Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Zhou Zhenshan remained calm: "Provocation? You led a beast tide to storm my Dragon Kingdom's port, and you dare ask if I'm provoking you?"

"Retreat immediately, or I'll send you back with me."

The Black Tide King's two scarlet eyes lit up instantly.

As a sixth-order sea beast from the depths of the East Sea, it has devoured countless mutated sea beasts after the spiritual energy recovered, and has almost become the overlord of the surrounding sea area.

Even beasts of the same level wouldn't dare to underestimate it like this.

Now, a human who is only at the late stage of the fifth rank dares to tell it to get lost in front of countless sea beasts?

"Humans!"

The Black Tide King let out a deafening roar.

The sea surface exploded instantly.

Giant waves tens of meters high rose from both sides of its body, and large swathes of seawater, drawn by sixth-order demonic power, transformed into countless pitch-black water spears.

Densely packed, obscuring the night sky.

The second line of defense.

Many soldiers looked up and saw this scene, and their expressions changed instantly.

Each water spear is several meters long.

Its surface is wreathed in dark, psionic energy.

Once they all fall, not only will the first line of defense be destroyed, but even the port area behind which no one has yet evacuated will be completely destroyed.

The commander immediately grabbed the communicator.

"Activate all remaining psionic shields!"

"Intercept with artillery!"

"Don't let those water spears fall into the city!"

The rear gun emplacements quickly adjusted their angles.

One after another, psionic shells shot into the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A large number of water spears exploded in mid-air, turning into a sky full of rain.

There were just too many water spears.

Despite the constant artillery fire, most of the water spears still pressed down on the port.

Black Tide King looked at Zhou Zhenshan, his voice icy.

"Fifth-order human".

"I'd like to see how many people you can protect."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhenshan's eyes turned completely cold.

What he hates most.

These strange beasts used the lives of ordinary people to force the strong to make a choice.

"I truly cannot protect everyone."

"So, as long as we drive you back first, the people behind will naturally be safe."

The words fell.

Zhou Zhenshan slowly clenched his right fist.

Boom!

A deep, thunderous heartbeat resounded from within him.

The five internal organs, like a furnace, began to operate with a roar.

The heart fire burns, the liver wood generates, the spleen earth bears, the lung metal condenses, and the kidney water calms the restless qi and blood in the body.

The five streams of spiritual energy circulated along the newly opened blood and qi channels, eventually converging into Zhou Zhenshan's arms.

Dark golden energy surged skyward.

The void behind him distorted.

The majestic mountain that had briefly appeared during the breakthrough reappeared.

Although it is still just a vague outline.

But the moment the mountain phantom appeared, the pressure on the people on the second line of defense, who were originally struggling to breathe under the pressure of the sixth-level aura, was actually relieved quite a bit.

It was as if a huge mountain was blocking their way.

Zhou Zhenshan took a step forward.

boom!

The ground beneath their feet collapsed instantly.

His figure soared into the sky, charging forward into the deluge of water spears.

The commander's expression changed slightly: "Director Zhou!"

Zhou Zhenshan did not respond.

midair.

He unleashed a barrage of punches like cannon fire.

"Open the mountain!"

boom! boom! boom!

Dark golden fist energy tore through the night sky.

One after another, the jet-black water spears that fell from the sky were forcibly shattered in mid-air by the force of fist energy before they even got close to the port.

Countless seawaters transformed into torrential rain.

The Black Tide King's eyes were icy cold.

The sixth-order demonic power within its body surged continuously, and the water spears it condensed not only did not decrease, but increased in number.

Zhou Zhenshan looked up.

The night sky was almost completely obscured by the pitch-black water spears.

The Black Tide King resides in the East China Sea, with endless seawater beneath his feet.

As long as its demonic power is not exhausted, these water spears can continue to condense.

In contrast, consider Zhou Zhenshan.

Having just entered the late stage of the fifth rank, the Five Organs Furnace has not yet fully stabilized.

With each punch he throws, his internal blood and qi channels are subjected to tremendous pressure.

If this continues, it will consume resources like this.

He will be the first to give way.

The Black Tide King clearly saw this as well.

A hint of cruelty flickered in its scarlet eyes.

"Fifth-tier human, how much longer can your life force sustain this?"

"Ten breaths?"

"Still twenty breaths?"

"When your power is exhausted, I will devour everyone behind you right before your eyes."

Zhou Zhenshan's expression remained unchanged.

He continued to throw punches.

One after another, jet-black water spears exploded in mid-air.

A sudden downpour began.

There were simply too many water spears.

Finally, a water spear dodged the fist's force and grazed past Zhou Zhenshan's side.

puff!

His black combat uniform on his shoulders ripped instantly.

A deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on his shoulder, and blood dripped continuously down his arm.

The second line of defense.

Many soldiers' expressions changed drastically.

"Director Zhou is injured!"

The commander of the defense line gripped the communicator tightly.

He desperately wanted to order Zhou Zhenshan to retreat.

But he couldn't bring himself to give that order.

Because once Zhou Zhenshan steps down...

Those densely packed water spears would then rain down on their heads.

Zhou Zhenshan looked down at the wound on his shoulder.

Then, he clenched his five fingers, sealing the injury with his qi and blood.

"Twenty breaths?"

He looked up at the Black Tide King and said calmly, "Killing you won't take that long."

The Black Tide King, enraged, laughed instead.

"Arrogant!"

It suddenly raised its head.

His demonic power surged once again.

The countless water spears that were originally suspended in the night sky converged towards the center at the same time, condensing into a huge water spear in the void.

Roar!

It suddenly let out a roar that shook the heavens, and the water spear, tens of feet high, directly attacked Zhou Zhenshan.

"Open it!"

Zhou Zhenshan's eyes narrowed instantly; he was also very clear about how terrifying Black Tide King's attack was.

The body's energy and blood are burning wildly.

Almost instantly, a terrifying martial arts dharma image appeared behind him; that dharma image was a mountain.

This mountain is majestic and insurmountable; that is Mount Tai.

In ancient times, emperors often performed the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai. In the folk tradition of the Dragon Kingdom, people believed that Mount Tai connected the Yin and Yang realms, and that the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak was in charge of the cycle of life and death of all living beings.

Haoli Mountain at the foot of the mountain is regarded as a place where the souls of the dead gather. After people die, their souls will return to this place to be judged for good and evil.

The sunrise was also located on Mount Tai, and the unusual phenomenon that Zhou Zhenshan exhibited this time was precisely Mount Tai.

The majestic and imposing phenomenon of Mount Tai, almost instantly stunning the terrifying water spear that stretched for tens of feet, was so powerful that it froze the moment it appeared.

"How is this possible? Your aura?"

A look of horror flashed across Black Tide King's enormous eyes, which were as big as lanterns. It could clearly sense that Zhou Zhenshan's aura was very subtle at this moment.

If it was very weak before, it is now steadily climbing.

Zhou Zhenshan stood in the void, and at this moment, the blood and qi in his five internal organs were completely connected.

His body faintly emitted bursts of multicolored light.

Late stage of Tier 5, peak of late stage.

The aura grew stronger and stronger during the life-or-death battle.

The strange phenomena of Mount Tai behind us gradually became more solid.

As the strange phenomenon solidified, a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured into him, flowing into his body and allowing him to recover quickly.

Within his body, the Qi and blood in his five internal organs circulated continuously, eventually condensing into a seed emitting five colors in his dantian.

The seed carried a terrifying pressure.

A true martial artist!

This was a road no one had ever trod before, and Zhou Zhenshan took his life to walk down it.

A beast tide erupted in the East China Sea.

Similarly, the situation here was also filmed and disseminated by the affected people.

Some people even livestreamed the event.

Chu Zhou's side also reacted, and Chen Mo reported the situation to him.

"East Sea Beast Tide? Black Tide King?"

After listening to Chen Mo's report, Chu Zhou's expression shifted as the lotus leaves around him swayed.

In his previous life, according to this timeline, the Black Tide King should only be at the fourth rank, so how come he's at the sixth rank now?

He thought of his previous life, in which he also died in the East China Sea beast tide, when the Black Tide King appeared during the outbreak of the beast tide.

His strength should be at the fifth rank; it seems he has been reborn.

The world is different now.

"This human is quite interesting. I didn't expect that he would actually reach the late stage of the fifth rank and comprehend the true meaning of martial arts in a short time, and is about to enter the sixth rank."

In the underground ancient city, the strange stone naturally noticed the live broadcast on Chen Mo's communicator. Over this period of time, through observing Chen Mo, it had roughly figured it out.

The amazing thing about this communicator.

This thing allows one to understand the situation in the human world; the earth-shaking changes outside also make Guai Shi sigh.

In His time, society was very backward, nothing like the advanced society we have today.

Chu Zhou became interested upon hearing the strange stone's words.