"Consume all blood recovery potions!"
Hibiscus squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth. Actually, the moment her mind decided, the medicinal effects had already spread throughout her body. Although not as good as higher-grade blood recovery potions, the quantity of 3 bottles forcibly saved her life—otherwise she would have died on the spot.
This didn't change the current situation at all. The desperately fighting Abyssal White Whale still maintained its water bullet barrage, fighting with all its survival instincts.
But who wasn't fighting with all their might? The world had long become a place where even staying alive required hardship, but they wouldn't give up.
The girl gritted her teeth and hugged a piece of floating broken wood. She drank another mana recovery potion for a slight supplement, and a pair of magic power wings bloomed again behind her. The gorgeously dressed Hyacinth ascended into the air, overlooking the sea monster stirring up wind and waves. At this moment it also came to its senses, with deep hatred in its eyes.
The Boss Disaster Beast possessed a certain degree of intelligence—at least it could think that this silver-haired girl before it posed an extremely strong threat. The life-and-death struggle between them would determine the direction of this war.
It feared the opponent's strength but couldn't endure its craving for magic power. It had to devour its prey.
Splash!
All water bullets concentrated on targeting, vowing to defeat the enemy with one move.
In an instant, overwhelming barrage covered the sea surface. Waves surged, wild winds howled, and everything was in chaos. Explosion sounds rose and fell around them, but only Hibiscus relied on unimaginable speed to precisely dodge, not a single leaf touching her body.
"I was wondering earlier why I was still hit by you despite clearly activating time magic. So it was because I made an error in my haste and messed up the reference frame of motion."
As she spoke, the water bullets became sluggish, and even the invincible Abyssal White Whale became slow like a lagging frame. Sands of Time had unknowingly completed its evolution, using the relatively slow ocean currents underwater as reference to make sound-speed water bullets crawl like turtles. Similarly, the user was also affected by the reference frame. Now Hibiscus's speed far exceeded that of the water bullets to maintain balance—some slightly slow, some slightly fast. Not just her movements, but her metabolism and magic power circulation surged comprehensively to their absolute peak.
Sands of Time had welcomed evolution. The extreme physical exertion and life-and-death tension made the magic respond to its master. This wasn't coincidental, but a natural progression into a new stage.
Everything within range moved slowly relative to the normal reference frame. In contrast, the unaffected caster gained another effect:
3x acceleration.
Hibiscus calmly drew back her fist to gather power. Wild winds scattered, howling like thunder, and tremendous energy converged between her hands.
The Abyssal White Whale watched helplessly as its life countdown ticked away, but couldn't break free from the sluggishness no matter what. A 100-meter radius seemed disconnected from the world's normal flow rate, moving slowly. Surrounding survivors also witnessed this miraculous scene—this was a miracle, and only the miracle's guardian was unrestrained.
Everything in her vision took on hazy tones, existing between time stop and the normal world, as if she truly controlled everything. But there was no time to dwell on it—she had to finish quickly.
The next moment, the girl took an arrow step, twisted her waist, and with all her strength plus time-accelerated magic power, fiercely poured it into the Abyssal White Whale's body.
Snap!
The strike point was completely undamaged, but flesh and blood fragments exploded from the Disaster Beast's back, forcibly carving out a 2-meter diameter cavity. With its heart already dysfunctional, it could no longer maintain its defenses.
After delivering this blow, Hibiscus was panting heavily and had to pause to recover her spirit to avoid being ambushed by small Disaster Beasts.
The Abyssal White Whale let out a mournful cry. Its massive body bled continuously with no time to regenerate. The sea was stained red, bloody smell pervaded, and seawater eroding the wounds brought waves of intense pain, making it submerge underwater attempting to escape.
It regretted, it was afraid, it shouldn't have lingered to fight when it could have escaped. But even now wasn't too late—everything was still in time.
Ordinary Disaster Beasts were summoned to gather around the boss, quickly forming a protective formation.
However, the next moment, some among them turned out to be "inside traitors," shaking their heads and tearing at their companions. It was truly one bad apple spoiling the whole bunch. These puppetized Disaster Beasts were all controlled by Pasha, while other clone bodies continued casting nets to form layers of encirclement, making the Abyssal White Whale not dare to act rashly. Even special material shark-blocking nets couldn't stop the Boss Disaster Beast, but delaying time was enough. Did it dare gamble that the powerful enemy wouldn't ambush while it focused entirely on tearing through the encirclement?
"You're caught between a rock and a hard place now."
Pasha was certain the Abyssal White Whale wouldn't dare rashly break through, so her task was to drag the enemy as much as possible while the mysterious person rested. If the target escaped, all previous efforts would be wasted.
Although that wide-range sluggishness phenomenon just now was impressive, there must be gaps. Time had to be bought.
In her lifetime of military service, she had never been so stirred. Who could imagine the desolation of betting all resources and exhausting everything yet still being unable to defeat the enemy? Then the turning point of someone providing powerful assistance and that hope? Finally fighting side by side in perfect coordination. So no matter what, she had to block it.
Boom!
Powerful pulling force came from underwater, and more and more blood appeared.
"This guy is determined to break through the encirclement. Are you ready over there?"
Before the words finished, the black mist girl plunged into the sea. Only a loud thud was heard, splashing up thick water columns, accompanied by the Abyssal White Whale's continuous wails.
The two sides actually engaged in mortal combat in the sea. One person actually dared to run and fight to the death with a Boss Disaster Beast in its underwater home field. Just this courage alone was heart-shaking. There were many observers, but examining their hearts, none dared look even once. At some unknown time, humans had become filled with fear of the ocean, as if returning to the eve before the Age of Exploration began. Yet now there was a warrior fighting a sea monster—simply inconceivable.
Splash!
Suddenly the seawater showed scratches as if cutting cake, separating a piece. The girl was seen standing on the water surface, with a blue jelly-like cube slowly rising into the air.
The time sluggishness phenomenon appeared again, but the target was limited to the Abyssal White Whale and surrounding seawater. A seawater cube large enough to contain the Disaster Beast was displayed before the world. Only magic could explain this spectacle: not just the Disaster Beast, but inside were also coral reefs, colorful schools of fish, and even shrapnel debris—like a miniature ocean aquarium.
While fighting, Hibiscus didn't forget to try new applications. Indeed, time变速 could precisely specify range.
When the target slowed down, it was naturally easy to extract from its original environment.
The mournful sounds beneath her feet actually carried a trace of pleading, but under the sluggish effect, the intermittent tones only grated on the ears.
"You can no longer hide in the sea. Prepare to disappear."
The girl's tone was cold, with no trace of mercy in her words—only the coldness of death remained.
"Farewell."
Time sluggishness and acceleration still hadn't ended. At this time, with the enemy's heart destroyed and unable to maintain its strengthened flesh with magic power, what lay before Hibiscus was nothing more than a piece of tofu. She held one hand as a blade, the other hand's staff becoming sharp edge. Her entire person attacked fiercely with 2x acceleration, slashing apart both the water cube and its contents. In an instant, silver cold light blazed comparable to the blazing sun. The wind ceased, leaving only the sound of blade entering bone echoing along the coast.
The Boss Disaster Beast without magic power protection was just a slightly larger piece of meat—nothing worth mentioning.
In others' eyes, a streak of flowing light circled the massive Disaster Beast. Then that strange sluggish phenomenon disappeared, and the Abyssal White Whale had actually been turned into neatly cut pieces of sashimi.