Goblin Dependency

At this moment, the adventurers on the coast, including Xia Nan and Half-Elf Alton, are the core teams of both "Furious Tide Battle Gang" and "Wind Forger."

All together, there are nearly twenty adventurers who have gained a Professional Level.

Among them, the individuals who were just drawn into the Secret Realm ritual, even within the current Stodd Island, rank among the top adventurers.

Such a force, if well-trained, placed inland, could easily assault not only those downtrodden villages in remote areas but also small towns with relatively weak defense forces.

However, the current situation is quite different.

On one hand, the dozen or so adventurers present are not a unified block. Xia Nan and Alton need no further mention, and the grudges between "Furious Tide Battle Gang" and "Wind Forger" have been going on for a long time. Even when facing powerful enemies, it is hard to unite against a common foe. During battles, one often has to guard against so-called "allies" who might backstab, making the overall combat power far less than it appears.

On the other hand, the people on the field, apart from Xia Nan and Alton who naturally exited following the death of "Algae Scale" Dodd within the Secret Realm, are adventurers from the other two teams who were forcibly sent out from the Ritual Secret Realm for various reasons.

Although they might not be gravely injured or on the verge of death, they are definitely weakened, leading to a decrease in combat power.

And the enemy they have to face...

"Buzz!"

Instantly, the gray-black sword blade unsheathes, sweeping through the air with a swift, fleeting sharp gleam.

Feeling the long-lost icy touch of the Ash Fall Straight Sword hilt, Xia Nan turns around, his pitch-black eyes gazing at the sea surface behind him.

What meets his eyes are shimmering fish scales sparkling with green light amid the roar of danger.

For the Sha Hua Fishmen, the force dispatched before the Secret Realm was clearly just a probe, not the main force.

Now, as the prematurely forced ritual ends entirely, having cooperated with Dodd long ago, they are aware that adventurers forced out from the Secret Realm would be in a weakened state.

The Sha Hua Fishmen naturally won’t waste this opportunity, directly dispatching their specially prepared large force to various coastal edges of the island.

On Xia Nan’s part of the coast, he can see dozens of common fishmen soldiers with a Challenge Level around "0.5".

The number of elite guards with good equipment and wearing race-produced standard equipment also exceeds two digits.

In perception, the dense magic particles beneath the sea surface reach three spots, indicating three dangerous Sha Hua Fishman Priests.

And what Xia Nan is most concerned about is the strong individual in the center of the fishman force, resembling a commander.

It is obviously the highest-ranking and most powerful existence within the entire fishman group on the field.

Four strong arms with mucous scales and fins, with the upper two crossed in front of the chest, showing muscularity solid and bulging like steel, and the lower two holding a gigantic trident forged from deep blue gold stone, longer than the height of an ordinary adult.

Clearly, it’s not any crude or common item, as you can see the air around the trident is noticeably moist, with crystalline water droplets like morning dew forming on the surface of the equipment.

Along with its armor, which seems much better than that of the surrounding fishmen, engraved with wave-like special patterns from the neck to the calves, thick metal plates protect most of the body area.

Having never encountered such a commander-type elite individual within the Sha Hua Fishman group, Xia Nan does not know its specific strength level.

Yet it is evident that the opponent far exceeds the ordinary in perception.

He had barely glanced over, and this fishman commander seemed to sense his gaze, its eyes quickly sweeping over.

He noticed that in the instant it saw the black-haired youth on the shore wearing strange armor, the fishman commander’s gaze instantly sharpened.

Perhaps it sensed the full vigor that distinguished him from the other weakened adventurers on the shore, or maybe it noticed Xia Nan’s powerful strength far beyond ordinary adventurers.

"Galu-galu..."

Who knows what it said in Sha Hua Fishman Language.

Originally lurking beneath the sea surface, only slightly condensing, the magic particles suddenly become active, stirring and splashing the already wavy sea surface.

After the Secret Realm, the "Perception," which is most prominent among the Six dimensional Attributes, has reached 13 points, far exceeding the level an adventurer of the same rank should possess.

Xia Nan stands still, as the sudden density of magic particles beneath the distant sea creates a momentary, peculiar sense, as if locked onto something in an unfathomable sense.

His body instinctively responds faster than thought; he almost subconsciously twists his waist, while his feet forcefully push off the soft sand beneath.

"Boom!"

With sand exploding like a blast, a high-speed backward leap forms a flickering shadow.

And it is just as Xia Nan leaves the ground, leaping backward.

Buzz—

The spot where he originally stood, a hot stream accompanied by an orange-red flame ripples out, condensing within a breath into a flame ball with heat so intense, the surrounding air slightly warps.

——Second Ring · Magic System · Blazing Flame Magic Ball!

Without lingering, the released Blazing Flame Magic Ball still seems connected to its spellcaster.

Xia Nan can feel an invisible link between this magic ball and a magic concentration spot beneath the sea surface through the fluctuation of magic particles in the air.

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