CHAPTER 93 UNDERWATER SPREE
Sylver dove deep in the sea in full speed as if it was her natural habitat.
As she slowed down, two enormous golden eyes opened beneath the surface, greeting her.
Her frown deepen. Her her eyes had adjusted under the dark waters so she could see the creature quite clearly.
The danger beast was massive mixture of a shark head with the lower half of an octopus. Rows of jagged teeth stretched through the enormous mouth.
Eight massive octopus tentacles extended from its torso, each one covered in armored scales and glowing magical veins.
A magical-ranked sea beast.
A creature powerful enough to tear apart a warship.
It looked terrifying.
The beast opened its mouth.
A deep underwater roar shook the ocean.
Sylver's silver aura intensified.
Her silver hair floated behind her like glowing ribbons.
The sea beast came charging toward her.
Sylver smiled.
"Emmy took down three magical ranked beast by himself. You're way bigger than the three beasts combined, so I can't let myself fall short"
WHOOSH!
She vanished from the creature's sight.
The beast snapped its jaws shut where her body had been.
Nothing.
Sylver was already behind it.
She kicked through the water and accelerated forward.
Sylver had always had abnormal influx of pure spirit energy and power, now compuled with ki.
For a long time, nothing had pushed her to go all out.
But now, she was going to.
She felt like a time bomb about to detonate.
Her body moved so quickly that a silver trail appeared behind her.
The beast spun.
One tentacle swept across the ocean.
Sylver crossed her arms.
A burst of silver light erupted.
SHIIIIING!
Her spirit weapon appeared.
A silver circular shield resembling an enormous turtle shell formed in front of her.
Its surface was silver-white, covered in intricate markings.
At the same moment, something enormous materialized behind her.
A silver turtle.
Her spirit beast.
The turtle's shell glowed with ancient energy.
At that same moment.
BANG!
The tentacle slammed against the shield.
Sylver flew back but her turtle caught her with its large fin.
The spirit eyed the ancient sea creature, then it's calm eyes glowed deep red.
The turtle showed it's sharp fangs as a growl vibrated from its chest.
Then..
VROOOM...
It began to grow.
A birght silver light erupted as it grew to match the size of danger beast.
From the ship, Captain Jack could see the light from the surface of the sea.
Sylver placed one hand against her shield.
"Let's begin."
The beast looked like it was hesitant, but it shook the thought away and roared.
It attached.
Four tentacles came from different directions.
Sylver raised her shield.
BOOM!
The first tentacle struck.
BOOM!
The second.
BOOOOM!
The third and fourth smashed into the shield together.
Sylver didn't move.
Her silver eyes narrowed.
The shield absorbed every impact.
Then its markings began glowing.
The beast suddenly recoiled.
Sylver's shield had the ability to absorb energy, but she could also dish it out.
The stored force exploded outward.
KRA-KOOOOOM!
The sea beast was blasted backward.
Its enormous body spun through the water.
Sylver immediately pursued.
The silver turtle spirit charged alongside her.
The turtle opened its mouth.
A concentrated beam of silver energy erupted from it.
VRAAAAAAM!
The beam struck the beast directly.
Its scales cracked.
The creature roared.
Its tentacles whipped wildly through the water.
Sylver dodged one.
Then another.
Her movements were almost impossible to follow.
She twisted between the tentacles, accelerating and slowing with perfect control.
One tentacle suddenly caught her ankle.
The creature yanked.
Sylver was dragged backward.
The shark head opened its enormous jaws.
Hundreds of teeth rushed toward her.
Sylver didn't panic.
Her turtle appeared at the side of the danger beast with one massive fin raised.
BANG!
It slapped the head of the beast causing it's jaws to snap.
The tentacle loosen from her ankle and she dashed forward with shield raised.
She poured ki into her attack.
BANG!
CRACK!
One of the beast's own teeth shattered.
It recoiled in agony.
Sylver emerged with her turtle floating behind her.
She looked at the broken teeth floating around her.
"That all you got "
The beast roared.
Its magical energy surged.
Whenever a danger beast evolves to the magical rank, they gain human like intelligence and strange abilities.
The entire ocean around them began spinning.
A gigantic underwater vortex formed.
The sea beast disappeared inside it.
Sylver's silver hair whipped violently around her.
The vortex dragged everything toward its center.
Pieces of wreckage, stones, bubbles—even the smaller fish nearby—were pulled into the spiraling darkness.
The beast emerged from the center.
Its body had grown larger.
Its eyes burned brighter.
Its tentacles stretched across the entire battlefield.
Sylver stared at it.
Sylver lifted her shield.
Her aura expanded mixed with raw ki.
The turtle spirit moved.
It curled its massive body.
Its shell began glowing.
Sylver's shield answered.
Silver light flooded the ocean.
The spirit beast and weapon synchronized.
The water itself seemed to freeze.
Then Sylver disappeared.
She became a streak of silver light.
She raced straight through the vortex.
The sea beast tried to intercept her.
One tentacle.
Missed.
Two.
Missed.
Five.
Missed.
Sylver accelerated.
She passed between every attack.
The beast's eyes widened.
Sylver appeared directly in front of its shark-like face.
She pressed her shield against its forehead.
The beast's own magical force came crashing back.
DOOOOOOM!
A massive silver explosion erupted underwater.
The sea beast was thrown backward.
Its body slammed into the ocean floor.
The impact created a crater.
Before it could recover, Sylver raised her shield.
The weapon began transforming.
The circular shield expanded.
Its surface unfolded.
Silver energy formed around the battlefield.
The shield grew.
And grew.
Until it became enormous.
A massive turtle-shaped dome descended over the sea beast.
The creature looked upward.
Its eyes widened as the dome cover it completely.
Sylver floated outside the dome.
Her expression remained calm.
BOOOOM.
The sea beast was trapped.
Inside, the creature thrashed violently.
Tentacles smashed against the shell.
But nothing happened.
The turtle-shell dome remained completely still.
Instead, the magical energy inside the creature began disappearing.
Slowly at first.
Then rapidly.
Silver streams of spirit energy flowed from the beast's body and into the shell.
The beast roared.
Its movements weakened.
Its enormous tentacles became sluggish.
Its golden eyes dimmed.
Sylver watched silently.
The beast struggled.
The silver turtle spirit floated beside her.
Sylver snapped her finger and the dome shrunk back to the shield and flew to her hand.
She could tell the beast was already dead and she didn't want to drain it to an empty husk.
The crew needed an early lunch after all.
The sea beast fell motionless onto the ocean floor.
Its massive body had shrunken.
Defeated.
Sylver floated down beside it.
She placed her hand against its upper neck thrust her hand into it.
Soon she brought her hand out holding a blue growling crystal.
She smiled.
Back on the ship deck, Jack kept staring intensely at the water.
He couldn't see anything but the anticipation was getting to him.
All the crew members were staring at the sea.
Then, the body of the sea beast floated upward, obviously dead.
Jack raised a brow.
A silver light emerged from the ocean revealing a massive turtle.
Jack eyes widen as he spotted Sylver standing on top of the turtles head with a shield in hand.
"Well I'll be damn"
Jack burst into laughed causing the crew to cheer loudly.
The turtle was almost as big as the ship.
Sylver jumped to the deck and smiled at Jack.
"That's one hell of a spirit beast"
He said.
"Are you sure you're still at the Noble stage?"
Before she could answer, a strange pain suddenly gripped her in her lower dantian.
"Well, not anymore"
She groaned
Sylver couldn't help but scream as the pain suddenly washed over her body.
She dropped to the floor clutching her belly.
Captain Jack's eyes widened. He recognized that feeling anywhere.
"She's evolving" he muttered.
"She's evolving!! Someone get that dead beasts onboard, she's gonna get hungry after this!"
He barked the order.
"Come on girl, you got this, you're strong"
He had witnessed certain persons dying during their evolution.
A beast masters evolution process was a cruel thing. A beast core doesn't just form, the body and bones break and reform.
It was a strange form of rebirth.
Sylver could feel her body breaking with a burning sensation on her lower dantian.
Her turtle moaned in discomfort watching her go through such pain.
"I got this"
She thought.
She wanted to pass out but she held.
She began circulating ki within her body to ease the pain.
It worked, but only a little.
It felt like eternity for her but after a long excruciating while, Sylver snapped her eyes opened as a new rich of power and strength course through her body.
Her eyes glowed.
The star cores had merged forming a new ringed core.
She felt new, reborn.
The feeling was addictive.
Her evolution was complete.
"You did it"
Jack said helping her sit up.
"Yeah"
She breath out.
Sylver had become a Beast Knight.
TBC