Gazing at the monster, with its face contorted and green flesh dangling, its hands like those of a spineless creature, Wu Tianzhen swallowed.
"Quick, turn around, don't look at the sea monster!"
"As long as we don't look, they won't attack."
Almost simultaneously, the captain of their vessel shouted desperately.
The crew members quickly turned their bodies away, hiding in the ship's cabins, daring not to look at the sea monster before them.
"Quick, Tianzhen, turn your head."
Upon hearing this, Panzi also quickly pulled Wu Tianzhen to turn his head. He knew very well that if the sea monster attacked them, with his own strength, it would be difficult to get Wu Tianzhen away.
Wu Tianzhen quickly turned his head as well, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. Inside, tension and fear continued to spread.
However, Wu Tianzhen remained filled with curiosity. He was very curious about what the sea monster looked like and what it truly was.
At this moment, the sea monster, with its head hanging low, extended its tentacle-like hands.
"Damn, what is that, Tianzhen, on your shoulder..."
At this moment, Fatty, standing beside Wu Tianzhen, looked at something on Wu Tianzhen's shoulder.
It was a tentacle-like thing, resembling a human hand, yet it stuck to Wu Tianzhen's shoulder like soft candy.
"Oh no, Tianzhen, did you look? Let's go!"
Seeing this, Panzi's heart leaped. He grabbed his cleaver and swung it at the several-meter-long tentacle behind Wu Tianzhen.
Aning, beside him, pulled out her pistol. They had already touched the sea monster, so they could only try to repel it with physical attacks.
"Clink, clink."
Panzi repeatedly hacked at the tentacle on Wu Tianzhen's shoulder with his cleaver.
Because it was soft tissue, no matter how Panzi swung the cleaver, it had no effect on the tentacle.
Gradually, sweat broke out on Panzi's and Wu Tianzhen's foreheads. Suddenly, the tentacle began to retract, pulling Wu Tianzhen closer.
Seeing this, Panzi grabbed Wu Tianzhen with one hand, fearing he would be dragged away, and the other hand held onto a wooden post of the ship. He was stretched out like a letter "T."
Aning turned her head, her pistol in hand. When she saw the sea monster behind her, she was directly startled.
Aning was brave and meticulous, yet for some reason, she was always the one who suffered the most during tomb expeditions.
Her hand trembled as she held the pistol and aimed it at the sea monster.
"Bang."
With a gunshot, the bullet hit the sea monster's body. To Aning's surprise, the sea monster was completely unaffected.
The bullet seemed to have entered cotton, and was even repelled.
However, her attack did attract the sea monster's attention.
The tentacle that was pulling on Wu Tianzhen suddenly loosened, and the soft tentacle lunged towards Aning.
"Aning, be careful."
Wu Tianzhen shouted, feeling anxious.
"Uncle Pan, what do we do now!"
"Blow it up!"
"Since it's not afraid of bullets, I don't believe it's not afraid of explosives. We brought some explosives with us."
"Tianzhen, you keep it occupied, I'll go plant the bombs on that ghost ship."
"Then we'll lure it onto the ship and blow it up."
As Panzi spoke, he took a bomb from his backpack.
Without Little Brother, they were clearly struggling more against the sea monster.
Besides magical attacks, Wu Tianzhen's side could only try physical attacks.
"Alright, Fatty, let's go keep it busy. Uncle Pan, you go plant the bombs."
Wu Tianzhen nodded and rushed forward with Wang Fatty.
"Damn, Fatty hates fish the most. You slippery eel, die."
Wang Fatty charged forward with his cleaver. At this moment, Aning was frantically shooting at the sea monster. The bullets did manage to slow its advance.
Behind them, Wang Fatty continuously swung his cleaver. The two of them did manage to hold the sea monster off for a moment.
Panzi's bomb was an old type with a small timer. After planting the bomb, Panzi found a note in a ship's cabin.
Panzi glanced at the note and took it with him, setting the bomb for one minute.
"Quick, lure that thing down."
Seeing that Fatty and Aning were holding off the sea monster on the ship, Panzi shouted loudly.
The two of them appeared to be struggling, and the sea monster's hand had already touched Aning's shoulder.
Aning's hand trembled, her gun long empty of bullets. The sea monster was already touching her shoulder.
Hearing Panzi's words, Aning felt despair, as no matter how hard she tried,
the tentacle seemed to be stuck to her. The next moment, the tentacle yanked hard, dragging Aning directly towards the ghost ship.
It moved with extreme speed. Wu Tianzhen desperately held onto Aning's hand, trying to slow the sea monster down.
"Oh no, I only designed it for one minute."
Seeing this, Panzi's heart tightened, and he began to panic.
After all, Panzi's abilities weren't that high. During their trip to the Prince Lu's Palace, his combat power was only a few times higher than Wu Tianzhen's.
Facing the sea monster now, he was naturally struggling.
In a flash, the captain and crew, who had been lying low, rushed out frantically.
They had hidden in the ship's cabins, intending to sneak through.
However, when they saw Wu Tianzhen and the others drawing the sea monster's attention, the captain and crew felt a pang of dread.
The captain of Zhang Tian's ship had been right. If you draw the sea monster's attention, many must die, otherwise, escape is impossible.
Now, they didn't want to die, and the only way was to unite against the sea monster.
"Quick, bring the fire gun."
The captain shouted, and a crew member produced a fire gun.
Under the high heat, the tentacle holding Aning was burned away. The group worked together and pushed the sea monster onto the ghost ship.
One minute passed in the blink of an eye.
The next moment, with an explosion, the ghost ship disappeared. A claw mark remained on Aning's back.
And a parasite-like thing.
Watching the black sea, with no sign of the ghost ship, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Some of them even collapsed on the ground.
"Where did you get this thing?"
Panzi looked at the fire gun.
This thing was made of gas and an igniter, similar in principle to a stove.
"We sometimes use this to melt things on the ship."
The captain replied. Everyone looked at Aning's back.
Wu Tianzhen removed the human-faced cicada from his back.
"What is this thing, it's so disgusting."
Wu Tianzhen looked at the human-faced cicada before him. The underside of this thing was very repulsive, like a large suction cup.
On Aning's shoulder, a red claw mark had appeared.
"This is a human-faced cicada. It can secrete a toxin, but I don't know anything else."
The captain said. He had sailed the seas for many years and had seen or knew of some things.
Hearing that it was poisonous, Wu Tianzhen immediately threw it away.
And until now, Wu Tianzhen's novice team had finally made it to safety.
Zhang Tian naturally didn't know that Wu Tianzhen had been fighting sea monsters all night. If he had known, he wouldn't have cared.
After all, when building one's own faction, one could do without Fatty, could do without Wu Tianzhen, but one could not do without Little Brother.
If Zhang Tian's faction lacked Little Brother, it would be like the West without Jerusalem.
"We're almost out of the storm zone."
On Zhang Tian's ship, the captain looked at the gradually calming sky, the howling rain no longer heard, and felt a trace of relief.
Zhang Tian and the others stood on the deck.
Hu Bayi held a compass.
"Boss, according to the instructions of the Xunlong Jue, if I'm not mistaken, the Ziwei star is directly in front of us!"
Hu Bayi's hoarse voice came. He looked straight ahead. If it weren't for the dark clouds obscuring the starry sky, one could clearly see the Ziwei star shining ahead.
(It's really difficult for Wu Tianzhen's side, not only is it hard to fight, but it's also hard for me to write it. It's hard to fight monsters reasonably (dog head))