Chapter 164 Overseas
On the sea, the battle was fierce. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and the roar of waves. Deafening artillery fire continued to explode between the sea and the sky, and thick smoke billowed up. The whole scene was like doomsday. The Deadpools were surging densely, like the tide in the dark ocean, rushing towards the warships wave after wave, fearless of death, and the scene was extremely tragic.
"Damn it! There's no way we can kill all these things!" Jiude Mai was holding the heavy machine gun, her finger almost breaking the trigger, but she still couldn't suppress the anxiety in her heart. Her forehead was already soaked with sweat, and the only sound in her ears was the roar of machinery and the impact of the sea water.
"Don't panic, hold your breath and focus on your target!" Zero said calmly. Her movements were clean and neat, and every shot accurately hit the vital points of the Deadpools, as if she had never been shaken by the desperate scene before her.
On the other hand, Eri's condition was getting worse. Her body began to tremble violently, and a faint luster appeared on her skin, as if scales were breaking out from under her skin. She leaned weakly on the deck, breathing rapidly, and her eyes were surging with dragon-like golden light. She could lose control at any time.
"Eri, hold on!" Su Enxi fired her gun while violently cutting her wrist. Bright red blood flowed down. She put her wrist to Eri's mouth without hesitation and said, "Drink it. Don't let yourself become a dragon completely!"
Eri subconsciously bit Su Enxi's wrist and swallowed her blood. The scales on her body began to slowly fade away, and her expression gradually regained some calm, but her violent breathing was still clearly audible.
"Thank you, thank you..." Eri said weakly, her voice hoarse and weak.
Su Enxi forced a smile, but her face was terribly pale, and the blood loss made her movements begin to slow down.
"Hey! I'm asking you guys, are you able to do it? Can we survive this pace?" Jiude Mai shouted while shooting, with suppressed anxiety in her tone.
The ancient Takama-ga-hara, which was originally relatively quiet under the sea, suddenly woke up all the Deadpools hiding in it not long after they returned from the bottom of the sea, as if they were being summoned by something. If it weren't for Eri's words, these Deadpools would have broken through their defenses and rushed towards Tokyo long ago.
Not only were they attacking the Deadpools in the water, there were also many ships around equipped with heavy weapons attacking the Deadpools on the seabed. Some of them were ships of the Miyamoto family, and some were warships of the Self-Defense Forces.
The battlefield in the distance was even more chaotic. Soldiers on the Self-Defense Forces' warships kept strafing the sea with heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, but the number of Deadpools seemed endless. Some even climbed directly onto the deck of the ship and engaged in close combat with the soldiers. The fierceness of the battle continued to escalate, and even the suppression of heavy weapons could not completely stop the impact of Deadpool.
At this time, Su Enxi received a call. She freed one hand to answer the phone with a frown.
A boy's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Girls, Emilia's warship fire control system is about to be cracked, and the Seventh Fleet is dispatched. You can retreat immediately, and let the missiles deal with those things!"
Su Enxi's hand holding the phone trembled slightly. She raised her head and glanced at Eri and Ling who were gritting their teeth to persevere, and then looked at the dense tide of deadpools at the junction of the sea and the sky. Her eyes calmed down for a few seconds, and then she said to the phone: "I understand."
After she hung up the phone, she said loudly: "Listen! Emilica's missiles have begun to be launched. Our mission is accomplished! Everyone prepare to retreat!"
At the moment she spoke, the sky was suddenly illuminated by dazzling rays of light. They were Tomahawk missiles launched from a nearby port. They cut through the thick night and landed precisely on the surging sea where Deadpool was. Violent explosions occurred one after another, and water columns hundreds of meters high rose on the sea surface. The shock wave tore the nearby Deadpool into pieces, and the screams and roars were completely drowned out by the flames and explosions.
At the same time, more than a dozen warships came from a distance. The artillery and air defense systems on those warships had been fully opened. Dense artillery fire poured towards the sea area where Deadpool was densely packed. The trajectories of the shells intertwined into a huge web of death, cutting Deadpool's team in half.
At this time, the Seventh Fleet was like a ghost fleet, with no one on board, but the lights on the bridge were bright. From gas turbines to weapon systems, each item was self-checked, and the weapon locks were automatically released. The Seventh Fleet entered a combat state, with loud whistles sounding one after another. It was because of these warships that Lu Mingfei rushed back to Tokyo without any scruples.
These fleets, which were originally intended to intimidate the Asia-Pacific region, have now become the main maritime force guarding Japan.
Deadpool's roar and the roar of artillery fire intertwined into one, the battlefield was engulfed by a purgatory of blood and fire, and the sky and the sea were dominated by warships and missiles. The doomsday scene became more and more heroic.
On the sea, Emilica's Seventh Fleet was fully engaged in the battle. Tomahawk missiles accurately hit Deadpool's main area. One missile after another whizzed down. The flames of the explosion engulfed large areas of Deadpool. The water columns that rushed into the sky were mixed with blood and flesh debris, rendering the entire sea area red.
"This is too exaggerated, it's just like fighting aliens in the movies!" Jiude Mai watched the flames of missiles streak across the night sky. Every bombardment brought a deafening explosion, and even the waves were blown completely in the opposite direction. For a moment, she even forgot to continue pulling the trigger.
"Don't be dazed, retreat quickly!" Su Enxi shouted while supporting Eiry, her eyes cold. Her voice was like an order, bringing everyone back to their senses from the brief shock.
The ships and warships with living people around also began to retreat at full speed when the Seventh Fleet arrived.
The sea breeze was mixed with a strong smell of gunpowder, the afterglow of artillery fire kept illuminating people's pale faces, the waves were raised into thousands of layers due to the bombardment of missiles, the sea surface became increasingly unstable, and every ship was sailing desperately in this chaos, trying to escape the coverage of the Deadpool tide.
Su Enxi supported Eri and placed her in the corner of the ship's cockpit. She then turned around and quickly adjusted the navigation system. Her tone was cold and hard: "Full power, take everyone back to a safe area first. Staying here is waiting to die!"
Zero stood beside her, skillfully checking the various dashboards in the cockpit. Her movements were as calm as ever, but her eyes were filled with worry that was difficult to conceal. She looked down at Eri, whose pale face still bore traces of her dragon transformation, and it seemed that there were still scales on her forehead that had not completely faded.
"Her condition is too dangerous. If we continue like this, I'm afraid..." Zero whispered, with a rare hint of anxiety in his voice.
"Stop talking nonsense, what we have to do now is to get out of here alive!" Su Enxi interrupted her coldly, staring at the display screen in the cockpit. The enemy signal points displayed on the radar were still densely packed, like an endless tide of Deadpool chasing the retreating ships.
"Retreat? They still have such strong firepower, just let these fleets clean them up directly!" Jiude Mai muttered.
"These missiles only block the area, not solve the underlying problem," Zero replied calmly while covering the evacuation, "There are too many Deadpools, and there may be something even bigger waiting for us on the bottom of the sea."
The battle outside was still going on. Emilica's Seventh Fleet was suppressing the tide of Deadpools with terrifying firepower, but this tide seemed to have no end. More and more Deadpools climbed onto the retreating ships. On the deck of a Miyamoto family ship closest to Su Enxi and the others, soldiers were engaging in a fierce close combat with the Deadpools. The light of flamethrowers and swords flashed alternately, but in the end the entire ship was completely swallowed up by the Deadpools and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Su Enxi watched the ship sink, her teeth clenched, her fists clenched white. Suddenly, a huge red dot popped up on her radar, like some kind of giant target approaching.
"What is that thing?" She turned her head sharply and asked Zero.
Zero quickly glanced at the radar and frowned: "The radar shows that there is a target rising from the seabed, and it is approaching our position." When they stood on the deck, the scene in front of them made them completely speechless. Behind the Deadpool tide, a huge whirlpool was forming on the seabed. The sea water was spinning violently, and was about to be completely drained by some unknown force. A dark figure slowly emerged from the whirlpool, and the battle on the sea came to an abrupt end. Everyone was shocked by the huge figure rising from the whirlpool and was speechless.
The giant beast slowly emerged from the water. Its pure white scales were like steel covered with frost, and each scale gleamed with a deadly luster. Its body was so huge that it was impossible to see its entire appearance. One could only see its mountain-like back rising from the waves, like a monster at the end of the world.
Every movement of it created huge waves, and its huge body broke through the water like a mountain.
"What is that thing?!" the soldiers on the ship shouted loudly, with fear in their voices, because every movement of the giant beast brought a tsunami-like shock wave, even causing the warship to shake.
However, it did not attack the warship immediately. Instead, it rushed straight towards the tide of Deadpools with a terrifying pressure. After sensing the appearance of the monster, the Deadpools swam forward faster and more frantically.
The monster's huge claws slapped the sea surface, causing a wave hundreds of meters high. Those crazy Deadpools seemed so small in front of it. They, who were originally fearless of death, began to disperse, but the monster did not let go of any target.
The beast opened its gigantic mouth, which was filled with a darkness as deep as the abyss, enough to swallow everything. It seemed as if it had transformed into a messenger of hell, and all the Deadpools wherever it went were sucked into its mouth. The Deadpools did not utter a single sound of resistance, but just fled madly. However, any resistance was futile under the attraction of the huge whirlpool.
The sea surface instantly turned into a Shura field. Deadpool's limbs and flesh were torn into pieces as the giant beast devoured them. The blood dyed the entire sea red. Every bite of the beast was accompanied by Deadpool's wailing and explosion sounds. The beast's swallowing speed was astonishingly fast. Thousands of Deadpools were swallowed into its stomach and disappeared without a trace.
Su Enxi held the railing tremblingly, staring at everything with her eyes fixed, her voice hoarse and trembling: "I know... those Deadpools are not trying to attack Tokyo, but are running for their lives... It is devouring these Deadpools to complete its evolution..."
The warship's radar system quickly locked onto the behemoth, the main gun began to adjust its angle, and the ship's close-quarters defense system fired almost frantically, clearing out a space for the swarms of Deadpools. At the same time, more Tomahawk missiles and anti-ship missiles began to concentrate their attacks on the Yamata no Orochi.
"Lock on the target and launch missiles!" A concise and powerful order came from the fleet command center.
Dozens of missiles were launched in succession, aiming directly at the core area of the Yamata no Orochi. Fire and explosions illuminated the sea and sky again, but when the smoke gradually dissipated, the monster was still standing on the sea. Although its body was covered with burn marks, the huge dragon head rose from the sea and let out a deafening roar. The sound seemed to sweep across the entire battlefield like a substance. All the ships were hit by huge waves, and the soldiers had to hold on to the railings tightly to avoid being thrown out of the ship.
"These missiles are totally useless!" Jiude Mai shouted, "That guy is more difficult to deal with than we thought!"
"It's still gathering strength." Zero stared at the Yamata no Orochi with sharp eyes, and his tone became even colder, "Its attack hasn't started yet."
It opened its bloody mouth and a low roar came from its throat, as if it was gathering strength. Then, thick dark purple light beams gushed out of its mouth. Those light beams carried destructive power, streaking across the night sky and directly hitting several approaching warships.
"boom--!"
Wherever the purple light passed, the warship was directly penetrated, and the flames of the explosion instantly engulfed the entire ship, and even the fragments could not escape the terrifying energy fluctuations. A huge fireball rose from the sea, illuminating half the sky.
"These ships are unstoppable!" Su Enxi cursed in a low voice, her palms soaked with cold sweat, "Retreat quickly, we don't have time!"
"If this thing is allowed to evolve completely, Tokyo will be finished! No, the whole of Japan and even the whole world will be destroyed by it!" Jiude Mai said gritting her teeth, holding the machine gun tightly with both hands, cold sweat on her forehead. She looked at Su Enxi: "We must stop it, we have to do something now!"
"What?" Su Enxi forced a cold laugh and pointed at the giant beast on the sea. "What can we use to stop it? Do you see its size? And the power it brings. Our weapons can't even penetrate a single scale of it!"
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"Report to the principal, we have captured the signal of the White King, and the Sword of Retribution will land in the target area in one minute." Just as Ange and his men were busy preparing their equipment to deal with the White King, Norma's voice suddenly rang out.
"What? Where is the target! Why did you launch it without my authorization! How confident are you that you can hit the target!" Angé shouted in disbelief.
"Reporting to the principal, someone with higher authority just issued an order that the probability of eliminating the target is only 50%. However, according to the intelligence, launching the Sword of Retribution immediately can stop the evolution of the White King." Norma continued to report.
Ange wanted to ask something else, but something like a meteorite falling from the sky caught his attention.
The sky was torn apart, and a dazzling fire rushed down from space, dragging a long tail of flame, as if it was the wrath of the gods, rushing straight to the earth. The entire battlefield fell into a brief silence at this sudden scene, even the roar of the waves was covered up.
Ange looked up, with a rare expression of shock and anger on his face. His white hair was blown by the wind, and his eyes reflected the falling light.
"Who gave this order?!" he asked harshly, his tone filled with uncontrollable anger. To launch a strategic weapon like the Sword of Retribution without authorization was an intolerable act of usurpation.
Norma's voice remained calm, without any emotion: "Principal, according to the records, the authorization comes from the highest authority in the system... number '0'."
Ange's eyes instantly turned cold, and he murmured, "Number 0..."
At the same time, on the battlefield at sea, everyone noticed the fall of the Sword of Retribution. In an instant, soldiers, commanders, and personnel on the retreating ships were all attracted by the "Sword of Doom" falling from the sky.
"What is that?" Jiude Mai's voice was filled with shock and fear. "It looks much more terrifying than those missiles just now!"
"It's the Sword of Scourge." Zero stood in the cockpit, a rare look of deep worry on his face. "This is a space-based weapon that fell from space. Its impact is comparable to a small nuclear explosion."
"Nuclear explosion?" Su Enxi's hands trembled when she heard the word, and she almost lost control of the steering wheel. "Then why didn't anyone notify us? There are so many ships and people here! Isn't this going to blow us up too?"
(End of this chapter)
