Pressure Surges!

At the edge of Bohai, the sea stretched as far as the eye could see.

There had once been many high-throughput ports here, but due to the tense Sea Monster situation, most of them had been abandoned.

Although most of the ports here had been abandoned, the Military Department would not simply hand over such a vast territory to the Sea Monsters.

In the Shallow Sea closer to the shore stood towering, thick sea-rock peaks.

These sea-rock peaks had been specially created by Earth Element Mages, both to guard against sudden tidal assaults and to provide Mages unfamiliar with water a foothold during naval battles.

Behind the clusters of sea-rock peaks, many Military Department outposts were stationed. The moment the Sea Monsters made any major move, intelligence from here would immediately be relayed to headquarters ten kilometers away.

Above the largest sea-rock peak, known as Great Bell Mountain, a stunning crescent arc of moonlight hung in the sky, forming a distinct vortex.

Quite a few Archmages could be seen moving back and forth nearby.

That was the gravitational vortex created by the drawing of a Forbidden Curse.

Perhaps sensing that the Forbidden Curse was about to descend, the Dragon King ants lurking beneath the sea surface revealed their true forms.

They were strange creatures with lobster-like whiskers, ant-like bodies, and fish-like tails.

The smaller Dragon King ants were about the size of tadpoles. They swarmed together in dense masses and advanced toward the sea-rock peaks.

They were the species among Ocean Demons most skilled at digging tunnels. In just a few seconds, they could gnaw a passage through the base of a sea-rock peak as large as a mountain, wide enough for normal-sized Sea Monsters to pass through.

But when Dongfang Chen appeared, the Dragon King ants seemed to receive