37: Chapter 37: Caliber is Justice, Truth Lies Within Range

As the speedboat penetrated deeper into the heart of the East Sea, the surrounding environment began to undergo visible changes.

The originally clear, azure seawater gradually deepened in color, shifting from dark blue to ink blue, and finally turning into a viscous, pitch-black color like ink.

This was—the Black Forbidden Zone.

A dangerous area marked with a red skull on human nautical charts.

The seawater here contained a special kind of dark spiritual energy, which not only blocked most radar signals but also nurtured countless ferocious and twisted deep-sea behemoths.

The sea breeze became damp, cold, and bone-chilling, mixed with a nauseating, fishy stench—a mix of rotting seaweed and old, accumulated blood.

"This smell... it's really pungent."

Xiang Lie stood by the gunwale, wrinkling his nose as he took a breath: "But, this is what a battlefield should feel like."

Lin Yuan stood at the bow, his Spiritual Telekinesis spreading out like a radar, covering the sea area within a five-hundred-meter radius.

Even he did not dare to be the slightest bit careless in this sea area.

The sea surface appeared calm, with only the occasional massive black dorsal fin silently slicing through the water. Each fin was over two meters long, meaning the creature beneath the water was at least a dozen meters long—larger than their speedboat.

Suddenly! Lin Yuan's brow furrowed sharply.

The mental radar in his mind sounded an alarm without warning.

【Warning! Warning!】

【Detected a large number of high-energy lifeforms rising rapidly directly below!】

【Target locked: Boat bottom!】

【Quantity: 50+!】

【Speed: Extremely fast!】

"They're here!"

Lin Yuan turned around abruptly and shouted sharply: "All hands on guard! Underwater attack! It's a school of fish!"

Before he could finish speaking.

The originally mirror-like black sea surface began to boil violently, as if a pot had just started bubbling.

Accompanied by the sound of countless splashes, dozens of massive black shadows burst out of the water!

Those were Iron-Tooth Sharks!

Tier 2 intermediate-level ferocious beasts, one of the top predators in the ocean.

They were generally over eight meters long, their bodies covered in gray scales as hard as steel. Their gaping maws were filled with three rows of serrated fangs, capable of easily biting through the speedboat's alloy armor.

What was even more terrifying was that they had evolved wide pectoral fins similar to flying fish, allowing them to glide at low altitudes above the water by using their momentum!

"Roar!!"

Dozens of Iron-Tooth Sharks leaped out of the water, blocking out the sky and sun. Carrying a suffocating fishy wind, they opened their maws and lunged at the "Black Pearl" from all directions, intending to completely engulf the small boat.

"So many?!"

Xiang Lie, who was responsible for driving, changed his expression. If it were a beast herd on land, it would be manageable, but at sea, once the boat was destroyed, they would be like turtles in a jar!

"Don't panic."

"Good babies, it's time for your shots~"

Su Xiaoxiao, who had been sitting on the deck chewing gum, had stood up at some point.

The huge pink mountaineering backpack, which was taller than she was, unfolded automatically with a "click."

She skillfully pulled out a heavy weapon with a menacing design and gun barrels glowing with an eerie blue light.

"Reaper" six-barrel Gatling cannon (magic-modified version).

This was not a personal weapon at all, but a major killing machine mounted on armed helicopters!

Yet in Su Xiaoxiao's hands, it felt as light as a toy water gun.

She aimed the muzzle at the shark swarm lunging in mid-air. A fanatical smile, completely mismatched with her youthful face, appeared on her face as she pulled the trigger hard.

"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, deliver you to the afterlife!!"

Zzz—tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!

The next second, six tongues of fire spat out, reaching half a meter in length!

Specially made C-grade alloy armor-piercing rounds, with a terrifying firing rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, wove an airtight net of death storm around the speedboat.

Those Iron-Tooth Sharks still in the air didn't even have time to close their mouths before they were hit head-on by the violent torrent of metal.

Their steel scales, which they prided themselves on, were as brittle as paper in front of the special armor-piercing rounds.

One shark after another was blown apart in mid-air, exploding into fragments of meat and a rain of blood that splattered onto the deck.

"Hahaha! Awesome! So awesome!"

Su Xiaoxiao fired wildly while trying to suppress the recoil of the muzzle. Her whole body trembled with the vibration of the gun, but the excitement in her eyes grew even more intense:

"This is art! Explosion is art! Caliber is justice!"

In just ten seconds.

The originally dense shark swarm had actually been cut in half by her alone!

Xiang Lie, standing at the helm, watched this scene and couldn't help but swallow, feeling a chill run down his back:

"This damn girl... she looks so well-behaved usually, how is she more violent than me when she picks up a gun?"

"Don't lose focus!"

Lin Yuan shouted coldly, "There are fish that slipped through the net!"

Although the Gatling gun had fierce firepower, it had blind spots, and it needed to be reloaded.

A few cunning Iron-Tooth Sharks pushed through the corpses of their companions, forcefully breaking through the net of fire and slamming hard into the port side and stern of the speedboat.

The largest Shark King opened its massive maw and bit towards the speedboat's engine.

"Want to bite my boat? Did you ask my fists first?!"

Xiang Lie roared, let go of the helm, and leaped directly from the driver's seat.

He twisted his waist in mid-air to generate force, his muscles bulging, and unleashed his Military Killing Fist without reservation!

Bang!!!

This punch, carrying the terrifying blood energy of a peak Tier 2, slammed solidly onto the Shark King's nose.

The immense force shattered the Shark King's nasal bone instantly, and its massive body was smashed back into the sea by this punch, splashing up huge waves.

"Die!"

Xiang Lie landed, and with a backhand, delivered a hand-blade strike, severing the dorsal fin of another shark attempting to climb onto the deck.

At the same time, at the bow, three Iron-Tooth Sharks lunged at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan stood in place, hands behind his back.

Hum!

Three willow-leaf flying knives, as thin as a cicada wing, floated silently by his side.

【Spiritual Telekinesis: Object Manipulation!】

"Go."

Lin Yuan moved his mind.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Three silver streaks of light traced eerie and elegant arcs in the air, instantly penetrating the spray of water filling the sky.

Pfft!

The flying knives entered the brains, instantly pulverizing them, then pierced out from the back of the skulls, bringing out a spray of red and white matter.

The three ferocious sharks stiffened in mid-air, then fell by Lin Yuan's feet due to momentum, turning into three corpses.

This was the terror of a Mentalist; in a chaotic battle, they were the Grim Reaper's roll call list.

Three minutes later, the gunfire gradually ceased.

The originally pitch-black sea surface was now stained a dark red by blood.

Dozens of mangled shark corpses floated on the sea surface, rising and falling with the waves.

"Gurgle."

From beneath the sea surface in the distance, more massive splashing sounds seemed to emerge.

The scent of blood was attracting predators from deeper waters.

"Retreat! Full speed ahead!"

Lin Yuan made a decisive decision, "Don't bother with the loot; we can't stay in this place for long."

"Understood!"

Xiang Lie immediately returned to the helm and pushed the throttle to the max.

"Boom—!"

The speedboat's engine roared as it quickly charged out of this zone of death and blood.

Only after leaving that bloody sea area far behind did the three of them heave a sigh of relief.

Lin Yuan walked over, a glimmer of appreciation flashing in his eyes:

"It was the right choice to bring you along. In this kind of 'mowing the grass' scenario against dense groups of monsters, you are the undisputed MVP."

If it weren't for Su Xiaoxiao's fire suppression, relying solely on him and Xiang Lie, while they could have killed all the sharks, the speedboat definitely wouldn't have survived.

At the end of the horizon, the outline of a massive island shrouded in mist appeared, faint and indistinct.

Black Tide Island had arrived.