176: Satan's platy catfish

Su Yuan felt that his luck today was extraordinary, so he struck while the iron was hot and immediately clicked on Fire Dragon Technique.

However, this time, Su Yuan was slightly disappointed.

【Skill Enhancement Failed!】

Su Yuan didn't care, he had already profited, and continued to click on enhance.

Just when he thought it would be successful this time.

【Skill Enhancement Failed!】

“Oh my god! It failed again!”

Su Yuan washed his face again to get rid of the bad luck and clicked on enhance.

After a flash of light.

【Congratulations, Host, Fire Dragon Technique +1 enhancement successful, currently Fire Dragon Technique +2.】

“Very good, next up is Water Control Technique.”

Su Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he was in for a losing streak, and directly clicked on enhance.

【Congratulations, Host, Water Control Technique +1 enhancement successful, currently Water Control Technique +2.】

“What, is my luck really that good today! It succeeded again!”

Su Yuan was surprised, his gaze falling on the last skill that was still +1, Creature Transformation.

The importance of enhancing Creature Transformation was beyond doubt; it could strengthen the power of his dependents.

Su Yuan glanced at his evolution points and directly chose to enhance.

As the glow on the system panel flickered, Su Yuan felt that this time it should be stable.

With such good luck today, it should be possible to successfully enhance it in one go.

【Skill Enhancement Failed!】

“Damn it!”

However, the result was somewhat disappointing to Su Yuan; twenty thousand evolution points went down the drain.

“System daddy, don't fail me now!”

Su Yuan didn't dwell on it too much; the speed of accumulating evolution points was getting faster and faster, and he still had evolution points left. He yelled, closed his eyes, and turned off the System notification sound.

A few minutes later, Su Yuan finally opened his eyes and the system panel.

【Congratulations, Host, Creature Transformation +1 enhancement successful, currently Creature Transformation +2.】

“Good! Very good! Excellent!”

Su Yuan looked at the uniformly +2 skills on the panel, feeling in a great mood.

This significantly increased his strength once again.

Su Yuan looked at the system panel.

【evolution points: 63560 / 350000】 (Devouring psionic energy in progress)

“Over thirty thousand more evolution points, my dependents are really doing well.”

“But Mind Whisper +3 enhancement, each enhancement costs thirty thousand evolution points, and the success rate is only 60%.”

“It's not safe, I'll devour some more evolution points before enhancing.”

As Su Yuan muttered to himself, his massive body moved through the lake water, swimming towards the distance.

Soon, Su Yuan left this area, which had become dead silent due to his devouring, and swam towards the center of the lake.

At the bottom of the lake, a Goby was fiercely fighting a lone River Shrimp.

Both creatures exceeded one meter in size, far surpassing their previous forms. The Goby opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth, looking very ferocious.

The River Shrimp's carapace was hard as iron, and it had a pair of mighty Claws, constantly counterattacking the Goby.

Just then, an invisible tentacle passed by. A mere flick of its Claws pierced through both, and then, along with a Large Carp, they were sent into the abyssal maw.

【You caused fear in a Ziling Kiss Goby, gaining 0.3 evolution points.】

【You devoured a Ziling Kiss Goby, gaining 8 evolution points.】

【You caused fear in a Carp, gaining 50 evolution points.】

... But just as Su Yuan was devouring frantically, beneath a giant rock, a colossal figure that had been napping opened its eyes.

In an instant, countless creatures around panicked. Even the giant fish over twenty meters long fled in terror, completely overshadowing the slight panic caused by Su Yuan's devouring.

“Interesting.”

Su Yuan finished the last giant Hairy Crab in his tentacles, his gaze fixed on the scene.

He saw a terrifying behemoth, forty meters long, stirring. Its back was light grey, its belly white, and its body resembled a terrifying prehistoric Megalodon, exuding an oppressive aura.

Anyone seeing it would surely mistake it for a Megalodon, because its body shape was so similar.

Su Yuan, however, noticed that it had three pairs of barbels, especially the pair on its upper jaw, which extended out almost as long as its body, adding a touch of elegance to its form.

“Satan Paddlefish? This size is quite a bit larger than both the Crocodile-Eyed Eel and the Wels Catfish!”

Su Yuan was surprised, recognizing the identity of this giant fish.

Such an appearance was truly unique among freshwater fish, almost one of a kind. At least in Su Yuan's knowledge, he couldn't find a second freshwater fish like it.

Satan Paddlefish was a player's name, not a true whale. Its official scientific name was the Threadfin Flathead Catfish, and it was called the king among catfish by many players.

It was said that the Satan Paddlefish's temperament was even more ferocious than that of ordinary catfish. There were even online legends of it attacking humans, and while eighty to ninety percent of those were likely false, it still spoke to the ferocity of this fish. Even if its temperament wasn't as extreme as top predators like the Wolf Fish (general classification), it shouldn't be too far off.

However, the Satan Paddlefish before him was under the influence of psionic energy, reaching a length of forty meters. Its slightly agape, blood-red maw contained shark-like teeth, but they were even larger and sharper.

Even the strongest predator known in the past, the Megalodon, would be swallowed in one bite.

The Satan Paddlefish's three pairs of barbels seemed to possess some kind of sensory ability, detecting the arrival of a large creature. This caused it to awaken from its slumber, wanting to expel the intruder, and it began to swim in the lake water.

The oppressive feeling brought by its massive body was unparalleled. The panicked escape of all the Mutated Creatures here showed the power of this Satan Paddlefish, which was undoubtedly the uncrowned king of the surrounding waters.

“Impressive, you discovered me?”

Su Yuan noticed that the Satan Paddlefish seemed to gradually lock its target onto his vicinity.

This was the first time since he became powerful that a Mutated Creature had detected him to such an extent.

The next moment, Su Yuan felt that the surrounding lake water seemed to be controlled by some force. Undercurrents surged, and high-pressure water blades, like sharp alloy battle knives, cut through the surroundings.

“Water control ability? And this technique is far more formidable than that Giant Eel from back then.”

Su Yuan offered a compliment, and then his eyes glowed with an eerie light. The energy within his body erupted, locking down the surrounding lake water.

But just as Su Yuan was about to leave, the Satan Paddlefish changed its slow cruising and instantly burst forward, its terrifying, blood-red maw opening to bite, seemingly intending to devour even the sky itself.

Su Yuan was calm, even having time to observe the appearance of this Satan Paddlefish. Two tentacles followed the current, lashing out like two whips.

With Su Yuan's terrifying power, this strike directly sent the massive Satan Paddlefish recoiling about ten meters, and the surrounding lake water exploded, currents rushing in all directions.

The Satan Paddlefish was stunned, seemingly not having expected such a thing at all.

After all, with its immense size, it was actually forced to retreat during a charge.

But the next moment, its eyes widened, and the chilling killing intent almost froze the lake water; everything around it began to freeze.

A terrifying chill spread, and at an extremely fast speed. In an instant, Su Yuan was frozen.

More precisely, the lake water around him was frozen.

The Satan Paddlefish opened its enormous mouth, where a black glow was illuminating, emanating an aura of destruction.

But the next moment, the frozen lake water exploded, and Su Yuan's figure was officially revealed at this moment, powerful and majestic, emanating a faint, eerie aura.

Accompanying the explosion of the lake water, one of Su Yuan's tentacles had already extended, wrapping around the Satan Paddlefish's large mouth like a giant python, forcibly making it shut up.

“I acknowledge your strength. Now, behold your King!”

Su Yuan's eyes lit up, and a terrifying, eerie power directly invaded the Satan Paddlefish's body and mind.

In the face of Su Yuan's overwhelming power, the Satan Paddlefish's resistance was futile, and its body and mind instantly succumbed.

Its body began to undergo eerie changes, and the mucus on its surface visibly increased.

In addition to the upper jaw, the other four barbels also began to grow wildly, and their shapes also changed, becoming thicker and more robust, with suckers and Claws slowly emerging.

Furthermore, the length of these six tentacles eventually surpassed its body length, writhing like giant pythons, eerie and chilling.

Besides this, the entire body color of the Satan Paddlefish turned jet black, while its eyeballs were blood-red, making it look increasingly fitting for the name Satan.

Its blood-red maw also became even more terrifying, with sharp teeth, and within its mouth, some special, writhing organ seemed to be hidden.