429: Chapter 429 Battle!

"Fire!"

With a single command, these water cannonballs shot out with a boom, tracing blue arcs across the sky.

They slammed heavily against the defensive formation of Maple Leaf Island!

"Rumble—"

Amidst the deafening roar, the entire island trembled.

Violent ripples surged across the defensive formation as if it would shatter at any moment.

"The power of these water cannonballs..."

Standing on the deck, Qin Yan felt the vibrations beneath his feet, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. "It's comparable to a strike from an average Fifth-Rank Martial Artist."

He sized up the warship.

The Wave-Breaker Warship could be considered a unique type of spirit weapon, with a grade roughly at the ten-inscription spirit weapon level.

The advantage of this type of warship was its immense power, which didn't require a martial artist to expend True Qi to activate.

One only needed to supply enough Water-Attribute Crystals to launch continuous attacks.

The disadvantages were equally obvious: it lacked flexibility, turned slowly, and was difficult to defend with once an enemy got close;

Furthermore, the consumption was enormous; every volley meant that hundreds or even thousands of Water-Attribute Crystals were turned to ash.

But at this moment, those disadvantages didn't matter.

What mattered was that it was currently blasting open the enemy's turtle shell.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

Crisp sounds of shattering rang out one after another.

On the defensive formation surrounding Maple Leaf Island, cracks began to spread, dense and numerous like a spiderweb.

The blue light flickered violently, brightening and dimming, letting out a groan of being overwhelmed.

Another water cannonball slammed upward, hitting the crack-riddled formation heavily.

"Boom—"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion, the defensive formation finally couldn't hold on and burst apart, turning into a sky full of blue powder.

The island's line of defense was broken.

"Brothers, charge with me!"

The middle-aged late-stage Fourth Rank Martial Artist shouted, drew his long saber, leaped up, and took the lead in charging toward Maple Leaf Island.

Behind him, over a hundred human warriors shouted in unison, surging like a tide toward the island that had just opened its gates.

Qin Yan took a deep breath, adjusted the hood on his head, and with a flash of his body, merged into the charging crowd.

The moment the warship docked, over a hundred human warriors were like tigers descending from a mountain, leaping off the deck and stepping through ankle-deep seawater as they rushed toward Maple Leaf Island!

At the same time, noisy and sharp Sea Race hisses rang out from deep within the island.

Figures rushed out from the woods and from behind rocks—Mermen brandished harpoons, Crab Soldiers held up giant claws, and several hunched Deep Sea Wizards in the rear spat out corrosive poison orbs.

The two torrents collided violently at the edge of the beach!

"Kill!!!"

"For the Human Race!!!"

"Tear these crawlers to pieces!!!"

Sabers flashed and swords shadowed, True Qi crisscrossed, and blood splattered.

Screams and roars intertwined into a deafening symphony of war.

Meanwhile, high in the sky, a figure stood suspended in the air, robes fluttering, with an aura as vast as the sea.

Qin Yan looked up at that figure and understood.

This was the Fifth-Rank Martial Artist overseeing this operation.

In martial cultivation, the realms were distinct.

Only upon reaching the Fifth Rank can a martial artist achieve true flight.

No matter how strong a Fourth Rank Martial Artist was, they could gallop across the ground, but ultimately could not break free from the earth's shackles and could only look up at the sky that belonged to the Fifth Rank.

The Fifth-Rank Martial Artist ignored the chaotic battlefield below, his gaze locked onto a place deep within the island where the aura was most violent.

His figure turned into a stream of light and streaked straight toward it.

That was the hiding place of the mid-stage Fifth Rank Sea Race general.

Fifth Rank against Fifth Rank, high-level against high-level.

This was the unspoken rule of the battlefield.

Qin Yan withdrew his gaze and refocused his attention on the melee below.

Just then—

"Clang, clang, clang!"

The ear-piercing sound of metal clashing suddenly exploded by his ear.

Qin Yan looked down and saw four cold, glittering harpoons stuck in his body—or more accurately, stuck in his wide black robe.

The tips of the harpoons had pierced the fabric and rested against his skin, but they couldn't advance even a fraction of an inch further, letting out a futile metallic vibration.

Four figures closed in from different directions; they were four burly Shrimp Soldiers, each at the Fourth Rank realm.

How is this possible!

The harpoons they threw with all their might were enough to pierce metal and stone, yet they couldn't even wound this human's skin?

Qin Yan smiled faintly.

Then, he clenched his hand into a fist!

Without using any martial techniques or activating any True Qi, he threw a punch relying solely on pure physical strength.

"Boom!"

A violent, suffocating wave of blood vitality erupted from within his body!

The four harpoons that had pierced deep into his black robe and even touched his skin were as fragile as rotten wood under the impact of this power—

"Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!"

Four crisp sounds rang out almost simultaneously!

The four harpoons, capable of piercing the defense of an ordinary Fourth Rank Martial Artist, all snapped into two pieces.

They fell from Qin Yan's body, hitting the sandy ground with a "patter, patter."

The four Shrimp Soldiers opposite him stared with their bulging shrimp eyes, their mouths wide open.

So terrifying... what kind of monster is this?

Before they could recover from their shock—

Qin Yan moved!

His speed was incredibly fast!

The four Shrimp Soldiers couldn't even see his movements clearly, only catching a glimpse of a blood-colored afterimage flashing before their eyes!

"Bang!"

The first Shrimp Soldier's head burst on the spot like a watermelon hit by a sledgehammer!

"Bang!"

The second one!

"Bang!"

The third one!

"Bang!"

The fourth one!

The four explosive sounds were almost continuous!

The four early-stage Fourth Rank Shrimp Soldiers didn't even have time to scream before they lay dead on the ground, their shattered heads and broken bodies scattered everywhere.

Blood stained the beach red.

Qin Yan flicked the liquid off his fist, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

To him, killing early-stage Fourth Rank Shrimp Soldiers was essentially no different from crushing four ants.

He took a deep breath, and with a thought,

the Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture operated at full power!

Streams of blood-colored energy rose from the four Shrimp Soldier corpses, converging toward Qin Yan like guided threads.

The blood energy entered his body, flowing into his Blood Sea Nest to be temporarily stored.

Looking at the four Shrimp Soldier corpses on the ground that were rapidly shriveling and eventually turning into mummies, a satisfied glint flashed in his eyes.

"At this rate of devouring, it won't be long before I accumulate enough blood vitality needed to temper the mid-stage Fourth Rank."

Qin Yan looked up, his gaze scanning the surroundings.

On the beach, by the woods, and behind the rocks, fierce battles were everywhere.

Humans and the Sea Race were locked in combat, with blood and roars weaving into a chaotic battlefield.