High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

Song Chen didn't dwell on the question and went straight to asking the first one.

"Where is this place?"

The jellyfish raised its tentacles slightly, pointed eastward, and then retracted them.

"Your Majesty, we sea creatures call this area the Shattered Star Sea because there are many fragments of meteorites on the seabed, and the concentration of spiritual energy is higher than in other places."

"There are more than a dozen islands to the east, each one bigger than the last, and it's hard to pinpoint their exact location."

Shattered Star Sea?

Song Chen kept this name in her heart.

"My second question is, do you know about Yunbo Island?"

His tone remained unchanged.

The jellyfish's mental energy fluctuations visibly wavered for a moment.

"I...I know. Yunbo Island is a human race's outpost in the near sea, which is very far from here, more than a thousand kilometers away."

"A big battle took place over there a few days ago, and the whole sea shook. Even the little ones in the sea could feel it."

"And the result?"

The jellyfish's voice was tinged with sobs.

"I don't know the result!"

"Your Majesty, I am only at the fourth rank. I can manage to survive in the Shattered Star Sea, but I am nothing outside of this sea."

"A place like Cloudwave Island, where sixth-tier royals are fighting, how dare I approach? The aftershocks alone could kill me. I truly have no idea what the outcome will be!"

Song Chen remained silent for two seconds.

This answer was expected. A fourth-tier jellyfish could not possibly know the specifics of a sixth-tier battlefield; it was not qualified.

"Third question: Have any high-level exotic beasts passed through this area in the past few days?"

The jellyfish's tentacles twitched a few times, as if nodding.

"Yes, yes, yes, three days ago, a sixth-tier king passed by here and headed west."

"I didn't dare to look and hid in the trench. I could only feel its spiritual power pressing down on me from above. I was so scared that I didn't dare to come out to forage for food for three days."

"What kind?"

"I don't know, I really don't know. That spiritual power was too strong. I almost fainted just from enduring it. How could I dare to identify what kind it was? I only know that it was huge, extremely huge, bigger than anything I've ever seen."

Song Chen frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.

Three days ago, at the sixth level, heading west, the timing matched up; it was the same spiritual energy he sensed while hiding in the cave.

It went west, which means it has left this sea area and will not be returning for the time being.

Song Chen stared at the pink nerve core of the jellyfish: "Fourth question, how do you sea creatures communicate with each other?"

The jellyfish's tentacles twitched slightly.

"Your Majesty, this is a question I'm not quite sure how to answer..."

Song Chen stirred the knife tip again.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you everything!"

The jellyfish's voice turned into a sob.

"We sea creatures have our own ways of communicating."

"Those at the fourth level and above can use mental power to transmit messages, but the distance is limited; the shorter ones can only transmit for a few dozen miles at most."

"To transmit messages further, we need to rely on messenger beasts. Some sea creatures are born with exceptionally strong spiritual power and are specifically responsible for transmitting messages. One messenger beast can transmit a message hundreds of miles away, and then the next one will continue to transmit it, station by station, and it can quickly spread throughout the entire sea area."

"What does a messenger beast look like?"

"There are many kinds, the most common being the Ghost-faced Fish Demon. Their spiritual power is considered strong among the sea creatures, and it can travel far."

"And then there are the sea snails; their spiritual energy fluctuations are exceptionally stable and can travel for hundreds of miles."

"The highest level is the branch of the Sea Dragon Clan. Their communication range can reach over a thousand miles, but those are only used by royalty. I've never seen the lower-level ones."

Song Chen seemed to be deep in thought. Did the ghost-faced fish demon also have the ability to send messages?

No wonder that thing is everywhere among the sea monsters; it can fight and transmit messages, it's really useful.

Song Chen squatted down, level with the nerve nucleus of the jellyfish.

The golden light of the Illusionary Eye shone deep within his pupils, giving his gaze a penetrating and oppressive quality.

The jellyfish's neural nucleus trembled slightly under his gaze, like a startled heart.

"One last question, what's your name?"

The jellyfish was taken aback; it clearly hadn't expected this fierce-looking human to suddenly ask its name.

The tentacles twitched and curled up awkwardly, its voice becoming somewhat embarrassed.

"I...I don't have a name. Only fifth-tier beast kings in the sea race are qualified to name themselves. Fourth-tier ones are not worthy of names. Everyone calls me 'that jellyfish'."

Song Chen looked at it.

A fourth-tier jellyfish is considered a minor overlord in the Shattered Star Sea, yet it doesn't even have a name.

The world of beasts is more naked than that of humans; if you're not strong enough, you don't even deserve a name.

This jellyfish is quite sensible; it might come in handy sometime in the future.

"From now on, your name is Lan."

Song Chen gave it a name.

The jellyfish's neural nucleus lit up.

"Blue? Your Majesty has given me a name?"

Its tentacles were fully extended, and blue fluorescence shone from the base of the tentacles all the way to the tips, making the whole jellyfish look like a lit lantern.

"Your Majesty, I will be your beast from now on. If Your Majesty commands me to go east, I will never go west."

Song Chen ignored its declaration of loyalty.

He loosened his grip on the hilt and pulled the Heavenly Blade out of the jellyfish's umbrella-shaped body.

The movement of drawing the knife was very light, bringing out only a small strand of transparent gelatinous substance.

The jellyfish trembled slightly, but this time it did not struggle.

"I won't kill you, but from today onwards, you will be my eyes and ears in the sea. If there's any disturbance in the Shattered Star Sea, you must be the first to tell me."

"I need to know everything you know: the movements of the sixth-tier forces, the gathering of the beast tide, the human ships."

"If I find out you're hiding something, you know the consequences."

The blue, umbrella-shaped body opens and closes, as if it's nodding frantically.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will certainly serve as your scout. I have lived in this sea area for decades, and I know every reef and every trench well."

"No matter what the message is, once it enters the Shattered Star Sea, it won't escape my senses!"

Song Chen looked at it. It was a fourth-order jellyfish, timid, afraid of death, and even had just been given a name.

Using such a spy sounds like a joke.

But he knew that it was precisely because of his cowardice and fear of death that Lan was more cautious than any other sea monster.

It will carefully avoid all dangers while gathering information in its own way.

In a place like the Shattered Star Sea, being able to live for decades is a skill in itself.

Most importantly, he had no better options.

"Go."

Song Chen waved.

The blue umbrella-shaped body immediately contracted backward, drifting towards the deep sea like a transparent umbrella blown away by the wind.

After drifting for several dozen meters, it stopped again, its tentacles turning towards Song Chen's direction, its mental voice as thin as a thread.

"Your Majesty, may I truly depart now?"

"Walk."

"When will Your Majesty see me again?"

"We'll look for it when the time is right."

The blue umbrella-shaped object lit up again, then floated away without looking back.

It drifted very fast, the blue glow growing smaller and smaller in the deep sea until it finally disappeared into the darkness.

Song Chen watched it leave, then turned and swam towards the sea.

He climbed onto the reef, shook the water off his hair, and sheathed the Heavenly Blade.

This is the Shattered Star Sea. The sixth-tier royal family has headed west, and the fate of Cloud Wave Island is unknown. The alien beast uses the Ghost-Faced Fish Demon as a messenger, and the information is transmitted much faster than he imagined.

He sat on the rocks, letting the sun dry the seawater off his body.

Lan knew too little. She was a timid fourth-tier jellyfish whose activity range was limited to the Shattered Star Sea. She knew nothing about the battlefield more than a thousand kilometers away.

To find out what's going on outside, we need to think of other ways, but at least he now has a pair of eyes.

Song Chen looked down at his chest; the blue crystal was still warm against his skin.