With a heart full of conflict, the white fox painfully put the pastries away again. Perhaps the pastry box had been left open too long; just as she put it away, a thunderous roar of waves rose from the sea.
Watching several enormous, bizarre sea beast heads emerge over the horizon, Jiu Ming scratched his head. Well, these things could even serve as bait for fish... Mm, if not for the terrain limiting things, all kinds of Exotic Beasts would probably have already gathered nearby, lying in wait.
"See? You weren't the only one tempted." Jiu Ming pointed at the sea beasts churning up waves as they rapidly approached, speaking to the white fox. "That's why you need restraint. Look at these brainless unlucky fools rushing over..."
Upon the vast sea, a sea beast swam forward with all its strength, tears streaming from its eyes. It looked as aggrieved as could be, as though it had suffered some terrible bullying. The sight made the white fox look at it with contempt. What childish behavior—and this was the strongest among the sea beasts that had approached.
It was indeed powerful. At the very least, the white fox knew perfectly well that she would gain no advantage against this sea beast... Mm, and that was calculating its combat strength on land. As for the other sea beasts, they were troublesome too, but she could still handle them.
Strong as it was, though, this sea beast's behavior was just too... whatever that was. You were a sea beast, for crying out loud! Where was your savage nature!? Why had such an oddball appeared?
That said, the sea really was a dangerous place. They were clearly right by the shore, yet they could encounter a sea beast this troublesome... Though once they actually fought,