Josh sneered, "Then try it! Fool!"

She shouted, instantly activating the Infinite Dream.

The predicament changed in an instant.

The dream realm was constructed in a flash. By the time the monster realized it, it was already bound by a web, tightly pressed to the ground.

Josh descended from the sky, holding a longsword: "I’ve heard that octopuses are exceptionally intelligent sea creatures with many brains. But you seem... just so-so."

"I’m not an octopus! What nonsense are you spouting?" The Tentacle Monster angrily twisted its body, slapping the ground. The word ’octopus’ seemed to touch its raw nerve as it struggled violently.

Josh chuckled mockingly, "Not an octopus? Are you afraid to admit you’re an octopus? Old friend, we meet again."

The Tentacle Monster’s pupils shrank suddenly, and all its eyes closed tightly.

Josh looked at the monster: "You’re really as disgraceful as ever, disgusting octopus monster."

The Tentacle Monster angrily twisted its body, opening the topmost two eyes: "I don’t know what you’re talking about! You fool, I tell you, if you don’t release me, I’ll definitely kill you!"

Josh raised an eyebrow, casually tossing three pieces of seaweed and glanced at it.

The Tentacle Monster looked at her strangely: "What are you doing?"

Josh spread her hands: "Didn’t you say you’d kill me? I just did a divination for myself."

"Wh... what?" The monster looked at her like she was something strange.

A pleased smile appeared on Josh’s face: "The divination says I won’t die here and I’ll reunite with old friends~"

She raised the longsword, a golden circular array appearing at the tip, and she fiercely stabbed the sword into the octopus’s head.

"Ah!!" The octopus let out a roar, its body twisting violently, kicking up dust and dirt around.

Josh frowned, the dream realm was barely holding against the monster’s impact, and her Spiritual Sea wasn’t faring well either.

This dream realm was constructed with her spiritual power, and the monster’s attack inflicted huge shocks on her Spiritual Sea.

Thankfully, the octopus soon gave up resisting, lost in the illusion, thinking it had been killed by Josh.

She sighed with relief and withdrew the illusion realm.

The octopus lay collapsed on the web, limp and unconscious.

Josh rushed up, decapitating the octopus in one strike with her sword.

The ground began to shake violently.

The small, well-like tunnel was teetering, and stones were collapsing all around. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Josh quickly turned to look at the massive water bubble.

With a "bang," the surrounding rocks shattered.

Countless tentacles rose from the ground.

Josh’s pupils contracted sharply, watching as a massive tentacle slapped her away, hurling her into the water bubble.

Countless tentacles inclined downward, as if to crush Josh into mincemeat.

*

At dawn, Yuze rushed out of the room.

Rob hurriedly chased after: "Captain, calm down!"

Yuze charged to the pipe opening outside the yacht, with Yushi and the others following closely behind.

Rob was out of breath from running: "Captain, wait for us!"

Jiang Can stared at the opening, where Josh had left a marking of spider silk as a clue for them.

He scratched his head: "With an opening this small, how do we get down?"

Yuze stared at the opening, a cold, murderous intent flickering in his eyes.

He quickly released his Spiritual Body, entering the Beastification State.

Seeing this, the others also hurriedly released their Spiritual Bodies to enter the Beastification State.

One swipe of Yuze’s claw sent a vibration through the ground, accompanied by an explosion.

The sharp impact from his claws and the explosion blew the entire pipe out from underground.

The direction of the pipe’s extension pointed directly to the Ovary Base.

The Guiding Mermaid and other sea creatures rushed over on hearing the commotion.

"What are you doing? You mustn’t approach the forbidden zone!"

"Stop! Your destructive actions will be punished by the King! Damn humans!"

Yuze completely ignored their words, the murderous intent in his eyes nearly tearing apart anything that approached.

The Guiding Mermaid was so intimidated by the terrifying aura he exuded that they didn’t dare to approach, merely fretting: "Stop it! You can’t damage the base!"

Yuze didn’t halt his actions, and his three teammates could only follow his violent dismantling blindly.

"Roar!" A roaring sound came from below, accompanied by a powerful spiritual attack.

Apart from Yuze, everyone was affected.

The players noticed the commotion here and gathered.

"What’s happening?"

"Have they discovered the Heart of the Ocean?"

"Whoa! Let’s go check it out!"

In no time, Yuze violently unearthed the Ovary Base from underground.

Almost everyone was scared by his actions.

Yuze’s behavior was so wild that not just the people, but even the approaching monsters were torn in half.

Upon hearing the roaring from below, the Guiding Mermaid finally couldn’t hold back and rushed up: "Stop! Stop it, you’re endangering what’s below! If your comrade is down there, your actions are unquestionably pushing them into the abyss, do you understand?!"

Yuze finally ceased his actions, rushing up, grabbing the Guiding Mermaid and pinning her to the ground: "Speak! What’s down there?"

The Guiding Mermaid was frightened and quickly said: "Below is the ovary, containing the seed embryos of all our marine life..."

"I’ll ask again! Speak!" Yuze’s grip on her tightened suddenly.

The Guiding Mermaid was so scared she barely dared to breathe, quickly saying: "There are also many mutated creatures turned into tentacles, trapped underground, they mustn’t be released. If released, their bodies will be scorched by the polluted sea water and air, causing a massive explosion, the entire sea bed will be overturned!"

Seeing Yuze calm down slightly, the Guiding Mermaid dared to continue: "If you release those tentacles, exposing them to the outside air, your teammate won’t escape the explosion, you’ll kill her!"

Yuze gritted his teeth and released the mermaid.

Rob and the others realized the seriousness of the matter and dared not speak further.

Yuze squatted down, placing his hand on the ground, activating his Perception Skill.

His consciousness traveled through the ground, quickly locating Josh’s position.

Josh seemed to be wrapped in something, with layers of countless tentacles piled upon her.

She was crushed at the very bottom.

Yushi suddenly remarked: "But, the creature killed without exploding."

The Guiding Mermaid realized she couldn’t hide it anymore and quickly explained: "The killing wasn’t done by those tentacles hidden below, it’s different. Those mutated creatures below have been trapped for many years."

Yushi’s eyes showed a hint of disappointment on hearing this.

Yuze’s eyes reddened as he stared at the Guiding Mermaid: "How can we release all those creatures below?"

The Guiding Mermaid was so scared her facial muscles twitched: "How is that possible?!"

Under Yuze’s frightening gaze, she had no choice but to reluctantly say: "Unless the sea water is purified, but that’s simply impossible, humanity’s nuclear waste has been dumped in the sea, it’ll take at least hundreds of years for the sea to be purified, and moreover..."

Her face bore a look of despair: "The king of this sea area has died; our ocean has lost its purification capacity, it’s impossible to revert to its previous state."