384: Chapter 383 Testing the Firepower

This place was once a vast mountain forest.

Now, however, it had turned into a vast expanse of water, with only the high ground where they stood remaining like a solitary island.

Surrounding this solitary island were continuous stretches of wooden stockades.

At a glance, there was no end in sight.

"This ocean should be the tide from before, right?"

"It actually submerged the entire mountain forest..."

"The tide gathering into a sea is truly incredible! It feels like the apocalyptic flood from ancient myths; if it happened in our world, it would be too terrifying..."

Everyone looked at the boundless ocean, their eyes filled with shock.

"Something is strange..." Su Qiaoqiao suddenly spoke with a frown.

"When we came last time, there were clearly mountains standing tall here. Even if they were all submerged by the tide and only our mountain peak is the highest, we should at least be able to see other peaks. But now, why is only this solitary mountain left??"

"Eh? That's true..." Fat Tiger took a sharp breath.

"Looking at it this way, it's as if the mountain peak beneath our feet has risen significantly out of thin air. No wonder that Dwarf Race member said before that only by approaching this mountain could one avoid the tide."

"Wait!" Xu Shuya raised her hand to interrupt. "Don't you all think it's too quiet here? There's actually no sound..."

Everyone's voices stopped abruptly as they all realized something was abnormal.

Before this, they already knew that this wooden stockade was built jointly by the Dwarf Race, Orc Race, and Elf Race as a joint camp for when the tide arrived.

However, when they arrived last time, they clearly saw members of the three major tribes active here.

But arriving this time, not only did they not see the figures of those strange races, but they couldn't even hear a single sound, only the sound of the surging waves.

Originally, they wanted to launch a surprise attack to catch the Elf Race off guard, but at this moment, they all couldn't help but look at Boss Chu.

"Boss Chu, what should we do now?" everyone asked in unison.

"Everyone be careful..." Chu Xuan's eyelids lowered slightly. Since stepping into this place, he had sensed many abnormalities, so he had remained silent, instead trying to perceive with his Mental Energy.

Although his Mental Energy still couldn't reach the level of Qin Qing's—who, due to her Talent skill, was like having a God's perspective and could clearly investigate everything within range—he still possessed an extremely keen sense of perception.

Especially for capturing nearby life activities and Auras, it was almost no different from a holographic scan.

Strangely, however, his Mental Energy seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force here, unable to probe outward at all; he could only observe with his naked eyes.

Whether it was caused by the tide gathering into a sea or some other reason, Chu Xuan clearly remembered that it wasn't like this the last time he came here.

Besides this, a faint, inexplicable throbbing also rose in his heart.

Because of all these factors, he didn't act rashly and remained extremely vigilant.

"Lin Jie, did you notice anything?" Chu Xuan looked down at Lin Jie, who was standing to the side and had remained silent the whole time.

"Brother Chu Xuan, my Talent is being suppressed even more strongly than the last time I came here..." Lin Jie was covered in sweat.

"However, I have a feeling of suffocating oppression, as if I'm about to die soon."

As he spoke, Lin Jie looked at the boundless ocean outside the wooden stockade with great trepidation and murmured, "I feel... beneath these waters, there seems to be some particularly terrifying existence. We must not go in."

Tan Ziming immediately said, "I still remember that Dwarf Race member, Moro, mentioned that any intelligent being caught in the tide would suffer the fate of having their flesh and bones corroded. It seems he was right."

Xu Shuya said with a solemn expression, "But why have all those strange races disappeared? Everyone be careful and don't act rashly. There might be some special taboos here..."

At this moment, everyone subconsciously lowered their voices, only daring to speak softly.

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly.

He was trying to sense Moro's location.

This Dwarf Race servant, who was bound by a Soul contract and recognized by the world, had his connection disappear after returning to his original world.

However, after returning to this place, the connection reappeared.

This made Chu Xuan certain that Moro was still alive and nearby.

It was just that perhaps the special suppression of this tide made the connection somewhat blurred. At this moment, Chu Xuan concentrated his mind, preparing to find Moro first.

"Brother Chu Xuan, I have a strong premonition that I'm about to die!!"

Lin Jie suddenly spoke urgently, "I saw a blurred image. An arrow is aiming at us..."

He pointed toward a wooden house closest to the giant mountain, his body trembling as he shouted loudly, "It's from right there!!"

Chu Xuan's gaze suddenly narrowed. The fifty Slashes already condensed within his body were ready to be unleashed, and the indestructible flowing shadow in his hand had transformed into a pitch-black long saber at some unknown point.

At the same time, a shrill voice suddenly came from that direction: "Master, save me!!!"

Chu Xuan immediately recognized it as Moro's voice.

And at the very moment that voice sounded.

A world-shaking, sharp whistle suddenly erupted!

From the direction Lin Jie had pointed, a thousand meters away, a shocking pillar of light suddenly came roaring toward them.

Wherever it passed, the nearby wooden stockade buildings were turned to powder as if crushed by dry weeds.

Faintly visible at the very front of that pillar of light was what appeared to be an arrow.

It arrived almost in the blink of an eye!

In this single instant, everyone simply didn't have time to react.

But for Chu Xuan, it was enough.

Just as everyone's expressions turned to horror, thinking they were about to lose their lives, Chu Xuan had already teleported to the front of the group and raised the long saber in his hand.

Using his full strength, supported by 180 points of Strength, he suddenly hacked downward!

Boom—!!

A violent, booming sound shook the heavens.

[You have taken True Damage from the Power of Light. Your health points -690]

[You have been corroded by the Power of Light. Your spirituality value -230]

[Current health points: 1620]

[Current spirituality value: 7196]

[You are being corroded by the Power of Light. Your health points are decreasing at a rate of 8 to 10 points per second. This True Damage will last for 1 to 2 minutes.]

In the incredibly violent explosion, Lin Jie, Tan Ziming, Xu Shuya, Fat Tiger, and Su Qiaoqiao were all sent flying.

Each of them spat blood, their bodies covered in large areas of burns, looking extremely wretched.

"Lowly humans, you really did come. This arrow of mine has been waiting for a long time!"

Amidst the chaos, several robust and slender Elves jumped out. At the very front was the Elf leader, Illya.

At this moment, she had changed greatly since they last saw her.

Her appearance was still magnificent, but the difference was that she had actually grown a pair of shimmering white wings, with crystalline light sparkling as they fanned.

Especially the Moon-White Longbow in her hand, which was more than twice as large as before.

Beside these members of the Elf Race, a dozen or so figures dressed in moon-white robes appeared, each with sharp glints in their eyes.

Especially the three in the lead; their Auras were majestic, and strange phenomena faintly appeared behind them.

"So it was you who dared to kill the Disciples of my Five Qi Guiyuan Sect? You shall be executed!"

Amidst these harsh words, the dust in the area gradually dispersed, and Chu Xuan's figure reappeared before everyone.

His appearance was slightly wretched, and even that pitch-black long saber was now battered and broken.

However, his eyes burst with sharp light. In a flash of flowing light, the indestructible flowing shadow transformed into a bracelet wrapped around his wrist.

Immediately after, an unusually thick tube suddenly appeared on his shoulder.

Inside the launcher, a crimson miniature nuclear warhead was dazzlingly bright.

Chu Xuan wore a cold sneer, wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth, and directly pulled the trigger: "I'll let you all try my firepower as well!"