Everyone clutched their faces. In the end, it was still about robbery. Yet the tension rose in everyone all the same.
They had only just entered the Abyss Sea, not even reached Eternal Night City yet.
A group ambushed them, opening fire without a word.
Had the situation already become this fierce?
Jiangnan frowned slightly. “Who are these people? They came specifically to intercept our ship, didn’t they?”
Gu Xiaowei said angrily, “They should be from the Black Claw organisation. They have deep strength and foundations. They are leaders in the international underground black market, and they hold great power in Eternal Night City.”
“For some time now, they have been tripping us up everywhere, harassing us non-stop.”
“That’s exactly why I brought so many people, to guard against them.”
Jiangnan was about to speak.
“Boom!”
The entire hull tilted from the impact. Three sharks formed purely from water currents slammed madly against the ship.
Wrapped inside the currents was a blond man, Platinum 3-star.
He actually raised his middle finger at Jiangnan, smirking. “Shippurai! Ma provak~”
At the same time, the five speedboats did not close in. Instead they circled the hovercraft, spitting tongues of fire and shells wildly.
The hull rang with clangs. Even the iron armour was blasted into deep craters.
Jiangnan glared.
Daring to hit his precious hovercraft?
“So arrogant? There has only ever been me, Jiang the Cannon, blasting others!”
“Forget the speedboats. Full firepower. Blast them to death for me!”
As he spoke, he pulled a Vulcan Gatling straight from his alternate dimension.
One foot on the railing, he swept madly at the distant grey speedboats.
“Da da da~”
Shell casings flew endlessly. Blue flames burst brilliantly from the barrel.
At the same time, the hundred-plus mercenaries Gu Xiaowei had brought rushed to their positions and gripped the machine guns.
Main and secondary turrets swivelled to aim.
“Open fire!”
“Boom!”
The wind whipped up on deck was deafening. The hovercraft and the five speedboats began a fierce exchange of fire.
The once-calm sea instantly became a storm of bullets.
The students were stunned. What on earth had started this direct shootout?
Watching Jiangnan standing there firing the Gatling and laughing wildly, Rabbit Baby swallowed hard. Did it have to be this intense?
Xiao Zhen sneered. “They really picked the wrong target. Do they think we’re easy prey?”
“Be careful not to get hit by spirit-binding bullets. Protect the hovercraft from sinking. We’re at sea. We need a foothold.”
The team members immediately sprang into action. Elemental attacks began long-range offensives.
The firepower was astonishing.
Qin Shou grinned. He flipped over and leapt straight off the hovercraft, cold air pouring from his body.
“Spirit Skill: Thousand Li Frozen Seal!”
The instant he touched the sea, a huge floating ice sheet formed across three hundred metres.
The water sharks slamming the hull crashed hard into the ice.
Even though Qin Shou was only Gold rank, he feared no Platinum in single combat.
Meanwhile, Zhong Yingxue directly summoned her Nine-Headed Phoenix.
The flaming Nine-Headed Phoenix stood on the deck. Each of its nine heads condensed a massive fireball thirty metres across.
Wave after wave, they smashed towards the distant speedboats. In moments, fireballs filled the entire sky.
The mercenaries stared in shock. What kind of immortals were these people?
A group of Gold and Platinum ranks, how could they be this monstrously strong?
That fire output was even fiercer than the hovercraft’s main cannon?
On the six armed speedboats opposite, faces paled as they saw the sky-blanketing giant fireballs incoming.
Before, they could still dodge using the boats’ agility and defensive spirit skills.
But this carpet bombing covered everything. There was no escaping it.
“Boom boom boom!”
A series of explosions rang out. Flames soared skyward. Waves surged madly.
One speedboat was directly obliterated by Zhong Yingxue’s saturation bombing. The thirty-odd people aboard were flung into the sea.
The hull belched thick black smoke and sank.
The team members shivered as they watched Zhong Yingxue’s pale, beautiful face.
What kind of outrageous attack power was this?
Even the other elemental attackers looked at her in shock.
At that moment, aboard a grey speedboat stood a man two metres tall, bare-chested in beach shorts.
Long blond hair was casually tied back. He wore sunglasses and was rather handsome.
On his left chest was a black tattoo: a black hand clutching a round orb.
It was the emblem of the Black Claw organisation.
The blond man was also startled by the destroyed boat.
His scalp tingled as he watched the overwhelming long-range spirit skills raining down from the hovercraft.
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“Shit! Weren’t we told Dandelion only brought over a hundred trash mercenaries, easy pickings?”
“Where did these monsters on the ship come from? What kind of firepower is this?”
A subordinate shrank back. “Those people weren’t on the ship before, right? In this situation, we definitely can’t capture Dandelion’s people.”
“Shall… shall we withdraw? We don’t have enough men.”
Reno roared, “Withdraw my arse. See if you can escape. Use the Bee Sting man-portable air-defence missiles we brought!”
“Blast their ship first!”
At the order, several subordinates hauled out launch tubes from the cabin, set them up on deck, and with piercing roars,
two Bee Sting missiles trailed long white smoke straight towards the hovercraft.
Incredibly fast.
Xiao Zhen glared. “Defend! We absolutely cannot let them sink the ship!”
At that moment, Jiangnan casually tossed aside the empty Gatling belt.
“You’ve got some nerve! Daring to blow up my precious hovercraft?”
With a huge leap, he soared into the air, charging straight at the missiles.
Wu Liang’s mouth fell open. “Bloody hell? South God is catching missiles barehanded?”
In almost an instant, the missiles reached Jiangnan.
He twisted slightly, dodging the nose, then curled his legs and kicked hard into the midsection.
The immense force sent the missile tumbling through the air, plunging into the sea where it exploded.
At the same time, the second missile arrived. Jiangnan spun, drew his Blood-Drinking Halberd, and slashed at the nose.
“Boom!”
A massive explosion lit the sky, completely engulfing Jiangnan’s figure.
The students stared in disbelief. Did it have to be this hardcore?
Wielding a halberd to cleave a missile?
I just want to ask, are you alright?
Yet by then Jiangnan had already teleported near the black speedboat.
Reno’s eyes widened. What the hell?
The missile hadn’t even hit, how did it explode? Did someone just jump up and catch it?
“Stop standing there like idiots. Keep firing!”
Another Bee Sting launched. But Jiangnan had already teleported over.
He raised a hand. A spatial wormhole opened.
The missile plunged in, then emerged above one of the grey speedboats and slammed into the hull.
“Boom!”
The boat shattered into fragments amid towering flames.
Reno’s face filled with horror. “Spatial ability? Blood-Drinking Halberd? My God! The madman Jiang Devil?”
“Bloody hell, withdraw! Stop fighting, withdraw!”
But at that moment Jiangnan landed on the black speedboat.
His figure flashed across the deck at blinding speed, crimson glints streaking through the air.
Silver and Gold Black Claw members were no match for him. They couldn’t even release spirit skills before Jiangnan cut them down.
Screams echoed. Blood splattered everywhere.
“Void Black Hole!”
“Boom!”
Powerful suction erupted, compressing the bow of the black speedboat into a black bead. In an instant, only half the boat remained.
Reno’s face drained of colour.
As a Platinum 4, brilliant lightning burst around him.
“Thunder Rush!”
With a massive crack, he shot into the sky.
But then, a spatial wormhole opened behind his head. A large green stick poked out.
It smashed against the back of his skull with a “thunk”, cracking it open.
Reno’s body, just ascending, instantly lost power. His eyes rolled back, and he collapsed onto the deck.
Jiangnan teleported over, drew a Desert Eagle,
and emptied a magazine of spirit-binding bullets into Reno’s body.
Avoiding all vital organs, leaving him alive.
Then he teleported away, shouting, “Little Dimple!”
Little Dimple, who had followed, opened its mouth and unleashed a massive Great Flame Heaven.
“Boom!”
The black speedboat sank to the bottom.
The remaining three speedboats turned tail without a word and fled.
Their leader’s boat was gone. Why would we keep fighting?
Yet Jiangnan had no intention of letting them go. Halberd in hand, he teleported after them.
At that moment, everyone on the hovercraft stared blankly at the sea.
Three boats destroyed in the blink of an eye? South God had launched himself like a missile?
Those movements were too fast.
“Boom!”
Another fleeing speedboat exploded in the distance…
Xia Yao covered her face. “I think I understand why all the underground organisations on the dark web call Little Nan the Jiang Devil.”
Ye Xinghe grinned. “No wonder Dean Xiao always uses the word ‘release’ when talking about letting Jiangnan go abroad…”
Gu Xiaowei was flushed with excitement. Black Claw had been driving her mad for ages.
Today she finally vented her anger. The boss was just too fierce.
The ultimate fierce Nan, anyone?
She immediately led people to clean up the battlefield. Some in the sea were still alive but no longer combat-effective.
Reno woke groggily in the water, racked with agonising pain.
He was Platinum 4! How had he gone down in one exchange?
He tried to use his ability to escape, only to find over a dozen bloody holes in his body, spirit-binding bullets lodged inside.
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Did it have to be this ruthless?
Gritting his teeth against the agony, he dug bullets out with his fingers, hissing in pain.
But Gu Xiaowei was already there, smiling warmly. “You’re done for.”
In moments, the battlefield was cleared. Only Reno remained alive. For these people, there was no need for mercy.
After destroying the three grey boats, Jiangnan rode Little Dimple back to the hovercraft.
The moment he landed,
Qin Shou burst dramatically from the depths, dragging the Platinum 3 water-shark man frozen into an ice statue.
Grinning with excitement. “Haha! Took him down. A Platinum 3 dares to mess with me?”
“Anyone else? I’ll take you all on!”
He turned to the sea. The surface was calm, blue waves gentle. He froze.
“Bloody hell? Where is everyone? Where did they go?”
Qi Yu: “(٥≖_≖) Everyone’s gone cold.”
Ye Xinghe: “(⇀‸↼‶) It’s already over.”
Qin Shou’s smile stiffened.
Eh? It… it’s already over? I only just got started!
