After taking control of three Demigod-level mystical items, Sifa returned to the deck. By then, the Explorer had begun evasive maneuvers, trying to avoid the enormous thing sailing out of the dense fog.
Bang! Bang bang!
Dull cannon fire rang out from within the fog, but no flashes could be seen. Water columns merely kept erupting around the Explorer. It was impossible to tell whether the giant vessel was calibrating its cannons or issuing a warning.
After a round of cannon fire, someone cried out, "Look! What are those things on the water?"
Sifa walked to the railing and looked down at the sea. Where the water columns had erupted moments ago, human bodies rapidly floated to the surface, looking like corpses that had long been dead.
Suddenly, one of the corpses twitched and began swimming toward the Explorer. Under the lantern light, it was easy to see its disheveled hair, one missing eyeball, iron-blue skin, and rotting cheek muscles that exposed its gums.
It was a Zombie!
Zombies swam toward the Explorer one after another, crowding around the ship without climbing aboard. But with these Zombies blockading it, the Explorer would have difficulty leaving.
Looking at the densely packed Zombies on the sea, at this sea of corpses, Sifa could not help recalling his encounter with the Admiral of Hell.
At that moment, the giant vessel emerged from the thick fog. It was like a building sailing across the sea, seven or eight stories high. Compared to it, the Explorer was like a child standing beside a Giant.
A huge skull hung from its towering prow. It looked like the skull of some sea beast, but it had curved horns. Iron chains passed through its pitch-black eye sockets, fixing it in place.
Then, two blackish-green flames ignited within the