Military Visitors

The group set out once more, and before long, they arrived outside the town again.

It was about dawn.

By then, the waves had already grown quite violent. The soldiers who had stood guard here all night looked exhausted, yet none dared let down their guard in the slightest.

Only when the смена finally arrived did they breathe a sigh of relief, staggering back to rest in the rear.

"This tidal surge has spread farther, so even more deep-sea creatures have been swept ashore. And it started much earlier, too.

At this time in previous years, the sea should still have been calm and peaceful..." Sun Chengshan said as he gazed out at the already turbulent sea.

"Fortunately, far more Martial Artists have come in from other places this time. Otherwise, the troops led by the Garrison Commander really wouldn't have been enough to hold the line."

Wang Yu focused his gaze and saw that quite a few sea creatures had already crawled ashore. The military had no time to clear them out, and they were now clustered near the waterline.

There were Fine Leaf Fish and Water Mushroom Spiders like those they had seen yesterday. Green Spotted Snakes even appeared from time to time, requiring several powerful Martial Artists to deal with them properly.

The rocky slope they had found yesterday had already been swallowed halfway by the steadily rising water. All sorts of strange deep-sea creatures occupied what remained, including several Green Spotted Snakes that looked truly frightening.

They could no longer go to the rocky slope, so Sun Chengshan called on his disciples to deal with less dangerous deep-sea creatures nearby—such as the most common Fine Leaf Fish—or to pick up some shriveled Water Mushroom Spiders.

As for Wang Yu and Song Hezheng, the two disciples at the Body Tempering Fourth Layer Realm, Sun Chengshan let them act freely without concern.

After all, both disciples were quite reliable, and he had no need to say much.

A moment later, everyone scattered.

"Hm?" Wang Yu swept his gaze around and spotted a large-clawed crab slowly crawling ashore not far away. It was several times larger than a washbasin.

Its pair of red-patterned mandibles gaped wide as it flaunted its might.

A Red Rhinoceros Crab—a creature from one to two thousand meters beneath the sea. As long as one watched out for its pair of mandibles, even a disciple at the Body Tempering Third Layer could handle it.

Its meat was exceptionally delicious. As a precious material, its effects were no worse than Blood Pig Meat. In fact, considering that it was also a top-grade delicacy, it usually cost even more than Blood Pig Meat.

Once transported to more developed regions, plenty of wealthy people would be willing to buy such premium ingredients.

All kinds of information and traits concerning deep-sea creatures that Sun Chengshan had made them memorize flashed through Wang Yu's mind, and he immediately fixed on his target.

"Kid, get lost." A fierce-looking burly man rushed over. He had also set his sights on this Red Rhinoceros Crab and threatened Wang Yu.

He was a Martial Artist from elsewhere. In his eyes, what ability could a young martial arts school disciple possibly have? Wang Yu was probably just an unblooded fledgling, not worth taking seriously at all.

Wang Yu frowned slightly. This man carried a vicious aura, and blood still dripped from the blade in his hand. Wang Yu did not know whether it was human blood or the blood of some sea beast.

Unable to gauge the man's strength for the moment, he did not rush. He took a few steps back and yielded the spot.

Liu Liehu looked disdainful as he brushed past Wang Yu. He stared at the plump Red Rhinoceros Crab, greed gleaming in his eyes.

He knew full well that if he sold such a Red Rhinoceros Crab to local Martial Artists, it would probably fetch only twenty or thirty thousand Crystal Coins.

But if he sold it in Nanxi's provincial capital, given how generous the wealthy people there were, it could likely sell for fifty or sixty thousand.

That money would be enough to buy him several months' worth of other precious meat materials for cultivation.

Sensing the threat, the Red Rhinoceros Crab raised its eyes, blew bubbles from its mouth, and charged at Liu Liehu with both huge claws raised.

"Hmph, just a Red Rhinoceros Crab!" Liu Liehu swung his broadsword horizontally with great confidence, slashing at the base of one claw. He apparently intended to sever it cleanly so as not to damage its value.

However, although the Red Rhinoceros Crab was not very agile, its shell was incomparably thick and hard.

His confident slash did not merely fail to sever the claw—it did not even crack the shell.

Instead, he nearly had one arm snipped off by the crab's claw.

Seeing this, Wang Yu's brow relaxed.

He had more or less figured out the strength of this fierce-looking Martial Artist.

He was only at the Body Tempering Third Layer, and his blade technique could only be called passable. Compared to Zhou Dalong, the Security Bureau captain Wang Yu had seen before, he was far inferior.

He might be able to slowly grind this Red Rhinoceros Crab to death, but that was all.

Wang Yu could not be bothered to keep watching. As Liu Liehu was forced back by the crab's claw, Wang Yu lunged forward barehanded.

He moved so quickly that the crab did not even have time to turn itself around.

Wang Yu stomped heavily onto the crab's shell. The enormous impact crushed it flat at once, shattering its shell.

Then, with a fierce Hong Family Fist, he smashed apart both the crab's shell and its head.

The entire Red Rhinoceros Crab was killed easily by Wang Yu before it could even strike back.

Its body had also been preserved fairly intact. It should fetch a good price.

Liu Liehu stared from afar in utter shock, his face stiff.

"B-Body Tempering Fourth Layer Realm..."

He had never imagined that Wang Yu, a young disciple who did not even look twenty, possessed such a high cultivation level and fought with such ferocity.

When he saw Wang Yu standing with one foot on the crab's body and looking over at him, his heart jolted.

"M-misunderstanding! This Red Rhinoceros Crab is yours. Farewell!"

With that, Liu Liehu turned and ran.

As an independent cultivator like him, he naturally had the ability to seek profit and avoid disaster while traveling from place to place.

Generally speaking, he could tell at a glance whom he could provoke and whom he could not.

Yet today, he had misjudged Wang Yu.

It was only because Wang Yu was not overly bloodthirsty that Liu Liehu might still escape unscathed.

Wang Yu understood the temperament of such wandering people as well.

If this man still could not read the situation and continued pestering him, Wang Yu naturally would not have let him off.

Since the man had sensibly run away, Wang Yu did not pay him any further attention.

In any case, his target—the large crab worth tens of thousands—was already his.

"So it really is the style of the Hong Family Fist. Interesting. Where did this kid learn it?"

Two men slowly approached from afar. One of them spoke with a tone of novelty, as if he had discovered a new continent.

Wang Yu looked over. Both were young men in their twenties, and the white armor they wore made his expression turn serious.

The patterns on the white armor were extremely similar to the military armor worn by the Garrison Commander.

This was the exclusive battle armor of Nanxi's military. The identities of these two were self-evident.

They were military personnel!

He also noticed a character on the collars of their white armor.

The Garrison Commander's armor bore the character "Lu," representing the military family, the Lu Family, from which the Garrison Commander came.

The armor on these two men bore the character "Shi."

It could be inferred that they were military personnel from another Island Town.

After approaching, the two men also began sizing Wang Yu up.

As Shi Yang looked him over, his attention suddenly dropped to the large crab beneath Wang Yu's foot, and his eyes lit up.

"Excellent! This Red Rhinoceros Crab is in truly fine condition. Top-grade seafood! Even in the provincial capital, this thing isn't easy to come by."

He spoke in delight, instantly tossing the Hong Family Fist and everything else to the back of his mind.

Guan Yunwu stood beside him holding an umbrella. Seeing this, he could only sigh helplessly and advise, "Young Master, now isn't the time to eat. We need to find Garrison Commander Lu quickly and hand over the mission."

"What's the rush? Look, isn't this place perfectly fine? Everyone's busy catching seafood and precious materials. Where are any dangerous monsters?" Shi Yang curled his lips indifferently.

Then he smiled and pointed at the Red Rhinoceros Crab beneath Wang Yu's foot. "Friend, how about selling this to me? I'll offer fifty thousand.

A crab like this needs to be eaten immediately after it's killed. If you keep it for a few days, the meat won't be as tender and fresh."

Wang Yu had not expected him to suddenly name a price. After considering it, he lowered his foot and answered very straightforwardly, "Fine. Deal."

The other party seemed to have quite the background, and fifty thousand was a very reasonable price. A sale was a sale, no matter who bought it. It even saved him trouble.

"Hahaha, good! Old Guan, pay him." Shi Yang was overjoyed. He hoisted the entire crab onto his shoulder, thinking that he would have a feast today.

It seemed coming to this remote place was not entirely a bad thing.