Seeing this, Shen Xiaoyan and the others had to adjust their mindset.
They all knew how formidable Luoluo was, but this strange fish, under Luoluo's fierce attacks, had persisted for so long. It looked like it could continue like this indefinitely. What kind of strength was this?
This was only the third trial. Would it become even more arduous later?
For a moment, even Yi Zhixie couldn't understand why Fujiwara Shifei had acted this way.
Unfortunately, they didn't have time to delve into this question right now.
Regardless of whether Luoluo was willing or not, Shen Xiaoyan and the others all made their move.
With extremely heavy hearts, they no longer cared about the issue of ganging up on one.
In Shen Xiaoyan's words, they were going to fight it as a group.
After all, hadn't this strange fish brought out a group of its own kind to surround and attack them earlier?
When everyone worked together to kill the strange fish, Shen Xiaoyan suddenly felt something odd.
"You guys, why did this strange fish fight us alone? Even when it was surrounded earlier, it didn't summon its subordinates. Why is that?"
As soon as Shen Xiaoyan said this, Zheng Wei and the others were also taken aback.
They had been so focused on dealing with it that they had forgotten about this question.
Lu Taobao, being the cheerful one, laughed and said, "Whatever the reason, since it's dead, we should hurry up and leave."
Although Shen Xiaoyan and the others didn't agree with Lu Taobao's idea, they had no better solution at the moment.
"Then this fish..."
Yi Zhixie looked greedily at the corpse of the strange fish on the boat.
After all, it was dead. Could he get a portion to taste?
He had exerted effort too, hadn't he!
Unfortunately, before he could say more, Luoluo, along with the strange fish's corpse, vanished.
Looking at the empty cabin, Yi Zhixie was dumbfounded.
Was it necessary to be so swift?
He just wanted a little bit. Was it necessary to hog it all?
Regardless of what Yi Zhixie thought, Luoluo had already gone to enjoy its feast.
After expending so much energy, anyone who tried to snatch food from its mouth was simply courting death.
Just for the sake of Yi Zhixie being somewhat of an acquaintance, it spared him, but it absolutely wouldn't let anyone else share its meal.
"Continue onward."
Zheng Wei glanced around and said calmly.
Zheng Wei's words drew everyone's attention back.
The azure sea in front had returned to its calm state, as if no fierce battle had occurred moments ago.
Perhaps the sea was truly vast, as all the blood had disappeared within a short period.
The ship quickly sailed forward again. Ahead of them perhaps lay an even more perilous situation.
However, this time, the journey didn't take too long, and none of the anticipated monsters appeared.
If not for the compass in his hand, Shen Xiaoyan would have almost believed they were lost and just circling.
Thus, time flew by, and it was already evening.
The sky had completely darkened, with no light in the pitch-black expanse.
Normally, in ancient times with little pollution, clear nights were always filled with countless stars.
But tonight, looking at the ink-black night sky, Shen Xiaoyan felt a hidden unease.
This situation made her feel like the calm before a storm.
Even Lu Taobao, who was usually the most boisterous, was quiet now.
Suddenly, Namuchong spoke up, "Do you guys feel colder?"
Shen Xiaoyan's nerves tensed at the words.
This was definitely not normal.
She remembered the blizzard disaster where countless people, livestock, and crops had frozen to death. However, Yi Zhixie and Namuchong had felt no cold at all.
Let alone them, even she and Zheng Wei hadn't felt cold.
But now, Namuchong, who had the highest cultivation, was the first to feel the cold, and she still felt nothing.
If this was not a conspiracy, she would never believe it.
"Yi Zhixie, do you feel cold?" Shen Xiaoyan asked, looking at Yi Zhixie.
"I didn't feel anything before, but I feel a bit cold now."
"Plop."
As soon as Yi Zhixie finished speaking, the sound of a heavy object falling was heard.
Everyone immediately rushed to the source of the sound and saw Namuchong had collapsed in the cabin.
Yi Zhixie's face changed drastically. He quickly crouched down and held Namuchong in his arms, his voice trembling with anxiety, "Mu Chong, what's wrong?"
Namuchong wanted to smile to comfort Yi Zhixie, but after a few twitches of her lips, she tightened her face in helplessness.
"Cold... so cold I can't stand."
Hearing Namuchong's trembling answer, Shen Xiaoyan felt a chill creep up from her feet.
Before she could ponder it further, Yi Zhixie had already slumped onto Namuchong.
"What's wrong with you?"
Shen Xiaoyan and Lu Taobao simultaneously crouched down to feel them. Upon touching Yi Zhixie, they found his body stiff, as if frozen.
"Cold..."
Yi Zhixie's lips trembled, even more so than Namuchong's. He could only utter this one word and nothing else.
Looking at his pale face, Shen Xiaoyan didn't know what to do.
Just then, she also noticed something wrong with her own body.
Because...
She was also starting to feel colder.
Instinctively, she looked up at Zheng Wei and saw that his face was as pale as she feared.
"Awei, you..."
Zheng Wei nodded silently, confirming Shen Xiaoyan's suspicion.
It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but he feared that if he spoke, he wouldn't be able to hold on. After all, they couldn't just stop the boat here. Who knew what terrible things would happen once they lost their ability to move.
Shen Xiaoyan then looked at Lu Taobao and found that he had frozen in place at some point.
If not for the look in his eyes, she would have thought Lu Taobao was a statue.
What was going on?
She wasn't afraid of monsters, nor was she afraid of fighting bloody battles.
But this inexplicable loss of mobility filled her with a sense of powerlessness.
The boat was still moving slowly, but its speed gradually decreased. Seeing Shen Xiaoyan and the others unable to move, Zheng Wei was extremely anxious.
If they stopped here, and a monster like the one from earlier appeared, they would have no choice but to be eaten.
He wanted to tell Shen Xiaoyan to take everyone into her space, but he found Shen Xiaoyan's gaze starting to wander.
Instinctively, he looked at Yi Zhixie and the other two, only to see them lying there with vacant eyes.
Zheng Wei was truly flustered now.
With this panic, he himself began to feel a sense of helplessness.
Even the boat began to sway from side to side.
Seeing this, while feeling extremely cold, large beads of sweat broke out on Zheng Wei's forehead.
Now, only he had some consciousness left. He absolutely could not just wait and do nothing.