At his words, everyone present changed expression in unison.
"Came ashore?!"
After guarding this place for so many years, they knew the giant fish in the sea better than anyone.
Sequence 18, the [Cataclysm] Path, [Sea of Misfortune].
Although it was only Seventh-tier, it was clearly in a league of its own compared with other Calamities of the same tier. Even some Eighth-tier ones were no match for it.
When humanity first began expanding east of the Core Circle, they had already encountered these colossal giants of the sea.
That was why so many of the higher-ranked sequences on the [Cataclysm] Path had something to do with water.
These marine Calamities generally possessed growth potential beyond all reason, and the higher their sequence, the more monstrous their size.
In sheer volume, land-dwelling Calamities couldn't compare.
So it was no wonder that the [Cataclysm] Path was widely recognized as having the broadest range of destruction and the greatest destructive power.
Three years ago, the creature had briefly surfaced once.
With a single slap of its tail, it had destroyed the offshore breakwater.
If they hadn't responded in time, nearly half of Base City No. 7 would have been flooded.
It had taken a joint effort from several high-tier powerhouses to drive it back into the deep sea.
As for why they hadn't simply killed it...
The creature had another troublesome trait: a death skill called "Source Blood Tide."
Simply put, it exploded upon death.
The explosion itself wasn't very destructive, but it benefited every marine Calamity in range, greatly boosting their overall strength and rate of advancement.
With bad luck, it could even catalyze the emergence of several Sixth-tier or even Seventh-tier Calamities.
Worse, the blast's effects could spread with the current, making it extremely difficult to deal with.
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