I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

"Open the door, the groceries are here!"

Lu Yuan's calm yet slightly mocking voice was clearly transmitted to every corner of the East China Sea Theater Temporary Command through the encrypted communication channel.

On the screen, Su Lie's weathered face twitched uncontrollably several times. He wanted to curse, to curse this brat for being lawless and ignorant of his own limitations. But looking at the fourteen beams of divine weapon light shooting into the sky on the screen, almost tearing the heavens apart, he couldn't utter a single word.

"A madman... he's a fucking madman..." Dean Qian Sen adjusted his glasses, his eyes behind the lenses gleaming with an almost manic excitement. "Using gods as materials... hahaha... I love this idea! It's brilliant! This is the ultimate romance of science!"

Li Qingcang, the commander-in-chief of the East Sea Military Region, was completely speechless. Looking at his most elite ace troops and then at the newly armed "God's Legion" behind Lu Yuan on the screen, he felt for the first time the absurd feeling that "were our own people a bit superfluous?"

"Pass on my orders!" Su Lie took a deep breath, slammed his hand on the table, and the aura of a Chinese military god returned once more. "East China Sea Fleet, all units, retreat thirty nautical miles! Clear the battlefield!"

"What?!" Li Qingcang exclaimed in shock. "Commander-in-Chief! We've retreated! What about the main battlefield...?"

"The main battlefield is no longer ours." Su Lie interrupted him, his gaze fixed on the boy's back in the center of the screen, his voice trembling with a tremor he himself didn't realize. "What follows is a war between 'gods' and 'gods.' Our task is to clear the 'table' for them, and then... prepare the 'bowls and chopsticks'!"

"Yes!" Although Li Qingcang was shocked, he immediately stood at attention, saluted, and loudly accepted the order.

The order was relayed as quickly as possible.

"Waaah—waaah—"

Amidst the piercing alarm, the Chinese East China Sea Fleet, which had been on high alert and ready to fight Atlantis to the death, began to retreat rapidly and orderly, like the receding tide.

This scene left the members of the "League of Gods" somewhat stunned.

"Boss, what... what does this mean?" Gu Tianye scratched his head, puzzled. "The battle hasn't even started yet, why are our own people running away first?"

"Idiot!" Xiang Batian slapped him on the back of the head and said in a gruff voice, "Can't you even see that? Boss Su is treating the entire East China Sea as our 'hunting ground'!"

"That's right." Lu Yuan nodded, his gaze calmly fixed on the huge blue vortex in front of him. "Grandpa Su means to go for it, and if it gets messed up, he'll clean it up."

Upon hearing this, everyone's breathing became heavy.

Go for it!

What trust this is! And what magnanimity!

An unprecedented surge of pride welled up in everyone's hearts!

"Men!" Gu Tianye was the first to lose his temper. He slung the [Thousand Transformations Beast Soul Axe], which was burning with blood-blue flames, over his shoulder, grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and roared with a maniacal laugh, "Did you all hear that?! Today, we'll show these scum from the seabed what a fucking 'Land Immortal' really is!"

"roar!!"

His response was thirteen roars filled with boundless fighting spirit!

Just then, something unexpected happened!

The enormous blue vortex ahead, with a diameter of over 100 kilometers, suddenly stopped spinning.

The entire sea surface fell into an eerie, deathly silence.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable, grand, and chilling will descended from the other side of the vortex!

"Buzz—"

The entire East China Sea, covering tens of thousands of square kilometers, suddenly stopped flowing! It looked as if it had turned into a giant blue jelly!

All the retreating Chinese warships were like mosquitoes frozen in amber, unable to move!

"What happened?!" Li Qingcang exclaimed in shock in the command post. "Has the power system failed?! Report the situation!"

"Commander-in-Chief! It's not the propulsion system! It's...it's seawater! Seawater has frozen us! Our ship is fixed to the surface by an inexplicable force!"

"What?!"

Not only the Chinese fleet, but even Lu Yuan and his men felt the surrounding air thicken. A profound fear, originating from the very essence of life, surged into everyone's hearts without warning. It was a sense of insignificance and powerlessness that only arises when mortals look up to gods.

"Poseidon..."

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes and slowly uttered a name. He knew that this was the so-called King of the Seven Seas, the god of Atlantis, venting His rage for His dead lackeys.

At the center of the vortex, a brilliant light shone.

This time, what appeared was no longer a biological warship modified from marine life, but a true "fleet of gods"!

One after another, warships crafted from pure deep-sea magic crystals slowly emerged. These warships possessed a dreamlike azure hull, their surfaces inscribed with countless sacred runes representing the ocean and storms. On each warship stood rows of Atlantean royal guards clad in magnificent golden scale armor, wielding tridents. Their aura far surpassed that of the ragtag soldiers Odin had previously brought!

At the very front of the fleet, in the position of the flagship, a mobile throne constructed from the skeleton of a giant sea turtle and living coral slowly emerged.

A slender figure sat gracefully on the throne.

That's a woman.

She wore a magnificent long dress strung with countless pearls and gemstones, her long, deep blue hair, like seaweed, cascading freely down her back. Her beauty was breathtaking, as if embodying the gentleness and beauty of the entire ocean. However, her eyes, as deep and unfathomable as the ocean, held no emotion whatsoever, only a cold indifference to the life and death of all things, and a godlike majesty.

In her hand, she held a scepter crafted from azure divine gold. At the top of the scepter was an enormous blue orb, the size of a human head. Within the orb, it seemed, an entire roaring ocean was sealed.

"I am Amphitrite."

She spoke, her voice soft and pleasant, yet through some unknown power of rules, it clearly reached the minds of everyone present.

"The Queen of the Seven Seas, Queen of Poseidon, and also the High Priestess who carries out divine punishment."

The Queen of Gods?! The High Priestess?!

Upon hearing this name, both the command headquarters in China and the team members behind Lu Yuan gasped in shock.

They killed a governor, and the other side immediately sent out the "Queen"?! What a huge mess they've made!

"A lowly terrestrial species."

Amphitrite's gaze slowly swept over Lu Yuan and the legion of gods behind him. There was no anger or hatred in her eyes, only a condescending pity, like a human looking at a group of ants about to be trampled.

"You have killed one of God's most humble servants, a crime punishable by death. But God is merciful. He is willing to give you a chance for redemption."

Amphitrite slowly raised the scepter in her hand.

"Kneel down. Offer your souls and become the lowest nourishment in the garden of the gods. In this way, I, on behalf of the sea god, can pardon the pathetic civilization behind you and let it linger on for another hundred years."

She spoke as if it were a great blessing to mankind.

"puff--"

Xiang Batian was the first to burst out laughing. Then came Gu Tianye, and finally, the entire God Legion erupted in a roar of laughter.

"Hahaha! Did I hear that right? This woman is telling us to kneel down?"

"Offer her soul? Has she got her brain caught in a door?"

"A hundred years? Are you trying to fob off beggars?"

These fearless guys didn't take this so-called "Goddess" seriously at all.

Amphitrite's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly. She seemed surprised that these "humble land creatures" showed no reverence whatsoever in the face of divine majesty.

"It seems you have chosen death." Her voice turned cold. "So be it. Let this filthy ocean cleanse your sins."

After saying that, she gently tapped the scepter in her hand onto the sea in front of her.

"In my name, I command you. Awaken, you filth of the deep sea!"

"Buzz—!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire East China Sea changed! The once azure waters visibly transformed into a nauseating blackish-green color! Thick, murky, and bubbling with foul-smelling bubbles. An odor of decay, depravity, and death instantly permeated the entire landscape!

"Warning! Warning! Unknown high concentration of rule contamination detected!"

"The outer armor of our warships is undergoing rapid corrosion!"

"The energy shield is being rapidly disintegrated!"

Behind them, a series of piercing alarms blared through the communication channels of the Chinese fleet! The steel warships, frozen on the sea surface, began to melt rapidly like candles in this blackish-green "sea of ​​corrosion"!

"not good!"

Lu Yuan's expression changed. He finally understood her purpose! She didn't want a one-on-one fight; she wanted to use the entire East China Sea as a battlefield, using this large-scale rule pollution to first cripple the Chinese navy, and then slowly mold him! What a vicious scheme!

"Everyone, listen up!" Lu Yuan made a decisive decision, issuing his first order as captain: "Do not touch the seawater! Take off! Target: the enemy flagship! Capture the leader first! Drag that pretentious woman off her throne!"

Chapter 42 All Ascend! The First Battle of the Legion of God!

"receive!!"

"roar!!"

With Lu Yuan's command, fourteen dazzling divine lights, like fourteen shooting stars shooting against the sky, instantly pierced the sky shrouded in filth!

"Hahaha! I've been holding back for so long! Men, charge!"

Gu Tianye took the lead, his [Thousand Transformations Beast Soul Axe] blazing with blood-blue light, and he transformed in mid-air into a ferocious beast over a hundred meters long! It was a completely new species, a fusion of the ferocity of an ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex, the size of a Kunpeng, and the sacred aura of a Qilin! Lava-like patterns flowed across its blood-blue scales, and each heartbeat resounded like a war drum!

"Unleashed Beasts - First Form: Chaos Devourer!"

Gu Tianye let out a roar that was not human, opened his huge mouth that was big enough to swallow mountains, and sucked hard at the black-green ocean below that was corroding the Chinese fleet!

"call--!"

A massive energy vortex formed in his mouth! The viscous, foul-smelling "Sea of ​​Corrosion" below was actually sucked up by him, forming a towering water tornado that was continuously swallowed into his belly!

"Burp..." Gu Tianye let out a burp, exhaling a puff of black smoke, and grinned wildly, "The taste wasn't great, but the energy was pretty good! Another one!"

This scene completely stunned Amphitrite, who was sitting on the flagship's throne. Her [Deep Sea Filth], powerful enough to corrode steel and decompose energy, was actually... actually being drunk by this monster like a beverage?! What on earth is this stuff?!

"Gu Tianye! You scumbag who eats alone! Leave some for me!"

Xiang Batian's thunderous roar followed immediately. He didn't transform, but his body was expanding wildly at an incredible speed! Ten meters! Fifty meters! One hundred meters! In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a Titan giant over two hundred meters tall, his muscles bulging like mountains, his skin a dark golden hue! The [Heaven-Opening Titan Axe] in his hand also swelled, becoming a true divine weapon capable of splitting the heavens and opening the earth!

"Titan in his true form! His strength can uproot mountains and rivers!"

Xiang Batian gripped the giant axe with both hands and slammed it down fiercely onto the frozen sea below!

This axe strike has no fancy lighting effects; it only possesses the purest and most extreme power!

"Snap—!!!"

A deafening roar, like the end of the world, resounded! The sea, solidified by Amphitrite's divine power and unshakeable even by interstellar warships, was cleaved open by Xiang Batian's axe, creating a terrifying, bottomless rift tens of kilometers long! On either side of the rift, dark green seawater churned wildly, unable to heal in the slightest! Wherever the axe's blade passed, all "rules" were utterly crushed by this unreasonable power!

"A bunch of...barbarians..." Amphitrite watched this scene, a hint of emotion finally appearing on her eternally icy face. The power of these two had completely exceeded her understanding of "terrestrial species." This was power that no mortal should possess!

However, this is just the beginning!

"kill."

A voice so cold it was almost icy rang in Amphitrite's ears.

A sense of foreboding washed over her, and she whirled around!

Suddenly, Ye Cang's figure appeared behind her throne like a ghost! The demonic blade [Asura] in his hand was shrouded in bloody light, as if millions of wronged souls were wailing within it.

"Asura Path - Avici!"

Without a word, he plunged a blade straight into Amphitrite's back! This strike was silent, yet incredibly fast! It seemed to transcend the distance of space and time!

"The Barrier of God!"

Amphitrite's expression changed drastically, and she pointed her scepter backward!

"Buzz!"

A blue barrier made of pure divine power instantly unfolded behind her!

"clang!!"

The blade struck the barrier, producing a piercing metallic clang!

Ye Cang's [Asura] was actually blocked!

Amphitrite breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that Ye Cang showed no surprise whatsoever. Instead, a cold, mocking smile curled at the corners of his lips.

"You're not my target."

Before the words were even finished, a blood-red rune suddenly lit up on the blade of [Asura]!

"Rule Stripping, Divine Power Connection!"

"Snap!"

A crisp sound rang out from the scepter in Amphitrite's hand! To her horror, she discovered that the blood-related, divine connection between herself and the scepter, which allowed her to control it as if it were her own arm, had been abruptly severed by Ye Cang's strike!