Enkidu, who had become something like mud, circled the Deep Sea Demon Whale King once. During that time, the whale king used every method it had to attack him. Every attack either missed or failed to cause much damage.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King even considered swallowing Enkidu. But when it thought of those golden weapons and his constantly shifting form, it immediately suppressed that idea.
Enkidu's freedom of movement in the deep sea even made the whale king wonder which of them was the true ocean creature.
After another wave of attacks missed, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King comforted itself.
It is fine if my attacks miss. I cannot do anything to him, but he cannot do anything to me either. Under the deep sea, although I do not know why he is unaffected by the ocean, his attacks do not have much effect. As long as I keep this rhythm, I refuse to believe his adaptation to the sea can surpass mine.
Just as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had that thought, several golden ripples silently appeared beneath its abdomen.
"Hm. There is another one on the sea surface. That aura is... the person who fought Poseidon's follower a few days ago.
"No. No. This place is no longer safe. This one person is already enough trouble. If that other one joins, I may truly fall here. Wait. What is this?"
During that brief moment of thought, several thick golden chains extended without limit from beneath its abdomen and wrapped tightly around it.
For the first time, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King experienced being restrained. What followed at once was an instinctive refusal and an absolute unwillingness to be bound.
But matters had already reached this point. Several chains known in the Type Moon world as the Chains of Heaven had already wound tightly around its body. According to the Chains of Heaven's nature, the higher a bound creature's divinity, the harder the chains became. As a million year Soul Beast, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King already possessed the substance of becoming a divine beast. Only the Divine Realm's restrictions prevented it from truly possessing the name of one.
Even so, that was enough for the Chains of Heaven.
"Ah!"
A roar great enough to raise a tsunami burst from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's mouth. It twisted its body continuously. Purple thunder filled the nearby sea. The only response it received was the chains tightening further and further.
Then the whale king felt chains wrap around both halves of its mouth. As they tightened, its roaring mouth was forced shut.
After the first chains fixed the whale king's body in place, even more chains wound around it.
As the Deep Sea Demon Whale King felt more and more chains cover its body, it almost wanted to cry. It withdrew its Demon Whale Domain and the lightning that had already formed a sea of thunder. Then it focused all its Spirit Power across its body to create absolute defense, ensuring it would still be impossible to kill even if it was captured.
That thinking was not wrong. In the original story, Tang San had needed to detonate all nine rings, use the Bodhi Blood, the Tang Sect hidden weapon ranked second among hand fired weapons, and most importantly receive Asura God's divine power before he successfully killed it.
Even then, the killing had not been complete. After that, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King still had enough strength to move its soul into the Spirit Bone.
Because of that, unless the attacker was a god of the Soul Land world, even level ninety nine limit Titled Sages such as Lucius Cross might not be able to break the whale king's full defense.
But one condition mattered there: a god of the Soul Land world. If the attack did not belong to Soul Land, then there was no problem.
At once, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King saw golden light flash. Enkidu had arrived beneath its abdomen. His feet stood on the mud of the seabed. White flowers resisted the crushing pressure of the deep sea and pushed stubbornly out of the soil.
Black light illuminated the whale king's whole body. Its length of more than two hundred meters made it look like a colossal monster. Yet when the tip of a chain rose beneath it, the whale king felt its own smallness.
Enkidu slowly spread his arms. Massive chains surged toward the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Amid the daze caused by the impact, the whale king seemed to hear words from Enkidu's mouth.
"O humans, let us restrain the gods."
On Radiant Hall, Artoria, who was still sunbathing, paused. She put down her drink and controlled Radiant Hall to retreat several hundred meters.
Not long after, a huge black shadow appeared beneath the sea surface. With a thunderous boom, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's chain bound body broke through the water.
Its appearance raised towering waves. Flying spray even splashed near Artoria.
Once the sea gradually calmed, red blood flowed from the whale king's abdomen and dyed several miles of the sea red.
"Do not accidentally kill it. Everything else is easy to handle, but according to this world's rules, anything that needs to be absorbed seems to require Master to kill it himself," Artoria reminded Enkidu, who had returned at some unknown point.
"Do not worry. Attacking underwater already reduced the force, and I controlled my strength as well. At most, it is badly wounded. With its level, it should not die yet. Besides, after one month, Master should be almost ready to return. Perhaps by the time we bring it back, Master will return directly.
"As for bringing it back, I will need to trouble you."
Artoria nodded. She had Enkidu add another chain. One end of the chain wrapped around the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, while the other connected to the back of Radiant Hall.
And so, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, overlord of the deep sea and a million year Soul Beast, was dragged across the surface like a dead fish behind Radiant Hall.
After the whale king was dragged away, the blood it left behind drew many sea Soul Beasts to absorb it. Even the Devil Soul Great White Sharks and the Evil Orca King were attracted over and joined the fight for it.
At the same time, inside the Rakshasa God Temple in the Divine Realm, Wu Ling, who was constructing new divine tests, suddenly shivered. Part of the Spirit Power inside his body was abruptly drained away. He immediately absorbed nearby divine power and refilled that loss.
"That sudden feeling of losing a large amount of Spirit Power means someone in the lower realm used a Noble Phantasm. Judging by the route of the drain, was it Enkidu? It looks like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King has been captured. I am almost done here as well."
Feeling Asura God's presence drawing closer behind him, Wu Ling smiled faintly.
"Good thing Teacher had already completed most of the Rakshasa God tests. Otherwise, I might not have made it in time."
"Boy, die!"
"Done and gone!"
An instant before Asura God's attack landed, Wu Ling vanished. Asura God chased after him and looked at the broken space left behind.
His fists tightened. Very tightly.