"Hiss~"
When A Jun regained consciousness, he felt as if his skull were splitting with pain.
He finally managed to open his eyes, and a familiar face appeared in his vision.
It was Lin Guan.
He looked rather battered, with a bruised and swollen face, as if someone had beaten him up.
Wait, Lin Guan was a Fifth-tier. Who could beat him up like this?!
"Captain?"
"Mm."
Lin Guan nodded and looked around at his team members, who were gradually waking up.
Though they looked utterly miserable, with a chorus of hisses and groans all around, their opponent hadn't tried to kill them. Not one of them had suffered a truly fatal injury.
Earlier, when he'd heard A Jun's call, he'd thought something had gone wrong—or that they'd found something unusual—so he'd hurried over with the others.
But before they could even exchange a word, that person had beaten them to a pulp.
Their squad ranked among the best in Sea Defense.
Aside from him, a Fifth-tier, the deputy captain was a Fourth-tier with Sequence 68, [Torrent]. The other three, including A Jun, were all Third-tiers.
Yet the moment they met, the deputy captain's ability had failed.
And... their opponent had even been immune to his mental attacks.
Lin Guan had originally planned to deploy his floating weapons, a Mutated Bone Weapon that could be controlled directly with mental power,
but their opponent hadn't given him the chance. He'd gone straight for close combat, and his charge had been incredibly fast.
Even though they'd been on their guard, they'd still lost four against one—and had practically been beaten down the whole time.
That guy seemed to feel no pain. No matter what attacks he suffered, he kept fighting with wide, powerful swings, trading injury for injury.
The most terrifying thing