Chapter 64 p2
Yu Chi took out a large handful of star candies from her pocket and stuffed three into her mouth. The sweet taste made her feel much better, and the fatigue in her body was instantly consumed.
No big deal, she thought. As long as I successfully get through this contamination tide, I can arm my territorial sea to the teeth next time, and I won’t have to be so tired.
However, at this time, she also understood the reason why those people had formed an alliance. There were two forms of an alliance. You could choose to have your territorial seas scattered in various places, or you could choose to have them together.
Like Yu Chi and their plastic alliance, they had never even considered the idea of being together. Meeting once a week was enough for these lone wolves.
However, there were many benefits to merging territorial seas. For example, when a single territorial sea was being upgraded, other players could come to help, which would be much easier.
Just imagine, in the future, when the territorial sea expanded to 10,000 square kilometers, and she was still the only one facing the contamination tide, wouldn’t that be a very desperate feeling?
While frantically filling the barrier with crystals, Yu Chi began to think about whether she should raise some pets or something.
There were also many creatures that could fight in the water. Since the requirement for upgrading the territorial sea was for them to increase the number of creatures, of course, it was more appropriate to increase the number of combat creatures.
But these were all things for the future.
After fighting inexplicably and with great difficulty for more than three hours, the first wave of mutated jellyfish was finally finished. Yu Chi didn’t even dare to rest. She finished replenishing all the barriers in one go, and then immediately flew to the east to check on the silver wolf’s condition.
The treant’s defense was stronger, so the west side was the safest area, and the number of times the barrier had been broken was also relatively small. The small boat’s side was fine because Yu Chi had paid more attention to it and had a protective shield.
But the silver wolf on the east side was different. It had killed the most mutated jellyfish, and at the same time, its injuries were the deepest. Yu Chi had cast Holy Light on it seven times in the middle, but it was always not as fast as its injuries.
Because of the Giant Island’s crystals, their strength had improved too quickly, and Yu Chi had not had time to learn higher-level magic, so Holy Light was only at the third order.
—And being frequently injured and frequently healed was a very painful process in itself.
When Yu Chi arrived at the east line, her heart almost stopped—the silver wolf was lying on the broken ice, its silver-white fur corroded and mottled, its right front paw almost showing the bone, and a pool of black and red blood had accumulated under it.
After seeing her, the silver wolf let out a soft “awoo” and weakly wagged its tail. Its deep green eyes looked moist and very well-behaved.
“It’s okay, Ah Yin!” Yu Chi rushed over, her hands glowing with holy light.
A soft green light enveloped the silver wolf’s entire body, but the speed of its wound healing was surprisingly slow. Only then did she discover that the black slime was wriggling on the wound like a living thing, constantly counteracting the healing energy.
Yu Chi gritted her teeth and increased her magic power output. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She couldn’t help but be glad that she had learned Holy Light. There were many types of healing magic of the same order, but only Holy Light could dispel dark matter.
After casting three Holy Lights in a row, she barely managed to dispel the dark matter. Yu Chi breathed a sigh of relief and continued to cast Holy Light, letting the wound slowly heal.
At the same time, she took out a lot of spirit plants from her space, all of which were helpful to the body, such as restoring Spirit, reducing fatigue, and increasing stamina.
“I’ll get you some meat after this is over,” Yu Chi gently touched the silver wolf’s head. Her heart was pounding violently. She didn’t even notice that when she was casting Holy Light, the incantation time had been reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds.
After the silver wolf recovered, it stood up and rubbed against her shoulder. Yu Chi hugged its soft head and finally relaxed.
Just then, the second wave of contamination tide came.
A teeth-grinding “crack” sound suddenly came from the sea. Yu Chi turned her head and saw dozens of truck-sized giant crabs slowly approaching.
Their shells were covered with sharp thorns, and the liquid dripping from their pincers etched out bursts of white smoke on the ice. The three in the front row had already raised their giant pincers and began to smash the barrier with force.
【The barrier has been damaged. Please repair it immediately.】
【The barrier has been damaged. Please repair it immediately.】
【The barrier has been damaged. Please repair it immediately.】
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Truck-sized giant crabs swarmed in from all directions. Their attack power was completely different from the previous jellyfish. The moment they smashed into the barrier, the barrier was damaged.
The silver wolf let out a low growl from its throat and immediately wanted to go forward to fight. Yu Chi temporarily stopped it and took out the Two-Sided Mirror and asked, “Little flower fairy, is the Thunder Pattern Bamboo ready?”
She was not completely inactive about this contamination tide, but she had not expected it to be so fierce that even the silver wolf was so seriously injured.
The little flower fairy nodded with worry. Yu Chi simply comforted her, placed 30 sections of Thunder Pattern Bamboo on the silver wolf’s speedboat, and taught it how to use it. “This will explode. You must be careful.”
The silver wolf was already very human-like, especially when facing her. Its silver-white head bobbed up and down, its eyes looking at the Thunder Pattern Bamboo with curiosity.
Yu Chi smiled and pulled its fur: “Safety is the most important thing.”
Then she immediately flew to the edge of the barrier. With a wave of her hand, dozens of Thunder Pattern Bamboos were instantly planted on the edge of the barrier. A dozen or so elven blessings were cast, and the Thunder Pattern Bamboos instantly broke through the sea and grew upwards.
Yu Chi flew around the range of her territorial sea and, at the same time, planted Thunder Pattern Bamboos in every place on the edge of the barrier in the same way. After she was done, she was so tired that she had to stuff a few more candies into her mouth and eat two Ice Crystal Fruits.
The next second she rested, countless explosions came from the edge of the barrier, one after another, much more powerful than the previous Exploding Fruits.
Every section of the Thunder Pattern Bamboo could explode, not to mention such a long Thunder Pattern Bamboo. It had been exploding for a full hour before it stopped.
Yu Chi flew a lap over her territorial sea and found that most of those giant crabs had already been blown to death. Only a small part was left, which the silver wolf and the treant could completely clean up.
“All the stock is used up,” she sighed. This Thunder Pattern Bamboo was a good thing, but it grew relatively slowly. To be able to grow so much in a month was already the result of the little flower fairy’s very hard work.
However, she couldn’t stop now. The contamination tide was divided into three waves. The first wave was won by quantity, the second wave had a reduced quantity but was stronger, and the third wave was a complete victory of strength.
Yu Chi didn’t dare to stop for a moment and repaired all the barriers. She sat on the boat and waited for the third wave of contaminated creatures.
A small speedboat rushed over on the sea. The silver wolf on it let out an “awoo,” raised its paw, and a section of Thunder Pattern Bamboo flew out, directly exploding on a giant crab that was still struggling to move.
“Yo, you’re having a lot of fun, Ah Yin,” Yu Chi said with a smile.
The silver wolf wagged its tail at her and continued to control the speedboat to run in another direction. The treant also began to clean up the battlefield, controlling its branches to throw all the jellyfish and contaminated creatures’ corpses outside the territorial sea.
With the barrier as the range, the ocean outside and the territorial sea inside were separated. And the attacks inside would not cause any damage to the barrier. In addition, as long as it was not hit by a very devastating blow, the barrier would not shatter all at once.
This was also the reason why Yu Chi could still repair it. If the barrier had completely shattered, it would have taken a lot of time just to repair it, which was not something that could be done on the battlefield.
The sea suddenly fell into a strange calm.
Yu Chi stood at the bow of the boat, her fingers unconsciously rubbing the hilt of her Frost Blade. This calm was more unsettling than the previous frenzy—the third wave of contamination tide was coming.
“Ah Yin, come back!” she shouted into the distance. The silver wolf immediately turned its speedboat around, and with a few leaps, it jumped back onto the boat, its body still carrying the scorched smell of Thunder Pattern Bamboo.
The treant also shrank its body on the west side, turning into a three-meter-tall form to guard the shore. Yu Chi noticed that its branches and leaves had already lost nearly one-third, but its main trunk was still upright.
【Warning: High concentration of contamination source detected.】
【A leader-level contaminated creature is about to appear.】
Just as the system prompt flashed, the entire sea area suddenly trembled violently. The deck under Yu Chi’s feet tilted by nearly 30 degrees, and she had to grab the railing to steady herself.
“Boom—!”
Less than a hundred meters from the bow of the boat, a huge vortex with a diameter of more than fifty meters suddenly exploded on the sea. The inky black seawater swirled, forming a terrifying funnel-shaped deep pit.
Yu Chi’s heart skipped a beat. Why did it appear directly within the territorial sea?
No, the barrier has completely shattered.
She looked up. The speed at which the barrier had shattered was too fast, almost in an instant. The system’s notification sound came belatedly.
【The territorial sea barrier has shattered. Please repair it immediately.】
Damn it. Yu Chi slowly exhaled. If other players were to attack at this time, wouldn’t I be done for?
The elf’s golden hair was blown about by the chaotic airflow. She narrowed her eyes and saw a behemoth slowly rising from the center of the vortex.
It was a deformed giant whale, more than a hundred meters long, its skin covered with constantly wriggling flesh tumors. The most terrifying thing was its head—where its eyes should have been, three cracks had opened, revealing dense compound eyes inside, and its original mouth had split into six lobes, each covered with barbed teeth.
【Corrupted Whale King (Leader-level)】
【Level: 40】
【Traits: Deep Sea Corrosion, Mental Pollution, Regeneration】
“Level 40…” Yu Chi’s throat tightened.
She had misunderstood. If other players dared to come in at this time, they would probably be done for with her.
Yu Chi: (П▽П)
Boohoohoo, so ugly, so disgusting. Daddy, save me! Yu Chi turned her head, two streams of wide noodles on her face.
The Corrupted Whale King let out a deafening roar, and the sound wave stirred up a ten-meter-high giant wave on the sea. Yu Chi immediately activated the hull protective shield she had just received and shouted at the same time, “Ah Yin, prepare to freeze the sea!”
The silver wolf let out a long howl at the sky, and a bone-chilling cold appeared around its body. When the giant wave came, the cold air collided with the wave, instantly condensing into an arc-shaped ice wall.
“Crack!”
The ice wall only lasted for three seconds before it shattered with a crash, but it had already bought Yu Chi enough time. She soared into the air, her longbow drawn full, and three arrows entwined with natural energy were nocked at the same time.
The longbow was of the ice attribute, but when used by an elf, it could directly use the arrows transformed from natural energy.
Yu Chi had gathered all her magic power into these three arrows, using this desperate shot to start the battle.
The arrows hit the Corrupted Whale King’s compound eyes and exploded into emerald green flames. The monster let out a painful hiss, and its six-lobed giant mouth simultaneously spat out black slime, which rained down on the sea like a storm.
“Hiss hiss hiss—”
The seawater that the slime touched immediately boiled and smoked, and even the air became pungent and unpleasant. Yu Chi hurriedly pulled up her altitude, but a few drops still splashed on her wings, and a piercing, burning pain was immediately felt.
“Holy Light!” She gritted her teeth and healed herself, while observing the battle situation.
The Corrupted Whale King had already dived underwater, leaving only a huge shadow cruising on the sea. Yu Chi knew that it was accumulating power—a monster of this level would definitely not have just this much skill.
As expected, ten seconds later, the entire sea area suddenly churned violently. Dozens of tentacles as thick as giant trees broke through the water, each covered with suckers and sharp thorns, frantically lashing at Yu Chi and the boat.
“Bang!”
A tentacle heavily smashed on the protective shield, and the boat shook violently. Yu Chi saw that the protective shield’s energy value had instantly dropped by 15%.
“Crystal energy cannon, fire!”
The two crystal energy cannons fired at the same time, and the blue-white energy beams pierced through two tentacles. The Corrupted Whale King cried out in pain, and more tentacles extended from the bottom of the sea. A few of them even entangled the treant.
Yu Chi frowned. Just as she was about to go and help, five tentacles instantly surrounded her. She constantly dodged and moved, holding her Frost Blade. However, after the tentacles were cut, they would regenerate, which would only constantly exhaust her stamina.
So it’s a whale, but why does it have tentacles?! Yu Chi was on the verge of tears.
I can’t continue to be entangled like this. Yu Chi jumped into the sea and transformed into her mermaid form. An elf’s attack power was not strong, and a Cinnabar Finch was not suitable for sea battles. A mermaid should be the most suitable.
Countless thick tentacles swarmed towards her. Yu Chi’s speed in the water was almost invincible. She dodged these tentacles and rushed directly towards the Corrupted Whale King. With a flick of her long tail, she directly whipped its chin.
The sound of bones cracking was heard. Yu Chi’s lips curled up. While the whale opened its mouth, she directly threw in 20 sections of Thunder Pattern Bamboo—as expected of a rare-grade cannonball, it was waterproof.
After doing all this, she rushed out of the water, jumped into the air, returned to her human form, held her dual blades, and poured all her strength into the blades, then dived down.
The Frost Blade, with a silver-white light, chopped at the back of the Corrupted Whale King that was exposed to the water. A muffled explosion was heard from inside the whale’s body. Yu Chi felt the resistance from the blade, increased her strength, and forcibly plowed a wound dozens of meters long on the monster’s back.
The Corrupted Whale King let out a shrill and miserable cry, and a large amount of black blood spurted from the wound. It twisted its body frantically, stirring up a monstrous wave, trying to shake off Yu Chi on its back.
Yu Chi stepped on its back and jumped up, directly returning to the small boat, then turned around and said, “Ah Yin, Ah Shu!”
With her voice, the silver wolf and the treant jumped directly onto the whale’s back.
The silver wolf’s sharp claws were deeply embedded in the Corrupted Whale King’s rotting flesh. The frost power spread along the wound, and half of the whale’s body was frozen. The treant, on the other hand, extended countless vines, which, like living things, drilled into the monster’s wound and grew wildly inside.
The Corrupted Whale King let out a deafening wail, and its huge body rolled violently in the sea. It was not until the huge body became tired and weak, and slowly stiffened and stopped moving.
【The Corrupted Whale King has been killed.】
Yu Chi’s heart, which had been hanging, was finally put down. Although the Boss was strong, she was already over level 30, so it was not too difficult to fight.
She looked up and found that the whale’s body had automatically disappeared, and a crystal core emitting a faint blue light was floating on the sea.
【Territorial sea upgrade complete!】
【Current range: 67 square kilometers】
【New resource points: Coral Reef x3, Undersea Hot Spring x1, Pearl Oyster Farm x2, Sea Farm x1, Undersea Volcano x1】
【New facilities: Purification Lighthouse x4 (can automatically repel low-level contaminated creatures), Sea Defense Tower x4 (has basic attack capabilities)】