Kailong's shrill laughter echoed along the empty, cold shore.
Kailong's body writhed madly, every inch of his skin trembling and giving off a dim glow.
His seven remaining tentacles twisted restlessly, spreading outward with all their strength, stretching until they seemed to form a gigantic spiderweb across the ground.
This "web" kept twisting and bending, its movements alternately slow and fast, as eerie as skipped frames.
"Haha..."
The laughter grew increasingly shrill and deranged.
Kailong really was laughing!
Soldier Boy and Homelander both heard the laughter, and their hearts involuntarily tightened.
It was common knowledge that octopuses had no vocal cords and could not make sounds.
Yet this laughter was clearly audible, no hallucination at all. It was Kailong laughing, and he sounded no different from a human!
The bizarre sight left Soldier Boy unable to make sense of the situation for a moment. Unable to say anything useful, he just kept instinctively repeating, "Fuck."
He had never imagined that Kailong, this oversized piece of seafood, had a trick like this-not only could he laugh, he could even make people feel as though reality itself was dropping frames.
Homelander's brows knitted tightly, his brow and eyes bearing down with an oppressive intensity.
Only The Deep was merely a little taken aback. Because of his superpower to communicate with fish, he was not surprised that Kailong could laugh aloud.
He also failed to realize that the laughter was not something he heard through his superpower, but something that actually existed.
"Gentlemen, Kailong is laughing, and he sounds really twisted." Enduring the pain in his chest, The Deep quietly crawled back a short distance.
Then he felt that was too cowardly. His expression conflicted, he finally stood and walked toward Kailong.
He did not believe for a second that Kailong could break