The next moment, Duan Li and his pet was already about a quarter away to reach the other sh.o.r.e, and Di Rou, whom Duan Li had instructed to enter Komodo"s shadow to act like an underwater radar has detected something.
"What is that?" she said as she squinted her eyes and saw a large, dark object that was rapidly surfacing from beneath the sea.
While Komodo already told Duan Li that it was highly unlikely that a sea monster would attack them with such a strict rule in place, there was still a chance of being attacked, and that was why he instructed Di Rou to do this.
As a ninja, her instinct was quite strong and this told her that the thing that was swiftly approaching them from beneath was something dangerous, thus she quickly exitted Komodo"s shadow and surfaced from the water.
"Master, an unidentified threat is approaching!"
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