Chapter 389: Chapter 290: The Power of the Divine Skill Prototype
"Send them to the battlefield? But they’re just new recruits with less than half a month of training!"
Su Ze had just received a sudden call from Gu Chengguang, ordering him and Mr. Ya to lead their respective thousand-man units to the Lihai Defense Line as reinforcements.
’He was stunned. Was the situation at the front so dire that even these greenhorns had to be sent out?’
Gu Chengguang said, "They may be new recruits, but they’re already evolvers with decent combat strength... Besides, the fastest way to turn a rookie into a veteran is to have him fight in a war and survive it."
Seeing Su Ze fall silent, Gu Chengguang sighed. "I wouldn’t do this if I had any other choice. The beasts attacking Lihai City are growing stronger and more numerous by the day. Our frontline soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. The ones who can still fight have been in combat for days straight; they’re exhausted.
"I’m mobilizing all available forces to reinforce the Lihai Defense Line. When this wave arrives, we can relieve the troops who’ve been fighting for days on end and give them a chance to breathe."
"Alright, I’ll lead my men out tomorrow," Su Ze agreed.
Afterward, he met with Mr. Ya. After a brief discussion, they decided to head out first, leaving their Deputy Generals to lead the main forces to the front line the next day.
After finding Ye Jin and Li Yongguan and giving them their orders, Su Ze set out for Lihai City with Mr. Ya that very day.
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At Mr. Ya’s speed, they arrived at Lihai City in less than an hour.
Su Ze extended his Perception Tentacles, instantly taking in the entire situation on the coastal battlefield.
The Dongli soldiers had already lost the first line of defense on the beach. They had fallen back to the city walls and were now fighting a defensive battle against the beasts with their backs against the fortifications.
The beasts were numerous, and their attack spanned the entire eastern coastline of Dongli. Because their forces were so spread out, it made defense incredibly difficult for the Dongli soldiers, who had to deploy troops along the entire length of the coast.
As for the army’s powerhouses—like the few Dongli Guardian Gods and some Butterfly Stage masters—they had to constantly rush between various defensive lines. Wherever a high-tier beast attacked, they had to hurry over to provide support.
In short, they were short on manpower and lacked sufficient defensive strength.
Among the Dongli Guardian Gods, Ning Yushen, Li Fayi, and Mrs. Yun were all present. Zhou Wenshan had gone to support Fengshui Pass, where land-based beasts from the Blood Earth Forest were also attacking, though the pressure there wasn’t as great as it was in Lihai City.
Currently, of Dongli’s seven Guardian Gods, only Gu Chengguang remained to guard the capital.
On the beach, Su Ze also spotted an old man with white hair—the Dongli Saint Envoy. He had arrived at the coast to provide aid several days earlier.
Su Ze had learned a bit about this Saint Envoy from Zhou Wenshan. He was originally from Dongli and had shown outstanding talent from a young age. After achieving fame as a young man, he had moved to Lin Hua Country in his early twenties, but he still held a deep affection for his homeland.
That was why, even after the Sovereign Country instructed its envoys to temporarily suspend protection of the six nations, the Dongli Saint Envoy had still rushed to the front lines to fight alongside the soldiers of Dongli.
Su Ze noticed that the Dongli Saint Envoy’s opponents were two Tier Five beasts!
It was said that the higher the tier of existence, the more pronounced an advantage humans had over beasts in combat. The Dongli Saint Envoy was fighting two Tier Five beasts by himself and wasn’t losing ground.
However, Su Ze now knew that it wasn’t just humans who held an advantage over beasts of the same tier. Rather, all Intelligent Races in the universe possessed combat power that could overwhelm beasts.
This was also one of the reasons why beasts had such a low status in the universe.
Among the two Tier Five beasts fighting the Dongli Saint Envoy, one was actually a Coral Monster that Su Ze had encountered before!
The first time he had come to Lihai City, he had taken part in a defensive battle. His memory of the Coral Island, an entity formed from innumerable Coral Insects, was still vivid.
If he recalled correctly, however, the strongest beings on the Coral Island at that time had only been a few Tier Four Coral Insects. In the end, the Coral Island had been repelled by the Dongli Saint Envoy, who then chased it into the deep sea, slaughtering countless Coral Insects along the way—including one of the Tier Four specimens.
The tentacles of that Tier Four Coral Insect were later absorbed by Su Ze, upgrading his "Needle Strike" skill.
’It’s only been a few months, yet the Coral Island has actually evolved a Tier Five beast!’
It was no wonder Su Ze was shocked. While beasts didn’t need to absorb extracts like humans to evolve, their natural evolution was a much slower process that required far more time.
Evolving from Tier Four to Tier Five in just a few short months was practically impossible.
’There must be some external force at play...’ Su Ze recalled the numerous times he’d heard about a "mutation" occurring in the ocean.
It seemed the mysterious power within the ocean was responsible, causing these beasts to evolve at a supernatural rate.
The Coral Island, the Parasitic Crab Beasts, the early opening of the Divine Dice—all were said to be related to the mutation in the ocean. What on earth was happening in the sea?
Normally, it was incredibly difficult for creatures like Coral Insects and parasitic crabs to even become beasts, let alone evolve by leaps and bounds toward Tiers Four and Five in just a matter of months.
’This rate of evolution is even faster than mine...’
’I’m using a cheat, so what gives them the right!’
’Do they have a cheat, too?’
Su Ze suddenly thought of the new king who was about to be born among the beasts. It was rumored to be a Marine Beast. ’Could that also be related to the mutation on the seafloor?’
"Let’s go! We’re joining the fight!" Without another thought, Su Ze pulled Mr. Ya along and charged toward the front lines to slay the enemy.
Mr. Ya’s fighting style made him unsuitable for large-scale team battles; he wasn’t even cut out for direct confrontation. Therefore, he had a very clear idea of his role: to assassinate the Tier Four beasts on the battlefield.
