At some point, the bright moon overhead was obscured by a sudden blanket of white mist.
The white mist seemed to pour out of the void, spreading rapidly. A vast shadow instantly blanketed the sea, blocking the previously brilliant moonlight and plunging the surroundings into sudden darkness.
The mist's reach expanded at an astonishing speed, spreading outward like a rising tide.
In just a few breaths, the area it covered had multiplied severalfold, swallowing both the Patrol Ship and the beast horde within it.
"What is that?" The investigators aboard the ship stared at the bizarre sight in shock, instinctively tightening their grips on their weapons, their faces full of vigilance.
As for the beast horde in the distance, the instant they saw the spreading white mist, all their ferocity and arrogance vanished. Their expressions changed drastically, their eyes filled with utter terror, and their entire bodies began to tremble violently.
By now, even if news of the Death White Mist had not spread to every Deep Sea Exotic Beast, the vast majority had already heard of it.
Any Deep Sea Exotic Beast trapped by this suddenly appearing white mist, regardless of its strength, had never managed to escape alive.
The higher-ups of the deep-sea clans had long since issued an order: before they found a way to deal with the Death White Mist, the moment they saw this kind of mist, they were not to think of anything else. They were to flee at full speed immediately, without the slightest hesitation.
For a moment, the beast horde that had just been brimming with arrogance and encircling the Patrol Ship layer by layer instantly collapsed. Like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, they turned and fled in panic toward the waters beyond the white mist.
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