Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 72 S-Class Sea Beast: Tide-Calling Whale?
The sound of the tide gradually rose, and for a time it was incessant, like the sudden opening of a symphony of the sea.

Although Shi Ming was puzzled, he did not notice anything else unusual, nor did his body change in the slightest. So he fixed his gaze on the blond-haired man not far away, preparing to give him another stab and eliminate the source of the trouble.

Arm of Might has a five-minute cooldown.

Yellow Hair, however, smiled as usual and said in an exaggerated voice:
"You know what? We were so close!"

"You were just a hair's breadth away from killing a true powerhouse!"

"A true powerhouse with limitless potential!"

Huang Mao clapped and laughed, expressing his praise for Shi Ming without reservation.

Yet his eyes shone with boundless confidence.

Shi Ming had seen this kind of confidence in Yao Dao's eyes as well.

Overconfident people often have the flaw of arrogance.

Edward continued his rambling, unconcerned about villains dying from talking too much; he was indeed quite confident.

Do you know the helplessness of a true powerhouse who can't show their abilities and has to play dumb to outmaneuver others?

Shi Ming did not respond, and instead swung the King-Slaying Sword at the enemy.

It's broken in two, how can it come back to life?

You're really something!
Pretending to be weak to fool others? Is that really necessary? And those eyes on your chest and abdomen are really disgusting! And is that sound of the tide coming from your eyes some kind of skill? What kind of strange skill is that?
Let's get the knife out first!

Let's see how many times you can recover!

Edward dodged, but didn't completely dodge the attack; his forearm was cleanly severed.

"Don't be so violent. Whenever I see a demon swordsman or an elite like you, I have an uncontrollable urge to express myself."

During a lull in the fighting, he picked up his forearm that had fallen onto the deck, pressed it against his wound, and the flesh writhed, forming a scar at the break. His forearm was reattached and as flexible as ever.

Just as Shi Ming was wondering what was going on, he heard another whale roar.

Ouch——

The tide surged even more fiercely.

The sound of whales, the tide—it all feels so familiar.

For a moment, he was filled with countless thoughts!

All the past information surged into my mind in an instant!
Suddenly, a familiar name came to mind.

"Tidecaller whale!"

"Wow! You even knew that! Dude! You're a real beetroot!"

Edward clapped again!
"Quick, plug your ears!"

As soon as he gave the order, the crew members behind him collapsed onto the deck and fell fast asleep.

The skill ranked 67th in the "S-Class Awakening Skill Ranking" on the Yellowstone report is Lost Tide!

From an S-class sea monster, the Tidecaller Whale!
No, that's not right!

Shi Ming has been conducting an internal review of himself, and he has not been affected in any way so far.

An S-rank skill shouldn't have such limited power! This skill seems to only affect the crew members, most of whom are ordinary people or just D-rank Awakeners with very poor resistance.

Splash splash splash splash,

The tide grew even stronger.

Shi Ming remained fully awake and did not fall asleep like the other crew members.

……

"It seems your defense is very high; this skill is useless against you."

Edward said regretfully.

"But it doesn't matter, I have other skills." "Which one would you like to try first?"

He ripped off all the remaining fabric from his body.
His seven eyes, three closed and four open, protruded high and kept turning.

……

Edward's skills rely on his "eyes" to activate, which may seem to cause him to lose sanity, but they are very special and powerful because of their specialness.

Rank A skill: [Visual Roulette].

This is an ability Edward acquired after his second awakening following bathing in the blood of a Class A sea beast called "Seven-Eyed Chaplain".

Chameleon.

The Seven-Eyed Chameleon is a chameleon with seven eyes.

Back then, Edward, who was already the navigator, used all his connections and resources to painstakingly pilot the Water Arrow in the deep sea to kill an unknown Class A sea monster in order to increase his attack capabilities.

Strangely, after bathing in its blood and undergoing a second awakening, he found that his physical skills had not changed at all, and his physical strength had not improved.

Not only that, but seven disgusting organs have appeared on his chest and abdomen.

Big, round eyes that keep rolling around.

This deprived him of all rights to choose a spouse.

All women avoided him like the plague.

He was utterly despondent.

But by chance, he discovered that these eyes could actively devour parts of the bodies of sea beasts or the flesh and blood of awakened beings, and then gain an opportunity to release their skills—the most peculiar thing is that even if they devour the flesh and blood of D-level sea beasts, the skills they can release can reach the power level of A-level.

Each time it devours something, it can only unleash its skill once, and its eyes will close for three days accordingly.
But after three days, he can devour again to replenish the number of times he has used up, and the corresponding eyes will open again.

He was overjoyed and took the initiative to report it.

Michael connected him with the researchers at the lighthouse.

The Lighthouse also recognized his enormous potential and generously fed his eyes seven different types of sea beast tissue for experimentation: three S-class sea beast tissues and four A-class sea beast tissues.

The experiment showed that, without bathing in blood, the [Naked Eye Roulette] could replicate an S-rank skill using only some useless tissue. However, due to Edward's own limitations, the upper limit of its power was suppressed to A-rank.

Unless Edward transforms into an S-class Awakened.

Anyone can see that the [Naked Eye Roulette] has enormous potential.

The lighthouse even devised a plan to kill other "Seven-Eyed Aviators" and obtain [Naked Eye Roulettes] in bulk, but unfortunately, they never found a second one.

The Lighthouse leadership promised Edward that the next S-class sea monster he hunted would be supplied to him, helping him break through to S-class.

He waited for two years.

Before he could receive any information about the S-class sea monster, an even bigger surprise arrived unexpectedly. Not long ago, he received a secret message from Michael—the Lighthouse had discovered the remains of a Sanctuary-class sea monster and was preparing to take out a portion to feed to his eyes.

He immediately realized that at this moment, his value far exceeded that of all the S-class awakened individuals.

A Saint-level sea monster!
If his eyes were to devour a portion of the remains, even if he were limited by his limits and could only unleash a smaller version of the power of a Sanctuary-level being, it would still be a groundbreaking advancement.

S-rank Awakened individuals are extremely rare, but their existence is not without precedent; there are at least a dozen people in the world who possess S-rank Awakened skills.
But whether it's the Lighthouse, Yu the Great, Katyusha who watches over the icy sea, or the loosely organized Twelve Stars... to this day, no one has been able to glimpse any of the Sanctuary-level skills.

Even if it's a reduced-power version.

And he will be the first person to replicate a Sanctuary-level skill, thus making history!
Who could possibly have a higher priority in choosing a spouse than him?

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The sound of the tide stopped.

The optical discs on Edward's body lit up again, spinning rapidly before finally settling on a new position.

(End of this chapter)