As Tang San swam steadily toward the Sea Heart Flame, sweat broke out on his forehead. The terrifying heat cracked his skin, opening a small fissure from which blood trickled into the sea.
Just then, the once-calm seawater began churning violently. Amid towering waves, several columns of water more than ten meters wide shot skyward, sweeping toward Tang San with distorted air in their wake.
Immediately afterward, an enormous body resembling a small island appeared behind Tang San, bathing all the surrounding seawater in a blue-gold radiance. Then a deep, muffled roar rang out, its immense sound waves driving the water outward and instantly leaving Tang San dizzy.
An enormous whale had appeared behind Tang San. His vast body was over two hundred meters long and sapphire blue from head to tail. He had two huge eyes, but one was blind. His remaining right eye fixed Tang San, a short distance away, with an icy stare.
"The... Deep Sea Demonic Whale King?" At the sight before her, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King's face filled with terror, and her voice trembled.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King shifted slightly, and his enormous tail rose behind him. Wrapped in distorted blue light, it slammed heavily into the sea, turning hundreds of millions of water droplets into arrows that shot toward Tang San.
Seeing this, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King darted in front of Tang San. Terrifying soul power surged from her body, forming a shield of light two meters across.
A sound like rain pounding banana leaves came from in front of Tang San. The Demon Soul Great White Shark King used her own body to block that blue shower of light, but its tremendous force drove both shark and man backward. After holding out for only a