Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Scarlet Scaled Demon—Whose Water Element Domain Is It?

Lu Jun, seeing his strength questioned, curled his lips. To an ordinary city, a single Commander-level creature could bring about utter devastation just like Bo City.

But ever since he reached high-tier, he had slain countless of them. If his Four-Star Hunter Master License hadn’t been confiscated, there’d be no need for further explanation he could roam the world with just that one badge.

A Seven-Star Hunter Master reaching four stars already meant standing at the pinnacle of the high-tier domain. Five stars and above belonged to the super-tier realm, and after that came the Hunter Kings only two per region every ten years, enjoying supreme status.

Likewise, the members of the National Team remained calm and composed. They were all seasoned veterans who had faced grand scenes and possessed hidden cards. Commander-levels didn’t scare them.

Just as Jiang Shaoxu stepped forward, about to show her full capability to negotiate

Unexpectedly, Lin Junxian’s tone shifted. He waved his hand and said, “Forget it. If you’re determined to go, make sure to inform your schools, families, and the powers behind you clearly. Don’t make it look like I’m forcing you.”

“My investment failed this time, but I still need my reputation. Don’t come blaming me if something happens.”

“Of course, if everything’s handled perfectly, I won’t be stingy with rewards. I’ll agree to any conditions.”

Soon, President Lin handled things generously and decisively. With a wave of his hand, he arranged luxury suites for everyone to rest in and even proactively prepared all the hunting equipment, instruments, maps, water, and food they might need.

There was a lot of gear enough for the National Team to use all the way to Japan.

Fortunately, both Ai Jiangtu and Mo Fan had Space Element, easily opening up personal spatial realms without burden. Storing the supplies separately was safer and more risk-resistant.

Jiang Yu looked envious. “Space Element is just too convenient. With two Space Mages in our team, we don’t have to worry about the burden most teams face.”

Hearing that, Lu Jun simply smiled without speaking. He, too, possessed Space Magic with a base of five constellations, his combat strength surpassed Ai Jiangtu’s slightly. He just didn’t find it convenient to show.

Mo Fan, pleased with himself, had a pure silver brilliance flickering between his fingers. At last, he had a point to show off in front of Lu Jun.

It had been a while since he advanced to high-tier, and through his relentless efforts, he had broken through the intermediate tier. His spiritual realm was also stronger than in the original timeline, now at the early Third Realm stage.

This element had finally reached a usable stage.

However, his other rare high-tier element Chaos Element was completely at a loss. He hadn’t grasped a thing about it. It was extremely clumsy to use and felt useless in battle, almost abandoned.

After all, in the original timeline, Mo Fan was only supposed to awaken Chaos Element at the super-tier. He had only learned to use it after observing others, and right now he clearly didn’t understand it.

Mu Ningxue glanced sideways, her expression somewhat complex. She had personally witnessed Mo Fan climb his way to this point through sheer determination step by step. His high-tier cultivation had made him one of the three indispensable cores of the National Team.

And she, relying on her family background, had somehow fallen behind him by what felt like an unbridgeable chasm only to be cast aside like dust. The contrast was too stark; she couldn’t make sense of it.

On top of that, Mo Fan had been especially attentive to her recently. Remembering his heartfelt confession at Dongting Lake, she couldn’t help but waver.

Unfortunately, without the damsel-in-distress moment under the jaws of a Commander Giant Lizard, Mo Fan’s path to melting the ice queen had become far more difficult. It was a mixed blessing at least he hadn’t suffered another downgrade in cultivation.

Everyone spent the night resting at the luxury hotel and would set off early the next day.

Their guide was still the same simple and honest boy from the fishing village.

His name was Liu Meng. He was extremely familiar with these waters and skillfully navigated the small boat around hidden underwater reefs and coral, successfully bringing the group to an ecological island just outside of City.

All thirteen of them stepped onto the island, and the solid ground gave them a spontaneous sense of safety.

Mo Fan exhaled in relief and said frankly, “I’m not good at water combat. I don’t feel safe at all in the sea.”

Most of the others showed similar expressions. The rocking boat had worn them out.

Even old Zhao, despite being a peak intermediate Water Mage, wasn’t confident against Ocean Demons underwater no high-tier, no fourth-level Water Control.

Lu Jun closed his eyes to sense. On this ocean island, the air was thick with heavy moisture. In his spiritual world, the dark blue Water Element stardust and magic energy had become lively.

He stabilized morale and said, “Don’t worry. Water battles are my specialty. You guys just need to locate the sea monsters.”

“That’s right!” Mo Fan smacked his forehead, recalling when Old Lu fought head-on with the Giant Lizard Tribe in Jinlin City. The sky river poured down like a waterfall, forcefully creating a lake that flooded nearly half the urban district.

Having witnessed Lu Jun’s divine might, Mu Ningxue, Zhao Manyan, even Guan Yu, Nan Jue, and Mu Yingting all visibly relaxed. These latter few had all trained alongside him in the Yangtze River, so they knew his capabilities like the back of their hand.

That’s why this National Team was far more cohesive than in the original story it was all thanks to Lu Jun. Centered around him, no one dared to disobey. He had even eliminated major hidden threats like Zu Jiming and Lu Yilin in succession, shouldering an immense burden.

Soon, Jiang Yu stepped forward and began studying some exposed rocks on the island, quickly discovering traces of demons.

One claw mark slashed directly from the top of a two-meter-tall rock down to its middle, carving three sharp lines into the stone. This indicated the sea monster had three claws. A few red fish scales were also found.

“It’s a Scarlet Scale Sea Demon. Rather rare, actually. Most coastal areas of the Nine Provinces are infested with Azure Scale Sea Demons. This one is powerful even its juvenile form is a Servant-class creature, and once matured, it can reach the Warrior-level.”

Jiang Yu’s Summoning teacher was a top-tier mentor with extensive knowledge of monsters, so he easily deduced the creature’s identity.

Lu Jun nodded. Just as he was about to speak, his ongoing Psychic Probe active since they landed sensed several life auras behind a group of large stones in the distance.

Remaining composed, he waited until the creatures got closer. Only then did Jiang Shaoxu finally react and shouted, “Be careful, something’s coming!”

She was one of the rare Psychic-element mages in the team, with a third-stage Spiritual cultivation, but her sensing ability was clearly a tier weaker than Lu Jun’s.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

As the words fell, the Scarlet Scale Sea Demons behind the rocks realized their cover was blown and no longer tried to hide. They suddenly popped out from behind the stones.

One after another, these massive, imposing creatures entirely crimson, with three razor-sharp claws on their forelimbs, thick, stout hind legs, and a belt of fin-like tissue around their waists appeared. There were more than a dozen Warrior-level monsters, each exuding a fierce, bloodthirsty aura.

Liu Meng, the local guide, turned pale with fear. But the surrounding National Team members remained utterly calm.

Each of them could individually take on seven to eight Warrior-class beasts. Even when surrounded by over a dozen, they could still retreat unscathed. (This sentence is from the original novel)

“Tch, scared me for a second. Just a bunch of small fry watch me take them out!” Zhao Manyan was the first to react, full of confidence. He began drawing his Water-element Nebula and unleashed the Intermediate spell, Violent Waves: Flooding.

Boom rumble!

A giant wave over twenty meters high surged from the shoreline, sweeping forcefully across the island. The momentum was overwhelming, thundering like a massive aircraft engine. Wherever it passed, boulders shattered and deep trenches were gouged out.

The Zhao Family had equipped him with a high-grade Spirit Seed, making the spell impressively powerful comparable to Lu Jun’s performance back when he was at Intermediate-peak.

But the dozen or so Scarlet Scale Demons didn’t panic at all. They let out harsh, grating screeches, seemingly mocking Zhao Manyan.

In the next moment, all their eyes simultaneously lit up with deep blue brilliance. The azure glow they emitted directly suppressed the surging tide.

Gradually, the raging wave started behaving abnormally it began to flow backward.

Under the Scarlet Scale Demons’ collaborative manipulation, the giant wave grew even taller, its hue turning dark blue as it reversed course and came crashing back. It surged to over thirty meters high, becoming a massive dark blue curtain that roared forward like an ancient flood beast.

Guan Yu grew frantic and cursed, “Idiot! Still using Water-element? Don’t you know that sea monsters treat the ocean and water as their home field?!”

Just as everyone prepared to scatter, Lu Jun made his move without hesitation. His eyes gleamed with dark blue radiance as his aura climbed rapidly. With terrifying water control, he froze the thirty-meter-tall tidal wave in mid-air it didn’t move an inch.

He calmly said, “Whose home field did you say this was?”

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