"Aside from the First Fleet, I’ve also borrowed the most powerful ships from the Second and Third Fleets."
"Beneath the sea, out of the Federation’s twenty-five undersea combat groups, I’ve called in fifteen!"
"In addition, all the fighter jets at the land airports are also in combat readiness and can provide support at any time."
"Let’s see how much of a splash Kalosis can really make in front of me!"
Upon hearing this, the elders nodded in agreement.
After all, given Kalosis’s brute strength and high mobility, once at sea, could he really skim over the waves with ease?
Even if he truly could walk on the sea, conducting a fire cover would be much easier over the vast ocean.
As for going through the Air Garden area...
The nobility’s young men and women who heard about it were also intrigued.
Lanskab, true to his nature, immediately set up a betting pool.
The bet was whether that madman Kalosis would go to the sea to engage in a decisive battle with the Federation’s proud navy.
Lanskab and the others received new information.
It was that the Kabu family’s Kabu Bank headquarters had been attacked.
The good news was that the bank manager and deputy bank manager had taken sick leave and escaped disaster.
The bad news seemed to be that, not finding the executives, that madman simply demolished the entire building.
The Kabu Bank was one of Kabu family’s iconic buildings in the Ground City.
Such a building being publicly destroyed...
For the Kabu family, it was undoubtedly like getting slapped in the face publicly.
Lanskab’s face flushed with anger, cursing Kalosis as a coward who only knew how to bully the weak and defenseless.
However, Lanskab soon started smiling again.
It was because Kalosis had recorded a video message using the equipment inside the building before destroying it and then sent it to the emergency contact website.
Now, that video was presented before the eyes of these noble youths.
They saw Kalosis, who seemed to become more and more mysteriously charming.
Sitting in the bank manager’s office, his hands clasped firmly on the desk, facing the camera with a smile that was not quite a smile, he said:
"Your provocation, I accept."
"I have also decided to let you participants completely break down mentally, doubting yourselves, before I come for you."
The video was short, but its message was clear.
Lanskab was first stung by the other’s arrogance.
He then quickly regained his composure, his face showing ecstatic joy:
"Hahaha, that guy, that madman is actually going!"
"He’s really going to face the Federation’s navy in battle!"
The other noble youths also showed expressions of relief.
However, there were still a few young nobles who had lingering worries in their eyes.
That madman had already created too many unbelievable miracles.
If he managed to destroy the Federation’s navy at sea, with the third in command responsible for the operation losing his life...
The situation would likely escalate significantly.
Thinking this, these young people didn’t dare to continue pondering the possibility.
Admiral Trillance had also received the forwarded video.
Having watched it, Admiral Trillance maintained a confident demeanor in front of his subordinates.
In truth, as an elite member of the Kabu family...
He was well aware that the situation was not as simple as it seemed.
He continuously adjusted the fleet’s deployment while ceaselessly requesting reinforcements.
It could be said that for this battle, Admiral Trillance had put his reputation fully on the line.
The family’s resources were almost entirely committed.
Even experimental weapons from the lab, regardless of their utility, were loaded onto the warships for use.
Shortly after receiving the news that Kalosis was coming...
Someone at the port saw the opponent’s arrival.
And saw him seize a large cruise ship belonging to the Kabu family...
He then brazenly directed the cruise ship toward the aircraft carrier.
"Admiral, your aunt sent you a message reminding you that your niece is also on that cruise ship,"
"In addition, there are over five hundred citizens on board, along with more than thirty elites and over twenty noble youths from seven families."
Hearing the report from his aide-de-camp...
Admiral Trillance snorted dismissively, thinking it all a farce.
Didn’t those people know what time it was?
Instead of staying safely in their family estates or in secure areas...
Turns out I have to run off to some cruise ship.
Admiral Trillance shook his head slightly and had his aide-de-camp send a uniform response.
He would definitely fulfill the responsibilities of a Federation general and protect those people’s personal safety as much as possible.
Of course, that was just talk, and when it came to needing covering fire, Admiral Trillance wouldn’t hesitate in the slightest.
Inside the cruise ship that had been hijacked by the Kabu family.
The tourists were shivering with fear in the main hall of the ship.
In the middle of the hall, several noble passengers were blaming each other for deciding to travel at this time.
They said that being away from the Ground City would be safer.
Well, is this supposed to be safer?
"We’re doomed, we’re definitely doomed!"
"I guarantee, the navy won’t consider our safety, and they’ll bombard us as soon as we enter their position!"
An excited voice from a noble young man caused the hall to erupt into chaos.
Just when the noise was getting louder.
The ceiling suddenly began to writhe, and then a tendril as thick as an adult descended quickly, opened up like the petals of a flower, and swallowed up the noisy noble youth.
At the same time, an authoritative voice echoed around the hall.
Making all the tourists in the hall quiet down again.
In the captain’s room, eating the food served up by the captive crew members.
Su Ping, with no fear of being poisoned, said while eating:
"The ingredients on your noble cruise ship are just so-so in taste."
"Especially those sea fish, the quality isn’t even as good as the stock I’ve found in the cold storage."
Hearing Su Ping’s words, the crew members behind him all bowed their heads, sweating profusely.
"Hmm... let’s stop here."
Su Ping felt he was being watched with ill intent from all directions.
He went up to the deck.
Using the mana he had accumulated, he temporarily granted himself the Water Manipulation Divine Power and the Water Escape Invisible Technique.
Then, he took a deep breath and bolstered himself with Dragon Elephant Power and the Vajra Unbreakable Body.
He noticed his mana reserves had been reduced by more than half.
Su Ping clenched his fists lightly:
"Now me, facing the entire naval forces of the Kalosis Federation at sea."
"Should be enough, I guess."
"After all, the targets at sea or below are so large, they move relatively so slowly."
"Tearing them apart by hand... should be somewhat easier than fighting armored units on land."
Su Ping deliberately didn’t whisper, and his voice carried into the cockpit where the hatch was opened.
It made those crew members swallow hard in secret.
Then they pondered whether they should report to the captain since it seemed like he was about to leave the ship.
Oh, the captain and the first officer have both turned into idiots and were locked in the crew’s quarters.
Well, never mind then.
Under the gaze of the crew, Su Ping suddenly leaped high from the deck.
Then, landing on the sea surface, with a loud boom, he turned into a shadow breaking through the waves, vanishing on the horizon in the blink of an eye.
"The target has not continued aboard the cruise ship!"
"The target has left the cruise ship and is now charging toward us at a speed exceeding one hundred nautical miles per hour!"
"Impossible! How can he be so fast on the sea? He’s even faster than on land!"
Upon hearing this report, Admiral Trillance was also taken aback, but after forcing himself to calm down, he immediately ordered covering fire.
A hundred and twenty warships on the sea surface launched missiles.
In the sky, combat planes launched both air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles from beyond visual range.
Meanwhile, drones swarmed out as if they cost nothing.
All in a foolish attempt to block the monstrous figure that was speedily crossing the sea.
Su Ping felt he was covered by firepower.
He grinned, Water Escape Technique activate!
In the midst of the newly stirred up seawater from the explosions.
Su Ping had already appeared outside the bombardment range using the Escape Technique.
This realization caused Admiral Trillance’s face to change drastically, and a deep unease welled up inside him.
"What is that... Instant Teleportation?"
"This... Is this the confidence behind his bravado?"