The terrifying spiritual source power erupted. Before the electric eel's current could fully discharge, its head shattered, crushed and exploded by the spiritual source power, followed by its body, flesh and blood splattering everywhere. A formidable eight-tier leader-class electric eel was instantly slain by Su Li's "Dragon Rhinoceros Slash." Though this was not the first time Gong Xiao had witnessed such a stunning strike, she was still filled with shock. The visual impact was overwhelming, shaking her to the core. With the electric eel killed, a spiritual source emerged and merged into Su Li's forehead. "Level 7 Spiritual Source User: Spiritual Source 88/110" The eight-tier leader-class electric eel provided him with eight spiritual sources. From the eel's mostly crushed corpse, countless tiny blue-white light particles emerged, splitting into two streams of light, like particle beams, surging toward Su Li's hands. Su Li understood this was the special ability he was about to comprehend: High-Voltage Electric Shock. This was a leader-class special ability, though not as powerful as "Spiritual Source Art," it was still an extremely formidable skill. Yet his face showed no joy. Instead, he gestured to Gong Xiao and the other six above while swimming upward. Just moments ago, he had used "Dragon Rhinoceros Slash" to kill the electric eel, scaring off the remaining few hunter beasts. But deeper in the water below, a more terrifying fluctuation arose, as if the eel's death had provoked an even greater entity's rage, about to descend. Having already used "Dragon Rhinoceros Slash," he couldn't use it again for a short time. If another, or even several, more fearsome beings than the electric eel appeared, they'd be in trouble. Su Li, Gong Xiao, Ling Yi, and the other six surfaced and immediately scrambled onto the raft. "Hurry, leave this place. Something's very wrong below," Su Li shouted as he climbed onto the raft. By then, the five rafts carrying the sea cow carcasses had drifted over a hundred meters away, leaving only two rafts packed with people. Seeing even Su Li looking anxious, no one dared delay. They paddled frantically, chasing after the other five rafts a hundred meters off. Though Ding Longyun was seasick, he dared not jump into the water now. He crouched on the raft, his face slightly twisted in忍耐. The two rafts had barely moved ten meters when a thunderous crash erupted. Where the rafts had been, water splashed violently, sending a massive wave over ten meters high. A colossal creature burst from the water, leaping seven or eight meters into the air before crashing back down with another roar. The resulting wave rocked the two rafts violently, nearly tossing everyone off. Ding Longyun, who had been gripping the raft tightly while crouching, could no longer hold back and vomited everything he'd eaten that morning. "Monster!" Wu Feng had already summoned a swarm of giant fireballs. Seeing the creature appear, he swung his left hand, sending the fireballs flying. Beside him, Lin Meimei drew her bow like an archer and loosed arrows. Several on the raft had ranged attacks and immediately joined in. This massive monster had a lion-like head and a scorpion-like body, dark red all over, measuring over eight meters from head to tail. It burst from the water, opened its gaping maw, and let out a lion-like roar. The lion-headed, scorpion-bodied giant plunged back into the water and sank. Wu Feng's fireballs struck the surface, exploding violently, sparks flying like a dazzling fireworks display. "Boom!" Another roar from the water. The creature reappeared, this time within five meters of the group. It surged up, sending a wave crashing over their heads. Up close, they felt its terrifying aura even more. Its gaping maw suddenly spewed a jet of fiery red flames. The flames shot out like from a flamethrower, sweeping toward them like a fire dragon. Caught off guard, no one expected the creature to breathe fire. The three at the back of the raft were instantly engulfed. Consumed by the flames, they became living torches, screaming horribly as they jumped into the water, hoping to extinguish the fire. But then they witnessed a horrifying sight: even in the water, the flames continued to burn on them, never dying out, growing fiercer instead. Soon, the three stopped struggling and sank silently beneath the surface. The onlookers were chilled to the bone. Worse, the flames had not only consumed the three but also ignited the raft, which began to burn fiercely. On this raft were Su Li, Gong Xiao, Jiang Shuijue, Gu Mingfeng, and others. Seeing the raft catch fire with flames that seemed unquenchable, the fire spread toward them. On the other raft, Wu Feng controlled the flames, launching giant fireballs at the creature. After spewing fire, the monster crashed back into the water and vanished. "Jump over!" Su Li shouted urgently to Jiang Shuijue and Gong Xiao. The survivors on the raft leaped to the other raft. Just as they jumped, the burning raft suddenly shot upward. The lion-headed, scorpion-bodied creature burst from beneath it, lifting the raft into the air. The burning raft shattered into pieces. Gu Mingfeng, a step too slow, was thrown into the air by the impact. He had already activated "Rock Skin" to protect himself. Even so, the force of the collision made him spit out a mouthful of blood before he crashed heavily into the water. Ling Yi, on the other raft, jumped down and grabbed Gu Mingfeng, finding him half-unconscious. If not for the rescue, Gu Mingfeng would have sunk. "Beast!" Su Li let out a long roar, pulling the Ice Python Sword from his chest. Facing the airborne monster, he activated "Ice Python King's Bite." The translucent Ice Python Sword came alive, a massive ice python phantom appearing and flying from Su Li. At the same time, he activated "Peek Rune" to examine the terrifying monster's data. Information flashed in his mind. "Name: Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast, Level: Nine, a rare class of spiritual source beast. Its spiritual source energy transforms into unquenchable fire, spat from its mouth for attack. Once tainted by this fire, it will not extinguish until the target is burned to ash." Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast, unquenchable fire—once touched, it burns until nothing remains. This data shocked Su Li, but there was no time to dwell. As the beast shattered the burning raft and rose again, opening its maw to spew unquenchable fire at the other raft, Su Li unleashed the Ice Python Sword's "Ice Python King's Bite." The ice python phantom appeared, spewing freezing mist, dropping the temperature sharply. The Ice Python King's Bite met the unquenchable fire. The fire, which supposedly never died until its target was ash, hit the ice python's mist and instantly froze. The next moment, the eight-meter-long Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast's surface turned white with frost. It seemed to freeze solid, then fell like a giant ice sculpture into the water with a thunderous crash, sinking and vanishing. "Get up! Everyone leave, as far as possible! Don't stay!" Su Li shouted, gripping his sword, to Jiang Shuijue, Gong Xiao, and Wu Feng, then dove into the water himself. He knew the Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast wasn't dead. Its unquenchable fire was too terrifying. Though he had used "Ice Python King's Bite" to block the fire and freeze it momentarily, he hadn't killed it. He needed to dive down and deliver the final blow while he had the chance. Jiang Shuijue and the others dared not hesitate. The monster was too fearsome; aside from Su Li, no one could match it. They climbed onto the raft and paddled desperately, wanting only to escape. Suddenly, Gong Xiao jumped into the water. "You all head back to the Golden Eagle Alliance. I'm going to find Su Li," she said, activating "Storm Shield" to form three water shields around her, then sank down to join Su Li. "I'll help Su Li too," Jiang Shuijue said, diving in after her. "Foolish!" Ling Yi, who had never spoken before, finally uttered two words, shaking his head. He placed the half-conscious Gu Mingfeng on the raft and jumped in as well. As Su Li sank into the water, he saw the frozen Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast suddenly turn bright red. The ice around it shattered completely, and it broke free instantly. He hadn't expected it to recover so quickly. Sensing danger, Su Li activated "Spider Walk" to surge upward, trying to create distance. The Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast opened its mouth underwater and spewed unquenchable fire at him. The fire was bizarre, shooting through the water like a fire dragon toward Su Li. At that moment, Gong Xiao appeared. She waved her hands, sending her three rotating water shields flying in a line between Su Li and the beast. The fire dragon slammed into the shields. The three shields held for only a second or two before evaporating. The beast was about to lunge again when the water around it churned with mist. Jiang Shuijue, who had followed, activated "Mist Maze." The mist maze covered several meters, trapping the Lion-Scorpion Ember Beast inside. Su Li and Gong Xiao surfaced quickly. "Hurry, we need to escape! My mist maze can only hold it for a little while," Jiang Shuijue said urgently.