Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 370 Dark Erosion
"Sneak attack?"

Before Zhao Yingkong could finish speaking, she felt a pang of heart palpitation.

A thick black fog descended from the clouds, spreading in all directions.

A sharp bird beak appeared out of nowhere, hidden in the black mist, and pierced towards the assassin girl standing in mid-air.

"Is this monster... the ancient vanguard Zoga? Can Gatanothor's black mist teleport monsters?"

Zhao Yingkong looked up and locked onto the super-large monster that was diving at high speed.

The monster's attack angle was extremely tricky, and its body was quite large, so she didn't have time to dodge perfectly. The two figures, one large and one small, were bound to collide.

Zhao Yingkong slightly sidestepped to avoid the most dangerous monster beak, while simultaneously raising Durandal to strike the monster's relatively weak body.

The sword energy, powerful enough to split a small mountain, dwindled in size within the thick black fog before it even reached the monster. In the end, it only managed to leave a wound a little over a meter deep on the monster. But compared to the sixty-meter-tall monster, this one-meter-deep wound was insignificant.

Moreover, these ancient monsters have extremely strong regenerative abilities. As soon as the black mist covered Zoga's wound, the small wound, which was more than a meter deep, immediately disappeared.

"To fight these monsters, you have to deplete their energy; otherwise, ranged attacks alone will be ineffective!"

Zhao Ying was enlightened.

She pressed herself against Zoga, who was crashing into her head, her hands trembling rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of swords were unleashed, spraying out a large amount of sword energy. Each sword caused only minor wounds, but when accumulated together, they instantly tore apart half of the ancient elite soldier's body.

When Zoga crashed to the ground after swooping down from high above, it had already broken into two pieces.

The smaller right half of his body was torn into pieces by the sword energy in mid-air.

"Not dead yet?"

Just as Zhao Yingkong was about to deliver the finishing blow, she heard a series of sonic booms from high above.

Giant monster figures could be seen appearing and disappearing everywhere.

She opened her mouth: "So many Zoga..."

A single Zoga is no match for her, as evidenced by the half-crippled monster underground. But there are far more than one Zoga now; she has confirmed that there are over fifty of them.

As for whether there are more Zoga hidden deep within the black fog, it is impossible to be certain.

So many monsters ganging up on me...

Judging solely from their attack and defense capabilities, these monsters are far stronger than they appear in the TV series!

"Retreat as soon as possible..."

Xiangzi reminded him through the mental chains: "The black mist created by Gatanothor can block my mental scan. My mental power is stronger than that of ordinary mental controllers, and it can also penetrate the black mist with a few gaps. If the black mist completely envelops you, I will no longer be able to provide you with information support."

"What about those two idiots underground?" Zhao Yingkong asked.

"no way."

Xiangzi sighed, "Without the captain's intervention, it will be difficult for us to save them on our own. As for the captain... he will basically not intervene until the project is completed, unless there is a situation where he has no choice but to intervene."

"When the captain assigned the mission, he had already considered this worst-case scenario, which is why he sent you to take action alone. Even if you lose the battle, you might still be able to escape."

"Those two guys insist on following us, what can we do?"

Xiangzi had become too lazy to care about these ambitious but incompetent compatriots.

When you try to reason with them, they feel like the veterans are suppressing them and preventing them from getting reward points and side quests.

Zhao Yingkong frowned.

She actually knew Xu Feng's real reason for making her fight Qi Jiela—he intended for Qi Jiela, who was stronger than her, to force her to unlock the fourth-tier gene lock.

In other words, from the very beginning, Hsu Feng was not particularly optimistic about her.

Miyata Kuraki and Watanabe Hideo following along was practically suicide.

“Saving them doesn’t seem to be too difficult.” Zhao Yingkong hesitated for a moment.

She felt it was a bit much to abandon her teammates without even trying.

at this time.

The underground tremors intensified considerably, and a massive lightning bolt tore through the earth, creating a deep crater.

“This commotion…” Zhao Yingkong, while keeping a watchful eye on the Zoga army in the black mist, sensed the situation on the underground battlefield: “Miyata Kuraki’s control over the Thunder Serpent Spirit has become much more precise; he has unlocked his genetic lock!”

Although only the first stage of gene lock has been unlocked, this talent is definitely among the best in ordinary people.

Moreover, the enhancements on these East Sea Team's near-senior members are too advanced, and their two natural spirits are extremely powerful! Before unlocking their gene locks, it is difficult to make full use of those two powers, but once the gene locks are unlocked, their nerve reaction speed will be greatly improved due to the gene locks, and their combat power will be greatly enhanced.

"Miyata Kuraki seems to be planning to attack, probably within the next second or two," Zhao Yingkong said through the mental energy chain. "Once he attacks, I'll fight my way out of Zoga's encirclement with him. That should be faster than me doing it alone..."

She had originally planned to continue communicating with Xiangzi, but the mental chain suddenly broke.

The black fog has completely enveloped an area with a radius of 300 kilometers.

At the same time, a bolt of lightning shot out from underground, piercing through the air and reaching her side.

It was Miyata Kuraki.

Zhao Yingkong was about to inform this person about the current situation when she suddenly noticed that the relic hanging around this 'teammate's' neck had become dull and lifeless.

She vaguely sensed something was wrong and immediately retreated a distance to the outside.

And carefully observe the surrounding situation.

"Miss Zhao..."

Holding a katana crackling with lightning, Miyata Kuraki spoke rapidly, "We've been ambushed! Watanabe's bound by Gijera's vines! We have to get him! Otherwise..."

The two were still talking.

The long sword, crackling with lightning, had already been thrust out.

Along with the longsword, eight thick vines wrapped in lightning also thrust out.

"What would happen otherwise?"

Zhao Yingkong swiftly kicked Miyata Kuraki away, and then her hands, holding Durandal, made an arc in the air, severing all the vines that were wrapping around her from eight directions.

She glanced at her two former teammates.

The bodies of the two people were faintly covered with pitted spots, and the characteristics of ancient monsters had inexplicably appeared on the two humans!
"Has he already been corrupted by Zijra... Gatanothor and turned into his subordinate?"

Zhao Yingkong tensed up: "You have to be careful about that in battle."

She didn't know why her two teammates from the East Sea team had become puppets controlled by Gatanothor, but she would rather die than become like this.

"What an ungrateful little girl!" Watanabe Hideo, who had suffered serious injuries after his failed sneak attack, wore a strange smile.

His eyes gleamed as he scrutinized the assassin. "That incompetent captain has long since fled this planet. Your people alone are no match for the great God of Darkness. Merging with Zijra and facing final judgment in a blissful dream is humanity's only option!"

"Join Zijera with us!"

Zhao Yingkong was too lazy to pay attention to her teammates' crazy talk.

His eyes scanned the surroundings, carefully searching for weaknesses.

She took a deep breath, thinking to herself, "Damn it, I should have listened to the experienced person and retreated immediately, because those two idiots wasted a few seconds and ended up putting myself in a life-or-death situation."

Unable to find any opening in the black mist, Zhao Yingkong randomly chose a direction, poured most of her true energy into Durandal, forming an enormous golden light, which rushed outwards under the pull of the sword light.

"Foolish fellow, give up the fight... In the black fog, you can't even tell which way to go! You'll just keep going in circles forever!"

Watanabe Hideo slowly merged with the roots of the Gijera that grew from the ground, making his body the main trunk of the Gijera. His external avatar, the Spirit of Yinshan, carried a massive amount of dark power, while his external avatar, the Spirit of the Thunder Serpent, grew into a plant-like body with the nutrients provided by the Gijera.

"Come join me and become a part of Zijera!"

Eight enormous vines rapidly extended, wrapping around the fleeing girl.

The Zoga flying in the air were divided into different groups to intercept; some of the Zoga also released black lightning to remotely interfere with Zhao Yingkong's escape route.

The thick black fog converged again towards the area where the sword light shone. This black fog rapidly consumed the sword light surrounding Zhao Yingkong, causing her escape speed to drop to an extremely low level.

Immediately afterwards, three Zoga crashed into the fleeing sword light from different directions.

The first Zoga was shredded into pieces by the sword light, dying completely and becoming the assassin girl's reward points.

The second Zoga was pierced by the sword light and severely injured. It only needs one more strike to kill it.

The third Zoga used its body to neutralize most of the kinetic energy carried by the sword, forcing Zhao Yingkong to change direction.

As the speed decreased, the accuracy of the lightning released by Zoga's ranged attacks increased significantly, striking the fleeing sword light one after another.

This did not harm Zhao Yingkong, who was protected by the triple shield of sword light, relic energy, and the Dharma image of the Great Sun Tathagata.

But this again affected her escape speed, even forcing her below the speed of sound.

At this speed, even Zigela's vines could catch up.

Eight thick vines, like eight whips, lashed at the girl repeatedly, causing her to spin wildly in mid-air like a top.

The sonic boom echoed throughout the area.

"This level of defense..."

Watanabe Hideo stared greedily at the girl shimmering with golden light: "That guy really favors you. Our shields aren't even a tenth as thick as yours!"

"But the treasure that guy coveted is about to become ours!"

"Hehehe, it's almost over. The energy within the relic is about to be exhausted during the attack. Once it loses the protection of the relic, it will no longer be able to withstand the power of Zigela's dream! It will become a part of Lord Zigela!"

Zhao Yingkong glanced at the relic on her wrist.

Most of them have already turned dull.

The black mist had no end in sight, and even if he found Zijella's weakness, the remaining power of the relic might not be enough to protect her as she fought her way out of the black mist.

"Fourth-tier... If I could unlock the fourth-tier gene lock..."

Zhao Yingkong slightly adjusted her posture in mid-air, holding her long sword in both hands to block the position where Qi Jiela's vines were about to lash out.

Suddenly.

The broken vine flew out, and Zhao Yingkong flew several kilometers further under the force of the vine.

"Damn it, it actually used my power to attack me..."

Having merged with Zigela, Watanabe Hideo couldn't help but shout, "Once I catch you, I will definitely..."

Just as Zhao Yingkong was about to use the same trick to attack the second vine, she suddenly had a bad feeling.

There wasn't time to change tactics.

A large amount of dark green liquid spilled from the broken vines, and the liquid quickly spread into the air and turned into a thick fog.

The golden shield formed by the relics blocked the liquid, but the light on the shield dimmed considerably again.

"It can only withstand another one or two hundred powerful attacks before this relic shield becomes ineffective!" Zhao Yingkong bit her lip.

very dangerous.

One or two hundred times may sound like a lot, but the monsters' attack frequency is hundreds of times faster than the speed shown in TV shows, which is similar to that of a normal person. They have the sensitivity to match the settings of these monsters; in the time it takes for an ordinary person to attack once, these monsters can launch hundreds of attacks.

Zhao Yingkong wasn't simply taking the beating; she was trying her best to dodge and occasionally even attempting to retaliate.

Several Zoga died in her counterattacks, and Zigela's vines were cut off more than a dozen times.

But there were too many monsters attacking her.

Dozens of incredibly fast-flying Zoga were tasked with containing and hindering the monsters, while the Zigela, empowered by the Reincarnators, was worn down. Golza, roaming freely underground, blocked any escape routes from the underground, and this monster would also launch ranged attacks to interfere...

Even Miyata Kuraki, a reincarnator who became Gatanothor's puppet, would occasionally unleash a lightning blade that stretched for a thousand meters.

Under the combined attack of these monsters, the relic shield shattered after lasting for a dozen seconds.

These monsters did not intend to kill the Reincarnator. The moment the shield shattered, the Zoga stopped attacking in unison, except for the Zijera Flower, which sprayed out a thick cloud of pollen from the core area.

"Sleep now... dream now... and then merge completely with us..."

"Hideo Watanabe," or rather, "Zigera whispered.

As Zhao Yingkong flew at high speed in mid-air, she inevitably absorbed some pollen, and her flight path became shaky, as if she were drunk.

A bright smile appeared on his face.

But beneath the smile lay a struggle: "Damn it..."

"Similar scenarios have occurred during the training of seasoned practitioners... if they can't resist their desires..."

Zhao Yingkong couldn't help but recall the fate of those who couldn't resist their desires, as shown to her by Xiangzi in the virtual environment; each former member of the Donghai team suffered a more tragic fate than the last.

"If I fail like this, I'd rather die!"

The assassin girl plans to self-destruct before she loses her mind.

at this time.

A magnificent sword light flew out from inside Zigela's body, completely shattering the monster. The remaining force swept across the surrounding Zoga, cutting dozens of Zoga in two. This was by no means a fatal wound to the monster, but the killing intent of the sword light completely annihilated the soul within the monster's cells.

Xu Feng's voice reached the assassin girl's ears: "Sigh, I originally planned to leave this 'gift' to Gatanothor, but unfortunately, you're too useless! You can't even handle such a small situation."

(End of this chapter)