svetikya Chapter 126 Sea Beast Attack!
Chapter 126 Sea Beast Attack!
Chapter 126 Sea Beast Attack!
In mid-September, King Qingzhujia came as scheduled to pick up Zishan and the others to return to Xiangjiao Island. The insects set off from Lian Island and headed south. They planned to meet with the many mountain lords and leaders on Sang Island after arriving there, and then set off from Sang Island to fly west back to Xiangjiao Island.
After arriving at Sang Island, the insects did not set off immediately, but prepared to rest for a while before setting off. The yews also learned from the mountain lords that Sang Island had obtained a divinely bestowed seed of Nephrolepis.
The yew tree searches for inherited memories. Ferns themselves do not produce seeds; they primarily reproduce through spores. However, after giving birth to a divinely bestowed seed, it alters its own growth limitations and produces seeds.
However, these plants are inherently low-grade herbaceous plants, and even if they are divinely bestowed seeds, they will not produce much.
The insects gathered together chatting, and a few Mountain Lord-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors jokingly teased, "Zishu, I heard you've been the captain of the coastal defense training camp for two consecutive years? Does that mean that once you're promoted to Mountain Lord level, you can directly join the coastal defense force?"
"It's alright!" Zishan seemed quite calm about it. "If you want to join the coastal defense force directly, you only need to serve as a battalion commander for one year."
I'm qualified for the time being, but whether I'll be able to join the coastal defense force in the future remains to be seen.
"What about the blue rain orchid and seaweed? Haven't they also served as squad leaders for two years? Can they directly join the coastal defense force simply by serving as squad leaders for five consecutive years?"
"More or less, but we need to make sure they aren't defeated by warriors of other races in the squad in the days to come."
Advanced Zerg warriors possess limitless potential; no one knows which Zerg warrior will suddenly awaken its talents and abilities at any age.
"If we could join the coastal defense force, we wouldn't have to worry about evolution resources." The Rhinoceros Tortoise warrior who spoke was quite envious. Mountain Lord-level Zerg warriors who joined the coastal defense force would receive a salary of 2 Primogems per year. In addition, with their own Life Seed production, their average annual income would easily reach over 5 Primogems. With this income, steady evolution at the Mountain Lord level wouldn't be a problem.
"Didn't the Lord of Qingpu Mountain and the Lord of Hailian Mountain join the coastal defense force? We can ask them how they feel. Two Lord-level insectoid warriors from the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle Clan have officially joined the coastal defense force for several years."
Zishan said, "I've heard them say that the coastal defense team's workload is also very high, and the raw stones aren't so easy to obtain."
Everyone was chatting idly when some insect brought out some food for them to eat while they talked.
After King Qingzhu arranged the return journey, everyone ended the tea party and found a place to rest and recharge so as not to affect their flight the next day.
In late September, led by King Qingzhujia, a large group of Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors set off from Sang Island and traveled thousands of miles back to Elephant Banana Island.
On the boundless sea, the blue waves surged, and as far as the eye could see, it was all azure blue.
The Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors were led by the Green Bamboo Armor King, with the Spotted Lord and the Chestnut Lord bringing up the rear. The remaining Mountain Lord-level and High-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors were mixed in within this huge triangular formation, flying around chatting and laughing.
Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors lack stamina, and most of them need to stop and rest for a while after flying for more than an hour.
Fortunately, some small islands sit alone on the sea, providing them with temporary shelter.
Just as they had flown three or four hundred kilometers, far from the Thousand Star Islands, facing the boundless ocean, the Green Bamboo Armor King, who had been casually scanning the sea with his spiritual senses, suddenly changed his expression and immediately sent out his spiritual senses to warn the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors behind him: "Everyone be careful, quickly increase your flight altitude, sea beast warriors are attacking!"
"Sea Beast Warriors?" Upon hearing the words of the Green Bamboo Armor King, the insects were first startled, then immediately reacted and quickly organized their actions.
"Advanced warriors flew to a height of 100 meters, and mountain lord-level warriors followed behind them to prevent them from being harmed."
"Everyone, increase altitude! The sea monster warriors can't handle the aerial insects!"
Upon learning that sea monster warriors might appear underwater, the Rhinoceros Turtle warriors were initially startled, but then quickly took action.
Although the yews had never faced the sea monster warriors directly, they had done plenty of drills to deal with them at the Thousand Star Islands Coastal Defense Training Camp. At this moment, their muscle memory immediately reacted subconsciously, and they quickly flapped their membranous wings.
Meanwhile, the Green Bamboo Armor King watched the sea surface warily. Beneath the originally azure sea, a huge black shadow gradually emerged. This shadow grew larger and larger as it rose from the seabed until it burst out of the sea with a loud bang.
These sea monster warriors broke through the water's surface, but their bodies did not remain suspended in the air. Instead, they used the water current to propel themselves forward, swaying their tails and shooting towards the rhinoceros tortoise warriors like sharp swords.
As the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors took to the air, their hearts pounded as they scanned the area. It turned out to be a group of streamlined, swordfish warriors covered in bright silver-blue scales!
They are over ten meters long, with straight upper jaws like spears, their sharp points gleaming with a cold light that can easily pierce through reefs.
As soon as it appeared, it twisted its body violently, and with the help of the seawater, it shot towards the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior, who was not yet fully ascending in the low sky, like a series of deadly arrows released from a bow!
"It's the Swordfish Assault Squad!" The Green Bamboo Armor King's spirits surged. "Everyone, ascend another fifty meters! Their spikes can only reach low altitude!"
Before the words were even finished, another dense mass of silvery-white figures exploded on the sea surface—flying fish warriors followed closely behind, soaring into the air in droves!
They spread their broad, wing-like pectoral fins and glide into the air with the help of the waves and wind. There are hundreds of them, each over three meters long, which can almost blot out the sky. They instantly fill the high-altitude blind spots that the swordfish warriors cannot reach, forming a pincer attack from above and below!
The swordfish warriors were responsible for piercing and intercepting, while the flying fish warriors were responsible for aerial encirclement. The two cooperated seamlessly, clearly a premeditated hunting formation.
Upon seeing this, King Qingzhujia flew into a rage. The fact that so many sea beast warriors were guarding their only route must mean that they had been able to detect their fixed itinerary of traveling to and from the Thousand Star Islands over the past few years.
However, it did not act rashly immediately, because it sensed that although the swordfish warriors and flying fish warriors were sea monster warriors who had launched an attack.
But if it were hidden underwater, there might be an even more terrifying behemoth lurking there, just waiting for it to reveal a weakness.
Meanwhile, the few mountain lord-level rhinoceros tortoise warriors on the outermost edge, in order to cover the advanced warriors who fell behind, were instantly locked onto by the spikes of the arrowfish warriors.
"Pfft—"
The sharp bone spikes, carrying the stench of the sea, pierced fiercely, and the Mountain Lord-level Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors unleashed their innate abilities to harden their shells.
Even so, they could not withstand the attack of the swordfish warriors. Despite the hardness of their shells, the swordfish were shaken and cracked, causing their bodies to sink suddenly and nearly lose control and fall into the sea.
If someone were to fall into the sea under such circumstances, there would be virtually no chance of survival.
"Chestnut, protect your left side!"
The spotted lord emitted spiritual energy, its wings flapping, and thin metal plates covered its six feet. Normally, these plates did not affect its movement, but they proved invaluable in this crucial moment.
Under its control, the metal sheets formed leaf-sized flying blades that swept towards the swordfish warriors.
The two mountain lord-level swordfish warriors were startled by the flying blades sweeping in from all directions. If they were caught in the flying blades controlled by the lord-level warriors, they would probably be nothing but fish bones when they fell to the surface of the sea.
They immediately flicked their tails, abandoning their attack on the chosen rhinoceros tortoise warriors, and dived back into the sea to look for another opportunity to attack.
In those short ten seconds, the rhinoceros tortoise warriors could only be on the receiving end of attacks.
However, after enduring the first wave of attacks, the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors reacted quickly, and those at the Mountain Lord level and above immediately unleashed their abilities to launch a counterattack.
Even though the ocean isn't their home turf, they have nothing to fear.
The advanced Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors immediately increased their flight altitude. They knew very well that this was not the time to be reckless. The only thing they needed to do now was to avoid becoming a burden to the Mountain Lord-level Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors.
However, they weren't completely idle, because there were still flying fish warriors in the sky.
Flying Fish are a unique race. They live in the ocean but have the ability to fly temporarily. After advancing to Force Warriors, their flight time and altitude are greatly extended. At this moment, they can fly freely in the air like Zerg Warriors and cause interference to the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors.
Although individual flying fish warriors are not strong and their level is only high, their numbers make up for it. They frantically rammed around the high-level rhinoceros beetle warriors, constantly ramming them with their hard heads, trying to scatter and knock the swarm of insects. Once a rhinoceros beetle accidentally fell into the sea, it would be met with the fatal piercing of the swordfish warriors.
Three or four high-level rhinoceros tortoise warriors lost their balance under the reckless ramming of the flying fish warriors and wobbled as they plummeted toward the sea.
Upon seeing this, the Green Bamboo Armor King could no longer restrain itself. It spread its enormous wings and flapped them wildly, producing a roar like that of a fighter jet.
Its body was close to the sea surface, and it stretched out its four legs to grab several high-level rhinoceros turtle warriors that were about to fall into the sea, and then threw them into the air.
With the help of the Green Bamboo Armor King, several high-level Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors immediately spread their wings and moved away from the sea surface, but they were still apprehensive. If they fell in, they would surely die.
After helping the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors escape danger, the Green Bamboo Armor King did not immediately take off. Instead, its power surged with primal energy, and it slammed its body down into the seabed.
Its heavy size and immense power directly stirred up waves thousands of meters high on the sea surface.
"Thump!"
A deafening roar shook the entire sea surface as the Green Bamboo Armor King's hard horn, covered in dark blue patterns, crashed into the colossal shadow that had been lurking in the deep sea like a falling meteor.
The shockwave generated by the collision of the Forces spread wildly in all directions, instantly creating a raging wall of waves tens of meters high on the originally calm sea surface.
The turbid seawater surged and churned, causing many flying fish warriors lurking in the water to lose their balance on the spot. They fell to the seabed like beads from a broken string, their scales shattered and white foam coming out of their mouths.
The giant beast lurking in the sea was finally forced to reveal its true form by this head-on collision!
Suddenly, a terrifying giant shadow with a flat head and a body length of over twenty meters surged up from the deep sea. Its huge mouth opened, revealing two rows of sharp teeth that were like steel guillotines, and foul-smelling seawater poured down from between its teeth.
It was actually a king-level hammerhead shark warrior!
It was struck head-on by the Green Bamboo Armor King, and its massive body was forced back nearly a hundred meters, stirring up the seawater.
The hammerhead shark warrior roared in pain, whipping its tail fin to create a massive vortex that could devour everything, and lashed out at the Green Bamboo Armor King!
"You dare to ambush us outside the Thousand Star Islands defense line? You're asking for trouble!"
The Azure Bamboo Armor King roared, its power surging to its limit. Without dodging or avoiding, it spread its wings and charged forward again to meet the Megalodon Warrior's tail strike.
"clang--!!"
The sound of metal clashing was deafening, and sparks flew across the sea.
The Green Bamboo Armor King was so shocked by the immense force that its wings went numb and its body staggered backward. Meanwhile, a deep, bone-revealing wound was ripped open on the Hammerhead Shark Warrior's tail fin, and dark blue blood instantly stained a large area of seawater red.
Two king-level powerhouses engaged in an earth-shattering battle on the sea surface. Each collision shook the sky and caused the waves to surge back.
Meanwhile, the battle remained perilous. Mountain Lord-level and above Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors used their abilities to deal with Arrowfish Warriors, while Zishan commanded high-ranking warriors to fight against Flying Fish Warriors.
At this moment, the combat drills that had been practiced thousands of times at the coastal defense training camp finally yielded results. Apart from a moment of panic when suddenly attacked, Zishan immediately and methodically commanded the advanced Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors to form a defensive circle and shoot down the flying fish warriors surrounding the outer perimeter of the defensive circle.
Just as the two sides were locked in fierce combat, a dark shadow flew in from the distant sky. A twelve-spotted dragonfly warrior swiftly arrived at the sea surface.
It came after sensing the fighting taking place here, and was immediately taken aback by the scene before it.
It recognized the two sides in the battle: one side was led by the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise, and the other side was composed of sea monster warriors.
Upon witnessing this scene, it quickly distinguished friend from foe. Regardless of who it was, as long as the sea monster warrior was dealing with its own insect, it was one of its own.
It did not approach the battlefield, but instead sent out its spiritual message: "You two, hold on, I'm going to find reinforcements."
Just as it was about to fly away, a series of waterspouts suddenly appeared on the sea and swept towards it. However, the Twelve-Spotted Dragonfly Warrior was a lord-level warrior in the coastal defense force. Dragonfly warriors are known for their flying speed, and it had undergone countless combat training sessions. Therefore, it easily dodged the attacks of several waterspouts in an extremely agile manner.
It understood that the one capable of creating a sea tornado that posed a danger to it, a lord-level flying warrior, must be another sea monster king lurking here. Thinking of this, it dared not linger here.
Seeing that the twelve-spotted dragonfly warriors had dodged its attack, another dark shadowy figure beneath the sea emitted a spiritual call to the sea monster warriors fighting on the surface: "Retreat!"