Chapter 116: Taking the Enemy's Head in the Midst of a Million Troops! Not Even Jesus Can Hold You B

Chapter 116: Taking the Enemy's Head in the Midst of a Million Troops! Not Even Jesus Can Hold You Back, Black Heaven Knife, Eye Piercing Style (6K)



Qiao Ying bit her lip as she listened to the announcement.

The sea bees had actually come; Mr. Fox truly lived up to his name.

However, the course and outcome of events were completely different from what they had imagined—Mr. Fox never ceased to surprise.

'We can only retreat for now...'

She glanced at the man surnamed Wei, who had been sliced in half at the waist, and the strange woman with cat ears who was rapidly approaching. With a twist of her body, she flew out through the hole in the ceiling that had been created by the revolver.

As she flew out, she couldn't help but look back at the scene inside.

From this angle, she couldn't see the boy's face, only the pale, slender neck and the parts below it.

Out of an instinctive desire to shirk responsibility, she wanted to blame this incident entirely on the boy. It was all his fault for being too charming and causing a disturbance with his allure.

However, her heartfelt fondness for him wouldn't allow her to do so.

Just seeing his silhouette again made Qiao Ying's thoughts shift from 'regret for mission failure' to 'deep regret for not being able to have a deeper encounter with him'.

"It's all Wei Chu's fault. He just wanted to play and let off some steam. Why use such extreme measures to stop him and let things get to this point!"

Having found a new scapegoat in her mind, Qiao Ying sighed and prepared to fly away from the shaking cruise ship.

Just then, a black shadow flashed in the void.

When she came to her senses, Qiao Ying realized that her limbs had been cleanly severed. The cuts were extremely smooth, and her blood splattered in the air as it fell.

Her body, now a human stick, had her head grabbed by a delicate hand. Five silver-white claws, like needles piercing tofu, easily penetrated her scalp and skull, holding her firmly.

The next moment, her vision blurred, and Qiao Ying found herself back inside the casino.

Before her stood a handsome boy with silver-white irises—an unusual eye color.

He sat on a gaming table, one leg casually slung over the other, his hand propping up his chin as his elbow rested on his knee. He seemed completely unaffected by the shaking of the ship, his posture remarkably steady.

At his feet lay Wei Chu, sliced in half at the waist and now completely motionless.

"Not bad at all, Ms. Ning," Xue Jing praised.

He gazed at the elegant and noble-looking Ning Fengwan, who wore a black lace dress with her long hair pinned up.

Her slender legs were adorned with a pair of black pointed red-bottomed high heels... It was a sexy look, and she had just been running on the walls in those shoes to take down her enemies.

How outrageous.

"Ahem."

Ning Fengwan, pleased by the compliment, coughed lightly and straightened her slender waist even more.

"What do we do now? The situation seems rather urgent."

The girl asked as she felt the violent shaking of the ship.

"This ship has been out for several hours. If it capsizes, I'm not sure we can swim back."

Before Xue Jing could respond, Qiao Ying, who was being held by Ning Fengwan, stuck out her tongue:

"The sea is full of sea bees. We'd be stung to death as soon as we enter the water. How could we possibly swim back?"

"Hmm?" Ning Fengwan tightened her grip, and the claws sank deeper into the woman's skull.

"Ow—that hurts, little girl. You're poking into my brain. Can you ease up a bit?"

Qiao Ying drew in a breath of cold air, her face contorting in pain.

"That's a common misconception. The brain doesn't have pain receptors, so poking into it wouldn't hurt." Ning Fengwan said indifferently.

"...You're currently hurting my scalp and skull," Qiao Ying said helplessly.

Xue Jing asked curiously, "Sister, didn't I just kill you? How are you still alive?"

Qiao Ying replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "It's just a twisted neck. How could that possibly kill me?"

"...Most people would die from that," Ning Fengwan said, a bit speechless.

"Creak—"

Amid the shaking of the cruise ship, the sound of twisting metal could be heard from somewhere unknown, a stark reminder of the ship's dire situation.

Outside, faint screams could be heard, along with the rapid instructions blaring from the loudspeakers.

Xue Jing thought for a moment and asked, "You boarded the ship to capture the 'Sea Bee King,' so did you summon the sea bee swarm?"

Qiao Ying nodded, "That's correct."

Xue Jing's eyes lit up, and he snapped his fingers, turning to Ning Fengwan, "See, Ms. Ning? I told you the commotion on the ship had nothing to do with me. These two brought the sea bee swarm here."

"No," Ning Fengwan interrupted with certainty. "This has everything to do with you. It's only because you're on this ship that these two showed up and attracted the sea bees."

Xue Jing looked unconvinced, "That's a fallacy. Are you saying that if the Earth were to be destroyed in the next moment, it would be my fault for living on Earth?"

"Bang, bang—"

The ship trembled, emitting a loud noise as if something huge had fallen to the ground.

Xue Jing turned to Qiao Ying, "Sister, since you came here to capture the Sea Bee King, you must have a way to deal with the sea bee swarm, right?"

Qiao Ying seemed like she wanted to nod, but with her head held, she couldn't. Looking at the captivating face before her, she spoke in a gentle tone,

"We did have a plan..."

"Once the sea bee swarm appears, their numbers are terrifying. There would be at least a hundred thousand, perhaps even reaching a million.

"The Sea Bee King is the only 'brain' among the swarm, responsible for commanding the bees in battle. It hides among the hundreds of thousands of bees, and its appearance is almost identical to that of a regular sea bee, making it extremely difficult to find."

"Only by capturing or killing the Sea Bee King and disrupting the pheromones it releases can the sea bee swarm be confused and dispersed, having lost their commander."

Qiao Ying's eyes shifted, glancing at Wei Chu's body on the ground, sliced cleanly in two and now motionless.

"To find the hidden Sea Bee King... we need Wei Chu's cybernetic eyes, which have been inputted with specific data."

Qiao Ying revealed Wei Chu's real name; at this point, there was no point in hiding it.

Xue Jing got up from the gaming table and crouched down, extending his finger to poke at Wei Chu's eyes. With a sticky sound, he forcibly popped out the eyeballs, still connected to the optic nerve and some delicate cable-like structures at the back.

Even after being removed, the eyes continued to flicker with blue electrical arcs.

Xue Jing held the eyeballs, slick with unknown fluids and some blood, up to Qiao Ying's face.

"Want me to swap them for yours?"

Qiao Ying looked at him in disbelief: "You think these are Sharingan eyes? Hot-swappable?"

Xue Jing also knew this was unrealistic, and he dropped the eyeballs to the ground, deep in thought.

"So, it seems we're left with only one option."

"How so?" Ning Fengwan asked.

"Kill all the sea bees..." Xue Jing wiped his fingers with a tablecloth.

Qiao Ying wanted to shake her head, but with her head held in place, she could only make her torso wobble slightly. "That's wishful thinking..."

"Three sea bees are enough to brutally kill an adult. Their venomous stingers rank in the top ten of the 'World's Most Painful Things'... To wipe out a sea bee swarm of over a hundred thousand, located deep in the sea, we would need at least a Level 6 expert with large-scale destructive capabilities."

"If the sky falls, the tall will bear it... I'm probably the tallest person on this ship, so I guess it's up to me to try." Xue Jing brushed off the dust that had settled on his clothes and then turned to Qiao Ying with a smile.

"Sister, are there any precautions we should take when fighting the sea bee swarm?"

"..." Qiao Ying was dazzled by his smile, her body tingling as she blurted out:

"Soldier bees... There are a small number of much larger bees among the sea bee swarm, and those are the soldier bees, far more dangerous than the regular ones."

Xue Jing nodded and walked towards the casino's entrance.

Seeing this, Ning Fengwan asked, "What about this woman?"

Without turning back, Xue Jing replied, "Kill her."

His tone was flat, as if he were answering a question about lunch options.

Qiao Ying sighed, her face filled with adoration: "Even your ruthless and callous attitude is so charming..."

"Hmm."

Ning Fengwan gave her a disdainful look and tossed her into the air, her clawed fingers slightly open as she passed by.

Qiao Ying's body was sliced into six long strips of meat, falling to the ground.

Xue Jing opened the casino door and walked out, only to bump into Security Director Chen Liang.

"Mr. Xue!"

Seeing Xue Jing, Chen Liang seemed to have found a pillar of support, his initially anxious expression softening.

"Director Chen... You did well."

Xue Jing was surprised to see him holding the White Rabbit Dagger.

Chen Liang handed the dagger to Xue Jing and quickly explained:

"Mr. Xue, what should we do now? The distress signal has been sent, but I'm afraid the rescue won't arrive in time."

As the ship continued to shake violently, Chen Liang couldn't help but sigh, recalling his previous conversation with Mr. Xue.

'That rarely happens; the probability is smaller than winning the grand prize in the lottery. We won't be that unlucky, ahahaha.'

Who would have thought they would indeed win the grand prize...

Xue Jing took the White Rabbit Dagger, gently stroking the sheath as he asked, "Have the passengers been taken care of?"

Chen Liang nodded. "All passengers should be gathered in the ship's interior cabins."

Xue Jing walked to the deck railing and looked down at the sea below.

In the pitch-black night, the ship's lights provided the only illumination, reflecting on the choppy waters.

The waves crashed against the ship, and in the faint light, one could make out countless black shadows darting back and forth underwater.

A constant, dull thumping sound resonated from the ship's bottom, each knock sending shivers down one's spine.

"The sea bee swarm is one of the few high-threat sea-dwelling species that can bypass the naval defenses and infiltrate from within."

Chen Liang spoke in a low voice.

"Once a sea bee king is fertilized, it retains the ability to lay eggs for life... The target of a single sea bee king is minuscule. If a fertilized sea bee king crosses the defense line and starts laying eggs internally, it can quickly form a massive swarm."

"However, while sea bees are carnivorous, they usually stay in the deep sea regions and rarely come to the surface."

"Why did they suddenly appear and attack the cruise ship?"

Chen Liang was puzzled.

Having dealt with Qiao Ying, Ning Fengwan joined Xue Jing, stepping onto the deck in her high heels. She crossed her arms and looked down at the sea, asking, "What now?"

Xue Jing thought for a moment, then lightly leaped onto the railing, standing atop it.

Despite the constant rocking of the ship, Xue Jing stood as firmly as if his feet had taken root, unmoving atop the railing.

His eyes transformed into a divine silver-white, and the Futu Sword was unsheathed.

A black membrane coated the blade, and spiral indentations appeared on his arms.

"Black Heaven Knife, Whirlwind Thunder—"

A thunderous roar erupted from thin air as a colossal pitch-black light dragon tornado was sliced from the blade, spiraling towards the countless shadows on the sea.

As soon as it made contact with the water, the black tornado immediately enveloped the seawater, spinning into a massive waterspout.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

An immense waterspout that reached the heavens appeared before them, sucking in countless shadows and spinning them relentlessly within.

Soon after, countless objects the size of human children began to fall like rain.

Xue Jing fixed his gaze on these 'objects'.

They were creatures with three body segments, yellow and black stripes, and a body length of about forty to fifty centimeters, resembling bees.

However, compared to bees, they had six gill-like organs on their abdomens, and where their wings should have been on their backs were four long, uneven, and differently directed fin-like structures. Their six-legged structure had webbed feet, making them more suited for underwater environments, and their mouthparts sported a black, beetle-like hammer made of exoskeleton.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang—"

Countless sea bees rained down on the deck, creating a cacophony of impacts.

All the sea bees that landed on the deck had several gashes on their bodies, amber-colored blood flowing from their wounds. Some were still alive, their six legs twitching and writhing as their stinger tails twitched and jabbed frantically at the air.

Nearby, Chen Liang stared with eyes wide open, incredulous at what he was witnessing.

What is this? Legendary sword qi?

How can a single sword slash create a water tornado?

I knew Mr. Xue was strong, but this is ridiculous.

"Teacher Wan, how many did that strike take out?" Xue Jing asked in a detached tone.

Upon entering the Heaven Knife State, not only his irises and expression but even his voice seemed to be imbued with divinity.

Ning Fengwan was slightly dazed, quietly responding, "Less than three hundred, I think..."

For some reason, her tone carried a hint of reverence, something she herself didn't notice.

Xue Jing pondered for a moment.

Despite his robust stamina and energy due to the [Health Care] skill, at the rate of three hundred bees per strike, he couldn't possibly inflict significant damage on the swarm of at least ten thousand sea bees.

He wasn't sure if he could even manage thirty strikes with the level of consumption required for such a technique.

"I need to think of something else," Xue Jing mused.

At that moment, the splashing on the sea surface intensified.

"Splash, splash, splash—"

Countless sea bees leaped out of the water with incredible speed, charging towards Xue Jing's position.

Some extended the exoskeletal hammers on their heads, while others raised their tails, exposing their stingers. Their inscrutable compound eyes sent shivers down one's spine.

Xue Jing brandished the Futu Sword in his hand, slicing every incoming sea bee in half. The swish of the blade cutting through flesh was incessant, and the corpses of the sea bees rained down like leaves.

Beside him, Ning Fengwan also manifested the Snake-killing Tips on her fingers, slicing through the sea bees with precision.

Like dumplings dropping into boiling water, the relentless sea bees showed no signs of stopping, charging forward in wave after wave of fearless assaults.

"Director Chen, you should go take shelter inside the ship," Xue Jing said as he swiftly waved his blade, addressing the nearby Chen Liang, whose face was splattered with the blood of the bees.

Chen Liang quickly nodded and scrambled towards the ship's interior, keeping low.

"Creak, creak, creak—"

The ship suddenly tilted sharply, nearly capsizing, followed immediately by blaring alarm sirens.

"The hull is breached! We're taking on water!"

Chen Liang stumbled and fell to the ground, his face filled with shock and dread.

Xue Jing remained focused, moving relentlessly across the deck.

The sea bees shot at him like bullets, tracking his every move. Wherever he went, they followed.

Xue Jing's eyes narrowed, and an idea came to mind.

As he continued to slash and kill the endless sea bees, his eyes darted around, taking in his surroundings.

"I need a higher vantage point... This cruise ship is built too tall."

Glancing up at the observation deck, which was over twenty stories above, Xue Jing clicked his tongue.

"Be careful, Teacher Wan."

Xue Jing cautioned the woman beside him before dashing forward, quickening his pace, and beginning to traverse the walls and railings of the cruise ship, making his way to the top.

The sea bees pursued him like a shadow, relentlessly shooting towards his position. Some crashed into the glass windows, their tough exoskeletal hammers shattering the glass and frightening the passengers inside, who screamed in terror.

"Black Heaven Knife, Whirlwind Thunder—"

Upon landing on one of the lower decks, Xue Jing unleashed the black tornado of his sword, slicing a straight line through the sea bees, creating a temporary respite as he continued his ascent.

After several minutes of this, he finally leaped onto the highest deck and quickly ascended the stairs to the top of the observation deck.

Xue Jing stood atop the highest deck, surveying his surroundings with unhindered vision.

In the pitch-black night, illuminated only by the cruise ship's lights, countless shadows stirred, revealing a black aura.

Black flames ignited in Xue Jing's silver-white irises.

With Shadowflame enhancing his vision, the darkness could no longer impede his sight.

"The sea bees are able to relentlessly target me with precision. It's clear they know my location."

"Only the Sea Bee King can command the swarm."

"It sees my position..."

Xue Jing continued to slay the sea bees, his gaze scanning the sea's surface.

"It's on the surface..."

His irises, burning with black flames, seemed poised to devour all light.

With his Level 7 Aiming, his eyesight, transcending human limits, was fully activated, and his gaze constantly adjusted its focus.

Within a range of several hundred meters, countless indistinguishable shadows were enveloped by his gaze, each one seemingly identical.

It was like trying to find a single grain of sticky rice in a vat of rice, searching grain by grain.

Xue Jing's mind was exceptionally serene, and he felt not the slightest hint of impatience.

'Not this one... Not this one... Not this one...'

He committed every detail of the sea bees' appearances to memory, searching faster and faster, progressing from a few seconds per bee to one per second, and then even less.

Eventually, he could scan an entire area with a single glance, instantly recognizing each sea bee's unique features.

The extremely intense graphical analysis consumed his mental energy rapidly, and his eyes began to heat up.

"Not here... Not here either..."

Xue Jing paid no heed to the heat, continuing to exert his eyesight, scanning his surroundings relentlessly.

After an unknown amount of time, his pupils suddenly twitched, as if he heard a buzzing sound.

Without even realizing it, his irises had transformed into vertical pupils, resembling those of a beast.

The next moment, as if divinely inspired, he turned his head.

His vertical pupils, burning with black flames, swept across an inconspicuous area.

At that moment, Xue Jing experienced a hallucination.

He felt as though he had become a true dragon soaring through the clouds, winding and undulating in the sky.

Before him lay layer upon layer of cloud currents, as if displeased by the obstruction to his vision, the true dragon casually glanced to the side.

Divine light pierced through, causing the cloud currents to disperse, as if Moses had parted the sea, revealing a clear path.

Xue Jing's vertical pupils shone brightly as he gazed upon the unremarkable area.

Among the sea bees, one stood out, its appearance almost identical to the others, yet it crawled on the water's surface.

The difference was that the yellow and black stripes on its body were reversed compared to the others.

The fur on its body also appeared slightly longer.

Most importantly... Xue Jing could clearly 'sense' it with his enhanced eyesight.

It... was also looking at him.

Although its compound eyes couldn't reveal the direction of its gaze, Xue Jing felt certain of it.

"I've found you..."

Without hesitation, Xue Jing stomped on the ground.

With a loud bang, the observation deck beneath his feet crumbled, and he launched himself like a cannonball toward the Sea Bee King.

He held the Futu Sword in his hand, its blade coated in a black membrane, his silver-white vertical pupils indifferent and disdainful.

Countless sea bees splashed out, attempting to stop this man from approaching their 'king.'

However—

"Chchi, chchi, chchi, chchi—"

The sound of countless knives slicing through flesh rang out as any sea bee that dared to approach Xue Jing was torn to shreds, their bodies reduced to countless fragments.

The Sea Bee King, realizing it had been discovered, immediately dove into the water, attempting to flee.

But even as it disappeared from sight underwater, Xue Jing, as if aided by X-ray vision, relentlessly tracked its position with his gaze.

Splash.

He dove into the water as well.

He could hear only the sound of his own heartbeat, blocking out all other noises.

Yet, his eyes remained open.

With Level 3 Swimming and Twinborn Speed, he moved like an aquatic creature, swiftly closing in on the escaping Sea Bee King.

Several huge shadows, much larger than the average sea bee, rapidly swam towards him.

'Soldier bees...'

Xue Jing activated Twinborn Power and Twinborn Defense, with spiral indentations covering his chest and neck.

"Black Heaven Knife, Whirlpool Thunder—"

He unleashed his most powerful strike underwater, forming a massive underwater tornado that briefly created a spiral passage, blocking all the soldier bees outside.

Staring at the Sea Bee King at the end of the passage, Xue Jing murmured:

"You're doomed. Not even Jesus can save you now, I tell you."

He pushed off the water with his feet, holding the black blade while his body burned with black flames, rapidly closing in on the Sea Bee King.

"Shua—"

Black light flashed.

"Black Heaven Knife, Eye Piercing Style."

The Sea Bee King stiffened, its body sliced cleanly in half from its mouthparts to its stinger, right between its compound eyes.

...

(6,000 words! I did it!)

(End of Chapter)

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