Chapter 272: Chapter 223: Night Raid
Somewhere to the west, the bored Wang Shuqi, who was on duty, was gazing at the sea when he saw a bright light in the distance, and a series of crimson Gates of Hell appeared!
“That’s… in the direction of the 4th squad! Damn, what happened? Captain, look!” Wang Shuqi shouted.
Liu Congyun, who was resting cross-legged, immediately opened his eyes and spotted the rapidly unfolding Gates of Hell in the night sky. He stood up at once.
As he was about to ask through the detection communication device, a message came from Gong Zhouheng first. Liu Congyun’s expression turned noticeably heavier after reading it.
“Gong Zhouheng said that strong sea beasts appeared over there. Pei Pengfei probably didn’t make it, Su Yuan is handling it, and the exact situation is still unclear.”
“Pei Pengfei probably didn’t make it?”
Everyone’s hearts sank.
So far, the 11th squad had not lost any member; it was the most intact squad.
Liu Congyun called out, “Li Feng, notify Teacher Yu immediately! The rest of you, come with me!”
“Yes!”
…
Above the sea, after Su Yuan summoned eighteen Gates of Hell, the surging flames made the Deep Horror Sea Monster below feel an extremely intense crisis!
The numerous tentacles of the Deep Horror Sea Monster immediately retracted and it dived beneath the sea surface.
Since it emerged, Su Yuan wouldn’t let it escape into the sea. With a wave of his hand, multiple Sky Locks shot out from all directions, binding the Deep Horror Sea Monster in place.
“Aww!…”
The Deep Horror Sea Monster let out a cry, as sharp as a child’s but extremely piercing, with violent blue Star Power surging from its body, making the Sky Locks tremble!
However, before it could break free, the eighteen combined Hellfire beams had already descended!
In the nick of time, the Deep Horror Sea Monster controlled a large amount of blue Star Power to form a water-colored barrier-like shell around its body.
The Hellfire was boundless in power. After a moment of stalemate, it burned through the water-colored barrier and struck the Deep Horror Sea Monster!
Such an attack was like a sky torch in the night, impossible not to attract attention!
“What happened over there!”
“Seems like something’s up!”
“Probably trouble, stay alert, and keep an eye on communications!”
“…”
Almost everyone on duty, whether soldiers or academy students, noticed the scorching pillar of fire falling from the sky over the western sea.
At the command post of the camp, Zhou Chao suddenly felt something and quickly stepped out of the tent, looking up at the sky. His eyes narrowed immediately.
At this moment, a high-ponytail female warrior in the command post suddenly changed her expression. She leapt up and quickly reached Zhou Chao’s side.
“Reporting, Captain Zhou, we’ve received intelligence from the academy, something’s going on to the west!”
Zhou Chao glanced at her and indicated to his right rear with a nod of his chin, “There.”
The female warrior turned her head and saw the crimson pillar of flame still lingering in the night sky.
“This?…”
Zhou Chao no longer paid attention to the female warrior. He turned and strode back to the command post, shouting loudly, “Emergency situation, everyone to your positions, inform the academy to maintain communication. Also, if anything happens, prioritize student protection, understand?”
“Understood!”
Zhou Chao called out to Xu Tao in the distance, “Taozi, take two squads to the barrier to reinforce the defenses, and inform Old Wei to be on guard. I’ll go check over there first!”
“Alright, Captain Zhou!”
Zhou Chao nodded and then dashed towards the sea.
On the sea, the Hellfire dissipated, and a huge pit appeared on the back of the Deep Horror Sea Monster, with blood and flesh blurred, nearly half of its body destroyed.
Despite such severe injury, the Deep Horror Sea Monster did not die immediately. Instead, by absorbing a large amount of seawater, it converted it into regenerative power and swiftly healed its wounds. Numerous flaps of flesh continued to grow and intertwine, repairing itself at a visible speed.
Meanwhile, the Deep Horror Sea Monster’s surging Star Power pulsed violently, continuously impacting the Sky Locks that bound its body, causing the twelve Sky Locks to shake violently!
Suddenly, deep black light intertwined, and two astonishing Boundary Breaking Lines crossed and struck the mangled back of the Deep Horror Sea Monster.
With a burst of phenomenal space power, the pitch-black Boundary Breaking Lines sliced inch by inch. Blood continuously gushed out. In a matter of moments, the beast, having lost its skin defense, was sliced into four pieces like a cake!
Su Yuan’s figure flashed and landed on the sea, catching its Star Core.
The thirty-odd sea beasts that had just gathered around with the Deep Horror Sea Monster were startled and scattered in all directions.
Su Yuan raised his left hand. The Sky Locks immediately spread out, sealing four directions, and then he swung his blade, sending out numerous twenty-meter-wide Boundary Breaking Lines in all directions from his hand!
While seawater could weaken flames, it couldn’t block space power.
In an instant, flesh and blood were severed, limbs flew, and numerous locked sea beasts were sliced into countless pieces scattered in the sea within moments!
“Such playing consumes quite a bit…”
Su Yuan put away the Sky Locks and then looked forward, seeing a massive Large Ghost Water Monster closing its “door” again, trying to hide and sink into the depths of the sea.
However, its massive body couldn’t escape in such a short time.
Su Yuan opened his senses, silver light flashing in his eyes, preparing to instant move into the sea to pursue.
Just then, Su Yuan sensed something. He stopped and turned his head only to see a Cold Ice Arrow, about a yard long, rushing from the direction of the shore. The cold air was so strong that it left a trail of silver frost flowers in the air.
The Cold Ice Arrow shot into the sea, immediately piercing the Large Ghost Water Monster and remaining inside it.
The body of the Large Ghost Water Monster trembled. A tremendous chill exploded from within it!
While the water flowed normally, the transparent and invisible Ghost Water Monster turned completely into a massive ball of ice from inside out. Numerous gigantic ice spikes suddenly burst out from within!
Feeling the surging Star Power fluctuations, Su Yuan’s eyes filled with a hint of seriousness.
With that strike, all the sea beasts inside, including the Large Ghost Water Monster, were likely killed instantly!
That’s the Shining Star Level—simple and brutal, with overall qualities far surpassing the Gold Level!
Before Su Yuan could think more, two figures rushed over from afar and landed beside him.
“Teacher Yu.”
Su Yuan greeted, then looked at the other person.
This person held an Ice Bow, the Cold Ice Arrow just now must have been shot by him.
“Su Yuan, good job!” Before Yu Hui could speak, the man next to him put away the Ice Bow first and praised.
Su Yuan was a bit puzzled, not expecting this person to know him.
Yu Hui briefly introduced, “This is Commander Zhou Chao from the military. I ran into him on the way. Don’t be surprised, there’s no one in the camp who doesn’t know you now.”
Hearing this, Su Yuan quickly saluted, “Commander Zhou.”
Yu Hui nodded, glanced at the distant Large Ghost Water Monster turning into countless ice blocks, and asked, “Su Yuan, what’s going on? It seems that there’s only this one Large Ghost Water Monster.”
Hearing this, Su Yuan detailed what had just happened.
“Did a student run into it…”
Commander Zhou thought for a moment and suddenly realized something. His face changed slightly, and he flew over the sea.
After a while, with a burst of cold and intense Star Power fluctuations, Commander Zhou returned; his face looked much worse.
Yu Hui asked, “Captain Zhou, what happened?”
“Outside, there are indeed other Large Ghost Sea Monsters. These sea beasts seem to be heading inside towards this direction…must be B-6 Island!”
“B-6 Island?”
“B-6 Island, also known as Yunze Island, is one of the relatively inner islands among the Southern Islands.
The problem is that because B-6 Island is internal, it’s relatively safe. So, only one Shining Star Level and one Shining Star Level teacher from the South Pole Academy are responsible for it. Judging by the sea beast numbers now, if these sea beasts were to attack B-6 Island at night, the situation may be dire…”
Yu Hui asked, “Captain Zhou, do you know why the sea monsters would attack B-6 Island?”
Commander Zhou pondered and said, “B-6 Island isn’t a danger zone, almost no Star Beasts exist there. Although it’s vast, it’s a relatively ordinary island among the Southern Islands. The island has an inland lake that often breeds some water element Spirit Plants. Over a month ago, during the initial outbreak of the sea beast tides that led to the fall of the Southern Islands, B-6 Island was also ravaged by the sea beasts. Even these Spirit Plants weren’t spared…”
Commander Zhou was uncertain, “What’s unusual is that B-6 Island’s ‘Star Tower’ barrier setup speed is faster than ours, possibly completed by tomorrow or the day after. Maybe that’s why the sea monsters launched such a large-scale raid there. Nonetheless, we’ll have to put that aside now. Things are critical, I’ve already sent messages up and to B-6 Island. I’ll arrange command post matters en route. Teacher Yu, I need your support on B-6 Island; our B-3 Island is one of the closest islands to it.”
Yu Hui asked, “No problem, but what about this island?”
“We’ll leave Old Wei, Teacher Yao, and Teacher Zhang here. A Large Ghost Water Monster can’t silently transport sea beasts in without us knowing. With Old Wei and the two teachers, we can handle most scenarios, and other teachers will support gradually. The primary task now is emergency rescue at B-6 Island. The two Shining Stars there might struggle to protect the barrier and the students.”
Yu Hui nodded, as Commander Zhou knew more about these sea beasts since he was from the Southern Military District.
“Okay, let’s move.” Yu Hui agreed immediately.
As the two were about to set off, Su Yuan suddenly spoke, “Commander Zhou, Teacher Yu, can I come along?”
“You? We will fly…”
Commander Zhou stopped mid-sentence. Su Yuan hovered in the air with Elemental Magnetism Pressure…
“You can, but judging by the number of Ghost Water Monsters, the Star Beasts there may be as many as three to four thousand. It’ll be extremely dangerous. Are you sure you want to go?”
Su Yuan nodded and smiled, “Definitely, I’m thinking this will be a good fight.”
“You…” Commander Zhou was taken aback, then laughed, “Good courage and ambition, I like it! Just follow along. If you die, don’t blame us for not taking care of you!”
Commander Zhou finished and soared towards the sky edge.
Yu Hui said to Su Yuan, “You can fly and instantly teleport, so protecting yourself against sea beasts shouldn’t be hard. Just be careful; survival first, battle merit second!”
Su Yuan replied, “Don’t worry, teacher, I understand.”
Yu Hui nodded, then turned into a sharp cold light and sped away.
Su Yuan also employed Elemental Magnetism Pressure and Instant Movement, hastening towards their direction…