43: Two thousand jin? Captain Zhou's Dao heart collapsed!

BOOM—!

A terrifying wave of energy, far more overbearing and ferocious than when Zhou Hai and Zhao Ze advanced, erupted centered on Lu Sheng, sweeping across the entire blazing flame!

Debris and clutter kicked up by the battle on the deck were instantly cleared away by the invisible pressure! The solid steel plates vibrated with a low "buzzing" sound under the impact of the air current.

The fishing boat recently rescued in the distance suddenly swayed under this pressure. Every survivor on board, whether Ordinary Person or Spirit Source User, felt as if an invisible mountain was crushing down onto their shoulders. Their legs went weak, and they were all struck with terror, unable to stand steady.

"Promotion successful, Strength +300 Jin!"

"Level 4 Spirit Source Practitioner: (0/600)."

"Enhancement options: Enhance Muscle, Enhance Skeleton, Enhance Heart. Only one can be selected."

A series of messages exploded consecutively in Lu Sheng's mind.

Without the slightest hesitation!

"Continue Enhance Muscle!"

"Enhancement successful! Strength +300 Jin!"

"Body Enhancement: Strong Muscle Level IV."

An unprecedented explosive power filled Lu Sheng's limbs and body!

He slowly clenched his fist, and his knuckles popped loudly, the air seeming to become slightly viscous from his grip.

He felt that with a single punch now, he could instantly rip off the skull of that Giant Alligator from earlier!

Two thousand jin of immense strength!

This is a Level 4 Spirit Source Practitioner!

No, this is a Level 4 Spirit Source Practitioner of the God-Tier Sequence!

"New Skill Unlocked: Dragon Might (Releases the pressure of the Divine Dragon Bloodline, causing mental deterrence to enemies below one's own level, with a chance to cause them to enter a state of fear or rigidity. The control effect is doubled when Dragon Might is released against Sea Beasts.)"

Lu Sheng's heart stirred.

He did not release Dragon Might on his teammates. Instead, his gaze sharpened, and that invisible, absolute pressure originating from a higher life level instantly enveloped the dilapidated fishing boat in the distance, like a gale sweeping across the sea.

"Thump!"

"Ah!"

On the fishing boat, people instantly fell over in chaos!

The survivors on the boat felt as though they were being relentlessly stared at by a Terrifying Behemoth from primordial antiquity; their very souls trembled!

Their minds went blank, their bodies rigidly frozen in place. Some even had their legs give out, collapsing onto the deck, their eyes reflecting only the most primal fear!

A single glance was enough to suppress an entire boatload of people!

On the blazing flame, Zhou Hai, Zhao Ze, and Su Li stared intently at Lu Sheng with complex expressions mixing shock, horror, and ecstasy.

"You... you damn well broke through again?!"

Captain Zhou's voice was trembling. He looked at Lu Sheng, his rugged face filled with incomprehension.

How long had it been?

He and Old Zhao had killed countless High-Level Floating Corpses and absorbed the Spirit Source Light Spheres of Leader-class Sea Beasts just to barely break through to Level 4.

But this guy Lu Sheng absorbed only a tiny bit of Spirit Source Light Spheres, and he... damn well broke through again?!

Is he even human?!

Zhao Ze and Su Li also looked stunned.

Especially Su Li. As a Sequence Transcendent with top-tier Talent herself, she considered her Talent one in ten thousand, yet compared to the man before her, she was practically a novice apprentice.

Facing Captain Zhou's near-shouted question, Lu Sheng merely turned around casually and shrugged.

"I don't know what happened."

"Maybe... my Sequence Talent is just better. I just kept fighting, and the promotion happened naturally."

He chose to hide the myriad things furnace, his biggest trump card, and attributed everything to the elusive Heaven-rank Sequence, which no one could question.

Sequence Talent is better?

Happened naturally?

Captain Zhou looked at Lu Sheng's innocent expression, and nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood right there.

He felt his worldview was being repeatedly dragged across the floor by this young man.

Finally, he gave up questioning, only asking through gritted teeth, "Then how much... strength do you have now?"

Lu Sheng thought for a moment and reported a number that made even his own heart pound.

"Not too much, not too little, exactly two thousand jin."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The air was deathly silent.

Zhou Hai, Zhao Ze, and Su Li were completely petrified where they stood.

Two... two thousand jin?!

What kind of concept is that?

This damn thing is a small bulldozer wearing human skin!

"Ahem," Lu Sheng looked at their ghost-seeing expressions, actively broke the silence, and countered, "Captain Zhou, how about you guys?"

"I... one thousand six hundred and fifty jin." Captain Zhou's voice was hoarse, as if rubbed with sandpaper.

"One thousand six," Zhao Ze added quietly.

Su Li, who had been silent, her cold eyes flickering, uttered three words: "One thousand eight."

Lu Sheng understood.

If he activated the Dragon Claw skill, his strength would reach two thousand one hundred jin!

In terms of pure strength, he had achieved absolute dominance.

But he also knew that Captain Zhou's flames and Su Li's extremely fast blade were not things that pure strength could easily counter.

Furthermore, there were countless strange and bizarre Sequence Transcendent out there on the vast sea. It was far too early for him to become complacent.

Captain Zhou looked at Lu Sheng, then looked at himself, and felt that if he stayed any longer, his Dao Heart would completely collapse.

Deeply discouraged, he turned around, grumbling, and decided to stop embarrassing himself and go deal with the rescued fishing boat.

The captain of that boat was a Level 2 Spirit Source User.

When he tremblingly walked to the bow to express thanks, bringing with him the gratitude and reverence of all the crew, and stated his willingness to follow them, Captain Zhou merely waved his hand listlessly.

"If you can keep up, that's your capability."