Natural-Born Talent: Rattling Tail, Siege Crab

The Sea-Treading Crash came hurtling down, slamming into the leader of the Naga archers.

The crash carried its own force!

As if silently empowered by something beyond the endless void.

With a single blow, the Naga leader didn't even have time to cry out before his body was smashed to pieces.

His handsome head rolled far away.

After landing, Luo Zhou rolled across the ground.

Like a rolling thunderclap, he tumbled back and forth among the Naga archers, in every direction.

Wherever he went, he didn't need to strike with his palm; his body itself was his palm.

When he was still three feet from the Naga, they were already being crushed to pieces by his rolling body.

Like a meat grinder, he left blood and flesh spraying in his wake. In the blink of an eye, all twelve Naga were dead.

Luo Zhou rolled along the ground so fast that his figure was almost impossible to make out. The space around him seemed to roll along with him.

Suddenly, he leapt up!

He soared five zhang into the air, then came crashing back down.

Sea-Treading Crash!

He slammed into the ranks of seahorse cavalry fighting Cheng Peng.

One blow shattered a rider; then he rolled and killed another.

Cheng Peng also unleashed his full strength. In the blink of an eye, all seven seahorse cavalrymen had been killed.

But the three flying boats bearing reinforcements were drawing closer even faster.

Because a gigantic crab was slowly entering from beyond the formation.

The crab was a full five zhang across, enormous as a hill!

A Siege Crab!

It was the strongest first-tier sea beast.

And the most terrifying of all sea beasts!

The Sea Race used it specifically for large-scale siege battles, to smash through enemy defenses.

The one entering was a first-tier Siege Crab.

Second-tier Siege Crabs were already equivalent to third-tier sea beasts, and the formation kept them from entering.

Siege Crabs were super-tier sea beasts!

No one had imagined that the enemy would actually send in a Siege Crab.

Cheng Peng turned and shouted, "Everyone, run! Back to the city!"

Against other sea beasts, retreating to the city would make them deserters.

But when facing a super-tier sea beast like this, ordinary cultivators were allowed to flee.

Luo Zhou turned and ran. With his Characteristic Super Speed, he could easily escape.

But after only a few steps, he immediately turned back.

He could escape, but apart from Cheng Peng and the other two Qi Refining cultivators, no one else could get away.

The Siege Crab wasn't slow at all.

Luo Zhou didn't flee. He stared at the beast!

Aside from protecting his teammates, he felt a murderous intent stirring deep within him...

As though his body were telling him: I can kill it!

In an instant, all the Fate Points he had absorbed burned away within his spirit patterns.

The Characteristic Super Speed he had just gained evolved once again.

The characteristic became a natural-born talent!

Natural-Born Talent: Rattling Tail. Building on his original Characteristic Super Speed, it increased his agility by another half. What's more, his attacks would generate terrifying infrasound shock waves as his body moved at extreme speed.

That was why this talent was called Rattling Tail. Like a rattlesnake, it could kill with a single strike!

Luo Zhou stared at the oncoming Siege Crab. Gasping for breath, he suddenly broke into a running start and charged straight at it.

He moved like the wind, charging at full speed!

The Siege Crab was delighted to see this. It raised its giant claw and snapped it toward Luo Zhou.

Look at that Siege Crab: impossibly huge, yet nimble, its strike as swift as lightning.

Luo Zhou seemed to suddenly lose his footing and began rolling across the ground—still using River-Turning Roll.

He used it to slip past the crab's snipping claw, then sprang up in an instant.

Sea-Treading Crash!

As soon as he launched the Sea-Treading Crash, he accelerated automatically in midair, like a rocket, using his own body as a fist as he slammed into the Siege Crab's head.

Boom!

The crab's body was protected by a shell like an iron helmet and armor. The collision rang out like a blow against solid iron.

Luo Zhou was sent rebounding into the air.

But like a ball, he hit the ground, bounced back up, accelerated through the air, and struck again in an instant!

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Siege Crab swung its giant claws, trying to crush Luo Zhou, but every strike missed.

After seven blows, Luo Zhou's eighth charge didn't strike at all. Instead, he landed lightly atop the Siege Crab's head and stood perfectly still.

The Siege Crab also stood motionless, its giant claw dropping to the ground.

Blood began seeping from its crab head!

The seven strikes of his Natural-Born Talent: Rattling Tail had unleashed their power. Seven infrasound shock waves had surged into the Siege Crab's brain.

No matter how hard its shell was, it couldn't withstand the infrasound. Its brain had been smashed to mush, yet its outer body was completely unmarked. Dead!

Luo Zhou stood on its head, gasping for breath.

In truth, he had also suffered severe impact injuries, but he had transferred them away by rolling with River-Turning Roll.

Whether killing the Siege Crab or transferring his injuries, both feats completely defied common sense!

That was what it meant to overturn the natural order—to overturn every rule!

Only then did the three land boats arrive.

Someone stood up on the lead boat and called out:

"Young man, what's your name?"

"Luo Zhou, from Ping'an Quarter!"

"Your surname is Luo. What is Luo Mingyuan to you?"

"My father!"

"Good! A hero's son, without a doubt. Heroes have always emerged in their youth!"

"Uncle, you know my father?"

"I'm Pang Yunhua, captain of the third team of the Sea Police Camp. I fought alongside your parents back in the day."

The three land boats swiftly came closer. Someone jumped out, tied a rope around the Siege Crab, and strained to pull it toward the city.

"Luo Zhou, don't worry. You'll get every bit of your reward!"

Luo Zhou nodded. Whenever sea beasts attacked the city, Guo the Strategist, captain of the Sea Police Camp, was in charge of the overall situation.

He was a strategist, skilled at calculating things, and fair in rewarding and punishing people. There wouldn't be any messy business, so Luo Zhou could trust him.

Luo Zhou sat atop the Siege Crab, gasping for breath as they pulled it back to the city.

Pang Yunhua tossed him a bottle of pills.

"Qi Returning Powder. Qi Refining pills that replenish your qi and blood. Hurry, take one."

Luo Zhou didn't stand on ceremony and immediately swallowed one.

The pills really were effective. His qi and blood quickly recovered, and his strength returned.

Suddenly, Pang Yunhua frowned and asked:

"Luo Zhou, can you still fight?"

"Yes!"

"Team Twenty-Seven is in trouble. The captain wants you to reinforce them. Can you do it?"

The captain was Guo the Strategist, head of the Sea Police Camp. After coldly calculating that Luo Zhou could still fight, he immediately dispatched him to support the other teams.

"No problem!"

Pang Yunhua's land boat immediately cut its rope and stopped pulling the Siege Crab.

He waved to Luo Zhou, who leapt onto his land boat.

The land boat immediately sped toward the distance.

Along the way, they passed the battlefields of other teams. Luo Zhou silently sensed Fate Points being absorbed one after another.

But he had to be close to them, within four zhang and three chi of himself.

That distance of four zhang and three chi was exactly the range of his Dragon-Slaying Thrust!

Luo Zhou nodded. So that was how it worked.

After passing three teams, they looked ahead and saw one team reduced to only a dozen or so people, surrounded by sea beasts and forced to defend themselves.

Pang Yunhua roared. Seven people charged out of his land boat. All of them were Qi Refining cultivators, and they rushed straight into battle.

But a figure shot forward at once, passing them and plunging into the sea beasts.

He rolled along the ground, crushing and killing every sea beast in his path.

Then he suddenly leapt up. Where he landed, three shell monsters were smashed to pieces.

Everyone joined the fight. In no time, the remaining Sea Race fled, and they won a decisive victory.

Young men rushed over at once to treat the cultivators, carry away the Sea Race corpses, and clear the battlefield.

Fewer than eight cultivators in the team were still able to fight. Their fighting strength had collapsed.

They all returned to the city, and a new team appeared to take their place on the battlefield.

Pang Yunhua asked again, "Luo Zhou, can you still fight?"

Luo Zhou shouted, "Kill!"

The land boat started up again and raced toward the next battlefield in need of support.