On the Ark.

Blue Poison said, "It is not the real body, but just a small puppet. Just like you just described, it was sent out by the real body to test us."

"so what?"

"So we must let the main body know that we are beings of the same level as the main body, or that we have the power to threaten the main body," Blue Poison quickly explained. "The larger creatures in the deep sea become stronger the longer they live. And the reason they can survive in such a cruel food chain is because they have high intelligence and know how to make choices."

"You mean..." Skyfire understood what Blue Poison was trying to say, "If the main body senses a threat from us through this puppet, it might let us go?"

“It’s not about letting us go, but about letting tonight’s hunt go,” Blue Poison said. “Deep-sea creatures and land creatures do have some things in common, especially the more powerful the creature. Powerful creatures won’t risk their lives for a meal against another powerful creature. It’s not a matter of fear, but rather that they would feel it’s not worth it.”

Chūmaru clicked his tongue: "Could someone possess such high intelligence?"

"If it weren't for that, we wouldn't be in this predicament now."

Tianhuo nodded slightly: "Is that so? In that case, I understand."

As she spoke, she raised her staff towards the "deep-sea golem" still struggling in the fire and slowly closed her eyes. Then, her hair slowly rose up, and everyone felt a surge of heat emanating from her body. Even in this weather, those standing next to her had to move a few steps to the side to avoid being burned by the heat.

That was the first time Lin Ye had seen Tianhuo make a move, directly unleashing a fireball. He originally thought Tianhuo would unleash an even bigger fireball, but he didn't expect Tianhuo to go even further.

When Tianhuo began chanting the incantation, everyone felt the ground beneath their feet loosen.

Before anyone could react, they saw stones being ripped from the ground by an invisible force and converging on the "deep-sea golem's" head. To everyone's astonishment, the small stones eventually coalesced into a massive sphere, resembling a meteorite from afar.

"What, what is this?" Lin Ye had never seen such an ability before.

Tianhuo slowly opened her eyes, and her body temperature suddenly soared, even igniting her clothes.

"Miss Skyfire!" Magellan exclaimed, "Your clothes!"

"There's no time to worry about that now!" Tianhuo shouted. "I'm going to show that monster in the deep sea my true power!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the meteorite burst into flames, the intense heat illuminating everything around it, like a sun hanging in the night sky.

Tianhuo shouted again and then waved his staff.

The burning "meteorite" fell straight down at her command.

To everyone's astonishment, the falling fire struck the "Deep Sea" puppet, which was still struggling in the flames, with a resounding crash. At that moment, the "Deep Sea" puppet let out its sharpest scream, but it lasted for less than a second before being drowned out by the massive tremor.

Like an earthquake, the entire coastline trembled. At the same time, an even more powerful heat wave swept over them, almost knocking them over.

Fortunately, Lin Ye had driven the [Maple] into the ground, which allowed him to stand up and avoid becoming the only one in the group to be knocked down. Even so, the intense heat from the raging fire made it difficult for him to breathe.

Is this the power of heavenly fire?

Lin Ye never expected it to be so exaggerated. She looked like nothing more than a domineering young lady who couldn't even kill a chicken.

But he casually summoned a "meteorite," which crushed the "deep-sea puppet" into dust and incinerated it in the flames.

He couldn't help but look at the skyfire, but Magellan, who was standing next to him, suddenly lunged forward and covered his eyes.

"Dr. Lin, it's better if you don't see him now."

But it was too late; Lin Ye had already glimpsed the shape of the heavenly fire through Magellan's fingers.

His whole body was engulfed in flames, yet he was completely naked.

He immediately closed his eyes.

"I didn't see anything."

……

……

Author's Note: After reviewing Tianhuo's skills, I felt that the "summoning meteors out of thin air" setting was too exaggerated. Using it would make the game unplayable, so I made a change here, putting "meteor" in quotation marks to avoid disrupting the power balance.

The second update will still be released very late, so it's best not to stay up late to wait.

Chapter 336 An Invitation from the Deep Sea

"Heavenly Fire" was probably Tianhuo's ultimate move. After using it, she felt as if her body had been completely emptied out in an instant. She couldn't even cover her naked body, let alone stand up. After staggering a couple of times, her staff slipped from her hand, and she fell straight forward. Fortunately, Blue Poison caught her in time.

The moment Lan Du's body touched Tian Huo's, she let out a soft "Ah!" and almost let go. Tian Huo's body temperature was frighteningly high; Lan Du felt as if she were holding flames in her arms. Fortunately, she quickly regained her composure and was able to hold her tighter, then took off her raincoat and wrapped it around Tian Huo's body.

"What terrifying power." Standing to the side, Chūmaru looked at the almost unconscious Tenka and said softly, "I have never seen such a powerful sorcerer before."

Shuangye nodded silently.

Magellan only released his hand from Lin Ye's eyes after seeing that Blue Poison had completely covered Skyfire's body with his raincoat: "I'm sorry, Doctor Lin Ye, I just..."

"It's alright, it's what you should do." Lin Ye looked at Tianhuo, "How is she?"

"They must be exhausted," Blue Poison said.

“After all, even the most powerful sorcerer couldn’t withstand such a powerful spell,” Chūmaru said. “But I think she did her best.”

Chanmaru's words reminded Lin Ye, who turned his head and looked at the raging fire a dozen meters away, which even the torrential rain could not extinguish. Red-hot rocks were scattered everywhere, and the "Deep Sea Golem" was pressed under these rocks, finally motionless, as if it had finally died completely.

"Its vitality is too tenacious." Chūmaru said as he walked towards the flames. "Does it have to be this way to kill it? How terrifying must the deep-sea entity be?"

Seeing that Chūmaru was about to walk over, Lin Ye quickly called out to her, "That's enough, don't get too close!"

"Ugh, we finally managed to kill it, aren't we going to see what it was?"

“You said it yourself, this thing isn’t the key; the one controlling it is.” Lin Ye looked around. “Maybe the real thing is watching us from somewhere.”

Lin Ye's words reminded the others, and they quickly recovered from their astonishment at the power of the Heavenly Fire, cautiously observing their surroundings just like Lin Ye. But there was still nothing around; the torrential rain continued, and the sky remained dark. Although there had been thunder that illuminated the night and the frenzy of the "Heavenly Fire," once it all passed, the night seemed to return to its usual character.

“We can’t see anything at all,” Chūmaru asked. “Magellan, could you use your drone to scout the surroundings? Drones have a much better field of vision than we do.”

Magellan had already retrieved the drones, and she could only shake her head and refuse Chūmaru's request: "They absolutely cannot be allowed to fly in this kind of weather; they would be completely destroyed in just a few minutes."

"Alright," Chūmaru said somewhat helplessly, "So we can only wait for the Deep Sea's response, right?"

According to Blue Poison's plan, as long as the "Deep Sea Body" felt threatened by them, there was a high chance it would choose to abandon the hunt and leave. Although Lin Ye didn't want to let it leave, he also knew very well that confronting the Deep Sea Body at this time would only be suicide.

So, how did the "Deep Sea" respond?

It must have already "seen" the meteorite falling from the sky through the puppet's eyes, right? This is something that doesn't exist in the deep sea, and it's also the strongest attack of the Heavenly Fire. But whether it can make the "deep sea" feel threatened, no one knows for sure. So they can only wait in the torrential rain, quietly waiting for the deep sea's response, as if awaiting a verdict from fate.

But they waited for nothing; all that echoed in their ears was the howling wind and the pattering rain.

About five minutes later, Chūmaru looked at Blue Poison: "There's still no reaction. Does this mean Deepsea has left?"

Blue Poison said, "I'm not sure either."

“It should have left,” Chūmaru said. “We’ve already broken its second toy. If it were really angry and wanted revenge, it would have come knocking by now, right?”

Chūmaru referred to the puppet killed by the Heavenly Fire as the second toy of the Deep Sea, so the first toy was obviously the dead Ursus Sentinel. This analogy made Lin Ye feel somewhat uncomfortable, but he said nothing and simply walked straight towards the remains of the Deep Sea puppet.

The flames summoned by the heavenly fire had been completely extinguished by the torrential rain, leaving Lin Ye with only a flashlight for illumination. The deep-sea golem, which had appeared exceptionally fragile under the onslaught of the flames, now looked chilling and terrifying in the dim light of the flashlight. Despite being called a "deep-sea golem," it was undoubtedly a type of marine creature, though Lin Ye had never seen one before.

“Yesterday I heard Youmeng say that the deep sea is pitch black and you can’t even see light.” Chanmaru’s mutterings sounded behind Lin Ye. “So most of the creatures in the deep sea just grow randomly, which is why they are so ugly? It’s making me want to throw up.”

Lin Ye didn't know if Chanmaru was saying that on purpose to ease the tension, or if he was genuinely oblivious. But at this moment, he didn't want to reply to Chanmaru. He bent down and looked at the broken remains at his feet. Tentacles and suckers were beneath the bodies. Although they were charred, Lin Ye still had the illusion that he would see them jump up at any moment.

After waiting a while longer, I still didn't see anything new, and the rain gradually subsided.

Blue Poison seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "It seems to be over."

"it's over?"

“Hmm, if there’s still no response, then it can only mean that the Deep Sea did sense our threat and left,” Blue Poison said. “Its hunt has ended; we can go and search…”

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Lin Ye immediately sensed something was wrong and turned around to look at Lan Du: "What's wrong?"

Blue Poison didn't speak, but just stared blankly behind Lin Ye, towards the direction of the sea.

Before Lin Ye could turn around, his phone suddenly vibrated.

Ignoring the danger of water damage, he immediately took out his phone, and the dialer on the screen stunned him.

Skadi.

He suddenly realized something, so instead of answering the phone, he slowly turned around and looked at the sea.

A cheerful cell phone rang in Lin Ye's hand.

And the vanished island finally reappeared on the sea.

They were less than... 200 meters away.

Lin Ye immediately understood.

The deep sea did not leave; instead, it extended an invitation to them.

Chapter 337 I'm here, wait for me!

For a moment, Lin Ye thought he was seeing things, until Chanwan next to him said with the same surprise, "Hey, am I seeing things? When did an island appear there?" He then realized that he was not mistaken and understood why Lan Du had made that expression.

Because the "deep sea" did not move away, but instead took the initiative to approach them.

Is that island... the real "deep sea"?

Skadi's phone rang for about ten seconds before stopping. Lin Ye didn't answer, because he knew there was nothing on the other end. It was more like a call from the Deep Sea than Skadi, and he was now standing right in front of the Deep Sea.

Previously, Blue Poison had speculated that the island was a large creature from the deep sea. However, Lin Ye couldn't find even the slightest trace of a living being on the island. Even so, when he stood in front of the island, he felt as if he were being stared at by a pair of eyes, though he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination.

But whether it was a misperception or not, Lin Ye knew they had no other choice.

He took a deep breath, turned to the others, and said, "It seems to be inviting us over."

"Huh? You invited us?" Chūmaru looked incredulous. "Are you kidding me?"

Lin Ye ignored Chan Wan and looked at Lan Du. Lan Du had recovered from her previous shock, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

“Yes, otherwise it wouldn’t have gotten so close to us,” Blue Poison said. “It must have sensed the power that Miss Skyfire just displayed, but that power was clearly not enough to threaten it or make it give up the hunt. So it decided to test us further.”

"Is the next test... coming in person?"

"Yes?"

"Can we just ignore it?" Chūmaru asked. "Can we just leave this place? I have a feeling that island looks weird."

As expected of the true form of the deep sea, it actually made Chūmaru, a true demon, feel something strange.

Blue Poison glanced at Chūmaru and said, "Putting aside the fact that this is the best time for us to find Miss Skadi and the missing members, given the current situation, are you willing to leave your back to a powerful and dangerous beast?"

Chūmaru was jolted awake by Blue Poison's words: "You mean, we've already been targeted by it?"

“That’s obvious,” Blue Poison said. “As I just said, its coming in person is another test of us. If we choose to avoid it…”