"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
Explosions erupted one after another, instantly drowning out the torrential rain.
"What happened?"
More and more examinees rushed out to ask what was happening, but the soldiers had no attention to spare for them. Their faces were deathly pale, yet their duty drove them to grit their teeth and charge toward the deck.
"What's going on? Are we at war?" Many examinees staying in the inner cabins were startled awake by the commotion outside and still had no idea what had happened aboard the ship.
Tang Hong pushed open his door and watched the examinees and crew hurrying back and forth. Zheng Sila, from the cabin next door, caught a crewman by the arm. "Hey, why are you all running? What exactly happened?"
The crewman's face was ashen. "Our ship has come under attack from sea monsters. They're swarming toward us across the sea, as thick as a beast tide..."
Everyone's expression changed.
Just then, the captain's grave voice came over the ship's loudspeakers. "I am the captain of the Tian Guang Hao. We are currently under attack by sea monsters. All our radios have been disrupted, and we cannot send any messages out. Right now, out here at sea, the only people who can save us are ourselves...
"We are desperately short of manpower. All of you are top fighters from your respective martial arts schools. I will not force anyone to step forward, but the situation is critical. Delaying will only make things worse for us..."
The captain's voice came intermittently through the loudspeakers, but everyone present understood.
They were under attack by an army of sea monsters on this boundless ocean. Isolated and without help, they might very well die here.
Worse still, a demon king had joined the attack!
A demon king comparable to