Chapter 103: You Are Too Weak

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: You Are Too Weak

Under this immense pressure, the deeply buried survival instincts of the girls were thoroughly ignited.

"Su Qingyue, with me!"

Gu Yihan gritted her teeth and stood up.

Though somewhat panicked, Su Qingyue could only force herself to suppress her fear and brace herself to face the threat.

The two were compelled by Lin Ji to engage in a desperate struggle against a frenzied LV3 Sea Monster.

Su Qingyue rapidly released ice from both hands.

Due to exhaustion, her legs were slightly weak and trembling.

Drenched in fragrant sweat, she gasped for breath.

Her thin school uniform shirt, clinging tightly to her body, was soaked with sweat, revealing the outline of what lay beneath.

Gu Yihan, meanwhile, continuously used her Light-body Talent to maneuver and kite.

Her long legs leaped repeatedly on the deck, and her chest heaved violently.

"Su Qingyue, don’t hold us back, control it properly!"

Gu Yihan shouted while urgently repositioning.

"Do you think I don’t want to?!"

Su Qingyue shot her a resentful glare.

The Sea Monster fought back wildly.

Its sharp appendages nearly pierced the bodies of the two girls several times.

The Sea Monster was also panicking now, attempting to turn and flee back into the sea.

Lin Ji was positioned behind it, guarding the flank. Every time the Sea Monster tried to run, he would use the back of his blade to smack it directly back.

Its escape route was completely cut off.

Su Qingyue clenched her silver teeth.

She expended all her Spiritual Power, activating the Frostglove to firmly freeze the Sea Monster’s path of movement.

Gu Yihan seized the opportunity, firing a Storm Venom Arrow that accurately blasted the Sea Monster’s head apart.

Through their combined efforts, plus the pressure Lin Ji applied from the side, they finally managed to completely kill an LV3 Mutated Sea Monster that had already been panicking and desperate to flee.

Their stamina completely depleted, they collapsed onto the deck.

Just then, Shen Manyun, Bai Taotao, and Lin Yurou, who had been staying in the captain’s cabin earlier, also rushed down.

The remaining two LV3 Sea Monsters were being held back by Qin Yao.

Tang Ling fired her crossbow bolts frequently from the side, coordinating with Qin Yao to harass them.

In truth, Qin Yao could have eliminated the remaining two long ago, but she deliberately held back from using heavy attacks.

Because she had realized that Lin Ji wanted to train the girls in the team.

Seeing the exhausted state of the girls, Lin Ji felt it was about enough.

Without a word, he moved, leaping into the combat zone, his figure suddenly surging forward.

The Bone Blade in his hand carved two sharp, cold gleams through the night.

With a single slash, he cleanly severed the remaining two LV3 Sea Monsters in half.

Crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

The deck fell silent in an instant.

Su Qingyue sat slumped on the ground, wiped the fragrant sweat from her forehead, and shot Gu Yihan a sidelong glance.

"If I hadn’t controlled it, your arrow would never have hit accurately."

Gu Yihan snorted coldly, shook her sore arm, and proudly raised her slender neck.

"This young lady never misses! It’s you who couldn’t freeze a single monster for the longest time, truly holding everyone back!"

Qin Yao smiled, retracting the flames in her hands, and walked over with a sway of her slender waist.

"Alright, stop arguing. If the Captain hadn’t scared that Sea Monster out of its wits, you’d still be struggling for another half hour."

The girls sat on the deck, stained with blood and sweat, breathing heavily.

Though they had narrowly escaped disaster, the memory of that suffocating brush with death still sent shivers down their spines.

Lin Ji stood at the center of the deck, sheathing his bloodstained Bone Blade.

He looked down at the women sprawled on the ground, his brow tightly furrowed.

"Look at the state you’re in."

His voice was cold, laced with undisguised disappointment.

"This is only the first day of the third phase, and a single Level 3 Sea Monster pushed you to this point."

"What if we were facing the regular forces of those major guilds?"

Lin Ji pointed toward the gradually dissipating black mist on the sea.

"The third phase is brutal. If we remain this weak in combat, it won’t take three days for this LV4 Assault Ship to become someone else’s trophy."

"And all of you will end up as their playthings."

Hearing Lin Ji’s merciless reprimand, the women lowered their heads, shame flickering in their eyes.

Gu Yihan bit her lower lip hard, her nails digging deep into her palms.

As the Deputy Captain of this ship, she had always considered herself Lin Ji’s primary partner.

But during the recent fierce battle, she realized just how inadequate her combat strength was.

She had even needed Lin Ji to protect her like a vulnerable child, which dealt a severe blow to her pride.

Gu Yihan suddenly raised her head, her beautiful eyes filled with unwillingness and resolve.

She stood up abruptly, ignoring the other women around her, and strode directly to Lin Ji, grabbing his solid arm.

"Husband, I’m too weak."

Her voice was still slightly hoarse from the intense exertion, but her tone was resolute.

"Tonight... help me upgrade my talent. No matter how... whatever you want to do... I’ll accept it!"

As soon as she said this, the women who were already flushed from the intense battle instantly blushed crimson down to their necks.

Though everyone knew the special methods Lin Ji used to help them improve their strength.

But for Gu Yihan to state such a thing so bluntly and explicitly in public made Bai Taotao and Lin Yurou, both rather shy, too embarrassed to lift their heads.

"Good."

Lin Ji showed no hesitation, directly wrapping an arm around Gu Yihan’s supple waist.

"This is the awareness you should have as the Deputy Captain."

At that moment, Shen Manyun, standing nearby, took a deep breath and adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose.

She took a step forward, her voluptuous and graceful figure exuding mature charm under the searchlight.

"Captain, I also want..."

Shen Manyun’s cheeks flushed slightly as she raised her fair hand.

"I also want to enhance my talent tonight."

Lin Ji looked at her but shook his head.

"Teacher Shen, your current C-grade Purification and Healing Ability are already sufficient to support the team’s combat consumption as a logistics auxiliary."

"What the team lacks most right now is not healing capacity, but absolute combat power."

Hearing Lin Ji’s words, Shen Manyun felt somewhat disappointed, but she understood the importance of the bigger picture and obediently nodded before stepping back.

Qin Yao leaned against the ship’s railing, her bloodshot peach blossom eyes wide open.

She was an extremely intelligent woman, and from Gu Yihan and Shen Manyun’s seemingly ambiguous yet utterly certain words, she instantly deduced an incredibly terrifying truth.

"Upgrade talent?"

Qin Yao’s heart raced wildly, her breathing instantly becoming rapid.

The tight leather jacket strained against her chest’s violent heaving, almost tearing apart.

A flash of extreme fervor and desire flickered in her eyes.

As an A-grade powerhouse, she knew all too well how lethally attractive a man capable of infinitely raising the ceiling of talent could be.

Just as Qin Yao could no longer suppress the impulse within her and prepared to step forward to offer herself to Lin Ji, seeking this heaven-defying opportunity—

"Captain!"

A clear, cold voice tinged with stubbornness suddenly rang out, interrupting Qin Yao’s movement.

Su Qingyue clenched her silver teeth tightly.

Her originally frosty, beautiful face was now flushed with a captivating blush due to extreme shyness and unwillingness.

Her sweat-soaked shirt clung tightly to her body, outlining astonishing curves.

Su Qingyue took a deep breath and, under everyone’s gaze, took an incredibly difficult step forward, stepping out on her own initiative.