While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

Back in rescue room 101, Ye Rou relayed Mu Lan's words to Yang Ding verbatim.

She's not very bright, but her clever husband always manages to spot details and clues.

After listening, Zhou Ruoxi shared her insights.

"My mother is an SSS-level water-type expert. She said that there are three levels of beast crystals for superhumans."

"The low-grade is general spiritual energy, which is absorbed slowly and has a low absorption rate. It is best to refine it into a beast core for consumption. The mid-grade is beast crystals with the same attributes, which is currently the most mainstream cultivation method."

"The highest grade is the Force Beast Crystal. As long as the aptitude isn't too bad, you can accept them all, and your strength will increase instantly."

"Instant increase?" Everyone was shocked.

"That's right. A newly awakened water-type ability user can digest 4300 billion points of spiritual energy by consuming a Grandmaster-level Force Beast Crystal within a day. The only problem is that they need to cultivate the technique or create their own."

Zhou Ruoxi's aptitude in the water system is already outstanding, but she still needs to cultivate all night to absorb the beast crystal with 200,000 jin of strength.

"No wonder Wang Xuehua wanted to dominate Donghai City back then and spend tens of billions to build a nuclear submarine for hunting."

"Then we must not let them succeed. Once Wang Xuehua becomes a dual master of spatial and water systems, my husband will be in danger. It's a pity we don't know where the mermaid beast is hiding."

Yang Ding pulled Ye Rou into his arms and asked with a smile, "Didn't Dean Mu already tell you?"

The drilling platform was blown to pieces, leaving nowhere to stand. That's when Zhang Peng's wife's weapons came in handy.

She was carrying a roll of bamboo mats on her back, which could be unfolded to serve as a rescue bed, a bed on the sea, and also as a weapon.

Yang Ding had his arm around Ye Rou, and Zhou Ruoxi had her arm around Fang Jing; the four of them stood on the sea.

Zhang Peng stood on his wife's bamboo mat.

The scene was filled with the sounds of gunfire and screams of agony.

In addition to the drilling workers, there were also more than 180 soldiers who were among the first to arrive at the sea.

"There are a few people over there who seem to be injured. Let's treat them first."

With a flick of her two fingers, Cai Xiaoling made the bamboo mat sail swiftly across the sea.

Yang Dingye, Rou, Zhou Ruoxi, and Fang Jing formed a four-person team that flew on both sides.

Ye Rou pointed to the black smokestacks slowly rising from the sea in the distance, "Honey, what are those things? Are they submarines?"

"Yes, they're still here. How arrogant!"

As they were talking, the other side launched an anti-ship missile.

The missile traced an arc in the air and flew towards Yang Ding's group.

"Holy crap, they're going to blow us up!"

"Could it be a submarine belonging to the Wang family?"

"Screw it, I'll handle it."

Yang Ding tossed Ye Rou to Zhou Ruoxi and then flew toward the missile.

He created a void rift in mid-air, swallowing the missile.

"Eat your own poop."

In the blink of an eye, the missile struck the submarine directly with a loud bang.

The submarine, likely made of black steel, was not destroyed but instead sank quickly into the water in fright.

"Honey, a mine has come from over there."

Yang Ding turned around and saw that there was another submarine behind him, and he was certain that this submarine belonged to the Wang family.

It seems that the missile just now wasn't aimed at us, but at this submarine.

Yang Ding didn't have time to think too much. He followed suit, diving into the water and creating a void rift to swallow the mine.

The mine didn't even turn around; it crashed directly into the Wang family's nuclear submarine and exploded.

This is why firearms have been gradually phased out.

It's certainly powerful, but against a skilled opponent, it'll just blow you up, which is a huge waste.

The Wang family's submarine also sank into the water and disappeared.

Zhang Peng and Cai Xiaoling also rescued about ten miners.

"Yang Ding, have you figured out who this submarine is?"

"The one behind must belong to the Wang family. I stood on it and looked at it up close that night. I don't know about the one in the distance."

"They're either pirates or official hunters from the White Eagle Empire. Right now, only the White Eagle Empire is still producing submarines."

"The White Eagle Empire has even come here to hunt?"

"It's probably also for the mermaid beast," Zhang Peng analyzed.

Under normal circumstances, it would be very unprofitable for the White Eagle Empire to come here, as they would have to cross the waters outside the Northern City if they were to travel via the Northern Sea Route.

If you go from the south, it's ridiculously far.

But if it's for hunting fish and other animals, then it makes sense.

Just then, a soldier in the distance shouted, "Help! Help! A steel-toothed beast is biting me!"

"Steel Fang Beast, this is a good thing."

Yang Ding quickly dove into the water and rushed towards the soldiers.

"Sister Ruoxi, the Steel Fang Beast is very difficult to deal with. Why don't you go and help your husband?" Fang Jing said.

"it is good."

Zhou Ruoxi placed Ye Rou and Fang Jing on a bamboo mat, then dived into the sea in a standard diving motion, chasing after Yang Ding.