Chapter 992: Pirates

Xie Zhi hung his body in mid-air, just about to figure out a way to break through Tsukuyomi's Oni God and kill her true form.

But suddenly, he saw an utterly terrifying sight.

The already murderous Oni God now grew even more massive and dreadful within the billowing thick fog.

Dense black smoke surged skyward, completely enveloping the Oni God.

Xie Zhi's eyes slowly widened, his pupils contracting to the size of mung beans from sheer terror.

And before the Oni God Child, Tsukuyomi's eyes had also turned dark, icy, and malevolent.

"Now that there are no witnesses. You can die!"

...

Back at the command center, the lost communications took several minutes to be restored.

When they reconnected the video feed, they discovered the scene before them had rotated ninety degrees.

This angle only had two possibilities: either the equipment had fallen, or Xie Zhi himself had collapsed onto the ground.

Li Tianyang's heart tightened. He quickly leaned over the command console and shouted, "Xie Zhi, Xie Zhi! What's the current situation?"

But he received no response.

"C-could it be... that Captain Xie Zhi has fallen in battle?"

An officer's forehead broke out in cold sweat.

From the moment their view disappeared to the reconnection, only a few short minutes had passed.

They had no idea what had happened in between.

It's just that when the smart device inside the combat suit detached and they couldn't contact the person, it most likely meant something extremely bad had occurred.

Li Tianyang gritted his teeth, his expression incredibly grim.

"Xie Zhi, Xie Zhi, answer me!"

Finally, a response appeared in the lens.

A pair of feet wearing wooden clogs stepped into view before the lens.

They were very petite feet, wrapped in white cotton socks, and the red pleated skirt around the calves was also visible.

As if hearing the sound from the communication device, one foot slowly lifted and then stepped directly onto the lens.

From the Operations Command Center's perspective, they saw a small foot clad in a white cotton sock stepping on their faces.

"CRACK!"

The lens developed cracks; as expected of military equipment, durable enough.

But that stomp drove the device into the soil, causing them to completely lose their view.

"That was... Tsukuyomi's foot."

An officer murmured, his voice tinged with bitterness, involuntarily swallowing hard.

Everyone looked towards Li Tianyang.

The battle situation was already self-evident.

Xie Zhi was most likely in grave danger by now.

Li Tianyang slammed his fist onto the command console in fury.

"Impossible! With Xie Zhi's ability, even if he couldn't defeat his opponent, he shouldn't have been killed so quickly!"

"Tsukuyomi's ability absolutely cannot achieve this!"

Xie Zhi, who possessed the [Universal Harmony] ability, had top-tier survival skills.

Even when encountering opponents stronger than him, he could quickly adapt to their abilities and optimize his own.

Everyone knows that in duels between superhumans, the rock-paper-scissors relationship of ability attributes is particularly important.

So even if Xie Zhi couldn't defeat someone, escaping should have been easy for him.

Unless he encountered someone far stronger than him.

Someone so powerful that his ability couldn't even be activated before he was slain.

But Tsukuyomi from Neon Pirate, was she really that powerful?

Li Tianyang's eyes were filled with resentment. "Neon Pirate shouldn't be allowed to have such an overpowered existence! She must have used something we're not yet aware of."

At this moment, Situ Xin spoke up leisurely: "The people from Neon Pirate are the most treacherous and cunning. Since ancient times, they have adhered to the principle of the inferior overthrowing the superior, constantly thinking about domination."

"These fellows probably won't reveal their true strength so easily."

He said meaningfully: "Do you all truly understand the strength of these people?"

This statement served as a wake-up call for everyone in the East Sea Region.

Since the apocalypse, their most concerning opponent had only been the Colombian Navy.

They hadn't paid any attention to countries like Neon Pirate and New Rohan.

Because the East Sea Region's strength was indeed solid, possessing a large amount of weaponry and equipment, excellent troops, and top-tier superhumans.

Neon Pirate, a country whose military had been restricted for a century, truly didn't have any decent armed forces.

But that didn't necessarily mean they lacked powerful superhumans!

Li Tianyang's expression was frighteningly gloomy.

When Lilong had fallen earlier, he had felt some schadenfreude and looked down on the Jiangnan Region.

But now, their own fleet commander had also fallen so quickly.

To be fair, on the battlefield, life and death are commonplace.

But when a fleet commander, cultivated with massive resources from their own region, truly falls in battle, saying it doesn't hurt is definitely false.

After remaining silent for a long while, Li Tianyang said: "Immediately update the information on Tsukuyomi, mark her superhuman ability index as unknown. Notify all superhumans on the island to be wary of this individual!"

Xie Zhi's death served as a wake-up call for everyone.

Only on the battlefield can one see the true depth of a person, or a faction's real foundation.

Those who are extravagantly praised before the battle, elevated to the heavens, might not possess much dominating power when actually on the battlefield.

And those who keep a low profile will also reveal their sharp claws and fangs, astonishing everyone.

For example, Zhang Yi. For example, Tsukuyomi.

You never know exactly how strong the opponent you're about to face is.

Don't be deceived by appearances, and even more importantly, don't underestimate any opponent.

And while the forces on their side were all cautiously advancing, trying to locate the Divine Source.

A particular special team like this also appeared around the periphery of Mist Valley.

Not affiliated with any country, the Tianlong Pirate Crew members who roamed the Starry Sea Region had also joined the struggle for the Divine Source.

The Dragon King was among the first batch of people to obtain intelligence.

It could even be said that he arrived at Star Island earlier than the other factions.

It's just that the intelligence he initially obtained was clearly inferior to that of the major factions.

He could only determine that the Divine Source was located on Star Island.

Therefore, he organized his elite subordinates and landed on this island nation.

Within the pirate crew, there was no shortage of talented individuals.

Through analysis and exploration of the strange toxic miasma, they also made their way to the edge of Mist Valley.

The shrinking of the toxic zone increased the probability of encounters between the various teams.

For this trip to obtain the Divine Source and revitalize the prestige of the Tianlong Pirate Crew, the Dragon King had brought all the capable superhumans under his command.

This included his deputy leader Bailian, as well as the four surviving fleet division captains.

The Dragon King led them to the edge of Mist Valley.

This area was a desolate wasteland, surrounded by trees that had withered and frozen into ice sculptures, along with vast stretches of scattered rocks.

The Dragon King's tall figure stood at the very front of the team. Gazing at the even denser toxic miasma ahead, a flicker of excitement appeared in his eyes.

"I think I can already sense a powerful energy emanating from over there!"

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