The ice surface suddenly exploded, almost without warning.
The first point of eruption was not the Crusaders that Ye Zhongming and Gyanendra had anticipated would be easiest to deal with, but Alamos's camp.
It was unclear whether these genetic organisms held some special attraction for the sea creatures.
The scene was extremely shockingâthe entire sea surface seemed to suddenly be torn open as large cracks rapidly spread across the ice before it all exploded, surging toward the human evolved.
From the humans' perspective, it was as if they were facing a towering wave of ice.
Behind the ice came a real giant wave. And behind that was an even larger, seemingly sky-blotting black shadow.
"Sea Kun!"
Someone shrieked sharply, though it was unclear how they knew the name of this creature.
Hearing these two words, Ye Zhongming's heart sank.
Any lifeform associated with the character "Kun" was a gigantic creature, and this was no exception.
Ye Zhongming couldnât yet discern this creatureâs evolutionary level, but just from the size of the black shadow now emerging from the sea, he knew it was at least a level eight entity!
The higher the evolutionary level of a Sea Kun, the larger its body.
It was easy to imagineâdisregarding other abilitiesâjust what kind of devastation its sheer size could cause if it slammed into them.
Moreover, oceanic lifeforms like this had an exceptional affinity for water and could manipulate it to some degree. The waves behind the ice were entirely under its controlâotherwise, such an effect would have been impossible.
Only when the ice and waves began to fall did people from other directions catch a glimpse of the Sea Kunâs general appearance. If it had to be described, it was like a fusion of a sharkâs head and a whaleâs tailâonly both were enlarged and grotesquely distorted beyond measure.
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Faced with such a creatureâs assault, even Cloud Peak might find it troublesome.
Yet Alamos showed no trace of panic. He merely waved his arm as if greeting someone.
With his gesture, hundreds of genetic creaturesâeach over two meters tall with pointed heads and broad bodiesâemerged from the chaotic ranks behind him. As soon as they appeared, they puffed out their chests, where their muscles squirmed before splitting apart to reveal fiery red crystals embedded within.
In the next moment, these crystals emitted energy beams of the same color, shooting toward the incoming "ice wave," "sea wave," and the Sea Kun itself.
Both sides moved with terrifying speed, and the collision came swiftly.
However, sharp-eyed high-level evolved like Ye Zhongming and Ruan Xiao noticed that the energy beams stopped just before hitting the ice, their tips silently dispersing into faint red sparks.
These sparks floated in the air, instantly linking together to form an inconspicuous energy shield.
When the ice struck, the shield abruptly brightened, blocking the three-layered towering wave.
A terrifying contest of strength unfolded midair!
The hundreds of genetic creatures continued firing their energy beams, rendering the Sea Kunâs determined assault futile. After the ice and waves crashed down, its massive tail slammed against the energy shield with a deafening impact, causing over fifty genetic creatures to explode into chunks of flesh.
Alamos didnât even blink. With another wave of his hand, over a hundred more genetic creatures appeared. This time, they were small, almost dwarflike, but their speed was astonishing. Within seconds, they darted beyond the Sea Kunâs attack range, curling into fleshy balls on the ice and rolling rapidly.
Gaining momentum, they suddenly launched themselves like cannonballs toward the Sea Kunâs colossal tail as it began sinking back into the sea.
Explosions erupted upon impact, accompanied by a drawn-out, mournful screech from the depths.
Chunks of flesh rained down from the sky, splattering across Alamosâs campânow unprotected by the vanished shieldâdyeing most of the genetic creatures crimson.
The mangled tail sank into the sea, causing violent churning beneath the surface as if countless creatures were now attacking the wounded Sea Kun.
This was no surprise. In the ocean, no creature was truly invincible. Even a level nine lifeform could be overwhelmed or killed by swarms of mid-level creaturesâafter all, some marine populations were as countless as stars, enough to exhaust even the strongest through sheer numbers.
Moreover, any creature that diedâor even just suffered injuriesâwould immediately be devoured by surrounding predators.
Clearly, the same fate awaited this Sea Kun.
The entire ordeal lasted barely a minute, yet Alamosâs forces had swiftly and decisively neutralized this visually staggering assault.
This drew wary glances from other factions. Just the two types of genetic warriors displayed had already surpassed many peopleâs expectations.
Ye Zhongming, too, was deeply unsettledâespecially by the self-destructing genetic creatures, whose power even he found threatening.
Cloud Peakâs own self-destructing units, even the most powerful among them, couldnât match the destructive force of these. Had Alamosâs technological prowess already surpassed Cloud Peakâs?
This was not good news.
Judging by Alamosâs genetic army, if each distinct appearance represented a unique variant, then there were at least a dozen types, meaning over ten more genetic creatures with unknown abilities remained unseen.
If they were turned against Cloud PeakâŠ
Ye Zhongming internally elevated this mad scientistâs threat level to the maximum.
As the Sea Kun shattered the ice, countless marine creatures surged through the hundreds of meters of fractured sea surface, attacking the surrounding forces. Several teams were immediately caught in the chaos.
Elsewhere, though no other creatures broke through the ice on the same scale as the Sea Kun, they still emerged in their own ways, launching assaults on the humans.
On Gyanendraâs flank, their attackers were primarily two types of creatures: one resembled a mutated crab with a hard shell, while the other was akin to a sea serpent, except with three heads and three tails, slithering across the ice with lightning speed.
Gyanendraâs forces, leveraging their superior mobility, swiftly formed a defensive ring around the Saintâs chariot, establishing a combat formation.
Amid the onslaught of nearly ten thousand of these mutated creatures, they unleashed firepower that defied Earth.