The Rotting Whale suddenly awoke, interrupting Yang Yi's salt-trading plans.
It spewed out vast quantities of sea salt, showering even the Nightmare Star, thirty meters from the island.
Yang Yi ducked into the Captain's Quarters as soon as the sea salt began falling, mainly because he feared it might pose some unusual danger, such as turning into Salt Men.
Fortunately, it did not.
This sea salt was perfectly ordinary salt, with nothing special about it.
Only the sea salt on the Rotting Whale's body would turn into Salt Men!
As the Rotting Whale moved, the loose salt on its surface seemed to come alive as well, gathering into snow-white Salt Men in numbers comparable to an army.
These Salt Men brandished their spear-like arms, attacking the Rotting Whale beneath them.
"Roar!!!"
A low roar came from underwater.
Waves surged across the previously calm sea, pushing the Nightmare Star more than ten meters away.
Even the stone anchoring the zip line onshore was dragged into the sea by that force.
Yang Yi left the Captain's Quarters and scanned the island with Three Eyes, gaining a rough understanding of its current state.
He was just about to turn his attention to the armor when he saw Su Na running out of the hold.
After all, there was no way she could have missed such a commotion.
Then the sight before her stunned her.
It was a scene that belonged only in the movies!
Countless Salt Men attacked the Rotting Whale beneath their feet like soldiers.
But the Rotting Whale did not simply await its death. It shook its body, dislodging the layer of salt covering its surface.
For it, this was merely a shake of its body, but for the Salt Men, and even the Penitent Armor on the island, it was