Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 467: Chapter 312: The Slumbering Awaken, Past Myths Become Reality (Part 1)

Unscathed?!

The fleet’s high command saw the East King’s condition on the detection screens, and their hearts trembled.

He had taken a bombardment of that magnitude—a direct hit—and simply endured it?!

According to the estimations of Donghua’s high command, the most feared aspects of these hidden existences were always their stealth and their ability to infiltrate and carry out decapitation strikes. The risk they posed in a direct confrontation with military hardware was not considered particularly high.

After all, even these hidden existences were ultimately flesh and blood. Given the chance for a saturation strike, modern armies and their weaponry were still believed to hold the upper hand.

Hadn’t even Yi Beidou himself been forced to use evasive maneuvers when facing heavy weapon attacks from the Japanese military?

Given enough time and space, the world’s major powers were quite confident they could eliminate these hidden existences. It wasn’t even out of the question to wipe them out on a large scale.

However, the man before them completely subverted all of Donghua’s estimations.

An empty stretch of sea. An intense, chaotic bombardment. A direct hit. And yet, their opponent was completely unscathed.

This was no longer a being of flesh and blood!

BOOM!!

The surface of the sea buckled. The East King’s figure shot out in an instant, sending waves flying and creating a terrifying vapor cone in the air.

"Target accelerating! He’s heading for the flagship! He’s broken the sound barrier! His speed is still increasing!"

"Ready interception weapons! We must stop him!"

"CIWS ready! If the target breaks through the fire-net, execute final interception immediately!"

"..."

The gruff shouts of commanders from every warship crackled over the intercom.

Every warship opened fire once more. A sky-blotting barrage, like a field of falling stars, submerged everything in the East King’s path.

VMMMM!!

The Golden Crow blazed in the Sky, and a golden light erupted from the East King’s body. His speed surged again. He flickered across the surface of the sea in an unbelievable trajectory, evading most of the missiles.

Under the influence of his Immortal Technique, the artillery’s targeting systems couldn’t get a precise lock, making them easy to evade. Furthermore, the shockwaves from the explosions were completely unable to harm the East King.

However, as the East King closed to within three kilometers of the fleet...

BRRRRRRT!!

An incredibly dense, high-speed barrage blanketed the dozens of meters surrounding the East King.

It was an interception screen formed by the CIWS from multiple warships.

This was the fleet’s last line of defense, a wall of dense, precise, high-speed projectiles capable of destroying any and all incoming threats.

Even the East King found it impossible to completely evade the coordinated, dense barrage of hundreds of rounds per second fired by multiple warships.

He came to an abrupt halt, crossing his arms before him.

’Malleable Size, Giant Spirit Transformation!’

VWOOMP!

His arms suddenly swelled, growing to be thicker than his own waist. The skin on his forearms showed clear signs of jade-like, keratinous growth. His entire body was shielded behind them.

The CIWS rounds, capable of pulverizing heavy armor, were completely blocked by the East King’s arms.

He was a Sleeper, unlike an Immortal Soul Master who could only condense a single organ from an Earth Immortal. But the East King was an elite among the Sleepers, a being of myth and legend. The Earth Immortal Cells within him had long since reached the absolute limit his body could contain.

Furthermore, unlike other hidden existences, the Earth Immortal Cells in their bodies were mostly patched together from the Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood of different individuals. The ’God’ within them conflicted, naturally restricting the expression of the Earth Immortal Cells’ power.

The Earth Immortal Cells in the East King’s body, however, were of exceptionally high integrity.

This was the boon he had received from the original Penglai Immortal Mountain!

’They can’t break through! They simply can’t get through! He’s a real-life Superman! A truly indestructible body! It’s hard to imagine what attack in the world could possibly harm or destroy his flesh!’

However, the East King was clearly not satisfied with the current situation.

While these attacks couldn’t harm him, they had stopped him in his tracks, making it difficult to continue his charge.

"The weapons of the Mortal World are becoming more and more troublesome."

The East King muttered. He then relaxed his stance, no longer standing atop the water, and instantly sank beneath the waves.

The hail of ammunition instantly lost its target. Though they could fire into the sea, the water drastically reduced the projectiles’ power and accuracy.

Beneath the waves, the East King moved like a swimming dragon. While his speed was no longer as terrifyingly fast as when he broke the sound barrier above the water, it still far surpassed the limits of any fish.

"Sirs, the enemy has breached our final defensive line. He’ll likely board the flagship soon. In close-quarters combat, we’ll be at an even greater disadvantage! For your own safety, please evacuate via the lifeboats immediately."

An officer pushed open the door to the command center, his expression grave as he spoke.

The situation had reached its most critical point.

Once the East King was aboard, his monstrous abilities would allow him to effortlessly slaughter every living soul on the ship.

No one doubted that, given enough time, this terrifying individual could tear the warship apart with his bare hands.

They no longer had any way to threaten him.

If they didn’t leave now, it would be too late.

Inside the command center, some faces were grim, some showed unconcealed terror, and others were dark with anger. Every eye fell upon the fleet admiral standing at the very front.