Chapter 1395: Sudden Changes
Without any warning, a very dull and strange sound suddenly came from the depths of the sea. The sound was low and deep, like a giant war drum that suddenly beat, which made people's hearts tremble constantly.
Then, more dull or sharp shocking noises broke out from the sea, as if the seabed suddenly played a frantic and disordered tune, which made people's eardrums buzz.
"Your Majesty, it is, it is the cry of the sea monster!"
Bruno, who had commanded the Minotaur fleet for decades, stared and reacted immediately.
His face was full of surprise, and he blurted out: "From such a deep sound, the sound is probably from the sixth-level giant sea monsters, at least dozens, no, there may be hundreds of them!"
When Bruno said this, the Minotaur captain and Minotaur sailors who had just returned also nodded tremblingly, and the panic on their faces was beyond words.
As they sailed in this sea area for many years, they naturally knew the horror of sea monsters, especially the giant sea monsters of the sixth level.
Those huge bodies were thick and tough, and the energy stored in their bodies was inexhaustible. The smallest one was comparable to a giant ship.
The largest one they had seen so far was even comparable to a giant castle. The amazing scene of it jumping out of the water from the bottom of the sea was so stunning that it covered the sky and the sun, like the end of the world.
In the two thousand years of the Minotaur's battle with them, although there were indeed several cases of successfully killing the sixth-level sea monsters, in most cases, no one could do anything to the other, and there were even many times when they suffered heavy losses. And this was only when dealing with one sixth-level sea monster. If they encountered two at the same time, the fleet had no choice but to flee.
It is not difficult to see how surprised and panicked they were when they learned that hundreds of sixth-level sea monsters appeared nearby. This was simply a sure death.
In addition to being extremely surprised, the hairy faces of the minotaurs were puzzled.
They have been dealing with sea monsters for many years, and they all clearly understand that every powerful sea monster has a strong sense of territory.
Except for some who have the habit of living in groups, most of them will not allow other sea monsters to approach at will, let alone leave their territory easily.
In addition, there are not even nests of these powerful sea monsters in the surrounding seas, and it is for this reason that they choose this relatively calm sea as a channel.
It is not difficult to see from this that no matter from which angle, there should never be a large number of high-level sea monsters gathering here at the same time, which is obviously not in line with common sense.
"Your Majesty, is this just imitating the sound of sea monsters?"
Bruno seemed to have thought of something and blurted out.
However, Bruno's words had not yet completely fallen, and the sea surface in the distance suddenly surged, and a giant sea python monster, whose body was a hundred meters long, roared out of the water.
Under the reflection of the cold white moon, the sharp teeth in its mouth flashed with cold light, and the thick body covered with dark scales flashed with earthy yellow light, which had obviously condensed into a thick energy barrier.
For monsters above level 5, it is naturally easy to condense an energy barrier to protect themselves.
Seeing this amazing scene, Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath. This kind of sea monster with such a huge body, except for seeing it in the mirage of the dimensional storm, he had never seen it with his own eyes. It was just like a prehistoric monster.
However, before Lei Xiao could marvel in his heart, a giant shark monster that was even bigger than the former suddenly jumped out of the water, opened its bloody mouth and bit the former's sturdy body covered with scales.
The moment the extremely sharp giant teeth touched the body wrapped by the earth-yellow energy barrier, it immediately aroused a vast energy wave, and wherever the energy wave swept, it set off a huge wave.
When the waves fell, the two giant sea monsters had already disappeared, leaving only countless white foam floating on the sea surface.
"It seems that there are more than just sounds."
Lei Xiao retracted his gaze and said solemnly: "I'm afraid these guys have just entered here, and it's not surprising that they are fighting for territory in an unfamiliar land."
Just now, Lei Xiao had asked Xiao Huan who was accompanying him and ruled out the possibility of an illusion. Although the latter was only a fifth-level stone elf, as a creature created by God, it was still possible to simply distinguish whether it was an illusion.
As Lei Xiao finished speaking. In other sea areas around, there were also scenes of sea monsters fighting each other, causing the wind and clouds to surge everywhere, just like a fierce and deadly storm.
"Your Majesty is right. Fortunately, everyone has landed just now and built a temporary absolute defense barrier. Although the area here is limited, it is enough to be a safe haven for us."
Bruno recovered a little from the panic, and then said with doubts: "But there is one thing I don't understand. Their territories are very far away from each other. How could they appear here at the same time?"
"Perhaps it is because more entrances to the barrier area appeared at the same time, or there is some kind of existence that deliberately attracted them."
Faced with the increasingly serious situation, Lei Xiao did not hold back this time, but expressed all his thoughts.
"Deliberately attract them?!"
Hearing the sound, not only Bruno, but also most of the other strong men present had expressions of astonishment. Only Shuert and a few others had calmer expressions, and they were obviously vaguely aware of this.
"Don't you think it's very strange?"
Lei Xiao looked at the astonished looks of everyone, nodded slightly and said: "It stands to reason that as a paradise, the boundary area often has an obvious role, but here there is only an isolated island with a limited area, and some kind of space-distorting cycle is deployed. No matter where we start, we will end up here.”
"What His Majesty the Human Race said is absolutely true. If there is really a pair of invisible hands controlling all of this, then it is obviously deliberately guiding us to board this isolated island, whether it is from the circulation method of distorting space, or these sudden... High-level sea monsters can all prove this."
Shuert nodded in agreement, and then a hint of confusion appeared on the old wood carving's face: "But this isolated island doesn't look like there's anything special about it, it's simply incredible."
"That being said, it does make sense."
Bruno pondered for a moment, nodded heavily and said, "But why does that invisible big hand do this?"
Just when everyone was confused, Lei Xiao's eyes flashed with solemnity.
Regarding this point, I am also extremely confused.
Although at first I thought this was just an ancient barrier area that was in disrepair, there were more and more signs that things were not as simple as I imagined.
While everyone was confused, the fierce battle between sea monsters in the surrounding sea area began to intensify. Although the battle had not yet reached here, an uneasy atmosphere began to spread on the isolated island.
In addition to the 20 sixth-level combatants on our side at the beginning, although we later gathered 50 sixth-level combatants from various forces on our side, as well as hundreds of fifth-level strong men, there are not many strong ones who are good at water after all. Fighting, facing hundreds of sixth-order sea monsters that are fighting each other, it is still frightening.
"Lord, don't you think there is something weird about this island itself?"
Xiaojing's fair face also had a trace of doubt, and she blurted out.
Before Lei Xiao could reply, something unexpected happened.
The entire island suddenly began to shake violently. Caught off guard, many minotaur sailors around them sat down on the ground, swaying and struggling to get up.
For a moment, the entire scene suddenly became extremely chaotic, and the sea monsters that were fighting fiercely around them calmed down and huddled up.
"Lord, isn't this island itself a huge sea monster?"
Instead of panic, Xiaojing's fair face showed a hint of excitement.
However, as soon as Xiaojing said this, Bruno and others became even more panicked. If this was really the case, the situation would undoubtedly be more dangerous.
"No way."
While feeling awe-inspiring in his heart, Lei Xiao smiled helplessly and decisively denied the other party's view.
I have already considered this extremely dramatic situation. After investigation by many powerful people, including Chris and Fanny, who are the great earth magisters, as well as several great water magisters who are detecting the waters around the island. It can be confirmed that this isolated island is not a living thing, nor does it have any characteristics of a golem.
"Your Majesty, human race, since it is not a living thing, then what is going on with this sudden shaking? Could it be that the magical ley lines under the sea suddenly erupted?"
When Bruno said this, he immediately denied his opinion and continued: "No, this is a barrier area that is different from the real space. How can there be magic leylines?"
"Lord, it's the energy fluctuation of the space system!"
As the highest-ranking space mage present, Jiang Li was the first to react and said with a serious face: "There is an extremely powerful space energy wave rising from the bottom of this barrier area. That is The source of the island's shaking!"
"Energy fluctuations in the space system?"
Broy stood on a small slope, looking around nervously.
After a while, he pointed to the end of the sea level and said with surprise on his face: "Your Majesty, look over there!"
Looking in the direction of the opponent's finger, Lei Xiao immediately opened his eyes.
The space there looked blurry, and even the two moons and the entire starry sky seemed to be pulled out of shape by a pair of invisible hands. The quarter moon was almost stretched into a long strip and completely changed its shape.
As we all know, the sky and moon in the barrier area are projections from the real world, which undoubtedly means that the space there is expanding rapidly.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
The faces of Bruno and some of the strong men were almost completely filled with panic, and they were obviously completely in disarray.
You must know that outside the enchantment area is a void space that swallows everything. If the wall of the enchantment area bursts open, revealing a void space gap like a black hole, then most people will obviously die.
"There is no need to panic. Don't forget our speculation just now. There seems to be some kind of force secretly controlling all of this. The other party is not just spending so much effort to open a big hole in the wall of the barrier area."
Although Lei Xiao was also extremely worried, his face remained calm.
"What the Lord Lord said is absolutely true. My subordinates can vaguely sense that this pulling and expansion is not because the space barrier wall is in disrepair, but because some kind of force is trying to do something."
Jiang Lei confirmed Lei Xiao's view and echoed: "That is not to deliberately damage the space barrier wall, but more like a reshaping."
"Reinvention?"
Bruno's face showed a trace of paleness, and he said with confusion: "But until just now, this enchantment area was very normal, why should it be reshaped suddenly?"
"This is indeed puzzling, but the means of that power are so mysterious and subtle that no one can detect any clues at all. It is simply unheard of to suddenly change the structure of a certain part of the barrier area."
Jiang Li shook her head helplessly and responded: "But the Lord is right. At least judging from the current situation, as long as we stay here, we are not in any danger."
After hearing Jiang Li's words, the originally extremely tense atmosphere relaxed a lot.
But it didn't take long, as the entire island trembled more and more violently, and the space pull became more serious. The moon projection at the end of the sky, which was originally stretched into a long strip, almost turned into a thin line across the sky. It looks terrifying.
Just when the atmosphere was getting tense again, everything came to an abrupt end.
Not only did the tremors stop completely, but even the moon and starry sky in the distance returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
For a moment, the entire barrier area fell into silence. Even the sea monsters that were extremely agitated just now remained quiet and did not move at all.
"Looks like it's finally over."
After a while, Broy wiped the sweat off his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
"But nothing has changed."
Chao Yan, who finally found a chance to show his face, looked around and asked with doubts on his face: "What exactly was reshaped by the space pull just now?"
"Isn't it just a means of intimidation?"
Bruno straightened the silver war helmet with two horns on his head and nodded thoughtfully.
"No, things have definitely changed."
Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, pointed in the direction where he was pulled by the space just now, nodded slightly and said: "Look carefully, everything is very obvious."
Looking in the direction of Lei Xiao's finger, everyone looked at each other with astonishment after observing intently for a moment, and began to look at each other.