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

Chu Zhou didn't tease it any further. The seven lotus leaves swayed gently, his smile fading as he said, "Of course I'm not doing this to save people. What do I care about their lives?"

"What I truly cannot allow is that Blood Sea Mother Embryo using the beast tide to grow stronger."

Upon hearing this, the strange stone flashed with crimson light: "Continue."

Chu Zhou calmly said, "You just said that guy needs blood, he needs death, he needs fear."

"The more people die, the faster it recovers. Since that's the case, why should I let it have its way?"

The strange rock fell silent.

Chu Zhou continued, "Once it recovers its strength, the first person it will want to kill is me. Since we're going to fight sooner or later, why should I continue to nourish it?"

"If it loses one Black Tide King today, I will reduce its number of sea beasts tomorrow. For every bit it recovers, I will devour it."

"Let's see who grows faster in the end."

In the underground ancient city.

The strange rock silently watched Chu Zhou.

After a long pause, it finally said, "So, what you've really been eyeing has never been the Black Tide King."

Chu Zhou nodded: "That's right. What I'm eyeing is the entire East Sea, and the Blood Sea Mother Embryo."

"It treats the East Sea as its bloodbath, but in my eyes, isn't it also a place of opportunity?"

The strange stone remained silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Lotus Demon, I've discovered that you're becoming more and more like a taboo."

Chu Zhou shook the lotus leaf and said lazily, "What taboo? I am just an ordinary green lotus who likes to farm, raise fish, and incidentally swallow a few enemies."

Strange Rock: "..."

It has now completely given up on reasoning with this shameless lotus demon.

Just then.

Chen Mo's communicator rang again, with a series of urgent news updates constantly being posted.

The remaining animal tide in the East China Sea has begun to spread outwards.

A large herd of marine mammals has been discovered off the coast of an island nation.

The Tokyo Disaster Response Bureau in Japan has issued a Level 1 tsunami warning.

The island nation has entered a state of high alert.

Chu Zhou glanced at it, his expression calm: "It seems that old man is really in a hurry."

The strange stone sneered: "Of course it's anxious. That Black Tide King was probably its most capable assistant since the recent revival of spiritual energy, and now you've swallowed it whole right in front of it."

"If it were me, I would go crazy too."

Chu Zhou smiled faintly: "It's best if you go crazy. When you're crazy, it's easy for you to expose your weaknesses."

Chen Mo continued to refresh the messages.

Suddenly, his expression turned strange, and he reported, "Master, the island nation has held a press conference."

Chu Zhou became interested: "Oh?"

Chen Mo opened the live stream, and in the video, a middle-aged man in a black suit was standing in front of the podium.

It was none other than Ichiro Oda, a high-ranking official in the Tokyo Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.

At this moment, Ichiro Oda's face was gloomy.

He looked at the camera and said in a deep voice, "According to the intelligence we have so far, the abnormal turn in the East China Sea beast tide is directly related to the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone of the Dragon Kingdom."

"If it weren't for the Qinglian Forbidden Zone's forceful intervention in the East China Sea battle, the beast tide would never have moved towards our country."

"The Dragon Kingdom should be held responsible for this incident."

These words immediately caused an uproar at the press conference.

Chen Mo was taken aback: "Master, how can you blame us for this?"

Looking at the screen, Chu Zhou suddenly laughed: "This is the first time I've discovered that shamelessness can transcend national borders."

In the underground ancient city, the strange stone heard these words, its blood-red light flashing. It rarely agreed with Chu Zhou, saying, "I do agree with that statement."

Chu Zhou said with a smile, "Since they like to shift the blame so much..."

"Then I really should make a trip to the island nation in the future."

At this point, Chu Zhou looked eastward, where seven lotus leaves unfurled.

The East Sea is just the beginning, as the third spiritual tide draws ever closer.

Whether it's the Blood Sea Mother's Womb, an island nation, or any other forbidden zone, one day they will all appear within his Azure Lotus Domain.

at the same time.

The coastal waters of an island nation.

The once clear sea was now shrouded in a layer of gray-black fog.

The waves rose and fell in the distance.

Mutated sea monsters appeared and disappeared in the seawater.

They did not gather together as they had when they previously attacked the port of the Dragon Kingdom in the East China Sea.

Instead, it split into dozens of streams, which quickly dispersed along the island nation's long coastline.

Some rushed toward the port.

Some followed the river channels into the inland areas.

Some smaller marine mammals even burrow directly into the complex drainage systems of coastal cities.

Tokyo Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.

The piercing alarm had been sounding for a full ten minutes.

A huge map of an island nation floated in the center of the command hall.

The red dots representing sea creatures are increasing at a visible rate.

Kyushu, Shikoku, southern Honshu.

Almost every few seconds, a red alert would be issued for one section of the coastline.

"Report!"

"Kagoshima's first coastal defense line is hit by a wild animal tide!"

Two Tier 5 sea monsters have been discovered on the southern coast of Shikoku!

"Communications at Wakayama Port are down!"

"A large number of mutated octopuses have been discovered off the coast of Kobe, and their numbers are still increasing!"

Staff members kept reporting.

Ichiro Oda stood in front of the command platform, his face growing increasingly grim.

He just now, at a press conference, shifted the blame for the shift in the beast tide to the Dragon Kingdom.

But he didn't expect that.

Those sea monsters arrived so quickly.

In just over ten minutes.

Three lines of defense around the island nation have already been breached.

A middle-aged man in uniform strode over, looking anxious, and said, "Commander Oda, the beast tide is far larger than expected."

"We must immediately seek assistance from the International Organization for Spiritual Disasters!"

Ichiro Oda gave him a cold look.

"Need help?"

"We just announced to the outside world that the island nation has the capability to handle this beast tide."

"Are you trying to make our country a laughingstock in front of the whole world by asking for help right now?"

The middle-aged man's expression changed.

"But if we don't call for help soon, we won't be able to hold onto the southern ports."

"Millions of people in those cities have not yet been evacuated!"

Ichiro Oda said in a deep voice, "Mobilize the Awakened Units directly under Tokyo's command."

"Order the Coastal Self-Defense Force to use all heavy weapons."

"They're nothing but a bunch of beasts who've lost their leader."

"If the Dragon Kingdom can hold them off, so can we."

The middle-aged man looked at him.

His lips moved.

In the end, he did not continue to refute.

The reason why the Dragon Kingdom was able to withstand the beast tide.

It was because Zhou Zhenshan broke through to the sixth level in the heat of battle.

Furthermore, the master of the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone made a move from a distance.

But what about island nations?

The strongest psionic warrior in the island nation is currently only at the early stage of the fourth rank.

The strongest representative among them is the shrine maiden Yue Li Xuejian, who just broke through to the early stage of the fourth rank a few days ago and had been suppressing the beast tide in Tokyo Bay.

However, after the recent beast tide stabilized, he immediately went to the northern part of the island nation to guard a volcanic restricted area that was recovering, together with Fujiwara no Kami, the great Onmyōji of Ise Grand Shrine.

It will take at least two hours to get to the southern coast.

Will the beast tide give them two hours?

The answer is obviously no.

"Baka yarou, no matter what, you must suppress these damned beast tides!"

On the other hand, as news of the East China Sea monster tide attacking the island nation spread, it naturally caused a sensation among many forces internationally.

The United States, France, and other countries immediately condemned China internationally.

Linjiang City, Ninth Bureau Branch Meeting Room.

Zhou Zhenshan sat in the main seat, while Lu Cang, Su Wan, and others sat on either side.

Staff members are reporting on the battle situation.

After the staff finished their report, the meeting room fell silent for a moment.