novelraw Chapter 442: They're back... They're all back
Chapter 442: They're back... They're all back
Wang Mingyuan's heart was filled with countless emotions.
This was the talent he should have possessed all along.
His thoughts drifted back several decades.
Back then, he too was a Proud Son of Heaven renowned throughout Vermilion Bird Academy, the possessor of an SSS-grade Life Soul spiritual energy mastery, radiant and brilliant, seen as a rising star destined to reach the pinnacle of the Ocean Realm.
He was high-spirited and ambitious, advancing with sharp determination, his cultivation speed progressing a thousand miles a day.
However, a brutal mission and a severe injury that damaged his foundational source firmly imprisoned him at the Tide Realm, unable to advance even a single step.
Decades of time flowed by in this endless stagnation and torment.
He watched as peers and even juniors surpassed him one by one. That former pride was gradually worn down by reality, buried deep in his heart, transforming into silent sighs in the dead of night.
He became a respected veteran instructor at the academy, yet one no longer harboring great expectations.
Until... Su Zhan brought the Reforge Fruit before me.Thinking of Su Zhan.
Wang Mingyuan's eyes filled with warmth.
That legendary divine fruit not only healed the hidden injuries accumulated over decades within him but, like a master craftsman, also polished and refined this body that had somewhat rusted... surpassing its former state!
He could clearly feel that the changes brought by the Reforge Fruit were fundamental.
His current body's affinity, capacity, and mastery over spiritual energy had all reached unprecedented heights.
The barriers that were once clogged and stagnant due to the foundational injury were now being shattered with unstoppable momentum.
The vast spiritual energy that once required careful and meticulous guidance now obeyed his will as easily as moving his own arms, circulating freely, capable of unleashing power far greater than ordinary peers of the same level!
It's back... everything is back.
Not just his strength, but also that high-spirited, peer-defying ambition from his youth!
He was no longer that instructor who could only watch the receding backs of his students, carrying regret in his heart.
He, Wang Mingyuan, had finally grasped power once again, standing at the forefront of this era's tide, facing this all-consuming crisis in the posture of a Guardian!
Su Zhan, this favor, your teacher remembers it.
Wang Mingyuan took a deep breath of air tinged with the scent of battle, his gaze turning towards the deep sea where the Mist churned.
The vast white spiritual energy within his body emitted a hum craving for battle.
And now, let him use this power greater than before to tell these abominations from the deep sea that the territory of our Daxia will not be violated!
The place I, Wang Mingyuan, guard is your burial ground!
SSS-grade Life Soul spiritual energy mastery was already silently operating.
There was no materialized form.
An invisible force field formed around him. Under the command of his will, the extremely pure white spiritual energy obeyed him as easily as moving his own arms, circulating endlessly.
"Report! The base of Energy Diversion Tower Three is under attack by corrosive mucus from an unknown creature! Shield energy is rapidly depleting!"
"Underwater Sonar Array Seven has lost signal! Suspected destruction by a large creature!"
"Underwater pressure on the eastern B-sector defense line is spiking! Multiple high-energy signatures detected rapidly approaching!"
Bad news reached him through the comms channel.
Wang Mingyuan looked down at the turbulent sea surface below.
He could clearly sense that beneath that chaotic seawater lurked countless malicious lifeforms.
They varied in form, most bearing characteristics of marine life, yet twisted and mutated by the Mist, becoming utterly monstrous.
There were giant crabs magnified a hundredfold, their carapaces covered in bizarre eyeballs.
There were serpent-like monstrous fish with countless tentacles and sharp teeth.
There were floating mountains of flesh, jellyfish capable of spraying strong acid potent enough to melt steel...
"Relay orders! Activate Tower Three base's backup power source, prioritize maintaining the shield! Dispatch underwater combat teams to clear attached organisms!
Deploy the backup sonar buoy array, cover Sector Seven! Order the Sea Dragon Special Warfare Squad to deploy underwater defenses in eastern B-sector, prioritize intercepting high-threat targets!"
Wang Mingyuan spoke rapidly, issuing clear commands one after another.
He was not just a powerful Ocean Realm expert, but also an experienced commander.
Suddenly.
The sea surface not far below the command tower violently exploded.
A one-eyed monster shaped like a giant octopus burst out of the water.
Its thick tentacles, like massive whips entwined with blinding electric arcs, lashed viciously towards the spiritual energy shield surrounding the command tower.
"It's an Abyssal Gazer! Calamity-level, initial stage!"
An officer who recognized it cried out in alarm.
Almost simultaneously with this octopus monster's attack.
From beneath the sea surface on the other side.
A massive shadow rapidly rose.
A grayish-white water column emitting extreme cold shot towards the fortress's energy core...
"And a Frigid Breath Exhaler! Also Calamity-level initial stage!"
The coordinated attack of two Calamity-level marine Mist Creatures.
Instantly put both the command tower and the core area in critical danger.
"Seeking death!"
A cold glint flashed in Wang Mingyuan's eyes; he had been waiting for opponents of this caliber.
Facing the lashing electric arc tentacle, he raised his right hand.
The vast white spiritual energy around him instantly boiled, coalescing before him into an enormous spiritual energy shield.
The shield's structure was incredibly complex, flowing with countless defensive runes.
"BOOM!!!"
The giant shield trembled violently, its surface runes flashing wildly, yet it solidly withstood this blow powerful enough to destroy a small hill, remaining completely unmoved.
Wang Mingyuan's left hand formed a sword finger, pointing into the distance.
"Part the Seas!"
Extremely pure white spiritual energy condensed before his fingertip, transforming into a spiritual energy blade as thin as a cicada's wing.
The blade silently parted the air, arriving later yet striking first, slashing into the midsection of the frigid water column.
"SHHHH—!"
The water column was actually split cleanly in two by this spiritual energy blade.
The violent energy structure was instantly destroyed, scattering into two out-of-control streams that dispersed to either side, crashing fiercely into distant defensive structures and freezing large areas.
With one move, he resolved the dual crisis.
Wang Mingyuan's offensive momentum did not diminish.
With a thought, the spiritual energy shield instantly decomposed, reverting to vast white spiritual energy that surged towards the Abyssal Gazer like a rushing river.
"Bind!"
The spiritual energy river suddenly dispersed in mid-air, transforming into countless spiritual energy chains shimmering with runes, which wrapped around the octopus monster's massive body and flailing tentacles at astonishing speed.
The powerful binding force contained within the chains caused this Calamity-level monster to emit a pained shriek, struggling frantically, yet unable to break free for the moment.
Wang Mingyuan took a step forward, his form transforming into a stream of white light as he actively charged towards the other Frigid Breath Exhaler, which was preparing to dive back underwater.
The monster was shaped like a giant whale, its skin covered in ice crystals, its mouth filled with rows of fangs.
Seeing Wang Mingyuan charge, it let out a deep roar, the cold aura around it intensifying as it condensed ice walls for defense and launched another breath attack.