Ocean Master

As soon as the first batch of competitors entered his inheritance ground, Carcarot Gorgoneon amid his struggles felt that he hit the jackpot. 

Pushed by desperation, he had no choice but to bring his inheritance ground to a region that he barely understood.

His territory was the Black Veil!

Though during his days as a young adventurous Chameleon, he had explored through the 7 Great Seas without abandon, engaging in a lot of mischiefs, the Black Veil was still undoubtedly his territory.

The Green Mist Sea was the territory of one of his greatest rivals, the Clown King but pushed by the circumstances, he had no choice but to plunge into this hostile territory.

When he was attacked by the combined offensive formed by the terrifying armies of the Atlantians, Snowmen, and the Dark Elves, he knew that his time was ripe but he never once gave up.

At the last moment, he had no choice but to abandon his mortal coil.

Before abandoning his mortal coil though, he activated a forbidden skill that managed to preserve his life unbeknownst to his hunters.

Of the 7 Sea Kings, the Necromancy King of the Dungeon of Souls was the undisputed master when it came to soul-related matters.

Against this powerful opponent, Carcarot has fought numerous times.

Though each time, none of them ever got the opportunity to emerge as the absolute winner, they always emerged out of each battle with gains.

As some of the most terrifying beasts with the most physical and magic qi accumulation across all of Oceania, they were old monsters who knew their stuff.

Their skill and adaptation set was absolutely terrifying! Their effective power and destructive potential were horrifying!

During one of these battles was when Carcarot Gorgoneon was able to steal this vital skill from his opponent that was called the Soul Mystery.

With the soul mystery skill, he was able to consolidate his soul power into a corporeal existence that enabled him to preserve his life.

This was when the thought of creating his inheritance ground sprouted.

In normal circumstances, this would have sounded like blasphemy to him but he knew that he was no longer that all-powerful sea king.

At this moment, he was nothing more than an injured overlord. 

The activation of the soul mystery skill meant that he now existed with just a fraction of the power that he wielded at his peak, this was why he sought a suitable vessel, a suitable vessel where he could start all over. 

The Necromancy King originally created this skill to escape his mortal limitations and gain the much sought-after immortality.

The Soul Mystery's technical details entail leaving your original body, preserving your soul, and transplanting your soul into the body of a promising target thereby successfully creating a new starting point for yourself.

When he got the skill, Carcarot never thought of these but he started thinking of them when he was finally forced to exist as a mere soul.

After he created his inheritance ground, he used another skill to induce a terrifying burst of desire in the hearts of any beast that came within the vicinity of his inheritance ground. This was to get higher prospects for a suitable target.

He already predicted the intervention of Atlantians, and he was prepared for it. His plan was ready, and all that followed was to wait.

It did not take long before his plan started bearing fruits.

The predators that appeared impressed him, but none impressed him as much as the young Space Beast. On seeing this predator, he became certain that he already found his most suitable target.

Like a predator stalking prey, his attention was pinned on this beast.

As a normal mutated Chameleon during his early years, like all other predators with low-grade bloodline, he always envied those with superior bloodlines and yearned to get it someday.

This seemed like an impossible dream before, but it may now be viable.

With his target pinpointed, every other benefactor that entered his inheritance ground became trivial to him. 

They may be robbers who were rampaging through his grave, but he didn't give a damn, he benefited the most.

This continued until a group of Great White Sharks also entered his inheritance ground. Following alongside this group of Great White Sharks was a Megalodon that attracted his attention immediately.

Morales didn't attract this overlord's attention due to his strength, not due to his genius, and not due to his intelligence either, he attracted this terrifying predator's attention because he wielded a unique skill!

This was a treasure that was at the absolute pinnacle in Oceania!

Instantly, Carcarot changed his attention and put it on this Megalodon because it was abnormal for a normal Megalodon to bear the pressure of housing a unique skill in his body.

Unique skills were called unique for a reason.

Carcarot Gorgoneon roamed Oceania for centuries before he developed his concept of the Doppelganger and Invisibility ability, which with time slowly mutated to become his unique skill.

Unique skills were exclusive to their creators, there was no precedence in history where another beast succeeded in wielding them.

The death of the Clown King verified this. Carcarot was among the numerous powerhouses that vied to inherit the Clown unique skill, but though he got close enough to it, he knew that no other predator could wield it.

This was when his belief that unique skills were unique to their creators was born, and this had not changed for centuries till now.

Immediately, Carcarot deduced that this Megalodon was special. This was the reason why he gave all his attention to monitoring this wild goose and making sure to push it to its very limits.

He wanted to know what made the Megalodon so special.

In the end, despite his many countermeasures, the Megalodon revealed a lot of promise but he still couldn't find the abnormality that enabled this puny being to wield another unique skill when he could not.

Fed up, Carcarot decided to take things a step further.

At the last test, after Sebastian died, he intervened and saved him before subsequently tweaking the rules and declaring him the winner.

Not once did he think that all these actions would have led to suspicion.

All his attention was focused on personally getting his fangs on the Megalodon, and slowly dissecting his secrets to satisfy his curiosity and also to get the perfect vessel that he yearned for.

This was what culminated in all that happened, and now here they were.

"I have a Sage!"

When he heard this term from the young Megalodon, Carcarot at first gave it no second thoughts but on feeling the emergence of the powerful will that absolutely dwarfed his, Carcarot calmed down and thought.

"Sage…, sage…"

His eyes widened the next moment. "Sage!!!"

Carcarot Gorgoneon finally understood, the look that he directed at Sebastian changed. He no longer expressed that egoistical superior look, instead a look of resignation and stubbornness was what was left.

"I understand now". This old monster sighed.

If he couldn't understand by now, then Carcarot's centuries as an overlord would have been in vain. The dominating, crushing power that seemed capable of squashing him like a bug was unmistakable.

"So, you're from the Myth Realm?"

"…" There was no reply.

Carcarot sighed. "Before I die, can you give me the pleasure of knowing your esteemed title, Sage?"

"Sage 54!"

That was all that was said before the powerful will flared the next moment.

Carcarot Gorgoneon did not resist, not that it would matter, this Sea King already knew his fate and he accepted it with opened hands.

This Sea King's dying expression was not that of regret, but that of pride.

"It was an honor to have met you!"

BOOM!

A terrifying soul blast was released the next moment.

Carcarot Gorgoneon stood no chance! After centuries of reigning over the Black Veil and dominating as one of the overlords of Oceania, another of the revered Sea Kings was dead!

The Doppelganger and Invisibility Sea King was dead!