Then-
Boom, boom, boom! Heaven-shaking roars erupted as three enormous, blood-red maws burst out of the sea in succession, chasing after Li Xiaoya... Terrifying spatial storms thundered outward as those jaws repeatedly bit through the void...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Li Xiaoya reacted with astonishing speed, his figure turning into a streak of light that flashed wildly through one breathtaking arc after another, always staying ahead of the pursuing maws...
Roar! An ear-piercing, heaven-shaking demon beast's roar shot into the sky. Several colossal figures burst from the sea, instantly surrounding Li Xiaoya from front, back, left, and right...
In that instant, Li Xiaoya saw them clearly...
There were four identical creatures, each a hundred thousand feet long, covered in black-and-red scale armor, with a long, blood-red dorsal fin down its back. Each had two enormous arms, a catfish-like tail beneath its body, and a head shaped like a two-horned shark's. Their huge scarlet eyes glared at Li Xiaoya... All four demon beasts were actually at the mid-Mighty One stage. Judging by their appearance, they were probably brothers born of the same mother...
Black-Horned Shark Beasts? A thought stirred in Li Xiaoya's mind as he recognized the four demon beasts. He abruptly stopped between them. They were so enormous that he looked like a tiny ant amid the four Black-Horned Shark Beasts... Yet he remained perfectly calm and said in a low voice, "Excellent! I was just worrying about finding my way!"
"You court death, damn cultivator!" At those words, blood-red light blazed from all four Black-Horned Shark Beasts' eyes. One of them shouted in a deep voice, and the instant he spoke...
Boom, boom, boom! The four Black-Horned Shark Beasts moved in perfect coordination. Black-and-red light erupted from their hands, and enormous tridents a hundred thousand feet long appeared in