Half an hour later, Zhang Ling looked at the black giant clam, about fifteen feet in size, beneath his feet and pursed his lips. In his hand, he held a fist-sized, light blue pearl.
He sensed a considerable amount of water spiritual energy within this pearl. A gem of this caliber was sufficient to refine a high-grade magical artifact.
This was the fifth giant clam he had found in one hour, and only this one had reached the strength of a second-order sea beast.
Second-order Iridescent Clams, unlike the first-order giant clams, were not without the power to resist. Besides being able to spew out iridescent mist that could bewilder the mind, they could also unleash powerful water swords and other water-attribute attacks. However, compared to other second-order sea beasts, their attack power was indeed weak.
Zhang Ling found it relatively easy to deal with them. However, during his battles with these giant clams, he also discovered that these giant clams would try to escape. Although the first reaction of these giant clams when attacked was to close their shells, once they were in the water, their speed was not slow, and they would disappear in the blink of an eye.
However, as time passed, the iridescent mist grew thicker and thicker, and the suppression of the cultivators' spiritual sense became stronger and stronger.
Fortunately, it was still sufficient for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to deal with sea beasts like the Iridescent Clam.
Soon after, Zhang Ling had hunted down many giant clams, including four Iridescent Clams with second-order strength and one with third-order strength.
It is worth mentioning that he found three fist-sized pearls in the third-order Iridescent Clam. One was yellow, and one was white.
The remaining one was actually a yellow and blue pearl. The spiritual energy on it was dense and substantial, making it a decent treasure.
This further strengthened Zhang Ling's confidence in hunting Iridescent Clams.
Time passed bit by bit. As the night grew deeper, when the time reached Hai hour (9-11 PM), the surrounding fog had lessened by more than half, and he could vaguely see things nearby.
Thus, Zhang Ling stood on a tall black boulder, looking at the sea not far away.
Scanning with his spiritual sense, he also saw several giant clam shells with their mouths wide open, releasing pearls of various colors.
Zhang Ling looked at the glittering spiritual pearls, and his throat couldn't help but twitch, making a slight swallowing sound.
These pearls, illuminated by the moonlight, displayed a layer of five-colored spiritual light, covering several miles of the sea.
With so many pearls, how could he not be tempted, how could he not be envious?
If he could sweep away all the spiritual pearls nurtured by these clam demons in one fell swoop, Zhang Ling's heart was filled with greed.
At the same time, the scene before him also made him thoughtfully recall a legend.
"Legend has it that giant clams can nurture spiritual pearls and attract the power of moonlight to help the spiritual pearls. Looking at the current situation, the legend should be true. Is this the cultivation method of this type of demon beast?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Ling couldn't help but look up at the full moon in the sky, feeling that there might really be some connection between the two.
After staring blankly at the spectacle under the moonlight for a few moments, Zhang Ling leaped and ran towards it.
Before long, the others also appeared nearby.
"Giant Clams Spitting Pearls."
This was the first time the group had seen this situation, and they were all greatly shocked.
"Look, that's a fourth-order Iridescent Clam."
In the five-colored spiritual light, on a huge rock, there was a red giant clam about twenty feet in size. Its shell was red and bright, like a huge red gem.
At this moment, the giant clam was wide open, spitting out a four-colored pearl, slowly rotating in the moonlight.
Immediately, everyone's attention was drawn to it.
"Haha, opportunity has arrived!"
It was Yuan Peng who laughed loudly. Spiritual light rose from his body, and he rushed towards the giant clam.
On the way, he raised his hand, and a blue flying knife and a yellow spiritual light net shot towards the red jade-like fourth-order giant clam.
Seeing Yuan Peng's move, the others also launched their respective magical artifacts and rushed towards the giant clam.
Zhang Ling frowned. With so many giant clams gathered together, although their pearls were precious, he felt that it would not be so easy to obtain them.
These people acted without any discussion, which was probably inappropriate. Thinking this in his heart, he also rushed into the five-colored spiritual light along with these people.
Yuan Peng's attack arrived at the fourth-order giant clam first.
The blue flying knife flashed, and blue light shone brightly, shooting out a blue and glistening beam of light, hitting the giant clam.
Immediately, the red jade-like giant clam was frozen by a thick layer of blue ice. Then, a yellow light flashed, and the yellow spiritual net descended, trapping the four-colored pearl within it.
Crack! A sound was heard, and the ice on the frozen red giant clam shattered inch by inch. A red mist emanated from its shell.
At the same time, the surrounding giant clams also spat out their respective pearls, and then large swaths of mist spewed out from these clam shells.
The surroundings were once again shrouded in a large amount of mist. These changes were not what shocked everyone. Countless strange sounds of water flowing came from the mist, which made everyone vigilant.
Several sounds of water breaking entered his ears. From the sea next to Zhang Ling, black shadows shot straight at him.
Zhang Ling fully opened his spiritual sense and cast several magic seals on his flying sword. The flying sword circled around him, and then transformed into seven or eight yellow and hazy sword shadows.
After using the Illusionary Sword Technique, the sword shadows surrounding him acted like a defense, blocking many attacks.
At this time, he could see clearly that the attackers were actually swordfish. These swordfish had white bellies and black backs, with a bone several feet long on their heads, attacking like a rain of sharp arrows.
Zhang Ling was shocked to see this type of sea beast attacking. Although the swordfish's strength was only equivalent to a first-order sea beast, more than ten of them attacked in an instant.
The other four were in the same situation as him, and they were all besieged. The sounds of water breaking continued, and everyone was trapped in place, falling into the school of fish.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, everyone's expressions changed. In addition to swordfish, other types of herd sea beasts also appeared to attack them.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Ling had some guesses in his mind. These giant clams were definitely not as weak in attack power as they said.
Although the giant clams themselves did not have much attack power, they could spew out mist that bewitched people's minds.
It was not easy for cultivators to defend against it, let alone low-level sea beasts. It seemed that these sea beasts that were attacking them were controlled by these giant clams.
With these low-level sea beasts as thugs, it would not be easy to capture and kill Iridescent Clams in large numbers.
It was easy to think of this, so why hadn't these people mentioned it to him before? Seeing that the other people were also being besieged, did none of them know about this?
Zhang Ling always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while.
