"Sorry, really sorry, I’m late. Treasure Hunting Dolphin, you wouldn’t blame me, would you?"

Pan Hai hugged the Treasure Hunting Dolphin tightly, unintentionally pressing on its wound, causing the Treasure Hunting Dolphin to roll its eyes in pain.

"You idiot, you’re pressing on the Treasure Hunting Dolphin’s wound, let go quickly."

"What time is it now? Stop being sentimental. The Treasure Hunting Dolphin is about to faint from pain."

[Name: Treasure Hunting Dolphin]

[Gender: Male] 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

[Trait: Treasure Hunting: Capable of sensing the aura of treasures in the water.]

[Attribute: Water]

[Level: Peak of Tier Seven]

[Skills: Slashing (Control): Uses the extremely sharp spines on its back to attack enemies. Even Pet Beasts covered in a layer of metal would be split in two by the Treasure Hunting Dolphin.

High-pressure Water Gun (Control): Shoots a high-pressure water gun from its mouth, which can easily cut metal in half, comparable to a water blade.

Treasure Hunting (Control): Capable of quickly finding the whereabouts of treasures, digging them out and stuffing them into its mouth.

Bomb Bubble (Control): Emits bubbles from its mouth like bombs, with extremely strong attack power upon explosion.

Space Bag (Mastery): The Treasure Hunting Dolphin has a space bag in its mouth, where it can stow away collected items.

Dragon Mighty (Mastery): Emits a faint dragon aura from its body, causing enemies to flee in terror upon sensing it.

Scale Shooting (Mastery): The scales of the Treasure Hunting Dolphin can shoot out like flying knives, easily slicing enemies in two if hit by the scales.]

[Evolutionary Path 1: None]

[Evaluation: One of Pan Hai’s favorite Pet Beasts, created out of boredom. It’s quite powerful with a trait for treasure hunting. It hurriedly and anxiously escaped from the Deep Sea Demon, inadvertently discovering a secret passage.]

"A secret passage?"

"Just what I needed, like a pillow falling into my lap while drowsy."

Earlier, the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican informed him that shortly after they closed space, a ferocious-looking demon came charging over.

If it weren’t for erasing the space coordinates, the demon would’ve likely caught up.

It seems pocket-sized demons can still sense space fluctuations.

In that case, it’s better to take some lesser-known paths.

Perhaps they could reach the demon’s lair faster.

The Treasure Hunting Dolphin recovered swiftly, and in no time, its wounds had fully healed.

"Treasure Hunting Dolphin, I understand you’ve discovered a secret passage leading to the demon’s lair, which could lessen the demons’ attention. I hope you can lead us to that passage."

"Pan Hai and Hastar will create a diversion on the outskirts to help draw attention away."

Ye Bai explained to the Treasure Hunting Dolphin.

The Treasure Hunting Dolphin understood the difficult situation, thus saying nothing extra.

It tugged on Ye Bai’s sleeve with its teeth, signaling him to follow it.

"Pan Hai, Hastar, let’s proceed according to the original plan. Capture the leader to capture the gang. If we secure the Divine Format and slay the Deep Sea Demon, our goal would be nearly achieved."

"I can then head back to Blue Star."

Ye Bai didn’t want to linger in this world for too long, feeling slightly lonely without anyone to communicate with.

The Treasure Hunting Dolphin moved rapidly, soon leading Ye Bai into a passageway.

The ground in this passage was littered with white bones, clearly a demon territory.

A strong pulling force emanated from the passage.

Ye Bai lay on the Treasure Hunting Dolphin, holding tightly onto its fin.

The Treasure Hunting Dolphin resisted the strong force, inching slowly toward the cave entrance.

At that moment, Ye Bai used the Eye of Truth on the cave entrance.

He had a strange feeling, as if the cave entrance was a living being.

Under the Eye of Truth, Ye Bai saw the cave entrance was indeed the mouth of a Giant-tooth Shark.

It had purposely disguised itself to engulf passing fish.

This was an incredibly large crocodile.

[Name: Giant-strength Crocodile]

[Gender: Male]

[Attribute: Water/Space]

[Personality: Insidious]

[Level: Peak of Tier Seven]

[Skills: Water Gun (Control): Shoots a rapid stream of water from its mouth to attack opponents.

Loud Roar (Control): Opens its massive mouth to emit a deafening sound.

Sharp Claw (Control): Uses its strong, powerful claws to attack enemies, achieving a sure hit.

Water Tornado (Control): Summons a terrifying Water Tornado to attack opponents.

Rain Seeking (Control): Summons a torrential downpour to attack opponents, leaving usual Exotic Beasts unable to open their eyes under these conditions.

Spatial Cutting (Mastery): Summons two Spatial Blades to attack opponents.]

[Evolutionary Path 1: None.]

[Evaluation: This Giant-strength Crocodile was waiting on the side, disguised as a cave entrance to lure fish. The real entrance is at the square boulder area.]

Upon seeing the system intelligence, Ye Bai broke into a cold sweat, nearly led astray by the Treasure Hunting Dolphin, narrowly avoiding becoming crocodile bait.

"Treasure Hunting Dolphin, couldn’t you tell the way? Are you also a direction-blind, unable to remember the paths you’ve traveled?"

The Treasure Hunting Dolphin thought earnestly for a moment, eventually nodding.

Darn it, Pan Hai is direction-blind, and so is the Treasure Hunting Dolphin. It’s sheer calamity.

No wonder the Deep Sea Demon hasn’t gathered the Divine Status Fragments for so long; likely the Treasure Hunting Dolphin had a significant role in misguiding it.

It repeatedly led the Deep Sea Demon astray.

If the Deep Sea Demon could write memoirs, it would surely be a tale of sorrow.

"Follow me then. Your directional problem is quite serious; it’s not just a common issue, it’s a matter of cognitive error."

"Let’s take this passage."

"Hurry up, or aren’t you afraid of that Giant-strength Crocodile retaliating?"

The Treasure Hunting Dolphin and Ye Bai became one in mind as they were about to enter the cave when the seafloor suddenly blurred.

Devil Manta Rays emerged maliciously from the mud, casting sinister looks at the Treasure Hunting Dolphin and Ye Bai.

After so many years, they hadn’t had a proper meal.

Today they could finally feast.

"You little Karami, don’t block the way."

Ye Bai said, slightly exasperated.

At this moment, the Devil Manta Ray opened its blood-filled mouth, lunging straight at Ye Bai.

Yet these mouths were immediately ensnared by countless vines.

"Sunflower Fairy, well done."

The Sunflower Fairy’s vines spread into the Devil Manta Rays’ mouths, causing them to wither visibly.

In the end, they turned into a bare skeleton, slowly sinking to the seabed.

"Treasure Hunting Dolphin, let’s continue."

Just then, a small flower in a rock crevice caught Ye Bai’s attention.

"Oh my, the Life Sea Dewdrops!"

"Such precious materials, actually thriving at the seabed?"

Ye Bai found it quite unbelievable.

Moreover, seeing the dense small flowers afar, he became very excited.

"Such an abundance of Life Sea Dewdrops would be perfect for making Life Potions."

Ye Bai waved to the Sunflower Fairy, which immediately dispatched many clones to start harvesting the precious herbs.

"Let’s go!"

The passage had a diameter of three meters but became narrower the further they went, catching Ye Bai’s attention.

He looked around the surroundings, noticing rows of square shells blocking his path.

Square shell meat is unpleasant and tough.

But these square shells could yield pearls of various shapes.

Thus, a game called pearl gambling emerged on Blue Star, where one selects a batch of square shells and opens them on site.

The one with the most pearls in their square shells wins, claiming all pearls of lesser value than their own.

Ye Bai took a glance at these square shells, perhaps he should pack them up and take them back to play that game on Blue Star?