Chapter 1265 Dirty Job

Chapter 1265 Dirty Job

Sunny had to spend a few moments calming down his wildly beating heart. Then, he looked around once again.

The situation... was much better than he had expected it to be.

He really had not considered that the grotesque tunnel left behind by the Azure Serpent would be only partially drowned. Slicing through the flesh of a Great Monster was no easy task, and doing so underwater would have been even harder. More than that, he was less restricted in the use of Shadow Step now.

But, most importantly, he could summon the Covetous Coffer.

Opening the alloy chest underwater would have just resulted in the spatial storage being instantly filled with water. Now that they stood on a solid surface, things were different... of course, the tunnel could be flooded at any moment, so they had to hurry.

Sunny looked at Nephis and flashed her a smile.

"Let's be quick!"

The sparks of light swirled around them, manifesting into Memories. Neph's flame was replaced by a luminous paper lantern, and a sizable alloy chest appeared on the porous pink surface of the Great Monster's bone.

A moments later, their weapons manifested, t...

"Am I reduced to a mere butcher's cleaver? Ah... such humiliation..."

Sunny almost yelped when a familiar figure emerged from the darkness. The Sin of Solace looked somberly at his disheveled appearance, then shook his head. He was still clad in the Shroud of Graceless Dusk, not to mention perfectly dry.

"Damn fool."

Sunny whispered a stifled curse and commanded the shadows to wrap themselves around the jade blade of the cursed sword, which Sunny whispered a stifled curse and commanded the shadows to wrap themselves around the jade blade of the cursed sword, which had manifested itself a split second before. Then, he hissed:

"Gods, you almost gave me a heart attack."

Nephis froze for a moment and looked at him with a slightly startled expression.

"Oh... did I? Sorry..."

Sunny's eyes widened.

"What do you want to do?"

Sunny paused for a bit, then gritted his teeth.

"We've already taken the risk. Returning with empty hands would mean that it was all for nothing. We'll have to wait for a chance to do it all over again, and even if such a chance presents itself, we'll be much weaker by then. So... let's continue. I can pull us back through the shadows, anyway."

Nephis nodded in agreement, prompting them to return to the arduous task of carving the turtle's flesh. Both of them were much more tense now.

A few more slabs of meat fell into the Covetous Coffer, and at the same time, the shockwaves traveling through the island showed that the battling abominations were drawing closer to the creature's head.

Eventually, Sunny lowered his bloodied hands and grimaced.

"That's enough. It is too dangerous now."

Closing the lid of the alloy chest, he dismissed it and froze for a moment, concentrating his perception on the haughty shadow. He had left it with Saint and Nightmare, so it had a good view of the turbulent waters surrounding the Black Turtle's head.

...The water had been turbulent before, but now, it was simply boiling. Bloody foam was undulating like a stormy sea, and two enormous shadows could be seen far below, intertwined with each other.

They were just under the entrance to the gaping wound at the base of the titanic turtle's neck.

'Time to go.'

Grabbing Neph's hand, Sunny pulled the two of them into the shadow.

But...

Nothing happened.

The shadows remained ethereal and elusive, as if he had never possessed the ability to dive into their dark embrace.

Sunny froze, then slowly looked down.

He was still standing on the slippery pink bone.

Shadow Step had failed to activate.