Wang Fan, panting heavily, said, "That was really close. Is everyone alright?"
Upon hearing Wang Fan's question, everyone responded.
Su Yaqi replied weakly, "I'm not injured, just extremely tired, and these clothes are filthy."
Su Yalin wiped the blood off her face and pretended to vomit.
She continued, "Me too, I feel like all my strength has been drained, and I'm covered in blood, it's disgusting."
Qin Xiaoxuan bit her lip and rubbed her aching wrist.
"Stop complaining, it's a blessing you weren't injured."
Hua Nianci smiled bitterly: "I'm so tired I can barely stand, but as long as I can live, what does this dirt and fatigue matter?"
Wang Fan couldn't help but laugh when he saw everyone's disheveled appearance.
The once glamorous group of people were now covered in a mixture of sweat and blood.
They all looked like little kittens; if you didn't know better, you'd think they'd fallen into a latrine.
Especially Xiao Hei, whose entire body was covered in bloodstains.
Due to the body's warmth, the bloodstains slowly scabbed over, becoming a real little black thing.
Everyone glared angrily at Wang Fan when they heard his laughter.
Su Yaqi said angrily, "Wang Fan, how can you still laugh when we're all like this!"
Wang Fan quickly waved his hand: "Don't be angry, don't be angry. I just wanted to lighten the mood."
Qin Xiaoxuan rolled her eyes at him: "You're quite carefree."
Wang Fan shrugged helplessly: "I have no choice. If we keep our nerves on edge, we won't be able to hold on any longer."
Hua Nianci frowned and said, "Alright, stop arguing and let's deal with the problem at hand first."
At this moment, several more powerful corpses leaped onto the ship, their strength seemingly even greater than the previous ones.
Wang Fan gritted his teeth, raised his trident again, and charged forward.
Little Black followed closely behind, barking wildly.
Sisters Su Yaqi and Su Yalin also rallied their spirits, picked up their weapons, and joined the battle.
Qin Xiaoxuan and Hua Nianci were not to be outdone, and fought back fiercely against the attacks of the corpses.
After a fierce struggle, they finally killed the corpses.
At this moment, with no new corpses appearing around, everyone was finally able to relax.
Wang Fan collapsed to the ground, panting heavily: "Oh my god, I'm exhausted."
Little Black was also lying on the ground, its tongue lolling out, panting heavily.
Su Yaqi, with her hands on her knees and bent over, said, "Finally, I can rest for a while."
Su Yalin plopped down on the ground and said, "I feel like my arm doesn't even belong to me anymore."
Qin Xiaoxuan leaned against the ship's railing, closed her eyes, and said, "I hope there won't be any more trouble."
Hua Nianci pointed to the sea of blood in the distance and said, "Don't let your guard down yet."
Her brows were furrowed, and her face was full of worry. "I have a feeling that something is wrong."
Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts, which had just relaxed, were on edge again.
Wang Fan stood up, looked in the direction Hua Nianci was pointing, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? I don't see anything unusual."
Hua Nianci shook her head, her expression grave: "I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just have a bad feeling about it."
Just then, the calm sea of blood in the distance began to ripple, and the ripples grew larger and larger.
Everyone's expressions instantly turned tense. Wang Fan gripped the trident tightly, his eyes fixed on the ever-expanding ripples.
However, due to the turbidity of the blood and the interference of the ripples, it was impossible to see what was underneath.
Wang Fan took a deep breath and whispered, "Everyone, get ready for battle."
Upon hearing Wang Fan's command, everyone's expressions turned serious.
His eyes were fixed intently on the increasingly violently pulsating blood.
In an instant, everyone's heartbeats and breathing became rapid, and their knuckles turned white from the exertion.
Little Black lay prone on the ground, making low growling sounds in its throat, poised to pounce.
Just as everyone was on edge, a huge black shadow suddenly rose from the center of the ripples.
The dark shape looked like some kind of marine creature, but it was obscured by the blood.
In an instant, beads of sweat appeared on Wang Fan's forehead. He said nervously, "Everyone, please don't act rashly. Observe carefully first."
Su Yaqi's heart raced. She muttered to herself, "What is this? Could it be the legendary sea monster?"
Su Yalin swallowed hard and gripped the crossbow tightly.
Judging from his expression, he was incredibly nervous.
Qin Xiaoxuan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down: "Don't be afraid, there are so many of us together, we can definitely handle it."
Hua Nianci frowned, her eyes never daring to leave the shadowy figure.
Little Black also stared warily at the shadowy figure, letting out a low growl.
The sand sculpture flew directly into the sky, watching the huge black shadow.
Just then, the fluctuations in the blood subsided slightly, and the shape of the dark figure gradually became clearer.
It had enormous tentacles like an octopus, each covered with suckers, and they were constantly wriggling.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be pieced together from various corpses.
Some of the corpses were mutilated, while others had grotesque faces.
Those suction cups were covered with eyes, blinking, terrifying and bizarre.
Upon seeing this, Wang Fan's eyes widened, and he gasped, "What is this thing? It looks terrifying!"
Su Yaqi's voice trembled: "Wang Fan, what should we do?"
Wang Fan swallowed hard and said, "Everyone, don't panic. Let's observe the monster's movements first, and then make our move when the opportunity arises."
Immediately afterward, Wang Fan gripped the trident tightly, his palms sweating profusely: "If it attacks, we'll have no choice but to fight it to the death!"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the terrifying octopus monster, their hearts pounding in their chests.
Just then, the octopus monster seemed to realize their thoughts and launched the first attack.
A thick tentacle swept towards the crowd with lightning speed.
Wang Fan shouted, "Everyone, scatter!"
Everyone quickly dodged in all directions, and the tentacles slammed down on the spot where they had just been standing, making a loud noise.
A deep gash was smashed into the ship's deck, sending wood chips flying.
After a brief moment of panic, everyone quickly realized what was happening and decided to launch a counterattack.
Su Yaqi pulled out a crossbow from her waist, aimed at the octopus monster's eyes, and decisively pulled the trigger.
An arrow was fired at high speed, but the octopus monster nimbly dodged it.
Immediately afterwards, Su Yalin also took out a crossbow from behind her back.
Aim at the octopus monster's sucker-covered tentacles and fire the crossbow bolt with force.
The crossbow bolt struck the tentacle, but only penetrated shallowly, seemingly causing little damage to the octopus monster.
Qin Xiaoxuan was not to be outdone. Holding a crossbow in both hands, she fired continuously at the octopus monster's head.
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