My wife is the stand-in.

Li Junzi reluctantly manipulated his body to transform. His legs once again turned into eight claws covered in bony spurs and hair, like a spider. His hands split into two pairs of pincers, several pairs of eyes grew on his forehead, and two dimples appeared on his nose.

With the combined assistance of the snake's infrared sensors, the falcon's eyesight, and the spider's micro-vibration feedback, Li Junzi acted swiftly.

In a flash, the two pincers grabbed two four-clawed fish, pulled them back, dropped them onto the deck, and then turned to continue hunting.

Amanosaki stood up, grabbed a mace with one hand, and knocked the strange fish unconscious twice. At the same time, he crushed the gem in his left hand, and the crystal clusters quickly spread and covered his entire palm.

He simultaneously held several small gems in his mouth, inserted one hand into the fish's eye, and amidst the gurgling sounds, the entire fish rapidly shrank and turned into dried fish.

In response, a gem the size of a little fingernail in its mouth emitted a faint glow.

Amanosaki pulled out his crystal claw and used the same method to quickly drain the life force of another strange fish.

Magical trait: [Devour]

The two worked closely together, and the light from the gems in their mouths grew brighter and brighter. Correspondingly, more and more corpses appeared on the deck. Soon, Amanosaki had to call out to the remaining heroes in the cabin to help throw away the monster fish corpses and make room.

The four-clawed fish in the great river seemed endless. The constant loss of their companions did not arouse the empathy of these beasts. Instead, they were constantly lured by the abandoned carcasses, stirring up waves outside the stern deck.

Some of the daring monster fish even tried to climb onto the deck to snatch the corpse, but were caught by Amanosaki with quick eyes and hands. These greedy creatures became the bait for the next batch of monster fish.

Amanosaki spat out the gem, took out a new gem from the bag given to him by Yubaba, and put it in his mouth. He stood in the radiant magic circle, made even more sacred by the solemn silver light.

These magic arrays can maintain the stability of his body, thus preventing him from being devoured by the frantically plundered life force.

He didn't want to grow strange organs due to his vigorous vitality after the mission was over.

At that moment, Lin Shuyu's voice came through the walkie-talkie on Li Junzi's waist: "We're ready here. We can't wait any longer. The boat is drifting at an increasingly large angle and is about to lie sideways on the river!"

“I know,” Amanosaki replied, spitting out the gem, glancing around at the anxious swordsmen around him.

These heroes' special abilities couldn't play a significant role in the transfer, and they felt guilty because everyone else was busy while they had nothing to do.

“I know what everyone is thinking. In fact, you don’t need to feel guilty about having some free time now, because soon everyone will be extremely busy. Once the strange fish discover that we are trying to evacuate, they will definitely do everything they can to delay us. It’s obvious that they will rush onto the deck. At that time, we will have to rely on everyone to guard the steps and not give these beasts a chance.”

“Great Hero Amanosaki! Leave it to us!” Someone immediately stepped forward, raised his fist, and swore, “If they want to get up there, they’ll have to step over my dead body first.”

Amanosaki gestured for Li Junzi to stop fishing, and said to everyone with a smile, "Don't say discouraging things, we all have to go back alive to celebrate our victory."

After he finished speaking, he raised his head, unafraid of the glaring sunlight, and gazed at the girl soaring high in the clear blue sky.

"Come, my girl, the war horn should be sounded by the angel of war."

Icarus, holding the watermelon, nodded gently.

The next moment, the air within the absolute defense circle was displaced, the changing air pressure created a strong wind, the drooping flags billowed up again, making a fluttering sound, and everyone, including the satellites in the cold space, focused their attention on the girl.

Several enormous arrowheads, resembling siege crossbow bolts, slowly emerged around Icarus. When the witnesses realized that they were "arrows," the concept of arrows condensed in the dome.

A great power bestows upon a concept, transforming it from illusion into reality.

The spiral-shaped metal arrow is inscribed with obscure and lost characters that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, and it exudes a dangerous aura.

A red circle was reflected in the girl's left eye, revealing the various hot, living creatures beneath the icy river surface.

The war angel named Icarus raised her right hand, and all the arrows adjusted their positions in sequence, planning their trajectories.

"Conventional arsenal activated... Concept assigned... Data calibration in progress... Calibration complete... Target acquisition in progress... Acquisition complete."

"Oceanus' Arrow, activate."

An invisible bowstring vibrated in everyone's heart. It was not the clanging of the string, but a clearer, more solemn sound, reminiscent of the ice floes thawing in spring, where ice blocks collided, carrying fragments and the vibrant spring that was about to arrive.

Oceanus, one of the twelve Titans in Greek mythology, was the father-in-law of Zeus and the father of all rivers, lakes, and swamps. He was the deity in charge of flow, rivers, and even primordial water and sea.

Oceanus's arrows drifted away from Icarus and fell from the sky. They were not fast, and anyone could see their trajectory.

Once they leave the range of the [Absolute Defense Circle], these intertwined arrows begin to untangle.

Once the arrow has unspinned, it transforms into countless silver threads, piercing the sky and drawing long, graceful lines, reminiscent of raindrops falling in a still oil painting capturing a frozen moment of beauty.

In the rain, the blond-haired man discarded his megaphone, turned on his communicator, arrogantly raised his middle finger behind him, and excitedly roared on the public channel of several patrol boats and even the rear command post:

"Anyone who can't keep up with my boat's speed is a son of a bitch!"

After saying that, he cut off the communication and shoved the handle forward hard!

"Full speed ahead!" Lin Shu shouted as he raised his hand and slashed downwards.

So the heroes on the boat all exerted their strength, manipulating the water flow beneath the patrol boat, pushing the Shuttle Fish forward with all their might.

The silver threads brushed past everyone, narrowly missing the hull before disappearing into the water.

After a moment of silence, thousands of struggling, monstrous fish, accompanied by gushing blood, rose to the surface, writhing and screaming.

Then it was crushed by the accelerated Suobianyu.

Huang Mao excitedly honked the horn, the dull sound of the horn colliding back and forth on both sides of the cliff in the river, forming a recurring sound like a chime. Then the remaining three patrol boats also sounded their horns and sped up. The fleet, wading through the scarlet river water and the dying monster fish, took advantage of the fleeting window of opportunity when the monster fish were not around, and set sail amidst the sound of the horns.

Chapter 75: A Decisive Move

The Suckerfish cut through the waves, but a group of four-clawed fish tried to stop it with their flesh and blood. However, they were rammed by the hard bow. Under the influence of the bizarre force, these fearless beasts lost their footing the moment they hit the steel and were trampled underfoot by their struggling companions.

The sinking monster fish vomited large clumps of blood, flesh, and internal organs from its eyes and mouth, clearly indicating that it was not going to survive.

Overjoyed, the blond-haired man watched his superpower shine. Tears streamed down his face as he grabbed a passerby who was busy unleashing his power to push the boat, spitting as he spoke:

"I always thought I couldn't become a proper knight-errant because I wasn't hard-working enough, but today I realized it's because I'm poor!"

As he spoke, the blond-haired man honked the horn again and roared, "If I can get home this time, I'll sell everything I own to buy a motorcycle!"

The swordsman, disgusted by the spit in his face, pushed away the blond-haired man, thinking to himself, "With your level of awareness, that's all you've got. You even want to buy a motorcycle. If I were you, I'd go to the seaside and apply for a job as the first mate on an ocean liner, work hard for a few years, save up some money, buy an off-road vehicle, modify it, and go herd sheep and kill wolves on the grasslands!"

This is the right way!

Huang Mao was unaware that he was being looked down upon. In fact, even if he was being looked down upon, he wouldn't care, because in his view, these people were just jealous that his superpowers had finally found a use.

Now that the fleet's every move is being broadcast, he has such a great opportunity to be in the spotlight that he might be noticed by some organizations. Even if he can't become a formal knight-errant, he can still find a place in other positions!

A reputation for chivalry doesn't matter! Money is the most important thing!

"Dudu!"

The Shuttle Fish, piloted by Huang Mao, emitted cheerful cries and, propelled by the supernatural abilities of numerous heroes, did not slow down even after crashing into and killing countless four-clawed fish.

"Brother! The Carp is entangled!"

A huge shadow streaked across the low sky, and Li Junzi, with wings like a roc, flew around the Shuttle Fish with his entire body hollow. The multiple eyes that sprouted from his forehead looked particularly terrifying.

Amanosaki, who was sitting in the cabin eating compressed biscuits, immediately climbed upstairs and looked out from the second deck. Sure enough, he saw the last patrol boat in the vertical "I" convoy slowing down.

The Suobianyu was tasked with the most difficult task of clearing the way. Once completed, the two patrol boats in the middle could easily follow, and the only thing they would have to deal with was the schools of fish ramming wildly from both sides.

However, the patrol boat "Carp" at the very back not only had to keep up with the speed of the convoy, but also had to deal with the surging schools of fish behind it.

Amanosaki noticed that the four-clawed scale fish reacted in a way that was unusual. The strange fish in the last row dragged tattered fishing nets and various corpses and remains on their heads as they charged towards the crucian carp. These chemically synthesized wastes that had accumulated in the riverbed for nearly a century were difficult to degrade, but now they had become the strange fish's weapons to block out the sunlight. They hung various kinds of mud, sand and aquatic plants on the nets and bit the tail of the crucian carp tightly as they launched a deadly attack.

The impact on the deck was easily dealt with by the crew, but whether intentionally or unintentionally, the tattered fishing nets and trash got tangled in the patrol boat's propeller.

Amanosaki immediately realized the consequences:

"These scum are trying to take out the patrol boats one by one from the back, eliminating the convoy while minimizing casualties!"

"The propeller can't break down, otherwise the patrol boat will be a living coffin!"

"Old Li! Go help clean the propeller!"

Li Junzi flew away in response, while Amano Saki shook his left hand's crystal claw, infusing it with magic power to increase its crystal value.

A few seconds later, a simple magic trigger device took shape in my hand.

Amanosaki muttered to himself, "How long has it been? The reinforcements from the Fengdu branch should have crawled here by now, right?" as he charged the crystal activation device in his hand and inserted a gem that had devoured several strange fish.

"This is all my money! I don't even know if the branch will reimburse me... Tsk! The key is that I haven't paid taxes on these things, and I don't even have an invoice!" Amanosaki felt even more pained when he thought that he couldn't prove "my money is my money" and that today's expenses might be wasted.

However, there was no other way. Icarus had already unleashed Oceanus's Arrow, and while maintaining the [Absolute Defense Circle], the angel had no spare power for the time being.

"Hey! Take my ultimate move!"

With a heart full of pain, Amanosaki roared, forcing himself to speak first and then take action.

Centered on the activation device, a tiny low-pressure vortex drew in the surrounding air. Amanosaki hung from the ship's railing, his feet dangling in the air, and raised his left hand.

With a crisp sound like shattering glazed tiles, the gemstone in the crystallization activation device shattered into fragments, and the torrent of magic reacted and changed according to the pre-set structure, constructing the magic model.

A dazzling magic flash grazed the water's surface, sending water droplets flying and leaving a graceful trail before disappearing into the water.

The water surface swelled up, like a pimple growing on the river, and an expanding vacuum cavity with a diameter of seven or eight meters grew underwater.

By compressing and storing high concentrations of magical energy in gemstones, and utilizing the simple [Craft Essence] of gemstones which naturally possess magical inscriptions and magical attributes, Amanosaki can save a lot of preparation time, and try a more extravagant approach by utilizing the [Absorption] property.

Smash the gem directly, then unleash a high concentration of magic!

Amanosaki deliberately chose a gem with the attribute of 'wind', or rather, a natural spirit that contains the 'wind'. These gems with their own attributes will affect the attributes of the magic stored within them. After the gem's structure breaks, it will be stabilized entirely by the magic that activates the gem.

When this simple magic trick is placed in water, the fragile structure is destroyed under the pressure of the water.

Then the magic began to become disordered, and a simple, powerful vacuum explosion in the water was formed.

Dozens of strange fish, killed instantly by the vacuum explosion, were thrown high into the air and crashed onto the deck and sides of the Carp. More strange fish floated on the surface of the water, twitching, looking like they were about to die.

The explosion at the rear cleared away the strange fish that were rushing towards the stern of the Carp, allowing the heroes to discover the thrust of the explosion and propel the ship forward amidst the turbulence.

Amanosaki gripped the railing, shouting with a mixture of heartache and glee, "See that?! That's the power of money!"

Amid their cheers, Li Junzi swooped down into the water, a pair of dagger-like limbs sprouting from his neck. He began cutting at the stuck propeller, quickly shredding the tattered fishing net.

Freed from the constraints of the fishing net, the heavy objects fell, and the propeller at the stern spun rapidly, churning the area in an instant. Li Junzi's short limb, which had a dagger-like exoskeleton, was pulverized into a bloody pulp by the propeller.

Li Junzi, breathing in the cold air, climbed onto the Crucian Carp, his body covered in bite marks of all sizes, with a four-clawed fish still clinging to his leg.

"Young hero, your leg..."

Li Junzi waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing serious. He grinned, clutched his severed limb, muttered "I'm going to gain weight again," and stomped his foot.

A bone spur pierced through the fish's soft throat bone, passing through its heart, swim bladder, and spleen. Inside the hollow spur were simulated venom sacs, which injected a neurotoxin. The fish twitched a few times before its muscles went limp.

Then the venom sac squeezed out blood coagulation toxins, and the paralyzed monster fish quickly stiffened, its blood beginning to turn into a jelly-like solid.

"I have to go back now. The heroes on the other ships are waiting for my help. We'll talk again later."

Li Junzi transformed back into a large bird and took flight amidst the gratitude of the assembled heroes.

On the Suobianyu, Amanosaki was holding a gemstone and squinting at the river.

"The reinforcements from the Fengdu branch haven't arrived yet!"