Part Nine: Parting Ways

Yu Ming looked at the chaotic scene before him, unable to hide the smile on his face.

The ship was about to plunge into the oceanic abyss, but the vessel itself posed no problem for them. Now that the Faceless had discovered them, there was no need to conceal their identities. They could simply use their abilities to return to land.

Especially with a spatial ability user like Zhang Chen present, all he had to do was open a spatial passage and take everyone away.

Immediately afterward, abnormalities began appearing in the bodies of the four hundred people aboard the ship. They clutched their heads as bubbles swelled beneath their scalps, and their heads exploded in an instant. Then, a spherical structure grew from the remaining half of each brain, releasing strange ripples from its tip that spread in all directions.

The ripples emitted by the abnormal organs inside the four hundred heads suppressed everyone present. These strange, invisible waves had a particularly suppressive effect on Soul Stones.

"Zhang Chen, pretend your body is being suppressed..."

Qing Gui transmitted his voice. At the same time, the Twins and the Demon Monk, whose bodies were occupied by Tiangou and Qing Gui, turned pale and appeared unable to hold on. By then, the rift in the sea had already reached beneath the ship.

The vessel began falling into the depths of the oceanic fissure.

"Blood!"

Gu Chen's eyes turned crimson as a tiny blood-colored figure within his body stirred slightly.

"Whoosh!" The four hundred mutated ordinary people on the small cruise ship all exploded and died, turning into blood that was absorbed into Gu Chen's body.

Yet at that moment, Tiangou made an extremely subtle movement without anyone noticing. A massive black shadow rapidly rose from the seabed. A gigantic maw opened