Chapter 114: Evolution of the Liquid Walker

Many of Hai Hanting’s subordinates wanted to help, but at this moment they realized that the vast sea was both a natural barrier and a tremendous danger to them. On the ocean, they had no strength to resist the Liquid Walkers; these beings were truly children of the sea, while they themselves were like rootless floating weeds.

On the surface, Qin Hao fended off the coordinated attack of the Liquid Walkers with a single move, instantly killing a thousand of them. Star energy crystals scattered across the ocean. Yet, to the remaining Liquid Walkers, it was merely a matter of losing some blood—they sank quietly into the depths and could rapidly recover, forming a new undead legion.

Some Liquid Walkers fell from the sky, while others leapt onto Qin Hao's floating ice. The strange deep blue liquid took human forms; some didn’t even bother to mimic a human shape, snarling and clawing wildly at Qin Hao and Hai Hanting.

With a flicker of mental power, Hai Hanting summoned terrifying waves that twisted into a cyclone, flinging the Liquid Walkers away and tearing them apart in the spinning vortex, crushing their unique cores.

The sea tornado, like a giant dragon dancing, swept the Liquid Walkers away. But compared to his indirect attack, Qin Hao was far more straightforward and brutal. Holding the Ice Abyss sword, he slashed horizontally, freezing all the Liquid Walkers solid.

At that moment, a massive ebony hand emerged from the sea, grabbing the edge of the floating ice. Next, a hissing sound grew louder—the ice was rapidly corroded.

Hai Hanting’s heart jolted as he looked toward the owner of the giant hand. It was the Corrosive Liquid Walker.

This Liquid Walker appeared larger and more formidable. It seemed to have soaked in the seawater and undergone growth, breaking through the level-one genetic lock to become a level-two creature.

Its enormous upper body floated on the sea surface, standing about eight meters tall, resembling a bloated water balloon.

“Level-two creature.”

Though Hai Hanting had never encountered such a level-two hunter before, at this moment, he felt a deep sense of dread. This proved the opponent was no longer a first-level hunter.

The thought that Liquid Walkers can even grow in the sea terrified him. These hunting creatures didn’t remain stagnant in strength; like humans, they could break through new layers of evolution.

The prospect that tens of thousands of Liquid Walkers might one day become level-two creatures sent a chill down Hai Hanting’s spine.

Then, something even more dreadful happened.

The Corrosive Liquid Walker extended another hand from its body and struck the floating ice with a fist, cracking and melting it.

Hai Hanting instantly plunged into the water.

“Power of the sea.”

He called upon the seawater to lift him, but at that moment, the lower half of the Corrosive Liquid Walker also stretched out a giant hand and grabbed him.

In an instant, a corrosive force began dissolving his skin.

“Ah!” Hai Hanting screamed in agony, but at the same time, his mental power enveloped him. Seawater surged in wildly, breaking away from the Corrosive Liquid Walker’s grasp.

This creature was formidable, but it was no match for Qin Hao.

On the cross-sea bridge, people watching Hai Hanting fall into the water cried out in despair.

He was not just one of their own; he was their guardian deity.

Could even Hai Hanting be dying now?

Tears welled up in everyone’s eyes.

Suddenly, they noticed the seawater around Hai Hanting turn white—a freezing current instantly solidifying the liquid.

Even the black-blue Corrosive Liquid Walker was frozen.

Then, with a cracking sound, the ice exploded open, revealing Hai Hanting inside.

He gasped for breath, his skin bloodied and battered without a single unscathed spot, his throat nearly burned through.

Fortunately, Qin Hao had saved him.

Hai Hanting had not yet fully matured; facing a level-two evolved Corrosive Liquid Walker, one careless moment could mean death.

Qin Hao had come at just the right time.

Now, Qin Hao was brimming with murderous intent, surrounded by freezing ice. The Ice Abyss sword instantly slashed toward the enormous Corrosive Liquid Walker.

Under the sword’s aura, the creature’s hands resting on the floating ice were severed. Qin Hao froze its cells, encasing the liquid in ice, preventing it from returning to its core.

The Corrosive Liquid Walker roared in fury and lunged again.

Qin Hao casually swung the Ice Abyss sword, freezing it solid once more.

“Explosion!”

The ice shattered instantly, shards flying everywhere. Qin Hao’s mental power caught a core the size of a fist.

In twenty years of the apocalypse, Qin Hao had slaughtered countless hunting creatures, including Liquid Walkers. Their ability to revive infinitely meant that evolvers had to strike true every time, or face endless troubles.

Qin Hao summoned the power of wind; a blade of wind instantly sliced the core into pieces.

“Crack!”

The core split in two.

The continuously writhing corrosive liquid seemed to lose its weightless state, suddenly succumbing to gravity as it splashed into the sea.

Qin Hao stepped forward as the freezing power surged stronger.

Every wave crashing onto the floating ice instantly turned to ice.

Could the sea surface not freeze?

No—in the combined influence of star energy and elemental forces, even the equatorial ocean could transform into glaciers.

“Ice Seal!”

Wherever Qin Hao passed, cold ice crystallized, freezing the Liquid Walkers in place, rendering them powerless.

Then, four huge corrupted Liquid Walkers emerged from the sea—each had evolved into level-two creatures.

They charged at Qin Hao but were swiftly swept away by the Ice Abyss sword.

The absolute zero cold air solidified their massive bodies, turning their snarling forms into statues.

At this moment, those on the cross-sea bridge finally noticed the man beside Hai Hanting.

“That lightning just now—it was him. He can even wield ice.”

“Who is this man? Could he be the hero come to help us?”

“Heaven, bless them. Let them defeat these monsters. Let no more heroes fall.”

They prayed earnestly.

Qin Hao’s hero points surged sharply, but he didn’t glance at the hero system.

How could one be distracted during battle?

Qin Hao moved across the floating ice, which grew larger and larger, covered with countless frozen Liquid Walkers.

Gradually, it formed a massive glacier.

The Liquid Walkers charged relentlessly but were trapped in ice, unable to attack Qin Hao.

Beneath the sea, something monstrous seemed to have lost all patience, stirring up terrifying waves.

At that moment, the sea level appeared to recede, revealing a colossal figure.

This Liquid Walker had raised a twenty-meter-high wave, enough to submerge even the glacier beneath it.

Emerging now were two venomous Liquid Walkers—both had reached the strength of level-three evolved creatures.