ReadNovel Chapter 1315 - 649: Captured and Persuaded to Surrender
Chapter 1315 - 649: Captured and Persuaded to Surrender
Yin Jiuyue said: "Captain Wu, I just checked. The opponent’s people haven’t retreated, they’re just stationed outside. They want to trap us here, huh?"
Wu Ying didn’t worry, saying: "The opponent is frightened by the Shadow Dragon, seems they’re afraid to enter easily."
"As for waiting us out here, it’s a wasted effort."
"With a few of us Dark Attribute Superpower Users here, we don’t need to leave via the riverbed, any direction will let us leave the Mouth of the Abyss."
"Jiuyue, I’ll give you a task. Break through in another direction immediately and send a message to Yangshan. Make sure to inform Mr. Liang about the situation here."
"Especially regarding Gu Jianye’s superpower, I’ll describe it clearly in the letter."
Wu Ying quickly thought of a way to resolve the situation. It seemed that Yangshan’s side had to step in now.
Yin Jiuyue nodded and said: "Yes, Captain!"
Han Xiangman immediately said: "Gu Jianye’s Word Spirit superpower is really bizarre. Could he have any means to detect us leaving the island?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Hongmian added: "Right, if he speaks one word, saying that anyone leaving this Floating Island can’t escape my notice, isn’t that akin to detection?"
"Can this actually work?" Chen Guangming couldn’t help but ask.
Everyone’s expression became serious, Wu Ying said: "I’m afraid it really can work. This person’s power is too eerie. Earlier, when he entered the island and battled the Shadow Dragon, I saw him repelling all nearby Dark Attribute energy, even making the Shadow Dragon unable to approach him."
"This kind of ability is simply too incredible."
"Captain, no matter what, we have to try and find out." Yin Jiuyue said.
Wu Ying frowned, and Han Xiangman suddenly said: "I have an idea, not sure if it can work."
"Captain Han, quickly tell us." Wu Ying looked up and asked urgently.
Han Xiangman whispered: "The surface route won’t work. We might try going underwater."
"Now that the floodwater is frozen, the underwater world is pitch dark, basically like another Mouth of the Abyss."
"In the underwater world, entering shadow state should make it more convenient for you to leave."
"The key is, there are landmark structures underwater to use as reference points, so we won’t get lost."
Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up with delight.
"How come I never thought of it!" Wu Ying slapped his thigh and stood up excitedly.
He immediately said to Yin Jiuyue: "Jiuyue, you... No, Captain Han, I will personally handle this."
"Captain, I’m capable." Yin Jiuyue quickly said.
Wu Ying shook his head: "The underwater situation is complex, with too many Mutant Beasts. Your main attribute is too low; I am not reassured."
"Captain Han, after I leave, you will be in full charge of things on the island. Hold out no matter what happens outside, don’t go out no matter what."
"With the Shadow Dragon defending the island, you’ll be fine, but if you go out, it will be a problem."
Han Xiangman nodded and said: "Don’t worry, I understand."
Wu Ying immediately bid farewell to everyone, and Han Xiangman along with Yin Jiuyue escorted him to the canyon.
Underneath the canyon was originally a raging river, now frozen in winter, blanketed with thick snow.
They followed the canyon, making their way close to the outside of the Mouth of the Abyss, and then began to break the ice.
Soon, they broke open a gap over a meter wide, Wu Ying said: "Stop here. I’ll go out first, bypass the opponent, and find a way to deliver the message. You don’t need to worry."
Han Xiangman said: "There’s no air underwater, how will you breathe?"
"With the Water-Repelling Rune, I can sustain myself for a long distance."
"That’s good. Take care."
After saying their goodbyes, Wu Ying jumped into the lake without hesitation and disappeared swiftly.
The floodwater was freezing cold, Wu Ying quickly took out the Water-Repelling Rune, activated it, and then sped underwater.
Luckily, as a Dark Attribute Superpower User, he could see in the dark, not needing to worry about underwater mutant creatures ambushing him.
Along the canyon, he charged out of the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth.
He looked up at the surface, dozens of feet of ice, snow tightly covering the ice layer, resulting in almost no light underwater.
Here can be said to be very much like the Mouth of the Abyss, the only difference is, it’s not due to Dark Attribute energy that there’s no light.
Wu Ying moved rapidly underwater, looking down below, the darkness couldn’t block his vision.
He could see buildings covered in seaweed, shells, and all sorts of marine life still standing in the underwater world.
They were silent and still, like cold corpses, gazing at themselves in the abyss.
Wu Ying felt a chill, always thinking that one of those buildings might suddenly spew out some terrifying monster.
He quickly swam to a nearby overpass, filled with muddy cars submerged in algae, able to see inside there were still skeletal remains.
Wu Ying looked at a nearby street sign, the text was eroded, difficult to discern.
He continued swimming forward, soon seeing a building with a sign hanging that read "Lu Zhi Grand Hotel."
Lu Zhi is a small town in Linjiang City’s park, Wu Ying immediately recognized the precise location.
According to his impression of the direction, he continued swimming forward.
As he went forward, suddenly his expression changed, quickly entering shadow state to conceal himself.
As he just hid, he saw a team swiftly swim past ahead.
In shadow state, Wu Ying widened his eyes, incredulously watching the team ahead!
This team, everyone has Merfolk traits, holding Bone Fish Spears and other weapons.
Moreover, the team was arranged in an orderly manner, occasionally communicating with each other.
It turned out to be a Merfolk patrol team!
"How can there be a Merfolk patrol team in this deep sea?"
"Are they human mutants?"
Wu Ying was puzzled, but at this moment he had important tasks, really unable to explore further.
Thus, he avoided the patrolling Merfolk group and sped towards Yangshan.
Meanwhile, outside the Dark Abyss Mouth.
Gu Jianye, who had been guarding the perimeter, suddenly opened his eyes.
His gaze turned sharp as he scanned the surroundings, saying, "Someone is coming out from inside!"
"Huh? No, we’ve been watching for a long time and haven’t seen anyone come out."
The group of subordinates quickly shook their heads, indicating that they hadn’t seen anyone.
Gu Jianye paid them no heed, quickly stood up, and muttered, "I know where you are!"
In the next moment, a brilliant light flashed in his eyes, and the Causality Line flowed.
In his eyes, a scene appeared.
Under the dark water, a figure was swimming swiftly.
"Underwater!"
Gu Jianye suddenly realized, and his figure leaped forward, speedily pursuing along the Causality Line.
In just a few minutes, he had already covered several kilometers and sensed Wu Ying at the other end of the Causality Line.
Gazing at the thick snow layer, Gu Jianye sneered and threw a punch toward the heavy snow layer!
"Boom!"
The snowflakes exploded, and the ice layer underneath shattered with a roar.
Under the water, Wu Ying, who was rapidly swimming with his head down, was suddenly shocked to see the ice layer above his head shatter thunderously!
A large amount of snow and ice fell, and as they crashed down, many bubbles gurgled up.
Meanwhile, a beam of light shone down, making the cold, dark underwater somewhat brighter.
The surrounding Mutant Fish were instantly attracted by this light, frantically swimming toward the ice hole.
Wu Ying was wondering at that moment when he suddenly felt his body being uncontrollably encircled by the fish, rolling him toward the direction of the ice hole.
"Damn!"
Wu Ying was shockingly angry and hurriedly activated his superpower, transforming into a shadow to hide.
However, at that moment, among the fish, a jellyfish emitting blinding light suddenly lit up.
This instantly interrupted Wu Ying’s shadow power, causing him to be uncontrollably pushed out of the ice hole.
Out of the water, Wu Ying shivered from the cold and was about to curse when suddenly his neck was grabbed by someone.
"Hehe, kid, you think escaping underwater would let you slip out of my grasp?"
Wu Ying looked back, and his face changed instantly: "It’s you!"
The one who acted was actually Gu Jianye!
Wu Ying didn’t understand how the other had found him or how he had been dragged up from the water.
At the moment, he was ready to act without any hesitation.
Only to hear Gu Jianye shout, "My body a hundred feet tall, cannot be elementalized!"
In an instant, Wu Ying’s body trembled, and the body that was about to merge into shadow immediately stiffened.
His shadow ability, in some sense, was a form of elementalization.
At this moment, Gu Jianye’s fierce shout directly prohibited elementalization.
This almost directly nullified all of Wu Ying’s abilities!
His strongest trait was to merge into the shadow world, becoming one with the shadow.
Unable to elementalize now, he naturally could no longer merge into the shadows.
In an instant, his face changed drastically: "You—"
Gu Jianye grasped his neck with one hand, leaving Wu Ying barely able to resist under the immense force.
Only to see Gu Jianye reach out with another hand, ready to place a collar around his neck.
"Dark Attribute Superpower User, it seems you’re the one in charge of the Dark Abyss Mouth. With you around, I no longer need to worry about entering this Floating Island, haha."
Click!
The collar was directly placed around Wu Ying’s neck.
Wu Ying felt his superpower instantly stagnate, unable to operate!
He exclaimed angrily, "Sealing Rune?"
Gu Jianye raised an eyebrow: "Oh? I didn’t expect you to know about this Sealing Rune? Haha, I thought only Mist City had such runes."
Wu Ying’s face looked ugly; now that his superpower was sealed, he had no power to resist.
He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and said, "Mr. Gu, does it have to be this way? We don’t have deep-seated hatred between us, do we?"
"You probably don’t know; Mr. Liang from Xiangyang owns four Floating Islands. Not only have we conquered Yellow Earth Divine Origin and the Miyuan Rainforest, eliminating the Water God Sect, Earth Mother Sect, and Spiritual Ability Sect, but now Mr. Liang has already broken through gene recombination."
"Why go against us? What do you hope to gain?"
"What benefits did Chang Yuntao offer you? Perhaps Mr. Liang can offer the same, even ten times what Chang Yuntao offers!"
Gu Jianye heard this and shook his head slightly: "Tsk tsk tsk, you are quite the talented negotiator. In such a situation, instead of pleading for mercy, you try to persuade me to defect?"
Wu Ying smiled: "Because I know the person supporting me is far more powerful than the one supporting you. Even if you catch me, your end will not be much better than mine."
Gu Jianye tutted: "Haha, why should I believe you? Do you know the Master of Fog City? Are you so sure that Mr. Liang is stronger than him?"
Wu Ying replied: "I am certainly sure. Is Chang Yuntao currently at the gene recombination level?"
Gu Jianye laughed: "Of course, gene recombination is no longer simply human; they have broken the limitations of human biology and reached another realm."
"Has the Mr. Liang you speak of also reached that level?"
"Indeed."
Gu Jianye shook his head: "I don’t believe it. If he were truly as powerful as you say, since he’s offended Chang Yuntao, why not kill him? Why leave him to incorporate Fog City?"
"Haha, it’s not that he doesn’t want to; it’s that he can’t, right?"