As soon as Angor entered the zone, he immediately sensed something different from the outside world.
The fog was everywhere, and it completely covered the entire area.
It didn't look like much, but it was actually a natural illusion. Not only did it block one's vision, but it would also mislead one's sense of direction. Also, there seemed to be an invisible magnetic field in the area, which could affect the direction of a compass.
Because of this, if an ordinary person were to barge into the fog zone, unless they were extremely lucky, just the fog alone could cause them to be lost in this sea area forever.
Besides, there was more than just fog in this zone.
Angor had to lower his flying altitude and fly close to the surface of the sea since his vision was greatly reduced. He could clearly see shadows moving under the surface of the sea.
Most of them were gigantic sea monsters that were rarely seen in the outside world.
For example, Angor could see a shadow below Gondola. How big was it? Angor couldn't even see the end of it with his naked eyes. Even the giant cargo ship from Blue Tongue Shipping wasn't as big as this one.
The huge sea beast that had been on the surface of the sea suddenly floated up to the surface.
"Strangle Ray." Angor recognized the creature by looking at its back.
Strangle Rays had giant butterfly wings like skates, but their tails were covered with hundreds of slippery tentacles, just like the tentacles of the Myriapod family.
The Strangle Ray was described in three pages of Where to Find Strange Creatures, and the author of the book said that it was a monster that was becoming rarer and rarer by the day, and it would probably go extinct in the near future. Yet here it was, right in front of Angor's eyes.
From here, Angor could see a small part of the sea monster in this zone.
While Angor was observing, the Strangle Ray also noticed Gondola above. It dove into the sea and revealed the tentacles on its tail. The tentacles were dozens of meters long and looked like sharp whips. They broke through the air barrier and reached Gondola.
In just a few seconds, Gondola was surrounded by three tentacles.
Strangle Rays were called Strangle Rays because of their "strangle". This was the perfect example of how the Strangle Ray used to bind Gondola like a rope.
The Strangler Ray only needed to exert a little force, and any bound ship would be torn apart.
Once the humans on the ship fell into the water, the Strangler Ray would open its mouth and swallow these "snacks" after a meal.
Unfortunately, Strangle Ray's invincible strangulation technique failed to work.
He didn't need to do anything himself. Instead, Swiftwater created several wind blades and sent them at the disgusting tentacles covered in slime.
Wind Blade was one of the earliest offensive cantrips that Elemental Apprentices could learn. Its damage wasn't considered high. Even the enhanced Crescent Wind Blade's damage was mediocre. However, this kind of extremely ordinary wind blade, when used by Su Ling, was extremely shocking. That hissing sound, as well as the constantly twisting air around the wind blade, seemed to be able to directly cut through spatial barriers.
Angor believed that any unprepared wizard without a bloodline would be cut in half by such a wind blade.
Even an official Magus would find it hard to face it head-on, let alone the tentacles of the Strangle Ray, which weren't that hard.
As expected, the wind blades directly cut the tentacles into several pieces and threw them high into the sky, like a rain of blood falling down.
"I can't waste them." Angor quickly summoned three Hands of Spell to collect the tentacles.
The tentacles of a Strangle Ray were supernatural materials, which could be easily transplanted. However, the tentacles had too many shortcomings and could be replaced with many organs, so transplanting them was unnecessary. Wizards usually collected the tentacles to use for cooking, or to extract essence blood to make potions.
Strangle Rays were rare sea creatures that were about to go extinct. Collecting their tentacles might come in handy in the future.
After cutting off the tentacles, Swiftwater sent a message to Angor, asking if they should keep attacking and kill the Strangle Ray.
Angor glanced at the Strangle Ray that was still baring its fangs and shook his head. "Nah, it's not necessary."
It wasn't because the Strangle Ray was about to go extinct, nor was it because the materials were not important. It was just that … he had nowhere to put them.
His bracelet was already full. Even if he didn't have enough mana, he couldn't store such a large sea creature.
His Exile space could, but it required constant mana input. It wasn't worth it for a Strangle Ray.
More importantly, Angor didn't really need any of the Strangle Ray's materials. If not, he could always ask Greya to cook him a good meal and try something new. As for the other parts of the Strangle Ray, he had plenty of replacements. Killing them would be a waste.
Of course, if he had a Sorcerer's Garden or a more stable space, he would have a different choice.
Unfortunately, he didn't have any of those.
Since he had already decided to let the Strangle Ray go, Angor didn't want to waste any more time on it. He ordered Swiftwater to pick up speed and left the Strangle Ray behind in a few seconds.
Along the way, they encountered many sea beasts. Angor didn't care about them since they couldn't catch up anyway.
However, it was worth mentioning that more than half of the sea beasts that he encountered harbored great hostility toward Gondola.
He now understood why the Mist Zone was called the "forbidden zone".
Not only were the sea creatures here huge, but they also came in large numbers. They were also very aggressive. Plus, they could easily get lost in the mist. Even a supernatural would die here, let alone a mortal.
Just like the Strangle Ray he encountered earlier. If the Strangle Ray's tentacles landed on a shipping company's cargo ship, it could easily kill everyone on board. No wonder people who wandered around the sea were terrified when they heard about the Mist Zone.
"If Nausica runs into these sea creatures …" Angor stopped himself from thinking too much. He didn't know where Nausica was right now. He had to find Reynolds first and worry about the rest later.
After flying for a while, the mist around them grew thicker.
"Visibility is less than ten meters," Angor muttered. "I've never turned around since I left the northern end of Sidro Fog Island. This should be the first coordinate," Angor muttered to himself.
Using this as a guide, it was much easier to find Cindy.
Angor quickly determined the direction he needed to go. Instead of using Gondola, he patted Toby's shoulder. "I'll leave the rest of the journey to you."
Toby nodded and leaped into the air, transforming into a snake-bird.
The winged blood-red python fell directly into the sea. Angor asked Dankros to enter the purification field, put away Gondola, and landed on the serpentine bird's back with Swiftwater.
"Let's go."
The Snake-Bird dived into the sea without any hesitation. With its graceful and elegant body, it moved quickly in the water.
With the help of the sequence of gravity, sea currents, and Swiftwater, the serpentine bird's speed was unimaginable.
Everything looked normal, but any sea creature that got too close to the serpentine bird would explode into minced meat.
While traveling under the sea, Angor truly saw the other side of the sea.
He was already surprised by the sea creatures he saw on the surface. Now, he saw a playground for sea creatures under the sea.
Or rather, it was a carnival of sea creatures.
Sea creatures of different sizes were everywhere. It was a terrifying sight to behold.
If it had been an ordinary person or some Apprentice Adept, they would have been scared to death.
The sea creatures in the area seemed to treat the serpentine bird as one of their own. They didn't dare to enter their territory. Of course, there were some who tried to provoke them. However, before they could attack, the serpentine bird would already be dozens of kilometers away.
These were the luckiest ones. Some unlucky sea creatures got in the serpentine bird's way and had their bodies pierced through before they could react.
And there were more than one such sea creature. According to Angor's estimation, the serpentine bird had already eaten the intestines of more than ten sea creatures in less than three minutes.
The glowing scales on the serpentine bird's body looked even redder than before.
About five minutes later, Angor told Toby to slow down.
They were already very close to the target, and Toby was about to reach his limit. Negative emotions such as jealousy, vanity, and hatred were starting to appear around him.
These emotions would affect both Angor and Toby. One wrong move and Toby would go out of control.
This was one of the signs that Toby had yet to fully master the serpentine bird form.
After slowing down, Toby began to swim toward the target at a normal speed. According to Angor's estimation, it would only take them a few minutes to reach the reef area where Cindy and the others were.
When they were moving toward the target, Angor felt something on his arm. He looked back and saw Dangros silently reaching out his hand from his cloak.
"You're shaking like a sieve. Now you dare to come out?" Angor joked.
Dangros still looked a little scared. "Mister Toby … when he turned into a serpent, his aura was really scary. And there were so many giant monsters just now … "
That was why Dangros didn't even dare to show his "head" just now.
"Good. There aren't so many monsters here." Dangros rubbed his mouth with his ring finger and sighed in relief.
Angor was amused by Dangros' reaction, but he soon realized something. "Wait, it's much quieter around here."
Angor scanned his surroundings. Apart from some small fishes, he didn't see a single sea creature.
Something was wrong.
Angor wouldn't have cared if they weren't in the mist zone. But after experiencing the "monster feast" earlier, he didn't dare to look at this area as normal.
There was no sea creature in the depth of the mist zone. This was definitely not normal.
There were only three common reasons why there were no sea creatures here. First, they couldn't come here. This was obviously wrong. There were no obstacles around here. If the serpentine bird could reach here, so could other sea creatures.
Second, they didn't want to come. Usually, sea creatures wouldn't want to come here if they couldn't find food. But this wasn't the case. This area looked quite rich. There were plenty of fish, shellfish, shrimp, and so on.
Apart from these two possibilities, there was only one last one left. They didn't dare to come here.
Normally speaking, sea creatures had their own territories. Invading another sea creature's territory was bound to cause conflict. For this reason, many weaker sea creatures would follow this rule and try not to enter another sea creature's territory to avoid becoming food for others.
If this was the case, the reason why there were no sea creatures around here was most likely because this was the territory of a very powerful sea creature.
Angor recalled Cindy's words. They saw a giant sea creature about a hundred meters long roaming around the reef area. Filo even fought it once.
Could the sea beast that Xin Di was talking about be the powerful sea beast in this area of the sea?
As he pondered, he suddenly heard a buzzing noise coming from somewhere.
It sounded very distant, and it carried a sense of vicissitudes of life. Angor also noticed that all the fishes and shrimps in the area were running away in fear. The lush underwater world was suddenly turned into a cold and desolate place.
Even though the sound came from far away, the buzzing sound passed through the purifying force field that was separated by water and still caused his ears to ring.
"So I was right. This is the territory of that giant sea creature," Angor muttered.
The serpent bird below suddenly hissed again. "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
Although the sound was very low, it was like a sharp awl, piercing through the buzzing sound.
Angor looked at Toby and saw the serpentine bird's crimson eyes showing a hint of madness. It was obvious that Toby was being influenced by the sea creature. The negative emotions that made up the serpentine bird's nature were slowly taking over its mind.
Otherwise, with Toby's cautious personality, there was no way he would fight against an unknown, powerful sea beast at this moment.
"Toby." While calling Toby's name, he put his hand on Toby's crown and sent a gentle energy into the creature's head like a bucket of cold water.
Soon, the madness in Toby's eyes was suppressed, and he regained his clarity.
"We're very close to our destination now. Turn back and we'll fly there," Angor sent a voice transmission to Toby.
Toby nodded shyly. It seemed that Toby also remembered what happened earlier.
The serpentine bird's body began to shrink until it turned into a small seabird.
Angor caught Toby in his arms and looked into the distance.
The buzzing noise was getting louder and louder. Clearly, the serpentine bird's hissing attracted the creature's attention.
Angor also sensed a hint of anger in the creature's voice.
Which was understandable considering the creature's point of view. A demonic creature had entered their home, and this demonic creature was even provoking them. This was something that they could not tolerate.
"Let's go." Angor didn't plan to fight. He didn't come here to waste time with these sea creatures anyway.
With that, Angor leaped out of the water and floated in the air.
Because of the loud buzzing sound, the surrounding fog had dispersed by quite a bit. Standing high up in the sky, they could vaguely see a huge shadow swimming towards them from afar.
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