novellaaa Chapter 95 Fusion
Chapter 95 Fusion
Chapter 95 Fusion (3K)
Luo Meng clung tightly to the broken rudder, his two thick arms bulging with veins.
"Boss, our wrecked boat collided with a Divine Transformation Realm turtle, and we didn't even hear a sound!"
He didn't hesitate and suddenly steered the rudder to full speed.
With a roar, the Zhenyuan roared, its bow cleaving through the lake water as it crashed straight into the docile, bowed ancient alien species.
Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng was stunned when he saw this scene. Then he burst into unrestrained laughter, clapping the jade folding fan he had just picked up in his hand.
"Tianqing's peasants are just peasants; they're not even bright enough. Do they really think that just because they've completed the array patterns, this ancient monster is their pet dog? Trying to ram a pile of broken wood into a Divine Transformation Realm Xuan Turtle is utterly ridiculous!"
Luo Tianheng quickly stepped forward, the slap mark on his face still visible, but he put on a fawning smile.
"Young Sect Master is wise! This stray dog from Tianqing is probably terrified by your Heaven-Locking Formation. He figured he'd die anyway, so he might as well go for the kill. When the Xuan Turtle gets angry, we can crush him into mincemeat, saving us the trouble!"
Just as the ram of the Zhenyuan was about to hit the tortoise shell, the expected scene of the ship being destroyed and everyone on board perishing did not occur.
Instead of launching a sudden counterattack, the black tortoise let out an extremely submissive low growl, its massive head pressed against the water's surface, without budging an inch.
Immediately afterwards, thousands upon thousands of thick, dark red fleshy tendrils burst forth from the bottom of the Zhenyuan ship.
These tentacles, normally used for feeding, now pierced with unparalleled precision into the newly completed golden array patterns on the Xuan Turtle's back.
"The core array diagram of the ancient Sea King's Tomb has been detected (complete). The Fuzhen Earthquake Warship has begun deep fusion!"
The mechanical notification sound exploded in Xu Hao's mind.
Instead of devouring the Xuan Turtle whole, the Zhenyuan created a strange resonance with the Neptune Array patterns on the Xuan Turtle's back through its fleshy whiskers.
The scroll of blessed land trembled wildly in Xu Hao's mind, revealing an extreme excitement of assimilating the core of the ancient alien formation.
The black tortoise raised its head and let out a deafening roar.
There was no pain in the sound; instead, it conveyed a sense of relief.
The massive tortoise shell array patterns transformed into a sky full of interwoven gold and blue light, flowing continuously into the hull of the Zhenyuan ship along the dark red fleshy whiskers.
The original dilapidated wooden surface of the demon ship was now wildly intertwined with the dark blue frost patterns and the golden light of the Xuan Turtle.
An indestructible tortoise shell phantom rapidly formed around the ship's hull, emanating an ancient aura that steadily increased, completely ignoring the suppression of the secret realm's rules.
Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng's smile froze completely.
"How is this possible!" Luo Mingcheng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "He's assimilating the ancient alien species!"
Luo Tian's mouth was agape, and his jaw almost dropped to his feet.
In the hold, Mud Monkey secretly opened one eye, looked at the golden hull of the ship outside, and scrambled to his feet.
"Brother Luo! Our boat's come to life! It's gnawing on a turtle's shell!"
Luo Meng wiped the cold sweat from his face and grinned foolishly.
"If the boss says to crash into it, then it definitely won't break!"
Xu Hao stood at the bow of the ship, feeling the power of the demon ship beneath his feet rising wildly, and a cold smile appeared on his lips.
"Young Master Luo, this turtle shell tastes quite good."
The dilapidated wooden hull was quickly reassembled in the interplay of gold and blue light.
The broken wooden planks were forcibly pushed away, and in their place was a layer of indestructible, dark blue basalt bone armor.
The broken dragon head ramming horn on the bow twisted and expanded amidst a piercing sound of bones grinding together, transforming directly into a ferocious turtle head ramming horn.
The ship was a whole size larger, exuding an ancient and primordial aura.
Chen Yuanzhi touched the cabin wall where bone armor had grown out, and his eye twitched.
This is no boat; it's clearly a living, ancient, ferocious beast.
The beam of light generated by the fusion shot into the sky, forcefully pressing against the golden dome of the Sky-Locking Array, and emitting a cracking sound.
The Zhenyuan's absorption ended, and the array patterns on the Xuan Turtle's back completely faded and disappeared.
But this ancient alien species, whose array patterns had been drained, did not go berserk; instead, it seemed as if it had been freed from its thousand-year-old constraints.
It let out an extremely comfortable low groan, and the massive mountain of flesh shrank dramatically.
In the blink of an eye, the Xuan Turtle transformed into a streak of dark blue light and darted into the lower deck of the Zhenyuan.
The mud monkey, who was peeking out from the bottom deck, suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and a black tortoise the size of a washbasin landed directly in his arms.
"Oh my god! Why has this turtle shrunk?" The mud monkey jumped three feet high in fright.
The miniature Xuan Turtle completely ignored him, found the corner with the most abundant spiritual energy in the lower deck, curled up its four legs, and fell asleep.
Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng's smile froze completely.
He keenly sensed that the power within the formation had completely exceeded his control.
Luo Tianheng was so frightened that he staggered backward, his legs trembling: "Young Sect Master, this—"
Without further hesitation, Luo Mingcheng revealed a ferocious expression and bit his tongue.
Crimson blood essence sprayed onto the dark array plate in his hand.
"Want to turn things around? Dream on!"
The Sky-Locking Formation suddenly activated, and twelve golden beams of light, each as thick as a water vat, instantly twisted, transforming into countless sharp blades of light like meat grinders, carrying a terrifying power that could tear through space, sweeping down upon Xu Hao and the Zhenyuan ship within the formation to annihilate them.
Xu Hao stood on the bow of the newly renovated turtle-shell ship, a mechanical prompting sound ringing in his mind.
[Blessed Land Level Upgrade: Zhenyuan Ship (Mystic Turtle Demon Transformation - Grotto Heaven)]
He raised his head, facing the golden blades of light raining down from the sky, and a wild smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"We're full, time to get back to work."
The Zhenyuan ship beneath their feet let out a deep roar, like that of an ancient behemoth.
A thick, dark blue Xuanwu aura rose from the bottom of the ship, instantly forming a semi-circular protective shield that completely protected the entire ship and Xu Hao.
Bang bang bang!
The array's light blades, sharp enough to cut through iron like mud, rained down on the Xuanwu's protective energy, unleashing a deafening clash of metal against metal.
The lake water was blasted into the sky by the surging air currents.
The light dissipated.
Xu Hao's clothes weren't even slightly disheveled.
The surface of the dark blue Xuanwu aura shimmered with a graceful light, leaving not a crack or even a mark.
There was a moment of silence in the lower deck.
The mud monkey peeked out one eye, touched the intact cabin wall, scrambled to its feet, and leaned halfway out, yelling at the shore: "That's it? That's it! Young Master Luo, is your formation just for show? It can't even scratch the skin of our Zhenyuan ship, it's not even as effective as a Shengzhou woman tickling you!"
Luo Meng grinned widely: "The boss's new turtle shell is really tough!"
Xu Hao's eye twitched, "————"
Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.
His prized trump card, the Sky-Locking Array, which he had spent a fortune to build, was so fragile in front of the Zhenyuan, which had incorporated ancient array patterns, that it was practically a joke.
"Impossible!" Luo Mingcheng stared intently at the array plate. "How could a mere peasant from Tianqing possibly withstand the crushing power of the Heaven-Locking Array!"
Luo Tian knelt in the mud, trembling with fear: "Young Sect Master, this wild dog is evil! Should we retreat first—"
"Shut up!" Luo Mingcheng roared, his eyes bloodshot.
As the young sect master of the Tianheng Sect, if he were forced to retreat by a mere Tianqing native, how could he ever hold his head high again on the Chenhuang Continent?
He bit his tongue hard, spitting his blood onto the dark array plate again. Turning to the Tianheng Sect disciples behind him, he shouted fiercely, "What are you all standing there for! Help me activate the array plate! Today, we must refine this rat to death inside the array!"
Several elite disciples of the Tianheng Sect dared not delay and immediately stepped forward, placing their palms on Luo Mingcheng's back and continuously pouring their pure spiritual energy into the array plate.
The array plate shone brightly with golden light, and the light blade in mid-air condensed again, twice the size of the previous one.
"Die!" Luo Mingcheng's face twisted in pain.
Just as the disciples were about to withdraw their palms to regulate their breathing, they discovered that their palms were as if welded to Luo Mingcheng's back, and they could not pull them off at all.
"Young Sect Master? What are you doing!" a disciple cried out in terror.
Luo Mingcheng didn't answer at all, and the runes on the array plate in his hand changed strangely.
He actually locked the transmission channel, treating these fellow disciples as living spirit stones.
"My vital energy! My spiritual power!"
Several disciples at the Yi Jin Realm struggled desperately, but their spiritual energy and blood were being forcibly drained from their meridians at an alarming rate. Screams echoed around the Spirit Lake.
In the blink of an eye, several once vibrant prodigies of the sects were reduced to skin and bones, collapsing limply to the ground, completely lifeless.
Stepping on the dried corpses of his fellow disciples, Luo Mingcheng felt the power within the array plate surging to the point of explosion, and laughed wildly to the sky: "You dog from Tianqing, let's see how long your tortoise shell can hold out!"
Xu Hao stood at the bow of the boat, watching the dog-eat-dog show on the shore, a mocking smile playing on his lips beneath his mask.
"Using one's own people's lives to fill the array's core, the rules of the Chenhuang Continent are truly eye-opening."
As soon as Xu Hao finished speaking, the dark red fleshy tendrils at the bottom of the boat were now covered with a layer of dark blue, chilling bone spurs, which were frighteningly thick.
Whoosh whoosh.
Hundreds and thousands of bone spurs and fleshy tendrils burst out of the water, heading straight for the Sky-Locking Array in mid-air.
"Boss, our ship has not only grown a hull, but also spikes!" Luo Meng clung to the ship's side, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"This is called a spiky turtle, it'll prick your mouth!" Mud Monkey shouted as he poked his head out of the hold.
"Shut up and watch." Chen Yuanzhi pressed the mud monkey back down.
In mid-air, the golden blade that had drained the genius's life force struck the bone spurs and fleshy tendrils, only scattering sparks.
The fleshy tendrils continued their relentless advance, piercing directly through the golden dome of the Heaven-Locking Array.
Click.
The crisp cracking sound echoed over the Spirit Lake.
The fleshy tendrils precisely wrapped around the twelve dark array flags planted around the lake shore, and with a flash of eerie blue light, uprooted them completely.
"My Sky-Locking Array Flag!" Luo Mingcheng's eyes widened in fury as he reached out to grab it, only to find it empty.
The fleshy whiskers, wrapped around the battle flags, scurried back into the ship's hold in a flash.
The Zhenyuan even let out a satisfying burp, exhaling a plume of white smoke infused with spiritual energy.
The array flags were forcibly removed, and the Locking Heaven Array, which had been operating at its maximum, collapsed instantly.
A terrifying backlash from the formation crashed down upon them.
Luo Mingcheng was the first to be hit, and the main array plate in his hand was blown to dust.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and flew backward, crashing through three large trees before landing in the mud. Countless bones in his body were broken.
Luo Tianheng, who had been bullying others, didn't even have time to scream before being hit head-on by the backlash.
His meridians were broken inch by inch, his dantian and qi sea were completely destroyed, and he lay on the ground without even the strength to twitch.
Xu Hao drew the Sea-Devouring Blade from his waist, pointed the tip diagonally at the ground, and leaped from the bow of the ship toward the shore.
"Young Master Luo, I've seen the rules of Chenhuang." Xu Hao walked up to Luo Mingcheng, looking down at him. "Now, it's time to follow the rules of Tianqing."