523: Chapter 523 The Sea Clan Dies in the Flood

"All soldiers, follow me to the city walls quickly!" Lin Yan shrieked.

"Yes!" the people around her shouted in response, crowding around her as they ascended the city walls...

Everyone looked up and was instantly shocked by the sight before them!

Countless drones circled in the sky, appearing to have a certain order amidst the chaos, though Lin Yan and the others couldn't see the mystery within. What met their eyes was a web of firing lines in the sky and explosions on the ground like flowers in full bloom!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Whirr, whirr, whirr, whirr, whirr...

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

All sorts of sounds harmonized on the battlefield, as if playing a beautiful symphony. The Sea Octopus Clan members, who had previously terrified Lin Yan and the others, were like jumping notes in this symphony. They were constantly tossed up and dropped, letting out screams of terror that added a rare sense of atmosphere to this grand symphony...

"City Lord, do we need to coordinate?" asked Lin Xuan, the leader of the City Guard. He was also from the Lin family, but from a side branch.

Lin Yan paused at his words, thought for a moment, and sighed. "A battle of this level isn't something we can interfere in. If needed, the Qilin Battle Team will notify me!"

Everyone looked at each other and could only nod helplessly. Indeed, as Lin Yan said, this level of combat had far exceeded their imagination. Even if they wanted to help, they probably wouldn't know where to start, and might even cause trouble. It was better to watch and wait for an opportunity to act.

The same was true for Shanyang City, which faced Shanyin City across the river. City Lord Ma Ming watched the drones flying all over the sky, heartlessly harvesting the lives of the Sailfish Clan. His heart was racing with excitement on one hand, while he sighed and shook his head helplessly on the other, feeling as if he had been abandoned by this era. The Profound Skill he had spent half his life cultivating had been reduced to a mere spectator on this battlefield, and the ones helping him kill the Sailfish Clan were a group of teenagers. Heavens, has the world truly changed?

Could these teenagers be the Cultivators of the new era?!

As soon as this thought emerged, Ma Ming could no longer remain calm. He was almost certain these people must be the legendary powerful Cultivators; otherwise, they couldn't possibly be Geniuses to such a degree as to master such powerful war machines at such a young age. It seemed impossible without powerful spiritual power to support it.

He had actually stumbled upon the truth!

These battle team members really were Cultivators, and a very special kind called Soul Warriors. Each of their Soul Power was far stronger than that of ordinary Cultivators, let alone Xuan Practitioners. Before them, their Soul Power could completely crush any opponent.

"No, I must become a Cultivator! Unfortunately, I checked and found I have no Spiritual Root. I wonder if there's still a way to Cultivate... Right, these teenagers are all Young Master Yuan's subordinates. Perhaps if I ask Young Master Yuan, there might be a way for me to Cultivate!" Ma Ming made up his mind to ask Long Yuan after the battle. In his view, Long Yuan should have a way. After all, so many of his subordinates were Cultivators. If he couldn't Cultivate, he would surely be abandoned by this new era. At that time, forget being a City Lord; he might even be rejected if he wanted to be a mere soldier...

Ma Ming's thoughts were extremely common among the soldiers who had watched the Qilin Battle Team fight the sea race. Many felt a deep sense of powerlessness and fear, feeling that if they couldn't Cultivate, they would soon be abandoned by the new era. Thus, one by one, they hardened their resolve to Cultivate.

Meanwhile, in a place they couldn't see, the main battle zone of this war was undergoing a dramatic change!

The Nanyue River, which previously had less than half its original water, was now surging rapidly. The water was so fierce that even the sea race was somewhat shocked!

Although they had all experienced great winds and waves at sea, that situation was different from a river. Because river water keeps rushing in one direction with no room to maneuver, as the sea race members at the front were swept off their feet by the water and floated up, the entire line began to retreat incessantly!

"Not good! The river water is too fierce!"

"Quick! Follow me to the shore first, don't hit the people behind..."

"I can't get up! Who? Who's poking my back?!"

"Ah—Damn! Are you crashing into me to find death?"

"It's over, it's over. How is the river water so much more violent than sea currents..."

The sea race's vanguard crashed backward as a group, and those behind them were also swept away, caught off guard. This was like a row of dominoes; once the front batch fell, those behind would also fall one after another under the heavy pressure. It was completely unstoppable because the further back it went, the pressure would double and double again. Once the momentum formed, the current sea race experts were completely unable to stop it!

By the time this domino effect reached the very back where Jiuying and dozens of other super experts were, they realized things were bad, but they were already powerless to stop it!

However, they still wanted to make a final effort, exerting their strength together to try and block this heavy pressure, only to be heartlessly crushed by it, unable to hold it back at all!

More than half of the super experts were also swept away by this pressure and washed downstream. Jiuying and about a dozen other super experts exerted every ounce of their strength and finally broke free from the shackles of this pressure, soaring above the Nanyue River!

Jiuying looked down at the Nanyue River, which had suddenly become incredibly turbulent and terrifying. His entire face was as dark as the bottom of an iron pot. This situation was completely beyond his imagination, and he couldn't figure out what had happened. But one thing he knew was that these sea race members would be washed into the sea, and at the very least, his previous arrangements had completely failed...

"Argh... How unlucky! This is truly infuriating! Could this big river have had some kind of flood, like the Human Race reports said? Could it be caused by heavy rain upstream and a dam breach?" Jiuying suddenly thought of this.

"My King, what do we do now?" the Sea Octopus Clan brute asked.

"To the sea! We'll reorganize them there first!" Jiuying said fiercely.

The experts looked at each other and nodded helplessly. It seemed this was the only way. They couldn't possibly have just these dozen or so people attack the Great Ming, could they?

They turned and headed back. The scenes they saw in the river along the way made them tremble. They estimated that their subordinates would suffer significant losses after this massive flood. Because of the sheer force of the flood, the impact of them crashing into each other in the water was extremely terrifying. This alone would leave many sea race members crippled, while a significant portion would be directly wiped out and turned into meat patties...

The Sea Race dying from a flood—it's truly a great irony!

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