Xiu Ying anxiously waited by the shore, her gaze fixated on the vast expanse of blood-stained ocean. Despite having sent the protective spirit to watch over Eren, a sense of worry remained in her heart.
"She hasn't contacted me yet, so everything should be fine," she reassured herself, though her restlessness remained unaffected.
The thought of personally going to Eren's location had crossed her mind, but hesitation always gripped her in the end. Uncertainty clouded her thoughts, leaving her torn between her desire to be by his side and the fear of affecting him.
Lost in her internal struggle, Xiu Ying's attention was abruptly drawn to a sight on the distant horizon. A blood-red serpent soared through the sky, its giant body advancing towards her.
Initially mistaking it for a dragon, Xiu Ying soon realized that this creature was not a Dragon. It was unmistakably a sea serpent.
