Beast Taming Patrol

With this method, combined with the Swallowing Cloud Whale's own terrifying scouting power, wouldn't it be able to freely compete for secret territories in the future and bring them back to the Water Nation after securing them?

"Would humans be willing to share this method?" the Swallowing Cloud Whale quickly focused on the key point and asked, "If a resource exchange is needed, let them name their price."

As long as the other party was willing to trade, the Swallowing Cloud Whale could pay any price.

What it feared most was that humans would not be willing to trade.

A few moments of hesitation flashed through the Swallowing Cloud Whale's eyes before it turned resolute.

Although it had promised that guy not to harm humans, intimidating the humans to force them to hand over the method didn't seem to be breaking the agreement...

"Your Majesty, the humans are willing to share the method and for free," the Nightmare Sea Dragon said with some conflict, "but they want us to promise not to disseminate it."

"That's naturally not a problem," the Swallowing Cloud Whale rolled its eyes.

If the method was disseminated, how would it be able to monopolize the secret territories? Of course, it would keep it to itself and tell no one.

"Also, they hope to form an alliance with the Water Nation," the Nightmare Sea Dragon continued.

An alliance...

At the mention of this, a hint of conflict passed through the Swallowing Cloud Whale's eyes.

In fact, long before this, it knew that humans had always been looking for traces of the Water Nation, with goodwill hoping to win over the traditionally neutral Water Nation.

And it had been keeping its power low-key precisely to avoid such things.

Once it formed an alliance with humans, it would have to face the combined strength of three Immortal-tier beings.

That was no laughing matter.

But now, for the sake of acquiring the method to shift the entrance to the secret territories...

The Swallowing Cloud Whale grit its teeth.

Just three Immortals, right?

Forget Yan Rong, that old turtle wouldn't dare to go into the water, it wasn't afraid of him.

Emperor Xuan had already taken root tens of thousands of meters deep; it would struggle to pull its roots out of the ground and was slow on its feet, out of reach.

So that just left the Dark Scaled Dragon to deal with...

As long as it held the home-field advantage, even the Dark Scaled Dragon was not unbeatable.

Let's do this!

"Fine, let's form an alliance!"

The Nightmare Sea Dragon looked at the Swallowing Cloud Whale in surprise, as it had never seen the other party so decisive.

After thinking a bit, the Nightmare Sea Dragon continued, "By the way, the humans also hope Your Majesty could sign the Oath of Rules, which they say is a unique ability of the Immortal-tier. Your Majesty, it seems you've never told us about this power?"

The Swallowing Cloud Whale was silent.

It had wanted to say that it knew nothing about what an Oath of Rules was.

But just as this thought emerged, it seemed as though some mysterious power allowed it to instantly understand what the Oath of Rules was and how to use it.

This feeling was quite familiar; after reaching the Immortal-tier, every time it tried to explore its own powers and attempt new abilities, such an occurrence would arise.

"I must have forgotten to mention it," the Swallowing Cloud Whale said, its voice tinged with a touch of oddness after comprehending what the Oath of Rules was, "The Oath of Rules is possible, but the content of the oath needs to be carefully considered."

It wasn't foolish either; what if it really breached the oath and ended up trapping itself?

"Yes!" Seeing the Swallowing Cloud Whale agreeing to the conditions of the humans, the Nightmare Sea Dragon carefully glanced at the Swallowing Cloud Whale, "Your Majesty, since we are going to form an alliance with them, about this bet..."

"The duel shall proceed as usual," the Swallowing Cloud Whale spoke calmly, "Before we can form an alliance with the Water Nation, we must demonstrate our strength. A friendly contest will suffice, with no casualties."

"Your subordinate understands," the Nightmare Sea Dragon responded with clarity.

"After the duel, I will go myself to form the alliance with them," leaving these words behind, the Swallowing Cloud Whale transformed into a cloud of mist and quietly dissipated into the water.

...

In the silent and dark depths of the sea, a luxurious palace constructed from special materials shone softly amidst the gloom.

This light was quite rare in the deep sea, attracting many sea creatures from afar towards it involuntarily.

But as they drew closer to the palace and saw its specific appearance, they would all keep their distance, shaking their heads with rueful smiles.

For this palace's master was a little devil that caused headaches to many.

"Wuu!" (Let me out!)

Inside the palace, a whale-like creature with a body ten meters long, smooth and scaleless with a milky-white hue and a faint aura of clouds swirling around it, was repeatedly slamming against the palace's gates from within.

However, the palace was secured by a powerful invisible force that did not budge despite the vigorous collisions from the formidable whale-like creature.

After attempting to ram for some time, it realized the futility and stilled its movements, a glint of dejection flickering in its eyes.

The understanding of the water mist rule was still too shallow; if only it could grasp the second stage, it would easily break through such restraints.

Calculating the time, it needed half a month more of confinement before the restrictions of the Queen would fully dissipate.

Half a month was too long to wait before challenging the various strong beings!

As it was still contemplating, the space around suddenly twisted, followed by a figure that appeared in the palace in an instant.

The whale-like creature was startled at first, but joy flashed in its eyes as it recognized the figure.

"Wuu?" (Uncle Flash Silver Fish, are you here to let me out?)

The Flash Silver Fish King glanced at him and sighed softly, "Prince Yun Shu, for what reason have you been confined by the King this time?"

At the mention of this, Prince Yun Shu got irritated.

"Wuu!" (It was just a fight with the Water Elemental Spirits the other day!)

"I'm afraid it was more than just a fight," the Flash Silver Fish King said, his expression turning curious.

Just a few days ago, the Water Elemental Spirits were hosting a special celebration called the Water God Festival. He had heard rumors that this year's festival was disrupted by someone with an unknown identity and had to end prematurely.

Now, with Prince Yun Shu's revelation, the Flash Silver Fish King instantly suspected that he was involved.

After all, Prince Yun Shu had quite a few similar dark histories.

Hearing the Flash Silver Fish King's words, Prince Yun Shu rolled discontentedly in the water a couple of times.

"Wuu!" (I just happened to smash a bead, right?)

"That was a Water Spirit Treasure Bead, the lifeline of the Water Elemental Spirits..." the Flash Silver Fish King shook his head helplessly, "Never mind that, Prince Yun Shu, your confinement has ended early."

Prince Yun Shu's movements paused briefly, a glint of surprise flashed in his eyes, followed by a touch of suspicion.

"Wuu?" (Why?)

"The Water Nation is about to have a duel with the human's Holy Alliance, and the King has designated you to represent the commander tier in the duel."

Prince Yun Shu cheered and didn't hesitate to dash towards the palace exit.

Was he finally going to the human territories?

No, he must go and see right now!