There were roughly four or five hundred people left.
Bai Yaoyao led Dark Night straight into battle, with Long Zhan and the others close behind. Dark Night had already killed all the strongest enemies.
The remaining small fry were no match for them.
Bai Yaoyao noticed that the people behind Master clearly worked well together. Every one of them was skilled, and even after a year without fighting, their movements were only a little stiff.
Their combat instincts were still excellent. Once they fully recovered and received a little training, they would rank among the strongest fighters at any major base.
But... a sudden wave of dread washed over Bai Yaoyao.
"Quick, retreat! Get close to me!" After shouting, Bai Yaoyao swiftly brought Xuan Qi out and had it activate its Protective Shield.
Cracks gradually appeared in the ground directly ahead. They grew wider and wider until the entire surface shattered.
Seawater instantly surged in from every direction.
Then a giant serpent monster with eight heads and eight tails rose straight from the seabed. It stood roughly forty to fifty meters tall, its tails coiled together so that its full length was impossible to tell.
Its body was covered in intricate patterns, with large, symmetrical blotches like those of a clouded leopard, bordered by black or white spots.
Its scales were smooth, its back pale yellow, grayish brown, or dark brown, while the patches toward the rear of its body were highly irregular.
All eight heads flicked their tongues at once, releasing wave after wave of poison gas.
There was no way to fight under these conditions. They did not even have anywhere to stand.
Nearly half the people who had just fled fell straight into the sea. Upon contact with the poison gas, their bodies rapidly rotted, and their