As the water spray from the exploding depth charges dissipated, the once massive purple body of the Sea Lord Leviathan had been torn apart to the point where it was nearly unrecognizable, unable to be reassembled into its complete form.
It seemed like it was done for.
"Nice, with the death of the Sea Lord Leviathan, the Siren offensive should be over."
Lin Lan observed the large purple remnants of the Sea Lord Leviathan floating on the surface through his telescope, his tone filled with excitement.
However, just as he finished speaking, he suddenly witnessed a scene that froze his expression.
The purple flesh pieces that had been floating on the sea seemed to be drawn by some invisible force, glowing with eerie purple light, and slowly began to converge.
"Hey, no way, could it be...?"
Lin Lan's face, already soaked from the rain, showed a hint of disbelief. This monster had been blown into so many pieces—could it really come back to life?
As though confirming his thoughts, the floating purple chunks on the water quickly began to gather into one mass, pulled together by invisible threads, forming a single entity.
Then, these purple, viscous flesh chunks started to merge, condense, and grow...
Within mere seconds, the outline of the Sea Lord Leviathan's massive body slowly stood up on the surface of the sea once again!
"ROOOOAAARRR~~"
Waving its newly grown purple tentacles, the Sea Lord Leviathan let out a furious roar as its newly formed giant mouth gazed upwards.
It began to move again, heading toward the Iron Blood Fleet and the coastline.
This time, it wasn't fighting alone. The approaching Siren fleet and other Leviathans had all gathered around it, closing in on Yunhai City.
The purple light in the sky remained undiminished, flashing with thunderous cracks as it struck the sea intermittently.
Amidst the massive waves and the purple lightning streaking through the sky, two tall women with white hair and purple eyes appeared beside the Sea Lord Leviathan.
Both had stern expressions, wearing purple translucent floating goggles over their right eyes, and massive octopus-spider crab mechs with purple energy flowing from their backs.
The air around them was cold and silent, carrying an intense murderous intent.
These were the two Siren battleship executors that Count Zeppelin had mentioned earlier—the Busters III models.
The appearance of the Busters III models was one thing, but what Lin Lan couldn't accept was that the Sea Lord Leviathan, after being blown into so many pieces, could actually regenerate its body?
He was aware that the Sea Lord Leviathan was enormous, with powerful tentacles, capable of using lightning magic, and had methods to defend against mental attacks.
He knew all of this, but he never imagined that its regenerative ability was so absurdly powerful!
No wonder the former teaching nation was devastated by the Sea Lord Leviathan—this kind of broken regeneration ability was essentially cheating!
Even more shocking to Lin Lan, as the Sea Lord Leviathan's flesh reassembled, the surrounding remnants of the ordinary Leviathans that had been killed earlier began to regenerate as well.
In just a few breaths of time, seven or eight dark green Leviathans were seen beside the Sea Lord Leviathan, waving their tentacles and wreaking havoc, now joining the approaching Siren fleet.
"Sss..."
Lin Lan lowered his telescope and, disregarding the cold rain on his face, he sharply inhaled.
What is this? It's not just reviving itself—it's bringing others back to life too?
How could such an overpowered ability not have been recorded in any of the data shared with the Orland Federation?
Ulrich and the Iron Blood Fleet also noticed the Sea Lord Leviathan's full-state regeneration, their faces growing serious.
After merging with the reinforcements from the pawnship fleet, their overall combat power had increased.
However, faced with the combined force of the Sea Lord Leviathan and the Siren fleet, they could not find a solution in time.
No one knew if the Sea Lord Leviathan could revive again after this.
Especially with the Busters III models also joining the battle, using their artillery to bombard the formation, the Sea Lord Leviathan advanced with even greater confidence.
Even when attacked by the Iron Blood shipgirls' main cannons and torpedoes, and severely damaged with flesh and blood flying, the Sea Lord Leviathan never slowed down.
No matter how badly it was hurt, all wounds healed within seconds.
As for the attacks from the Orland pawnship fleet… they couldn't even scratch its skin, unable to break through its defenses.
The artillery from the Siren fleet accompanying the Sea Lord Leviathan also grew more intense, and soon, the pawnship fleet began to suffer casualties.
"Tch, looks like we need to take care of the Busters and the Siren fleet first.
We don't fully understand the Sea Lord Leviathan's resurrection mechanics yet, so we can't waste ammunition on it."
Ulrich, as the flagship, observed the visible rapid regeneration of the Sea Lord Leviathan's body and was forced to adapt their battle strategy.
However, this was clearly not enough to stop the advance of the Siren fleet.
Despite the fact that the main canons of Ulrich and Agir, as well as the carrier-based aircraft from Count Zeppelin and August, could easily eliminate a group of Siren mass-produced executors or several Leviathans with a single strike...
The Siren fleet's numbers seemed endless. Even when a Leviathan died, it would soon be revived to full health under the Sea Lord Leviathan's strange ability.
The two Busters III models occasionally took control of the terrifying large-caliber main guns and fired powerful artillery barrages at the shipgirl defenses.
Whenever the Busters III's attacks hit between the Orland pawnship fleet, the explosions often left several shipgirls seriously injured.
In just a few minutes, the situation on the battlefield had rapidly turned against them.
The defense line formed by the Iron Blood fleet and the Orland pawnship fleet was being relentlessly pushed back toward the coastline.
Fortunately, Lin Lan noticed that none of his shipgirls had been injured yet, but under these circumstances, they couldn't stop the advance of the Sirens and Leviathans.
"Damn it, this is impossible to finish…"
Just as Lin Lan anxiously watched as another ordinary Leviathan was revived by the Sea Lord Leviathan, gritting his teeth in frustration, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from behind!
Before he could turn to look, a weak voice came from behind:
"Two chosen ones, what a coincidence to find you here."
"Who?"
Lin Lan turned around with a shock. He and Sui Qiong were on the dangerous rooftop of a coastal high-rise—how could there be ordinary Orland civilians still here?
Sui Qiong immediately drew her ghostly blue energy blade, pointing it at the unexpected newcomer behind them.
But when they turned to look, they saw a "familiar face."
It was none other than the priest they had met earlier in the church in Yunhai City—Father Braun.
At this moment, the old priest, dressed in his religious robes, was drenched and panting, clearly having climbed up to such a high building with great difficulty due to the power outage.
"Braun? Why aren't you evacuating? Why are you here?"
Seeing Braun's face still smiling kindly at him and Sui Qiong despite the rain soaking him, Lin Lan's wariness eased a bit as he asked, puzzled.
"Because I am the agent of the Divine, and I must face the stain of darkness..."
"Get to the point, the Sirens and Leviathans are about to attack, we don't have time for your preaching."
Lin Lan immediately interrupted when he heard Braun start to speak at length, frustration evident in his tone.
"What are you talking about? My own shipgirls are still fighting the Siren fleet and the Leviathans, I don't have time for this nonsense..."
Wait, from the teaching nation?
Lin Lan's mind suddenly snapped to attention. Forget about why Braun was here; he immediately turned his gaze to Braun and urgently asked:
"I remember you told me before that you were a bishop from the Holy Light Church, right? Do you know how to completely kill the Sea Lord Leviathan?"
That's right—since this former bishop was a missionary from the teaching nation to Orland, he must know many pieces of information that Orland couldn't access!
"Chosen one, you've really asked the right person."
Hearing Lin Lan's question, Father Braun wiped the rain from his face with his sleeve, offering a bitter smile.
"To completely kill the Sea Lord Leviathan, there are two conditions that must be met. These are the hard-earned lessons from the Pope and the saints of the Church."
"But even if you know these two conditions, we're not within the borders of the teaching nation, so we can't do anything about it."
Lin Lan furrowed his brows, hearing the distant sounds of cannonfire. He quickly asked, eager:
"Forget the details, just tell me."
Father Braun, holding the wet crucifix in his hand, his wrinkled face appearing even more aged, sighed deeply before slowly telling Lin Lan:
"First, there must be light…"
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