Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

Gao Kui looked out the window at the storm and gritted his teeth, saying, "Don't worry, it definitely won't affect the operation later."

Yuan Zhisheng also looked out the window, seemingly affected by Gao Kui's anxious state of mind. The sea surface rose and fell restlessly, and the waves surging from the center of the storm were several degrees higher than before.

wrong.

Yuan Zhisheng's expression changed drastically. He leaned against the porthole and looked down at the sea below. Black waves surged in from the direction of Sumeru. They weren't exactly towering waves, but they were clearly higher than the waves from before.

"Damn it, they might have succeeded!" Genji slammed his fist on the glass.

"How did you know?" Gao Kui asked.

"Look at the waves below, they're clearly abnormally high!"

Genji pointed to the sea below and urged the driver ahead, "Speed ​​up, full speed ahead towards Sumeru!"

What is the connection between the waves and the actions of the Fierce Ghosts?

The answer is yes, they are very closely related.

When a nuclear bomb with a yield of hundreds of thousands of tons explodes at a depth of 8000 meters on the seabed, it instantly forms a fireball of high temperature and pressure. This fireball vaporizes the surrounding seawater instantly, creating a huge cavity filled with high-pressure steam.

At the same time, because it is located in the deep sea, the diffusion of energy and the expansion speed and size of the cavity are greatly limited by more than 800 times the water pressure, so that the maximum radius of the cavity can only reach a few hundred meters.

Because the external pressure is too great, the cavity will collapse inward when it expands to its maximum. When it collapses to its minimum volume, the internal pressure increases, and it will expand and collapse again.

Each expansion and collapse of the cavity releases shock waves to the surrounding area. When the shock waves reach the sea surface, they form a rapidly expanding circular wave, known as the Water Mound.

Near the Sumeru pedestal, above the explosion center, a steep water mound tens of meters high suddenly rose up. The sea surface rose and fell restlessly, boiling and churning, with giant waves pushing outwards in all directions like coin pushers.

Unlike crustal movements and earthquakes, the shock waves generated by an underwater nuclear explosion are not continuous. Therefore, after the giant waves spread for tens of kilometers, they decay into ordinary ocean waves.

However, the Sumeru pedestal is not tens of kilometers away from the explosion center; even considering only the distance on the sea surface, it is not far from the explosion center.

The rain poured down, thunderclouds rolled, and giant waves surged. Two of the six Sumeru pedestals were overturned by the waves in an instant. John Wick, no longer able to guard the prisoners, walked to the edge of the pedestals with a grim expression and looked down at the sea from the rolling waves.

Good news, the plan has likely succeeded, and the nuclear bomb has been successfully detonated on the seabed.

The bad news is that Ruri Kazama and the Deepsea Challenger have not yet surfaced.

According to the original plan, Kazama Ruri was supposed to place the nuclear bomb near the burial site, set the detonation time, and then escape as soon as possible. The current situation is clearly not in line with the original plan.

Was it Wang Jiang who did this?

Or is there a problem with the Deepsea Challenger?

John Wick had no idea that, ultimately, the Deepsea Challenger was just a deep-sea submersible that James Cameron's team had just completed and had not yet had time to test, so it was highly possible that quality problems would arise.

John Wick didn't have time to think about Kazama Ruri's problem anymore.

He saw it, he felt it: hundreds and thousands of creatures with dragon blood were rising at incredible speeds of tens or hundreds of kilometers per hour toward the Sumeru Throne where John Wick was. The blood of the King of Bronze and Fire held a fatal attraction for them.

A few minutes later, when the things finally rose to a certain height, John Wick was finally able to see what they looked like.

Like the legendary siren, they have a general shape with a snake's tail and a human body. Their bodies are covered with bluish-gray scales, and their lower bodies are long and agile, with a rather lithe figure.

John Wick knew what they were: Corpse Guardians, guards similar to Deadpool, created through advanced alchemy using the corpses or bodies of hybrids as raw materials.

In Nibelungen and its mausoleums, where almost every high-ranking dragon resides, there are numerous undead servants and corpse guardians. In newly built Nibelungen, the former is likely more prevalent; in ancient Nibelungen, the latter.

Ultimately, Deadpool also has a lifespan limit. Only by using alchemy to kill them first and turn them into living corpses that have died once can they be preserved for a long time.

Like stars lighting up the sky, hundreds and thousands of golden eyes lit up beneath the sea, their long fish tails thrashing violently. A dozen or so corpse guards, leading the charge, leaped out of the water, baring their sharp teeth and claws, and pounced on John Wick, who was standing on the edge of the Sumeru pedestal.

Including their tails, each of them was a huge, agile body over five meters long. In terms of physical fitness alone, they were not much worse than John Wick, but they were no match for John Wick.

Because they are all unintelligent, skillless, and driven by the most basic instincts—mere living corpses.

Their most basic instincts told them that John Wick was both the greatest enemy to them and to God, and the most delicious and nourishing food.

A pair of jet-black eyes instantly turned into a molten crimson gold. The heat compressed and rose continuously where John Wick's gaze converged, reaching its limit in an instant before expanding. Black flames rose and exploded on the sea surface, blasting the approaching corpse guards into patches of blue and purple.

The humanoid dragon king unleashed its full power once again. Amidst the surging waves, flames spontaneously generated and descended from the sky, obliterating any corpse guards who dared to approach John Wick.

The members of the Snake Clan, who had been captured by John Wick alone in the Sumeru Seat, also rushed out of the cabin, took out their most treasured heavy firearms, and joined the battle. Instead of attacking John Wick, they attacked the Corpse Guardian who had leaped out of the water and was charging at the Sumeru Seat.

The blood of the humanoid dragon king is a feast that nourishes yin and yang, while the blood of the members of the Snake Clan can be considered a compressed biscuit with some nutritional value.

Driven by instinct, the corpse guardians have no right to be picky; they're happy to eat whichever one they can get their hands on.

Out of self-preservation and to prevent the secret of the hybrid race from being revealed, the hybrids of the Snake Clan had no choice but to fight alongside John Wick and clean up the mess left by the Demons.

Any zombie that escapes to the coastline will make tomorrow's headlines.

Fortunately, these corpse guardians only have the most basic instincts of killing and eating. In the vast ocean, if no one deliberately guides them, they will almost always lock onto the side where the humanoid dragon king is located.

While relentlessly attacking the Corpse Guardians, the members of the Snake Clan also kept an eye on John Wick, for the reason that this humanoid dragon king's firepower was simply too ferocious.

It's hard to say whether the power he used was Junyan, Chi, or something else. It's more likely that it was simply "flame." He simply generated and used flames by virtue of the power of the King of Bronze and Fire.

For true apex dragons, this is exactly what Word Power is all about.

John Wick at this moment was like Bao Longxing, the shrew in "Hail the Judge," cursing in the street. What came out of his mouth were not swear words, but balls of high-temperature, high-energy flames comparable to high-risk spells, one man holding the pass against ten thousand.

Wave after wave of corpse guardians rushed towards the Sumeru pedestal where John Wick was, only to be suppressed time and again. Finally, another corpse guardian broke through the hail of bullets and pounced on John Wick from behind.

The Seven Deadly Sins sword case suddenly opened, and John Wick gripped the scabbard of the longsword Envy, slicing the corpse guard in half at the waist. He simply disliked and was relatively bad at close combat, not that he was completely incapable of it.

With the first Corpse Guardian breaking through, a second Corpse Guardian broke through. The giant waves generated by the nuclear explosion were still rolling, the Sumeru Throne was swaying, and the Corpse Guardians rising from the seabed were almost endless.

In this harsh environment, the employees of the Snake Clan and the members of the Demon Clan's research ship, who were hastily engaged in battle, sometimes even had difficulty maintaining their balance, so they naturally could not weave a tight and impenetrable hail of bullets.

A gaping hole was torn in the defensive line, and corpses pounced onto the platform and the ship, while members of the Snake Clan were killed one after another. With each Snake Clan member who died, John Wick's firepower intensified.

To avoid affecting the prisoners in the compartment, John Wick initially held back. The humanoid dragon king, with fewer and fewer concerns, gradually unsealed, but even so, it was still impossible to kill all the corpse guards in a very short time.

"How many of these damn things are there underwater?!"

John Wick brandished his knife and cursed.

Jiu Demai had said that all the Dragon King's tombs were more or less guarded by countless dead servants and corpses. He only hoped that his brother's tomb didn't have so many damned things. If there were, he hoped they could at least recognize him.

Amidst the sounds of wind, rain, thunder, and towering waves, a new sound suddenly arose, faint yet approaching. John Wick, who was slaughtering the horde of corpses, abruptly raised his head.

A massive black helicopter pierced through the clouds, approaching in the storm. John Wick's sharp gaze cut through the clouds, locking onto Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng standing at the helicopter's door.

The torrential rain pounded against his strong, well-built chest, and his unbuttoned suit was billowing in the gale. Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng held onto the cabin door, gazing at the distant Sumeru pedestal.

In that instant, Gao Kui truly thought of a pot for boiling dumplings. The sea surface surged like boiling water, and the corpse guardians, like cooked dumplings, rose one after another to crash into the Sumeru pedestal where John Wick and the remaining members of the Snake Clan were located.

John Wick is unharmed, but the members of the Snake Clan are in grave danger.

“Those siren-like creatures were probably attracted by the smell of John Wick and his gang’s blood,” Genji saw through the truth at a glance.

It's common knowledge, my friend, that things like Deadpool and Corpse Keeper crave the blood of hybrids and dragons.

With his desire for revenge suppressed to a minimum, Gao Kui handed Longinus to Genjiro and said, "Give me your sword, let's switch first."

Yuan Zhisheng was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized why Gao Kui wanted to exchange his sword with him.

It was clear to the naked eye that they were about to face a protracted battle. John Wick was a humanoid dragon king with astonishing regenerative abilities, and Gao Kui possessed the power of the Crescent Moon and Longinus, making him virtually immortal. Only John Wick had the weakest survival ability.

It's better for everyone if the two of them exchange knives.

With the new moon, Gao Kui no longer needs Longinus as much. Replacing Longinus with a famous sword like Spider Cutter or Dojigiri Yasutsuna would not reduce his survivability much, but would further increase his lethality, so his combat power would remain unchanged.

Without saying a word, Genji handed the Spider Cutter to Gao Kui and took Longinus from him.

Gao Kui gripped the Spider Cutter, raised his right arm, and the sharp blade sliced ​​across his wrist, spraying out scalding hot blood that fell into the sea below.

The stench of blood filled the air, drawing a significant portion of the corpse guards who were besieging the Sumeru Throne to this side, causing a sharp drop in pressure on John Wick and his group.

"It seems my blood still has some attraction."

"Tell your men to stop fighting and retreat as quickly as possible. With them around, I can't really operate effectively."

Gao Kui smiled and kicked Yuan Zhisheng, who was planning to cut his wrists to bleed, off the helicopter.

Chapter 177 Second Battle

"Let's go back, at least don't end up on those platforms."

Gao Kui calmly gave instructions to the helicopter pilot, then followed Yuan Zhisheng and jumped into the Black Sea below.

Without any hesitation, the pilot immediately maneuvered the helicopter into a sharp 180-degree turn, and the black iron bird once again soared into the thunderclouds.

The helicopter pilot had personally experienced Genjiro's Royal Domain and Kaku's Crescent Domain. Once either of them activated their domains, the Sumeru Throne would collapse at any moment, making it far from an ideal landing spot.

Even risking a crash and returning to the thunderclouds is better than a forced landing.

Two super hybrids fell into the sea one after another, the sweet and delicious smell of their blood evaporating. Most of the dead servants who had been besieging the Sumeru Throne shrieked as they swam toward Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng.

One is a descendant of the White King whose bloodline has been further enhanced, and the other is a holy son disguised as a hybrid. The blood they voluntarily spilled was just as alluring as that of the humanoid dragon king, completely activating their bloodlust.

Their instincts also told them that Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng might be easier to deal with than John Wick: both were in the water, on their home turf, while the humanoid dragon king stood on a platform.

Like an eagle soaring in the sky or a fish swimming in shallow water, Genjiro's posture as he fell into the Black Sea was extremely graceful, as if he were a real fish swimming freely in the water. He wielded the long sword Longinus with smooth and free movements, and each time the blade glided across the water, it took the life of a corpse guardian.

Genjiro had never wielded his sword so freely in his entire life.

In terms of sharpness alone, Longinus is far inferior to Spider Cutter and Dojigiri Yasutsuna. The former is just a hack-and-slash weapon, while the latter is an alchemical weapon with added sharpness and other properties.

However, it's sufficient for cutting down corpses and guarding.

Apart from that, Longinus is all about advantages: it is sturdy, absolutely immortal, always has plenty of stamina, and can keep its wielder in peak condition.

Genjiro's swordsmanship, which was originally quite skillful in both offense and defense, completely changed after about ten strikes. Each strike left no room for maneuver, and each strike was made with the determination to die at all costs...

Longinus, that was fucking awesome!

Unlike Genjiro, who fell into the water, Gao Kui used the Yin Flow technique to unleash his Word of Power the moment he jumped off the helicopter. Dozens of high-speed airflow channels wove together into three pairs of wind vanes, sorting the chaotic airflow around Gao Kui into an updraft.

With the flapping of the wind wings, Gao Kui, wielding the alchemical weapon Spider Cutter, swiftly swept across the sea, his longsword and wind blades annihilating all the corpse guards along the way.

His handsome and dashing figure made Genji envious to the point of grinding his teeth.

Once upon a time, Gao Kui envied Angers' powerful and awesome Word of Power. Now, he has become the object of Genji's envy. Whether from the perspective of single-target damage or functionality, Gao Kui's version of Yin Liu seems to be above Genji's King Power.

On the Sumeru pedestal, John Wick's pressure was greatly relieved, and he roared continuously as heavenly fire rained down, burning the nearby corpse guardians to ashes.

The remaining members of the Snake Clan who were holding the Sumeru Throne also took the opportunity, under the command of Genjiro, to launch the speedboat and hurriedly flee the battlefield through the grove.

About two or three minutes later, Gao Kui, who had been calculating that the remaining members of the Snake Clan had finally escaped to a safe area, roared and unleashed his full power, opening his second Word of Power, Crescent Moon Domain.

The gravitational field within a radius of three kilometers was suddenly altered. The rain stopped falling and returned to the sky. The turbulent sea surface was compressed by the anti-gravity force into a concave shape with a radius of several kilometers, resembling a large bowl.

For the underwater corpse guardians to rise to the surface, they need to overcome stronger gravity, which affects their speed and agility to some extent. Once they break through the surface and close the distance with Gao Kui, they suddenly become disoriented.