SFS Chapter 192 War!!
Chapter 192 War!!
Each ripple of that enormous shadow caused the entire sea to freeze; it was none other than a near-fourth-tier sea king beast.
"Damn it! That thing is gathering power again!" Elder Zhao's voice was hoarse. A broken string from the guzheng cut his fingers, leaving them covered in blood.
Just then, an inconspicuous black streak of light, like an arrow shooting against the current, pierced through the edge of the raging storm.
It landed directly outside the precarious protective shield of the Phantom Sound Merchant Ship.
The black light dissipated, revealing a figure.
The newcomer wore an ordinary black robe and had an unremarkable face; he was the kind of person who would be easily lost in a crowd.
He held a long, jet-black spear in his hand, the tip of which was pointed diagonally at the sea. He only had the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage!
This person was none other than Chen Xu with gray hair in disguise.
The cultivators of the Illusionary Sound Merchant Guild on the ship's side, including the two elders who were struggling to hold on, immediately sensed the fluctuations in the aura of the reinforcements.
"Late stage of Foundation Establishment?!" Elder Wu caught a glimpse of the newcomer out of the corner of his eye and almost choked on his breath.
"What the hell are you up to?!"
Elder Zhao was even more furious, his voice became sharper, and the hand seals he was using to reinforce the formation almost went awry.
"Has Lin Miaoyin gone mad?! Sending a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator here to die?!"
On deck, the already demoralized guards and crew were completely dumbfounded.
"Reinforcements at the late Foundation Establishment stage?"
"Are you kidding me?! Even our two Core Formation elders couldn't hold on, what use is a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator?"
"Are they trying to kill us already, sending someone to feed the sea monsters?"
"It's over... Has the Chamber of Commerce abandoned us...?"
"Damn it! What's wrong with Manager Lin?! Are you messing with us?!" A hot-tempered guard couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath. His voice wasn't loud, but it was particularly jarring in the oppressive atmosphere.
A feeling of despair spread like a plague in an instant.
The group, who had been clinging to a sliver of hope because of the news that powerful foreign aid was on its way, now felt a chill run through them.
The look in his eyes as he looked at Chen Xu was filled with disbelief, and even anger.
Chen Xu took in everyone's reactions, but his face remained expressionless.
He didn't even glance at the people on the ship; his gaze pierced through the murky, churning seawater, locking onto the location of the Sea King below.
"roar!!"
Seemingly sensing the provocation from the tiny creature, one of the giant sharks surrounding the merchant ship let out a deafening roar.
It abandoned its attempt to continue attacking the light shield, opened its gaping maw filled with sharp teeth, and, with a nauseating stench, charged straight at Chen Xu on the sea surface.
The giant maw closed, as if it wanted to devour Chen Xu along with the space beneath his feet.
The people on the ship gasped in alarm, thinking that Chen Xu was doomed.
"It's over..."
But just as the giant shark's sharp teeth were about to touch Chen Xu's body, Chen Xu moved.
His figure moved like a ghost through the raging current, narrowly missing the giant shark's menacing, bony fins.
At the same time, under the effect of the [Golden Shovel Crown], he was also equipped with four pieces of Light equipment.
These are: [Light Version Titan's Resolve], [Light Version Guinsoo's Rageblade], [Light Version Spirit Visage], and [Light Version Drain Gun].
With Chen Xu's attack speed, recovery, and defense all at their maximum, even a Core Formation sea beast might not be unable to put up a fight.
Moreover, Chen Xu also possesses the heaven-defying Hextech [Ultimate Ascension], which allows him to temporarily maintain the cultivation level of the early Core Formation stage.
As long as the Sea King Beast hasn't broken through to the fourth rank, it won't be his match.
At this critical moment, Chen Xu's First Saint Spear was silently thrust out at an extremely tricky angle.
puff!
The spear tip precisely pierced the vulnerable edge of one of the giant shark's eyes.
"Awooo!!" The Bone-Spiked Giant Shark let out a painful roar, its massive body twisting violently, instantly staining the surrounding seawater red with blood.
It shook its head wildly, stirring up an even bigger vortex.
Using the force of the giant shark's recoil from its pain, Chen Xu flew backward lightly and landed steadily on a protruding reef not far away.
The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, so fast it was dazzling.
"Hiss..." Everyone on the ship gasped.
Although it only injured the giant shark's eye and was not fatal, the precise timing, the unpredictable movement, and the domineering shot were enough to demonstrate that this Foundation Establishment cultivator was extraordinary.
"What a tricky marksmanship!" Elder Wu's gaze sharpened, his contempt lessening slightly, but his expression remained heavy.
"Unfortunately, my cultivation level is a fatal flaw; this injury is nothing to that beast..."
The wounded giant shark with spiky spines went completely berserk. The excruciating pain drove it mad, and it charged wildly toward the reef where Chen Xu was.
Its enormous tail fin slammed against the sea surface, creating a wall of water tens of meters high, which then pressed down with destructive force.
At the same time, another giant octopus at the Core Formation stage also locked onto Chen Xu and attacked from the flank.
The tips of the tentacles gleamed with a dark light, clearly containing an unknown deadly poison, and quickly approached Chen Xu.
Chen Xu's pupils contracted slightly, but he showed no sign of panic.
The "Mysterious Water Dragon Awakening Technique" had already been activated to its limit. The deep blue mysterious water spiritual light, like a surging and roaring river, instantly covered the entire body, transforming into a layer of tough and thick protective armor.
Instead of taking the attack head-on, he slid to the side at an incredible angle, dodging the blow.
"laugh!!"
The highly poisonous dark light grazed the Xuan Shui Armor, producing a piercing corrosive sound. The deep blue spiritual light fluctuated violently, emanating wisps of black smoke as it was corroded.
Chen Xu felt his spiritual energy consumption suddenly increase, and his heart trembled.
The First Holy Spear in his hand transformed into a streak of light, advancing instead of retreating, and fiercely slashing at another huge tentacle attacking from the flank.
"boom!!"
The spear's edge collided violently with the resilient tentacles, unleashing a powerful energy shock.
However, this attack only caused the giant octopus a stinging sensation, without causing any real damage.
At the same time, from beneath the dark sea, came the roar of the Sea King Beast, filled with rage.
The entire sea seemed to be enraged, with raging giant waves rising and crashing towards Chen Xu from all directions.
Chen Xu moved like a small boat in a storm, dodging the dense attacks.
His gaze was solemn as he silently counted the time: fourteen breaths... fifteen breaths.
[Ultimate Ascension], activate!!
Boom!!!
A terrifying surge of spiritual energy erupted from Chen Xu's body.
A vast pressure belonging to a Core Formation stage cultivator swept across the entire battlefield like an invisible tsunami.
The surrounding raging waves were forcibly flattened by this oppressive force, shrinking several feet in height.
"Buzz..."
Sensing the leap in its master's power, the First Holy Spear emitted an excited tremor, and the dark lightning patterns flowing across its body instantly became blazing brightly.
With a low shout, Chen Xu channeled the spiritual power he had temporarily acquired at the early stage of Core Formation into the spear.
Immediately afterwards, a jet-black spear beam wrapped in Heavenly Evil Divine Lightning pierced straight down with a piercing shriek.
Wherever the spear's edge passed, the surging waves were forcibly pushed aside by the terrifying energy, forming a vacuum trench.
"roar!!!"
A roar of shock and rage echoed from the deep sea.
It instinctively sensed the threat, and its massive body suddenly curled up, with countless thick bone scales growing and overlapping on its surface in an attempt to withstand the thunderous blow.
The dark seawater was churned into whirlpools by its violent movements, forming several thick liquid barriers.
puff!
The Heavenly Evil God Thunder Spear's beam displayed unparalleled penetrating power.
With Chen Xu's stacked attack speed unleashed at full power, a barrage of lightning struck down, piercing through the seemingly indestructible deep-sea vortex barrier as easily as paper.
The spear's momentum remained undiminished, striking the center of the thickest rhomboid bone armor of the Sea King Beast with unparalleled precision.
Rumble!!!
A deafening explosion echoed through the fjord, and black lightning instantly illuminated the sea as if it were night.
The violent energy shockwave spread out in a ring, violently sending several Core Formation sea beasts flying and crushing the hard reef into dust.
"How is this possible..." Elder Wu exclaimed in shock on the merchant ship, his heart leaping into his throat.
However, the next moment, a series of chilling "click" sounds rang out.
The rhomboid bone armor of the Sea King Beast was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks centered on the point where the spear light landed.
Strands of black lightning, carrying an aura of destruction, frantically drilled into the crack as if they were alive.
Wherever it passed, the bone armor turned gray and decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Sea King Beast let out an unprecedentedly painful howl, its massive body tumbling violently and creating towering waves.
Where the bone armor shattered, dark red, viscous beast blood gushed out like a fountain, instantly staining a large area of the sea red.
Even more terrifying is that the life-annihilating properties of the Heavenly Evil Divine Lightning are frantically eroding its flesh and demonic energy source along the wound.
However, the Sea King's frantic struggles stirred up the entire sea.
The foul-smelling beast blood acted like the most potent stimulant, arousing the Core Formation sea beasts around them that had been repelled by the shockwave.
The giant shark with the spiky eye that he had stabbed was the first to go berserk, recklessly swinging its massive tail and creating a terrifying wall of water a hundred meters high that crashed down on Chen Xu.
At the same time, several tentacles of the giant octopus, wrapped in a deadly black light, were violently pulled out.
"Watch out!" Elder Zhao frantically plucked the strings of his zither, unleashing several cyan sound blades that slashed at the octopus tentacles in an attempt to provide support, but it was all in vain.
Chen Xu was suddenly in a hopeless situation.
The water wall contains immense power to seal off the space, while the highly venomous tentacles block any angle from which to dodge.
However, they were faced with the Sea King Beast, which was comparable to a mountain and carried a world-destroying aura.
Chen Xu felt no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, the boiling will of the First Holy Spear ignited his fighting spirit.
The gun hummed and vibrated, and a domineering thought that "the gun's owner's dignity is not to be desecrated" fiercely assaulted his mind.
"You beast! Prepare to die!"
Chen Xu let out a low roar, the sound piercing through the raging wind and waves.
Immediately afterwards, wielding the First Saint Spear, his figure transformed into an even faster afterimage than before, like a black lightning bolt tearing through the dark sky, actively facing the crushing, towering wave.
The Pingnan Taiyi Spear Technique!!!
This is Chen Xu's strongest killing move to date.
At this moment, driven by the immense spiritual power of the early Core Formation stage, and fueled by the inherent power of the Primordial Holy Spear and the [Ultimate Ascension],
With the damage amplification from other equipment, it unleashed an unprecedentedly terrifying power.
hum...
The First Holy Spear shone with a brilliant black light, and a point of extremely deep black light condensed at the tip of the spear, as if it could devour all light.
As Chen Xu swung his arm, a massive, crescent-shaped spear beam slashed out fiercely.
Wherever the spear's edge passed, the turbulent flow of spiritual energy was forcibly cleared away.
Even the massive, hundred-foot-high wave surging ahead was easily cleaved in two by this domineering and unparalleled spear light.
*Sizzle!*
The seawater was instantly evaporated by the violent energy, forming a vacuum channel.
The spear's momentum remained undiminished, carrying an aura of annihilation, as it slashed towards the Sea King Beast's head.
"roar!!!"
The Sea King Beast suddenly tilted its head, trying to dodge, while its thick scales writhed wildly, instantly forming layers of heavy water shields in front of its head.
Each water shield is enough to withstand a full-force attack from a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The jet-black spear light swept through everything in its path, slicing through seven layers of water shields before its speed slowed down slightly.
However, the power of the Heavenly Evil Divine Thunder contained within had already penetrated through layers of defense, causing a stinging pain in the Sea King Beast's head.
Finally, the spear's edge struck the Sea King Beast's head with tremendous force.
Instantly, dark red blood gushed out.
The sea monster had never suffered such a severe injury, and the excruciating pain drove it into a complete berserk rage.
A terrifying energy storm erupted from its center, unleashing waves several times more violent than any before.
It not only knocked over the other Core Formation sea beasts that were besieging the merchant ship, but also knocked them all over the place.
This caused the already precarious protective shield of the Phantom Sound Merchant Ship to let out a mournful cry of despair, with cracks instantly spreading to most of the shield!
Everyone on the ship was stunned and deeply shaken!
"He actually severely injured the Sea King Beast?!" Elder Wu's voice trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The power of that shot, even from a great distance, sent a shiver through his soul.
"This...this is really the power of someone in the early stage of Core Formation? That spear is probably strange!" Elder Zhao stared intently at the Primordial Saint Spear in Chen Xu's hand, which was radiating terrifying pressure, and paled in shock.
The guards on deck were like clay sculptures, their minds completely blank.
One second they were despairing for this late-stage Foundation Establishment reinforcement, and the next second they saw him single-handedly and fiercely cripple the terrifying behemoth that had left the two Core Formation elders helpless.
This stark contrast gave them a sense of absurdity, as if they were in a dream.
However, the enraged, dying Sea King Beast is the most terrifying being at this moment.
The excruciating pain and humiliation completely ignited its ferocity.
Its blood-red vertical pupils were fixed on Chen Xu, filled with madness and bloodlust.
Then, it opened its huge mouth and inhaled sharply.
In an instant, a huge whirlpool formed around it, and the seawater within a radius of hundreds of miles rushed in.
It forcibly extracted and compressed a massive amount of water elemental power.
A devastating energy surge was brewing in his throat.
"Not good! It's its innate divine ability, [Vortex Breath]! Get out of the way!" Elder Wu shouted.
Chen Xu also sensed the threat. The energy gathered deep within the giant maw emitted a terrifying destructive aura, locking him firmly in place.
Forcing a direct confrontation would be extremely risky and likely to result in serious consequences.
Even so, there was no fear in Chen Xu's eyes.
After all, no matter how strong this Sea King Beast is, it is still just a Core Formation Sea Beast.
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