Full-Time Magician: Demon Mage

Chapter 427 Boiling Tides

Tang Zhong shook his head inwardly. This new military commander was still too young. As one of the top regions in the Shanghai base city, Hangzhou was of great importance.

Recently, sirens have been frequently invading the city, and the situation remains quite urgent and severe.

If the military commanders defending the city only possess this kind of courage and vision, their military skills are inferior to those of the garrison staff in the north and west.

If they were facing an even more powerful sea monster, could they withstand it?

"You handle this. I'm just here to join in the fun."

After finishing his speech, Shao Zheng hurriedly left.

His real purpose was simply to come and watch the show, to see if this guy's outrageous plan was reliable.

The reality was even more reliable than he had imagined; Wang Teng had actually brought over an advanced-stage commander-level sea monster to work for him.

This powerful beast-taming ability was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He needs to elevate this guy's strategic value to another level.

He wasn't just saying that the combat power of an advanced-stage siren commander far surpassed that of the entire Imperial Guard Mage Corps.

Most of the Imperial Guard Mage Corps members are only mid-level mages; the high-level mages are already military intelligence instructors, and there are very few mages who are skilled in naval warfare.

This minor tide was actually both a siren attack drill and a defensive drill for the human side.

Who knows how the annual high tide will turn out? It's good to have a rehearsal in advance and gain some experience.

The siren's tactics were very simple: using the power of the tides, carrying massive waves to crash into the defenses and then prey on them.

Humans need to pay attention to two things here: first, how to defend against them head-on, and second, how to promptly eliminate the spreading sirens.

Therefore, the strategy and tactics are very simple. The only fear is that the mages have no experience in dealing with such situations, act without a clear plan, and are frightened by the sirens' ferocity and cunning.

In recent years, the mages in coastal cities have become too complacent, and their combat skills are far inferior to those of the mages stationed in the north and west.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to inspect in person, precisely to prevent the military officers from being negligent and causing unnecessary casualties.

The departure of the speaker and the military commander did not affect the plans here; the three or four people who remained were stationed at various intersections.

"In that case, I need to leave and go back to work."

Tang Zhong saw that things had basically settled down, so he naturally didn't need to stay here any longer.

He'll have to go back and check on the handling of the siren at the farmers' market to see if he's made any money, and also resell the materials to the suppliers.

"Uncle, take care..." Tang Yue was about to go forward and see him off.

However, Tang Zhong politely declined, instead flying directly into the sky in his winged magical artifact.

Wang Teng and his group of seven sat idly under the mushroom-shaped pavilion, gazing towards the coast, where the roar of waves could be faintly heard.

"Don't you want to go to the front lines?" Leng Qing asked casually after she had some free time.

"No need~ I checked when I went to catch the sea monsters just now. I didn't find the sea monster lord, only some sea monster leaders causing trouble."

"If they still can't stop them and the siren leaders break through the defenses, we might as well buy some land in an inland city and rebuild a manor."

"We can't stay in this coastal city. Let's just leave it to those sirens."

He felt that this siren attack was practically a joke.

"Don't talk nonsense~ You're a councilor, are you planning to lead the way in running away?" Leng Qing couldn't help but roll her eyes at him with amusement.

The other three women smiled knowingly at Wang Teng's joke, having no doubt that he might actually do it.

Half an hour passed quickly during a casual chat.

The Qiantang River began to churn, and a thin line of sky appeared on the distant horizon.

For nearly two kilometers, the river water began to flow backward, with roaring waves surging in and pushing the spray higher and higher.

Compared to the first line of defense, which has bends and a relatively limited energy accumulation distance, the second line of defense has an almost straight section of the river, resulting in a longer energy accumulation process.

Rumble rumble...

Like the roar of the ocean, as the distance approached, a massive amount of river water was lifted to an exaggerated height of tens of meters!

A large number of sea monsters worked together to keep this giant wave from collapsing, and it surged forward madly.

"Have those people nearby retreat first, they'll come back later!"

Wang Teng turned his head and glanced at Tang Yue. Ordinary people and junior-level mages were basically at a disadvantage in front of this wave.

"Okay!" Tang Yue immediately stood up and used her shadow to move towards the waiting convoy.

With Tang Yue's notification, the group realized the danger. After cleaning up the first wave of sea monster corpses, they stayed in their vehicles and could now simply drive away.

"Do you need me to help?" Leng Qing asked seriously.

"No need—that temporary worker is capable of breaking the waves; don't underestimate it."

Wang Teng smiled easily, then used telepathy to give the command to the Black Scale Demon to destroy the giant wave.

As the swarm of sea monsters pushed the waves and rapidly approached, in just a minute or two, a wall of water, resembling skyscrapers, surged across the nearly two-kilometer-wide river.

Such a stunning scene is extremely rare to see under normal circumstances; even high-level water magic cannot achieve this level of scale.

A level 10 gale swept up at the dock, but Tang Yue easily smoothed it out when it reached the mushroom pavilion. She possessed a wind-type domain soul seed, so doing something like this was a piece of cake for her.

Moo~

The Black Scale Demon had arrived in the middle of the Qiantang River. Upon seeing such towering waves, it emitted an excited roar from within its body.

Eight thick, black-scaled tentacles converged, and immense demonic power began to guide the river water, instantly creating a whirlpool at the point where the tentacles met.

The whirlpool expanded rapidly, reaching a diameter of 500 meters in just a few breaths. Its terrifying rotational force caused all the surrounding river water to twist and converge towards the whirlpool.

"Whoa... Is this siren really that terrifying?"

Lingling hid behind Leng Qing, her eyes wide as she watched the giant whirlpool engulf the entire surface of the Qiantang River, effectively cutting off the river's flow.

This feat, which is impossible for humans to accomplish, ironically demonstrates the strength of the siren.

Under the tense gaze of everyone, a wall of water nearly two kilometers wide and tens of meters high crashed into the giant whirlpool!

It was like the sky collapsing! The massive number of servant-level sea monsters could not maintain the water wall, and the water wall collapsed uncontrollably towards the whirlpool!

The sirens: Damn it! We were having so much fun and then it was smashed!

Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble...

Like the roar of the Sea King, a massive amount of water splashed everywhere, and even the water walls on both sides were drawn towards the center and collapsed.

Moo moo moo...

The Blackscale Demon trembled with excitement; its eight tentacles were barely able to maintain the vortex and were shaking uncontrollably.

The accumulated power finally collapsed with a roar, the eight tentacles seemed to be violently thrown back, and the power accumulated in the center of the vortex suddenly exploded, causing the giant vortex with a diameter of several hundred meters to burst upwards!

A giant column of water shot up from the ground, quickly rising hundreds of meters into the air, and countless tiny sea monsters were flung out by the rotating torque.

The sirens at the core fared even worse, crushed by the immense water pressure, their bodies exploding one after another, leaving not even bone fragments behind.

"So...so magnificent!" Lingling craned her neck to look at the breathtaking scene in the sky, feeling as if she could hardly breathe.

Apas nodded repeatedly, giving the ugly tentacle siren a second look. The fact that it could create such a spectacular sight certainly pleased her.

(End of this chapter)