Highgrim was on the deck looking in disbelief at the giant thing floating on the sea.
The huge gelatinous exoskeleton of each segment and the long dragging tentacles prove its identity - World Worm. Although it looks and sounds like a certain class under the phylum Arthropod, it actually belongs to the genus Kukaimons. World snake species.
Their closest relatives are the fantasy species originating from Etalia, which are primitive dragons and celestial whales. They are incompatible with any type of creature on earth.
The segmented body was covered with numerous scars, among which the fatal wound was the one located in the midriff, where the sharp impact of the Imperial Storm tore the World Worm's weakest link, almost splitting it in two.
But the behemoth's fatal blow also left three deep, bone-visible wounds on the side of the giant ship.
Below the deck, Hei Zheng passed through the nearly collapsed artillery deck, looking up at the damage caused by the giant beast's fangs from the outside, and couldn't help but whistled, "My dear, no wonder the situation below the Imperial Fleet's nest in the outer sea is If you don't avoid it, you will almost die this time."
He looked back. "The four ribs of the ship suffered injuries of varying severity. As for whether it affects the keel, further investigation is needed. In comparison, the damage to the bow and forecastle is insignificant."
Juno's eyes also swept over the broken wood and the bulkheads riddled with holes, with dazzling light shining through the holes below the deck.
"Can we continue to move forward?" the latter simply asked.
"We won't know until after the inspection," Hei shrugged. "If the keel is damaged, we will have to stop for at least a day, and it will also affect the subsequent battles - we can use the Nightmare Furnace structure to replace part of our work."
He paused, "It's a pity that the elf doll is not as useful as before in this level, otherwise it would not take us so long to repair the Imperial Storm."
"That's not necessarily a bad thing for us."
Trixis laughed at herself, "Have you forgotten what the people in Lavender reported? The Kaolin people have a very powerful construct lord, and the number is not necessarily our advantage. We have Dragon Soul No. 4, and the opponent also has five. No. Dragon Soul."
The first thing she thought of was that guy.
That guy is hypocritical on the surface, but actually full of bad intentions.
"But Dragon Soul No. 4 has been used as the main dragon soul of the Empire Storm. Miaoguang is a dragon soul that is biased towards the main structure. This is one of the fields most suitable for her to perform. The Kaolin people had no choice but to choose the fifth one. Dragon Soul No. 5," Georgifen, who had been silent until now, suddenly said, "So what is the technical route of Dragon Soul No. 5?"
"God knows," Hei shook his head, "but No. 5 is one number less than No. 4. In the sequence of contemporary magical skills, nothing can compare to the Dragon Knight battleship, unless they have real Dragon Knights."
"Except for the non-existent number three, the first seven dragon soul numbers are all in the same category, there is no distinction between them," Juno corrected. He looked away from the ship's wounds and said, "Send a signal to the Ayinbrok Craftsmen Association and ask them to help save people."
"Juno?"
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him in astonishment.
Hei was stunned for a moment before asking: "The person who saved the Kapka Craftsmen Association?"
Juno nodded silently.
The Continental League should be a stage for craftsmen. What it really tests is the skill level of the younger generation of alchemists on the mainland.
In previous competitions, it was not that there were no battles. Even in the Shuhai level, craftsmen from different regions formed alliances with each other to show the outside world the ability of alchemists to prepare for a war in this era.
But by this stage, the level setting was far beyond the capabilities of the young craftsmen. It would be so difficult for even the empire to deal with these sudden appearance of behemoths from the air and sea.
So how should others respond?
Coincidences in the competition may come as a surprise to the underdog, but not to others.
The genius from the Empire did not explain his motives.
Every round of competition, every level, and the ever-changing trial scenes in previous mainland leagues, the Spire that examines everything has different criteria for judging them.
Outside the arena——
Kukai Behemoth's strange behavior caused a lot of discussion, but the game was still not suspended.
It seems that no matter how many unexpected situations occur in the competition, the occultists always turn a deaf ear to them, and they are not worried that the progress of the competition will be interfered with.
The referee team once again consulted the Silver Tower, but the answer given by the staff in silver robes was still that the game was proceeding normally. Jerros silently watched the information coming from the backstage, and there was no trace of surprise on his face. color.
He has almost become accustomed to the other party's calmness.
It’s just that there are a lot of surprises this year.
"What do you think?"
He turned around and asked his partner.
The young man was enthusiastic and had many opinions that coincided with his.
The young partner pondered for a moment before putting forward his own opinion: "Situations like this have rarely occurred in history, but I always feel that maybe the standards for judging spires have changed. To reach..."
"Keep talking."
"Jack," the young man hesitated, "I think under such circumstances, it may not be as simple as imagined to obtain the star anchor and reach the end..."
Jeros silently looked away from the picture, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.
That faint light also flashed in the wandering horse's eyes.
He looked at the many barrages passing by in the live broadcast room, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"Did you see it?"
"Ma, what do you see?" But the comments in the live broadcast room were mixed, and someone asked: "This year's competition has reached this level, and the difficulty has suddenly gone up to a higher level?"
The wandering horse shook his head, "I don't think so."
"That is?"
"The rules of judging have changed."
…
"Forin, what do you think?"
Forin stood at the bow of the boat, watching the huge shadow moving farther and farther in the darkness. He turned around after hearing his companion's inquiry, "The giant beasts under the Sea Nest are not that easy to move. There must be some reason that stimulates them."
"But this is a fictional space. It may not be a level set by the occultists."
Forin interrupted: "I guess they won't do that."
"but……"
Forin raised his head and glanced at the people behind him one by one. Others are stuck. The Craftsman Competition is a competition to test craftsmen, and combat only accounts for a very small part of this competition.
It is to demonstrate the ability of the younger generation of alchemists to create creations, and their ability to coordinate logistics and plan a war. Magical skills cannot exist apart from the mortal society itself - it is born in war.
but……
He held the dry seed. The heart of the tree was guarded by two interlaced metal rings, emitting fluorescent green light. "The heart of the tree will leave a breath, luring the giant beast of the sea to leave the nest of the sea and come to the surface of the wind element layer. I know that there is a way to revive the sea of light in the way of disturbing the sea of ether——"
He looked at everyone.
"But that's absolutely forbidden."
Forin turned his gaze to the crowd, where there was a line of sight that was straying away from it without leaving any trace. Someone opened his mouth, but did not answer.
"I will find out the reason." He looked away and said calmly.
…
Valeria looked at the giant fin rising from the sea with a pale face. It was like a sharp blade in the hand of a giant, breaking through the clouds, raising high cloud waves, and then crashing down hard, and the rainwater in it fell down like a waterfall. .
He poured it all over her.
The huge thing under the clouds just missed the ship.
This caused the sailboat to shake violently, and many people were thrown to the other side of the deck. Fortunately, the net caught them, otherwise the Taxin Singer would have suffered a large loss of personnel just from this move.
But the girl was completely stunned, almost forgetting that she was the top player in her region, standing out from thousands of players of the same origin, and forgetting her former pride——
And the ambition that he vowed before leaving.
The insignificance of a mortal seems so helpless in the face of the incomparable power of nature. What is the use of all the power she has in front of such power?
"Valeria!" Tania roared.
The tall and silent man still maintained his composure as the leader of the group. His roar finally woke up the latter, but the girl still seemed a little at a loss - her mind was blank, and her fairy-wielding ability was used under such circumstances. What's the use for it?
"Let your goblin puppet control the ship and control a group of walkers to come to the deck!"
"But……"
"No but," the man interrupted her, "That's just a Stormcaller. It's not yet an adult. We can scare it away. Let's prepare pheromone decoy bombs. Do you remember our previous plan?"
Valeria took a deep breath.
She knew in her heart that those words were somewhat intended to reassure people. Even an underage Storm Caller was not something they could handle. Once the pheromone decoy bombs were used up, they would be at the end of their rope.
There is only a glimmer of hope, but in fact it is slim.
She raised her right hand, which was trembling due to hypothermia, and silver lines appeared on the deck. The goblin dolls that had been disabled by the impact once again flew up and began to steer the sailboat.
The man rushed to the end of the deck, grabbed the microphone and ordered the team members in the central control room to open the magic shield again and prepare for the next impact.
The gun doors on the middle and lower decks have been opened, and behind the few magic gun emplacements are manned by human and nightmare furnace structures. Everyone is watching the scene nervously - the huge fin on the sea of clouds is far away. Circle.
Then it cut in this direction again, like a gray blade.
The Stormcaller is a close relative of the Tidecaller.
It is the same kind that is a hundred times larger than the ones under the Sea Nest. This is the smallest type among them, because it is not yet mature, but it is already like a giant mountain when it is moving above the sea of clouds.
There was despair in everyone's eyes.
There was no way they could defeat that monster—just with those magic cannons? It's still that unreliable shield. This is just a sixth-class frigate. Even the Imperial people would not dare to use such a ship to fight against the real behemoth of the sky and the sea.
Not to mention them?
Valeria couldn't help but look at Tania who was aside, and saw that the other person's hand was holding the microphone tightly, and his knuckles were so hard that they were almost white. But she knew very well that it was not because of fear. The man seemed to have forgotten that this was just a game——
The other party's true ideal is to cross this sea of clouds and go to the holy land in the hearts of all the chosen ones.
This game has extraordinary significance to him.
But isn’t that the case for me?
Valeria understood that there had been times when she had not been so proud, as if it was so easy to reach the door of the second world after winning this competition. Of course she never dreamed of defeating the Imperials, but she went to the Holy King's Hall and used this as a staircase——
Build a path to that dream.
Such a real dream.
But the dream is now in disillusionment.
After being deeply hit in the sea of trees——
Here it is just completely shattered into pieces. Crossing the mainland bridge was such a dangerous thing, and she gave up for the first time. After all, leaving this world completely was more frightening than that qualification.
Just because I have embraced it before, I am even more unable to give up everything.
"Tanya..." Valeria couldn't help but speak.
"Don't talk," the tall man replied calmly, "I will not retreat. In the real world, there is an ancient stone tablet on Leosa Island, the last node leading to the mainland bridge. On the stone tablet is written An inscription: 'The coward stops here, the brave keeps going -'."
"My dream is to step over the stone tablet with that inscription." He looked at the fin that was getting closer and closer. The scales on the giant fin shone in the sun. "But at this moment, it is just a dream that has come into reality." .”
"If I don't dare to risk everything here, how can I continue on the road ahead?"
He turned around and said, "Valeria, help me."
The girl pursed her lips.
The expression on Tania's face had turned serious. He seemed to vaguely hear a strange sound, buzzing, and he didn't know if it was an illusion caused by this moment. But he no longer cared about that much, and there was not enough time left for him to continue to hesitate.
"Fire."
Tania grabbed the microphone and ordered loudly.
Everyone in the lower deck had completely froze. They had forgotten their purpose at this moment, and the movements of their hands were almost entirely instinctive reactions to the orders coming from the microphone.
They slammed the breech block back on and fired the fuse.
A flickering fire.
There are three shots before and after, and the fourth shot is a decoy bomb filled with pheromone reagents.
The fire of the cannonballs exploded on the huge fins one after another. The giant beast let out a deafening scream because of the pain, leaving scars on its sharp fins. It dived suddenly, as if it wanted to speed up and sprint in this direction.
The decoys had no effect.
It was as if a hand tightly grasped Valeria's heart, making her unable to make any sound while watching this scene.
But at that moment Tania turned around, and a strange look settled on his face. At that moment, he finally heard the sound coming from above the clouds - it was the scream of artillery shells passing through the clouds.
next moment--
A black point of light penetrated the clouds.
A dozen cannonballs whizzed past diagonally above the sailboat, drew a perfect curve, landed in scattered patterns on the clouds to the left and right of the Stormcaller, and then exploded into a dazzling fire.
The firelight illuminated Valeria's face.
It also reflected on Tania's face, freezing his surprised expression at that moment. The two of them looked up in that direction at the same time - behind the clouds, three sailboats broke out of the sky at the same time, with high silver sails.
Like flags.
There was a slight vibration in the microphone at this moment.
The nervous voice of the crew in the communication room immediately came from inside: "It's the people from Guta, the Flower Moon, and people from Lotao and White Tree Society. They sent us a message and asked us if we want to work together to pass through this area." area."
Valeria opened her mouth.
Tania was also stunned for a moment. He never expected that it would be such a result. The person who came to rescue them turned out to be their mortal enemy from the previous stage of the competition. The voice in the microphone seemed a little anxious:
"Captain, make a decision quickly! The people from Guta have said that there is more than one sea beast in the sea ahead. If we don't unite, it will be difficult to pass through this restricted area-"
The man gently licked his chapped lips and nodded.
"Send signal."
"Let us also join the battle queue."
…
The players on Silver Chain Island were looking at the bright and dark communication crystals in their hands in bewilderment.
"It's the Kaolin people," Ron looked at the others with a puzzled look. "It's the Dragon Alchemist. He asked us to stop and follow them..."
"Are the Kaolin people so kind?"
"But ahead is the Mountain of the World..." Others looked embarrassed, "The sea monster is staying in the sea. There is no way for us to be trapped here. The Kaolin people didn't let us take the lead, right..."
Everyone looked at each other.
But there aren't many choices left for them. "Let's just trust them," Ron weighed the pros and cons, and finally breathed out softly, "I want to see what the Dragon Alchemist can do with the Serpent of Terra Roca."
He muttered: "Isn't he a dragon slayer? It just so happens that the Mountain of the World is also a giant dragon."
Everyone was speechless for a moment, and some people couldn't help but said: "Captain, we still have to follow the Kaolin people... If they are defeated, we don't seem to have anything good to eat."
Ron shrugged, "Originally we didn't have much hope. Wouldn't it be nice to have this rising star in the alchemy world accompany us in the defeat? Anyway, we won't suffer any loss."
Seeing everyone's silence for a while, he realized that he had damaged everyone's morale, so he changed his words: "Okay, it was just a joke."
He turned his gaze to Tisong aside and saw the girl biting her lip and lowering her head. It was obvious that she had not yet gotten over the defeat in the battle of Shuhai.
Ron sighed slightly and said: "Actually, I have the same idea as you, I just want to see where we lost..."
He just wanted to see what the legendary Dragon Alchemist could do. That is the Mountain of the World, an existence like the overlord of Kukai. Even in the second world, there are only a few fantasy creatures above this level.
It was an existence that even the Imperial squadron would run around when they encountered it.
The young man said as he handed the communication crystal to his deputy:
"Reply to the letter." He said, "Tell the Kaolin people that if necessary, Silver Chain Island will take on part of the task of diverting the dragon species away. We are not just relying on charity, the game is not over yet."
"Of course, tell them—"
"The premise is that we will never be cannon fodder."
On board the Star Flower—
Luo Wei silently listened to the reply from Silver Chain Island.
She raised her head and looked at Fang Plover, but there was not much surprise on his face - the Serpent of Terra Roca always accompanies the storm zone, and the continuous rain lines hang from the sky, on the deck. , there was a splash of water on the mast.
The boy's soft hair was soaked and sticking to his fair forehead.
He touched the water on his face and replied: "It seems that the people on Silver Chain Island have also noticed something. No one can participate in this competition."
Xiaoyao was looking at the dark storm area from a distance.
There were only a few dots of firelight there - not from civilization, but from some weird monsters - deep sea anglers. The former heard the conversation between Fang Yu and Luo Wei, and then turned around and said:
"What riddles are you making? To be honest, I don't quite understand why you need to notify Silver Chain Island. Wouldn't it be better to let them enter the storm area first?"
"Because each level in the Spire Space has different judging criteria."
"I know that," Xiaoyao replied carelessly, "just like in the first level, the second level, the tree sea space, the tower and the sea of clouds. But what does it have to do with the present? Isn't the purpose of this level already clear? Is it done?”
Get the Star Anchor and go to the World Gate.
"Usually," Fang Plover replied, "but things have changed."
Xiaoyao was startled, "What? It can't be because of the appearance of those sea beasts."
"Yes, but no," Fang Plover replied confidently, staring at the sea in front of him with his dark gaze, feeling a rare confidence in his heart, "In fact, Miss Tata has informed me many times about the elements coming from the elements before this. Unusual movement below the level.”
"The Mountain of the World is nothing. What I'm really worried about is that there are greater threats lurking below the elemental layer..."
"A bigger threat?" Xiaoyao was startled, "It's even more outrageous than the World Mountain. What is that, a celestial whale?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
There are no real Celestial Whales in the First World, not to mention that Celestial Whales are one of the few creatures among the Kukai behemoths that do not actively attack humans.
He had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't come to a definite conclusion. What's more, even if that conclusion is reached, it doesn't make any sense at this moment. A reply has been sent from the Guta people, and that is the really important key information——
There are only two star anchors in this area.
This is completely different from the past Continental Bridge level, which means that the spire has changed the rules. Facing more than a dozen behemoths swimming in this area, they must unite to pass this sea area.
It tests not only courage, but also wisdom.
Although that is just a guess, there is no doubt that the people on Silver Chain Island have also noticed this.
"But how are we going to deal with the Mountain of the World?" Xiaoyao couldn't help but ask, "The big words have already been released, although I always feel a little unwilling to do so. Those guys on Silver Chain Island have caused us a lot of trouble before."
Seeing Luo Wei and Shui Wuming looking at him speechlessly, Xiaoyao paused and sighed: "Okay, this is just a competition. But the snakes of Terra Roca are not easy to deal with. They are almost as good as Terra Roca." The giant Ka tree was born at the same time and exists in mythology. It is said that there is a close connection between the two."
He asked: "...can we really kill this thing - even in this space?"
"We don't have to kill it."
Fang Plover replied seriously.
"ha?"
But Fang Yu did not continue to answer this question. When everyone knew that he was a dragon alchemist from Kaolin-Ithulian, and this glorious title came from the battle in the southern border, it was close to the ability to slay a dragon. feat.
He is a battle craftsman.
Also an alchemist.
But few people know that he came to this world for another purpose.
Fang Yu silently murmured in his mind that his thesis would pass the test, then he stepped forward gently and tapped the side of the ship with his knuckles.
The giant beasts in Kukai are actually far from what they are rumored to be in mythical stories. They are moody, cruel, and destructive. According to legend, whenever they appear above Kukai, the colors of the sky and earth change, and storms hit——
The fleets that encounter these legendary behemoths are often not spared.
But in fact, it's just the opposite. Those magnificent and legendary creatures often have their own life habits.
The Serpent of Terra Roca, the Mountain of the World, Phylum Chordata, Class Sauriformes, Order Squamata, Family Etheridae, Genus Dragon, Species Dragon.
"Miss Tata, open the airdrop deck."
A gentle response came from the world of the soul.
The silver-white, graceful and streamlined side of the Star Flower's side is slowly opening, and under the opened wings, one black and one hundred two extremely beautiful dragon knight-type structures are revealed.
That's not his work.
But it was completed under the guidance of Miss Tata.
There was a sudden commotion on the main stage. In every corner outside the arena, from different pictures, people captured the ongoing actions of the Kaolin-Ishulian main team.
"Wait, what is that?"
"What are they going to do?"
"Are they going to take action against the Mountain of the World?"
Looking at this scene, Jellos couldn't even help but blurt out.
...(End of chapter)
