Chapter: Chapter 229
As soon as they entered the範圍 of the dark sky curtain, raindrops the size of soybeans covered the vision of Yang and the other two. After a slight tremor, a thin white barrier appeared around Black Wing, blocking the incoming raindrops.
Yang tapped a few times on the screen. “These raindrops are corrosive, and their corrosive intensity can directly activate Black Wing’s passive defense system. This place is simply a hell.”
If an ordinary person were to enter here, they would probably be reduced to bare bones by these raindrops in a matter of seconds.
“It’s truly terrifying. Tell Yi Yujun and the others the information about this place. Their aircraft are not as advanced as Black Wing’s. If they’re not careful, they might capsize.” Sasha’s gaze shifted to the window. This place truly deserved the name “gutter.”
“Understood, but this place has extremely strong interference with the communication system. The messages we send out will likely not get through,” Frost said immediately. She had already lost contact with headquarters. “Perhaps, we can only rely on ourselves.”
“Keep trying to send them. As long as one message breaks through the rain curtain and gets delivered, it will be our success,” Sasha said with no fear on her face. She had seen more terrifying scenes than this. This rain curtain was still far from making her change her expression.
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“Boss, look behind us, what is that?” Finally, one of the mercenary’s subordinates discovered the black rain clouds chasing them from behind.
Looking at the pitch-black sky curtain slowly approaching them, it inevitably put some pressure on their hearts.
“What are you afraid of? Isn’t it just a storm? We’ll get through it if we hold on,” the mercenary waved his hand. Their small boat certainly couldn’t withstand strong winds and waves, but the large ship not far in front of them was an excellent shelter.
As long as they could capture that ship before the storm caught up to them, this seemingly terrifying storm would pose no threat at all.
“Boss, are those fish?” But the terrible things were not over yet. The burly man who saw the dark sky curtain approaching discovered with horror that the previously calm sea surface behind them was now churning.
A large group, no, it was impossible to describe them with the word “group.” There were countless, vast schools of fish.
Among them were even former predators and prey, and they were swimming together now. If it weren’t for some special reason, they absolutely wouldn’t be like this.
The mercenary quickly looked back. Their team was in the path of the school of fish. Fortunately, most of the fish were below the surface, and it had little to do with them on the surface.
But this abnormal scene still made him feel uneasy. These fish were fleeing from the direction of the dark sky curtain. Could there be something terrifying beneath that dark sky curtain, forcing these fish to abandon their homes and flee?
As the distance shortened, the mercenary finally saw the specific situation of the school of fish. These fish were not without a leader. Their leader was an outrageously large and outrageously beautiful seven-colored fish.
The fish was so large that with just a flick of its tail, it could send the mercenary’s team into the sea.
Such a powerful creature was also fleeing?
The mercenary was not the only one who noticed the fish. Leticia had noticed these fleeing marine creatures long before them.
“Old friend, perhaps I can ask it what happened there,” Leticia muttered as she watched the approaching school of fish.
The seven-colored fish had intelligence and could even communicate with them through An Xin’s translation. Moreover, this fish had just led a team out of the dark sky curtain. How could they not stop and ask for information?
“Bai, bring Xiaoxin, let’s go!” Leticia’s ability to act was very strong at times, such as now.
Without hesitation, Leticia flipped over the railing and hovered in the air as if she were standing on flat ground, waiting for the school of fish to arrive.
Soon, the colored fish arrived at Leticia’s feet.
The fish, focused only on escaping, never expected an old friend to be waiting for it above. When it was scooped out of the water by a pair of invisible large hands, the whole fish was bewildered.
Who is it, what’s going on?
Then, she saw a face that she would never forget in her life, that somewhat narrow-minded iron-plate human.
“What happened in that place? Are you guys running for your lives?” Leticia asked, carrying the fish and flying forward.
The fish was about to retort that she couldn’t understand her, but she caught sight of Bai Mao, who was bringing the girl who could communicate with animals to her.
She quickly answered the question, and then this black-haired girl could let her go, right? The fish thought so.
“That black cloud contains a very evil power. If we stay in it, we will all die, so we are running. Please let me go quickly, I still need to escape.”
An Xin quickly relayed the fish’s words to Leticia, and the fish’s answer made Leticia’s mouth twitch.
This was really… trouble finding them.
“Do you know how this thing appeared?”
“What the heck do I know? I was sleeping soundly in the water when I was suddenly woken up by my subordinates, and then I started fleeing,” the fish replied impatiently. “Anyway, it’s not a good thing. I advise you to leave quickly. With your speed, you’ll definitely have enough time to get away.”
“We can run, but if we run, the people on this ship might not survive,” Leticia glanced at Miss Bai and voiced her thoughts for her. “You can’t protect so many people alone.”
Bai Ling could fight, but to protect everyone on this ship safely, she could only ask for Leticia’s help.
“Help me.” Without much embellishment, these two simple words contained endless meaning.
Leticia sighed, waved her hand, and threw the fish into the sea. “I hope you can afford the price for me to help you.”
Then, she turned her gaze to the speedboat team that was following closely behind the fishing boat. “What about these people?”
Bai Ling did not hesitate. She sent An Xin in her arms to Leticia, and then rushed directly to that team. “I’ll go capture them.”
Bai Ling knew that this was not the time to be indecisive. The main purpose of capturing people was to inquire about the situation of the dark sky curtain. Thinking about it, this sky curtain was definitely related to the group behind them.
As for whether these people would become unstable factors after boarding the ship?
If they really dared to be unstable, Bai Ling believed that Leticia could make them stable factors without her having to act.
When the mercenary saw a white-haired girl flying in front of them at a speed barely visible to the naked eye, he became a little flustered.
He had clearly seen everything that had happened before. The outrageously large seven-colored fish had been forcefully pulled out of the sea by the companion of this white-haired girl. This level of superpower could only be described as terrifying.
Perhaps not even those legendary S-class heroes could reach this level. This performance was truly outrageous.
The mercenary also roughly understood how his subordinates lost contact. Faced with such an enemy like a human-shaped natural disaster, with his subordinates who had little superpower, how could they not lose contact?
And this white-haired girl flew in front of them and didn’t say anything. She directly pointed at the mercenary, and the mercenary was lifted from the boat as if grabbed by the collar by a hand.
Seeing their boss being captured, the big men on the small boat were all stunned for a moment. What was going on? Why was their boss captured?
“If you don’t want to die, follow around the fishing boat,” Bai Ling said, leaving this sentence behind. She took the mercenary and flew towards the fishing boat not far away without looking back.
The remaining people on the small boat looked at each other, wondering if they should listen to this mysterious girl.
Finally, the big man who drove the boat for the mercenary gritted his teeth and made a decision. “Listen to her, follow along.”
Judging by the strength this one just displayed, she could send all of them into the sea to feed the fish with just a wave of her hand. Since she didn’t do that, she definitely didn’t want to kill them.
Asking them to follow beside the fishing boat, perhaps she wanted to protect them?
Although he knew that his idea was a bit strange, why would an enemy want to protect them? But the big man had this thought in his heart.
That girl could be trusted. She would protect them.
At this time, Bai Ling had already brought the mercenary back to the fishing boat. “I’ve brought the leader over.”
Leticia, who was standing on the deck directing the crew to draw magic circles with large mops, replied without even looking back, “You interrogate them yourself. I’m very busy here.”
Although she could protect this fishing boat with her own strength, it would be much easier with the help of the magic circle. Moreover, with the help of the magic circle, she could expand the range of the shield to protect the small boats that followed.
Since Bai Ling didn’t want those big men to die here, she would do as she was told.
“You over there, your mop is almost dry, hurry up and wet it again!”
“Faster, faster, if you don’t want to die, hurry up and work!”
“You three over there, don’t whisper to each other. If you dare to cause trouble, I’ll throw you into the sea to feed the fish!”
Once she entered her work mode, Leticia’s demeanor underwent a drastic change. The icy demeanor she used to lower her presence seamlessly switched to an overwhelming aura of authority, making people dare not defy her words.
Looking at Leticia standing on the high platform like a general, directing the crew and captives, An Xi felt that she knew too little about this girl named Qianqian.
She was definitely not an ordinary young lady or an ordinary superpower user. She was more like a monarch, a monarch who looked down on the world.
This was the true her hidden beneath her petite appearance?
“An Xi, why are you hiding over there? If you have nothing to do, go back. Don’t stand here and block the way!”
An Xi, whose name was called by Leticia, stuck out her tongue. “Understood!”
This little girl still had the mood to play tricks at this time. Leticia sighed helplessly, rubbing her forehead. “Go to the cabin and see what Bai asked.”
An Xi, who received the mission, immediately ran off, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Leticia looked back at the approaching dark sky curtain. At this distance, she could already see the sky-covering rain curtain.
Thunderstorms, heavy rain, strong winds. These seemed to be just ordinary extreme weather. But as the large fish had just said, there was a disgusting evil aura hidden within this sky curtain.
Moreover, Leticia even felt that this aura was somewhat familiar, exactly the same as the aura of the sealed giant monster she had sensed in the morning.
It could be basically confirmed that this dark sky curtain was the monster’s doing. Could it be that the monster had already broken free from the seal?
“Ancestor, shouldn’t you give me some hints at this time?” Leticia whispered, stroking the golden thin chain on her wrist.
Yinfeinuo’s smiling voice echoed in her ear, “Don’t worry, this aura is not the aura of a god, and if you ask me, its strength is just so-so.”
The ancestor’s words relieved Leticia’s somewhat nervous mood. Since the well-informed ancestor said so, what was she afraid of?
If the monster wanted to come up and fight, they could just gang up on it.
Whether this was considered unfair or not, there was no point in talking about fairness when dealing with such a monster. The sooner they got rid of it, the sooner they could relax.
“Why do I feel like Miss Bai is a walking trouble-maker? Whenever I’m around her, trouble easily finds us,” Leticia muttered. She was living a good life at home, but as soon as Bai Ling appeared beside her, her peaceful life was immediately disrupted.
First, she fought the Mist God, then she encountered the fleeing Elf Queen, then the Demon Race’s You Ming, and now she encountered this kind of situation while on vacation.
This was definitely Bai Ling’s problem. If she wanted to live a peaceful and idle life, she had to stay away from that guy.
“You little girl, don’t think about slacking off all day. With all the strength you have, your life is destined to be unpeaceful,” Yinfeinuo said to Leticia helplessly. “Perhaps you haven’t realized it yourself, but the troubles that appear around you are no less than those that appear around Xiaobai.”
Leticia’s eyes immediately widened. This was pure slander!
“Ancestor, don’t talk nonsense. My luck was great before I met her. Nothing bad happened, okay?”
“Isn’t meeting her the biggest bad thing?” Yinfeinuo’s words immediately plunged Leticia into silence.
The ancestor’s words were so reasonable.
Did she save up all her bad luck and then unleash it all at once on this guy Bai Ling?
“When the two of you are together, you are undoubtedly the focus of this world, and anything that happens around the focus will not be surprising.”
“So, it turns out that as long as I’m with her, such things will find us on their own?” After listening to Yinfeinuo’s explanation, Leticia frowned with distress. Her dream was to live a peaceful and quiet life. This kind of life, where she had to fight for her life every few days, was it too heavy for such a young girl?
“But this is not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps you haven’t realized it, but your strength has improved significantly compared to the beginning,” Yinfeinuo’s voice contained a hint of a smile. She had great authority on this matter. “And her strength is also constantly growing. Perhaps in your lifetime, you will be able to defeat gods with your own strength.”
Defeat gods with their own strength? Leticia’s eyes widened slightly. Wouldn’t that mean she would become a god one day?
At least in terms of combat power, it would be equivalent to a god.
“But that’s still a long way off. For now, you still need some external help to contend with gods.” Yinfeinuo interrupted the previous topic. “The heavy rain is coming, be careful.”
Leticia looked up. While she was communicating with Yinfeinuo, the dark clouds had already spread over her head, and the sky-covering rain curtain was gradually approaching.
“Is there only this little time left?” Leticia glanced at the magic circle that had roughly taken shape on the deck, and she felt a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, they had finished the magic circle before the rain curtain caught up to them.
“Qianqian, the interrogation is complete!” Bai Ling suddenly appeared beside Leticia. “The sealed thing is the monster you saw. However, the monster’s seal had not been broken when the mercenary came out.”
“Not broken? So this terrifying thing isn’t even its full power?” Leticia’s eyes twitched. Even when sealed, it could cause such a huge commotion. This monster’s combat power was probably outrageously high.
“Yes, and this man has partners. His partners are still in that place, continuing to break the seal. Although they cannot completely break the seal now, it is only a matter of time. At the earliest, the seal will be completely broken before midnight tonight.”
Before midnight tonight? There was plenty of time, Leticia muttered in her heart.
Enough for her to escape after landing.
“Allow me to ask, their method of breaking the seal is probably blood sacrifice, right?” Otherwise, it wouldn’t explain why they were capturing the An family sisters.
This question made Miss Bai’s face show hesitation. “It should be. The mercenary doesn’t know the specific principles, but most of the girls captured by them are unlikely to appear in this world again.”
As she said this, Miss Bai’s face also flashed with anger. The actions of these people were worse than beasts.
Even if these guys were all shot, there wouldn’t be an innocent person.
“Then you still plan to save them? I say, just throw them into the sea to fend for themselves. That way, we can run faster.” Leticia looked at the few small boats following around the fishing boat and said softly, “Dealing with these scum, I have more experience than you. It’s impossible to expect them to repent. It’s better to eliminate them for the people.”
“Let them accept legal sanctions,” Bai Ling shook her head. She was angry, but she still had reason. Killing these people here was just a private grievance. Letting them accept judgment was the best way.
With her attention, she believed that none of these people would escape.
“Hoo, I’m going to that place to take a look. I can’t wait for that monster to break the seal and come out.” Bai Ling looked at the pouring rain in front of her and said softly.
Leticia sighed. Bai Ling had indeed made that choice. “Alright, I won’t try to persuade you anyway.”
Bai Ling’s expression wilted. She was hoping for a few words of concern from Leticia. “Shouldn’t you be more sentimental at this time?”
Sentimental? Leticia rolled her eyes. She was not good at being sentimental. Besides, with Bai Ling’s powerful strength, even if she couldn’t win, she could escape. What was she worried about?
“Not only do I not care about you, but as soon as I get back to shore, I’m going to run away without looking back,” the black-haired girl said with her arms crossed and snorted. “That monster is very powerful. I hope you don’t die in vain.”
“Don’t worry, I believe in myself.” Bai Ling looked into the distance. She had already learned the specific location of that place from that man. Time was urgent, and it was time to stop chatting.
“I’ll go first. After you escort these people to shore, it’s up to you. Leave if you want to.”
After saying this, without waiting for Leticia’s reply, Bai Ling rushed into the torrential rain without looking back.
Looking at the streak of starlight breaking through the dark sky curtain, which seemed as solid as substance, Leticia let out a soft “tsk”: “I’ll definitely leave without looking back, definitely.”
The crackling raindrops fell from the sky, hitting the blue-glowing circular shield, causing ripples. Chaos winds came from all directions, carrying waves several stories high, wanting to destroy all the small boats here.
But Leticia’s magic shield was of excellent quality. The giant waves that pressed down so hard that people couldn’t breathe hit the shield, and it didn’t even flicker.
The world outside the shield and the world inside the shield were so distinct. Outside was like the end of the world, but inside, it was still calm and peaceful.
“Continue to move forward, we must get ashore quickly!” Leticia shouted loudly.
Under the dark sky curtain, she was already feeling slight discomfort, and she also felt a pair of eyes watching her from the darkness. This feeling was very unpleasant.
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“What exactly happened?!” The captain’s eyes widened as he looked at the dark clouds that covered half the sky in the distance. “Am I dreaming?”
“Probably not. I’m afraid we’re in trouble, big trouble,” Lu Siyu muttered, standing beside the captain. “Has the situation here been sent to headquarters?”
The captain nodded, but sending it to headquarters now was useless. Central City was so far from here. Even if headquarters sent reinforcements immediately after receiving the news, it would be too late.
Fortunately, Bai Ling was here.
The Sword Saint was here.
With her here, everything would be fine.
The captain thought silently, but the slight unease in his heart still did not dissipate.
“I have a bad feeling,” the captain’s gaze turned to the sea not far away. The future in her eyes was covered by a layer of mist. This situation was not unprecedented.
But once this situation occurred, it meant that she was really in big trouble.
