Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Battle Under the River

TL: Etude

“Huh!?”

Just as Lin Hao finished eating the last tilapia in the vicinity, he keenly sensed something.

He suddenly turned to look at the area behind him.

Not far away, a dark shadow was rapidly rushing towards him at a speed visible to the naked eye!

What was that!?

Lin Hao’s expression changed dramatically.

This thing was moving too fast!

Could it be a mutant creature!?

In the next moment, as the dark shadow came into view, he could clearly see that it was… a human figure!

A person!

This person was wearing a special suit of armor that covered their entire body, including their head.

Moreover, they were holding a knife!

Wait…!?

That knife looked like the one that person had just now!

Damn it!

Seeing this scene, Lin Hao was completely stunned.

The situation was utterly shocking.

The armor seemed to have a special acceleration ability, allowing the person to move very quickly underwater.

They were almost upon Lin Hao!

Holding the knife, the person attacked Lin Hao’s body directly!

Run!

Lin Hao twisted his body, trying to swim away in the opposite direction!

But the person was very fast, and their speed in wielding the knife underwater was also astonishing!

In that instant, the knife struck Lin Hao’s fleeing body!

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing echoed through the water.

The black iron scales on Lin Hao’s body showed cracks!

What a sharp blade!

The man seemed surprised that the strike hadn’t killed Lin Hao.

As he prepared to swing the knife again, a burst of firelight erupted from Lin Hao’s body.

Fire Scales!

The blinding light seemed to dazzle the man’s eyes, making him pause for a second.

In that moment, Lin Hao stopped trying to escape and turned to charge at him!

Damn it, dare to slash at me!

Enraged, Lin Hao charged at him with his sharp horn!

Boom!

The sharp horn struck directly at the man’s helmet.

At close range, Lin Hao could clearly see the man’s face through the transparent glass of the helmet.

It was indeed the same person!

Lin Hao had no time to ponder why the man was wearing such strange armor; he just attacked furiously!

Boom, boom, boom!

In a brief moment, Lin Hao delivered three rapid charges, his sharp horn pushing the man’s body backward.

But the man quickly recovered, raising the long knife to slash at Lin Hao again!

However, Lin Hao didn’t give him the chance, delivering a powerful tail slap!

Boom!

The tail struck the man’s head directly.

Even though his head was protected by a helmet, the force of that tail slap was truly terrifying.

The powerful impact left him momentarily dazed.

Lin Hao immediately opened his mouth and bit down on the man’s arm!

Damn it!

What kind of armor was this? How could it be so tough!

Despite biting furiously several times, he found the armor to be excessively resilient!

However, he ignored this and continued to bite madly at the arm holding the knife.

The terrifying bite force, although it didn’t break through the armor, caused the man to feel intense pain in his arm.

“Damn it! What kind of monster is this?!” The man roared inwardly in rage.

At this point, he could no longer hold the knife, so he swung his left hand to punch at Lin Hao’s body!

Bang!

However, Lin Hao’s body was emitting flames, and with the black iron scales, the attack caused him some pain but wasn’t a major threat!

Man and fish fought fiercely at the bottom of the river.

Rip!

Soon, Lin Hao managed to tear a hole in the man’s armor on his arm!

Impossible!!!

The man’s pupils contracted as he realized what had happened.

Glug, glug!

At the same time, another figure swam over from not far away!

He was also holding a combat knife!

However, this man’s body was not covered in the special armor!

“Courting death!!!”

Lin Hao’s eyes turned red with rage. If they wanted to kill him, they should see who would die first!

In an instant, his body emitted a burst of white light, and his entire form disappeared before the eyes of the two men.

“Huff, huff.”

“Teleported back!?”

Sensing the change in his surroundings, Lin Hao realized he had returned to the Hualong Pond.

The effect of Fire Scales had just worn off. Upon closer inspection, he could see that his black scales had many cracks.

“That knife was really sharp.”

“One more slash and my scales would have shattered.”

Thinking about what had just happened, he felt a lingering fear.

The knives those guys were wielding were not ordinary blades.

Ordinary blades couldn’t possibly be that sharp.

And what was that armor they were wearing!?

“Type 3 Suit.”

He vaguely heard those words during their conversation.

“Is technology so advanced now? They even developed such armor?” Lin Hao was puzzled.

Wait, that’s not right.

Thinking carefully and combining it with their mention of ‘civilization relics,’ did it mean they discovered remnants of another civilization on Earth and obtained something from those relics?

Could the strange armor the man was wearing be something they found there!?

It’s possible!

Very possible!

Ancient creatures, civilization relics, viruses, extraterrestrial beings…

Connecting all the known elements formed a clear picture.

Was it possible that a long time ago, other civilizations had visited Earth, left behind special relics, and within those relics were some special ‘viruses’ from those civilizations, capable of causing biological evolution?

And now the appearance of extraterrestrials was because they were the intelligent beings who had left those relics, wanting to reopen the relics and awaken some mutant creatures they had brought from space?

“Very likely.”

The more he thought about his conjecture, the more Lin Hao gasped in realization.

“But there’s still one problem. Why are these extraterrestrials going to such great lengths to do all this? If they wanted to conquer Earth, wouldn’t it be easier to directly invade with spaceships?”

This thought left him puzzled.

Nevertheless, the only clear conclusion was that Earth would definitely undergo drastic changes soon!

Extremely dangerous changes!

“Evolution, I must evolve to a very powerful level as quickly as possible!”