243: underwater hunters

On the boundless sea, only the sea breeze stirred up waves.

The water was terrifyingly calm, as still as a dark blue curtain, with only a single speedboat cutting a wrinkle across it.

Gu Qinghan, Meina, and Piao Jun were on this speedboat, speeding towards China.

More than an hour had passed since they departed.

In this short time, no danger occurred, and not even the water spouts Piao Jun mentioned appeared once.

At first, Piao Jun thought it was his doing, but during the ten-minute cooldown, he realized it was due to Gu Qinghan's physique.

He also understood the true value of Gu Qinghan's words: weak monsters would not bother him.

But with that realization, he gradually began to worry that powerful Mutated Creatures would perceive them as a threat.

"How about we just rush through once my item's cooldown is over?" Piao Jun swallowed, looking at the bottomless sea, then suddenly turned to Gu Qinghan and asked.

Gu Qinghan glanced at him and retorted, "It's surrounded by sea on all sides; where would we rush to? Besides, our current speed is already quite fast."

Piao Jun gave a dry laugh; he knew this, but at times like this, talking to someone was the only way to ease the tension in his heart.

For a while after that, there was only the roar of the speedboat's engine and the splash of seawater.

Suddenly, the engine's sound abruptly stopped, causing the three people on the speedboat to jolt.

"What's going on?!" Piao Jun almost instinctively jumped up; if there had been land nearby, he would have already rushed onto it.

Gu Qinghan, however, remained very calm; the surrounding sea was still peaceful, and he didn't even sense any Mutated Creatures approaching.

Meina looked up at the somewhat agitated Piao Jun and said with a hint of embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I was too nervous and didn't notice this speedboat ran out of fuel..."

"It's fine, we'll just switch to another speedboat," Gu Qinghan waved his hand, placed a new speedboat on the water, and gestured for the two to move.

But just then, he suddenly felt an extremely uncomfortable aura rapidly approaching them from beneath the water.

Gu Qinghan understood, this must be a Mutated Creature!

"Hurry and start the boat!" Gu Qinghan threw a Bone Spear beneath him, while simultaneously grabbing Meina and tossing her into the driver's seat of the other speedboat.

"Brother, wait for me!" Piao Jun shrieked as he jumped onto the other speedboat, showing no hint of a master's composure.

And just a second after the three had moved, the previous speedboat snapped in half like a broken wafer.

Several huge tentacles, like pillars, burst directly from beneath the speedboat, creating massive waves that almost capsized the speedboat the three were on.

Meina desperately controlled the speedboat, the salty seawater drenching her like a drowned rat, almost washing her into the sea at one point.

Fortunately, she managed to control the speedboat by the skin of her teeth, successfully escaping from the edge of those tentacles.

Taking this opportunity, Gu Qinghan and the others could clearly see what the tentacles looked like.

The tentacles were covered in suckers and barbs, and they quickly completely entangled the speedboat Gu Qinghan and the others had been on, then rapidly dragged it into the water.

Only the tentacles appeared; their owner never showed itself.

But these tentacles alone were almost one to two meters in diameter, and the length exposed above the water was already seven or eight meters.

"This is a damn Octopus!" Piao Jun's expression changed dramatically; in that instant, he too had noticed the danger below, but he was still a bit slower than Gu Qinghan.

If not for Gu Qinghan's reminder, he might very well be in the water right now.

Gu Qinghan withdrew his gaze from below, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It shouldn't be an Octopus; it's very likely a Squid."

"A Squid?" Meina barely managed to discern the direction and continued to head towards their previous destination.

From her pale expression, it was clear she was definitely suppressing the fear in her heart.

Fortunately, the thing below didn't continue its attack after one strike, but rapidly retreated into the distance, seemingly having given up on them.

But Gu Qinghan didn't think so; there had been no warning before its attack just now.

The timing it chose was precisely when Gu Qinghan and the others were most relaxed.

This was a predator's perfect control of timing; there would definitely be more to come.

He looked at Meina and said, "Keep your direction straight; you just need to focus on driving the boat. Piao Jun and I will handle the fighting."

At a time like this, if their direction was off, the time they spent at sea would only increase, and the danger would multiply.

Piao Jun immediately took out a square crystal; a burst of light emanated from it, enveloping the entire speedboat.

The moment the light shield formed, much of the external sound was blocked out.

This was the item he mentioned, which could minimize the noise they made.

However, Gu Qinghan did not place his hope in this item, because he had previously learned some knowledge about Squid.

There are many types of Squid, varying in size.

They are cunning and treacherous, predators of the ocean.

But what concerned Gu Qinghan the most was the Squid's eyesight.

Some people once called Squid four-dimensional creatures because their vision is very wide, and they can correct blurry images from extreme distances.

These creatures can even extend their vision across the surface of objects, seeing places that should be invisible.

Therefore, although they couldn't see the opponent from the boat, this fellow was very likely silently waiting for its next attack opportunity in a place they couldn't see.

He told this information to the other two, preparing them psychologically for the next attack.

Piao Jun's expression was very conflicted; he looked at Gu Qinghan and said, "I really didn't expect such a thing to appear here, but don't worry, I can use the bone hand skill you used before once.

Although its power is not as great as yours, it should be enough to deal with that thing."

Gu Qinghan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised by Piao Jun's words, but he didn't show much panic.

He never did anything without confidence; since he dared to travel by sea, he had naturally made certain preparations.

The sea surface returned to calm again, and the speedboat's engine roared, speeding towards its destination.

As they drove, the surrounding seawater gradually deepened in color.

Piao Jun kept watching the changes in the water, wanting to see the scenery below through the dark seawater.

Until the surrounding seawater became even deeper in color, to the point where the scenery beneath the surface was almost indistinguishable, Gu Qinghan suddenly said to Piao Jun, "Don't use that skill casually; just wait for my command."

Piao Jun nodded, suddenly becoming serious like never before.

Although he didn't understand Squid as deeply as Gu Qinghan, he knew that Squid could squirt ink.

The color of the seawater wouldn't deepen without reason.