Urban Demon Refining System

Leaving aside the undercurrents within the Bibo Pool's inner palace, let's focus on Zhao Baichuan's side. After splitting into two groups, they followed a path through the coral reefs to a giant conch shell.

"This conch shell was where the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints used to admire the moon, equivalent to a pagoda among you humans," said the Turtle Prime Minister, pointing to the entrance of the conch shell. "You can reach the sea from here, but unfortunately, it has been abandoned for a long time now." This conch shell was originally built by the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints as a display of elegance, but after the two roughnecks, Benboerba and Baboerben, took control of the Azure Wave Pool, they neglected it, causing it to become overgrown with debris and a paradise for small fish and shrimp.

“We can see the Water Palace’s inner palace by passing through this conch shell. Let’s go in and take a look!” With that, Prime Minister Turtle took the lead and went in first. Zhao Baichuan and Xiao Yang naturally had no objections and followed closely behind.

Inside the conch shell were spiral staircases. The two people and the demon walked up the stairs and soon reached the top of the conch shell.

"Look! That's the Water Palace's inner palace!"

Zhao Baichuan looked in the direction the Turtle Prime Minister pointed and indeed saw a magnificent palace looming in the distance.

"If the Nine-Headed Insect were to reside here, it would surely be hiding inside the palace."

"Let's hurry down!" Xiao Yang urged, seeing Zhao Baichuan and the Turtle Prime Minister admiring the palace. For some reason, she felt uneasy ever since parting ways with Hei Tou.

"Alright! Let's go now..." Prime Minister Turtle seemed to have read her mind and agreed with a smile. However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

"Squeak!" Suddenly, a huge tentacle extended from the top of the conch shell, grabbed the Turtle Prime Minister, and lifted him into the air!

"Oh no! Teacher Xiao, watch out!" At the same time, two more tentacles lunged at Zhao Baichuan and Xiao Yang respectively, but the two reacted faster and barely dodged the attack.

"My God! What kind of monster is this!" Zhao Baichuan quickly pulled Xiao Yang aside and stared dumbfounded at the sudden monster in front of him.

"It's an octopus!" Xiao Yang said with a serious expression. The sneak attack failed, so the monster simply stopped hiding its presence and crawled out from the other side of the conch shell. "Thud!" Its thick tentacles gripped the conch shell tightly, and its head slowly emerged. Just as Xiao Yang said, it was an octopus, a giant octopus comparable in size to a truck!

"Illustrated guide! Scan!" Zhao Baichuan shouted, and soon, the information about the monster was returned.

"Octopus monster, a water-type monster, a beast, a wanderer who roams the water year-round. Its enormous size is something even dragons dare not provoke. Its tentacles possess terrifying power, capable of easily crushing rocks!"

“It’s an octopus monster!” Zhao Baichuan said. “But it seems that this guy hasn’t advanced to the level of a Great Demon!” He had seen Great Demon-level monsters before, and the vampire back then was far more powerful than this one.

"That's good!" Xiao Yang breathed a slight sigh of relief, but then became worried again, "I hope Prime Minister Turtle will be alright!"

"It's alright! Look!" Zhao Baichuan pointed to the tentacle that was grabbing the Turtle Prime Minister. To everyone's amusement and dismay, the creature fully utilized the advantages of the turtle species, retracting its neck and burrowing its entire body into the sturdy shell.

"This Turtle Prime Minister has lived for over a thousand years, how can he be so timid!" Zhao Baichuan was somewhat taken aback. The Turtle Prime Minister's previous behavior was definitely that of a reclusive master, how could he be so frightened by a monster that wasn't even a great demon?

Little did he know, the turtle clan was notoriously cowardly and extremely weak in combat, especially the Xuan Turtle clan like Wu Shuang. These creatures would always divine their fate before venturing out, and at the slightest sign of trouble, they would instantly transform into cowards, hiding their heads in fear. This was why, even with his support, Ao Qing couldn't defeat the two demons, Benboerba and Baboerben. The Turtle Prime Minister's role was to assist the Dragon King in decision-making with his rich experience and barely passable divination skills. As for fighting? Sorry, he lacked that ability!

"Never mind that for now, saving lives is the priority. We need to rescue Prime Minister Turtle first, otherwise we won't make it to the Dragon Palace!" Xiao Yang said, summoning a small green snake from his phone. "Little Green! Go stop it!"

"Yes!" The little blue snake actually agreed and quickly swam towards the octopus monster.

"This snake can talk?" Zhao Baichuan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Could this little snake have some special ability?

"Xiaoqing is a demon that my maternal grandfather gave me. I don't know her origin, but she was born with the ability to speak human language. However, her strength has not yet reached the level of a great demon!" As if sensing Zhao Baichuan's doubts, Xiao Yang took the initiative to explain.

"I see! But this little snake is quite amazing!" Zhao Baichuan exclaimed, and began to select his monster. However, when he opened the phone screen, he was immediately discouraged, because each of the sealing stones representing the monster had turned into a gray icon, with a line of small text below: "Terrain incompatible, unable to summon!"

"What's wrong, Xiao Chuan?" Xiao Yang asked, puzzled, seeing that Zhao Baichuan hadn't made a move.

"Uh, Teacher Xiao! I can't seem to summon my monster!"

"Can't summon it?" Xiao Yang was taken aback at first, then realized what was going on. "Oh! You don't have a water-type monster! Here's what we'll do, you hide inside the conch shell first, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you if a fight breaks out!" Originally, Xiao Yang had planned to have Zhao Baichuan summon a monster to protect himself. With his novice strength, there was no way he could do anything. Now it was fine, so he might as well send him directly into the conch shell, so he could observe the outside movements without being distracted.

"Teacher Xiao, be careful!" Zhao Baichuan knew he was useless and would only cause trouble, so he gave him a word of advice. While the octopus monster was still fighting with the turtle prime minister, he quickly ran into the conch shell and hid.

"Damn octopus monster! I'll show you what I'm made of!" Seeing that Zhao Baichuan had taken cover, Xiao Yang focused all her attention on the octopus monster. "Xiao Qing! Begin the attack!"

"Swish!" Xiao Qing swam around the octopus monster, her nimble body swaying. The big guy was immediately drawn to her and stretched out a tentacle to lash out at her.

"Snap!" Xiao Qing nimbly dodged the attack and took a bite out of the octopus monster's tentacle. A magical scene unfolded: the little guy's body swelled up like an inflating balloon, instantly transforming into a giant python that coiled around the tentacle!

(A friend suggested I change the chapter title to "Pretty Girl vs. Tentacle Monster," haha! Please don't get the wrong idea!)