By that time, two Sea King Level Great Magical Beasts would be more than enough to escort the Southern Sea trade route.
The only thing he was a bit worried about was whether Shasha and Green Pupil would get along well. But from how things looked now, the shark and the dragon were getting along quite harmoniously.
Just as Ian felt comforted by this sight, Shasha’s lively thought resounded, and its attention was fixated on a distant ship: [This one, crashing into it is really fun!]
Green Pupil looked at the ship and immediately echoed: [Crashing into it, really fun!]
Ian’s face immediately darkened, feeling that Shasha hadn’t changed its nature at all, merely teaching the kid step by step?
But just as Ian was about to communicate remotely to tell Sasha and Green Pupil to stop, his mind suddenly turned: "Something’s not right."
"That ship... it’s not a merchant ship nor is it from The Empire or Canaan Moore. Is it Fiery Flame Land again?"
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Ian’s voice rang in the minds of Shasha and Green Pupil: "You two little fools, can’t you see that’s a trap?"
Hearing Ian’s voice, Shasha and Green Pupil immediately stopped their actions, cheering and circling in the sea: [Boss! Boss!]
"There’s no one on that ship at all."
After calming Shasha and Green Pupil for a while, Ian solemnly reminded them: "You two, observe carefully, did you notice anything?"
Both the Shark and Aether Crystal Dragon had very strong life-sensing abilities. Although initially deceived, once reminded, they quickly discovered that the ship deliberately loitering over the South Sea Great Labyrinth appeared to have no life present.
It was just a decoy... used to lure the Shasha, who had received Ian’s mandate to ’crash into any ships approaching the Labyrinth’s sea area without permission,’ to strike the bait!
"That ship likely has dye or a tracking device. If you crash into it and return to the nest, you’ll probably expose the hidden entrance to the South Sea Great Labyrinth."
Ian squinted his eyes, mumbling to himself, then smiled: "As expected, I knew Fiery Flame Land wouldn’t give up on the South Sea Great Labyrinth so simply."
"Even though there’s overt Adventurer exploration, anyone truly capable wouldn’t take such a risky step-by-step adventure."
The identity of Lord of Shark Shark’s Maze wasn’t really a secret, or rather, it couldn’t be kept secret. With this oblivious shark’s behavior patterns, even an idiot could figure out what it was up to.
Therefore, some people would certainly plan to use Shasha as a breakthrough to see if they could follow it directly into the Labyrinth Master’s lair, one step to the sky.
However, Shasha only appeared slow but was actually quite cunning. Ordinary adventurers couldn’t catch up to its speed in the sea, much less find the deeply hidden Labyrinth entrances. So until now, all this was merely simple conjecture.
But Fiery Flame Land was different... With the backing of a nation’s power, tracking a Second Energy Level Magical Beast wasn’t difficult.
Shasha was immediately enraged upon hearing they were using it as a breakthrough point: [Crash or not crash!]
[Crash!] And Green Pupil began egging it on: [No crash!]
Who knows if this Little Crystal Dragon understood the meaning, but it excitedly cheered: [Crash together!]
"No crash. Just a long-range thunder blast will do."
Having seen through it, Ian wasn’t too concerned about the fate of that ship: "Shasha, you also need to properly train your Thunder Sect abilities. Your wisdom needs Thunder Sect Origin Quality to awaken. Once your wisdom is high enough, I’ll teach you the Meditation Technique and a whole series of inheritances. By then, you’ll be my proxy Sea Master in the Southern Sea."
"At that time, as long as you advance to the Third Energy Level, no Sea Beast below the Fourth Energy Level will be your match!"
Hearing Ian’s grand plan for it, Shasha immediately became happy, while the Little Crystal Dragon beside it looked bewildered at its big brother happily circling around. Then it showed a ’pitiful’ emotion, communicating with Ian.
"You little fellow, also want suggestions to get stronger?"
Ian could feel the lively thought process of the Crystal Dragon, which was not only stronger than Shasha’s, but even stronger than its mother’s: "Just follow Shasha confidently, eat and grow, and practice cooperation well."
"When you grow up, and can gradually control your body and other ’avatars’, I’ll teach you the essence of the ’True Dragon Soul’..."
At this point, since Ian already held the ’Soul of Origin’, looking back, Green Pupil’s three bodies were quite simple.
The soul of Green Pupil fused through the neural network of the swarm, with one body developing as the main body, and the other two bodies becoming like True Dragon’s prosthetic bodies, ready for its descent and considered a spare ’life’ to protect its safety.
If Green Pupil’s main body perished, and the other prosthetic bodies still existed, its Dragon Soul would transfer to the other prosthetic body, resurrecting anew.
However, when controlling one body, Green Pupil couldn’t simultaneously control the second, which led to strong main body strength and weak prosthetic strength. Even if prosthetic resurrection occurred, the strength was lost, which is quite unfavorable.
Thus, instinctively, Green Pupil chose ’Shasha’, ’Elan’, and ’Ian’ as the pilots for its other two bodies, helping train and exercise its two bodies.