Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

"It has no skill involved, yet it is so terrifying."

Looking at the huge shallow crater eroded in the ground, Zuo Le was amazed by Luo Ting's extremely brutal and concise fighting style and the resilience and destructive power that underpinned it.

"Skill, that is an impure thing."

Lotin's fighting style is to forcibly withstand damage and then deal damage by sacrificing his own health. However, these weak enemies are not enough for him to truly feel that he is taking damage.

“Miss Xi, I suspect they’re coming for me.”

"The painting that invaded you in the 【Shan Hai Hui Juan】 is probably the work of someone who did it on purpose."

With the W skill enchanted, the giant anchor swept away the remaining enemies at an extremely fast speed, but the surrounding ground had already been riddled with holes by Lothing.

“It will take time for these paintings to continue to develop; we must hurry to that chaotic frontier.”

Xi nodded slightly, agreeing with Luo Ting's view that this was a deliberate act by someone.

The only thing she could think of was "Ya" sleeping on the other side of the chaotic zone, but Lotin thought it was more likely to be part of the "Wang" plan.

His goal was to replicate the powers of his brothers and sisters and create a new Year Beast. Now, the erosion and domination of Xi's painted world by the [Scroll of Mountains and Seas] has a strong implication of copying information.

Copy the power regarding "painting".

Chapter 183: Commanding the Wind and Rain

"Is there no limit to the number of these monsters that can be generated?"

"They keep appearing from afar, damn it, how can these little beasts just appear out of thin air?"

W is an expert in preparing and using explosives, but that doesn't mean she can create explosives out of thin air anytime, anywhere.

The gradual depletion of explosives meant that her happy time was coming to an end, and that she would have to adopt a more conservative combat approach after the explosives ran out.

"Mercenary, when you've had your fill of fireworks, just stay quietly behind us."

Laurentina sliced ​​through the ink-like creatures that were leaking from in front of Loting. Whether the bomb exploded or not didn't really make much difference. Loting gave her the bomb simply because she seemed nice, so he let her have some fun. That was all.

The constantly active W skill, Titan's Wrath, not only provides a shield but also causes each strike of the giant anchor to unleash destructive energy over a considerable area, washing away all abnormal ink monsters within the attack range.

At this moment, a black flag was thrown to W, who was gradually running out of things to do.

As the skin is changed, the patterns on it also change, making them more in line with the overall artistic style of the default skin.

It is an Imperial Order, used by Lotin to significantly increase mana regeneration speed, and was first reforged and materialized on the "Life Spine".

"what?"

Although reluctant, W had no choice but to temporarily act as the flag bearer, waving the flag a little behind the crowd.

With the blessing of the Imperial Order, Lothing in his normal state possesses almost inexhaustible mana. If he so desires, he can even switch to the Conqueror and command multiple ancient Sarkaz heroes imprisoned in the Bloodthirsty Sword to fight in the real world.

However, these creations in the paintings lack blood and cannot provide the Conqueror with enough layers to grow larger, while the Raincaller, with its high-level buffs, already has a fairly high rate and probability of altering the environment.

Before long, Lothing will be able to create a torrential downpour and then bring forth the colossal deep-sea Titan.

Rain clouds have begun to appear in the world of the painting. They are summoned by the power of the deep-sea Titan. Neither the mastermind behind the chaos in the painting nor the original artist, Xi, can erase or interfere with these rain clouds.

Amidst wave after wave of abnormal black monster attacks, the circular tidal wave created by the brass giant and the violent waves from the collapsing anchor cleared out a relatively safe space, while the survivors were swept away by the hunters.

Meanwhile, the artist, Xi, used her remaining permissions to erase enemies attacking from behind.

The young candle-bearer was wary of the Ink Spirits leaping at high speed in an attempt to cross the outer defense line, or of the Ink Spirits disguised as clouds of opposite colors that could trigger violent explosions.

"Is that Niweng Town?"

"What a bizarre sight."

Zuo Le was astonished by the bizarre scene before him. Behind the door of the teahouse, instead of tables, chairs, and tea drinkers, there was a bare white wall. The storyteller emerged from the wall, and the order of his storytelling became chaotic, making it impossible to understand its meaning.

The well, which should have been on the ground, was placed horizontally on the ground, but not a single drop of water leaked out.

"The erosion is still deepening."

The power of the world in the painting is gradually slipping from Xi's hands. Under such circumstances, it is becoming more difficult for her to exert her own power. In addition, she has begun to feel her physical strength waning after constantly erasing these abnormal creations for a long time.

"Damn it, what the hell is this thing now?"

A hand that pierced through the ground grasped W's ankle. Black ink dripped from the hand of the resident in the painting, and the place that should have been the pupil was now empty, with only the ink stains remaining.

The dagger sliced ​​through the hand that held onto obsession, freeing W from the arm that came from the distorted space.

"Such a massive enemy..."

Lotin has now confirmed that these enemies seem to be impossible to kill in the short term, so he believes that it is worthwhile to spend money to improve his monster-clearing ability.

"Should I buy a [Sunfire Aegis]?"

Since leaving Iberia, Lotin had not encountered an enemy that attacked him purely with numbers for a long time. Fortunately, Lotin still had a surplus of funds after destroying thirteen dreadnoughts.

In addition to the gold coins brought by the dreadnought itself, the officers and soldiers on board, as well as the slain Grand Duke and Deeppool leader, all brought Lothing thousands of gold coins, leaving a surplus even after purchasing and materializing the Imperial Orders and the Iron Sun.

This time, Lotin chose to reforge the materialized equipment [Heart Steel].

The piece of equipment that has yielded him the most benefits so far.

Half the price, 1500 gold coins.

The materialized [Heart Steel] is a chest armor, nested in the chest area of ​​the default skin, existing in a form similar to additional armor.

Once materialized, this thorny breastplate allows skill casting range to increase at a slightly lower ratio as body size increases. This is a buff that only becomes significant after accumulating a high number of [Heart Steel] stacks (every 3% increase in body size corresponds to a 2% increase in skill casting distance).

Now that Lotin's [Heart Steel] stacks have accumulated to a considerable level, choosing to reforge and materialize [Heart Steel] at this point will yield substantial benefits.

The remaining 2800+ gold coins are just enough to buy the [Sunfire Aegis].

With 350 health points and 50 armor points, Lotin's armor reaches 217 points with the bonuses from [Iron Sun], [Sunfire Aegis], and [Jash the Shapeshifter], thus escaping the situation of being thin-skinned but having high health during the early development stage.

In addition, its passive nature is most effective in resolving the current situation:

[Sacrifice: After taking or dealing damage, deal 20 (+1% bonus health) magic damage per second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.]

[Sacrifice deals 50% increased damage to minions and monsters]

As Lotin fully digested the funds he had acquired last time, intricate patterns resembling crimson lotuses appeared around him. The extent of these patterns seemed to be affected by the reforged and materialized [Heart Steel], as did [Endless Hatred] and [Steel Sun].

Enemies within several meters were instantly incinerated. [Sacrifice] now deals over 150 damage per second, exceeding 200 damage per second against these smaller enemies. Therefore, the massive number of abnormally spawned enemies were instantly vaporized, leaving not even a trace of water.

The mutated "triumph" that originally required some attention has now lost its threat of self-destruction because it can no longer coalesce.

"Wow, it seems you still have some trump cards up your sleeve."

Xi suddenly found that her pressure had decreased a lot, and the brass giant seemed to have taken out more magical artifacts.

At that moment, a bottle of blue potion was handed to her by W, who was the most idle.

"This is?"

"A magic pill that can quickly restore energy."

Luo Ting didn't dare to drink the potion of unknown origin directly, so Laurentina used a bottle in front of her.

After taking the medicine with peace of mind, Xi did feel her energy return to her body, and she was able to eliminate the enemy again at a fairly high frequency.

After passing through Mudwood Town, which had transformed into a strange and desolate place, dark raindrops began to fall from the sky, rapidly evolving into a storm to create a sufficiently humid combat environment for the Deep Sea Titan.

Amidst the rumbling thunder, the ground began to tremble.

“There is a beast that is blue in color and shaped like a mountain range. There are eleven of them, wearing the moon and shrouded in mist.”

Zuo Le recited a short poem, which described the most powerful Mo Liang created by Xi, majestic and aloof, just like its master.

The eleven winding giant beasts were combined by the power of the distorted world in the painting, transforming into an even larger, red-faced ferocious beast.

"This appearance is... Taotie?"

The free spirits drawn by Xi were twisted into the ferocious beasts depicted in the "Scroll of Mountains and Seas". She recognized this thing. It was a great ferocious beast that devoured the sky and the earth. Although it was not its original form, its hungry and ferocious appearance was vividly displayed.

They were similar in both form and spirit, so Xi naturally dared not underestimate them.

As for Luo Ting, isn't the Taotie recorded in the "Scroll of Mountains and Seas" just "Kogas"?

Although it was just Xi's creation that was distorted by the "Scroll of Mountains and Seas" into the form of "Kog'gas" in the "Scroll of Mountains and Seas", it can still be drawn to resemble the original.

"Unfortunately, the rain was already heavy enough."

This is, in fact, the first time Loting has faced such a formidable enemy.

Chapter 184: Titan vs. Cho'Gath

"A Taotie? Another giant beast has appeared?"

Zuo Le's taut nerves were finally about to snap. Another colossal beast recorded by the Si Sui Tai appeared before him.

"No. Regardless of whether I live or die, someone must send the information back to Si Sui Tai."

No matter how proud Zuo Le was, the instincts and reason he had when faced with the signs of activity from the two giant beasts were enough to make him make the most rational choice.

He bears the most basic responsibility of a torchbearer. At his age, he is the kind of person who can set aside everything and dedicate his passion to a single goal.

Young and impulsive, but pure.

"It's just a creation in a painting."

Why panic?

Luo Ting's voice had become deep and resonant.

He knew that this was an existence distorted by the [Scroll of Mountains and Seas] as it eroded Xi's painting according to its own contents, rather than the real [Koghast].

The inky raindrops quickly accumulated into huge puddles. As the monstrous beast devoured the mountains, the giant brass arm rose from the inky pool, using the mountain pass as a support.

"Is this the true form of Lord Gonggong?"

The dark raindrops blurred Zuo Le's vision. In the records of the Si Sui Tai, Nautilus's real name was recorded as "Gonggong".

"It's still not quite there."

In terms of both size and color, Xi Du believes that the current bronze giant is different from "Gonggong", as if his true form was left in the "Shan Hai Scroll".

The red-faced beast devoured the mountains. Luo Ting had only ever seen such insatiable gluttony and hunger in Hai Si. This behemoth's appetite even surpassed that of the bell ringer who could have his appetite stimulated and who had a trace of scavenger blood.

In the hazy, inky rain, bright red and yellow lights pierced through the obscuration, intersecting and merging.

Dark crimson flames were spewed from the giant beast's mouth, enveloping the entire bronze giant. Although it was merely a product of the "Scroll of Mountains and Seas" imitating the contents of the painting, and not the real "Cho'Gath," the silence effect of "Cho'Gath's" W skill was partially reproduced.

Unfortunately, it couldn't stop the activated skill from taking effect; the raging fire that melted the mountains was blocked by the brass container.

The combined burning effects of [Endless Hatred] and [Sunfire Aegis] forced the behemoth to eat even more frequently to replenish its lost bodily energy.

Its feeding behavior quickly wiped out the surrounding abnormal Ink Spirits, while the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire of the [Sunfire Shield] made it difficult for newly generated Ink Spirits to get close.

Then, the ravenous beast pounced on the brass giant. A reddish-orange black fissure appeared in its gaping maw. The gluttonous beast locked onto the brass giant as its feast, because it was merely an imitation of the Mountain and Sea Scroll and could not inflict real damage like the original, but only magical damage.

The giant beast's bite swallowed the surrounding mountains and rivers whole, and the immense attraction caused even those outside the battle to lose their footing.

"Such a strong attraction!"

"Your Excellency Gonggong, are you truly confident in defeating such an enemy?"

"Although the one opposite is a paper tiger, you have not been able to retrieve your true form..."

Zuo Le, clinging tightly to an old tree, was having a tough time, while W and Laurentina were clinging to Skadi's leg.

However, thanks to the magic potion that restored her energy, Xi could begin to splash ink and paint, drawing a circle on the ground to make the area inside the circle a temporary haven.

"You need not be alarmed. Those who merely imitate others have all the imposing airs but no real gluttony."

Just as Xi had predicted, this strike still carried some weight.

The biting and grinding of the cracks caused Lotin a sharp pain in his arm, but after the pain subsided, nothing else happened.

The giant anchor roared in, stirring up a gale strong enough to uproot trees and producing a deafening roar like a landslide.

A single blow, packed with various attack effects, shattered the red bones on the red-faced behemoth's face and the sharp teeth in its mouth, causing it to stagger backward in a sorry state.

"He's a tough-skinned beast."

Now that Lotin's skill speed is stacked very high, in accordance with the principle of "use it early and cooldown is early", the giant anchor was suddenly driven into the ground.

【Deep Sea Impact】, with its exaggerated spell power, now produces a real flood or tsunami when unleashed.