Chapter 516: Chapter 335: North Sea Dragon Cliff, The Grand Commander’s Challenge Task_2

He promised to be his underling, but turned around and went to cling onto Beiming Dragon Cliff’s thigh. I wonder what Ao Ying would feel about it afterward.

"I can only make it up to him later."

Su Yu shook his head, having made up his mind:

"Let’s check out Beiming Dragon Cliff first."

Actually, there wasn’t much choice. The serpent god moved unpredictably, making it hard to track, while the fifth-tier giant Kun followed a fixed pattern in that sea area, easy to locate.

He decided to leave immediately and sent a message to Ao Ying:

"I have something to do in the North Sea first. You go ahead, I’ll catch up soon."

Ao Ying laughed heartily:

"No problem, it’ll take at least a month for my army to launch an attack, more than enough time."

"Alright, let’s agree on that."

After closing the communication, Su Yu headed straight for the teleportation array at Dragon Castle.

A few hours later, he appeared in Beiming Immortal City.

Instead of leaving the city immediately, he wandered around inside.

Beiming Immortal City was established on an undersea plateau, smaller in size than Dragon Castle, but still tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, with towering peaks and numerous spirit veins. The central main spirit vein was of sixth-tier middle grade, with three sixth-tier lower grade spirit veins, over twenty fifth-tier spirit veins, and hundreds of fourth-tier spirit veins.

The city defense array of Beiming Immortal City was inferior to that of Dragon Castle, being only sixth-tier upper grade, but still sufficient to withstand the siege of several Profound Immortals.

As long as Dragon Castle remained unbroken, Beiming Dragon City would not fall.

Not far from Beiming Dragon City was another super water eye of a scale not inferior to Dragon Castle, where a constant flow of aquatic spirit monsters surged out from the abyss, spreading across the four seas.

Su Yu circled the outskirts of Beiming Dragon City, then flew to the inner city and soon saw a giant turtle with a shell diameter of over six hundred kilometers resting there, its back covered with rugged mountain ridges and expansive palatial complexes stretching for hundreds of miles.

Eight Desolates Dragon Turtle (Mythical): Level 498, Desolate Beast, Guardian of Beiming Dragon City.

This Eight Desolates Dragon Turtle was higher level and larger than the one under the Azure Dragon King’s command in Dragon Castle, though it was unclear where the Dragon Sixth Prince found it.

Su Yu didn’t approach it, just watched from afar and then turned away, heading out of the city.

However, shortly after he left, three figures suddenly appeared on the back of the Eight Desolates Dragon Turtle, with Ao Qing in the center.

The silver-robed man on the left looked at Su Yu’s departing figure and asked in a deep voice:

"Is he the one you’ve chosen?"

Ao Qing nodded:

"Yes, it’s him."

"He hasn’t yet transcended the Celestial Human Tribulation to become immortal."

"That’s not a big issue. His true form is from the Tian Ming civilization, with Destiny accompanying him, his cultivation speed is exceptionally fast. He could become immortal within a few hundred years. With the resources provided by the Dragon Cliff, achieving True Immortal in the future is not out of the question, even Profound Immortal is a slight possibility."

"But we are the Dragon Race."

Ao Qing glanced leftward with a slight smile on his face:

"I saw his true form last time; it gave me a very peculiar feeling."

"What kind of feeling?"

"When he transformed into a true dragon, he gave off a faint aura that made me hesitant to look directly at him. I suspect his bloodline may have traces of atavism."

"???"

Not only the silver-robed man, but even the blue-robed man who had remained silent, looked at him in shock.

"It’s impossible. Since the ancient times shattered, our bloodline can’t possibly revert."

"No need to look at me like that, normally it’s impossible, but now is a new era of mass calamities, with the Heavenly Dao reappearing in the mortal world, anything is possible."

"Besides, seeing as he comes from the Tian Ming civilization, you know how wondrous it can be. Atavism in bloodlines isn’t totally impossible."

"This...."

"Are you sure?"

"I can’t be certain yet, but isn’t it worth a try?"

"Besides, even if he isn’t, his current potential is still worth the gamble."

The other two remained silent, but their silence was consent.

Meanwhile, after departing Beiming Dragon City, Su Yu headed directly northward, toward a specific area.

The location of the fifth-tier giant Kun involved in the third task to drive away the Desolate Beast was easy to find, given its massive size and stationary presence in a particular area.

More than three hours later, Su Yu arrived at a sea area over fifty million kilometers north of Beiming Dragon City, where he spent over two hours before spotting the giant Kun above a sea eye.

Giant Kun (Mythical): Level 495, Deep Sea Desolate Beast.

This giant Kun resembled a whale with a large head and small body, gray with coarse folds, but immensely large, estimated to be over a thousand kilometers from head to tail.

At the moment, it was suspended above the sea eye with its massive mouth open, swallowing the sea.

"Devouring Heaven and Earth!"

A powerful suction emanated from its mouth, engulfing millions of aquatic spirit monsters refreshed every moment from the sea eye, vanishing into its maw.

Inside the giant Kun seemed to be an independent space, as it devoured a tremendous amount exceeding its own body size within seconds without any reaction, continuing its consumption.

"This thing is quite absurd."

Defeating it was out of the question, given the all-around disparity, it couldn’t be beaten even while maintaining the Ancient Dragon Primordial Spirit Manifestation state.

There’s no point considering a kill, as with Su Yu’s current strength and resources, he couldn’t take it down.

The only option was devising a strategy to drive it away.

"Hmm, I’ll post a reward afterward seeking solutions to drive it away."

Su Yu didn’t linger long, just observed briefly before returning.

Upon returning to Beiming Dragon City, he immediately posted a reward in the local area channel:

"Offering 100 Celestial Coins, looking for ways to drive away the giant Kun in the North Sea. Note: The following methods have been tried and failed."

He listed the dozen failed methods attempted by Ao Qing and others to prevent redundant suggestions.

About two hours after posting the reward, a human female immortal named Lü Suning accepted it.

"I have two methods, but the reward is too low."

Su Yu immediately replied:

"No problem with money, as long as the method works. How about 100 Celestial Coins regardless of success, and 1000 more if successful?"

"Alright."

Three seconds later, Su Yu received an attachment with two methods inside.

First method: Identify the giant Kun’s gender, find the scent of an opposite-gender giant Kun, then use a Secret Skill to prematurely arouse it, luring it away from the area.

Second method: There is a special Demon-Attracting Incense at Celestial Pillar Mountain, capable of luring all demons and desolate beasts, surely effective on the giant Kun. It costs 2000 merit points per stick at Celestial Pillar Mountain, and a minimum of three sticks is needed to lure it far enough.

"Hmm...."

Su Yu tapped his fingers lightly, contemplating the feasibility of these two methods.

To be fair, both methods seemed quite feasible.

An aroused giant Kun indeed might be lured away.

He had heard of this special incense from the Celestial Court, noted for its pronounced effect on undeveloped desolate beasts, almost guaranteed to work.

The only issue was the incense’s high cost, requiring 2000 Celestial Court merit points per stick, which at the exchange rate of one to ten with Celestial Coins, equated almost to 20000 Celestial Coins.

Three sticks of Demon-Attracting Incense would cost 60000 Celestial Coins.

And three sticks might not suffice; to lure it sufficiently far, five or even ten sticks might be necessary.

Nonetheless, money was not an issue. If 100,000 Celestial Coins could complete the task, Su Yu wouldn’t hesitate to spend it.

The crux of the matter was his suspicion about the effectiveness of these two methods.

According to information provided by Beiming Dragon Cliff, they had already tried over ten methods to drive it away, including several similar to the ones above, all unsuccessful.

Normally, a wild desolate beast would have been driven away with so many attempts.

But the giant Kun lingered in the area, stubbornly resisting, likely due to some unique reason. Without identifying the cause, any attempts might be futile, unless somehow killing it was achievable.

If killing it were possible, there wouldn’t be such issues in the first place.

"I still need to conduct a field survey to observe the giant Kun’s situation."

Seeing that there was still time before his meeting with Ao Ying, Su Yu left Beiming Dragon City again, returning to the sea area where he had previously found the giant Kun.

The sea eye remained, but the giant Kun was gone, and the sea eye had returned to normal, densely packed with spirit monsters rushing out in all directions.

Su Yu circled the area and soon located the giant Kun wandering aimlessly in the ocean.

He transformed into a wisp of smoke and trailed after the giant Kun, observing from afar.