Three figures fell from the sky, screaming in despair and terror.
Then, that eerie and terrifying figure appeared out of thin air, hovering in mid-air. It easily lifted the helicopter's huge rotor with its right hand and threw it out like a toy. The rotor shot straight towards the patrol boat closest to the Diaoyu Islands, which was floating on the sea surface.
boom!
Amidst the violent impact, sparks flew from the metal colliding!
The patrol boat was actually cleaved open by the helicopter's rotor blades, leaving a huge and terrifying crack!
One end of the rotor protrudes above the ship's deck, making it exceptionally imposing!
Seawater surged in through the gaping fissure...
...
News of the attack finally reached the Japanese warships.
The commander on the warship immediately ordered an attack!
Two missiles roared into the air from the warship, leaving trails of bright fire, and shot off toward the target coordinates reported by the helicopter.
However, before the two missiles reached the airspace above the Diaoyu Islands while they were traveling at high speed, a figure soared into the sky and rushed towards the two missiles.
The people in the two helicopters were stunned!
On the radar screen of the warship, an unidentified flying object appeared in front of two high-speed missiles and was about to collide with them.
Land-based anti-missile missile?
How is that possible?
Reality far exceeded their imagination.
Because that red light had somehow merged with the two missiles.
The people in the helicopter stared in disbelief at what was happening in mid-air: a man had caught two flame-spitting missiles with both hands and casually turned them around... Then, he grabbed the two missiles and rushed towards the warship that had launched them at an even faster speed!
My God!
The crew of several warships and all the warships in the surrounding waters were dumbfounded!
How is this possible? How could the trajectories of the two missiles merge together? What exactly is that thing? And the trick shown on the radar screen has actually reversed and is flying back!
As the missiles drew closer, they finally, seemingly, vaguely noticed that it appeared to be two missiles flying side-by-side—no, there was also a…person in between!
Two interceptor missiles were launched from a warship!
However, it seemed to have hit the target, but instead of exploding, it turned around strangely again, as if it had been stepped on by something that looked like a person!
Everyone was stunned!
I was stunned!
I'm at a loss!
They watched helplessly as the three missiles merged together and hurtled rapidly toward the warship that had launched the first missile!
Rumble!
A deafening explosion resounded across the sea, flames shot skyward, and the warship trembled violently as the seawater churned and crashed against the poor vessel with pale white waves!
Volume Seven, Emperor, Chapter 386: The Descent of the Gods – Divine Might Like a Prison
The sky was clear and the sun was blazing.
The once tranquil sea, where only seabirds soared freely in the air, was now filled with terrified and shrill cries for help. Occasionally, explosions could be heard, along with a terrifying, muffled sound—the sound of the endless sea swallowing any ship.
On the deep blue sea, several small boats carrying people sped away into the distance.
The warship, hit by three missiles, was listing and slowly being swallowed by the sea. Some people on the ships that hadn't sunk were waving their arms and shouting in terror.
Two helicopters hovered above, lowering ropes in an effort to rescue as many people as possible before the warship sank completely.
Now, apart from the first few small boats that left, no other ships dare to approach the sinking warship, because its surrounding area has become a terrifying and dangerous zone that will devour anything smaller than itself.
At this point, no one would think of attacking or retaliating!
Has war begun? Perhaps... Judging from everything that has happened so far, this is tantamount to war already having begun, rather than a simple accidental clash.
But there are differences.
In the event of war, all the warships would likely open fire and attack without hesitation...
That figure high in the sky was a million times more terrifying than any advanced weapon in the world, or even the combined power of all the weapons of any country's army!
Xu Zhengyang calmly watched the sea. The churning white waves and deep blue waters slowly swallowed the massive warship, as well as the helicopters, the fleeing speedboats, the desperate people... everything seemed irrelevant to him. He was like a god who showed no mercy to human life, high above, regarding humans as ants.
If anyone knew what Xu Zhengyang was thinking right now, they would probably break down.
He was thinking: Damn it, I still don't dare to personally test whether I can withstand the power of a missile explosion!
However, as human beings, we should keep our word; as gods, we should do even more so.
We said we'd take down an aircraft carrier, so how could we not? Although… that thing is indeed very valuable; dismantling it and selling it for scrap metal could fetch a good price, or maybe we could just move the whole thing back and sell it to the military? That would be more profitable; wasting resources is shameful. The problem is, we have to keep our word; it's a matter of both saving face and substance.
Tap tap tap... Thud thud thud... Bang bang bang...
Yes, that's right. The people below were all still shaken and dared not launch missiles to attack Xu Zhengyang again.
But after recovering from their shock, they immediately ordered the crew to open fire: heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, rapid-fire cannons...
In an instant, a dense barrage of popping sounds echoed across the sea. Meanwhile, the warship in the ocean below had not yet completely sunk, and desperate screams pierced through the gunfire and the loud hum of the helicopter.
Bullets and shells flew into the sky like swarms of locusts, densely targeting that eerie and terrifying figure.
Xu Zhengyang had originally planned to leave this place and fly to the aircraft carrier's location to dismantle that massive behemoth. But at this moment, he was suddenly subjected to so many annoying bullets, like flies, that he felt an overwhelming sense of disgust.
With a thought, immense divine power surged forth from his body, rapidly forming a massive energy net according to his will. This net enveloped all the bullets and shells, transforming them into a huge, irregularly shaped metal lump, which then slammed heavily into a distant warship. Xu Zhengyang's figure followed closely behind the metal lump that shot out like a cannonball.
Thump, sizzle...
The deafening crashes and the sound of the deck being torn apart echoed across the sea.
However, that's not all!
After the metal lump pierced a large hole in the deck and then cleanly and decisively destroyed the entire warship and sank it to the bottom of the sea, Xu Zhengyang immediately followed.
Seawater surged in through the hole at the bottom, and the immense pressure caused it to spray onto the deck.
Xu Zhengyang entered the ship the instant the seawater entered, and quickly moved to avoid the impact of the water column, rushing to the other side.
Note that Xu Zhengyang did not choose any gaps or dodge anything; he charged straight at them.
Like a tank, he rammed through the ship's hold from end to stern; during the impact, his arms moved with lightning speed, his fingers flying, and immense divine power enveloped every part of his body, making him resemble the Terminator from science fiction. Wherever he passed, all the machinery was dismantled, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation!
Whoosh!
Xu Zhengyang burst out from the stern, crashing through the protective panel, and like a missile launched into the air, he swept across the sea at an extremely high speed towards another warship.
Behind him, the panicked crew of the warship ran back and forth, shouting and trying to plug the leaks. Some had already thrown overboard small boats to escape, while many others had donned life jackets. Suddenly, the entire warship emitted a series of creaking and cracking sounds.
While everyone on the warship frantically and fearfully searched for the source of the sound...
The entire warship suddenly split open longitudinally from the middle!
It was as if it had been sliced in half by an invisible, huge, sharp blade!
Whoosh, boom...
The ship split apart, capsized into the sea, and was moving at an incredible speed, so fast that no one could react in time. It was even faster than the warship that had been hit by a missile and had not yet completely sunk!
The desperate cries were drowned out by the enormous roar of the sea engulfing the warship.
...
The second warship received the same treatment.
A figure rushed across the sea and crashed into the ship from the front. Then, terrifying explosions began to emanate from inside the ship, as if violent explosions were taking place inside.
Less than five minutes later, the figure shot out from the tail.
But this time, as the figure sped across the sea, it dragged a huge, irregularly shaped metal plate in each hand, leaving clear streaks in its wake.
He charged toward the third warship!
This is a critical and terrifying signal!
The captain of the other warship, in a panic, reported to his superiors while ordering an immediate change of course and a high-speed escape...
The people on the two helicopters in the sky were also trembling with fear as they reported the situation to their superiors!
"He was like a tank, no, sharper than a tank. He sliced our warship in half from end to end, and yes, he filmed it..."
"Ah...no—!!"
The piercing screams emanating from the extreme terror were incredibly loud, even rupturing their own eardrums and drowning out the roar of the helicopter.
The crew saw the terrifying figure speeding across the sea suddenly stop and then violently fling the two metal plates it was dragging into the air.
The target was those two helicopters!
The speed was incredibly fast, exceeding their reaction time. Their pupils only caught a glimpse of the two metal plates reflecting the sunlight as they were flung out, before they magnified, magnified, in their pupils in an instant…
boom!
Whoosh!
Bang!
The impact was followed by a violent explosion in the air.
The two helicopters exploded in mid-air, scattering flaming fragments into the sea.
This was a scene that terrified everyone, even the ghost messengers and deities like Li Haidong.
If Xu Zhengyang were to stop here, halting his insane, terrifying, and unparalleled attacks... then all people and all nations would surely be convinced and obedient, daring not to harbor any further dissent.
Its divine power is immeasurable!
But Xu Zhengyang said he would do it.
He was like a shark in the ocean, frantically hunting down his prey. He would kill one, not in a hurry to devour it, and then move on to hunt another!
This is a scene of war unlike anything ever seen in human history.
Yes, that's right, it's not an exaggeration to use the word "war" to describe what's happening at sea!
The losses suffered by Japan were no less devastating than a catastrophic defeat: three warships were destroyed and sunk into the sea in an instant; three helicopters were destroyed; and three of the ten patrol boats sank. Two were severely damaged!