On the opposite deck.
Odin stared at the severed steel cable.
His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Sniper?"
"In this kind of visibility?"
"And he can still sever the steel cable?"
He gritted his teeth.
This Qin Yu.
Was even more bizarre than what the captive had said.
Not only did he have that fireball.
But his marksmanship was absolutely top-tier as well.
"Since you don't want to come over."
"Then I'll go over myself!"
A fierce glint flashed in Odin's eyes.
"Turn the 'Eternal Permafrost' to full power!"
"Freeze this entire sea solid for me!"
"All snow vehicles, charge!"
"I don't believe that one man with one gun can stop my army!"
Following Odin's command.
The nozzles around the icebreaker.
No longer sprayed gas.
Instead, they directly spewed a pale blue liquid.
That liquid fell into the sea.
Even the high temperature of the [Eye of Helios] couldn't instantly evaporate it.
Instead, a sizzling sound of resistance erupted.
The sea surface rapidly formed a thick layer of blue ice.
This kind of ice.
Was harder than steel.
Immediately after.
The icebreaker's massive belly hatch opened.
A rumbling sound echoed.
Dozens of modified snow vehicles, like beasts unleashed from their cages, roared onto the ice surface.
On each vehicle.
Heavy machine guns and rocket launchers were mounted.
The wheels crushed over the ice.
Kicking up a sky full of ice shards.
Charging toward Qin Yu's position.
"This is..."
Qin Yu looked at the cluster of rapidly approaching red dots on the radar.
"Ground assault?"
"Want to play a boarding game with me?"
He put away the sniper rifle.
A cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Alright."
"Just in time, my ship is a bit hungry."
Qin Yu turned around.
Patting the metal railing beside him.
"Ruo Bing."
"Recall that ball."
"Since he's not afraid of heat."
"Then let's change the game."
Li Ruobing was stunned.
"Recall it? Won't we freeze again then?"
"We won't freeze."
Qin Yu looked at the deck beneath his feet.
At this moment.
The entire "President" began to tremble slightly.
That rhythmic pulsation, like a living creature breathing.
Appeared once more.
"Since it's liquid metal."
"Then let him witness."
"What it means... to be as one wills."
Qin Yu spoke into the walkie-talkie:
"Fatty."
"Raise your fortress to its highest point."
"Don't get in the way."
"This next wave."
"Might get a bit bloody."
Upon hearing this, Qi Chun immediately understood.
Without another word.
He pulled the floating fortress to its maximum altitude.
While pulling, he kept shouting:
"Brother Yu! Save a couple of vehicles for me! That's S-Class alloy too!"
Qin Yu ignored him.
He watched the vehicle convoy that had already broken through the fog, appearing within sight.
On the lead vehicle.
A man with a skull tattoo on his face was holding a rocket launcher, laughing maniacally in this direction.
"Die!!"
A rocket shot over, trailing flames.
Qin Yu stood at the bow of the ship.
Not moving at all.
"Transform."
He softly uttered two words.
The next second.
A horrifying scene unfolded.
The originally streamlined hull of the "President."
Suddenly, it was like a pool of scattered mercury.
It collapsed in an instant.
Then reformed in the blink of an eye.
The deck at the bow of the ship bulged violently.
Transforming into a massive, fang-filled metal maw.
The incoming rocket.
Was directly swallowed by this giant mouth.
"Boom!"
A muffled sound.
Like a dud firecracker.
It didn't even emit smoke.
The tattooed man carrying the rocket launcher was stunned.
The convoy behind him was stunned too.
What the hell kind of ship is this?!
This is a monster!
Before they could react.
The metal maw suddenly opened.
Countless silver tentacles.
Like an octopus.
Erupted from within the ship's hull!
The tip of each tentacle.
Transformed into sharp spikes.
Moving so fast they left afterimages.
"Thud!"
The armored vehicle at the front.
Along with its occupants.
Was directly impaled by a tentacle.
Like skewering candied haws.
"Ahhh!"
Screams rang out.
But this was only the beginning.
After piercing the vehicles, the tentacles.
Did not stop.
Instead, as if alive, they rapidly branched out, coiled, and enveloped.
The hard armor of the vehicles.
In the face of this liquid metal.
Was as fragile as paper.
"Crunch—crunch—"
The bone-chilling sound of metal chewing echoed again.
That armored vehicle.
Right before everyone's eyes.
Was melted.
Becoming part of the tentacle.
As for the people inside…
Even their screams vanished.
"M-monster!"
"This is a monster!"
The convoy behind panicked.
Frantically turning the steering wheel to reverse.
But on the smooth, mirror-like blue ice.
Slamming the brakes only caused them to lose control.
Several vehicles crashed into each other.
Then.
Were covered by even more tentacles.
Qin Yu stood above the "giant maw."
Like a conductor.
Waving his fingers.
"Devour."
"Leave none alive."
His voice was soft.
But to those people's ears.
It was more terrifying than the death knell of hell.
This was no evenly matched battle.
This was simply a one-sided feast.
In the distance.
Odin watched this scene.
The telescope in his hand was crushed.
His heart bled.
That was his most elite assault team!
Even against an S-Class Sea Beast, they could retreat unscathed—his trump card!
In front of this Qin Yu.
They had become takeout?!
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
Odin's eyes turned bloodshot.
He knew.
Conventional methods were useless now.
Qin Yu's ship.
Was itself a bug-level existence.
In that case.
He could only use that last card.
Though the cost was great.
Though it might turn this place into a dead zone.
He couldn't hold back.
"All personnel, retreat!"
"Seal all hatches!"
Odin rushed to the control panel.
Tore a key from around his neck.
And forcefully inserted it into a red slot.
"Qin Yu."
"Since you like to eat."
"I'll let you eat your fill."
He violently turned the key.
"Activate the [Twilight of the Gods] protocol!"
"Release… the Absolute Zero Core!"
"Hum—!!!"
A heart-palpitating vibration.
Emerged from the deepest part of the icebreaker.
At this moment.
Even time seemed to freeze.
Qin Yu sensed it.
The "President" beneath his feet.
Those liquid metal tentacles that had been wreaking havoc.
Suddenly stiffened.
On their surface.
A layer of white frost formed.
This frost.
Was no ordinary frost.
It carried an irresistible force of rules.
It was frantically eroding the activity of the liquid metal.
"Alert! Rule-Level Cryogenic Strike detected!"
"Hull activity dropping 30%... 50%..."
"Shape-shifting capability being lost!"
Li Ruobing's panicked voice came through.
"Qin Yu! That's... that's the power of a Rule Fragment!"
"He's draining the life force of this entire area!"
Qin Yu watched as those tentacles rapidly hardened and lost their luster.
His expression finally changed.
No longer that careless mockery.
But solemn.
"Absolute zero?"
Qin Yu felt the surrounding air had become as thick as glue.
Even breathing carried shards of ice.
This was indeed power above S-Class, touching the edge of rules.
That madman Odin.
He really intends to turn everyone into ice sculptures together.
"Interesting."
Qin Yu took a deep breath.
A sharp pain shot through his lungs.
But instead, he smiled.
A wild smile.
"Comparing trump cards?"
"You have one."
"Do you think I don't have mine?"
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