Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 38 Winner_1

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The seawater surged, rising to chest level, and most passengers were already completely submerged.

In a few more minutes, they would all suffocate to death.

The octopus villain eyed the torch in Lin Baici’s hand, burning brightly, and recalled his words, “It won’t extinguish until it burns to ash,” causing his skin to tense.

So his gaze became even more vigilant.

As for the kasaya on this kid?

Must be some kind of defensive Taboo thing, right?

Damn!

Are the Dragon Guards from the Jiuzhou God Shield this badass now?

In the Jiuzhou God Shield Security Bureau, the special combat forces responsible for dealing with divine disasters are known as Dragon Guards, hence outsiders call these soldiers Dragon Guard warriors.

Simply, Dragon Guards!

The most formidable among them are revered as Nine Provinces Dragon Wing, each capable of breaking through God’s ruins—top-level powerhouses.

“Companion?

Are there other Jiuzhou God Shield people on this train?”

Xia Hongyao blurted out.

“Ah?

You’re not with that Dragon Guards squad?”

The octopus villain was taken aback, then cursed his bad luck interiorly.

What kind of rotten luck was this?

His and Black Shark Triton’s tactic was for him to hide at a distance, holding the ‘Coral Sea,’ and initiate rule pollution to turn this high-speed train into a seawater train.

Black Shark Triton’s Divine Grace was extremely well-suited for underwater combat.

As long as the octopus villain remained undetected and unharmed, the seawater wouldn’t recede, ensuring their victory.

But who could have expected that he’d be discovered by a big boy not included in their plans?

“You guys hide, I’ll kill him!”

Xia Hongyao, being a Jiuzhou Dragon Guard, had a strong sense of responsibility and pride; even though Lin Baici was a God Hunter, she didn’t plan on asking for his help but was preparing for a one-on-one fight.

“Hide?”

The octopus villain let out a mocking laugh: “Today, you all die!”

As his words fell, his whole body ducked and plunged into the water.

Xia Hongyao swam forward but suddenly, the clear seawater was flooded with bursts of black ink, turning the originally clear water pitch black, blinding everyone.

This was another Divine Grace of the octopus villain, allowing him to squirt ink and cloak his presence, a very powerful ability whether used for fleeing or ambushing.

Lin Baici immediately activated Guo Er Cheng Song, listening carefully to the movements beneath the water.

This Divine Grace was mainly for enhancing memory, but it also slightly increased auditory sharpness.

The tall passenger flailed in the water, trying to escape the carriage.

But he hadn’t swum far before it seemed something entangled his legs, dragging him down with a sudden jolt.

“Help…”

Blurp blurp!

A stream of bubbles rose to the surface.

“Don’t panic!”

Xia Hongyao wanted to help, but before she could get there, the tall passenger’s body floated up, his head twisted unnaturally, clearly having suffered a broken neck.

“Big brother, kill him quickly!”

18D originally wanted to run, but seeing this scene, he didn’t dare to move and could only plead helplessly with Lin Baici.

In his heart, this peer was more formidable than Xia Hongyao.

The bald passenger who had been woken up by a luggage smack from Lin Baici had been following at the back of the group.

Seeing this situation, he quietly moved back.

Suddenly,

Slash!

The water broke, and the octopus villain’s head emerged, grinning viciously at the bald passenger: “Where do you think you’re going?”

The bald passenger was petrified with terror, just about to beg for mercy when a large hand clamped onto his neck and then squeezed with force.

Crack!

The bald passenger’s neck snapped like a fragile stick of chocolate in the grasp of the octopus villain.

“I told you, you’re all going to die!”

The octopus villain dove back into the water.

As the ink spread quickly through the water, turning it dark, Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao were unable to pinpoint the octopus villain’s exact position.

“Don’t panic, he’s killing to frighten us, to apply psychological pressure and make us fall into disarray!”

Lin Baici said, moving towards Xia Hongyao.

The two closed in on each other, to help out in case of trouble.

But the octopus villain was faster.

Smack!

A thick tentacle suddenly shot up from below and wrapped around Lin Baici’s right hand, yanking fiercely towards the water!

Slash!

The torch entered the water, and the flame weakened immediately but did not go out.

“Catch the torch!”

Lin Baici yelled, stretching out his left hand and grabbing the torch from his right, throwing it towards Xia Hongyao.

“Dream on!”

The octopus villain shot through the waters like a torpedo, appearing in front of Xia Hongyao, and reached out with a tentacle, capturing the torch first.

“Haha, I’ve got it!”

The octopus villain rejoiced.

He had killed the two passengers not just for intimidation and to create panic, making Lin Baici and his enemies fear and lose their composure, but also to conceal his real method of attack.

He possessed another Divine Grace that allowed him to grow four three-meter-long tentacles under his ribs.

That was his trump card.

But now, he’d try out the newly acquired Taboo thing.

The octopus villain swiftly turned and thrust the torch at Xia Hongyao, attempting to set her alight.

But to his surprise, he discovered that the pretty girl with the high ponytail wasn’t there; instead, a towering figure like a Buddha filled his view.

No!

It should be called a Muscle Buddha.

It was bulging with muscles all over, formidable as if it could move mountains and fill seas.

Too tall to stand upright in the carriage, it had to bend over.

The octopus villain sensed an immense scent of death and instinctively wanted to dive and flee, but he was too slow.

The Muscle Buddha swung its fist!

Ora ora ora ora!

With fighting spirit amassed, furious fists pounded like the road of life and death shaking the mountains and rivers from within and beyond!

The ferocious punches of the Muscle Buddha hammered the face of the young man known as the octopus villain, producing thumping sounds akin to a battle drum.

The parts hit by the heavy fists instantly deformed, swelled, and then burst.

Flesh splattered chaotically!

The heavy impact of the iron fist, transmitted through the water, created ripples that spread rapidly in all directions.

Lin Baici and two others couldn’t stand firm, pushed up and down by the surging waves.

Passengers who were soaked in the water looked like floating corpses, also swaying with the currents.

“What the hell?”

Xia Hongyao, clutching onto a chair to steady herself, stared blankly at Muscle Buddha, who wore nothing but tight shorts, brutally beating the octopus.

Wasn’t this scene too violent?

“Trying to trick me?

Dream on!”

Lin Baici said with a confident smile.

He had anticipated that the octopus would try to snatch the Songmu torch.

Because this Taboo thing posed a great threat to him, so when his right hand was restrained by the octopus’ tentacles, Lin Baici appearerd panicked and tossed the torch towards Xia Hongyao.

But in reality, it was all within his calculations.

The octopus was fast in the water.

If Lin Baici had recklessly summoned Muscle Buddha, he might have missed, but with the Songmu torch as bait, there was no problem.

The octopus thought it had snatched the torch, unaware that Muscle Buddha had silently and timely appeared right behind it.

18D was completely shocked, then ecstatic!

Damn, Big Brother,

you actually have such an ace up your sleeve?

Why didn’t you use it earlier?

I was scared to death!

After beating the octopus for a full eighteen seconds, Muscle Buddha stopped his fists, brought his hands together in prayer, bowed to the octopus, and chanted.

Amitabha!

The octopus was no longer breathing, its body mangled and bones shattered, looking like a pile of mush floating on the water.

A heavy stench of blood wafted through the air.

Lin Baici rubbed his nose and swam towards the octopus, meanwhile canceling the summoning.

Otherwise, he was afraid Muscle Buddha might give him a punch too.

“This Fitness Buddha, was it summoned by that Kasaya you’re wearing?”

Xia Hongyao curiously asked, “I thought it was a defensive artifact!”

Lin Baici grabbed the octopus’ body, tore off its waist bag, opened it, and saw a brown leather wallet, an Apple smartphone, and a palm-sized red coral covered in tiny hairs that were slowly wriggling.

[Taboo Thing, Coral Sea.

Once activated, it can fill a semi-closed area with water.

Cannot be used in open spaces.]

The Eater God commented.

“There’s no Divine Grace on this?”

Lin Baici licked the corner of his mouth.

[No!]

The Eater God’s reply left Lin Baici disappointed, and he casually tossed the Coral Sea to Xia Hongyao.

“Ah?”

Xia Hongyao was shocked.

She had been pondering how to persuade Lin Baici to give her the Taboo thing, since it was his spoils of battle, not expecting him to have already given it to her.

Generous to a fault.

She wanted the artifact mainly because she was worried that Lin Baici wouldn’t know how to use it, unable to immediately seal it.

“Do you know how to use it?”

Lin Baici just didn’t want to fuss over it.

He hadn’t forgotten that the octopus had companions.

If he kept the Coral Sea, wouldn’t that mean he was the one who killed the man?

Better to have Xia Hongyao attract the heat as cannon fodder.

“Hmm, I’ve heard of this Taboo thing!”

Xia Hongyao might have an intelligence of D, but she was an employee of the Jiuzhou God Shield, having gotten in on strength, and frequented the archives, so she knew quite a bit about various Taboo things.

She grasped the Coral Sea, injected Divine Power, and took control of it.

The water in the train, losing the mystic power of the Coral Sea, started to flow out from various gaps.

Crack!

Crack!

Several windows couldn’t withstand the pressure of the water and after holding on for several seconds, burst open.

Roar!

Roar!

Water gushed away, drastically lowering the water level in the carriage.

“All clear!”

Xia Hongyao, seeing many passengers’ mouths and noses now above water, breathing deeply, felt relieved.

“Little Linzi, you’ve saved many people!”

Xia Hongyao looked at Lin Baici with admiration and amazement in her eyes.

A wild God Hunter, so formidable!

And he’s still so young!

She really wanted him!

“Little Linzi, join the Jiuzhou God Shield, become a member of my team?” frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Xia Hongyao invited.

“Little Linzi?

What the hell is that?

Are we that close?”

Lin Baici rolled his eyes but the proposal to join the Jiuzhou God Shield did make his heart skip a bit.

After all, living on the government’s dime, one doesn’t worry about food and clothing!

Mother Lin’s biggest wish in life was for Lin Baici to become a government official.

“Surviving a life-and-death situation together, isn’t that close enough?”

Xia Hongyao was puzzled.

“…”

Lin Baici was at a loss for words.

Xia Hongyao might not have exerted much effort just now, but she didn’t flee, and several times she allowed Lin Baici to escape first, she wanted to face the enemy head-on.

Such courage and resolution in a girl were admirable.

Lin Baici didn’t know, his decision not to run and to confront the octopus head-on also greatly elevated Xia Hongyao’s impression of him, otherwise winning her friendship would not have been easy.

Being logical also played a big part in Lin Baici’s reasoning abilities.

Xia Hongyao liked making friends with intelligent people.

It was even better if they were fans of Holmes.

“Let’s go, let’s first stop the train, then take care of the remaining enemies!”

Xia Hongyao ran towards the front of the train.

The guy that Lin Baici killed had mentioned Black Shark Triton—a notorious member of the mysterious organization called Lost Coast.

Dead or alive, capturing one warranted a bounty of a million yuan from the Jiuzhou God Shield Security Bureau.