282: Chapter 282 Rising Sea Levels

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

"Everyone, extend the battle lines, leave the Beast Battlefield, and retreat as far as possible!"

While Master Long and Lu Zheng were battling the Eyeless Octopus King, the ocean had already swallowed nearly four-fifths of the Beast Battlefield.

Looking out, only a vast ocean remained.

It was terrifying to the extreme.

Because of this, everyone fighting in the Beast Battlefield could only keep retreating further away, until they eventually had to evacuate the Beast Battlefield entirely.

The water level was now deep enough to easily submerge a person.

And in underwater combat, humans had absolutely no advantage.

The reason for the retreat wasn't just this; fierce winds were blowing, whipping up huge waves. The storm had arrived, and even without Evolved Beasts, ordinary people here would be swept into the seabed by the wind and waves and drowned alive.

And the sea level continued to rise.

It kept swallowing the Beast Battlefield.

It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before it completely swallowed the entire Beast Battlefield and then flooded toward the Huaxia hinterland.

More and more people were forced to retreat.

They had not expected that they wouldn't be driven away by Evolved Beasts, but by the constantly rising sea level.

Everyone's brows were tightly furrowed. If they couldn't solve this problem, what would it matter even if they won this battle?

When the seawater backflowed, the land of Huaxia would become the backyard for the Ocean Evolved Beasts.

Master Long and Lu Zheng were also very clear about this.

However, compared to Lu Zheng, Master Long was even more aware of the reason behind all of this.

At this moment, the Eyeless Octopus King was heavily injured.

Master Long immediately looked at Lu Zheng, who was fighting nearby.

"Lu Zheng, leave it to me."

"You must hurry and stop the Third Beast King."

"The Third Beast King wants to cause the seawater to backflow and completely submerge our Huaxia land."

"The current rise in sea level is caused by its methods."

Master Long said anxiously. Lu Zheng frowned and looked toward the depths of the ocean; he could indeed feel the presence of countless Evolved Beasts in that direction.

It seemed that the Third Beast King was among those Evolved Beasts.

"But Lu Zheng, you must be careful."

Lu Zheng nodded and glanced at the frantically roaring Eyeless Octopus King. With the Octopus King in this state, Master Long should not be in any danger.

"Master Long, you must be careful too."

With that, he immediately disengaged from the battlefield and headed toward the depths of the ocean.

The Eyeless Octopus King seemed to sense something.

"Human, I will kill you!"

Those countless giant tentacles were waving frantically, trying to stop Lu Zheng.

"Your opponent is me!"

Master Long muttered, engaging it again. Even a heavily injured Beast King could not be taken lightly; a moment of carelessness could lead to defeat.

On the other side, the Raging Sea Shark fighting General Wang Ming also seemed to notice the human Town General heading toward the deep sea.

It roared in anger.

"Human, how dare you!"

It wanted to leave the battlefield to stop Lu Zheng.

But General Wang Ming also attacked, blocking the Raging Sea Shark.

"Don't forget, your opponent is me."

"The battle between us is not over yet."

General Wang Ming's voice rang out calmly. It was as if their positions had been reversed; previously, the two Beast Kings were stopping them from killing the Third Beast King.

And now, they were the ones stopping the Beast Kings from saving the Third Beast King.

"Human, get out of my way."

The Raging Sea Shark roared, unleashing a terrifying attack.

"You want me to move? Sure!"

General Wang Ming said.

The Raging Sea Shark hadn't expected the human in front of it to agree so easily and was stunned for a moment.

"But you have to step over my corpse."

General Wang Ming's voice followed immediately.

"Human, then as you wish!"

The Raging Sea Shark could naturally tell that the human was mocking it, and it attacked again in a rage.

Meanwhile, Lu Zheng, having disengaged from the battlefield, was heading deeper into the ocean.

Watching the Ocean Evolved Beasts appearing below, and noticing that their numbers increased the deeper he went, a different thought couldn't help but arise in Lu Zheng's mind.

If only my Clone were here.

The Evolved Beasts here are all energy points...

With so many Evolved Beasts, who knows how many energy points there are...

No, I must have my Clone enter this ocean later; I absolutely cannot waste such good resources.

The Evolved Beasts in the ocean did not know that because of this, in the near future, they would attract a terrifying existence that would plunge the Ocean Evolved Beasts into terror.

Lu Zheng looked up.

Above the firmament, it was impossible to tell how thick the dark cloud layer was.

The torrential rain fell recklessly.

It smashed onto the sea surface, creating water craters the size of human heads.

And within those dark clouds, lightning kept appearing.

When Lu Zheng saw this scene, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

At this moment, the small tower inside his body appeared without being summoned.

"Master, I can feel that this strange heavy rain is definitely not a normal natural phenomenon."

"There must be another entity interfering in this."

The voice of the time tower rang out in his mind, and Lu Zheng, naturally able to see the anomaly, nodded slowly.

"What truly surprises me is that there seems to be a power I am familiar with within it."

"But as for what exactly it is, I will only know once I find the Third Beast King."

After Lu Zheng finished speaking, he moved his mind, and the small tower in his hand began to slowly grow larger.

It became a full twenty-plus meters tall.

This was the original appearance of the time tower; this was still just a remnant body. Once other components were found, it might become even larger.

Lu Zheng grabbed a corner of the time tower and headed toward the depths of the ocean again.

This twenty-plus-meter time tower became a handy weapon for Lu Zheng.

Its incredibly hard tower body and terrifying weight were just right for Lu Zheng to use effectively, breaking all techniques with brute force.

Just smash it.

It was just that compared to this weapon, Lu Zheng himself appeared somewhat small.

As Lu Zheng continued to go deeper into the ocean, the sense of familiarity in his heart grew stronger, and by now, he already had an answer.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the dark clouds in the sky.

It struck fiercely toward Lu Zheng.

It seemed the Third Beast King had already made a move to stop Lu Zheng from approaching.

That terrifying purple thunder seemed to penetrate space, carrying terrifying power.

Lu Zheng looked up.

There was not a hint of fear in his eyes, not even a ripple.

He swung the twenty-plus-meter spirit tool time tower, smashing it fiercely toward the purple thunder.

Of course, Lu Zheng knew that the metal tower body was conductive.

With a fierce swing, the time tower flew out of his hand.

It collided with the purple thunder in mid-air.

For a moment, terrifying lightning splashed everywhere, and the time tower was surrounded by lightning.

At this moment, the spirit tool time tower hadn't expected to be abandoned by its master so easily, and it felt hopeless.

"Come on, let the lightning come more fiercely!!!"