"What are you doing?!"
Ke Yi shouted after him, but whether Li Xian hadn't heard or simply ignored him, he vanished from sight once he sank beneath the sea.
"Tch..."
Ke Yi hesitated for a moment. After glancing at the ship in the distance, which was about to sink, he chose to swim toward the whirlpool.
Meanwhile, Li Xian swam toward the shadows beneath the sea without pausing for a moment.
This was the best chance to observe them.
The dark figures gathered together as they rocked the ship, leaving them no time to pay attention to the players-Li Xian intended to seize this chance to see their "true faces."
Vague shadows had already appeared ahead. Li Xian was just about to pull the flashlight from his pocket when he suddenly heard water surging behind him. Then the tentacle that had entangled him last night appeared again and seized his ankle!
Li Xian abruptly lost all forward momentum. As he was dragged backward, the hazy human figures that had come into view gradually disappeared again.
Let go!
Li Xian shouted inwardly as he tried to break free of the tentacle, but against its overwhelming strength, his struggles were as futile as an ant trying to shake a tree.
In desperation, Li Xian struck the tentacle, which had already wound its way up to his chest, with his flashlight. The impact happened to switch it on, sending a beam of light through the depths.
"Mmph, mmph, mmph, mmph!"
Let me through!
Li Xian waved the beam toward the hull, trying to make out the dark figures, but he had been dragged too far away. The flashlight illuminated nothing but empty seawater.
Just when he thought he had lost his chance entirely, the tentacle suddenly stopped pulling him backward. Then, as though