novelsite Chapter 114 Bloodshed in the Pacific
Chapter 114 Bloodshed in the Pacific
The moment Pula uttered the word "retreat," Lin Yun's golden-horned behemoth clone had already moved.
The colossal, jet-black beast had a wingspan exceeding a hundred meters, its dark golden vertical pupils burning with chilling killing intent. With a sudden flap of its wings, it whipped up a gust of wind, its massive body transforming into a black lightning bolt that charged directly into the formation of the Norlan Mountain fleet.
"boom--"
The golden-horned behemoth's right hoof slammed into a small landing craft. The spaceship, tens of meters long, deformed and exploded under the immense force, sending flames soaring into the sky. Debris flew everywhere, and the surrounding Nolan Mountain soldiers were thrown away by the shockwave, but more soldiers immediately filled the gaps.
"Spread out! Form battle lines!" Pula's voice boomed through the communication channel, trembling slightly but filled with madness. "Don't panic! They only have a few people, we have tens of thousands! Surround them!"
The soldiers of the Norlan Mountain family were well-trained, quickly regrouping after the brief chaos. Planetary-level ninth-tier soldiers formed a ring of defense on the outer perimeter, while mid-to-high-level Constant-level warriors roamed the inner layer. Over forty Constant-level ninth-tier disciples and Norlan Guards formed a strike force, rushing towards Lin Yun and Luo Feng. Their eyes held no fear, only madness—those who invaded other planets had long since disregarded life and death. Surrender? That was impossible.
"Interesting." Lin Yun stood atop the golden-horned behemoth, a slight smile playing on his lips.
He had initially expected these space adventurers to crumble at the first sign of trouble, but they had proven remarkably resilient. However, this suited him perfectly. Opponents who were too weak were hardly worth practicing against.
"Ah Feng, protect yourself," Lin Yun transmitted to Luo Feng. "Leave these small fry to me and the Golden Horned Beast. Your Golden Horned Beast clone will provide support from the outside; don't charge in too recklessly."
"Understood." Luo Feng's golden-horned behemoth clone did not rush into the core area, but instead wandered around the perimeter, using its tail and wings to sweep away the soldiers who were trying to attack from the side.
Lin Yun leaped from the top of the golden-horned behemoth, his body transforming into a six-colored streak of light, and charged directly into the densest area of the Norlan Mountain fleet.
His target wasn't the ordinary soldiers, but the forty-odd Rank 9 disciples and the Nolan Guards. Only they were worthy of his attention.
A six-colored halo flowed around Lin Yun, emanating the aura of the six fundamental laws: thunder, fire, light, earth, water, and wind. He didn't intentionally release any pressure, but every soldier who approached him felt a shiver run from the depths of their soul—the natural suppression of lower-level life forms by the laws.
The Law of Wind - Dimensional Slash.
Lin Yun waved his left hand, and a cyan wind blade flew out silently. Wherever the wind blade passed, space was torn apart, and the air emitted a sharp shriek. This dimensional slash did not fly towards a specific target, but instead followed a delicate trajectory, cutting through the formation of the Norlan Mountain fleet.
"Puff puff puff puff—"
Blood splattered. Seven high-ranking Constant-level warriors were cleaved in two by the wind blades; their protective auras were as fragile as paper before the Dimensional Slash. The wind blades, undiminished in force, pierced through the bodies of more than a dozen Planetary-level soldiers before dissipating into the air. The severed bodies fell from the sky, their blood and entrails spilling out, staining the sea a dark red.
The Law of Fire - Flame Burst.
With a push of his right hand, a crimson fireball exploded in the crowd. The fireball was extremely hot, distorting the air within a radius of tens of meters. The flame was not merely high temperature, but contained the "profound mystery of explosion"—the fundamental law of fire—which caused a secondary explosion the moment the flame touched its target, multiplying its power.
"boom--"
The explosion was deafening. A dozen soldiers from Norlan Mountain were engulfed in flames, turning to ashes before they could even scream. Surrounding soldiers were thrown back by the shockwave, some engulfed in flames, falling with screams. The flames burned on the sea surface, lingering for a long time, boiling the seawater.
The Law of Thunder - Lightning Chains.
A purple lightning chain flew from Lin Yun's hand, weaving through the crowd like a nimble serpent. The chain didn't attack in a straight line; instead, it moved like a living thing, automatically seeking its target. Every soldier touched by the chain had their aura pierced by a powerful electric current, paralyzed, and plummeting from the sky. The chain swept through the crowd for three seconds, felling over forty soldiers. Among them were many high-level warriors of the Hengxing realm, who had no chance to resist the lightning chain.
Pula's face turned deathly pale.
"The laws... he has comprehended the fundamental laws!" His voice trembled. "And not just one!"
As the personal disciple of the patriarch of the Nuolanshan family, he deeply understood the terrifying power of primordial laws. Even their patriarch, Nuolanshan, a ninth-tier cosmic-level genius and a prodigy in the Giant Axe Arena, had only just stepped into the threshold of laws. At the Hengxing level, those who could comprehend even one primordial law were among the most exceptional geniuses, one in a billion. They were star-domain level geniuses, meaning that the entire Black Dragon Mountain star domain might not produce even one Hengxing-level genius who could comprehend laws every few hundred years. Yet, this young man before him had mastered at least three—wind, fire, and lightning.
What he didn't know was that Lin Yun possessed six types.
"Everyone, focus your fire on that human! Forget about the behemoth!" Pula roared.
Hundreds of Star-level soldiers turned and charged towards Lin Yun. Force and telekinetic weapons rained down like a storm. Dozens of telekinetic throwing knives and dozens of energy beams shot towards Lin Yun from all directions, blocking all his escape routes.
Lin Yun did not dodge. A six-colored halo suddenly lit up around him.
The Law of Light—The Refraction of Light.
His body suddenly blurred. Not an afterimage, not an illusion, but light distorting around him, causing all attacks to deflect. Force weapons grazed past him, telekinetic knives flew past his side, energy beams curved in front of him—none of them could hit him. This was the power of the fundamental law of light—not defense, but making attacks impossible to lock onto.
The Laws of Earth—Gravity Space.
An invisible gravitational field spread out from Lin Yun, causing the soldiers of Nolan Mountain within a radius of several hundred meters to suddenly feel heavy and their speed to drop drastically. Their originally sharp attacks became sluggish, and their originally agile dodges became clumsy. Some planetary-level soldiers were even directly crushed by the gravity, unable to breathe, and fell from the sky, crashing into the sea, their blood staining the water red.
The Law of Water—Freezing Thousands of Miles.
A chilling, icy blue aura surged from Lin Yun's palm, spreading in all directions like a tidal wave. Wherever the aura passed, moisture in the air condensed into ice, freezing the soldiers of Nuolan Mountain within ice crystals. The soldiers within the ice blocks remained in their fighting postures, but were devoid of life. This attack was not a single-target strike, but a wide-area attack. Within a radius of several hundred meters, the temperature plummeted, the sea froze, and moisture in the air transformed into countless tiny ice needles, piercing the bodies of every enemy.
With a single move, nearly a hundred soldiers were frozen in ice.
Pula's legs were trembling. He finally understood—this young man wasn't fighting, he was slaughtering. He alone was an army.
"Retreat! Disperse and retreat!" Pula gave the final order.
But Lin Yun won't give them a chance.
"Golden Horned Beast, block the retreat."
The two golden-horned behemoths moved simultaneously. Lin Yun's golden-horned behemoth clone opened its massive maw, unleashing a blazing golden beam that swept across a landing craft that was taking off. The landing craft melted and exploded within the beam of light, scattering debris everywhere. Luo Feng's golden-horned behemoth clone used its enormous body to block the retreat of another landing craft, its massive wings flapping to create a gale that sent surrounding soldiers staggering. Those soldiers attempting to escape from either side were struck by the golden-horned behemoths' tails, their bodies exploding in mid-air.
Lin Yun's true form continued to weave through the crowd.
His figure moved with lightning speed, the six elements of law rotating freely in his hands. Each strike took several lives. His mental energy was almost completely consumed—the power of the laws, borrowing the power of heaven and earth, achieved maximum power with minimal expenditure. He didn't need to activate his genetic energy like ordinary martial artists; he only needed to guide the fluctuations of the laws, and the energy of heaven and earth would respond automatically.
This is the power of the law.
A Nolan Guard lunged from the side, his longsword covered in earthen-yellow battle aura, its momentum heavy and powerful. Lin Yun didn't even glance at him, and with a flick of his right hand, a lightning spear shot out, piercing straight through the guard's chest. The lightning power on the spear exploded inside his body, burning his internal organs to a crisp.
Another disciple launched a sneak attack from behind, his telekinetic throwing knife silently aimed at the back of Lin Yun's head. Lin Yun's light refraction activated automatically, the knife grazing his ear and striking a soldier from Nolan Mountain in front of him in the chest. Without turning his head, Lin Yun grabbed behind him with his left hand, and a wind blade flew out, severing the attacker's head.
The battle lasted less than half an hour.
Almost all of the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Norlan Mountain Fleet were killed in battle. The few remaining unconscious soldiers were surrounded by eight hundred level-nine slave guards, with no way to escape.
Pula was personally killed by Lin Yun.
The battle is over.
The Pacific Ocean was stained crimson with blood, littered with floating corpses and debris. The air was thick with the pungent smell of blood and burning flesh. Several landing craft were still burning, billowing black smoke into the sky. Torn combat uniforms, broken weapons, and mutilated bodies floated on the sea. The waves crashed against the shore, washing corpses ashore one by one.
The slave guards suffered negligible losses—of the eight hundred level-nine slave guards at the Eternal Star level, fewer than ten were killed and over twenty were seriously wounded. Of the five thousand level-one slave guards at the Eternal Star level, fewer than one hundred were killed and over two hundred were seriously wounded.
The reason for such minimal losses was that Lin Yun and the Golden Horned Beast bore the brunt of the battle pressure. They charged to the front, drawing the main firepower of the Norlan Mountain fleet. The Slave Guard only needed to clear out the remaining enemies and intercept fleeing soldiers on the perimeter, with almost no direct confrontations. Occasionally, a few who managed to escape would attempt to break through, but they would be sniped from a distance by the Slave Guard's level-nine psychic masters.
"Lin Yun, the statistics are in." Luo Feng flew over, his face tired, but his eyes were full of excitement.
"explain."
"The Norlhanshan fleet suffered over 11,000 dead and captured over 20. Of its two warships, one was destroyed and the other remained intact."
"What about our losses?"
"Seven of the ninth-tier Constant Star level slaves were killed and nineteen were seriously wounded. Eighty-three of the first-tier Constant Star level slaves were killed and one hundred and seventy were seriously wounded. Neither the Golden Horned Beast nor its main body were injured."
Lin Yun nodded.
This outcome was within his expectations. He used the Golden Horned Beast and Lin Yun himself as the main force, with the slave guard as support, thus avoiding heavy casualties among the slave guard. After all, he had bought these slaves at a high price, and each one was a valuable fighting force.
"Take the prisoners back and treat the wounded," he ordered. "Also, tow that intact warship to the depths of the Pacific and have it guarded by the slave guards. We can study the technology of the Norlán family."
"it is good."
As the sun sets, the surface of the Pacific Ocean returns to calm.
Lin Yun hovered in the air, watching the last rays of sunlight disappear below the horizon. Not a drop of blood stained his body—the power of the six elemental laws formed an invisible shield around him, keeping all the blood out. His eyes were calm, as if the bloody battle just now was merely a routine training exercise.
Luo Feng stood aside, looking at the devastated sea, his heart far from calm.
This was his first direct confrontation with a cosmic power. The Norlan Mountain family, a family that didn't even rank among the top in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, could send a fleet of tens of thousands of people. What if an even stronger force came? What if a cosmic-level, or even domain lord-level, powerhouse came?
"The Nuolanshan family won't let this go." Luo Feng flew to Lin Yun's side, his expression grave. "We've killed so many of them; they'll definitely retaliate."
"I know," Lin Yun said. "Therefore, we must become stronger."
"What are you planning to do?"
"Life and death trials!" Lin Yun replied calmly. "If we want to get stronger quickly, we have two ways. The first is the killing field in the virtual universe. Our combat experience is not enough. In the coming year, we need to hone our skills in the killing field. The second is to join the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance and undergo life and death trials. Only in this way can we improve quickly."