What Is This Thing?

Those enormous, countless tentacles stretched up from the seabed. Yet instead of attacking them at once, they merely kept waving about.

"What is this? A new species?"

Jin Yuan was puzzled. Ordinary Sea Demons mostly looked alike, with no discernible difference at a glance. But once a Sea Demon possessed Spirit Transcendence-level strength, things became different.

This had only been discovered recently. At that stage, Sea Demons would subdivide into many different species, and quite a few places had recently encountered similar beings.

Generally speaking, those new Sea Demons were not only powerful, but each one was exceedingly troublesome. They even understood humans and demons extremely well, making those who faced them feel as though they were confronting their own kind.

These Sea Demons with their bizarre behavior made Jin Yuan uneasy.

If they encountered that sort of Sea Demon now, they likely would not last long. They might not even be able to wait for reinforcements.

What rotten luck, with one misfortune after another. Going out to sea was becoming increasingly difficult; the days ahead would probably be even harder.

"I don't think so. Those Sea Demons look... how should I put it? They seem to be afraid of something?"

"Huh?"

Afraid?

Upon hearing that word, Jin Yuan was instantly dumbfounded.

Would something like a Sea Demon know what fear was?

No, how could such things be afraid? No matter what, Jin Yuan could not imagine what they would look like when frightened.

"Could you be mistaken?"

The Sea Demons' tentacles flailed with increasing disorder, without the slightest rhythm. Quite a few of their tentacles even began tangling together.

Gradually, a thick bloody stench rose from the sea, and a crimson mist blanketed the entire island.

Those on the island who had yet to leave watched this bizarre scene