174: Chapter 174 The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

High above the firmament, three behemoths representing the pinnacle of power in the human world—the Tianxiao Sky-Patrol Ship, the wanbao glazed chariot, and the Five Elements Mountain-Suppressing Ship—were flying in parallel at astonishing speeds, tearing through the clouds with their targets set directly on the Hunter Headquarters.

Inside the bridges and main cabins, the leaders of the three major guilds had already gathered via remote projection, the atmosphere fervent and greedy.

"Heh! Good news!"

Guild Leader Tianxiao, President Lin Tianxiao, spoke first. Blood-red flames fluctuated faintly around his body, revealing his inner restlessness: "The Hunter Headquarters has confirmed that that old turtle, the West Sea Overlord, has fully engaged Lu Chen in battle. The skill fluctuations are world-destroying; it's definitely not an act!"

At the prow of the Five Elements Mountain-Suppressing Ship, the head of the Five Elders Association, Elder Xuan, Huangfu Xuan, stroked his beard and nodded. A rare trace of a smile appeared on his rigid face: "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins! This is heaven's will. Although that brat Lu Chen is strange, the West Sea Overlord is, after all, an ancient monster, a ninth-tier legendary World Lord BOSS with profound strength. This fierce battle will surely leave both sides heavily injured!"

In the wanbao glazed chariot, the First Lady of Jinbao Pavilion, Jin Nihuang, gently waved her round fan, her eyes filled with shrewd calculations as they shifted: "Hehehe... Exactly. The secrets Lu Chen possesses—the secret of the omni-Forbidden Spell, the ability to tame millions of beast pets, the resurrection ability... Each one is enough to make even the gods covet them. When they are exhausted, that will be our time to harvest."

Her beautiful eyes swept over the other two: "At that time, the benefits obtained will be shared among the three parties as previously discussed. You two have no objections, right?"

"Naturally!"

Greed burned intensely in President Lin Tianxiao's eyes.

"After digging out all the secrets from Lu Chen, leave Lu Chen to me to execute personally. After all, he killed my third brother!" Elder Xuan, Huangfu Xuan, said in a deep voice.

"No problem." Jin Nihuang covered her mouth and chuckled.

The three looked at each other and smiled, the air filled with the excitement of dividing the prey.

"Accelerate!" President Lin Tianxiao roared at the communicator, his voice carrying uncontrollable urgency: "We must arrive before Lu Chen is completely incapacitated! We absolutely cannot let him be taken away by the West Sea Overlord!"

"Full speed ahead!"

The tails of the three giant ships spewed even more dazzling light, their speed increasing by another thirty percent, like three greedy meteors streaking across the sky.

Meanwhile.

On the coastal battlefield, the battle between man and monster had entered a white-hot stage!

"Boom!"

The West Sea Overlord roared, [Domain: Abyss Sea] fully deployed!

In an instant, Lu Chen felt the surrounding space completely stagnate. Boundless pressure crushed down from all directions, and even more chaotic and corrosive Mental Energy invaded every nook and cranny, as if trying to drag him into the eternal silence of the deep-sea ruins!

"Hmph! This move again!"

Lu Chen was in the [Celestial War Body] state, his hundred-meter divine body flashing with golden light, forcibly resisting the suppression of the Domain, but his movements were still significantly affected.

"Ant, die!"

The West Sea Overlord seized the opportunity. Opening its giant mouth, a shockwave that was invisible and intangible, yet caused space itself to twist and crack with fine lines, blasted over instantly!

This skill attack combined with the ninth-tier space-splitting ability acted directly on space itself, making it almost impossible to dodge!

Pfft!

Even with his Tyrant Body protecting him, Lu Chen was shaken by this terrifying blow, causing his internal organs to shift. A sweetness rose in his throat as he spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, his HP dropping sharply in an instant!

If not for his Heaven-Defying attributes, this blow alone would have killed him!

"What a powerful space-splitting ability!"

Lu Chen felt solemn inside. The strength of a ninth-tier legendary World Lord BOSS was indeed not something an eighth-tier could compare to; without reaching the ninth-tier, one could simply not resist the attacks of a ninth-tier powerhouse.

"Resurrection!"

Lu Chen thought, and the effect of the [resurrection ring] was triggered. With a flash of green light, all his injuries instantly healed, and his status was fully restored!

"What! Recovered again? How many lives does this brat... actually have?"

The West Sea Overlord's huge pupils contracted violently. This was already the third time it had seen Lu Chen "resurrect from the dead"!

"Old turtle, take my spear!"

[Holy Spear: Oath of the End]!

How could Lu Chen miss the moment of its astonishment? The [Eye of the Ringed Heavens] had long since detected a subtle lag in the energy flow on its back shell. The god-slaying spear transformed into a sacred wedge that pierced heaven and earth, instantly stabbing toward that flaw!

"Roar!" The West Sea Overlord roared.

Screech!

The sacred wedge pierced deeply, triggering a violent explosion. Although it did not fully penetrate, the [End Mark] and [Holy Erosion] had been successfully attached!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The West Sea Overlord was furious. Its massive body churned the sea, and countless dark water cannons, polar ice prisons, and space-splitting wind blades containing destructive power smashed toward Lu Chen like a doomsday storm.

Lu Chen's figure was like lightning, switching between [Divine Concealment] and [Teleportation] to the extreme. The magnificent might of [Thunder Punishment World Destroyer] occasionally tore through the gloomy sky, and the radiance of the [Life Divine Spring] tenaciously sprinkled down, dispelling the erosion of the abyss.

For a time, thunder and dark tides danced together, holiness and demonic evil intertwined. The two fought from the sea to the sky, and from the sky to the seabed, fighting until the waves rolled backward, the clouds scattered, and the sun and moon lost their light!

The more Lu Chen fought, the more alarmed he became: "This West Sea Overlord's defense is simply perverted, and its vitality is ridiculously thick. Although my Forbidden Spell can hurt it, it is difficult to deal a fatal blow... Ninth-tier legendary, it really lives up to its reputation!"

The West Sea Overlord's heart was also churning with stormy waves: "This kid... is he really only seventh-tier? His attributes are ridiculously strong, his skills are more perverted than the last, and there is that undying resurrection ability... No wonder, no wonder even such a great existence would pay attention to him!"

Just as this man and turtle were fighting desperately and the battle had fallen into a tragic stalemate—

Hum!

Hum!

Hum!

Three vast, majestic, and terrifying auras carrying undisguised greed, like three ancient divine mountains, suddenly descended, fiercely suppressing the entire battlefield from above!

The Tianxiao Sky-Patrol Ship, the wanbao glazed chariot, and the Five Elements Mountain-Suppressing Ship hovered at high altitude in a triangular formation, the shadows they cast covering the tragic battlefield below.

President Lin Tianxiao, Jin Nihuang, and Elder Xuan, Huangfu Xuan, the three ninth-tier legendary big shots, appeared on the bow, the canopy, and the prow of their ships, their eyes like torches, overlooking the scene below.

When they saw the shocking scene at the core of the battlefield, even with their decades of experience and Heart-Nature, they all gasped in unison at this moment, their faces filled with unbelievable shock!

They saw below that millions of beast pets and endless sea monsters were slaughtering each other in a sea of blood and corpses, dyeing the coastline a dark red; the scene was like purgatory.

And in the center of that purgatory, that young man Lu Chen, whom they regarded as a lamb to be slaughtered, stood a hundred meters tall, bathed in Holy Light, holding a divine spear that made even them feel palpitations, and was actually fighting the mountain-sized, ferociously powerful West Sea Overlord to a standstill, trading blow for blow!

That rampaging world-destroying thunder, that sacred spear light piercing through space, that weird and unpredictable resurrection... all of it was crazily impacting the bottom line of their cognition!

"Seventh-tier... shaking a ninth-tier legendary BOSS... and... not falling behind?" Jin Nihuang's round fan paused, her beautiful eyes widened, muttering to herself.

Elder Xuan, Huangfu Xuan's hand stroking his beard paused slightly, brilliant light exploding in his eyes: "This child... can no longer be described by the word Prodigy!"

President Lin Tianxiao's pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks, his chest heaving violently for a moment. Then, unparalleled greed and decisive killing intent replaced the shock:

"Did you see that? This is his value! Take advantage of his current fight with the West Sea Overlord; it is a god-given opportunity! Move! Capture him and force him to reveal all his secrets!"

The three leaders' eyes met, and they instantly reached a consensus.

The mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows behind!

It was time for them to step onto the stage and harvest!