119: Chapter 119: Alone at the Rear, Fighting a Giant Beast Alone!

Finally, the outline of the train appeared in their field of vision.

A considerable number of people had already gathered in the corridors of each carriage.

Those new passengers who hadn't gone down to the sea, along with the veteran team members who had retreated early, were all pressed against the side windows, gazing at the movement on the distant sea surface.

Under the glow of the firelight, they first saw the crowd fleeing desperately.

Behind the crowd, the floating ice shattered in sheets, and the seawater surged violently.

A sea breeze of unknown origin dispersed the fog, and a huge shadow gradually descended, enveloping the entire sea area.

It moved slowly, countless tentacles waving over the sea surface, and every time one fell, someone was smashed into a pulp.

"What is that? Is it a sea monster? Everyone, hide quickly..."

"The m-monster is chasing this way, damn it, why is the train moving so slowly? Drive faster!"

"Brother Lin and the others haven't arrived yet, brothers, don't just stand there, hurry and come with me to pick them up!"

Screams rose and fell, breaking the tranquility of the carriage.

Some people frantically pounded on the train, wanting it to speed up.

Others quickly flipped out of the windows to go and meet the retreating teammates.

"It's too late!"

Lin Xiao calculated the distance to the train and then turned his head to look at the shadow crushing in from behind.

After weighing the options, he gently placed Tian Xiwei on a piece of shipwreck wreckage and scanned the two panting women beside him.

"Keep going."

His voice remained calm.

There was not a trace of panic in his unruffled eyes.

"Fang Yuan, take them on the train."

Lin Xiao looked at Fang Yuan, who was following closely behind, and instructed.

At this time, Fan Sinian and the others, whose constitution attributes were not high, were still lagging far behind.

The area where the second iceberg was located was some distance from the train.

The path was full of uneven floating ice and shipwreck wreckage, making evacuation quite troublesome and very physically demanding.

Competing in speed against a Lord-level calamity? It was simply impossible!

If they were caught by the Frost Vein Ancient Conch, there was no telling how many people would die.

The team they had worked so hard to build could not be lost so easily here!

Jiang Wanwan was standing with her hands on her hips, gasping for breath. Hearing Lin Xiao's words, she suddenly froze, then subconsciously grabbed his sleeve: "Xiao Lin, what are you trying to do..."

"I'll cover the rear." Lin Xiao interrupted her, his tone leaving no room for negotiation, "This thing is chasing too fast, you won't be able to outrun it."

Jiang Wanwan's grip on his sleeve tightened.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but upon meeting Lin Xiao's eyes, she finally just nodded.

She understood him.

Wen Yiran's eyes were red-rimmed, and just as she was about to speak, her lips were blocked by Lin Xiao as he leaned down.

"Don't any of you go setting flags for me, retreat quickly!"

Fang Yuan stepped forward, shielding The three women as they ran toward the train.

Tian Xiwei was pulled along by Jiang Wanwan, looking back every step of the way.

She saw Lin Xiao turn around, with his back to the train. While directing everyone to evacuate, he looked up at the approaching gargantuan beast.

That tall, upright figure appeared exceptionally lonely in the dim light.

Yet, it was also exceptionally resolute.

【Frost Vein Ancient Conch, Level 11 Marine Kin, Lord-level calamity】

Lord-level.

Even if they exhausted the entire train's strength, they couldn't defeat it.

Therefore, fighting it head-on was impossible; they could only find a way to delay it for a while.

The giant beast drew closer and closer.

The gray-white conch shell, covered in crystal armor, already occupied half the sky, and every spiral pattern was clearly visible.

The black spots attached to the surface of the conch shell were wriggling; those were countless Fissioners, awakening from the ice, beginning to swarm out in full force.

Tentacles rose from beneath the sea.

One, two, three...

At least a dozen tentacles broke through the sea surface simultaneously, lashing out from all directions toward the floating ice where Lin Xiao stood.

Lin Xiao took a deep breath.

He flipped his hand and took out the 【Calamity Bane - Debt Collector】.

The battle axe trembled slightly in his palm, dark red light flowing along the axe blade, erupting with surging fighting intent.

The first tentacle arrived.

Lin Xiao dodged quickly, and a wave of air instantly rippled out around his body.

He exerted force under his feet, his whole body leaping into the air, and he swung the battle axe in a full arc, slashing fiercely at that thick tentacle!

Extreme Output Mode, activate!

Boom!

Red light exploded.

The sharp axe blade cut into the tentacle, and black fluid gushed out.

That tentacle, with a diameter of over ten meters, was actually hacked open by a full third by him!

But the recoil also made the web between his thumb and index finger go numb, and he was sent flying backward.

Lin Xiao flipped in the air, landed on a smaller piece of floating ice, and steadied himself.

That tentacle twisted wildly, and a large amount of black liquid gushed from the broken end, splashing onto the sea surface and instantly freezing into ice.

But the remaining tentacles lashed out simultaneously from different angles, almost sealing off all his retreat paths.

Lin Xiao's eyes sharpened.

Wither Domain, expand!

A pale purple halo spread out from him as the center, covering a radius of ten meters.

The moment those tentacles entered the domain, their speed plummeted, as if they had fallen into an invisible quagmire.

Lin Xiao seized this gap and wove through the spaces between the tentacles.

[Beloved One] provided a 15% increase in movement speed, making his movements swifter than an ordinary person's.

And under the buff of [Dual Weapon Specialization], the battle axe and fist spikes were swung alternately.

Every strike landed with precision and ruthlessness, leaving deep scar after deep scar on that thick tentacle.

But they were only scars.

Black mucus rained down.

Lin Xiao's breathing began to grow heavy.

36 points of Constitution gave him stamina far exceeding that of an ordinary person, but facing a monster of this level, every axe swing required him to use his full strength, and every dodge required an extreme burst of energy.

The consumption of stamina was unprecedentedly huge.

Another tentacle swept in from a tricky angle.

Lin Xiao couldn't dodge in time.

He gripped the axe with both hands, met the tentacle, and brought the axe down with a slash!

Pfft!

The moment the axe blade cut into the tentacle, he violently rotated the battle axe and leaped directly onto the tentacle.

Afterward, using that rotational force, he gripped the battle axe tightly and sprinted along the tough tentacle.

The axe blade carved a huge wound dozens of meters long into the gray-white flesh.

Black fluid gushed out, splashing all over him.

It was bone-chillingly cold.

But the skill [Dispel] activated simultaneously.

A wave of warm energy surged into his body, dispelling that chill and causing the frost on his arms to quickly melt away.

Lin Xiao jumped off the tentacle and landed on a piece of shipwreck wreckage, his chest heaving violently.

The surrounding floating ice and shipwreck wreckage had already been mottled by the black fluid and covered with a thick layer of frost.

Those newly joined passengers, those who had never seen Lin Xiao in action with their own eyes, were all staring with wide eyes, looking at the scene on the sea in disbelief.

One person.

Facing a gargantuan beast like a mountain.

The chat channel was scrolling with messages rapidly, boiling over just like the people's emotions.

【16-15 F Sergei: Cyka Blyat, this is a real man...】

【15-05 Chang Siyuan: Bro, I need a team just to fight a level 3 monster, but the big boss is already able to solo a sea monster. What kind of terrifying growth ability is this?】

【08-09 Fan Sinian: This is the strength of rank one, everyone watch the f*ck closely and learn!】

Shen Zhuohua stood in the crowd in the corridor, her hands clenched tightly.

Perhaps because she was gripping too hard, her body was trembling uncontrollably.

She thought of her little cleverness on the iceberg earlier, thought of her own self-righteous little schemes, and a chill ran down her back.

Lu Zhiwei was beside Shen Zhuohua.

Earlier, with the help of passengers in the same carriage, her brother and Brother Peng Lie were able to return to the train ahead of time.

Both were seriously injured and were still in a coma at this moment.

"We actually thought about acting alone before..." Lu Zhiwei's voice was somewhat dry.

Shen Zhuohua was silent for a long time before squeezing out a sentence: "Idiot!"

Just as everyone was stunned by the scene before them, Lin Xiao moved again.

He gripped the battle axe tightly and crouched slightly.

Then,

He leaped up fiercely.

He wasn't retreating backward, but moving forward, leaping toward the giant beast!