Chapter 33 Fragment Scramble
"yawn--!"
By this time, Xu Daming had scratched the escort ship dozens of times, but due to the large number of mages on the other side and the barrier drawn by the great powers, he was unable to take it down for a while.
He suddenly yawned and felt a chill run down his spine. After swallowing, he slowly realized what was happening.
The ominous premonition grew stronger, and Xu Daming pulled out the spiked club behind him. With a roar, he smashed it fiercely against the barrier on the ship's hull.
"Bang—!"
No matter how hard he smashed it, the protective barrier remained unmoved. Unwilling to give up, he gathered his strength for a long time and slammed it down again.
Even though a vacuum zone had been blasted out around it and seawater had flowed back in, the protective barrier remained intact.
"Sigh... my skill level is still too low. Orcs are too difficult to deal with." Xu Daming sighed and shook his head as he decisively exited the berserk state.
Although Xu Daming was extremely unwilling, he also recognized his current strength. After landing back on the ship, he muttered to himself, "I'm afraid it will take a Grand Magister to break this damn thing."
Limited by the orcs' innate magical corridor, Xu Daming has only barely reached the 5th rank of Archmage so far, and the path to Grand Archmage is still a long way off.
"Empty, empty, empty..."
A huge noise in the distance interrupted Xu Daming's thoughts. Looking in the direction from which the sound came, he saw a vast blue magic circle appearing in the sky and on the sea.
The magic circle covering the sea gradually shrank, while the magic circle hovering in the sky gradually grew larger, until a huge beam of light poured down from the heavens...
The dazzling light seemed to illuminate the entire sea, but it only faded away as a heavy object crashed into the surface, causing violent waves to surge.
When the light completely dissipated, Xu Daming released his hand from his eyes and narrowed his eyes dangerously.
The first thing that catches the eye is the vast fleet, and then the huge flagship breaks away from the fleet and slowly sails towards us.
"Hehehe, I didn't expect there to be such a pleasant surprise!"
A rough laugh emanated from the flagship, followed by the oppressive aura unique to archmages, and the entire vortex sea seemed to fall silent…
As the ship approached, Xu Daming could see the person clearly. It was a young man from the demon race, whose behavior was gentle and refined.
That was Jiu Nian, who had received the message from the live stream and rushed over immediately.
He casually tapped his elbow with his fingertips, the silver chain hanging from the tip of the bull's ear swaying with the waves, and he revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."
"Hehe... Do you feel unfamiliar with me?" With a slight smile, Jiu Nian suddenly spoke to the empty sea.
The ring finger of his left hand, which was crossed over his arm, trembled slightly, and a terrifying black and red lightning bolt instantly erupted, causing sea beasts within a radius of hundreds of miles to detour.
This immediately caused the night owls that had been secretly observing to scatter and fly away, while Jiu Nian simply flicked the feathers off her shoulder casually.
"Damn it... these bastards from the Ocean Route Alliance really like to keep targeting us, huh?" He squinted and twisted his neck with utter disdain, then suddenly loosened his crossed arms.
"The Eight-Span Curved Jewel!"
At that moment, countless golden streaks of light streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire sea area as if it were daytime, like a meteor shower.
Seeing that such a terrifying attack was about to strike this sea area, Xu Daming immediately led his team away without hesitation!
As more and more beams of light entered the vortex sea, they constantly split and recombine, seemingly coming to life as they tracked Jiu Nian.
"Um!?"
She opened her eyes slowly and glared fiercely ahead.
"Smack—!"
With a thunderous roar, he leaped up, and his body rapidly expanded after a furious roar.
His aura was completely different from before. Two bull horns on his forehead swayed outwards, and long black hair was draped over his shoulders beneath his ferocious face.
His high cheekbones were punctuated by hot breaths that brushed against his thick beard, and his massive body was as muscular as a mountain.
Standing over 7 meters tall, it towered in the sky like a Titan, casually waving its hand to shatter the beams of light that filled the sky.
"Cliff, right? No, in the game I should call you Kizaru!" He slowly drew his spiked club from behind him, pointed it at the horizon, and shouted.
"Kizaru! Get out here right now—! I'm Kaido, you think you can test me with something like this!?"
With a sudden swing of the spiked club, an overwhelming force swept outwards, instantly disrupting the waves.
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"Haha, you're getting too into character. From now on, you won't know how to play with a spiked club without shouting 'Thunderous Eight Trigrams'!"
"Kaido vs. Kizaru? A great battle is about to break out!"
"Kaido, how terrifying! Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light? If Cliff doesn't say that, I'll eat a ton of rocks!"
"A huge number of cannon fodder are on their way to the battlefield! Stay tuned!"
...
Seeing the barrage of comments from viewers in the live stream asking, "Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" made Jiu Nian laugh in exasperation.
"Thunderous Eight Trigrams—!"
Seeing that Cliff still wouldn't come out, he suddenly gripped his spiked club and slammed it down on the frigate below.
"null--!"
Black and red lightning shot into the sky, the force of which was divinely inspired, instantly creating a vacuum zone within a radius of 3 kilometers.
Countless crimson lightning bolts scattered from the sea, cruelly devouring everything around them. The protective ship's barrier was also shattered by this single strike.
"boom--!"
The moment the barrier shattered, the once indestructible ship exploded instantly, sending countless pieces of steel and planks flying everywhere, with a large section of the ship falling into the vortex island.
"..."
With his eyes closed, a powerful magical force instantly overflowed, and in just a moment, Jiu Nian caught sight of that strange aura a thousand meters away.
"Found it...!"
Jiu Nian moved his body, and several sonic booms sounded. He then crossed thousands of meters and tried to reach out and grab the strange box.
"Oh my... Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, how terrifying!"
A flash of golden light followed by a long, drawn-out bubble sound, accompanied by a sticky, pseudo-vocal ending, entered Jiu Nian's ears.
"bump--!"
What followed was a stunning kick that was enveloped in countless rays of light.
"clang--!"
With a flick of his wrist, Jiu Nian unleashed a powerful strike, and amidst the clash of thunder and beams of light, a violent explosion erupted from the sky above the vortex-filled sea.
After the attack, both men retreated simultaneously, staring at each other with utter disdain.
Meanwhile, a large number of onlookers had already landed on Vortex Island, climbing to the highest point to watch the fight between the two.
"Hmph..." Jiu Nian snorted coldly with extreme disdain, carrying the spiked club and looking at the man in the suit and leather shoes in front of her.
Cliff's attire was quite different from before; after being stabbed by Poseidon's trident, he no longer dared to show off at full strength.
He toned down his chuunibyou a bit, wearing loose silver and white clothes, but the only thing that remained unchanged was the platinum cape with the word "Justice" written on it.
He reached up and adjusted the yellow sunglasses hanging beneath his buzz cut, then grinned mockingly: "Our rich kid actually has the leisure to snatch incomplete pages from a poor kid like me? Really..."
"50,000 yuan!" Before Cliff could say anything more, Jiu Nian rolled her eyes helplessly.
Cliff pouted, narrowed his eyes, and shrugged. "Hmm...? What, 50,000 yuan?"
"500,000!" After giving a disgruntled look, Jiu Nian clapped her hands heavily and shouted out the number without hesitation.
"Oh~ you mean that?" Seeing the other party's imposing manner, Cliff simply stopped pretending to be stupid and pointed into the distance with a look of sudden realization.
"5 million RMB! Give me the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments!" With his arms crossed, Jiu Nian's tone suddenly rose, and he glared angrily at Cliff.
Silence is Cambridge tonight…
In contrast to the silence at the scene, the viewers in the live broadcast room immediately erupted in excitement.
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"Kaido vs. Kizaru!? Wrong! Completely wrong! Rich kid vs. poor college student!"
"No way! I don't understand the world of the rich! They'd pay 5 million for a single fragment!?"
"Holy crap, the power of money! Who can resist this?! This is even more destructive than Poseidon's attack back then!"
"With so much money, why don't you go to Shanks and buy the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls