Chapter 67 Strategy

The giant turtle rises from the mountain and then enters the black water, looking for the divine palace.

On the other side, Xu Yang thought hard and had some clues.

Fighting head-on and fighting alone, he is completely unable to do anything to this giant turtle now.

Sneak attacks with secret hands and encirclement and killing with a crowd are difficult to achieve because the opponent's defense is too strong.

But if it doesn't work now, it doesn't mean it won't work in the future.

He decided... to beat this old turtle to death!

Of course, this endurance is not a fight for life in the conventional sense.

A thousand-year-old king is an eighty-thousand-year-old tortoise. Who knows how long this old guy can live? The time flow between this world and the real world is only ten times faster. Xu Yang really does not have the capital to fight for his life and endure his death.

Therefore, he has to... fight for growth!

It’s not that you will die if you endure it, but it will be slow to endure it, your progress will be slow, and your improvement will be slow!

As long as the giant turtle can improve its own strength to the point where it surpasses the opponent before it finds the Blackwater God's Mansion and becomes the Blackwater River God, this problem can be easily solved.

This is Xu Yang's strategy.

A completely feasible strategy.

Because Xu Yang discovered something.

There are three keys to the growth of alien beasts.

One is vitality and environmental constraints.

The second is food and resource constraints.

The third is bloodline and talent restriction.

Needless to say about vitality, the giant turtle can enter the restricted area to absorb the black water spiritual energy, and he can also enter the restricted area and absorb the black water spiritual energy. Everyone is at the same starting point.

The key point is food. The giant turtle is huge and slow in movement, making it very difficult to catch food. Those fishes of the spirit and monster level can detect its existence from a distance and flee away immediately.

If you want to catch big fish, you have to use your magical powers and use the "heavy earth water" to forcefully pull those strange beasts in front of you. However, the energy consumed by doing this may exceed the replenishment of food.

Therefore, the food of the giant soft-shelled turtle is quite scarce, and it basically cannot prey on strange monsters. It can only eat aquatic plants and some ordinary fish with low intelligence and unable to resist.

In fact, it has not eaten any strange beasts for several years. If it were not nourished and replenished by the aura of heaven and earth in the Blackwater Restricted Area, it would have been possible to decline, let alone improve.

Therefore, Xu Yang can start with food, suppress his opponent, and catch up at the same time.

This is food wise.

There is also the aspect of bloodline...

The giant turtle is a natural mutant, and its bloodline is very powerful, otherwise it would not be able to become the first monster in the Blackwater River.

Xu Yang was unable to suppress this aspect, so he could only catch up and continue to practice the "Fish-Dragon Transformation" technique.

Long is the Supreme of the Aquatic Tribe. As long as he continues to practice the Fish-Dragon Transformation Technique and purify the dragon bloodline, he will definitely be able to catch up with the Black Turtle, who is making slow progress or even stalling.

After all, the growth of bloodline also depends on food. Without enough qualifications, let alone Black Tortoise, even Black Tortoise will have difficulty improving its strength.

Therefore, Xu Yang's plan to stay up late and strive for growth is completely feasible.

“First of all, we must achieve self-sufficiency and cyclic supply, and we must not dry up the lake to fish and destroy the ecology!”

"Secondly, we need to clear out the black turtle's strong walls and completely cut off its food source so that it can only drink the northwest wind!"

"So, we need to do a good job in breeding, monitoring, evacuation and other work."

"This means...we still need to farm and develop and train our subordinates!"

“The more fish there are, the more power there is!”

Xu Yang's eyes flashed, and then he stood up and swung his tail, patrolling the black water river.

…

Like this, three days later.

"Gululu!"

In the restricted area, the black water boiled, and a huge figure stepped out heavily.

It's that giant turtle!

It searched the restricted area for three full days, but still found nothing.

In three days, the black water eroded and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was absorbed into the body. At the same time, the remaining spiritual thoughts of the Black Water River God were also accumulated, which caused an extremely serious burden on its spirit, and it had to withdraw from the restricted area.

The giant turtle stepped out of the restricted area of ​​​​the black water, and then without stopping, moved its huge body and swam towards the area where fish were densely packed.

It wants to eat!

As the saying goes, Xiao He will succeed and Xiao He will fail. The mountain-like body gives it tyrannical strength and invincible physique, but it also makes its movements extremely slow and difficult to cover its whereabouts.

This is quite deadly to predators.

Those big fish at the level of monsters and monsters can detect its existence from a distance, and they immediately disperse. Even if it uses the power of water control to move its body, it is difficult to catch those big fish.

In desperation, it can only hunt ordinary fish and shrimps under the alien beasts.

However, those ordinary fish and shrimps have meager energy and blood and scarce nutrients. The harvest from hunting sometimes cannot keep up with the consumption of action.

Therefore, giant soft-shelled turtles rarely hunt for food. They basically lie on the edge of the restricted area and survive by absorbing the aura of the black water.

But this time it wanted to eat something, because it had absorbed too much black water spiritual energy in the past few days, and it was a little overwhelmed both mentally and physically. It needed to eat to comfort itself before it could recover.

"Let's be extravagant this time. Use your magical powers to catch a few monster fish and reward yourself!"

"Which ones are better to catch? The redback shrimp is delicious, the catfish meat is also good, and I haven't eaten eels and loaches for a long time..."

The giant turtle controls the water flow and moves its body, swimming in the Blackwater River like a king patrolling his territory.

But soon it felt something was wrong.

"Where's the fish?"

“Where’s the fish???”

“Where are the fish in my Blackwater River!!!”

After walking around, he found nothing. Looking at the deserted and fishless deep water area, the giant turtle finally realized something and let out an angry roar like a dragon's roar.

The fish... disappeared!

In the deep water area, all the big fish of the spirit and beast level disappeared.

Who did it?

Who was so cruel that he didn't leave any for it?

The giant turtle turned back angrily, and a bright light flashed in his eyes, like two lanterns lit up in the Black Water River, and he searched around to find the traces of his enemies.

In the end, he found nothing!

There was no fish at all!

"Little thief!!!"

The giant turtle roared, extremely angry but helpless, and could only control the water flow and bring some ordinary fish and shrimps below the beast level to the front, and swallowed them in his stomach with hatred.

It knew who did it.

In the entire Black Water River, except for it and the dragon-type green fish, no one could wipe out the spirits and beasts in the deep water area in just three days.

This little thief wanted to cut off its food and restrict its growth?

Damn it!

But it doesn't matter, it still has the black water spirit energy, which can completely replace food. Even if it doesn't eat, it won't starve to death. It can even improve its cultivation and purify its blood. As long as there is enough time, it will make progress.

You green fish, can you survive my black turtle?

Even if I can't find the seal of the Divine Mansion, I will eat you!

After casually swallowing some tasteless fish and shrimps that were a pity to throw away, the giant turtle returned to the edge of the restricted area, lying down, and digesting the spirit energy.

Although it was in a bad mood because it didn't eat what it wanted, it was not anxious.

The Black Water River is so big, and there are so many monsters and beasts. This kind of thing can only be done once in a short period of time.

After swallowing this batch of monsters and beasts, it will take at least 10 to 20 years before the next batch of monsters and beasts will be born.

With such a long growth cycle, it is almost impossible for the other party to rely on food resources to catch up and surpass it to become the first monster in the Black Water River.

Even if it is possible, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years for it to succeed.

It is a green fish. Can it live that long?

Even if it could live that long, after such a long time, I would have found the Black Water Palace and refined the Black Water Seal.

By then, the entire Black Water River would be under its control. Wouldn't it be able to kill that hateful little thief?

So, don't think too much, just sleep peacefully!

The giant turtle closed its eyes and fell asleep peacefully, completely ignoring its opponent

In this way, three years passed.

Three years later...

"Ang!!!"

The giant turtle woke up from its deep sleep again, looked up to the sky and roared, shaking the ten directions.

It once again refined the black water spirit energy, improved its cultivation, and increased its strength.

This was the 58th time it had explored the black water and absorbed the spirit energy in the past three years.

Although it had not found the Black Water Palace, the long-term full-load absorption of the black water spirit energy also improved its cultivation a lot, purified its blood, increased its strength, and became even stronger.

Therefore, it roared and vented its joy.

After the long roar, looking up, I saw that the Black Water River was still the Black Water River, and it seemed that there was no change.

But the giant turtle was inexplicably uneasy.

In the past three years, the little thief had not come to trouble it, nor had he entered the depths of the black water to look for the divine palace. He only absorbed the black water spirit energy at the edge, which made it a little confused and couldn't figure out what it wanted to do.

Is there a conspiracy?

The giant turtle hesitated for a moment, and finally propped up its body and patrolled the Black Water River.

After patrolling like this...

"Hmph!"

"That's all you can do."

"If you have the ability, eat all the fish in this Black Water River!"

Looking at the cold and empty deep water area where there were no monsters or beasts, even ordinary big fish, the giant turtle snorted coldly, no longer wasting time, turned back to the restricted area, and prepared to explore the Black Water again.

It didn't know that shortly after it left...

"Ang!"

A dragon roar, like a horn, spread across the bottom of the Black Water River.

Then, a surge of tide came from the black water.

In the surge, a green light was particularly eye-catching.

Looking closely, it turned out to be a black fish, with dragon-like appearance, scales and armor, leading the way with a body of 10 feet, followed by a large school of fish, including some huge, outstanding monsters.

The black fish led the school of fish back in the tide, then swung its tail, as if commanding, and the schools of fish dispersed and began to hunt, eat, mate and lay eggs.

For the monsters, this is daily life.

But this daily work is different now.

Although it is still a big fish eating small fish, small fish eating shrimp, a one-to-one ecological structure and food chain, it is obviously more efficient than before, without meaningless waste, and no meaningless consumption. It looks like a machine, flowing smoothly, maximizing efficiency.

It seems that every school of fish, or even every fish, has its own position and job.

Each one is loyal to his duty, selflessly dedicated, becoming a part of the collective, and busy for it.

This scene is simply unbelievable, and even terrifying!

Such collective behavior and such work efficiency are not something that people can do, let alone fish?

No, not only fish, but also turtles, shrimps, and crabs. They are all different species, but they can work together?

This...

Xu Yang

Race: Black Carp (Dragon)

Cultivation: Muscle and Bone Realm

Lifespan: 12/200

Skills:

Swimming (Muddy Water Dragon)

Eating (Eat ten cows a day, replenish the body with the same kind, return to the origin, big fish eat small fish)

Breathing (strengthen the body, consolidate the foundation, purify blood and transform into qi)

Sleeping (calm the mind and nourish the soul, prolong life)

Taoism (spur of the moment, grassroots divination)

Martial arts (fish-dragon transformation, external training of muscles and bones)

Cultivation (domestication of exotic animals, enlightenment of spirit animals, strong body, thriving growth, Dragon King's command)

Talents: jade scales, fish-dragon body, immune to all poisons, netherworld poison, dragon-snake molt, thunder and lightning.

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