Chapter 336: Great Battle with the Deep Ones

The overwhelming Deep Ones shouted 'Click-clack! Oom-ying——!!' slogans and surrounded from all directions. Some of them held fish bones as weapons, and some were simply in a beastly posture with fangs and claws.

The Deep Ones crawled out of the waves glowing with green light, webbed claws digging into the reef crevices, and the sound of scales scraping covered the curses of humans.

The first mate swung the anchor and smashed the skulls of two monsters, and the mucus splashed on his beard and sizzled. The musketeer lit sulfur explosives and threw them into the swarming fish group. Six Deep Ones were blown into fragments, and more slippery figures drilled out from the exploded water curtain.

The scarred mercenary used a scimitar to cut off three attacking claws, and backhanded the dagger into the gill slit. The young sailor used a fish fork to pierce the gray-white belly, and was immediately bitten by the monster rushing from behind and dragged into the whirlpool. The Deep Ones stepped on the corpses of their companions and surged up, and the severed limbs were still twitching and scratching the ankles of humans.

The witch tore open the magic robe to reveal the rune tattoos and slapped her palms toward the sea. Three-meter-high ice cones pierced the water, and five Deep Ones were nailed through their chests. The black blood sprayed from the fishmen's nostrils stained the reef with spots.

The strong man wrapped in electric current swung the iron anchor into the monster pile, and the arc exploded along with the mucus, smelling of burnt paste. Two Deep Ones were charred, and the scale-like burns on their bodies were deep to the bone.

The blindfolded archer pulled the bone bow to the full, and the light arrows split into a rainstorm after leaving the string. The monsters in the front row were covered in light

Although the crew and Travelers on the 'Golden King' were each worth ten men and possessed extraordinary strength, they could only retreat step by step when facing the endless army of Deep Divers.

If it weren't for the powerful strength of Vivian and Agasha, everyone on the ship would have already been submerged by the Deep Diver army.

"Your Highness, if this continues, we will sooner or later be killed by these fishmen; we need to break out!"

Human physical strength is limited; if they kept fighting in the same spot, the final result would definitely be miserable, even with the 'Golden King' as a barrier, the outcome of the battle would be the same.

But now the 'Golden King' is stranded, and running outside is obviously impossible; outside is the open sea.

And running into the city... no matter how one thinks about it, it's a recipe for death!

"Everyone follow me, we are breaking out to the side! Miss Vivian, please trouble yourself to open the path with me!"

Among everyone, only Vivian's powerful strength could shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the vanguard for the breakout.

"Alright! No problem at all!"

Vivian swung her greatsword, smashing it into the reef, and the golden holy light exploded into a shockwave. The Deep Divers within thirty meters in front were like ants scalded by boiling water, their scales peeling off, curling up, and smoking.

"Ah! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!"

Vivian laughed loudly, shouting strange slogans, and the light barrier expanded from the hilt into a semicircular shield; the monsters' webbed claws that collided with it sizzled and carbonized.

The musketeers fired along the edge of the light barrier, bullets piercing through the scorched gill slits. The Scarred Mercenary took the opportunity to stuff explosives into a monster's mouth, and the exploding bone fragments clattered against the holy light barrier. Three wounded men with broken legs were dragged into the center of the light barrier, and the bleeding speed of their wounds slowed down significantly.

Vivian stepped on a reef, leaped five meters into the air, and her greatsword smashed into the densest part of the Deep Divers with a hurricane—two hundred pounds of reef along with a dozen Deep Divers were shaken into fragments all over the ground, and the golden cracks spread on the seabed for three seconds before extinguishing.

Three Deep Divers with blue-tinged scales pounced down from the reef top, their sharp claws tearing open a crack in the light barrier. The greatsword in Vivian's hand suddenly erupted with sun-like brilliance, and the tip of the sword condensed a huge crescent light spear that pierced through the three fish corpses while completely clearing the path ahead, the blue blood spraying out and instantly evaporating into a fishy mist.

"Ah! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!"

Vivian let out another strange howl and charged out in the lead, followed immediately by Kalaier and the crew; at the back of the crowd, Agasha pointed her longbow repeatedly, responsible for covering everyone's retreat.

The group followed in Vivian's footsteps, fleeing along the edge of the city of R'lyeh, followed by an endless army of Deep Divers, while Deep Divers also popped up from the front and sides from time to time to block and intercept them.

Fortunately, Vivian was powerful and crazy; those Deep Divers were chopped in two by her 'gibberish' shouting as soon as they appeared.

Two Deep Divers just poked their heads out from behind a collapsed boulder in front, and Vivian swung her greatsword and jumped to slash at them.

Then she was swatted away by a huge snake-like tail.

"Boom!"

Gravel splashed, and Vivian was knocked flying, crashing into a giant stone wall.

A huge fishman climbed out of the seawater, flicking a massive snake tail, its thirty-meter-tall body blocking the path forward for everyone.

At the same time, another slightly smaller giant fishman also blocked everyone's rear. Its abyss-like mouth, full of sharp teeth, let out a screech, the sound waves shattering the reef, and the five sailors closest to it bled from their ears and fainted on the spot.

The Deep Diver army pressed up like a black tide, the dagger-like bone spurs reflecting a ghostly green and pale white in the seawater!

"This is... Dagon and Hydra, the leaders of the Deep Divers!"

【Deep Diver—Dagon/Hydra】! Red bloodline entry! Deep Diver leaders deeply polluted by the Ancient Gods; as servants of the Great Cthulhu, they might already be ranked among the Great Old Ones!

【Phantom Scales】! Purple entry! The skin of the Deep Divers is wrapped in a layer of thick scales to help them resist damage, and as leaders of the Deep Divers, the scales on Dagon/Hydra's body can cause severe hallucinations in humans who look directly at them!

【Corrosive Slime】! Purple entry! The unique slime on the surface of the Deep Divers can greatly protect their skin, and as leaders of the Deep Divers, the slime on Dagon/Hydra's body is highly corrosive; even steel weapons will rust into a pile of scrap metal under its corrosion!

【Soul-Shaking Scream】! Purple entry! Deep Divers are adept at using sharp howls to intimidate enemies, and as leaders of the Deep Divers, Dagon/Hydra's screech can not only shatter reefs but also destroy the enemy's spirit!

【Venomous Fangs and Rending Claws】! Purple entry! The sharp fangs and claws of the Deep Divers are their most powerful weapons, no less than swords. And as leaders of the Deep Divers, Dagon/Hydra's fangs and claws contain powerful corrosive poison; even a small wound will immediately rot into a pile of rotten flesh and bones!

【Earthquake Tentacles】! Purple entry! Dagon/Hydra slams the sea surface hard, triggering an earthquake while summoning countless eel-like tentacles from the seabed to entangle their enemies.

Agasha leaped lightly to Kalaier's side, pulled her longbow to the full, and three arrowheads pointed directly at the huge head of Hydra in the rear.

"Hey! You big fat fish, watch me kill the fish and take the roe today!"

Vivian shook her head, recognized the enemy, and charged up dragging her greatsword; she wanted to teach this dead fat fish that ambushed her a lesson.

Vivian shouted, and golden holy light gathered on the surface of her greatsword to form a golden light sword over ten meters long, slashing fiercely at the giant Deep Diver leader in front of her.

"Clang~"

Dagon braced the bone spurs on its elbows in front of it, colliding fiercely with the golden light sword, sparks splashing everywhere.

Then, the other webbed claw suddenly reached straight toward Vivian in mid-air.

The golden holy light instantly expanded into an egg-shaped light barrier to block Dagon's sudden strike, but the huge force instantly knocked Vivian back to her original position, and the wall, already covered in cracks, could no longer withstand this impact and completely shattered into pieces.

"Hahaha, satisfying! You dead fat fish monster have some strength! Let's go again!"

Gravel flew, and Vivian laughed as she charged out again, waving her greatsword to charge at Dagon.

And in another part of the battlefield, the starlight quiver behind Agasha was gradually condensing, and the three sharp arrows in her hand had already been shot toward Hydra, who was blocking the way.

Hydra waved its claws to block two arrows, but the final arrow still pierced into the nostril of the Deep Diver leader.

The one-meter-long arrow was only equivalent to a toothpick for Hydra's thirty-meter-tall body, but this toothpick carried the power of freezing; in an instant, one of Hydra's nostrils was frozen by cold ice, causing the Deep Diver leader to sneeze continuously.

Its huge claws scratched and dug at its face constantly, but it could never remove that annoying toothpick.

Taking advantage of this gap, the arrows in Agasha's hand danced continuously, and within a few breaths, one of Hydra's feet was frozen into a large block of ice along with the seawater at its feet.

"Boom!"

Hydra, unable to stand steadily, collapsed to the ground, and its forehead happened to hit the corner of a giant rock heavily; immediately, foul-smelling blood spilled out, and the Deep Divers stained with Hydra's blood had their skin color deepen, their bodies began to swell, and they started to mutate.

The group from the 'Golden King' saw Agasha defeat the huge monster in just a few breaths and immediately let out earth-shattering cheers.

"Long live Miss Agasha!"

"Miss Agasha is too amazing!"

"Let's work hard too! We can't hold Miss Agasha back!"

Lead bullets flew, scimitars danced wildly!

But the high morale was useless in the face of the overwhelming Deep Diver army, because the opponent maintained absolute full morale from beginning to end.

They were not only numerous but also fearless of death; the scales and slime on their bodies provided full defense, and their fangs and claws were both offensive and defensive. If it weren't for the fact that the Travelers in the crowd all had various extraordinary combat enhancements, the people of the 'Golden King' would have already been slaughtered.

"Your Highness, hurry and think of a way to retreat! That monster didn't suffer any major injuries! And... and it looks very angry!"

Agasha kept shooting arrows with freezing effects to interfere with Hydra trying to stand up again, while loudly advising Kalaier to take the people away.

Sure enough, just as Agasha's words fell, Hydra, who had been struggling to stand up, suddenly became furious; its huge snake-like tail fin slammed into the water, and immediately the entire battlefield shook, giant rocks collapsed, and countless eel-like tentacles grew out from between the shattered rocks and the seawater, lashing and entangling everything around them randomly.

Three or five sailors and Travelers who couldn't dodge in time were instantly bound by the tentacles and torn in two amidst terrified screams, while more of the unlucky Deep Divers were caught in the crossfire and smashed into piles of minced meat.

Taking advantage of this gap, although a few sailors and Travelers died, it also separated the Deep Diver army from the crowd.

"You guys retreat quickly! My sister Vivian will hold off these two monsters!"

Agasha nimbly dodged the attack of the eel-like tentacles, jumped onto a half-collapsed giant tower in a few steps, and then continued to draw her bow and shoot arrows, while the starlight quiver behind her finally finished condensing and successfully formed a special arrow.

Looking at the Deep Diver army surrounding them again, and with only one path of retreat left, Prince Kalaier gritted his teeth.

"Everyone, retreat with me! Enter the ancient city!"

Kalaier swung his sword to kill a Deep Diver and led the survivors to rush toward the giant gate of R'lyeh, stepping on the monster corpses, while the poison mist spat out by Dagon's giant mouth completely submerged Vivian and melted the retreat path of the crowd into a bubbling quagmire.

"Holy Blessing!"

Brilliant golden light erupted from Vivian, forcing the surrounding poison mist back several meters.

"Holy Flame!"

Golden flames were born from nothing and quickly burned on Dagon's body; the layer of highly toxic slime on Dagon seemed to be the best fuel, instantly turning that huge body into a golden torch.

"Roar!"

"Hahaha, now you know how tough I am! Watch my 'Open Gut Sword'!"

A golden light blade condensed on the greatsword again, and with Vivian's strenuous strike, it was inserted straight into Dagon's struggling and roaring body.

On the other side, Agasha drew the thunder arrow condensed in the starlight quiver, drew her bow, and nocked the arrow!

"Although it's not ideal, it should work!"

After the thunder arrow left a purple afterimage on the longbow, it instantly appeared in front of one of Hydra's eyeballs and then pierced fiercely into it.

Hydra's body, which was struggling to stand up, suddenly froze in place; one second later, a huge bolt of thunder struck down fiercely from the sky onto its huge forehead.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Then came one bolt after another; after five straight bolts of thunder, Hydra's huge head was already charred black, and the Deep Diver army around it died in large numbers; further away, the Deep Divers were also twitching and trembling non-stop, with 'crackle' sounds flashing on their bodies from time to time.

"It's still not dead!"

Vivian's greatsword slashed out diagonally, leaving a huge penetrating wound on Dagon's belly; a large lump of colorful, filthy entrails flowed out along the wound with a 'splash,' yet even so, this powerful monster still did not die.

The slime all over its body had long been burned dry by the golden flames, even the scales were charred and shattered countless times, and there was a big hole in its belly, yet Dagon still struggled to wave its sharp claws and slammed them fiercely at Vivian on the side.

"Hey! A true warrior can indeed fight to the last moment! Little fish, I, Vivian, acknowledge you as a true warrior!"

After saying this, ignoring whether the other party could understand, Vivian flashed and jumped to Dagon's side, and the golden light blade, carrying unparalleled momentum, cut off a hideous and terrifying fish head entirely.

Foul-smelling fish blood gushed out, causing the surrounding Deep Divers to be bathed in it; the fishmen's bodies were constantly corroded and died by Dagon's blood, but the powerful individuals whose bodies could withstand the corrosion were constantly mutating and evolving.

But the culprit, Ms. Vivian, had long since dodged away, only haughtily leaving behind one sentence.

"Fishmen are indeed too ugly! Mermaids like the little fish are better looking!"