Chapter 2015-7-2 11:05 AM

July 2nd, 2015, 11:05 AM.

The third day after the exchange with the Thirty-Six Saints Central Committee.

Nearing noon, the sky was clear and cloudless. Golden sunlight illuminated the azure sea, coating the undulating waves with layers of fragmented gold.

At this moment, Su Zhou was located in a tranquil sea area far from the South Sea.

The young man stood on the water's surface as if it were solid ground, wind and water aiding him, allowing him to walk on the waves as if on flat earth.

In the distance, over thirty helicopters blocked the surrounding airspace, and further out, a third of the South Sea Fleet's main force patrolled the area under the guise of exercises. More than twenty cruisers and destroyers, and even an aircraft carrier, along with over ten thousand navy soldiers, subtly formed a blockade centered around Su Zhou.

All this preparation was due to the dense gathering of various bizarre sea creatures around Su Zhou, filling nearly three square kilometers in every direction.

Venomous sea snakes, enormous sharks, sea turtles with shells like steel, giant crabs, strange shrimp with armor-like carapaces, sea worms of unknown species, and all sorts of sea creatures, both familiar and unfamiliar, harmoniously gathered in this area, guarding Su Zhou like protectors of a king or followers of a prophet.

All of these were sea beasts capable of understanding human speech.

The beasts cheered and swam around Su Zhou, even forming a massive whirlpool on the calm sea surface. And it wasn't just the material world; in the world of spiritual energy, the convergence of thousands upon thousands of marine spirit beasts was creating a tremendous storm.

In the spirit realm, a massive vortex of spiritual energy formed a spiritual typhoon that even ordinary people could vaguely see, disrupting the balance of spiritual energy in the surrounding sea area. The formation of a vast spiritual low-pressure zone even created a real-world gale, causing the waves outside the three-kilometer whirlpool to rise and fall even more violently, reaching heights of over five meters.

Surveying these sea beasts gathered because of him, enjoying the power radiating from him, Su Zhou felt no tension whatsoever—not because of the overwhelming advantage of his bloodline, but because of his truly formidable strength.

—If these tens of thousands of demon beasts were to become his enemies, how long would it take to deal with them?

—If they didn't flee, probably, five minutes.

Even though some of these sea beasts had already awakened, Su Zhou could still make this judgment. This wasn't an exaggeration or a boast, but a definite fact. With control over the power of thunder and having reached the mid-stage of Transcendence, he could turn the area within dozens of meters around him into a lightning domain capable of turning people into charcoal with just a thought—and his normal running speed could exceed sixty meters per second.

Five minutes was all he needed to sweep away the sea beasts in a mere three-kilometer radius; the only question was whether he wanted to do it or not.

Of course, they would definitely flee and resist, so killing them wouldn't be that simple.

Contemplating such questions, Su Zhou couldn't help but smile. However, sensing a faint hint of killing intent in his heart, the surrounding sea beasts immediately became more respectful and fearful, like servants attending to a tyrant, both coveting the power he shared and dreading his violence.

After all, the legendary true dragons weren't exactly benevolent creatures… Rather, as the original incarnations of Heaven, the power they represented was inconstant change, irresistible natural disasters, and inviolable natural phenomena.

Three days prior, the Central Committee entrusted Su Zhou with the task of assisting the local military in suppressing the various demon beasts in the South Sea that might become manic during the upcoming spiritual energy outburst.

The current situation was one of the planned steps.

Using the power of Su Zhou's bloodline, the vast majority of sea beasts attracted to dragon blood would be gathered in one place, and then Su Zhou would directly suppress and supervise them—if there were no accidents, this would be a good thing, and the entire South Sea's sea beasts would be under Su Zhou's control, allowing for attempts at education and domestication.

If an accident occurred, such as the sea beasts all going berserk due to the spiritual energy outburst, to the point where even Su Zhou couldn't suppress them, then the South Sea Fleet would saturate the area with bombardment, directly eliminating most of the spiritually awakened sea beasts.

No one, not even the Zheng Nation government, wanted the latter scenario to occur—so many sea beasts, if they could be used for good, who knew how much wealth they could create? And Su Zhou's own conscience didn't want these sea beasts that were friendly to him to end up as grilled fish.

As for the sea beasts themselves, they definitely didn't want to die.

"Professor Su, satellites have detected spiritual energy fluctuations. The spiritual energy outburst is about to begin."

At this moment, the communication from the distant fleet headquarters came through the black full-coverage headset worn on Su Zhou's left ear: "Please continue to control the South Sea sea beast cluster. If anything unexpected happens, please evacuate immediately. We will immediately saturate this area with bombardment."

Su Zhou pressed the headset, looked up, and stared directly at the sky, calmly replying, "Received. I understand."

At this moment, Su Zhou's heart was filled with excitement, tension, joy, and anticipation… Carrying out a mission with half the South Sea Fleet? To be honest, for an eighteen-year-old boy, this was truly a novel experience!

Moreover, being surrounded by so many sea beasts in such a respectful manner was indeed a very pleasant thing!

"Being the Sea King isn't so bad," Su Zhou thought to himself with considerable satisfaction. "As long as I'm not called the Fish King."

Buzz.

A slight hum.

In that instant, all those at the Awakening level and above sensed an inexplicable vibration—a vibration that came from above the sky and entered directly into the soul.

The spiritual energy outburst had begun!

Rumble, like a tide, layers upon layers of intense rumbling echoed in the depths of every cultivator's soul—this sound was like a resounding bell, yet also like a melodious flute. Everyone heard a different sound, each unique, the only similarity being that it went straight to the heart. Even a deaf person could feel the shock and wonder of the sound.

And Su Zhou heard an incomparably clear clang of metal, like weapons colliding, the clash of sword and shield, like a bullet hitting armor, a hammer shattering shackles.

In that instant, he looked up, his spirit eyes gleaming, staring directly at the sky!

In the black cracks that crisscrossed the boundless universe, endless torrents of azure spiritual energy were surging forth, like falling rain or gushing tides, emanating simultaneously from every part of the endlessly extending cracks.

Earth was the center of this emanation.

And because of the vast amount of spiritual energy pouring out, all sorts of strange phenomena appeared in the heavens and earth—the seawater suddenly sublimated, turning into clouds that filled the sky. The South Sea, which had been cloudless, immediately transformed into a gloomy overcast day. In the distance, a suddenly appearing typhoon emerged in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Clouds that rose out of nowhere looked like mountains, protruding from the Earth's atmosphere and clearly visible from satellites.

Throughout the world, conditions similar to the global climate anomalies at the beginning of the year occurred: torrential rain, hail, suddenly intensified sunlight, minor earthquakes, and wild beasts running everywhere—everything was like the end of the world… But fortunately, it was only for an instant. The strange phenomena slowly dissipated, as if everything that had just happened was just a cruel joke.

This was the spiritual energy outburst—Su Zhou could easily believe that if its magnitude were even greater, it could easily unleash unprecedented storms, earthquakes, and tsunamis around the world.

"How magnificent… how terrifying."

Su Zhou stared directly at this scene. In his eyes, the anomalies caused by the spiritual energy outburst were like some incredibly vast existence releasing its burning light behind the cracks. Those rays of light passed through layers of obstruction, seeping through the gaps in the cracks, like sunlight falling between the gaps in the clouds, landing on the sea surface.

The so-called spiritual energy revival was just such a thing—merely a ray of sunlight occasionally revealed through the clouds, just a little rainwater seeping through the cracks.

If one day, the source of that light were to shine directly on Earth, if the source of that rain were to cover this world, then where would humanity on this small planet go?

"I will stop this, Yala."

"You will stop this, Su Zhou."

Su Zhou and Yala spoke simultaneously, and they both laughed.

Just like the wild beasts all over the world, which were panicking and losing control, the beasts gathered around Su Zhou also exhibited various unusual movements. Some were thrashing their bodies, others were emitting long cries, and Su Zhou could also see that in the spiritual energy pouring down like rain all over the globe, there were also many streams of light and mist-like energy mixed in. Like flowing plasma, similar to the legendary Emperor Stream Ooze, as if guided by something, they fell directly into many of the sea beasts.

The vast majority of these streams of light and mist fell toward uninhabited suburbs, but a small portion also fell toward cities.

But these streams of light were all blocked and torn apart by the spontaneously operating Order Arrays, transforming into pure spiritual energy.

Su Zhou could see that the sea beasts that touched these mist-like streams of light immediately became quieter on the surface—but in the Spirit Vision, their spiritual light was changing rapidly, as if it were flying! An invisible transformation was taking place within these sea beasts, as they absorbed the high concentration of spiritual energy brought about by the spiritual energy outburst, transforming, sublimating, and changing their life essence.

Then, in just a few breaths, mysterious patterns appeared on the backs of the originally huge sea turtles, and the chitinous giant crab claws seemed to have transformed into solid wood. In a time as short as a few breaths, the sea beasts that came into contact with those mist-like streams of light were no longer just 'sea beasts.'

They had become 'Fiends'!

"What?!"

Even Su Zhou couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw this scene, but in that instant, he understood—those strange mist-like streams of light were probably some of the power of those great beings that had leaked out of the seals!

It was these forces that created their眷族, their kin, the existence of the 'Fiends'!

"Professor Su, have you discovered something? Do we need to start attacking immediately?"

In the headset, came the voice of the fleet side, which was on guard. The twenty-odd warships, nearly ten thousand naval officers and soldiers, the vast majority of whom were cultivators, not lacking in a large number of Awakeners, could also sense the strange phenomenon of the previous spiritual energy outbreak, and were now in a state of nervous sensitivity.

In fact, the various spiritual energy radar and detection systems in the warships were going crazy, continuously issuing red alerts such as 'Ultra-Dangerous Spiritual Power Fluctuation' and 'High-Energy Warning'.

Su Zhou's voice made them think that there had been an abnormal change in the sea beasts, and subconsciously, they were about to carry out a saturation bombing.

"Can't you see it?" Su Zhou asked subconsciously, but thinking about it carefully, if it weren't for Yala's undying blood, his spirit eyes probably wouldn't be at their current level. It was normal for ordinary Transcendent beings not to be able to see those mist-like streams of light, so he immediately changed his tone: "No, not yet."

Taking a deep breath, Su Zhou calmed down, and then, gathering all his strength, he performed a 'Wide Area Discharge' on the surrounding sea beast cluster, which was gradually losing control!

Boom! Azure lightning erupted from Su Zhou's body, derived from the Lei Ze inheritance technique, the lightning bursting out from the cells of his body, all penetrated into the seawater, mixed with Su Zhou's violent pressure, and evenly transmitted and covered!

Whoosh—Instantly, all the sea beasts calmed down. Those that were closer may have been stunned, but even the sea beasts at the farthest reaches were no longer agitated by the sudden change in spiritual energy. Some of the dolphins that could make sounds even emitted a wailing-like cry after being shocked, as if they were trying to appear pitiful.

Even those that had already become Fiends… or to put it another way, had transformed into the kin of a god, also obeyed Su Zhou for some reason, and showed no other unusual movements.

"Even as the kin of a god, encountering other kin of a higher rank doesn't necessarily mean they have to resist."

Yala explained with a smile at this time: "You're already at the Transcendent stage, and there are no kin of the same origin at a higher level forcing them to fight you, why would they have to oppose you? After all, with intelligence, they are even more understanding of reason and discerning of advantages and disadvantages."

"However, now it seems that the title of Sea King alone is no longer in line with your positioning. Being able to command many kin of the gods, your title should at least be changed to 'Sea Emperor'."

Su Zhou smiled indifferently at Yala's rather teasing joke: "It's all the same, either way, I'll be dealing with fish."

And seeing that Su Zhou could indeed suppress these many sea beasts, the fleet side was no longer as vigilant as before—and with the fleet's report, Su Zhou's control over the many sea beasts was once again raised a notch.

Putting aside everything else, after this incident, the government would probably really give Su Zhou a proper Dragon King title.

Now, the spiritual energy outbreak was gradually coming to an end, and the fragile rain of spiritual energy in the sky was no longer as torrential as it had been at the beginning. It was becoming more gentle.

But just as Su Zhou and everyone else thought that this mutation was about to completely pass.

An accident suddenly happened.

Buzz—A slight hum, as if the other side of the crack sensed some kind of attraction.

Instantly, far more streams of light and mist-like energy, like Emperor Stream Ooze, fell from the sealed cracks.

And this time, their target was the major coastal cities around the world!

The West Coast of the American Federation, the eastern coast of Dongying, the South Sea of Zheng Nation, the countries of the Southeast Sea, the South Sea of Zhu Nation, the coastal areas of the Oranxi United Federation, both sides of the English Channel of the European Union… The surging streams of light, as if locking onto these seven major areas, seven densely populated coastal areas, then fell like a rainstorm!

And this time, the Order Arrays seemed to have malfunctioned, and did not react at all, allowing them to fall!

"What's going on?!"

In an instant, a chill rose from the base of Su Zhou's spine, directly into his brain. His eyes widened as he watched hundreds of streams of light crisscrossing the sky, heading straight into the coastal cities closest to him.

"Wait!" Suddenly, his head buzzed, and he immediately remembered many things. Su Zhou immediately asked urgently in his heart: Yala—can humans also become the carriers of Fiends?!"

Without waiting for an answer, Su Zhou shook his head violently in denial—what the heck, wasn't that obvious?!

Back then, in Hong City, the human who was possessed by the Twilight True Fiend, that man named Li Zhi, didn't he become a Fiend's carrier?! It was just that he was killed by him before the transformation was fully completed!

"What's going on, what kind of power is allowing the power of these great beings to bypass the great array?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Zhou pressed the headset on his left ear, and immediately requested to directly contact the Central Committee to report the abnormal phenomenon he had observed.

"These coastal cities are going to be in trouble!"