The sea water was cold, and Zhao Lin could still feel a slight chill even though his whole body was wrapped in the water circulation.
When the dive reaches more than ten feet, the light is already very weak, and ordinary monks can only rely on their spiritual sense to detect their surroundings.
Spiritual consciousness is greatly attenuated in water and will usually be folded in half. If an obstacle is encountered, the detection distance will be shorter.
Fortunately, Zhao Lin can release ultrasonic waves, which not only do not weaken in the water, but also propagate faster and farther, reaching a distance of three hundred feet.
Zhao Lin dared to carry out this task. His master-level waterbending skills were second to none, and he mainly relied on his echolocation ability.
This is a huge advantage compared to other monks.
Based on the feedback from the ultrasonic waves, Zhao Lin quickly formed a picture of the seabed in his mind.
Densely swaying aquatic plants, swimming schools of fish, towering reefs, and gravel all over the seabed...
"According to the information on the sea map, there are about a dozen places where clams gather. But there is no need to worry for now. Most of these clam monsters usually hide in the sand and are difficult to find."
"The best time to collect spirit beads is in the evening and early morning, when they are most active. Now...find a place to lurk."
Zhao Lin thought for a while, made up his mind, and swam directly to a reef more than ten miles away.
Yongdeng Ansha is rich in spiritual energy. Although the spiritual veins are sealed, the spiritual energy that escapes still attracts many sea creatures, especially clam monsters and shell monsters that like to swallow spiritual energy.
When Zhao Lin was swimming, he encountered various strange-looking underwater creatures from time to time, including monsters and ordinary fish and shrimps.
Before Zhao Lin could get closer, these creatures stayed far away.
Just as he was about to approach the reef, a large school of fish swam across from him.
These fish swim very fast, some are big and some are small, as if something is chasing them behind.
Zhao Lin was slightly surprised, swam away quickly, put away his waterbending skills, and hid behind a big rock.
As soon as the waterbending technique was withdrawn, seawater immediately poured in down his neck, and the pressure on his body suddenly increased.
No matter how powerful the water is, ordinary people can only dive to a depth of ten feet at most.
As the depth continues to increase, the water pressure also increases, making it unbearable for most people.
The depth is more than thirty feet, and even the Qi Refining Realm monks can only rely on magic to resist.
As a martial arts master, Zhao Lin's physical strength goes without saying. He restrained his breath and remained motionless.
After a while, a huge black shadow passed in front of him.
The black shadow is more than three feet long and has a round body. While it rushes forward, it opens its big mouth and swallows the fish that fall behind.
"It turns out to be a fish demon."
Zhao Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but remained still.
Such large fish are not uncommon in the sea. Zhao Lin judged it to be a fish demon because he sensed mana fluctuations.
The Yongdeng Sands are relatively shallow and there are no particularly ferocious monsters. The biggest threat to the monks is the fish monster.
The fish demon has certain wisdom and knows that monks are not easy to mess with, so it usually does not take the initiative to attack.
However, Zhao Lin thought it was better to be careful. He didn't want to waste his spiritual energy on fighting the fish demon.
It wasn't until the fish demon's figure disappeared into the distance that Zhao Lin resumed his water-bending skills and swam in the original direction.
"This is it."
Soon, Zhao Lin came to a reef.
The reefs on the seabed have different shapes, and the surface is covered with blue algae. They are stacked one after another, like rolling rockeries.
Zhao Lin observed carefully for a while, making sure that there were no monks or monsters inside, and then slowly swam in.
Find a rock with a hole in the middle, put away your waterbending skills, embed your body into it, and become one with the rock.
It is inconvenient to replenish spiritual power in the water, so Zhao Lin plans to act when the clam demon is most active. Stay here during the day to avoid the disputes outside.
An hour passed without Zhao Lin making any movement. Several small fish passed by him without even noticing.
Two hours, three hours...
At midnight, the gravel next to the reef suddenly stirred.
swish swish...
The gravel kept shaking like boiling water.
Zhao Lin looked over in surprise and saw nothing but darkness, unable to see anything clearly.
After emitting ultrasonic waves, we noticed that something over ten feet long, with a flat body and an octagonal shape slowly emerged from the bottom of the sea.
"It's an aniseed clam!"
Zhao Lin didn't expect that there was a clam demon where he was hiding, but it kept constricting its aura and was buried deep under the gravel, so he didn't notice it.
"What does it want to do?"
Zhao Lin observed silently and did not take immediate action.
The formation of spiritual beads is similar to that of pearls. The difference is that the clam demon absorbs spiritual energy, so the spiritual beads contain a large amount of spiritual energy.
It is difficult to tell whether a clam demon is pregnant with spiritual pearls just by looking at it. There is only one way.
Like most clam monsters, the octagonal clam has very strong defensive capabilities. Not only is it naturally equipped with water defense spells, but the clam shell itself is extremely hard and cannot be broken open by ordinary magic weapons.
Star aniseed clams have the ability to breathe, and their breath is poisonous. It is very difficult to subdue an octagonal clam if faced directly.
Zhao Lin didn't know whether the eight-anise clam contained spiritual beads. If he tried all his efforts and found only mussel meat in the shell, it would be a waste.
After fluttering for a while, the true appearance of the octagonal clam was fully revealed. It was nearly two feet long and the thickest part was as tall as a person.
Not long after, the octagonal clam opened its shell, revealing a gap, and then stood still, as if observing the outside world.
Zhao Lin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked sideways, faintly seeing a faint beam of light emitting from the inside of the clam shell.
"There is indeed a spiritual pearl!"
Zhao Lin was overjoyed and began to twist the magic formula unconsciously in his hand. However, he quickly calmed down and it was not the time to do it yet.
Time passed slowly, and the octagonal clam felt safe, and its shell opened wider and wider.
Although Zhao Lin couldn't see the spirit bead inside, the light emitted showed that the spirit bead was definitely not small.
The octagonal clam didn't know that danger was around him. The clam opened and closed its shell and began to breathe out spiritual energy slowly.
As the clam shell opens and closes, the brilliance flows, disappearing and appearing.
Seeing that the time had come, Zhao Lin reached into the lock bag with one hand and grabbed out the sponge sand. With the other hand, he pinched the magic formula and a water-shaped circulation quickly formed.
"Waterbending!"
A master-level spell only takes one-eighth of a breath. Zhao Lin ducked in front of the octagonal clam like a swordfish.
Before it reacts, wave your arms and scatter a handful of sponge sand!
brush!
Hundreds of grains of sponge sand flew between the two clam shells.
The sponge sand absorbs water like crazy, and the flesh of the star anise clam collapses instantly, reducing its size to less than half its original size, and its color changes from bright red to pale white.
At the same time, Zhao Lin saw what was going on inside the clam shell.
I saw a light blue spiritual bead shining brightly, the size of an egg!
(End of chapter)
