Constantly evading at critical moments, Xu Kai slowly weakened both beasts by inflicting deep wounds with his teeth and dorsal fin.
As the battle escalated, he suddenly sensed extreme danger and pulumented into the sea, narrowly avoiding a spear that pierced through the smaller silver-horned dolphin.
'To pierce through a beast in one throw! That person has to be beyond the Foundation Building Realm!'
Xu Kai turned and saw a large ship. The next moment, he saw the hurling of three spears into the water, all aimed at him!
'A hunting ship! Not now!' He swam into the depths and watched the bigger dolphin circle the smaller one's body, making sounds of anguish.
He swam toward the dolphin and bit its fin. The dolphin struggled to free itself so it could slam its horn into Xu Kai, but he held on.
Moving his head from side to side, he ripped off that part and went for the head when, all of a sudden, a burst of flames sank into the sea, kissing his skin.
The pain caused Xu Kai to miss his target, and the dolphin slammed its tail against his abdomen, launching him into the depths.
Xu Kai watched the silver-horned dolphin close the gap, ready to brutally pierce his flesh. The moment it closed the gap, he swam to the side, increased his speed, and did a swift turn under it while moving upwards.
His dorsal fin, known to be the second-most dangerous weapon a Skylark has, cut open the dolphin's from below.
Right at that moment, a thick harpoon pierced into the dolphin and dragged it towards the surface.
Xu Kai hurriedly closed the gap, transformed into his human form and pulled out the silver pill the size of a marble ball.
As he witnessed the tugging of both dolphins into the vessel, he swallowed the deadly pill and plunged deeper into the sea to evade their reach.
"We're not living till we catch that Skylark!" A yell pierced the air, and everyone lit up torches.
"Throw the small dolphin into the water. A hungry Skylark can't ignore the scent of fresh meat." Cheng Yu stood on the bulwark, holding a harpoon. Besides him stood a man who mounted a trebuchet.
"Did it escape?" Someone asked.
"Skylarks do not run. Those beasts are fierce warriors who don't know what it means to run and fight another day." His fellow crew member replied.
Boom—!
As a brilliant cerulean light shone in the sea's depths, the water became turbulent.
"There, shoot!"
The man mounting the trebuchet fired the harpoon toward the light. He had to retrieve it once the rope ran out.
When the harpoon came out and he did not see the Skylark, Cheng Yu's expression slowly turned ugly.
However, a mighty beast suddenly burst out of the water, right before the ship. It flew into the air, revealing a magnificent 22-foot-long, streamlined body that was covered by a water membrane.
In addition to the mystical patterns, the beast shocked everyone on board the ship. Even Cheng Yu couldn't understand what species this beast was.
No Skylark had a water membrane around them!
None of them realized that this was a Spirit Skylark Shark—the evolved version of Xu Kai's young Skylark Shark's beast soul.
Splash—! When it fell into the water, they remembered their spears.
"Don't let that—!" The ship shook, and as Cheng Yu turned to the open doors, he saw the Skylark's tall dorsal fin splitting the hull into two as it sped toward a group of guards standing before a double-sealed door.
'You attack me; I take your treasures and also destroy your ship!'
Xu Kai's eyes gleamed. He leaped out, revealing his set of five-inch-tall blade-like teeth!
Despite the four Foundation Building Realm practitioners striking him, their weapons bounced off his body. Cheng Yu's eyes trembled as he watched the Skylark slam his well-trained men, shattering their bones in the process.
It broke into the room, grabbed the only item inside, a large bag, and disappeared into the depths.
Even while the ship split into two parts and sank, Cheng Yu stood rooted to the floorboards, his bloodshot as he watched his treasured ship sink, his men drowning, and the gift that would build a solid connection between him and Shui Mei Er stolen.
All this was caused by a strange Skylark. What kind of shark steals when it could have eaten his men as vengeance?
To him, that bag and this ship are worth more than his men.
"Young Master, the ship!"
"Young Master, what are we going to do?!"
"Young Master…"
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Meanwhile, a large, attractive shark covered enormous distances in a short while. Xu Kai had never felt so powerful in his life. For the first time, he faced a practitioner in the Bodiless Realm, and although he didn't fight against Cheng Yu, he still paid him back for trying to kill him.
His current form's power could rival that of an intermediate-stage Foundation Building Realm practitioner head-on. However, if he didn't want to fight head-on, even Bodiless Realm practitioners had to be wary!
Such power gushed into Xu Kai's head that he forgot about the bag hanging over his teeth. He didn't even know it was water-resistant.
When he first picked it up, there were signs of squirming, but Xu Kai did not notice them, and now the bag was limp.
Because of Xu Kai's speed, whatever was inside couldn't withstand the water's impact. It either fainted or died!
Xu Kai kept swimming and finally emerged from the sea the next day, when the sun was already shining bright.
He dragged the bag out of the water and laid it on the stone. The stone was a 5-foot-tall boulder with a slope on one side.
This made it simple for him to drag it to the flat top.
"Why doesn't it make a sound?" Isn't this thing filled with coins?" He touched it and quickly retrieved his finger.