Ezra looked at the duct beast.

"Aren't these duct beasts not supposed to have any intelligence, and move according to instinct?" The prince was quite puzzled, but the greed and desire in the duct creature's eyes was just too clear.

Were its instincts really telling it to eat him? He had never heard senior brother Mubarak mention anything like this.

Ezra frowned, but could not be bothered to put too much thought into it. His hand grasped around the handle of Efsa, the short sword as spiritual energy spouted out from his body.

~SWIISH~

The 100-foot-long body was instantly divided, a shockwave sweeping outwards as white light begin to rise.

Ezra caught the white light, and it transformed into a white crystal in his hand. It was the same Duct Creation Energy crystal as earlier, but appeared thicker and more sturdier than the previous one, while the drop of it within was also a little more concentrated.

After keeping it, Ezra did not linger any further, turning his body to continue his search.

It was not long before he stopped once again because he had seen the water to his front rippling as giant duct beast after beast slowly appeared, surrounding him.

Ezra grinned, black bolts appeared at the bottom of the reservoir like the wrath of god, tearing through the water as menacing 100 feet duct beast after the beast was instantly cut to pieces.

Ezra wielded the Efsa. With a jerk of hand, Efsa connected with Gleipnit and acted like a sharp long whip

The water churned violently due to the aftershocks from the battle like a giant whirlpool, while Ezra stood at its centre, killing duct beast after duct beast.

After a few dozen minutes, the waters gradually returned to normal.

The prince stood there and waved his sleeve as dozens of Duct Creation Energy crystals flew towards him and were caught by his hand.

All of the duct beasts that had surrounded him earlier were about 100 feet in length. Although there had been many of them, each one was at most equivalent to a first, and thus naturally did not pose much of a threat towards Ezra.

Hence, after a brief display of his abilities, all of them were slaughtered, gifting Ezra numerous Duct Creation Energy crystals.

Ezra kept the crystals, but his brows were still tightly furrowed. The crazed and desperate way the duct beasts had attacked him earlier was definitely not normal. From what Mubarak had told him, the two biggest problems he had to deal with in the energy reservoir were the high consumption of spiritual energy due to the pressure in the water, and the extreme difficulty in finding these duct beasts due to their skill in hiding. 

However, from what he could see, none of the duct beasts had any intention of concealing themselves, delivering themselves straight to his front door instead. This was inconsistent with what Mubarak had told him.

"But it seems to be a good thing? If these duct beasts did not voluntarily send themselves to me, it would have taken me at least an entire day to hunt so many of them."

Mumbled Ezra to the two cubs who were glued on his shoulders.

At the very least, his harvest was pretty good so far.

Thus, he only pondered over this matter for a little, before once again rapidly propelling himself through the water with his spiritual energy. This time, however, his hand was tightly clenched around the Efsa while the Other hand summoned the poisonous hook Drepa and his expression was more vigilant than before.

After travelling for quite some time without detecting any activity at all, Ezra began to relax a little. It may have been a coincidence earlier that he just so happened to chance across a group of duct beasts, right?

"Mhm?" However, before the prince could fully convince himself, his expression suddenly trembled. The spiritual energy in his body began to circulate, covering it as his eyes gazed towards the front.

The waters there were rippling as dozens of giant duct beasts began to surface. The two beasts leading this group had reached a length of over 300 feet, while the rest were approximately 200 feet long.

These were comparable to the 4th-level Core Formation experts.

At this current moment, these beasts' eyes were likewise filled with greed as they locked onto Ezra Zephyr.

The prince sighed softly, no longer any doubt in his heart. This was no coincidence. There seemed to be something on him that was drawing these duct beasts.

"What exactly is it?" Ezra pondered.

The duct beasts before him clearly were not going to give him any time to think. They released a peculiar cry as their enormous bodies seemed to cut through the water, charging straight at Ezra Zephyr.

"Glittering Wind and Light!"

A giant ball that glowed myriad of twinkling lights was powerfully thrown downwards the beasts. With dreadful power, it smashed into the head of the 300 feet duct beast at the front of the pack.

~BOOOM~

The Glittering Wind and Light ball landed as a wave of spiritual energy exploded, making the waters within a kilometre simmer violently. As for the duct beast, it was instantly blown apart.

Ezra's body gradually turned gossamer, transforming into a blurry shadow as he shot forward. Duct beast after beast exploded without any resistance.

The battle was swiftly over. With Ezra's current strength, he was able to easily kill even a 4th-level Core Formation opponent. These merely 3rd level equivalent aquatic beasts were naturally unable to stop him.

After the battle was over, Ezra collected the Duct Creation Energy crystals. The water rippled with a swing of his hand, as he let out an icy chuckle and said, "I won't turn away any of the energy crystals sent straight to my doorstep. I'm itching to see just how many you guys will be gifting me!"

The moment his voice faded, Ezra's figure swiftly shot forth again, brimming with motivation.

He was done with mulling over the issue. It did not matter why these duct beasts were coming for him, especially since his goal was Duct Creation Energy. The more that came, the better it would be for him!

As such, Ezra encountered another five waves of duct beasts in the next hour. The battles that erupted were extremely intense, the prince couldn't relax at all, causing the waters around to boil violently as all the duct beasts that appeared were slayed. It could be said to be a full and bountiful harvest, a look of excitement revealing itself on his face as he hunted.