"Bang!"
Just as two nails had been hammered into the plank, it suddenly shook violently as something collided with it from below. Shortly afterward, a shadow burst through an uncovered gap on the other side, revealing a monster completely covered in thick tendril-like whiskers with a mouth large enough to swallow a person, full of uneven, razor-sharp teeth snapping at Lin Xiao.
But there was no way it could catch him. Lin Xiao quickly rolled backward, landing at the bottom of the boat. The creature, with a body full of whiskers like a sea cucumber, got stuck in the gap, biting wildly in all directions. A man in a black robe extended his right hand, his sleeve exploded, and his arm swiftly swelled into a massive tentacle. It opened a maw full of uneven sharp teeth, clamped down on the monster, biting off a large segment that had entered the ship, and then quickly retracted.
