Chapter 47: Super Expert

Silent, dark, deep mist.

Only the faint sound of waves on the sea surface, nothing unusual.

Gunie's puppet threads had already touched and entangled the four Yasha fish-men.

One third-order, three second-order.

At the same time, through the subtle currents deep in the seawater,

Gunie could guess that a large number of Yasha fish-men were approaching the demon ship.

He secretly manipulated the puppet threads to sink rapidly.

Simultaneously, one puppet thread after another shot toward the batch of Yasha fish-men.

The fifth-order high-level spell puppet threads, following the trajectory of the world's mysteries, were completely undetectable by these Yasha fish-men.

In less than ten seconds, twenty-three Yasha fish-men had been touched by Gunie.

At this point, the Yasha fish-men were less than fifty meters from the demon ship.

"Almost time to reel in the net."

With a thought, a puppet thread suddenly pulled taut.

"Splash!"

A second-order Yasha fish-man was directly yanked out of the water.

"Hiss!"

The second-order Yasha fish-man had just let out a sharp screech.

Chirp!

The swift demon blade curse pierced through in an instant, cleaving the second-order Yasha fish-man's head in two.

Then,

Splash... splash... splash...

A large number of second- and third-order Yasha fish-men were continuously pulled out of the water by the puppet threads.

Each time one was pulled up, the demon blade curse followed like a shadow, like a reaper's scythe.

In less than three or four seconds,

over twenty second- and third-order Yasha fish-men were all yanked out of the water and slain by the demon blade curse.

These Yasha fish-men were not like Gunie, possessing such formidable vitality.

Once their heads were cut off or their skulls split open, they were as good as dead.

One after another, their comrades were pulled out screaming, then the screams abruptly ceased.

Followed by bodies splashing into the water.

Arus and the other dozen or so Yasha fish-men, witnessing their teammates being continuously dragged up by an invisible force and swiftly killed, were terrified out of their wits.

That spellcaster was too brutal.

In the blink of an eye, more than half were dead, and they didn't even know how he was catching them.

Under these circumstances, what was the point of charging forward except to die?

But if they didn't charge,

not only he, but their entire squad would not escape punishment today.

The other Yasha fish-men, also frightened by the scene, hid more than fifty meters underwater, afraid to surface.

"What do we do, Captain? This can't go on."

"Fall back!" After thinking it over, Arus gritted his teeth. "We've probed enough. The enemy is strong."

The others naturally didn't object; returning to face punishment was better than dying for nothing.

Then the remaining Yasha fish-men, along with Arus, quickly retreated toward the main force.

At the same time,

the many fourth- and fifth-order experts watching through the water magic mirror also looked solemn.

"The spell's power is formidable, and if I remember correctly, this huge black blade over a meter long is called the 'Demon Blade Curse,' a special mid-level spell."

"Its cutting lethality is indeed quite astonishing."

Surya squinted at the water magic mirror, recalling the scene of that black-haired young man casting spells, and spoke softly.

"The key point doesn't seem to be that."

Gezel, playing with his dagger beside him, said lightly.

"That invisible remote control method, along with the near ten spells per second overlap, that's what's threatening."

"Hmm," Surya nodded slightly.

"If it's only that, it's at most a bit troublesome; he'd still have to die."

"But I'm afraid this guy has other powerful tricks, and seeing that he's not retreating but just waiting there, he clearly has more cards up his sleeve."

"So far, this human hasn't erupted with a large amount of source energy, nor can we discern his rank, but it's certain he's at least mid-rank, possibly high-rank."

After waiting a moment, Surya's brow twitched.

"Hmm? That guy named Arus, isn't he attacking anymore?"

Then, as if sensing something, Surya looked at 'Lexias' beside him and smiled.

"Lord Lexias, it seems your subordinate has run back."

As soon as he spoke,

Splash...

A sound of breaking water arose.

Arus and the others surfaced.

As soon as he surfaced, Arus quickly spoke, to avoid giving this high-rank expert who had it in for him an excuse to target him.

"Lord Lexias, we paid a terrible price to detect that the human spellcaster is very powerful, and have come to report."

On the way back, Arus had already planned: if he spoke first, and Lexias still found an excuse, he would directly tear up the pretense, flee, and report to the Great Elder.

"Bastard." Lexias cursed inwardly.

But in this situation, if he killed Arus on a pretext, the latter might resist, and his subordinates would escape and bite back.

"I see." Lexias said in a low voice.

Surya turned a blind eye to the internal strife among these Yasha fish-men.

He spoke again lightly.

"Lord Lexias, we haven't yet fully probed this human's strength. Please continue sending men to investigate."

"Again?" Lexias sneered coldly.

Earlier, those sent to die were the ones he disliked.

Now, if he sent more, they would be his own men.

"Lord Surya!" Lexias glared at him with a cold gaze.

"Senior Ogushan said you should show sincerity. You want us to probe that guy while you sit and watch? Is this your sincerity?"

"It seems I must report this situation to the Great Elder."

"With such sincerity, we might as well not cooperate."

Surya was taken aback.

This time, they had come with 'Lord Ogushan' to the Misty Phantom Archipelago to conduct cooperative trade with the Yasha fish-man tribe.

Jointly mine the precious mineral veins on the Misty Phantom Archipelago.

Once mined, it would greatly aid their 'Giant God Church.'

It would allow more of their followers to possess 'Giant God Demon Soldiers.'

Thus, this cooperation was very important.

Surya hadn't expected Lexias to use this to threaten him.

However, Surya knew he had indeed been somewhat selfish; if the other reported it, though it might not ruin the cooperation, it would be hard to explain to Lord Ogushan.

After all, Lord Ogushan and the Great Elder had a special deal.

"Lexias, you don't understand," Surya began to explain gently.

"This human spellcaster's methods are extraordinary; he might possess some large-scale area spell."

"Probing attacks will cost some lives, but we can figure out his methods."

"If we all attack and he unleashes such a large-scale attack, the casualties would be even worse."

"So what?" Lexias sneered.

"That human has the courage to face many enemies, but you two are so afraid of death you dare not even make a move?"

Lexias would not be polite to these two humans.

Surya's face darkened.

"Lord Lexias is right. Even if this human has some tricks, he's just one person," Gezel suddenly spoke up.

"Perhaps we've been overly cautious."

"We naturally trust the fierce and bold style of the Yasha tribe."

"Since you say so,"

"then let's join forces and attack directly, wipe out the enemies on that ship. What do you say?"

Lexias turned his head and looked at Gezel.

"Join forces?"

"Exactly," Gezel nodded.

"Very well," Lexias nodded slightly.

"All troops, prepare for battle." Lexias growled immediately.

At once, a large number of Yasha fish-men began to mobilize.

"This... isn't it a bit rash?" Surya frowned and sent a telepathic message.

"What if it is? They'll be the vanguard anyway."

Gezel replied.

"If he's really a low-rank 'super spellcaster,' they'll suffer, and they'll learn how important caution is when facing a mysterious enemy."

"And if he's just a spellcaster with powerful tricks, taking the demon ship won't be a loss for us, right?"

"That's true," Surya nodded slightly.

"But..." Surya looked at the black-haired young man in the water magic mirror.

"I hope I'm overthinking it. A low-rank 'super spellcaster' isn't born so easily."