Ocean Master

Chapter 135 - Power Leveling Shanks.

[System Daily Target: Completed.]

[Target Reward: 50 Adaptation points.]

After annihilating the small family of Fire Shrimps, reminding him of the good old days when he got to hunt a whole school of Blue Tangs which were his favorite prey then, Sebastian finally calmed down.

To his credit, he also finally finished his daily mission target.

To his side, though the 2 sharks were calm now, he could feel the excitement currently being exhibited by both Tosh and Shanks.

They were not wrong to feel this way though, this was because, like them, Sebastian could see the overall outlook of this region now through his electroreceptor skill.

After swimming closer and entering the hole where the Fire Shrimps settled as their home, a new world seemed to have opened to him through the vision range of his electroreceptors, a new world filled with food.

In each of the rock platforms that jutted out of the cliff walls close to their location swam a variety of prey all for them to feast on.

The best thing about this was that none of them were purple-tier predators. The majority of the creatures here were orange tier predators, while the rest were white tier prey.

Since knowing of the system of power tiers in this world, after encountering numerous creatures from the white to the purple tier, Sebastian could now identify and guess their tier just from seeing them from a distance.

His rational human mind told him that it was better to leave now and go back to the shark clan cave, he and his teammates already got more than enough food to be rewarded with a sizeable amount of shark points and it was night already.

Though his rational human mind thought this way, his more shark instinct-oriented mind opted for hunting and eating more prey.

If it was him alone, perhaps he would have decided to fight against his shark instincts and go back to the shark clan but seeing the look of longing from both Shanks and Tosh made him waver in his decision.

This was especially so when Shanks was still a white-tier Great White Shark.

Since taking this shark under his wings, he always felt bothered as a white tier shark at his current level was more of a liability than an asset. 

Well, if he wanted to improve things without booting Shanks out, what better way than to power level him. As someone who mildly played computer games in his previous life, he knew of power leveling low-level friends in a game.

After all his experience since transmigrating into this world, he already had every evidence to prove that Oceania was more or less like a realistic game. Before he made his decision, he used an asset of his system to justify his thoughts. 

[System Snooping tool has been utilized.]

[Host is stronger than target, snooping successful.]

[Target Name: Shanks.]

[Species: Teenage Great White- Shark.]

[Power Tier: White Tier.]

*****

[Level: 8]

Stats:

Power: 10

Speed: 6

Mind: 9

Constitution: 8

Luck: 7

HP: 56/85

MP: 30/30

[Body Skills: Bite; Swim; Dash; Dorsal Fin; Tail Fin; Electroreceptors; Spike Headbutt.]

[Magic Skills: Water Wall; Water Control; Water Shield.]

[Adaptations: Head Spike; Fire Skin; Mana Conductor Coating; Water Conducting Organ; Magic Organ.]

*****

Seeing Shanks' body and magic skills including his adaptations, Sebastian heaved a sigh of relief as they were a little decent but seeing the basic stats and the mana points stat almost left him puking blood.

"What the heck is this?"

He already forgot that he was once this weak too, this just felt too ridiculous to him when he already got to looking at stat figures in tens and hundreds.

"Bro, you need some leveling up".

"Huh?"

"Never mind that term? Do you guys want to eat some more food?"

"Yes!" Shanks flapped his tail fin excitedly.

"YES! YES! YES!" Of course, Tosh had to do more or he would no longer be Tosh. Doing more was his specialty.

Sebastian ignored Tosh's shenanigans and declared. "Then let's do it!"

[You have activated skill: Water Cyclone!]

[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]

[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash!]

[You have activated skill: Crushing Bite!]

Boom! 

Sebastian rushed forward with speed as Tosh and Shanks quickly followed behind him, the feast officially started.

…

"Crunch!"

[You have killed a mutated Bat Fish- Level 12: You have gained Experience.]

[You have gained 8 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]

[You have killed a mutated Worm Fish- Level 14: You have gained Experience.]

[You have gained 13 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]

These 2 weird fish were one of the rare fish species that Sebastian encountered in this region. Oceania never seemed to surprise him, every day, he encountered such weird sea creatures that left him oohing and ahhing each time.

For this hunt, of course, he let Tosh go unrestrained but he personally gave Shanks special treatment. He attacked most of the fishes and creatures to the point of death before leaving them for Shanks to finish and eat.

This way, this youngest member of the Ultimate Dissectors hunting team grew at an astonishing pace that left even Sebastian envying it.

A few minutes after they started hunting, they killed and ate so much that Shanks finally filled his experience quota to advance to the next level.

Immediately after the quota was filled, the shark felt it. "Seba bro…"

"I told you not to call me that, call me team leader".

"Ok, team leader, I seem to have crossed the threshold, I think I'm ready to evolve to the next tier now".

Feeling the excitement of the young shark, Sebastian felt a strange feeling in his heart. He felt proud, it was like he just sent his younger brother to school and the little brat just graduated with all As.

"Ok, it's time to go back to the cave". Sebastian finally decided only to be interrupted by one of his companions.

"Seba bro, am I sick? I feel weird, I suddenly don't feel the urge to eat again. I'm afraid, am I dying?"

"…"

Sebastian was dumbfounded. "F*ck dummy! You're full, now let's go!"

"Full?" Tosh questioned, confused at the alien term.

Despite feeling confused, Tosh still followed lest he is left behind. So, their journey back home finally started, the 3 bloated belly sharks navigated through the rock platforms as Sebastian expertly led the way.

Like this, they crossed a few kilometers, making progress in their quest to go home but nature seemed to want to play games with them as Sebastian who was at the front suddenly paused.

His expression became weird immediately because he just felt that feeling of his body being swept by another predator's electroreceptors.

It was extremely unlikely for his companions to have done it but he still asked. After getting a negative answer from both Shanks and Tosh, his expression became serious immediately.

What just happened implied that another predator with the electroreceptor skill was out there. This may be a new Great White Shark, but the mere fact that Sebastian was not sure unnerved him to no end.

In his silent contemplation, he was interrupted by a sudden loud sound that erupted from his front, revealing the new predator. 

What shocked Sebastian was that this sound was not a predatory roar, rather it was the sound of a mechanical engine which he was extremely used to, having lived in a world filled with machinery.

Feeling the water ripple, he turned to that direction as his gaze finally set on this new predator, then his head was blown away in shock.

"What abomination is this?"