21: Level 3, 1400 jin! Even the Heavenly-level ranks were dumbfounded!

The air seemed to solidify at that moment.

Zhao Ze, who had just been woken up by the noise, and Su Li, who was standing quietly beside him, simultaneously fixed their gazes on Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng felt the power surging within him like a great river, yet his expression was calm and composed as he scratched his head:

"About 1,400 jin."

As his words fell.

The air froze.

The expression on Zhou Hai's face went from astonishment to stupor, finally turning completely stone-like.

He opened his mouth, his Adam's apple bobbing, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Zhao Ze's hand, which was holding the giant hammer, trembled violently, and for the first time, an emotion of shock appeared in his eyes, which were usually as steady as a mountain.

Even Su Li, who was usually as calm as an ancient well, had knuckles turning slightly white where she gripped her scabbard.

1,400 jin?

*About*?!

A "boom" sounded in Zhou Hai and Zhao Ze's minds, as if ten thousand thunderbolts had exploded simultaneously!

The two subconsciously glanced at each other, seeing the same meaning reflected in the other's eyes.

Holy motherfucker!

Both of them, being Earth-rank Sequences, had painstakingly reached Level 3, and after three physical enhancements, their base strength barely reached 1,200 jin!

But Su Li, who was hailed as a favored child of heaven, only had 1,300 jin of strength when she was Level 3!

But this kid right in front of them... he had only just stepped through the gates of being a Level 3 Spirit Source User!

His base strength directly crushed all of theirs!

Is this fucking real?

An absurd yet irresistible thought simultaneously began to wildly sprout in the hearts of Zhou Hai and Zhao Ze.

Could it be... that there was a huge gap between Heaven-rank Sequences that they didn't know about?

Or perhaps... this kid wasn't even a Heaven-rank at all?!

Zhou Hai's pupils contracted violently, and a term that only existed in legends uncontrollably leaped out from the depths of his mind.

Saint-rank Sequence!

As soon as the thought appeared, he forcefully suppressed it.

Impossible, absolutely impossible! Saint-rank Sequence was merely a legend; how could he coincidentally run into one?

It must be that this kid's Heaven-rank Sequence has an innate advantage in terms of strength!

Yes, that must be it!

Zhou Hai frantically built up his psychological defenses internally, barely managing to suppress the shock that threatened to overturn his worldview.

What he didn't know was that Lu Sheng had hidden one more thing.

If he activated the Dragon Claw skill, his strength would instantly soar to 1,500 jin!

If they knew he had another skill that amplified strength... wouldn't their Dao hearts shatter on the spot?

Lu Sheng watched their ghost-seeing expressions, secretly complaining internally, while maintaining that perfectly calibrated look of bewilderment on his face.

Just in this deathly silence.

Su Li, who had remained silent, gave Lu Sheng a deep look with her cold eyes.

The pride originating from her Heaven-rank Sequence was completely crushed at this moment.

Replacing it was the gravity of meeting a worthy opponent, coupled with... a barely perceptible trace of blazing fighting intent.

"Haha... hahahaha!"

A burst of deafening laughter abruptly shattered the silence on the rooftop.

Zhou Hai slapped his thigh violently; the previous shock and horror now completely transformed into uncontrollable ecstasy!

He rushed over, threw an arm around Lu Sheng's shoulder, patting him hard and shouting until the entire rooftop hummed.

"Good! This is fucking great!"

"1,400 jin! Hahahaha!"

Zhou Hai's excitement was infectious. He pointed at Su Li, then at himself and Zhao Ze, and finally at Lu Sheng, his voice ringing like a bell, echoing across the entire rooftop.

"One Level 4 Spirit Source Practitioner!"

"Three Level 3 Spirit Source Users!"

"I fucking declare that starting today, our Blazing Flame Fleet can be considered a formidable fleet in this Magic City Sea Area!"

Zhao Ze looked at the ecstatic Zhou Hai, and a genuine smile appeared on his face as well.

That's right.

One Level 4, three Level 3s, and among them, two Heaven-rank Sequence monsters whose combat power far exceeded their peers.

With this kind of strength configuration, looking across the hundreds of survivor fleets in the entire Magic City Sea Area, they could definitely rank in the upper-middle tier!

They finally had the capital to truly establish themselves in this man-eating apocalypse!

Lu Sheng felt his blood surge slightly from Zhou Hai's pats, but a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.

He liked this atmosphere.

There was no scheming, no suspicion or caution, only the purest, most passionate camaraderie.

After the burst of ecstasy, the smile on Zhou Hai's face gradually faded. He released Lu Sheng and turned to walk to the edge of the rooftop.

He gazed at the vast, boundless blue sea shimmering under the morning light in the distance, and an unprecedented hope burned in his eyes.

The mountains of corpses and seas of blood behind them represented their past struggles.

And the boundless ocean before them would be their future journey.

"Yesterday's Corpse Tide basically cleared out the Floating Corpsess near the Zijin Building. For the short term, this place is safe."

Zhou Hai's voice became steady and powerful, carrying a note of decisiveness.

"We've gathered most of the supplies, we've survived the Corpse Tide, and we've increased our strength."

He slowly turned back, his gaze like electricity, sweeping over Zhao Ze, Su Li, and finally settling on Lu Sheng's face.

Zhou Hai grinned, revealing a set of stark white teeth, his smile carrying a hint of heroism.

"The Blazing Flame Fleet... it's time to set sail!"