Chapter 636: Chapter 5: White Whale

The giant beast of the sky did not fall like creatures on the ground. Its massive lifeless body remained quietly suspended above the sea of clouds, like an island stranded on a white sandy beach, exuding a tragic and desolate aura.

The actions of the Sky Hunters were extremely efficient. The red-haired man personally stepped forward and skillfully and swiftly cut off the valuable crystal unicorn from the top of the white whale’s head with his flaming giant sword, and he sliced open part of the white whale’s tough skin to extract some core tissues that emanated powerful energy fluctuations. The whole process was cold and efficient, without a single superfluous movement.

Soon, several black small flying aircrafts with shark-like sinister appearances emerged from the clouds, picking up all the Sky Hunters members. The red-haired man took one last glance at the “Cloud Whale” direction, seemingly memorizing the appearances of Lynch and the others, and then led his “Hyenas” away, disappearing into the vast depths of the cloud sea without looking back.

What remained was the colossal white whale corpse, floating alone above the sacred sea of clouds, like a silent tombstone.

After a brief dead silence.

As if receiving some kind of invisible signal, the peaceful sea of clouds came “alive” again.

The various atmospheric creatures that had been scattered by the battle — those luminous jellyfish, silver-scaled flying fish, dandelion-like puffballs, and more bizarre and odd-shaped sky creatures — all cautiously and then eagerly surged towards the massive corpse as if they had smelled blood like sharks, from all directions, from the depths of the clouds!

They, as if participating in a grand and sacred feast, began frantically gnawing, biting, and sucking the white whale’s flesh, energy essence, and even bones! The jellyfish dissolved the tissue with their tentacles, the flying fish pecked at tiny scraps, while some crustacean creatures ventured into the enormous wounds…

“This… this is…” Naliti covered her mouth, her lake-green eyes full of complex emotions; there was shock, compassion, and awe for the laws of nature.

“When one whale falls, everything thrives.”

Lynch’s voice was deep and calm, his gray eyes staring at the enormous being—covered by numerous tiny creatures, disintegrating rapidly. “Even after falling from the sky, its remains still nourish and nurture this part of the world. The cycle of life and death, even in the sky, is magnificent and cruel as well.”

The gigantic whale carcass slowly sank a little under the gnawing of countless creatures, descending into the pearl-white cloud layer, as if embraced gently by the cloud sea “earth”.

The gnawed gigantic skeleton emerged gradually under the soft sky light, like an ancient sky ruins floating, about to disappear in the cloud sea, silently recounting the splendor and end of life, and the eternal, endlessly renewing rules of this sky world. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ Nove1Fire.net

“I’m going out for a while.”

Lynch casually told Kong and the others, then rose gracefully and flew out.

Arriving above the white whale’s corpse, he casually slashed in the air, retrieving several small bottles from a space crack, collecting some of the white whale’s blood, skin, and other body tissues.

The unicorn white whale is an extremely rare third-tier life, with high research value, so since they’ve encountered it, of course, it’s necessary to collect some samples to study further.

After collecting everything, Lynch prepared to leave.

However, just as he turned around—

A cold, heavy spiritual wave, filled with endless pain and overwhelming resentment, swept over from all directions like a substantial cold tide! This resentment was not an attack, but it carried enough sorrow and unwillingness to freeze the soul, suddenly impacting his consciousness!

“Hmm?” Lynch swiftly turned around, his gray eyes instantly becoming as sharp as a knife.

In the ordinary perspective, there was still the gigantic whale carcass behind, and the frenzy feasting on it, like an army of ants. But as his mind moved subtly, a deep, mysterious, seemingly life-penetrating micro-glow surfaced silently in the depths of his gray eyes—the Eye of Death God!

The vision switched abruptly!

A colossal, suffocating semi-transparent phantom hovered right above the enormous whale’s carcass! It had the exact same form as the body below—a skin as smooth as jade, a mountainous body, and the iconic, albeit somewhat ethereal, crystal unicorn!

This was the soul of the unicorn white whale! Its massive spiritual body radiated a gentle yet intensely strong soul glimmer, like a huge, sorrowful light source. Yet, this glimmer was twisted by a dense, overwhelming resentment and pain!

The huge whale soul anxiously and frantically circled, rolled, and collided above its body! It emitted a silent, yet soul-shaking, piercing howl!

Each collision stirred up invisible spiritual ripples, filled with searing hatred towards the hunters, extreme unwillingness over its deprived life, and… some deeply rooted, desperate attachment!

Lynch quietly floated, his gray Eye of Death God calmly watching this furious yet sorrowful soul.

He understood this resentment.

A being that has reached the third-tier life level, its soul has long been honed and resilient, with some resistance and retention abilities against the world rules, not dissipating immediately like ordinary creatures. They linger for a while, carrying their life’s obsessions.

“Rest in peace.”

Lynch’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a peculiar penetrative power, directly conveying to that frantic soul consciousness with pure spiritual thought. “The law of the survival of the fittest applies here in the sky as it does on the ground. Anger and unwillingness won’t change your fate, but will instead plunge you into suffering, making you miss your final serenity.”

His words were calm and ruthless, revealing the essence of the world.

Simultaneously, he also transmitted a trace of extremely pure, gentle spiritual power to the raging whale soul. This spiritual power carried no aggression but instead was like a cool spring, containing soothing and guiding forces, trying to calm the raging fire of resentment and guiding it toward a peaceful rest.

“Woo…”

Feeling the cold yet truthful realization in Lynch’s thoughts, alongside the rare, unmediated goodwill guide, the frantically spiraling whale soul suddenly paused! Its massive, semi-transparent eye turned to Lynch.

The fury and resentment in that gaze receded like the tide, replaced by boundless sorrow and… a kind of pleading despair! Its enormous spiritual body no longer spiraled but cautiously, tentatively “swam” towards Lynch!

Lynch frowned slightly, as the power of his triple domain instantly stood on alert in a ready-to-strike state. Faced with the soul of a third-tier existence, even without its body, he could not be careless.

However, the enormous whale soul stopped when it was still dozens of meters away from Lynch. This distance, for its vast spiritual body, was almost within reach, yet also maintained a relatively safe boundary.

It did not come any closer, only quietly hovering there, its huge spiritual eyes deeply gazing at Lynch.

Then, it cautiously, very weakly, reached out a gentler spiritual field to Lynch. This spiritual field was no longer a wave of resentment but like a wisp of gentle, sorrowful, and pleading thread, lightly touching Lynch’s consciousness.

Lynch hesitated briefly.

Could it be… it wants to convey some message to him?

After a moment’s hesitation, he finally lowered his spiritual defense and accepted this thread of the spiritual field.

And soon, an awareness of the white whale was transmitted through this Spiritual Threads; Lynch quickly came to understand why this white whale chose him and why it lingered unwillingly…

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