CHAPTER 1746: CHAPTER 61: NUCLEUS COUNTERATTACK

Under the Heaven Fire Domain, a large amount of seawater continuously evaporates, creating scorching steam everywhere, like a foggy winter morning with extremely low visibility, you can’t even see your fingers in front of you.

Although the spectators can’t see Tang Zheng and the Nuclear Flame’s battle, they can still feel their strength from the energy collisions and subsequent diffusion.

The Heaven Fire of the Nuclear Flame rages wildly like a storm, covering a vast area, almost scorching everyone’s skin to cracks.

The linen fabric sails couldn’t withstand this heat first, catching fire, followed by the sailors’ clothing, with those not wearing Protective Clothing suffering severe damage.

"Quick, retreat." All the captains hurriedly ordered to withdraw from the steam zone.

Boom, boom!

The scorching high temperatures ignited the gunpowder stored in the ammunition compartments, causing several sea ships to start exploding from the inside, suffering an undeserved misfortune.

Unlike the wide-ranging destruction of the Nuclear Flame, Tang Zheng’s Gravity Abyss steadily controls a range with a radius of five hundred yards, like an invisible domain where any material entering will directly subside.

The seawater couldn’t approach Tang Zheng at all, and he, constantly delving to the seabed, was like being wrapped in a large air sheath, repelling everything.

"Tang Zheng, die!" Yan Chiyang withstands hundredfold Gravity Suppression, relentlessly chasing, his attack intensity not diminishing at all.

The Nuclear Flame can ignite the air, suffocate enemies, and turn them into charcoal, but under gravity, the air is all compressed. However, for Yan Chiyang, this countermeasure only deprives him of a few attack methods.

"Heaven Fire Storm!"

Yan Chiyang roars, dazzling flame halos appear around him, spinning, then whisk and shoot toward Tang Zheng.

These all are produced by the Nuclear Flame absorbing solar energy and other radiation, creating high-temperature plasma.

At this moment, Yan Chiyang is like a star, temperature continually rising, only stopping when reaching a million degrees Fahrenheit, and he himself is so bright that it’s impossible to look directly at him; even closing your eyes, the eyeballs would sting.

Coronal mass ejections erupt from Yan Chiyang, drawing beautiful arcs.

Boom, the two directly plunge into the seabed.

Where Tang Zheng stands, seawater was squeezed away, with migratory fish that couldn’t escape falling onto the seabed sand, struggling briefly before being vaporized by the high temperature, leaving no residue. The coral, rocks, and sea sand visibly melted rapidly, turning into liquid slurry.

All shields shattered, even the 3S-grade Protective Clothing showed black burn marks, its holes increasing, prompting Tang Zheng to quickly let the armor transform and attach to his body.

Bang, bang!

Tang Zheng swings his hand, launching numerous Gravity Bombs, fiercely striking the incoming Heaven Fire Storm, causing a violent explosion.

The wild and unrestrained energy, invisible and silent, creates dense ripple-like vibrations in the sea water, the surrounding coastal city surely doomed as the ocean surged over, akin to a stage seven tsunami.

"Gravity reversal!"

Indeed, The Nuclear Flame is a master, its viscera just feeling the misalignment under gravity compression, its body immediately moving at high frequency.

Tang Zheng can calculate, but this consumes too much brain power, and being distracted can quickly lead to Yan Chiyang seizing the chance for a counterattack, so he decisively abandons Gravity reversal, choosing instead to release the more life-energy-consuming but higher defense Gravity Black Hole.

A black sesame-sized vortex appears, quickly expanding, absorbing everything around, even light cannot escape, causing the vicinity of the black hole to instantly darken.

The halo-like Heaven Fire Storm, liquid seabed sand, and even air are being pulled into the black hole, instantaneously, dozens of black holes appear in the combat area.

Because Tang Zheng remained stationary, Yan Chiyang also had to stay within the black holes, resisting the strong suction, failing in his attempts to expel him.

Sea ships withdrew to full five thousand meters, barely ensuring self-preservation, and the Conquerors, using high-magnification telescopes, coupled with the steam being absorbed by the black holes, finally saw the battle situation.

So intense!

Their exchanges were extremely frequent, even second-tier Heroes could hardly see clearly, just a blur of rapid shadows.

Sekiya Ganta’s expression sank, previously thinking the Seed was exaggerated and certainly not invincible, but after witnessing their battle, he realized his own insignificance.

"How does it feel?" Asakura Sakura couldn’t see the battle with her naked eyes, but her Ability could; above the Vault of Heaven, it seemed a rift opened, revealing a pupil monitoring everything.

"Very strong." Norifumi Watanabe crossed his arms, after speaking he added another sentence, "Extremely strong."

"Regrettably, no matter how strong, you must face it." Asakura Sakura showed no fear, to win the victory, defeating all teams is necessary, meaning overcoming seven Seeds and numerous Seed candidates.

"You seem confident?" Norifumi Watanabe frowned, "Don’t blame me for not warning you, even if you belong to the most unpredictable Fate Series, you won’t have much room for tricks in the face of absolute power."

Asakura Sakura did not explain. She would never be foolish enough to get into a direct confrontation. Among the seven Seeds, she would choose the opponent whose abilities clashed with hers, and then weaken their combat power through layers of planning.

"Achieving the impossible by leveraging the small against the large is what makes it challenging." Although Asakura Sakura appeared humble on the surface, she was fundamentally an exceptionally proud individual. Killing Seeds is much more interesting!

"All ships, advance, target: six o’clock direction, attack!" Mu Nianqi waved the Commanding Knife, and the warships charged forward menacingly.

Boom, boom!

The bombardment began, especially the two demon ships serving as flagships, spewing out cannon shells like monsters, their bodies covered in sharp teeth.

The allied fleet panicked instantly, with some howling in defense and others trying to escape the battle circle. With their formation disrupted during the retreat, this moment of chaos led to further confusion as they blocked each other’s paths.

"You predicted this early on, didn’t you?" Norifumi Watanabe noticed Asakura Sakura showed no surprise at the enemy’s attack, prompting him to praise her.

"I was wondering, given your tactical acumen, why didn’t you correct the disarray of those sea ships earlier." Yoshiyuki Akiyama nodded, "Attacking the coalition at this juncture is undoubtedly the most correct choice."

Though Superpower ESP only has one ship left and appears the weakest in terms of strength, it’s still a demon ship. Sinking it would take considerable time, not to mention the variable of Nuclear Flame; even if successful, the points gained wouldn’t be substantial.

But attacking the coalition is different; the Warhammer team’s reliance on two demon ships could easily result in a crushing victory, and sinking several ships would cause their points to skyrocket like a rocket.

"Asakura Sakura, are you abandoning us?" Seeing that the flagship didn’t retaliate, several group leaders signaled with flags to inquire.

"Notify all sea ships, turn the muzzle, target the Filipino Ship, open fire." Asakura Sakura ignored those individuals and coldly issued the command.

Asakura Sakura had long established absolute authority within the team. Despite the peculiar nature of the order, no one questioned it; they executed it unconditionally.

Because the cannons were mounted inside the gun bay, one couldn’t determine their target, but two thoughtful group leaders noticed Japan’s sea ships were turning, their broadsides aimed at the Filipino Ship.

"This is bad!" The group leader’s heart skipped a beat, just as he was about to send a warning, he heard the deafening sound of cannon fire.

The fifteen sea ships launched cannon shells to form a steel barrage that directly enveloped the Filipino Ship, riddling it with holes, especially the frost cannon shells from the demon ships that hit the deck, instantly freezing large patches of ice layer.

The entire ship was no exception; it was covered with a layer of ice, even the gun ports were blocked. Those cannons couldn’t penetrate, exploding nearby and injuring their own people.

"Asakura Sakura, did you betray me?" The Filipino group leader, enraged with Yazi-like fury, wished to kill this Japanese woman.

Asakura Sakura wasted no words, responding with another two rounds of bombardment.

"Fight back, take down the Japanese Team." The Filipinos refused to suffer the loss, retaliating against the coalition.

However, seeing the Japanese turncoat action, the coalition’s final psychological barrier crumbled, and many began to retreat, with only a few miscalculating the situation continuing the bombardment.

"Watanabe Maru, bombard, disrupt their formation." Asakura Sakura calmly delivered commands, directly targeting the enemy ships.

Every sea ship pointed out by the Commanding Knife would face intense bombardment.

The Warhammer team’s fleet was separated by a thousand meters, unlike the Japanese Team with the advantage; they were almost entirely in close proximity, eliminating any chance of missing the shots.

When the Warhammer team closed in within five hundred meters, sinking the first sea ship, the Japanese Team had already eliminated six, reaping significant war results.

"They really thought we wouldn’t dare retaliate?" Lu Fan was furious, firing a cannon shot with the magic wand while shouting to the skeleton sailors, "Attack!"

With Tang Zheng facing Yan Chiyang, he had temporarily handed the Ghost Ship’s command to Li Xinlan, rendering the loli’s commands ineffective.

"Target the Japanese ship, attack." The matriarch wasted no time, signaling with flags to Mu Nianqi, "I’ll restrain the Japanese, you focus on the coalition."

Asakura Sakura’s flagship unleashed the Magic Bullet Rage Shot, wherever it landed, an ice layer spread. Without hesitation, she continued attacking the Conquerors who were allies just moments before.

With Norifumi Watanabe and the demon ships suppressing, she didn’t believe the enemy would be foolish enough to focus on her.

"Asakura, if you keep this up, who will dare to cooperate with us in the future?" Ando glanced at Watanabe, seizing the opportunity to undermine her.

"Regardless of whether there’s an opportunity for cooperation in the upcoming Game, these trash, even if they become allies, what’s the use?" Asakura Sakura’s lips curled with disdain, "I’ve already mentioned, before this round ends, these ’cannon fodder’ will be consumed and converted into points; now is the opportunity."

Though Asakura Sakura spoke plainly, her tone carried such firmness and confidence that the Japanese felt invigorated, yelling wildly, their offensive growing increasingly savage.

"Good opportunity, retreat quickly." The deputy group leader of Superpower ESP, initially despairing of escape, was stunned to see these people fighting among themselves, then overjoyed as a smile climbed onto his cheek. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)