Time slowly passed. Above Sea City.
A flash of crimson red light streaked by, and a figure fell from the sky.
“Boom!”
Accompanied by a thunderous crash, a massive crater appeared on the ground, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading all around it.
“Finally arrived.”
A figure clad entirely in red armor walked out of the deep crater, looking at Sea City before him, and spoke with a complicated tone.
Although the settings stated that the Flame Dragon Steed’s speed could surpass the speed of light, the precondition was that he could withstand that speed.
Clearly, his strength had not yet reached that level, so traveling from the Imperial Capital to Sea City had still taken some time.
“Gurgle gurgle”
“Gurgle gurgle”
“Squeak squeak squeak”
Wave after wave of sounds reached Qin Tian’s ears. Looking toward the source of the noise, Qin Tian’s gaze behind the armor sharpened, and a cold, violent aura erupted from his entire body.
In his sight, one after another small mutated crabs covered a human body, constantly devouring its flesh and blood.
It wasn’t just here—within his range of perception, it was the same everywhere.
“Die!”
Qin Tian said in an extremely cold tone.
As he spoke, scorching flames burst out from the armor.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom”
The crimson flames were like long dragons, directly turning this area into a domain of fire. Within hundreds of meters, countless mutated sea beasts were scorched in the flames, letting out agonizing wails.
Humans eat the flesh of mutated beasts; mutated beasts eat the flesh of humans.
It sounded like a fairly fair thing.
But to Qin Tian, humans eating the flesh of mutated beasts was only natural. Mutated beasts eating humans?
They deserved to die!
So-called fairness is defined by humans themselves.
Unless they could replace humans and establish new rules.
But until then, they had better follow human rules properly!
Double standards?
So what if it’s double standards? What can you do about it?!
Without holding anything back, the terrifying flames devoured everything within a hundred meters.
“Mom, Mom, don’t die!”
“Monsters, get away! Don’t eat Dad!”
Suddenly, Qin Tian heard human voices. His expression lit up with joy, and his body instantly vanished from where he stood, rushing toward the direction the voices came from.
In the next moment, Qin Tian saw a mother and son, one large and one small, both in tattered clothes covered in blood.
The mother was already extremely weak, and beside her was a three-meter-sized mutated sea turtle, its mouth moving as if chewing something.
Looking at the ground, there was a man with only his head remaining.
As if noticing Qin Tian’s arrival, the mutated sea turtle finished chewing what was in its mouth, swallowed the head on the ground, and then looked at this suddenly arrived human in armor.
Qin Tian was somewhat silent, his right fist clenched tightly.
He had come too late!
If he could have arrived a bit earlier, this man would not have died.
Fortunately, he hadn’t arrived too late either—at least this mother and son were still alive.
“Boom!”
Blazing firelight swirled around Qin Tian’s arm. Accompanied by a thunderous crash, it struck heavily on the mutated sea turtle’s shell.
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
“. . .”
Sounds like shattering glass rang out. The mutated sea turtle’s shell directly caved in, then cracks appeared on its surface, growing larger and larger, expanding rapidly. Before the mutated sea turtle could even react—
A burst of firelight exploded, and the mutated sea turtle’s body directly burst apart.
“You are. . .”
The weak mother on the ground struggled to raise her head, looking at the armored person before her who had saved them.
“Flame Dragon Hero, Mom, he’s the Flame Dragon Hero!”
“The Flame Dragon Hero came to save us!”
Her son, however, was like someone who had seen an idol—the whole person became excited, stars seeming to appear in his eyes, full of admiration.
“Flame Dragon Hero, can you save my dad?”
He looked at Qin Tian with hope. In a child’s heart, they were omnipotent heroes.
But.
Qin Tian opened his mouth, yet could not say anything.
His father was already dead.
“My condolences.”
In the end, Qin Tian could only say this to the mother; then he released the armor and took out a bottle of pills from his waist.
“These are healing pills. Take them and live well with your child.”
This was also all he could do.
“Thank you.”
The mother was silent for a moment, then took the pill bottle from Qin Tian’s hand. After hesitating for a long time, she finally took out a pill and swallowed it.
Feeling the warm current in her body constantly repairing her injuries, and the strength continuously surging up within her.
Yet there was not the slightest joy in her heart.
Rationally, she knew she should not blame the person before her who had saved her and her son; but emotionally, she really wanted to blame him, to vent, to demand why he couldn’t have come earlier!
A bit earlier. . . a bit earlier and her husband would not have died.
But she still didn’t do it, because she knew it was wrong!
No matter how fast reinforcements are, they still need time.
Her husband would not want her to blame a hero who had saved his wife and child.
Qin Tian was silent, then turned around and re-summoned the Flame Dragon Armor.
At this moment, the area around the house was full of mutated sea beasts attracted by his commotion.
Compared to comforting, he had more important things to do.
“Take him, and follow me.”
He said softly, then stepped forward and walked out.
Behind him, the mother did not hesitate, pulling her child along and following.
On the battlefield, time is life. Following him was the only way to survive.
Crimson flames swept across the battlefield. With every step he took, countless mutated sea beasts were devoured by the flames.
Qin Tian looked at the mother and son behind him. He knew that what he should be doing right now was quickly eliminating the mutated sea beasts in the city, and that these ordinary people should find a safe place to hide on their own and wait for him to clear all the mutated sea beasts from the battlefield.
Bringing them along would only slow down his pace in eliminating the mutated sea beasts.
But he couldn’t do it.
Because here, there was no longer any so-called safe place. To survive, one could only rely on strength—or luck.
No matter where Qin Tian placed them, they could still die.
Only by following him was it safest.
So all he could do was clear out the nearby mutated sea beasts while searching for surviving civilians, then lead them to where Sea City’s current military and Spirit Energy Bureau members were gathered.
That was also currently the safest place in Sea City.
What one person can do is limited, and Sea City’s beast tide was not as easy to resolve as the Imperial Capital’s.
The gap in numbers was too great.
“Whew”
He took a deep breath. The temperature in the air became even more scorching. Frenzied flames transformed into long serpents, devouring all the mutated sea beasts that came near.
“Gurgle gurgle”
“Gurgle gurgle!!!”
“Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!!”
