High Above

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A clear siren sounded throughout the Siren, and the lights in the banquet hall suddenly turned red, making all the dignitaries and officials present alert.

For a time, more than seventy bright psychic shields lit up in the entire hall. The reason why more were not lit up was because the surrounding natural psychic energy was drained, and poor quality psychic accessories could not borrow the surrounding natural shields. Psionics.

This is also why the better the quality of psychic jewelry, the price will rise exponentially - because at a critical moment, a psychic run like this will happen!

"What happened?"

"There's an attack? Assassin?"

"Protect your lord!" "Sir, stand in the middle!"

Just two seconds later, in the originally peaceful banquet hall, the tables filled with various delicacies and pastries were overturned and erected. They were solidified with source matter and used as simple protective walls to build temporary fortresses.

The noble officials frowned and hid under the protection of their own guards, carefully observing the surrounding situation.

Because most of these noble officials are protected by psychic jewelry, they emit a rather dazzling light. They are like light bulbs in the dark red hall, reflecting colorful lights - convenient for attack, but also easier for protection.

"There are no assassins!"

Soon, some guards realized that the danger did not come from the surroundings, but they became more vigilant - was it not an assassination targeting a certain person? So an attack on the entire Siren?

Although it was dangerous, luckily they were prepared!

In a ghost place like Terra, even officials who have been in the central government or the palace all year round must be careful about various raids and need to be proficient in various life-saving secrets.

Not to mention assassinations by strong men from other countries, it is not uncommon for strong men from our own country to discuss policies and start taking action.

Like the war between the Imperial Academy of Spiritual Knowledge and the Great Library... You said that according to common sense, a researcher does not need to master any combat skills, and a librarian does not need any life-saving skills, right?

But when Earl Phoenix and Dean Moser fight, their personal knights will not talk to you about their profession. They come to fight. If they are accidentally caught in the aftermath, who can they talk to?

In the final analysis, this is the continent of Terra, where the strong are respected!

Those who are not strong must learn how to save their lives!

"It seems that the monster is coming."

As for Xiou, he was still eating pastries at the moment.

She was not affected by the warning at all, and continued to happily put a piece of baked powder cake into her mouth. The dragon girl chewed it and muttered to herself, but her eyes looked towards the distant sea beyond the Siren: "Wow... this amount... Dragon King ah!"

Even the real dragon couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Let's not talk about the number, but there are three third-level beast kings?!"

"I've been wandering around the South China Sea for decades, and I've only seen the third-level King of Sea Beasts once!"

[Level 3 Marine Beast Attack Warning]

At this moment, the voice of Captain Elden, the captain of the Siren, sounded: [According to the observations of the Siren, there are three third-level sea beast kings approaching the ship. The frigates surrounding the Siren have already had conflicts with the sea beast swarm. Fight, but the enemy group is too large and the escort fleet cannot stop it]

[You are all distinguished guests of Canaan Moore. We will do our best to ensure your life safety. The Empire's South Sea Fleet and our Solitude Sea Fleet are approaching. I will also set out immediately to negotiate with the Sea Kings. Please don't worry. ...]

Starting from the words 'King of three-headed third-level sea beasts', the expressions of all the noble officials present began to change. After hearing the words 'please don't worry', even the most arrogant people could not bear it. He couldn't help complaining loudly: "It's nothing to worry about. There is a three-headed third-level Neptune. What's the use of worrying?"

"If I had known this was bad news, why would I have lifted the table?" Someone picked up his hat from the ground and put it on his head while complaining: "I haven't finished my red blood steak yet."

"Yes." A Canaan Moorish official who was originally alert wiped his glasses and sighed: "But I'm not in the mood to eat, so I'll write a suicide note first."

For a time, the atmosphere in the banquet hall even briefly warmed up. Although some people were so frightened that they almost peed, but with the psychological quality of the Terran people, most people rationally accepted the fact that life and death depended on God.

This is not to blame for their exaggerated reaction...because the fact that three third-level monsters joined forces to attack was so exaggerated.

On the earth, the material circulation of most organisms revolves around land and the offshore waters surrounding the land. There are actually not many large organisms in the deep oceans, especially those thousands of kilometers away from the land. They are isolated from many land and ocean currents, and fish The swarms are difficult to reach, and only extremely low-level plankton and algae exist. The biological density is even comparable to that of the desert, or even less than that of the desert.

Most large marine organisms live in areas close to land and ocean currents. In the deep sea areas thousands of meters deep, they rely on chemically synthesized bacteria, that is, submarine volcanoes and black smokers to support small-scale ecosystems. It is impossible to cultivate ordinary humans. Imaginary behemoths of the deep sea.

But in Terra, it was different.

Terra has primordial and natural psychic beings.

Just like the super-giant spiritual energy field in the Everlasting Ocean, a huge ocean current circulation is constructed directly in the sea, pouring the source material from the sun directly into the deep sea, and the spiritual energy field is extracted at the weak point of the earth's crust. The thermal energy in the center of the earth... This turns the originally barren Deep Sea of ​​Terra into a paradise for countless creatures to thrive.

Just as Xio said in his heart - in Terra, there are very few large third-level monsters in the offshore waters.

Because the offshore sea is the territory of land titans and 'human beings'.

But in the deep sea far away from the land, there is a hellish battlefield where many giant sea beasts fight.

The 'Abyss Lizard Whale' of Viscount Grant's bloodline is the overlord in the deep sea and abyss. It will also come to the sea surface to spit out clouds and mist, float into the atmosphere, soar in the sky, absorb the source of the sun to achieve its final evolution, and become A dragon whale that is almost like a dragon. But most lizard whales are just like their names, just lizards rather than dragons.

Ian has also studied the marine ecology of Terra, and the result of the research is, 'What kind of holy place is this place for cultivating Gu? '——A lot of sea creatures that God knows are original to Terra or later mutated, as well as alien monsters from at least seven or eight different planets (or beast versions of aliens that have lost their intelligence) are seemingly... Killing each other in the calm sea, each one has different secrets and different abilities, and these strange things all merge, hybridize, absorb, and evolve in the sea of ​​Terra...

God knows what it's like there.

Ian guessed at that time that the complex situation in Terra's ocean was directly related to the fact that the Skyfall spacecraft crashed directly into the depths of the ocean... Most of the parts of the Skyfall spacecraft should be in the sea, which is why he The reason why you value the crystal dragon clone so much.

Having such a monster body that can move freely in the sea will be much smoother than human actions.

But even in this almost crazy Terran ocean ecosystem, the third-level behemoths are still at the top of the food chain.

The higher-level fourth-level titan sea beast is the overlord of the seas, or the leader of a clan, and does not move frequently, while the fifth-level sea god, such as the protector of Far Sword Port, Crystal Dragon Ful Sti' doesn't care about any territory, so in fact, it is these third-level sea kings who travel across the sea and frequently interact with humans.

Each of them leads a huge group, and can single-handedly stir up huge winds and waves, creating storms and small-scale tsunamis... Ordinary naval fleets can only consider themselves unlucky when encountering them, let alone merchant ships, so in Some routes close to the ocean require strong humans to sign contracts with the kings of sea beasts to ensure the stability of the routes.

But now, there are actually three-headed sea kings who have violated the contract and attacked from the deep sea... There is only Elden, an apparently third-level person on board the Siren. What else can he do except wait for death?

Even the spies and killers were anxious.

"what happened?!"

The internal communication channel of the Lingzhi Academy has become a mess: "Who attracted the Sea King? Didn't you just attract a group of blue giants to divert Elden's attention? How did you attract the third-level Beast King? head?!"

"I don't know!" The spy in charge of this aspect looked confused: "Even if the bait is really that effective, I only attracted one magical beast nest..."

At the same time, the killer hired by the Canaan Moore Council was also hiding in the corner of the cabin, roaring lowly at the communication equipment: "I asked you to lure the monsters to find an opportunity for me to take action. I didn't mean to ask you to lure out the Beast King and seize the Siren." Kill all the people on board - if you want to silence them all, why did you invite me!? There are also a large group of imperial nobles and businessmen on this ship. Do you want to cause a major diplomatic incident?!"

"You broke the rules. Even if the mission is successful, we will be thrown out as scapegoats!"

"Trash!" The spies of the Cangtian Royal Court were also angrily scolding the other end of the communication device: "Do you want the Empire and Canaan Moore to directly go to war against the Royal Court? Our goal is to assassinate key targets, not to kill everyone. !”

…

It seems that the reason why three different kings of sea monsters are coming is very clear.

"Three level three monsters are enough to start a war."

Xio finished the snack in front of her, stood up, stretched, then shook her head and walked out of the hall.

The red-haired girl sighed in her heart: "No wonder Ian asked me to help stop it - this is a troublesome thing. But it's not a big problem. I'm also a little curious about why they gathered here."

Thinking of this, Xio's eyes lit up with a faint light, and her soul escaped into the virtual realm, where she searched for the souls of the kings of sea beasts to negotiate with.

…

"Sure enough, someone wants to do something to me."

Siren, deep in the cabin, storage bay No. 17.

At the center of the incident, bio-alchemy master Grave Feiye quietly listened to Captain Elden’s announcement and nodded calmly: “Is it the parliament of my hometown, or the Academy of Gnosis? Maybe there are also radicals from the Cangtian Royal Court... ...Huh, maybe they came together? They definitely don’t have the guts to disturb the King of Sea Beasts. The most they can do is attract a group of second-level monsters to harass and attract Elden’s attention.”

"The reason why these kings of sea beasts came here is entirely because of you."

Turning his gaze back to the Silent Silver Alloy Secret Box in front of him, the old elf's tone was filled with excitement: "Sure enough, my inference is correct... you are not dead at all, but your vitality has been suppressed by the secret method of the Gnostic Academy. "

"As long as it comes to the outside world, it will gradually recover and grow...and attract other creatures to become your dependents and become part of the ecology you build."

"Then, be the force of your recovery."

Saying this to himself, Master Grave raised his hand and stroked the Silent Silver Alloy Secret Box. It could be vaguely seen that the elf's fingertips had already shown some wooden textures: "The Empire just wants to find out the relationship between you and the Familia. There is a wonderful phenomenon of soul resonance in this world, but I want to know your immortality and immortal nature.”

"The Tree of Falling Life, the Eternal Sacred Tree... The Stairway to Immortality, the Tree of Life - the god from outside the world who came to Terra in the Lost Era and almost destroyed the Quinor Plain."

"I want to know where your true power lies."

The Lost Era was a long blank period in the history of Terra.

Some scholars believe that the length of this lost era should be more than three hundred years and less than five hundred years, but other scholars believe that the duration of the Lost Era should be about one thousand years, and both sides have a lot of evidence to prove it.

But no matter what, they can confirm... During the Lost Era, there were many extremely terrible wars on the continent of Terra.

The primitive sublimators fought against many terrifying sublimated behemoths, and the heaven, earth and oceans also underwent tremendous changes. The horrific geological changes completely changed the terrain of every part of the Terra continent, and even the geological structure of the entire planet was changed as a result. Change.

For ordinary scholars, their research on the Lost Era can only end here.

But Grave knew that in the Lost Era, a large part of the terrifying existences that fought against the primitive sublimated humans among humans were giant beasts called ‘Gods from Beyond’.

Among those giant beasts, there are divine snakes that are as huge as mountains; there are giant algae that overturn the world and fall with meteorites; there are silver mountain giants that are covered with metal, like moving mountains; there are also the brilliance that shines on all things, like the second sun. Divine bird...

Naturally, among these extraterrestrial gods, there are also plants.

The Ladder of Life Tree is one of them.

This is an extremely powerful plant alien god that once descended around the Quinault Plain. The moment it arrived, it assimilated all the native organisms on the entire plain and turned them into its own dependents... At that time, the Imperial Capital first A group of residents harnessed the power of the imperial capital to fight against the sacred tree and its relatives, and finally sealed it and suppressed it in the mantle fifty kilometers deep below the imperial capital. The price was that the earliest controllers of the imperial capital were severely damaged. In the follow-up It was defeated and disappeared in the war, and was later occupied by the Settar people.

It is said that the aboriginal people of the Imperial City had other reasons for defeating the Ladder of Life Tree. They seemed to be very familiar with the characteristics of the ‘Divine Tree’ series of foreign gods, and even used the power of the Ladder of Life Tree to strengthen the defense of the Imperial Capital.

After all, Glawei is a first-generation immigrant. He does not have access to the core information, so he can only know these rumors that are almost legendary.

But this does not prevent him from using his knowledge to directly join the team studying the Ladder of Life Tree.

But this is not a good thing...because it was too close, it caused so much trouble after leaving.

With Grave's wisdom, how could he not have imagined that someone would want to take action against him? After all, he has also worked at the Lingzhi Academy for decades and knows their action patterns very well.

But sometimes, brute force trumps strategy. After leaving the Gnosis Academy, Gravi had no trustworthy guards, and Canaan Moore's protection could not be trusted either, so he could only protect himself on his own.

Without life, dreams are meaningless.

It's just that Gravi didn't expect that the aura of the 'God of Outer Heaven' would be so attractive to sea beasts... He just released a little bit of dew with its pheromones to attract the three-headed king of sea beasts. , this was also beyond his expectation.

Theoretically speaking, it would be good if he could attract one. Such a crisis would be enough to make those spy killers busy and unable to trouble him in a short time.

The three heads are a bit too much, and Grave is not sure whether Elden can block it...but at this time, he can only trust the other party, and he must come over to check whether there are any defects in the Silent Silver Box that stores the 'Ladder of Life Tree'.

If the power of the Tree of Life is really leaked, 99% of the crew on the Siren will probably be corrupted by the pollution and become its dependents.

Fortunately not. After inspection, Gravi confirmed this. The three sea beasts probably just sensed the pure vitality of the Life Tree Essence and came to explore the situation. Also, if it is really leaked, it will not be a third-level Titan, but a fourth-level Titan.

At this moment, a cold light shot rapidly from behind him, which shocked Glavey. He did not expect that he would be followed and discovered after sneaking into the cabin invisibly. This cold light came extremely quickly, surpassing the speed of sound but also powerful. The wind source suppressed the sound waves, so it was silent. Even though Gravet's second-level spirit could react, his aging and rigid body was unable to move in the first place.

Bang, the cold light revealed its true form. It was a sleeve arrow flashing with silver light. It hit Master Gravet directly on the back of the head, and then...

Just like a bullet hitting an iron wall, it was bounced away with a crisp metallic sound.

"Huh?" The person who took action was also extremely surprised. He had no idea that the assassination arrows allocated by the parliament were so weak. Although Master Glawei was at the second energy level, he had already entered the final aging period of his life. Theoretically, this arrow The supersonic sleeve arrow is enough to penetrate the opponent's surface flesh and blood, and then inject the poison into it to kill it instantly!

But who knew that such a supersonic assassination arrow couldn't even pierce the target's skin? Master Grave's strength far exceeds expectations!

——Damn it, our intelligence is always inaccurate! The assassin couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

But it’s not a big problem, he still has a chance!

"Assassin directly? It seems that it should be the parliament." At this moment, Master Grave's body began to slowly turn around, and activated the psychic accessories on his body. It could be vaguely seen that there was a layer of emerald green light covering his whole body. Immediately afterwards, an oval diamond grid shield emerged.

Relying on the power of the Tree of Life, Gravi's physical strength is far stronger than the ordinary second level, but because of this, his physical flexibility has also been greatly reduced, making his steps as slow as a real tree.

Facing the killers of the Canaan Moore Council, he was not worried, but felt a little strange in his heart: "The three-headed sea beast king attacked, and they also want to kill me? It seems that the council really doesn't want me to come back... It should be that the scientific research faction that the teacher belongs to failed in the struggle, and the winner does not want me to go back to take power and rally the team again."

As a one-on-one council assassin, Gravi is quite confident. Although his family body has not been completely transformed, in terms of toughness, it is already considered a top-level defensive sublimation inheritance. If an ordinary third-level person wants to break it, he has to With a little effort, you can definitely hold on until the knights guarding you on the Siren find you.

But soon, both he and the Council Killer's expressions changed.

Because on the other side, with an invisible gust of wind hitting the wall of the storage cabin like a giant hammer, a tall and majestic man smashed the wall directly and rushed over with a long ax in his hand.

This strong man was obviously extremely anxious to arrive, and he didn't even notice the brief exchange between Glawe and the parliament killer. So when he rushed into the storage cabin, he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand what his target was. Why are there other people there?

——The gale-force charge from the Cangtian Royal Court!

Master Gravet didn't know much about sublimation combat skills, but the parliament assassin on the side couldn't help but suddenly realized that the opponent was obviously a killer spy from the Cangtian Royal Court, and the target should also be Master Gravet.

It sounds like the two of them have the same goal, and they seem to be able to work together to kill their mission targets... but how is that possible? Now that the other party's true appearance is known, the relationship between the two parties is unending!

The big man obviously noticed this, and his eyes darkened.

But before the three people present could calm down and confront each other, the ceiling of Storage Cabin 17 suddenly began to tremble violently, and then melted silently under the high heat. A faceless man whose whole body was covered with light blue spiritual fire also Pounced down with an extremely fierce momentum.

But midway through the attack, a wave of confusion and fright came over him. The killer from the Imperial Academy of Spiritual Knowledge turned around in mid-air and jumped to the other end of the storage cabin - he looked at the other side in astonishment. The three people facing me have no idea what the situation is now.

——What's going on, the killer spies are having a meeting?

For a moment, the entire storage cabin fell into an eerie silence. The crew of the Siren have now gone to combat positions to prepare for the next sea monster attack, and most of the guard knights have gathered around the banquet hall to protect those important nobles and officials.

This is the most dangerous time, but also the safest time, so the four people present all started their actions in unison and gathered next to this secret storage cabin.

"I didn't expect so many people wanted to kill me."

Faced with three killers who each have their own unique skills, no matter how confident Master Grave is, he is still breaking out in cold sweat at this moment, especially the killer from the Lingzhi Academy. The spiritual fire burning in him has begun to transform into Zhengtian Ke himself. The body of the Shenmu Familia is obviously known to the other party as part of his plan.

But Glawe originally thought that the Gnostic Academy would at most destroy the pile of research manuscripts left in the room, but he did not expect that even the Gnosis Academy would kill him!

This was a misunderstanding - the assassin from the Gnosis Institute simply thought that Glawei had more secret manuscripts stored elsewhere, so he planned to follow him to see the situation... Who knew there were so many in a small warehouse? People are really a bit incomprehensible to him.

The four parties were facing each other, and an atmosphere of danger or embarrassment circulated in the air. Everyone stared at the other three nervously, not daring to speak or move, for fear of exposing their flaws in front of others.

A few minutes passed, and ten minutes passed. The four of them were still motionless, very calm, and for various reasons, the crew of the Siren did not notice anything unusual here.

Everyone is quite patient. As long as no one comes over, they will never take the lead to expose any flaws. It only lasts ten minutes, which is a blink of an eye for professionally trained killers like them.

——Is it over yet?

On the contrary, Master Gravi has begun to roar in his heart. He is old and has long been unable to concentrate. Not to mention that as a researcher, although he has the patience to conduct long experiments, he is extremely impatient for this situation.

——Is it over yet? My time is precious!

The same thought crossed another researcher's mind.

So...the next moment.

A gust of cold wind blew up, and a ray of silver light pierced the darkness with thunder.

The Cangtian Royal Court killer suddenly felt an extremely cold force coming from his back. The extreme numbness and coldness spread to his entire back almost instantly, followed by the stinging pain of the blade stirring his internal organs. Making him stumble forward and fall to the ground.

Can't get up again.

The assassin of the Canaan Moore Council was slightly startled. He had the fastest reaction speed. He noticed that the thunderous silver sword light pierced the big man's chest and abdomen and lightly cut the opponent's ribs and flesh horizontally, and then moved towards him. It comes from the neck.

He raised the assassination dagger in his hand, trying to block the blow, but it was too slow. After the killer was stunned for a moment, he saw the broken sword in his hand, his body, and his face. Smooth neck.

The killer of Lingzhiyuan turned around and ran away. Although he didn't understand what happened at all, his instinctive sense of crisis almost screamed at him to leave this place immediately. An extremely strong premonition of death made him just want to vomit... But before that, a bolt of lightning caught up with him.

Immediately, the head of this psyker, whose body was covered in spiritual fire, really started to burn, and dazzling blue-white fire pillars shot out from his mouth, nose and ears, accompanied by bright cyan-blue electric arcs.

"who?!"

Master Glawei only felt his eyes flash, and the three people who were confronting him all fell down, but soon he saw a white and strong fist, like a fist carved from white jade.

What followed was shock, dizziness, uncontrollable confusion and self-doubt.

Master Glave fainted.