25: Target – Lightning talent!

At this moment,

In the Xuanming Island sea area,

Following the retreat of the Divine Summer fleet,

The Joint Fleet, led by the US, immediately became rampant.

A US Navy's newest destroyer, the USS Aegis, deliberately accelerated,

And brazenly cut into the path of a Divine Summer frigate, the 'Sea Eagle', less than a hundred meters ahead of its turning maneuver!

Splash—!

The massive bow split the waves, stirring up a several-meter-high wall of murky water that violently slapped against the 'Sea Eagle's' portholes and deck!

The ship's hull shook violently!

At the same time,

Piercing high-pitched loudspeaker sounds tore through the air,

Playing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' accompanied by the collective laughter and whistles of US sailors!

A Fusang 'Kongo-class' patrol boat was even more arrogant!

Soldiers on board dropped their pants, turned their bare buttocks towards the retreating Divine Summer supply ship 'Sea Dragon', and wildly slapped them!

Raucous laughter echoed across the sea through loudspeakers!

Another patrol boat sped past, and a Fusang officer on board, facing the camera and the Divine Summer fleet, made an extremely vulgar 'throat-slitting' gesture, his face twisted with smugness!

Furthermore, a team of Fusang Self-Defense Forces soldiers who had been the first to land on Xuanming Island rushed to the highest point of the island,

And facing the slowly retreating Divine Summer fleet in the distance, they laughed wildly as they mimicked urinating!

Inside the retreating Divine Summer bridge, countless eyes stared intently at these scenes!

Fingernails dug deep into palms, blood oozing out!

The grinding sound of teeth being clenched was clearly audible in the dead silent cabin!

In the communication channel,

The captains' roars almost shattered the communicators:

"Commander-in-chief! Let's fight them!"

"Yes! Damn it, I can't stand this humiliation anymore, it's too damn cowardly!"

"Xuanming Island has been our Divine Summer territory since ancient times. These Japanese and Americans are utterly shameless, coming to seize our vibranium ore vein by force as soon as they discovered it here!"

"Yes! Let's fight them!"

"Order to fire!"

On the bridge of the flagship 'Zhenhai', Commander-in-chief Zhang Zhenwu clenched his teeth tightly, blood oozing from his gums.

The veins on his hand holding the railing bulged, his fingernails almost digging into the metal.

He watched with his own eyes as the Japanese urinated under his nation's flag, and listened to the Goryeo people insult their Guardian God!

Every word was like a red-hot branding iron on his heart!

He suddenly closed his eyes, his chest heaving violently. A few seconds later, when he opened them again,

His eyes were bloodshot with extreme suppression and a forcibly forged will of steel.

His voice was hoarse but carried an undeniable command, echoing through all channels:

"All ships! Maintain formation! Accelerate retreat! This is an order!!"

"Comrades! Our blood will not be shed in vain! Our humiliation will not be suffered in vain! Remember today! Remember the faces of these jackals!"

"Lord Kraken has not abandoned US! He is accumulating strength! He is looking for a weapon for a counterattack! Trust me! Trust the God of War! Trust our Guardian God!"

"Xuanming Island, which we lost today... we will retake it a hundredfold! A thousandfold! under the leadership of Lord Kraken! We will wash away today's shame with the enemy's blood!"

"Now... execute the order! Retreat—!"

The fleet's grief and indignation were forcibly suppressed, transforming into a silent torrent of steel sailing into the distance.

Behind them,

Was the Rising Sun flag planted by Fusang soldiers on Xuanming Island,

Was the arrogant mockery of US sailors,

And Clovis's cold, condescending dark blue compound eyes... As the highly anticipated Xuanming Island standoff concluded,

For a time,

The mainstream media of the Blue Star Alliance countries extensively publicized:

"Divine Summer Beast Flees! East Asian Power Structure Collapses!"

"National Guardian Beast Kraken? A Homeless Dog!"

"The Divine Summer Era Ends! The Blue Star Alliance Rises!"

In Divine Summer, there was first a deathly silence,

Followed by extreme suppressed anger and tears of humiliation:

"Lord Kraken... where are you?"

"Why retreat?!"

In an instant,

Divine Summer was filled with numerous voices of doubt and grief.

However,

At this moment, Su Chen was wandering his colossal body, lurking in the dark trench.

His 1900 Perception radiated to its maximum,

Like an invisible giant net, scanning every inch of rock, every undercurrent.

"Damn it... it should be here, right?!"

Su Chen's consciousness churned with anxiety.

Ten tentacles agitated the viscous seawater.

Time... was running out!

If he couldn't find it soon, he'd have to go back and fight head-on!

After eating so much meat from Divine Summer, would he be a deserter?

Su Chen wouldn't stoop to that!

However,

Just then,

Su Chen had a sudden idea.

"That lightning-type sea beast was able to destroy the entire Luzon fleet with one blow, so its size must not be small. With such a large body, its daily energy requirements must not be low."

"If it eats meat, then if I were wandering back and forth here, I should have been attacked by it long ago. But there's no attack now, which means this guy most likely obtains energy not by eating, but by absorbing energy!"

The more Su Chen thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

"Right! If that's the case, I should look for a place with abundant energy nearby!"

With this thought,

Su Chen immediately calmed down.

His perception spread out like a huge ripple.

Soon,

Su Chen felt a violent energy band.

It was a geothermal fissure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench,

Where erupting lava flows emitted immense heat and geothermic currents.

Lu Chen, with a 'nothing to lose' mentality, swam towards that massive geothermal fissure.

The scorching seawater almost burned his tough keratinized skin.

Under the illumination of the lava,

Su Chen's gigantic eyes suddenly contracted!

"Found it!"

He saw,

A terrifying behemoth over two hundred meters long!

Like a slumbering ancient thunder dragon, it coiled above the boiling lava river!

Deep purple, almost black, scales covered its serpentine body, with a hideous head adorned with bone spurs and sensory whiskers.

Most astonishing were the rows of enormous, crystal-cluster-like special organs on its back, greedily open, frantically devouring the violent currents emitted by the lava!

Eerie blue electric arcs leaped and flowed across its body, crackling softly.

A colossal terrifying beast, over 200 meters long, a hybrid between an eel and a sea snake, was lying in the geothermal fissure.

Greedily absorbing the diffused geothermic currents.

[Deep Sea Thunder Eel - Vulcanus (Adult Stage)]

[Length: 212 meters]

[Weight: 2810 tons]

[Realm: 42nd Order]

[Strength: 1200]

[Agility: 2000]

[Constitution: 1050]

[Perception: 1600]

[Talent: Lightning Control (C-rank)]

[Skill: Superconducting Thunder Domain (C-rank) — Vulcanus activates all its power-generating organs, forming a continuous discharge field with a radius of several hundred meters around itself. (Welcome to Vulcanus's underwater barbecue party!)]