The perceiver in the Lion Heart Empire's team noticed Lu Heng the moment he appeared and issued a warning.
Gilbert Ocam swung the Knight's Sword, delivering a final blow to the last Shadow Demon, and then stood on the sea surface with four other teammates, confronting Lu Heng.
Time is urgently pressing; if delayed any longer, Flame Demon Gros will reach land.
By then, even if the High Priestess Sona of the Sea Demon Clan is rescued, it will be impossible to stop Flame Demon Gros from destroying the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom.
Thus, Lu Heng got straight to the point, asking, "Hand over the Sea God Gem, and I won't pursue today's matter further."
After all, there are five of them, and to be recruited into the Danger Level 7 Abyss Battlefield, their level can't be low.
Exhausting physical strength on these five might leave insufficient stamina to face Flame Demon Gros later.
Therefore, if this matter can be settled through negotiation, it is indeed the best approach.
Gilbert Ocam and his team of five laughed together upon hearing Lu Heng's words, "Is this your attitude in asking for help?"
Lu Heng's gaze turned cold, correcting, "You are mistaken about one thing; I am giving you the last ultimatum."
Gilbert Ocam exchanged glances with several teammates, sneering, "Did I hear wrong? He came alone, right?"
The perceiver used skill to probe within a kilometer's range, confirming, "Only him, not even one more Sea Demon."
Gilbert Ocam's gaze turned cold, snorting, "Da Xia person, if you were smarter, you should turn and run now."
Lu Heng's gaze grew colder, shouting furiously, "I don't have time for your nonsense, hand over the Sea God Gem, or else..."
"Or else what? You know it's the Sea God Gem; once I get it, it's mine. You want to rob from robbers? Then you must have that ability." Gilbert Ocam's eyes were filled with contempt.
Lu Heng knew without action, it would be impossible to retrieve the Sea God Gem, and raised his hand to draw the Aurora Blade from the void.
Gilbert Ocam showed a hint of surprise upon seeing this, sneering, "You really intend to fight? One against five, what's wrong with your brain?"
Lu Heng raised the Aurora Blade, pointing it at the five opposite, speaking coldly, "I have no time for your nonsense, I'll count to three, if you don't hand over the Sea God Gem, all will die! Three, two..."
"It's the first time I've seen one against five, and being so arrogant. Come on! If you have the guts, make your move!" Gilbert Ocam raised his head with conceited arrogance, as if he was the strongest in the world.
Lu Heng counted down to the last number, without any process of ascending combat power, directly soared into the strongest stance, flashing rapidly, using [Void Flash], traversing 40 meters to appear in front of Gilbert Ocam, delivering a horizontal slash.
Gilbert Ocam's eyes narrowed, realizing he couldn't avoid the slash in time.
He immediately deployed Knight's Shield, using the strongest Third Rank defense to withstand the slash.
The slash broke through the Knight's Shield.
Gilbert Ocam felt a shock within, using the recoil force to fly backward to create distance.
Simultaneously, Lu Heng finished charging energy, switched targets, and unleashed the Sound Explosion Sword, stabbing towards the perceiver 3 meters away at 900 meters/second.
The distance of 3 meters provided no reaction space under the charging attack of the Sound Explosion Sword.
The perceiver was fundamentally not a close-combat superpower user, without any defense skill to withstand this slash, directly pierced through the chest by a sword.
The powerful kinetic energy of the Sound Explosion Sword blasted the perceiver's body into fragments of blood, craniums, leg bones, and arm bones scattering mixed in blood.
One slash killed the perceiver, while the nearby firepower specialist and defender realized, readying a counterattack.
Lu Heng gave them no chance to act, turning to unleash the Dragon Breath Slash.
The divine power technique of the S-Level divine weapon sliced out, revealing the Purgatory Sub-Dragon's phantom, spewing frenzied Dragon Flame, instantly engulfing a 20-meter fan-shaped area.
Before the firepower specialist could react, he was engulfed by the Dragon Flame, incinerated to ashes in an instant.
The defender, relying on specialized defense ability, deployed the Energy Shield barely withstanding the Dragon Flame, though consuming much of his Source Energy.
As the Dragon Flame just dissipated, the defender was about to retreat.
Lu Heng had already stabbed a sword through the defender's throat, kicking him into the sea.
Instantly killing three, the remaining spiritual superpower user hesitated for a moment, then immediately unleashed a spiritual attack skill.
Lu Heng only felt a spiritual shockwave hammer into his mind, creating a momentary ringing in his ears.
Though just a momentary ring, in a strong confrontation, a momentary lapse could lead to death.
Therefore, at the instant of the spiritual shockwave attack, Lu Heng activated the [Spiritual Dominance] skill.
The [Spiritual Dominance] skill has an extra effect; when used, it temporarily increases spiritual attributes by 5%.
The 5% increase seems minimal, but in spiritual superpower user confrontations, often this 5% decides victory or defeat.
Lu Heng, after his Source Energy level rose to Level 43, his spiritual attributes reached 130 points; using [Spiritual Dominance] increased it directly to 136 points.
This spiritual superpower user from the Lion Heart Empire had a Source Energy level of only 40, yet on the spiritual enhancement route, so his spiritual attribute was not low, reaching 130 points.
Lu Heng, after using [Spiritual Dominance], surpassed the opponent in spiritual attributes, winning the spiritual shockwave contest.
The ringing disappeared in a flash.
Lu Heng was preparing to strike down the spiritual superpower user when Gilbert Ocam, recovering from his earlier shock, raised the Knight's Sword, striking out a sword judgment.