Chapter 243: Chapter 10: The Arrival of the Demonic Horde
July 2nd, 2015. 11:05 AM.
Three days after his exchange with the Thirty-Six Saints Central Committee.
It was nearly noon. The sky was clear for miles, a brilliant sun shining down on the azure sea. Its golden rays plated the undulating surface of the waves with layers of shattered gold.
At this moment, Su Zhou was in a calm stretch of water in the South Sea Far Sea.
The young man stood upon the water’s surface, hands clasped behind his back, as if on solid ground. With both Wind and Water Aids active, he trod the waves as if walking on flat earth.
In the distance, more than thirty helicopters blockaded the surrounding airspace. Farther out, one-third of the South Sea Fleet’s main force, under the guise of a military exercise, patrolled the area. Over twenty cruisers and destroyers of various classes, and even an aircraft carrier—with more than ten thousand naval Soldiers—all formed a loose cordon centered on Su Zhou.
All this readiness was because of the bizarre Sea Beasts that had gathered around Su Zhou, a dense swarm filling every inch of a nearly three-square-kilometer area.
Venomous Sea Serpents, massive sharks, sea turtles with shells like steel, giant crabs, strange shrimp-like creatures with carapaces comparable to armor, sea worms of unknown species, and all sorts of marine life both known and unknown—all had gathered harmoniously in this area, swarming around Su Zhou as if guarding a king or encircling a Prophet.
And these were all Sea Beasts capable of Spirit Communication.
The beasts cheered, swimming around Su Zhou and creating a massive whirlpool on the calm sea surface. And it was not just in the material world; in the world of Spiritual Qi, a great Gale was also brewing due to the convergence of tens of thousands of Ocean Spirit Beasts.
In the Spirit Realm, a colossal Spiritual Qi vortex had formed, creating a Spiritual Qi typhoon so immense that even ordinary people could faintly perceive it. This stirred the Spiritual Qi Balance in the surrounding waters. The formation of this vast, low-pressure system of Spiritual Qi even generated a real-world Gale, causing the waves outside the three-kilometer whirlpool to swell and surge, some cresting over five meters high.
Surveying the Sea Beasts that had gathered because of him, basking in the power radiating from his body, Su Zhou felt not a shred of nervousness. This wasn’t due to the overwhelming superiority of his bloodline, but the strength of his own true power.
’If these tens of thousands of Demon Beasts turned against me, how long would it take to deal with them?’
’If they didn’t run? Probably five minutes.’
Even though there were those among the Sea Beasts that had also undergone an Awakening, Su Zhou could still reach this conclusion. This was no exaggeration or boast, but a hard fact. Wielding the Power of Thunder and having already reached the Extraordinary Middle Stage, a single thought from him could turn the area dozens of meters around him into a Thunder Domain powerful enough to electrocute a person to charcoal. And his normal running speed already exceeded sixty meters per second.
Five minutes to sweep through a mere three square kilometers of Sea Beasts was just a matter of whether he felt like it or not.
Of course, they would definitely run, and they would resist and interfere, so killing them all wouldn’t be quite that simple.
Mulling this over, Su Zhou couldn’t help but chuckle. But as the Sea Beasts around him sensed the faint flicker of killing intent that crossed his mind, their movements immediately became more reverent, more fearful. They were like attendants serving at a tyrant’s side, coveting the power he shared while dreading his violent nature.
After all, the True Dragons of legend were not always benevolent creatures... Rather, as incarnations of heaven itself, the power they represented was one of fickle change, irresistible Celestial Calamities, and inviolable natural phenomena.
Three days ago, the Central Committee had tasked Su Zhou with assisting the local military forces in suppressing the various Demon Beasts in the South Sea that might go berserk during the upcoming Spiritual Qi Burst.
The current situation was one of the planned steps.
Using Su Zhou’s bloodline power, he would gather the vast majority of Sea Beasts attracted to Dragon Blood in one location, where he would then directly suppress and watch over them. If nothing went wrong, this would be a positive outcome; all the Sea Beasts in the South Sea would be under Su Zhou’s control, and an attempt could be made to civilize and domesticate them.
If an accident occurred—for example, if the Spiritual Qi Burst caused all the Sea Beasts to riot, to the point that not even Su Zhou could suppress them—then the South Sea Fleet would conduct saturation bombing on this area, directly annihilating the majority of the Spirit Awakening Sea Beasts.
No one, not even the Zhengguo Government, wanted the latter scenario to happen. If so many Sea Beasts could be put to use, heaven knows how much wealth they could create. And Su Zhou, in his heart, didn’t want these Sea Beasts that were drawn to him to end up as grilled fish.
As for the Sea Beasts themselves, they certainly didn’t want to die, either.
"Professor Su, satellites have detected fluctuations in Spiritual Qi. The Spiritual Qi Burst is imminent."
A communication from the distant fleet command center came through the black, full-coverage earpiece Su Zhou wore in his left ear: "Please continue to control the South Sea’s Sea Beast cluster. If an incident occurs, evacuate immediately. We will commence saturation bombing on this area at once."
Su Zhou pressed his earpiece. He raised his head, looked directly at the sky, and replied calmly, "Roger. I understand."
At this very moment, Su Zhou’s heart was filled with excitement, nervousness, joy, and anticipation. ’Carrying out a mission with half the South Sea Fleet? To be honest, for an eighteen-year-old guy, this is a whole new life experience!’
