[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]

  [You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]

  [You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]

  [You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]

  [You have created a magic manifestation: Pressurized Water Blades!]

  [You have created a magic manifestation: War Hammer!]

  [You have created a magic manifestation: Ice Spears!]

  While Sebastian said those words to the Atlantian Staff Sergeant, his blood was already boiling hot. After spending more than 3 months in this world, his personality already adapted and developed to an extreme Megalodon realm.

  He may be in a terrible situation, but no one, not even a fully matured Sea King had the right to tell him such words. 

  In certain situations, he could compromise if the need called for it but definitely not here, the situation was not at that certain realm yet. And who said they would be let off if they surrendered? Atlantians could not be trusted.

  Sebastian ordered the advance and led the charge!

  As soon as the first series of skills activated, Sebastian's huge body was propelled forward with speed, with lightning, bashing, and biting accompanying it.

  Behind him, the 4 other predators in his crew ignored their misgivings and followed their leader with undaunting courage and unstoppable momentum. 

  Tonado released his rage following the Ocean Master. This was a fight to the death, so he did not hold back, he directly revealed his killer move.

  "Toad Killer Move: Ten Thousand Years of Pain!"

  The familiar thick green magic power enveloped with a tinge of purple immediately appeared as it rapidly wrapped around the fearsome tongue adaptation that was already lashing out at the targets.

  Instantly, Staff Sergeant Barnes felt a strong sense of danger.

  He tried to alert the soldiers that were at the first line of defense, but they seemed to not need it as they were already in a sturdy defensive shape as soon as the Megalodon moved. But did this really matter? No one knew.

  Seeing these 2 extremes move from their 2 default leaders, the 2 Great White Sharks and the mutated Python were riled up. Like 3 bulls on steroids, they erupted like ancient Dragons that just woke from a deep slumber.

  Even before this lavish galore of skills hit, the temperature in the Defense Domain already turned freezing and the loud sound that accompanied the skills were like rapidly exploding dominoes.

  The soldiers making up the first line of defense managed to form a perfect circular defensive battle formation with their shields before the killer move hit.

  BOOM!

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The first attack was followed by the second, then the third, then the fourth, fifth, and sixth in a frightening combo of death.

  Tonado's killer move was the first that arrived, and it dealt the most damage also. The super sharp tongue ripped through the first row of shields like they were mere paper while ripping through the rest like they were mere logs of wood.

  The killer move was just too powerful. The move instantly destabilized the formation of the Atlantian's first defensive line, and before they could react Sebastian arrived with his huge body accompanied by his magic manifestation.

  Whoosh!

  The pressurized water blades took the lead, cutting through the Atlantians' bodies despite their heavy armors like a hot knife cutting through butter.

  While the blades cut through, the pitch-black war hammer descended like Thor's legendary hammer, the Mjolnir, crushing the Atlantians, their armor, and their special shields alike.

  Behind the war hammer was the ice spears' magic manifestation.

  Their impaling power and the damage that they caused to the Atlantians were insignificant compared to the other attacks due to the Atlantians' armors, but this was not why Sebastian decided to use it.

  As soon as the spears arrived, the Atlantians shuddered as a fierce wave of extreme cold and frost spread through them like the unstoppable spread of the legendary covid-19.

  About 20 Atlantian soldiers were frozen stiff immediately due to the amount of magic power that Sebastian pumped into this magic manifestation.

  The Atlantian soldiers didn't have time to recover from their predicament when raging wildfire bombarded them. The attack of the 3 other predators added pepper to their injuries, increasing their suffering.

  This attack started less than a fraction of a second ago, but the Atlantians' first line of defense seemed to be crumbling already.

  Sebastian led this charge for another 5 seconds, killing about 20 Atlantians in the process before they were stopped in their path.

  Clang!

  After the first unstoppable charge, their momentum decreased and a shield finally stopped Sebastian's enormous body in its path. 

  A mere Atlantian soldier could not stop a rapidly swimming Megalodon, the shield did the most job. At the last moment, the shield erupted with an aggressive blue glow that succeeded in pushing Sebastian backward.

  Tonado and the other predators tried to continue the charge but they were all simultaneously stopped just a second later, the Atlantians were indeed prepared. They were fearsome when prepared.

  Almost immediately after the predators were stopped in their tracks, the soldiers counterattacked with their spears. Powered by a red aggressive glow, their spears succeeded in penetrating the predators' bodies except Tonado's.

  While the soldiers of the first defense line counterattacked, those of the second defense line also finally stepped up and attacked.

  Mages were prominently ranged experts. Those Atlantian soldiers that made up the second line of defense were mostly mages, and at this moment, together with the strength practitioners, they showed their strength. 

  Boom! Boom!

  Huge fireballs, tiny but deadly fire needles, pressurized water blades, frost spikes, shadow, and other magic abilities were released by the Atlantians, including countless arrows that covered everywhere, pressurized water beam shots, and numerous bullet shots from the strength practitioners.

  In just a few seconds, the Defense Domain was plunged into a chaotic battle.

  From the shuttle high up in the water, Staff Sergeant Barnes looked down at the chaotic battle with a regretful expression on his face. In the end, the Megalodon was too intelligent, he failed in hoodwinking it.

  This didn't matter much though at this moment, to him, this battle was already concluded before it even started.

  Bzzz!

  Lightning suddenly buzzed loudly around him as his magic Trident appeared in his grasp, from the normal white and black, his eyes also turned, first into what seemed like clouds before being filled with raging thunder and lightning.

  Staff Sergeant Barnes' voice deepened coldly. "Annihilate the beasts!'

  Hearing their leader's orders, the last 2 versatile defense formation soldiers finally moved. They moved like a unit, and according to the central control chamber President's orders, they started surrounding the predators.

  While they did this, the monsters in metal skin were finally unleashed.

  Roar!

  The enormous metal shark's roar announced the start of the heavy machine battle. As soon as it swam out, the 2 submarines also moved, including all the other war machines that were mobilized for this battle.

  Only the huge tank-like underwater war machine was left behind, but this still represented the greatest threat as its enormous muzzle was auto-locked on Sebastian's inconveniently huge head.

  Sebastian couldn't pay attention to this though, the battle became hot just a minute after it started with blood flowing, flesh being dissected and flying randomly, and deaths occurring.

  Sebastian and the other predators already started bleeding severely, but the more they bled, the more berserk they became. All of them used all the skills in their repertoire that were available for battle just for that tiny chance of escaping.

  Tonado was still more powerful, but Sebastian's body seemed to have turned into an unstoppable war fortress. His countless body skills came to use in this place, he bulldozed through the ranks of the Atlantians despite his injury.

  Boom!

  Another full-powered thunder blast from the Atlantian Staff Sergeant hit his back, causing him to spasm in pain for a second but he gritted his teeth and counterattacked, sending a powerful sonic drill back at the Staff Sergeant.

  Tonado was the least injured due to his back blisters defense adaptation, but as the strongest, he was targeted by the Atlantians the most after Sebastian.

  The more he fought, the more he felt the shadow of death drawing closer but seeing the Ocean Master in a more terrible situation, he shrugged off his instinctive fear of death and fought with his life.

  Bam!

  Another battering ram from Sebastian sent the Atlantian Staff Sergeant flying away, but another menace arrived. After evading it for over a minute, the huge metal shark finally caught up with Sebastian.

  [You have been hit by a skill: Magnetic Qi Bite.]

  Crunch!

  Sebastian felt a pain that he's not felt before invading his bones but with his teeth tightly grinding against each other, he counterattacked with his spike attack skill which only made clanging metallic sounds against the metal shark's skin.

  Sebastian was pinned in one place by the shark's fearsome rows of teeth.

  Sebastian surveyed the surrounding with his electroreceptors but found no helpers, all his companions were also in a pinch, and both submarines finally aimed their main weapons at his motionless body.

  He and his companions were already surrounded tightly, there was no point of escape for the 5 of them. Death was beckoning.

  If he was hit without any defense shield covering his body, the impact would cripple his battle ability immediately. He was in a deadly situation.

  Sebastian tried to think but he was given no time, the first submarine shot its deadly canon that increased the water temperature exponentially.

  Boom!

  At the last moment, Sebastian used his fearsome strength to drag the metal shark to the side, dodging on time but the shockwave impact dealt considerable damage to him.

  This shockwave impact succeeded in doing more than just injuring, after fighting heroically for minutes with its shadow domain magic, the huge Python finally died to the Atlantians. 

  This increased the pressure on Sebastian and his teammates.

  Amid Sebastian's rapid thinking of a solution, the last submarine released its load from its main weapon, sending the raging canon towards the target.

  The Atlantians no longer cared about Sebastian's life after he ignored their offer so many times and even killed a lot of their comrades. At this moment, they were ready to blow this Megalodon to pieces.

  Seeing the canon flying towards him, the Staff Sergeant's trident still bashing against his skin, the Atlantians and their war machines attacking him from all sides, and most especially his already dangerously low health, he made a decision. 

  [You have activated skill: Sound Control.]

  [You have created a sound translation construct: Linked Communicator.]

  "I'm doing it, it's the only chance that we got".

  "Do it!" The old toad's weary voice replied to the linked communicator.

  Boom!

  [You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]

  [You have created a magic manifestation: Heavy Armor!]

  At the last moment, before the canon hit, Sebastian's body was wrapped up with the pitch-black heavy armor. While his mana points drained rapidly, Sebastian's brain focused on his system.

  His body flew away rapidly from the force of inertial induced by the canon shot, Staff Sergeant Barnes floated after him but Sebastian seemed like a meditating monk shark as he no longer paid attention to his surroundings.

  [System Inventory has been accessed.]

  [Purple tier magic core has been retrieved.]

  As soon as the magic core appeared, Sebastian popped it inside his mouth like a gym maniac taking his daily muscle pills. 

  Sebastian was trying something that he had not tried before that even Tonado had not heard of before, he was taking in a magic core while engaged in battle and a battle of such intensity. 

  This may be a foolish move or the move that would turn the tides of this battle in their favor, this was the last gamble that he included in his plans.

  To the astonished gaze of everyone, Sebastian swallowed the magic core. Instantly, a chilling cold feeling invaded his body. 

  The atmosphere in the surrounding seemed to have frozen at this moment, all eyes were on Sebastian, including the muzzle of the Destroyer.

  The water turned tense and offensive; the time ticked forward slowly.