Published: February 13, 2025
The human camp was originally busy cleaning the battlefield, but halfway through, they noticed the sea had become lively, an extremely spectacular scene that was hard to describe.
If one had to describe it, it was somewhat like boiling water, where not only bubbles rose but also various glimmers of light and leaked energy, along with blood of different colors.
Before long, a large number of corpses began to float on the surface of the sea!
Had there been a battle in the sea?!
Xia Lei and the others arrived at the seaside, furrowing their brows as they looked at the distant waves, puzzled.
"What’s going on? It seems like there’s a fight, but didn’t the demon whale already unify this sea area?"
"Could it be that the demon whale got injured and lost control of its subordinates? For these mutated creatures, the strong truly reign supreme."
"Or could it be sea beasts from other ocean areas? Did they get attracted by the bloody scent from the brutal battle of the last two days? Just like how the zombies and land creatures are drawn to us now."
"Could it be they are devouring the injured species to evolve faster?"
Everyone had different speculations about the situation.
"It’s unlikely that the demon whale has lost control," Liu Zhenghong suddenly said, "Although Xia Bai and the red dress guard inflicted heavy damage on it, its remaining combat strength is still much stronger than a ninth-level creature. It may have consumed a lot of energy, but its position should not be challenged."
Her ability allowed her to observe more clearly than others, and her judgment on the remaining power of the demon whale was more accurate.
"Yes, the demon whale should have left this area." Little Tiger, with special eyes, also felt something despite not being able to use tracking skills directly.
"Let’s go down and take a look," Xiao Peng suggested from the side.
His team had been in reserve, and although they had participated in the battle, they hadn’t faced any intense fighting, remaining around the command post just in case.
Since his team’s base was in Linhai and not in Cloud Summit, they were the best at fighting in the sea, yet in this beast tide, they were still afraid to enter the water and could only stay on land.
However, if it was only to scout the sea, Xiao Peng’s team could manage that.
Xia Lei nodded, "Send over the teams blessed by the Sea King Crown. Don’t get too close, and make sure to prepare support on both the sea and land."
After Xiao Peng agreed, he immediately returned to his team. A few minutes later, the elite fifty were divided into five small teams, entering the water from different positions, with several combat ships appearing on the sea, most of them blue, and one even at the golden level.
The ranged units moved forward a distance, preparing for fire support.
Two hours later, the five teams returned, suffering six casualties, but the information they brought back was largely the same.
The sea beasts in the water were killing each other, with each side belonging to different camps.
"This new group of sea beasts should have come from the distant eastern sea, with at least two top-level creatures among them, but their total number is not as many as those here."
Xiao Peng had personally gone into the sea, being the closest among the fifty, so his information was the most detailed and accurate.
"Although it seems evenly matched now,..."
Xiao Peng pondered, “I still feel something is off.”
He organized his thoughts and continued, “The new sea beasts, whether in terms of the number of top-level creatures or overall quantity, are quite a bit behind the current group. Don’t be fooled by the seeming balance, as one reason is that the leader of these sea beasts is absent, and the other species have just gone through a fierce battle and are in poor condition. The other reason is that the new sea beasts are incredibly fearless, showing no regard for casualties.”
After finishing this, Xiao Peng added, “Under normal circumstances, mutated creatures at a certain evolutionary stage shouldn’t behave like this. They have reasoning too, but what we’re seeing now is almost suicidal behavior, so I can’t determine what’s really happening.”