We agreed to set sail, so you'd become the ruler of the deep sea?

Chapter 162 The Sea Beast Legion, Igniting the Sea!
The ice cracked, and the waves rolled in.

Chaotic roars echoed throughout the sea.

One after another, sea beasts broke through the ancient, unyielding glaciers, like prisoners freed from their shackles, roaming freely across the icy sea.

These magical sea creatures vary in size and species, including seals, sea lions, walruses, as well as numerous schools of fish and deformed penguins.

Without exception, they were all covered with strange and chaotic demonic runes, and they were also violent and frenzied.

Where did these sea monsters come from?

Fia, sounding the alarm, walked to Xia En's side and said with a serious expression, "How can there be so many of them?"

Xia En frowned, suddenly waking up, and muttered to himself.

"Ice layer! There's more than one layer of ice in this sea!"

He had previously discovered that the water here was significantly shallower than in the previous areas.

In retrospect, it seems that the thickness of the ice layer affected his judgment when he looked up from below.

There are also some hidden spaces between these ice layers.

The demonic sea beasts were previously frozen inside, like a seal or a cage.

The arrival of the Black Swan triggered a special restriction, causing the sea monsters to break free from their seal and unleash a horde of beasts.

"So, this was the village chief's real trap!"

Xia En suddenly realized.

He had seemed a little strange before.

Once the Black Swan arrives in this area and discovers anything unusual about the Emerald City, it might immediately turn back and leave.

The ember dolls were also unable to cause any damage to the ship.

Now it seems that the group of demonic sea beasts that broke through the ice is the real killer move!
But for some reason, these sea creatures always gave Xia En an inexplicable and strange feeling.

It's as if...they weren't naturally occurring creatures?
These thoughts, though complex, were actually just fleeting thoughts in Xia En's mind.

He immediately fulfilled the duties of a captain and gave the order.

"Set sail! Full speed ahead south!"

Although Shane has not yet left a submarine anchor point in the Emerald City, he will have many more opportunities in the future.

What we need to do now is break through the encirclement of these demonic sea beasts!
At Shane's command, the Black Swan suddenly let out a loud and clear whistle.

Immediately, the sturdy, black ship burst into extremely high speed and sped away from the ice field.

just.

The group of magically patterned sea beasts, who had finally managed to escape from the ice, were clearly not going to let the Black Swan go easily. They immediately swung their bodies and chased after it from beneath the surface of the sea.

The icy blue magic patterns on some of the sea beasts lit up.

The icy, mysterious power spread along the seawater, quickly condensing into a large amount of floating ice on the sea surface in front of the Black Swan.

These ice floes pounded against the hull of the Black Swan, slowing it down like shackles.

However, this level of ice crystals could not stop the Black Swan from moving forward.

In an instant.

The ship's hull, named "Profound Fear," unfurled an invisible barrier, transforming into a faint shadow that swept outwards.

Click... click...

The ice crystals on the sea surface were easily crushed.

At the bow, a massive sea monster attempted to block the Black Swan with its body.

But with a heavy thud, it was pierced straight through by the thick, dark ram.

Soon, the scarlet blood spread in the seawater.

But this did not deter the sea creatures on the ice field; instead, it made them behave more savagely and frantically, with bloodthirsty cruelty flashing in their eyes.

Roar!
Amidst thunderous roars.

A large walrus displayed agility and speed beyond its size, rapidly approaching the Black Swan like a deep-sea torpedo.

If it were to crash into us like that, even with the Black Swan's sturdiness, several cracks would appear on its hull.

at this time.

A faint blue light flashed in Joey's eyes on the deck, and her slender, fair hand suddenly clenched downwards.

boom!
A wave suddenly surged up in the sea.

Numerous undercurrents seemed to transform into a giant hand, tightly gripping the walrus within and lifting its body to the surface.

"Joey, you've been a huge help!"

Phia set up a heavy machine gun called Kepler 197 and began unleashing a barrage of fire without hesitation.

This antique six-barreled machine gun spun and spewed angry tongues of fire in all directions.

The incredibly powerful ammunition tore the walrus's body apart in the blink of an eye.

Soon, Fei Ya turned her gun on the Black Swan and began reaping the demonic sea beasts that dared to approach it.

If it were an ordinary crew member, faced with such a terrifying tide of sea monsters, they would probably be so frightened that they would lose their composure and be overwhelmed by the tide without any power to resist.

However, there wasn't a single "ordinary person" on the ship Shane!

Not only Joey and Faia, but An and String Song also gave outstanding performances.

At this moment, the armored knight was floating in mid-air in a manner that defied the laws of physics, bathed in the light projected from the sky.

And that mysterious armor underwent an indescribable change.

The armor seemed to be made of a lighter material, but its sturdiness had increased rather than decreased, and it reflected a divine glow in the sunlight.

The strange and unique magic patterns also became brighter and thicker, taking on a faint white color.

The secret power within became increasingly solidified and even possessed a certain magical activity.

This ability to fly, as well as the mutation of the armor, comes from the [Soul of the Holy Armor] that Shane had previously given to Anne.

It has to be said, money really does have its advantages!

This valuable item immediately enhanced An's real-time combat capabilities.

Now, this armor has three combat modes—land, sea, and sky.

The color of the magic pattern also changes when the shape changes.

Therefore, Shane prefers to call them "red form", "blue form" and "white form".

At this moment, An, holding a greatsword, with a faint white secret power emanating from his body, swooped down from the height.

Then, a sword slashed down!
With a swing of the greatsword, a terrifying gust of wind swept out, and spiderweb-like cracks suddenly appeared on the ice.

laugh!
The head of a sea monster snapped off and rolled onto the ice.

At the same time, Ann's figure rose upwards again...

This process was repeated, and several sea monsters died at his hands, demonstrating a high killing efficiency.

On the other side, Bronze Dragon String Song was not idle either.

After making a promise with Xia En, Xiange became much more obedient than when she first boarded the ship, and she rarely uttered those "little devil"-like remarks anymore.

But this does not mean that its pride has been extinguished.

It should be noted that even when facing those two giant dragons, Xiange still dared to roar, demonstrating its presence.

Not to mention, what about these ordinary sea beasts in front of them?

"Roar!!!"

The stringed instrument raised its dragon head and let out a deafening roar.

"You dare to be my enemy?"

From her small body burst forth an unparalleled dragon's might, instantly intimidating the demonic sea beasts from all directions.

The String Song slightly spread its wings, its neck heaving as if gathering some kind of power. The next second, its jaws opened, and a dense, secret power surged from its chest—

Dragon Breath!

—After being bathed in dragon blood, this little dragon finally mastered this innate, large-scale destructive skill.

The scorching, violent, and surging dragon breath shot out in a cone shape.

The fan-shaped area directly in front of the stringed instrument was completely swallowed up by the secret power.

The demonic sea beast at the forefront was killed by the terrifying breath before it even had a chance to howl, and a large area of ​​melting holes appeared in the ice.

This burst of breath instantly emptied the battlefield.

Xian Ge revealed a smug smile: "Hmph, a small fry is just a small fry!"

"Let's see if you dare mess with me again!"

After muttering a couple of things under her breath, Xiange glanced at Xia En, looking like she wanted to take credit for it.

Xia En could easily see through her little scheme and said with a smile.

"Don't worry, you'll get plenty of gold dragon coins."

Looking at the sea monsters that kept surging in and being killed around the Black Swan, Shane felt a sense of emotion.

Unbeknownst to him, his crew had grown to a level that would inspire awe in ordinary people.

Even without Xia En's intervention, the terrifying tide of sea monsters was powerless against them.

However, Shane never intended to simply run away from the beginning.

He simply wanted to use the Black Swan's high speed to escape the encirclement of the sea monsters, and then wipe them all out using a "kite-flying" tactic.

After all, these are all experience points!

Although the experience provided by these sea monsters is further reduced after reaching LV5, every little bit counts!

And just then.

On the ice some distance away, several demon-patterned sea beasts gathered together.

They are generally much larger, and the magic patterns on their bodies are also darker.

Amidst a series of roars that resembled a form of communication, these sea beasts seemed to have reached some kind of consensus, and then the magical runes on their bodies lit up.

hum-

The similar magic patterns resonated uniquely, gradually radiating an even more dazzling icy blue glow.

Xia En could sense that the secret power within the sea beasts was rapidly gathering, forming an ice-blue ball of light in mid-air.

Soon, the other sea creatures were also drawn by the light and poured their secret power into it.

Feiya's expression changed first: "Oh no, that ball of light..."

Joey and String Song's expressions also changed drastically.

In their perception, the energy level of the ice-blue light cluster was accumulating at an alarming rate, and had reached an extremely terrifying level.

Xia En frowned.

The strange feeling in his heart was amplified once again.

Normally, marine creatures of different species would fight each other after going berserk.

But instead of doing so, these sea monsters actually worked together to use their internal secret power.
Looking at their charging momentum, they don't resemble reckless wild animals at all, but rather an army that obeys orders without question!
……army!?

In an instant, a flash of inspiration struck Xia En.

"That's it! Perhaps they aren't naturally occurring sea monsters at all, but rather an army of sea monsters created by humans!"

But what was the purpose of their manufacture?
And who created them?

After coming up with a hypothesis, Shane encountered even more questions.

However, now is clearly not the time to delve into these issues.

This is because the icy blue light clusters that have been compressed and condensed among the sea monster legion have gradually reached their limit.

Tiny, pale blue ice crystals appeared around the ball of light, but beneath this beauty lay extreme danger.

Seeing this, Xia En did not hesitate, put his hands together, and stretched them forward.

A small flame formed between his hands and quickly grew and expanded.

at the same time.

Dark red lines began to appear on Shane's face, glowing faintly.

This change quickly spread throughout the body.

As Shane took a deep breath, the pattern became even brighter.

It brightens with each inhale and gradually dims with each exhale.

The scorching, burning power accumulated during submersion transforms into surging heat, merging into the seemingly tiny flame.

In fact, this was the first time that Xia En had used this [Ember Secret Power] so deeply.

He was naturally worried that this secret power would ignite his body.

But right now, this is also the most effective way to deal with that ball of icy blue light.

We must use magic runes to fight magic runes!

Fortunately, the worst did not happen.

As the heat reached its peak, Shane felt as if a fire was burning in his chest.

It's like the fury and resentment that arise from the entire world being burned to ashes!

—Although Xia En didn’t know where this emotion came from, he miraculously resonated with it at this moment.

boom!
The next moment, the icy blue light cluster, which had been accumulating to its maximum, suddenly shone brightly.

A beam of cold, ruthless light suddenly burst forth from it, heading straight for the Black Swan!

It was so cold that it felt as if even the air itself could freeze.

Along the path, several sea monsters were unable to dodge in time and were turned into hard ice sculptures in less than a second.

If it were to hit the Black Swan, the ship and its crew would likely meet the same fate.

But this time.

Another dark red beam of light, like an unburnt flame, shot out from Shane's hand, tearing through the sky with a sharp whistling sound!

Immediately afterwards, it collided with the ice-blue beam!
The expected loud bang did not occur.

For a moment, the world seemed to fall silent.

Two completely different secret forces constantly erode, entangle, and devour each other.

Before long, this silent battle ended swiftly with the defeat of the ice-blue beam.

The terrifying flames instantly shattered the beam of light and landed on the orbs of light above the sea monsters' heads.

The ball of light shattered, leaving behind tiny, icy-blue specks in mid-air—a beautiful and dreamlike sight.

boom--

The terrifying roar finally arrived belatedly.

The lingering embers, like a flurry of snowflakes, fell upon the sea creatures, easily igniting their fur and flesh, engulfing their bodies in flames.

Even the ice seemed unable to stop the spread of the flames.

Sparks of fire ignited on the surrounding sea.

In that instant, it was as if...

The sea seemed to be ablaze!
The crew members stared blankly at the scene, unable to recover for a long time.

(End of this chapter)