Chapter 149 Shipwreck

Chapter 149: Chapter 148: Shipwreck

The Bone Fork Black Snake’s crimson, slit-like pupils filled with sheer, unbelievable astonishment. The light of life rapidly Scattered from its eyes. Its mangled, incomplete body swayed before crashing heavily into the water, kicking up a massive SPLASH. Relying solely on his own strength, combined with snow cake’s coordination, Han Ning had forcefully obliterated a Four-armed Black Snake Leader.

"The Profound Shell Turtle’s Rock Gravity Cannon combined with the Rotating Water Cannon... to think the power is this terrifying!" Han Ning was also somewhat taken aback.

[Druid growth progress +1230. Current Level 8, 2230/5000]

[Three-Color Gemstone Crocodile Lizard growth progress +872. Current Level 8, 1420/4500]

[Water Jet Melon 1 growth progress +23. Current Level Lv5, 12/1200]

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A surging wave of deep blue Energy drilled into his body, instantly refreshing his Spirit. He knew this wasn’t the main source of Energy. The bulk of the Energy actually resided within the Energy Crystal inside the Four-armed Black Snake’s body. However, he had no time to clear the battlefield right now. Han Ning didn’t even have a moment to dissect the Bone Fork Black Snake. The battle was far from over.

HISS HISS HISS!!

Seeing its companion killed, the Bone Knife Black Snake went completely berserk. No longer bothering to entangle with snow cake, it roared and burst out of the water. Its narrow, elongated Bone Knife sliced through the air with a shrill whine, cleaving straight toward the relatively vulnerable head of Han Ning’s Profound Shell Turtle form. At the same time, its two arms churned, sending countless sharp Water Blades shooting toward Han Ning and snow cake like a torrential downpour.

The Profound Shell Turtle form couldn’t move as fast as the Bone Knife Black Snake, let alone dodge the attack. He was about to be submerged by the Water Blades and the Bone Knife. Han Ning simply shrank his head back, leaving only a domed, bone-spiked turtle shell floating on the water’s surface. This turtle shell was enveloped in a yellowish-brown halo, spreading out to form a thick rock layer.

THWACK THWACK THWACK!

The dense volley of Water Blades slammed into the Rock Armor Shield, gouging out countless deep craters and sending crushed stone flying. The Bone Knife followed closely behind. With a sharp CRACK, it completely pierced through the Rock Shield. However, what it shattered was merely the stone shell encasing the turtle armor.

To the side, a Spiritual Light flashed in snow cake’s eyes as the scale between its brows faintly gleamed. Layers of thick, viscous mud materialized around the Black Knife Black Snake, wrapping its body layer by layer. Hidden inside the turtle shell, Han Ning also summoned water vines using Crazy Growth, tightly wrapping around the arm holding the Bone Knife Black Snake’s weapon.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE~

The twin cannon muzzles protruding from Han Ning’s shell once again Gathered terrifying Energy Fluctuations. Crowd control plus total obliteration!

"HISS..."

The Bone Knife Black Snake sensed things were going south and reacted decisively. It immediately abandoned its attack and stiffened in place, as if resigning to its fate.

While Han Ning was locked in combat with the Bone Knife Black Snake, the battle situation at the fleet took a sharp turn for the worse.

After sending Vice President Zhao flying, the Bone Hammer Black Snake was entirely unstoppable. Its horrifying bulk rampaged through the fleet, and every time its Bone Hammer crashed down, it kicked up towering waves of water. The Awakened fought back desperately, but under the siege of absolute power, countless Elite Black Snakes, and ordinary Black Snakes, they began to show signs of exhaustion.

"AH!" An Awakened was merely grazed by the debris kicked up by the Bone Hammer, and half of his body was instantly reduced to minced meat.

"Save me!" A small sailboat had its bottom gouged out by several Elite Black Snakes. As it rapidly sank, the people aboard screamed in despair.

"I’ll save them." Standing on another boat, Yu witnessed this scene. For some reason, Old Xie came to mind, and his eyes instantly turned red. He leaped into the air, leaving a trail of afterimages behind his body. Snatching up a drowning person by the waist, he used the floating debris on the water’s surface as stepping stones, dashing across them in rapid succession to jump onto a relatively intact ship.

SMACK SMACK SMACK!

A flurry of attacks from the Black Snake Swarm followed right on his heels, but they all missed.

"Hold them off! Block them!" Chairman Wu’s eyes were bloodshot. He cast bubbles as if his life depended on it, trying to plug the breached cabins and delay the sinking.

Long manipulated the water currents, forming whirlpools to sweep away the approaching Black Snakes. However, there were simply too many of them. His face was pale from massive exhaustion.

Lin Qianqian’s fingers moved so fast they blurred. She unleashed volleys of glowing white arrows, attempting to draw the Bone Hammer Black Snake’s attention while simultaneously gunning down the approaching Elite Black Snakes in her vicinity.

On the Wind Chaser.

Yu Na’s Spirit Barrier had shrunk to a range that could only protect Professor Ye and Xu Ming. Black blood oozed from her widely staring eyes. With every contraction and dilation of her pupils, an Elite Black Snake would let out an ear-piercing shriek, ooze foul blood from its nose, mouth, and eyes, and drop dead on the spot.

Xu Ming was bathed in blood. He swung his arms like the wind, smashing away and tearing apart every Black Snake that pounced at him. But he was ultimately only a physical enhancer. Facing the endless swarm of snakes and the sporadic barrage of venomous arrows, he started to struggle. His body was covered in corrosive burns, snake bites, and claw wounds.

"HISS!"

Xu Ming failed to dodge in time, only to see an Elite Black Snake silently slipping up beside him, its sharp claws swiping at him with the aura of death.

BI BO~

A solid golden ray of light flashed by. The Elite Black Snake collapsed upon impact.

"Xu, we need to gather together! We’re all running low on Energy." Professor Ye panted heavily. His originally neat, combed hair Scattered down, sticking to his forehead which was covered in dense beads of sweat.

"But what about the ship?" Xu Ming gritted his teeth. Gathering together meant they couldn’t protect the entire vessel, and the Black Snake Swarm would assault other parts of the hull. The ship would likely sink!

"The boss said that a ship is just a worldly possession. Only as long as we’re alive is everything else possible!" Brooking no argument, Professor Ye pulled his two teammates close to him.

ZAP ZAP ZAP!

He spread his arms, and a dense cluster of golden light points Gathered.

"Die, monsters!" A cold gleam flickered within Professor Ye’s usually peaceful eyes. Countless rays of golden light fired simultaneously, riddling the encroaching Black Snakes like sieves.

The massive death toll among the Black Snakes finally clued the surrounding Black Snake Swarm in on the fact that the creatures aboard the Wind Chaser Sailing Ship were not to be trifled with. However, instead of feeling fear, they took the initiative to attack this side under the command of the Elite Black Snakes. They looked as if they were determined to kill the most threatening creatures first.

The bow and stern gradually became crawling with Black Snakes. They wantonly destroyed the hull while even more Black Snakes surged toward the cabin.

Facing the ever-increasing number of Black Snakes, the three stood back-to-back, guarding the front of the cabin. Xu Ming’s face was pale, and he gasped for air. The edge of the Iron Axe in his hand was already chipped and uneven. The surface of the axe was even more severely corroded by venom, pitted and scarred.

An Elite Black Snake lunged forward tentatively. He hurriedly raised his axe and swept it forward. A faint, blood-red slash arced out, cleaving several ordinary Black Snakes to death.

"Xu Ming, Yu Na, listen to me. I’ll hold the line here. You two go inside, bring Yinyin out, and I’ll cover your escape. Find a better ship and take refuge on the other boats."

"Professor Ye, we advance and retreat together!" Xu Ming shook his head.

"Don’t say that. I have a way to retreat." Professor Ye’s tone took on a rare harshness.

Yu Na pursed her lips, blood streaming steadily from her eyes. One Spiritual Fluctuation after another shot out from her body.