Chapter 1507: Star Moon Butterfly

“No need. It’s here.” Feng Qingyou smiled and waved slightly, concealing their energies.

It was at this moment a boom came from somewhere. At the same time, three gigantic maws broke out of the sea surface and consumed every crab within a three-hundred-meter radius.

Not done yet, the three serpent heads twisted here and there and greedily consumed all the crabs in the surrounding area.

“Is that... a Three-headed Serpent?”

Looking at the three heads, one might think that it was three Strangers. In reality, it was three heads sharing a single body. It looked a little like the Disaster-class Stranger, the Three-headed Serpent.

However, a Three-headed Serpent usually appeared in mountains and marshlands. It was less than a hundred meters long as well. This one was over a thousand meters long, and each head had a distinct color: Gold, silver, and gray. They also felt a lot deadlier than your normal serpent.

“This is the Three-headed Star Hui[1]. It’s also a Disaster-class Stranger. However, the Three-headed Star Hui lives in the ocean and is much, much stronger than a Three-headed Serpent.”

Feng Qingyou explained softly, “Each one of its heads boasts a special power. The golden head is incredibly tough and immune to most weaponry and Magia. Its teeth are sharp enough to chew through metal and stone like rotten wood as well. The silver head is a master of all sorts of water-based Magia. The gray head is highly venomous and can corrode anything it touches in no time.”

It’s basically a dual cultivator.

Ye Qing nodded to himself, though he did not interrupt Feng Qingyou.

Feng Qingyou continued, “The crabs are called the Silver-blooded Crabs. They are bloodthirsty by nature, and they are the Three-headed Star Hui’s favorite food. That is why the Three-headed Star Hui are often sighted at places where large groups of Silver-blooded Crabs exist.”

“The Three-headed Star Hui is also the sworn foe of the Star Moon Butterfly. If you find a Three-headed Star Hui, it is very likely for a Star Moon Butterfly to show up shortly and fight it to the death.”

“Star Moon Butterfly?” Ye Qing mused. He reckoned that the Star Moon Butterfly was the real reason Feng Qingyou was doing this.

As if on cue, starlight rained down the night sky like powder, and moonlight shone beams across the starry sea. They were spreading toward Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou.

In fact, they weren’t starlight or moonlight. They were a dozen or so fist-sized butterflies.

The butterflies were silver white in color from top to bottom. Starlight adorned its body, and moonlight circled around its wings. When it flew, starlight and moonlight fell off its body like powder. It looked fantastic like a fairy of the moon and stars.

“That’s the Star Moon Butterfly. It’s a Disaster-class Stranger.” As Feng Qingyou spoke, the kaleidoscope of Star Moon Butterflies flew over to the Three-headed Star Hui’s head and flapped their wings. Starlight and moonlight immediately landed on the Three-headed Star Hui’s body.

At first glance, the starlight and moonlight looked perfectly harmless. When they landed on the Three-headed Star Hui’s body though, they peeled off its scale and boiled its flesh like molten lava.

“Waaaaah!”

The Three-headed Star Hui immediately let out an infant-like cry. All three of its heads stopped feeding and attacked the kaleidoscope of Star Moon Butterflies.

As Feng Qingyou said, the Three-headed Star Hui was extremely powerful. The golden head ripped and tore into the butterflies with vicious fury and brutality. The silver head spat currents of water, turned water into ice, or spat out icy breaths that could encase even space in ice. The gray head spat out smelly clouds of black, poisonous fog that could erode the seawater and even air itself. Many Silver-blooded Crabs made contact with it and instantly dissolved into water because they were too close to the battlefield.

Not only that, the three heads weren’t fighting individually. They were working together with some sort of strategy in mind.

That said, the Star Moon Butterflies were no slouches themselves. They might only be as big as a human fist, and they were individually weaker than the Three-headed Star Hui, but they made up for it with their extreme speed, nimbleness, and agility. They could always dodge the Three-headed Star Hui’s deadly attacks by a hair’s breadth, and the water currents, ice breath, cold ice and poisonous breath did not seem to affect them at all.

On the other hand, the Star Moon Butterflies’ starlight and moonlight could always deal massive amounts of damage to the Three-headed Star Hui. They easily broke its scales or boiled its flesh.

Finally, the Star Moon Butterflies weren’t alone. They were a group of sixteen.

Because of this, it wasn’t long before the Three-headed Star Hui was weary and seriously injured. Realizing that it couldn’t win, it let out another infant-like cry before slipping into the waters and escaping.

Obviously, the kaleidoscope of Star Moon Butterflies were unwilling to let this happen. They too dove into the waters and gave chase.

“Follow them.” Feng Qingyou ordered, and Ye Qing propelled the Cloud Boat after the Strangers.

“What on earth happened between the Three-headed Star Hui and the Star Moon Butterflies? They’re chasing like they will hunt it to the ends of the earth.”

In the sea, the Star Moon Butterflies were chasing after the Three-headed Star Hui doggedly. They refused to relent no matter how hard the latter tried to shake them free.

“Besides the Silver-blooded Crabs, the Three-headed Star Hui also loves eating the children of a Star Moon Butterfly, the Star Moon Pupa. The Star Moon Pupa is far weaker than its adult form, the Star Moon Butterfly, so the Three-headed Star Hui often invades the nest of a Star Moon Butterfly and feeds on the Star Moon Pupae.” Feng Qingyou explained, “This is why the Star Moon Butterfly loathes the Three-headed Star Hui like no other, and why adult Star Moon Butterflies often group up and hunt down any Three-headed Star Hui they could find.”

“I see.” Ye Qing nodded. In short, the Three-headed Star Hui was paying for its sin of gluttony!

While the duo were talking, the kaleidoscope of Star Moon Butterflies managed to surround the Three-headed Star Hui once more and attacked it from all sides. Having been weakened and injured from the start, it didn’t last long before it was killed.

The Star Moon Butterflies did not relent even after they killed the Stranger. They continued to attack it with their starlight and moonlight until every speck of it was wiped out from existence. Only then did that finally take their leave.

“How ruthless.” Ye Qing remarked while rubbing his nose. This time, he didn’t wait for Feng Qingyou to warn him and chased after the Strangers immediately.

The kaleidoscope of Star Moon Butterflies were fast, but thankfully, the Cloud Boat wasn’t slow either. In fact, he could probably catch up to them if not for the fact that he was trying to stay undiscovered.

The scene earlier was more than enough to prove that the Star Moon Butterflies were as powerful as they were vengeful. It would be quite problematic if they discovered them.

“There’s no need to be so cautious. The Star Moon Butterflies won’t do anything to us even if they discover us.” Feng Qingyou noticed Ye Qing’s caution and said smilingly.

Ye Qing asked, “What do you mean?”

Feng Qingyou explained, “The Star Moon Butterfly is naturally docile and good-natured. As long as you don’t provoke, threaten, or attack them first, they usually do not attack other living creatures. The Three-headed Star Hui is an exception, of course.” “You should have said it sooner. I was worried the entire way!” Ye Qing let out a sigh of relief before asking, “Are we heading to their habitat?” “Correct.” Feng Qingyou stopped keeping him in suspense and divulged everything, “The Star Moon Butterflies are exceptionally sensitive toward malice, dangers and anomalies. They can avoid most of the dangers that exist in the Sea of Stars. Therefore, their habitat is usually pretty safe. If a seafarer accidentally becomes stranded in the Sea of Stars, finding the Star Moon Butterfly and following them to their habitat should be enough to save them.”

“I see!” Ye Qing was curious. “But how are you so familiar with the Strangers of the Sea of Stars?” Feng Qingyou smiled. “I read it in a travel journal in the Arts Tower. It mentioned all the Strangers that reside in the Sea of Stars and how to avoid and survive its dangers. It was an interesting read, so I read it in its entirety. I did not think it would come in handy here.” As expected, knowledge was the key to changing one’s fate. At the very least, it couldn’t harm you to read more.

When he was at the Arts Tower, he had spent most of his time studying the martial arts scriptures, Magia and secret arts. He did not pay attention to the random stuff. Now, he was regretting his decision a little.

1. Hui appeared in this novel like a long time ago. It’s a mythological venomous snake. ☜