Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

The Tidehunter leaned weakly against the reef, his reason never having prevailed before. He had witnessed the carnage and destruction he had caused, and he realized that he had just fought not against the sea, but against the Terrans who fought against the sea, including some of his own people.

He cried out in anguish and howled as he made a final, desperate charge into the dying sea, then disappeared into the waves with Quessana's sword in his hand. He used his last strength to fight the sea creature to the death, until the last bit of life force in his body was drained.

Even so, at the last moment, he held onto a crazed sea monster, allowing Quessina's sword, which had pierced him, to also pierce it.

But this may not be the end for this "absurd" hero.

He discovered that the sea creatures were beginning to dissolve and feed back to themselves, while his biosignal receiving organs were also dissolving further.

"The voice of the sea has become unified."

"Such a harmonious rhythm is like a frenzied roar transformed into a rhythmic song."

"A sad song of a wanderer in a foreign land."

The Tide Hunter Knight turned his gaze to the depths of the sea.

Skadi opened her eyes in the cultivation tank, her gaze still that of the reclusive hunter. Skadi had completed her hunt for Isamara during the fusion, but her physical existence had been overturned, and a new behemoth was born.

The great herd is about to be ruled by its new master.

Chapter 265: Emerging from the Cocoon

On the other side of the continent, Nian and the most elite civil engineering masters of Yan Kingdom had built a complete and perfect fortification in advance. The well-prepared soldiers of Da Yan stood firm against the pounding waves of flesh and blood, while the people in the rear actively supported the army and provided logistical support to the front line.

The unstable, high-powered explosives were forbidden by the Great Yan army to be used without authorization—because they could not guarantee safety during deployment. But Nian herself didn't care about that; she only cared about how to kill these corrupt flesh and blood more efficiently.

"Brother, did you feel anything?"

He vaguely sensed a certain familiarity from the distance of the sea; it was the rhythm of a giant beast's life.

"Unbelievable, despite being completely unrecognizable, these monstrous creatures do indeed have blood similar to ours, and they have intricate connections with the giant beasts."

"A new behemoth is about to be born."

Chongyue had always been a troubleshooter, dealing with elite individuals who were difficult to handle with conventional weapons of mass destruction. This experience made him even more acutely aware of what he was experiencing.

"Lord Gonggong, what exactly happened on your end?"

Chongyue's contemplation did not affect his ability to shatter the shell of another anemone-shaped sea creature with a straight punch.

In Chongyue's view, these giant beast offspring, now freed from their restrictions, should be even stronger. However, those that surged ashore were far weaker than he had anticipated. Gonggong had indeed, as he had said, entangled the main force of the large group.

"Their elite troops must all be with you; hopefully, nothing bad will happen to them..."

Chongyue is wrong about one thing: Luoting did not go to "entangle" the main force of the large group, but rather the main force of the large group tried to entangle him.

As Skadi slightly opened her eyes, a powerful yet harmonious bioelectric signal surged forth, causing all the Sealings to pause involuntarily for a moment.

"There was no burning sensation; instead, it felt like listening to a peaceful song."

"Orca, did you succeed?"

Laurentina looked up at the culture tank, and Skadi's clothes had transformed into a short priestess outfit adorned with many intricate openwork carvings, trimmed with some kind of gold substance, and with an indigo base.

A fan-shaped, gold-plated headdress appeared on her head, and a swirling, metallic bun secured it to Skadi's head.

The sea creatures went completely mad. They gathered together haphazardly, forming a wall of flesh and blood that showed no signs of evolution and was as tall as the gigantic Nautilus from the Mountain and Sea Scroll.

The wall of flesh and blood recklessly pushed towards the cultivation tank, but the next second, a dark red halo appeared on the ground, and a gluttonous maw leaped out from the earth's veins, swallowing the ugly wall of flesh and blood whole.

This is the unique presentation of the R skill under the Mountain and Sea Ashes skin, which is perfect for swallowing enemies with particularly strong regenerative abilities.

Then, the special transparent walls of the incubation chamber slowly lowered, and the holy and beautiful mermaid's lips trembled slightly as she uttered her first sound after awakening:

"The tide is going out!"

A gentle female voice, accompanied by a soothing bioelectric signal, pierced through the entire ocean. In an instant, the sea monsters and terror fish, who had just been engaged in their final frenzy, began to die, returning the biomass to the original ecosystem—except for the core colony near the ruins.

“Level 12 strong bio-electromagnetic pulse detected. Isamara is back.”

The assistant, connected to the large-scale exploration equipment, emitted a cold, synthesized electronic voice. During the Great Silence, it stored the same data.

"The waveform fits the data recording during periods of high quietness by up to 90 percent."

Hera glanced at the dying sea creatures and dinosaurs outside the dome, and simply turned off the assistant's broadcast function.

“That couldn’t be Isamara. Those creatures have produced a new ruler, a ruler that has caused the seas to recede. The Creator’s plan has succeeded.”

Hera saw a beam of sunlight pierce the sea and shine beneath the dome, but within the shroud of darkness, not a ray of light could be seen in the great city.

In the ruins, Skadi smiled and swam slowly toward Lotin, while Lotin was trying to discern whether the person before him was his lover.

When the graceful mermaid's gaze met that of the bronze giant, Lotin confirmed that this was undoubtedly Skadi, one hundred percent, only her body had been perfected by the technology of the previous civilization, and her existence had been sublimated.

The ocean sings for her birth, accompanied by a harmonious rhythm of bioelectric signals and high-frequency sound waves, a scene completely opposite to the stillness of the ocean.

This scene just happened to save the Tide Hunter Knight from perishing together with a Seagull.

Such scenes were also witnessed by the allied forces resisting the Sealings. A scavenger warrior watched as the monster in front of him turned into a pool of blood without warning, and a Grand Inquisitor saw the terror fish that surrounded him dissolve in the seawater.

At first, everyone thought it was the effect of some new Agorian jamming weapon, but when the entire defensive line remained completely still, they realized that their resistance had been successful.

They relied on Terra's extremely primitive military technology compared to that of the Hysterians themselves to resist for a long enough time.

"The tide has gone out."

Carmen slumped into an ordinary metal chair, and in an instant, tears streamed down her weathered face.

Iberia had waited too long for this moment, so long that it was almost exhausting the life force of this dying nation.

“The one who truly saves Iberia is the one who truly deserves the title of saint.”

He erased his own title of "saint" from the register, and the old man smiled, a smile through his tears, finally freeing himself from the endless struggle of despair.

"The whole flock and I now belong to you."

"Nautilus, I am still your hunter Skadi."

Those hideous, shelled monsters transformed into beautiful, colorful butterflyfish, dancing gracefully around the large group of new queens.

The curse of poisonous blood has now transformed into a blessing of ascension, and the deviation of the Deep Blue Tree Project from its course has been corrected.

"I'm glad you're alright, my hunter."

The bronze colossus's hands, as large as small hills, gently sheltered Skadi within them.

"Let the large group remain in semi-dormant state here for now. After the cleanup, I will need your strength to fight the demons emerging from the rift."

"I'm so glad you finally really need my strength."

"I've already said it, I and the whole flock belong to you."

Surrounding Skadi, the sea creatures that had transformed into butterfly-fish-like forms danced gracefully to her softly hummed song, shrouding her in a veil of sanctity.

"Orca, you seem to have become quite powerful now!"

Laurentina swam at the very front of the group of deep-sea hunters. She had never felt so light. The filthy, poisonous blood within the deep-sea hunters had transformed into a gift from Skadi to her blood relatives.

The balance that Buodes had been dreaming of was thus achieved—clearly not through his method of surrender.

"shark!"

Laurentina bumped into Skadi, which startled Skadi.

"Orca, you've become so powerful. Will Lord Nautilus favor you even more in the future?"

"Sigh, I didn't expect that I still couldn't keep my position."

Laurentina outwardly feigned jealousy, but inwardly she was still full of congratulations for Skadi.

Lotin noticed that Skadi's lips seemed to be barely concealing their smirk; she seemed genuinely enjoying it, but she still awkwardly tried to maintain a calm demeanor.

Many people who appear cold and aloof are not without rich emotions; they simply choose not to express them.

Of course, Skadi's joy at this moment was not limited to this; she herself was also freed from the fate of being cursed by Isamara's poisonous blood.

Goredia and Ulpian also felt the poisonous blood that had long tormented the deep-sea hunters being purified—or rather, sublimated.

“I plan to go back to Agor first; there’s still a lot of mess to clean up there.”

Ulbian breathed a sigh of relief, inwardly congratulating Skadi on breaking her cursed fate. An old father who had watched his daughter grow up passed away quietly.

"I will also make a trip to Agor later, after all, I am still a governor for the time being."

"But I need to stay here and see what these two really mean."

Goredia watched Ulpian leave, the deep-sea hunters were finally free, just as Ulpian was.

The kids from the next team became "gods," beings capable of deciding Terra's fate solely by their own will. Of course, she also had a behemoth beside her capable of taking her down single-handedly—Nautilus.

"Phew, I'm so tired."

The doctor stuffed the magic potion into his mouth and drank it down his throat. He was exhausted from operating "Anana" for a long time to control the fusion process.

In gratitude for the doctor's help, Skadi used gentle bioelectric signals and sound waves to alleviate his fatigue and discomfort.

"Thank you, Doctor of Rhodes Island, or rather, another creator."

"Hmph, Miss Skadi, if you really want to thank me, then let me have Nautilus for a while longer."

Once the situation eases up, the three of them end up like this: the doctor, quite shamelessly, makes a greedy request.

"I also want him to accompany me to explore Agor more. The records of the cultural life of the prehistoric civilization are most complete here in all of Terra."

"It starts again..."

Like an awkward outsider, Goredia had no choice but to stand by and watch. She wondered if she should also return to Agor first, but she was reluctant to give up such extremely important information as the attitudes of these two powerful beings.

It wasn't until Laurentina came over to check on her former captain that she got the chance to speak with Nautilus.

Chapter 266: I am the Great Flock

"Lord Nautilus, what will you do with these creatures next?"

“Agor has no intention of being your enemy, but we also need the most basic living space.”

Goredia cautiously probed Lotin's attitude. She knew she couldn't be too casual just because of blood ties and a close relationship with Lotin. The Agorians had already paid a heavy price for their arrogance, so Goredia began to treat Lotin with considerable caution.

After all, it wasn't her and Agor who received extra attention from Lotin, but rather Laurentina, Skadi, and the Doctor.

“Agor’s development activities on the ruins need to be restrained. The doctor and I will be responsible for recovering the prehistoric civilization technologies that are not currently suitable for Agor to possess.”

Agor has already caused a terrible disaster once because of this, and Lotin believes that if the Agor people are not monitored and restrained, the same thing will most likely happen again.

“I appreciate Agor’s caution in dealing with land-based countries to prevent the outflow of technologies that are dangerous to them, but this is also true for Agor himself.”

"The large groups will no longer expand without restraint, but in order to plug the gaps, they still have the right to obtain sufficient nutrition to maintain their reproduction and evolution. Therefore, the expansion of the Agor people cannot be without boundaries."

Lotin had by this time deactivated his gigantic form and switched his skin to that of an astronaut, the identity he would later use before the Agorians and the land-based nations.

"Governor Goredia, do you have any objections?"

Goredia sensed that Lotin's question was more like a threat, an ultimatum to the Agorians.

"No objection. I understand your long-term strategy."

Despite having been by his side for so long, Goredia still appeared as timid and fearful as a scaled beast hiding in a coral reef in front of Lotin.

Goredia could understand Lotin's idea of ​​using the power of the Mass to fight another common threat, and now that Skadi had become the master of the Mass, the plan was entirely feasible.

“As I have already said, Lord Nautilus will not make things difficult for Agor without reason, but everything has its limits.”

Laurentina tried to calm Gretia down, telling her that Lotin wasn't one to make things difficult for others without reason.

"Captain, you're always so tense, it'll break you, won't it?"

“Now we can relax a little. Agor is no longer troubled by Haisi.”

Meanwhile, Skadi began to tend to the last remaining sea breeding colonies. According to her plan, she would leave the colonies a large enough space to reproduce, so that they could truly become part of the ecosystem.

"Take root here, unyielding deep blue branches, I need you to fill the cracks in the world."

“Nautilus, I wish to make an agreement with the nations of Terra, prohibiting them from approaching the last remaining colonies of the Great Horde at will. These creatures are far too dangerous for the Terrans, and their power should be used to fight far more dangerous enemies.”

"Of course, representatives from all countries should be heading to Agor, after all, the non-military technology sharing promised by Agor is an enticing treasure for all of them."

Lotin agreed with Skadi's idea; rather, he just happened to think the same way Skadi did.

He saw that, under Skadi's guidance, the colony had transformed into a towering tree in the sea. The abominable flesh monsters had now transformed into shimmering, fluorescent sea fairies. They had not lost their sharp teeth and claws, but Skadi preferred this form and intended to keep them in this posture in normal times.

The once terrifying den of flesh and blood has been transformed into a fairytale-like underwater paradise, and the hunters cursed by tainted blood have become water nymphs. Such changes truly leave Goredia sighing with regret.

After completing these tasks, Lotin activated his teleportation skill once again. Agor was now his ally, so he could freely set teleportation targets between Agorian cities. With a flash of purple light, Lotin teleported to Miliarum again. This place was closest to the land, making it convenient for leaders of land nations to travel there, and thus it was chosen as the meeting place between Agor and the land nations.