24: wait for me!

N City,

Third Safe Harbor,

The cold light of the giant screen penetrated the murky seawater, illuminating Su Chen's ten tentacles covered in hideous bone spurs.

On the screen, Qin Zheng and the highest echelons of Divine Summer wore solemn expressions.

"Lord Kraken!"

Qin Zheng's voice traveled through the water, clear and heavy.

"I am Qin Zheng of Divine Summer's Xuanji Pavilion! Xuanming Island, which you guided us to find... is now suffering a calamity! The United States has received the aid of the Polar Giant Crab, Clovis,"

"We need you! Divine Summer needs you!"

"Please help us block Clovis! Otherwise, the vibranium ore vein on Xuanming Island will surely be seized by the United States and the Japanese! If that happens, Divine Summer... will be in danger!"

As his voice fell,

On the screen, Qin Zheng and all the high-ranking officials of Divine Summer bowed deeply to Su Chen!

"Polar Giant Crab, Clovis?!"

Cold sparks burst in Su Chen's consciousness.

His ten massive tentacles suddenly paused in the water!

In the previous life, didn't this Block of Ice first chew up the US East Coast?

Why did it turn around and head for Divine Summer?

It seems,

my rebirth,

has caused quite a few changes?

However, Su Chen was not prepared to agree to Qin Zheng's request.

The reason was simple:

he truly couldn't handle this Big Crab right now.

Su Chen remembered Clovis very clearly.

The Polar Giant Crab possessed Ice Talent and extremely formidable defense.

With his current abilities,

even if he went, he couldn't break through Clovis's defense.

As for Divine Summer's fleet,

they should just save those Missiles and the like.

Those things couldn't even breach his own epidermis, let alone Clovis's thick crab shell.

But... he couldn't just ignore it, could he?

After all, he had consumed so much meat from Divine Summer.

Moreover,

regardless of emotion or reason, he didn't want Divine Summer to be defeated by shameless nations like the United States and Fusang.

"No... I have to think of a solution..."

Su Chen's massive tentacles swayed slightly in the seawater.

Suddenly,

a flash of inspiration crossed Su Chen's mind.

"I have a way!"

To deal with a heavily defended Big Crab like Clovis, physical attacks definitely wouldn't be very effective, but elemental attacks would work much better!

And his SSS-rank Ocean Dominator Talent could create new Talents and Skills.

Which means,

as long as I can devour a powerful Elemental Sea Beast and fuse its Gene,

I can create an Elemental Talent or Skill specifically targeting Clovis!

So the question is,

where can I find such a sea beast?

First,

ordinary creatures are definitely out of the question.

Su Chen had already tried Gene Intake on common creatures like the Electric Eel (Electric), Blue-ringed Octopus (Poison), and Jellyfish (Water).

The result,

without exception, was complete failure.

Facts proved that only the Genes of sufficiently powerful creatures could sustain his intake.

"Powerful creatures... Stupid Brain, think quickly, where are the powerful Elemental Creatures now!"

Su Chen extended two tentacles and made circles on his head.

Suddenly,

Su Chen's eyes lit up.

"I... I seem to remember that in the previous life, during this time period, the Luzon Navy near the Mariana Trench suffered an unknown attack, and thousands of people in the entire fleet were instantly electrocuted."

Being electrocuted,

indicates that near the Mariana Trench,

a powerful Thunder-type Sea Beast must reside!

Most importantly,

the Mariana Trench is not far from here.

There is completely enough time!

Thinking of this,

Su Chen used a tentacle to send a message to Qin Zheng and the others.

The content was only two simple words:

"Wait for me!"

The next moment,

ten tentacles churned tens of thousands of tons of seawater, massive suckers opening and closing, propelling Su Chen's pitch-black giant body to turn abruptly!

Target: Mariana!

Dragon Abyss Pavilion,

Qin Zhenshan, Lei Zhen, and the other high-ranking officials of Divine Summer looked at the empty harbor.

They couldn't help but exchange glances.

"The direction Kraken is heading isn't Xuanming Island, is it? Did he... did he run away?"

Lei Zhen's mouth twitched slightly, and his face was ashen.

"Alas..."

Qin Zhenshan let out a long sigh.

"Facing an unmatched Giant Beast... fleeing... is instinct. It has no obligation to die for us."

The conference room instantly erupted:

"It's over, it's over. Without Kraken's help, how can our fleet hold off the United States' Joint Fleet at Xuanming Island?"

"With that Big Crab on the opposing side, what's the point of fighting?"

"Damn it, are we just going to hand over the vibranium ore vein we worked so hard to obtain to those Americans and Japanese? I'm so unwilling!"

"Sigh, has our North Sea Great Demon Plan gone bankrupt?"

"I told you these Giant Beasts couldn't be relied upon. Look, they're the first to run when danger strikes!"

At this moment,

Qin Zheng remained silent for a long time, looking at the two words Su Chen left behind—"Wait for me."

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his decision was made:

"Enough! Now, execute Plan B."

"The fleet... is to evacuate the Xuanming Island sea area in an orderly fashion. Command the 'Jiaolong' Special Forces to destroy the core equipment of the excavated Mine Tunnels at all costs before withdrawal! We absolutely cannot let the enemy benefit!"

"We... will wait for Kraken's message!"

...Xuanming Island sea area,

was currently the focus of global attention.

Everyone knew that,

after today, the true Overlord of Azure Star would emerge.

Whoever could obtain star-patterned vibranium would be able to control everything.

However,

right at this moment,

the Divine Summer fleet, which was originally standing firm and prepared for a desperate fight,

its massive steel formation suddenly began to slowly turn around.

At the same time,

deafening explosions came from deep within the island.

Thick smoke billowed.

Divine Summer actually blew up the Mining Facilities they had just built, turning them into ruins.

Divine Summer... retreated.

This situation immediately caused an uproar across the global network:

"??? What's going on? Divine Summer retreated?"

"They really retreated! Divine Summer even destroyed their own Mining Equipment! The Divine Summer people chickened out!"

"Holy crap, I took my pants off, and this is what you show me? Where's the great battle? Where's the vow not to retreat until death?"

"Where are those Divine Summer people? Didn't you say your Kraken was invincible? Come out and say something!"

White House, United States,

Wilson looked at the screen,

and let out a harsh, wild laugh:

"Hahaha, these Divine Summer cowards pretended to be fearless. In the end, they didn't even dare to fire a shot and secretly retreated! A bunch of trash!"

Park Jeong-hwan's face was full of disdain. "aishiba, the Divine Summer people are just a bunch of clowns. And where is their National Guardian Beast, Kraken, now? Did it tuck its tail and run away long ago?"

Nakamura Kenichi was so excited he was gesticulating wildly, spitting everywhere:

"Hahaha, these Divine Summer people are a joke. They actively helped us Fusang scout out the Mineral Deposits. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have known about such precious resources on Xuanming Island. Now, all of this belongs to us!"

Liss, in the shadows,

looked at the retreating Divine Summer fleet, and a curve of disdain involuntarily formed at the corner of his mouth.

"Afraid to fight, heh heh... Kraken? Legendary Species? I really overestimated you."