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Of these hundred or so mermaids and lizards, most were at the third tier, and the rest, except for four at the fifth tier, were all at the fourth tier, clearly forming an elite team.
If Luo Xiu hadn't boarded the ship, the ferry would most likely have been completely destroyed.
Suddenly, Luo Xiu seemed to sense something and looked at the distant sea. There was nothing there, but he sensed several powerful auras approaching.
"No wonder they dared to let Neptune sail the boat alone to pick people up; it turns out they weren't completely unprepared."
Luo Xiu smiled slightly, grabbed the mermaid's corpse, and stepped forward, revealing his figure and officially announcing his entry into the battlefield.
We need to speed things up; otherwise, if someone comes and takes all the points, we'll be left with no recourse.
His appearance attracted the attention of many people.
The first to notice was Neptune, because she felt that the singing of one of the mermaids had disappeared and the pressure had decreased. So she turned her gaze to the backs of the two fifth-level swamp lizards and saw Luo Xiu holding the mermaid's corpse.
"Lord Luo Xiu..."
Overjoyed, she shared the news, boosting everyone's confidence.
What was originally a four-on-five battle between five level-5 fighters has now become a four-on-three situation, giving us the advantage!
Having escaped the giant waves and received such good news, everyone's confidence soared.
"Dorant will win!!!"
The group unleashed a barrage of attacks using all their skills without regard for their own safety.
After telling Leila that he was alright, Luo Xiu went to Luo Le's side.
At this moment, Basil was still repeatedly smashing the two giant water lizards.
She swung her colossal hammer with fierce power, which, enhanced by her divine state, shone with a platinum-gold light, smashing the two water lizards encased in water spheres and sending them staggering backward. Suddenly, she felt someone pat her shoulder.
She subconsciously turned her head and saw Luo Xiu's smiling face.
"What are you here for?"
She forcibly turned her head back, and continued to hammer down with the giant hammer in her hand, with even greater force than before. Several horns on the head of a water lizard were smashed off, and the lizard bled profusely.
The two lizards were completely bewildered. How much strength did this human woman still have left? And how did she become so much stronger than before?
They were filled with fear and for the first time showed signs of retreating.
"I can handle it myself!"
Basil's sullen voice came from behind.
Luo Xiu smiled, offering neither explanation nor comfort, but instead said:
"Lord Basil, didn't you want to know how I made Leila and the others stronger?"
"..."
Basil bit her lower lip. Luo Xiu's words had hit her sore spot. She turned to look at Luo Xiu, about to say something, when she suddenly felt a surge of power within her body, like sweet rain, nourishing her entire being.
She was stunned. She had never felt this way before. It was as if something in her blood had been awakened, and every muscle in her body was cheering. A surge of power instantly spread throughout her body.
Unlike her current miraculous state, this was not an instantaneous improvement, but a permanent transformation of her physique.
In just a moment, she felt herself taking a big step forward towards the sixth rank.
"Your Excellency Basil, I don't know what you thought before."
Luo Xiu smiled and spoke:
"But now the misunderstanding should be cleared up. Just like you promised me before, you, completely and utterly, now belong to me."
“Since it is entirely you, then your emotions must also be included. I give you strength, and you give me yourself. This is what we agreed on back then.”
"We hope you will comply."
With these words, Luo Xiu clearly distanced himself from the situation and drew a clear line. But to his surprise, after a moment of silence, Luo Xiu suddenly turned around, rushed into his arms, and gently bit his right arm again.
"Didn't Tata tell you that?"
Basil's eyes were red, but a smug smile played on her lips:
“I’ve been disobedient since I was a child.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she swung her giant hammer and smashed it down on the water lizard on the left. With her power amplified again, she smashed through the water sphere surrounding the water lizard with a single blow, and the massive, mountain-like body fell straight down towards the sea.
Luo Xiu looked at the almost invisible teeth marks on his right arm and smiled helplessly.
Without paying much attention, he flashed and appeared directly next to the only remaining fifth-tier mermaid, reaching out and grabbing its head.
In the mermaid's terrified eyes.
boom!
A blood mist exploded.
On the deck, Neptune felt the song, imbued with spiritual power, dissipate in mid-air.
Realizing what had happened, she immediately looked into the distance. At this moment, the mermaid was no longer visible on the back of the lizard. She could only see Luo Xiu standing on the lizard's head, his white cloak spreading out like a pure curtain, seemingly about to cover the entire sea surface.
He crouched down and placed his hand on the head of the lizard.
boom!
Blood splattered in the air, thick blood mist stained the curtain, and finally transformed into bright red plum blossoms, blooming on the sea surface.
This scene was reflected in the eyes of everyone on the ship, making them feel that what happened today might be unforgettable for them for the rest of their lives, a wonderful experience that they could talk about even when they were seventy or eighty years old.
"Splash—splash—"
In the distance, a fleet of ships was speeding across the waves, but no one's attention was on the support fleet.
They were witnessing an extremely skillful art of killing. The figure on the sea seemed to be dancing in the blood, each strike perfectly timed, showcasing the most direct aesthetics of violence.
The once ferocious water lizard was now only echoing with mournful howls.
……
……
Luo Wanghai.
Extremely far from the coastline, this is an isolated island.
The island is small, not even comparable to the garden in the inner city of Kanriel. There are only three lonely coconut trees on the entire island, and the bare ground is not even a single pebble.
Under a coconut tree, a figure lay asleep on a deck chair, hands behind his head, using a magic book to shield his face from the sunlight.
Beneath a much smaller coconut tree nearby, a petite nightingale, its dark wings shimmering with iridescent colors in the sunlight, was chirping away, seemingly speaking in human language:
"You really don't intend to take my advice?"
"..."
The figure on the recliner didn't reply; it was unclear whether she was asleep or simply too lazy to pay attention to the nightingale.
The nightingale sneered:
“【&*&*&】, I should have thought of that sooner. You’ve always been a short-sighted idiot.”
"Since you're unwilling to cooperate, then the three of us brothers will just keep at it, becoming a laughingstock among the demons, and wasting our lives in this world until the day we run out of time."
Faced with the nightingale's mockery, the figure on the recliner finally made a move.
He still covered his face with the book, but extended three long, slender fingers towards the nightingale:
There are three errors in what you said.
"1. I am not a short-sighted person."
"If I didn't have foresight, I wouldn't have planted three coconut trees on this island. Besides you, the biggest one next to it was reserved for that idiot who only knows how to use brute force."
"2. I have never claimed to be brothers with either of you, so don't try to get close to me."
“3. It is the two of you who will exhaust your lifespan in this world, while I will be able to leave soon.”
The nightingale scoffed:
"You mean you can go out, but after all these years you haven't even captured a single stretch of coastline?"
The figure's next words made Nightingale's face turn completely dark:
"Over the years, one of the three demonic forces under my command has died out, and another has been crippled. You have no right to talk about me."
The nightingale jumped up. It had been holding back for a long time, and with its temper, it should have lost its temper long ago. But in order to cooperate with the shadow, it had been going in circles with it. Now that its sore spot had been hit, it could no longer hold back.
"You stupid idiot, still dreaming of climbing the path of promotion? For the three of us now, are promotion and trials still important? Freedom! Freedom is the most important thing, do you understand?!"
"You think you can break through the mess left by those damned humans all by yourself?! Do you really think you can?!"
It became completely enraged, its feathers standing on end, and it roared angrily at the figure.
Seeing the nightingale's anger, the figure finally stopped lying flat. He reached out and removed the magic book from his face. Inside, the pages were covered with random scribbles and drawings, his idle musings.
After all, there were no books in this world worth reading and remembering, so he could only write for himself.
He sat up, and what was hidden under the book was a strangely handsome face. Black, tousled hair covered his forehead, and his eyes were deep and captivating, as if they held eerie stars.
"【**&**】."
He pronounced the nightingale's name in a strange voice, then laughed, his eyes narrowing into two crescent-shaped slits:
"Don't tell me you didn't sense that those kinds of people have disappeared, which is why you came to find me, isn't it?"
"Because you saw hope, the hope of leaving this place."
"Of course you can only come to me. After all, you only have a bunch of defeated soldiers left. If you don't cooperate with me, you can't even compete with that idiot who only knows brute force, let alone compete with me."
"But why should I agree to that?"
He stood up, stretched, and his long black robe couldn't conceal his well-defined, muscular physique.
"After those people disappear, and once the restrictions they left behind are no longer in place, I can complete the trial on my own."
"No need to break the rules, no need for cooperation, not even for me to personally intervene. Just watch, [**&**]."
"Watch how I complete the trial step by step."
The nightingale fell silent.
The words spoken by the figure in the black robe struck at its weak point.
Its reason for cooperating with the figure in the black robe was certainly not just because it told the demon bat and the mushroom monster that it couldn't wait any longer.