The sea suddenly shook, heaving unevenly as the waves pushed the Nightmare Star steadily backward.
Standing on deck, Su Na had just finished a bottle of Regeneration Potion to stabilize her Qi and Blood when she noticed this strange phenomenon.
The island nearby-or rather, the Rotting Whale-was trembling and shaking violently.
It shook without stopping, as though in uncontrollable excitement and exhilaration, flinging off what little sea salt remained on its surface.
At the same time, the Rotting Whale's flesh was visibly recovering, gradually becoming moist and supple.
"Yang Yi, what happened? This Rotting Whale looks like it's come fully back to life!"
Su Na sent him a private message, but it vanished without a trace. There was no reply.
The next second, the seaquake stopped. Caught in the current, the Nightmare Star drifted toward the island.
The Rotting Whale was swallowing seawater in astonishing quantities, enough to create ocean currents.
Su Na hurried to the bow and took control of the ship, keeping the current from sweeping it into the Rotting Whale's body.
Viewed from above, from a god's-eye perspective, countless whirlpools could be seen forming around the island, sweeping everything nearby down into the sea-or rather, into the Rotting Whale's mouth.
The newly awakened Rotting Whale began to display its true power.
Its earlier act of inhaling sweet air to expel salt had merely been an instinctive behavior before it recovered!
"ROOOOAR!!!!!!!"
Several columns of water shot into the sky and scattered like fireworks. Sunlight refracted through them, actually forming a rainbow over the sea!
All of this heralded the Rotting Whale's... imminent, complete revival!
Unless something unexpected happened...
Su Na kept sending Yang Yi private messages until the system muted her for sending them too quickly.
"Yang Yi, answer me!!"
Perhaps because she had sent so many