Monkey had started familiarizing himself with the controls well in advance and had been waiting for a chance to try them out.
No one rushed him. Only after Monkey had taken the ship around twice and gotten comfortable did everyone board one after another.
Although the ship wasn't particularly spacious, Dark Night only had twelve members, so there was still plenty of room.
Just as they were about to set off, Bai Yaoyao suddenly frowned.
A second later, she struck.
A Spatial Blade shot toward the sea, instantly sending a cloud of bloody mist across its surface.
Bai Yaoyao hadn't intended to kill, but this unidentified Mutant Beast actually had a level-eight Mind Ability. It unleashed its full power and attacked.
It had gone straight for the kill when none of them had shown any intention of attacking. Bai Yaoyao didn't believe a few words would make it abandon its hostility.
So she decided to finish it quickly.
"Holy crap, what was that? I didn't even see it!" Dada Juan grabbed the Cloud-Rising Spear and rushed to the front.
"Probably a squid. Look at the black ink in the water." Chenxuan studied the scene and pointed at the visibly discolored seawater.
They only had one ship. Worried that the Mutant Squid would fight dirty and wreck it, Bai Yaoyao tossed Xuan Qi out, then put everyone else and the warship into her space.
She used Xuan Qi as a foothold to fight it.
But even after she waited for a while, the Mutant Squid never surfaced. Keeping her mental power locked onto it, Bai Yaoyao discovered that it had not only stopped fighting, but was trying to flee.
Bai Yaoyao sneered. You came all this way, let one rip, and now you want to run? Not a chance.
She immediately