"It's over, pirates are coming!"
Just as Xia Ping was boasting to a group of people, a sailor in the distance suddenly screamed in terror.
What?
Hearing this, the group was shocked. Wasn't today just a drill? Why would pirates attack?
"What on earth is happening? Weren't you monitoring the waters the whole time? How could you not have spotted the pirates approaching?" someone shouted, feeling immense panic.
On this vast, boundless ocean with no help in sight, encountering vicious pirates was the most despairing situation imaginable.
"A massive bank of white fog suddenly rose over the distant sea. We thought it was just normal weather, but we were tricked," the sailor sobbed. "By the time the fog cleared, a massive pirate ship had appeared right in front of us. It's only two or three miles away from our cruise ship now."
Many were horrified, immediately realizing that the pirate ship must have a Sea Demon capable of manipulating the weather, allowing them to approach silently under the cover of the fog without being detected.
"It's over, we're completely finished. They've already closed in." The sailor collapsed to the deck in despair, his body trembling so violently that he had no strength left.
"That pirate flag—it's the Blood Shark Pirate Crew! The Blood Shark Pirate Crew is here!" Someone with sharp eyes immediately spotted the flag hanging from the massive pirate ship.
This flag was the unmistakable mark of the Blood Shark Pirate Crew.
The Blood Shark Pirate Crew?!
Hearing those words, the people present turned deathly pale. Although they harbored a deep, blood-feud hatred for the Blood Shark Pirate Crew, they were simultaneously terrified of them.
The mere mention of their name stood for death, fear, darkness, and utter inhumanity!
Anyone who encountered the Blood Shark Pirate Crew essentially