It’s Peeping

Capture success rate: 10%…30%…50%…100%! Sea Lion Dragon captured successfully!

The capture success rate started at only one-tenth, but this value kept fluctuating, finally rising to 100%!
[Summonable Object: Sea Lion Dragon]
[Race Value: 400]
[Level: Lv.17 (Lv.30↓↓)]
[Skills: Dragon Breath, Rage Tide, Intimidation…]

The content on the panel made Black feel he needed to calm down. Successfully capturing a sea dragon’s soul meant he could summon a Sea Lion Dragon in his next battle.

This was no small boost to combat power. Unfortunately—the level of beasts a Summoner could summon was limited by their own level. This Level 30 Sea Lion Dragon was forcibly suppressed to Level 17—same as his. Even so—for Black—it was an astonishing improvement.

Next time in battle—summoning the Sea Lion Dragon—would instantly make it two-on-one!

Besides—ordinary Summoners had weak personal combat power—relying solely on summoned beasts for damage—while constantly guarding against enemies bypassing beasts to attack themselves directly.

But Black was different—he held multiple classes. Besides Summoner—he was also a Swordsman—with no low combat power. Pirate class could be ignored. Overall—Black’s mood rose significantly. His combat power growing stronger—he could grasp the initiative in plot development.

And returning to the fishing village to relax later would also have some guarantee. The deck battle was extremely chaotic—no one noticed the commotion in this corner. Otherwise—if a pirate used the Summoner-exclusive skill Soul Bind to capture a dragon race creature—they’d definitely cause quite a stir.

After sorting out the Summoner situation—Black observed the battle. Almost every ship on the Royal Fleet’s deck was densely packed with various bizarre creatures—from sea beasts to undead—to abyssal beings—innumerable. Decks piled with corpses. Surrounding seas floated full of dragon corpses—entire sea area dyed red with dragon blood. The Sea Dragon Tide’s peak had clearly passed—dragon numbers greatly reduced. Conversely—the fleet side—had zero casualties. Everyone looked spirited—killing thoroughly. Levels also increased significantly. Seems dragons were simply insignificant before humans—mere experience packs. Something wrong…

Black slowly furrowed his brows—rising strong suspicion.

Can’t be that no one died.

In game prologue—each Sea Dragon Tide encounter resulted in some deaths.

If none died—that’d underestimate Sea Dragons too much. Though he predicted this Sea Dragon Tide scale wasn’t large—wouldn’t threaten the fleet. But this was too small.

Looking around—about a thousand sea dragons dead. Levels were average. According to game descriptions—a Sea Dragon Tide had at least over three thousand sea dragons. More crucially—the strongest Azure Ring Sea Dragon and Augupugu Sea Dragon never appeared. Generally—a Sea Dragon Tide must feature one of them. Moreover—the surrounding sea surface was too calm. No sea breeze—silent to the point of dread.

Black silently tightened Overlord Spear—eyes sweeping—maximizing perception.

Roar!

The Emperor Winged Dragon seemed to sense some threat. Originally looking proud—eyes overlooking all beings—viewing sea dragons as trash. Now uneasily crouched on Black’s shoulder—trembling wings covering body. For Emperor Winged Dragon to fear so much—definitely abnormal. Some presence was secretly watching them. This Sea Dragon Tide definitely hadn’t ended.

“We won—we won!”

“Too bad—I wanted to kill more to level up.”

“That Jörmungandr can’t be Empress’s match!” … Most on Royal Fleet thought battle ended—cheering loudly. Many even started chatting—cleaning battlefield—digging Dragon Pearls. Only few felt something amiss.

“So strange.” Krystin somehow walked beside Black. Her face looked odd—delicate brows slightly furrowed—lips tightly pressed. “Spirit energy and magic power in this world seem to keep fading.” Hearing this—Black was slightly surprised. Krystin had special constitution—extraordinary talent—particularly sensitive to spirit/magic energy—could detect subtle changes.

“Fading? Do you know where they’re flowing?” Krystin closed eyes—slightly pondering.

“Mm…” Then she opened eyes—pointed at sea surface.

“Should be beneath the sea.”

Beneath the sea? Magic and spirit energy fading? Black felt this sounded increasingly familiar. Seemed some Sea Dragon species’ skill drained surrounding magic/spirit energy massively to activate. He only glanced briefly at game interface—didn’t deliberately memorize. Only remembered it was some ultra-high-tier Sea Dragon’s exclusive skill.

Just then—

“Elite Dragon Species!”

“Everyone! Lie down! Hold onto ship!”

Dragoncleaver Guard leader Pascal’s voice suddenly tore through silence—from high above.

Filled with urgency! Elite Dragon Species? Connecting this—a dragon’s name appeared in Black’s mind! Black’s pupils sharply contracted. Wrong!

“Lie down quickly!” He abruptly lay down—pressing Krystin to ground.

Next instant.

Sea waves surging just seconds ago—now froze like mirror.

Floating dragon corpses—red blood—broken ship planks—all motionless—as if time was forcibly cut by some force.

BOOM!

Entire sea area collapsed. Centered on fleet—hundreds of meters sea surface instantly sank dozens of meters—forming a terrifying diameter vortex below.

Seawater rushed down—like devoured by invisible giant mouth.

Entire Royal Fleet suddenly lost sea support. Falling from dozens of meters high toward seabed. All ships and people falling into ocean depths.

ROAR!!!

A dragon roar echoed from abyssal depths. Not sound—but pressure crushing directly into souls.

Many instantly turned pale—weapons “clang” dropping.

Black tightly grabbed railing—one hand tightly holding Krystin. Falling wind forced him to open eyes with great effort.

Then—he saw a scene that nearly made his heart explode.

Two bloody red moons appeared below where they fell. If looked closely—would find they weren’t moons—but two eyes!

Each as big as cabin—pupils flowing with crimson light. Just gazing—made people tremble like sieves. Then its body hidden in pitch-black seawater. Pitch-black scales covered mountain-like body—worthy of title “Colossal Beast.”

On its back—twelve spiral-shaped bone spines pierced sea surface—each wrapped in shocking thunder fluctuations. This dragon’s pressure far exceeded sum of all previous sea dragons combined.