Chapter 443: with translation of chapter title

Title: Main Text Chapter 444 – Blasting Fish and Electrifying Fish

Xiao Feng quickly threw a Lightning Arrow.

*hiss*

The Lightning Arrow also deals high damage.

With a single blast, the Shark Monster sank immediately, and a damage number of 1.3 billion appeared above its head.

"Still need one."

Xiao Feng looked around, feeling he couldn't clearly see the monsters in the water.

He wanted to use Wind Control Technique to fly up and look down from above.

He didn't expect the system to press him firmly onto the reef, leaving him unable to move, only able to spin 360 degrees.

"Found it!"

After staring at the water surface for over twenty seconds, Xiao Feng finally spotted the second monster.

It was a huge octopus, swaying as it moved along the seabed.

He used Swift Wind Blade to strike downward; the Swift Wind Blade has a range of up to 600 meters, forming a huge wind blade several tens of meters wide, like a sickle, slicing into the water and easily cutting it down.

Having cleared Layer 352, Layer 353 requires defeating three monsters.

"I wonder if you have to kill a certain number of monsters for that many to respawn."

Xiao Feng gazed at the seemingly empty vast sea, feeling a slight headache.

If there were many monsters, a single ultimate move could clear them all and complete the task.

But if it requires killing a certain number to get that many, with a one‑minute time limit, it becomes a bit troublesome.

This means he must find all the monsters within the allotted time and then eliminate them one by one.

This time the task is to defeat three monsters; after spending over thirty seconds to kill two, he found the third but deliberately refrained from killing it.

He searched around again, and when only five seconds remained, he finally dispatched it with a Lightning Arrow.

After searching for another twenty seconds, he saw no other monsters, and the pressure in his heart suddenly grew much heavier.

Defeating monsters is easy; finding them is hard!

"I wish I could cast a wind‑and‑lightning area‑of‑effect spell into the water."

Xiao Feng thought to himself.

Area‑of‑effect skills can't be used underwater, which is like losing a hand and feels terrible.

"We still have to use fire magic!"

After thinking it over, he felt relying on lightning wouldn't work, since lightning skills are mostly single‑target bursts, with few area‑of‑effect options.

Meanwhile, his fire skills, amplified by his Weather Talent, become enormous; if they explode underwater, their power remains impressive.

At the start of the Layer 354 challenge, Xiao Feng saw a giant sea turtle spawn, swimming around at a depth of two meters underwater.

He immediately hurled an Explosive Fireball.

The Explosive Fireball is almost identical to the Fireball Technique, except it has a larger blast radius.

A small sun six meters in diameter flew from the tip of his staff, whistling across several tens of meters before striking the water surface.

*Boom*

Instantly, like a torpedo explosion, a spray of water accompanied by flames shot up several tens of meters high, drenching Xiao Feng himself.

The demigod sea turtle died on the spot, leaving no shell behind.

Everything within a ninety‑meter radius was also affected; coincidentally, another monster was there and was instantly killed as well.

"Hmm, this pace is okay; let's try Dragon Breath Technique!"

After spending a dozen seconds to locate another monster, Xiao Feng pointed his staff forward and unleashed a Dragon Breath.

*hum*

Like a dragon's roar, a ninety‑meter‑wide dragon flame surged forward and plunged into the sea.

*Bang*

The magical bombardment of seawater triggered a physical reaction, sending spray flying everywhere and causing steam to rise.

The flames broke through the water; although they didn't reach the usual 450‑meter distance, they still penetrated over a hundred meters deep.

Wherever the flames passed, the mission monsters turned to ash and died on the spot.

Xiao Feng then tried a Fire Ring.

However, the Resist Fire Ring can only hit horizontal targets and cannot aim at underwater creatures, making it useless.

He then tried Flame Dragon Dance.

Flame Dragon Dance, being an epic skill, is incredibly powerful!

Within sixty seconds, as he flew around the sea surface, whenever he spotted a monster he would spit out dragon saliva, instantly burning it to ashes.

After spraying a few times, he cleared the stage.

However, this skill has a ten‑second cooldown, which is too slow for the challenge's pace.

In an instant, the difficulty rose to Layer 385, requiring the defeat of thirty‑five monsters within one minute.

For Xiao Feng, who usually kills monsters instantly, the number isn't the problem—finding them takes too much time!

"Flame Explosion Technique!"

He chanted for one second and hurled a huge sun.

The Flame Explosion Technique is essentially an enlarged version of a fireball; even an ordinary person's release has a diameter of one meter.

In his hands it expands to thirty meters, like a falling sun, and drops straight into the sea.

With a tremendous boom, the seawater was hurled hundreds of meters into the air; the Flame Explosion Technique's blast was terrifyingly powerful, depressing the entire sea surface, which took two seconds to refill, then surged wildly, kicking up a small tsunami.

If Xiao Feng weren't being pressed down tightly by the system on the reef, he probably would have been flung away by the waves.

The Flame Explosion Technique itself is a single-target skill, but under the amplification of a huge size, it seemed to have turned into an area-of-effect forbidden spell, even more exaggerated than the Meteor Spell released by ordinary mages.

After the explosion, over 20 monsters were instantly killed, and the sea surface became much noisier.

Xiao Feng caught a few fireballs, lightning bolts, and lightning chains—small skills—and completed the challenge with only 10 seconds left.

As the difficulty increased, the demand for the number of monsters to find grew larger, and he was already feeling some pressure.

Starting from the 386th floor, Xiao Feng wanted to throw a forbidden spell to buy some time.

"Earthquake Technique!"

【Prompt: The current environment cannot use Earthquake Technique.】

Well…… here the water is deep, the only thing that can be shaken is the reef beneath my own butt.

Then let's switch to another one!

"Undead Torrent!"

【Prompt: The current environment cannot use Undead Torrent.】

Xiao Feng:???

Could it be that small skeletons aren't allowed to crawl out of the seawater?

Fish skeletons are fine too! Deep-sea bone dragons are also okay!

This damn tricky system!

Switch to another one again!

He thought for a moment, glanced at his skill list, which was really a lot, making him dizzy.

"Thunderstorm Technique!"

This epic skill should finally work, right?

Boom~

After the skill chant finished, Tian Kong immediately became overcast with dark clouds, and then poured down a heavy rain with a pattering sound.

The ocean monsters in this stage all have 100 water resistance, so they don't take damage from the rain.

But the Thunderstorm Technique isn't just rain; it also has lightning.

Bolts of lightning struck the sea surface, energy spreading out, and the sea surface within a 1500-meter radius almost became a scene of electric fish.

Pfft~

Sizzle~

Bolts of lightning fell, Xiao Feng turned into an electrician, and electrocuted all the big and small aquatic monsters in the sea.

"Blasting fish and electrocuting fish, my luck is really terrible……"

Xiao Feng muttered a complaint to himself.

After clearing the 386th floor with a skill, another skill was added to his skill list and is now on cooldown.

Starting from the 387th floor, Xiao Feng began chanting the part-time worker skill.

"Summon! Flame Lord!"

A portal opened behind him, and a 120-meter-tall flame giant walked out, falling into the seawater.

"Blast it, Flame Lord, don't hold back!"

Xiao Feng knew that the Flame Lord, having nowhere to stand, would definitely sink to the bottom.

But this guy can still exert some effect before sinking to the bottom!

"Roar~"

This colossal beast opened its mouth and let out a roar, a scorching breath spewing out and sweeping in a circle underwater.

Gurgle~

Boom!

The high temperature of the breath directly formed a medium-scale explosion underwater, instantly killing many monsters.

At the same time, the Flame Lord's whole body was being corroded by seawater, emitting a hissing sound, and quickly sank to the deep seabed.

"Thanks for your hard work, friend!" Xiao Feng sighed, then summoned the second part-time worker, the storm element.

(End of chapter)