Upon hearing Captain Yu's command, Lao Mo quickly stabilized the boat. Under the panicked gazes of the other Challengers, the lifeboat shot out of the sea like an arrow and plunged headlong into the sharks!
Before the five-minute Balance immobilization period was over, Yu Hanjiang seized the opportunity, used his [ water ghost card ] to dive directly beneath the two sharks, and swiftly swung his military knife — the military knife, capable of cutting through iron like mud, once again pierced through the bellies of the two sharks!
A large amount of blood gushed out, instantly staining the surrounding sea red. The two sharks struggled for a moment, but soon became dying.
Yu Hanjiang used the Telepathic Connection channel to warn Xiao Lou: "I'm using the luminous pearl to guide Lao Mo. The Balance control time is about to expire, everyone stay alert!"
Xiao Lou immediately said to everyone, "Old Mo, keep an eye on the location of the luminous pearl. Long Sen, Teacher Qu, you two go down to meet Captain Yu!"
Using the [ chameleon card ], Long Sen and Qu Wanyue quickly blended into the water, leaving only their eyes visible. They accurately located Captain Yu's luminous pearl in the blood-red sea. They also possessed the [ Nine Palaces Grid ] card, which could immobilize a shark for 9 seconds, and the [ Long Jump Master ] card, which allowed them to jump 8 meters in one leap.
The sea was rippling beneath the surface, and the two quickly arrived at Yu Hanjiang's side, with Lao Mo following behind in his boat to provide support.
Yu Hanjiang said to Xiao Lou, "I have already dropped the [human bone medicine bottle] in the shark group. All the sharks within 500 meters are blind. However, sharks do not hunt by sight. They are very sensitive to the smell of blood. I have a strong smell of blood on me. Even if they are blind, they will still chase after me. Everyone should pay close attention to my location and take action to control any sharks that get close."
Xiao Lou repeated Captain Yu's words, and everyone who listened was truly terrified!
Captain Yu knew all along that blindness wouldn't have a real impact on the sharks, yet he actually wanted to use his own blood scent as bait to lure the sharks over and chop them up one by one!
Everyone admired Captain Yu for his calm and decisive action in the face of such a massive creature as a shark.
Xiao Lou was so nervous her heart was in her throat. She shouted towards the water, "You have to be careful, don't get bitten by a shark!"
Yu Hanjiang said, "Don't worry, I have the Nine Palaces Grid. If I can't handle it, I can use the water ghost's speed boost to escape."
Ye Qi said, " Captain Yu, I'll give you the teleportation card! This card is faster, here you go!"
At this moment, Yu Hanjiang was only a dozen meters away from everyone else's boat. Ye Qi threw the teleportation card toward Yu Hanjiang's position, and Yu Hanjiang caught it with quick reflexes.
Xiao Lou said, "Xiao Ye, CEO Shao, watch your backs!"
Ye Qi looked back and saw that several sharks had broken free of Balance's control and were chasing after Yu Hanjiang at high speed. When he saw the sharks' sharp fangs, Ye Qi felt as if the blood in his body had almost frozen. Instinctive fear made his teeth chatter, and he froze on the spot, unable to move!
Then Xiao Lou's voice came from behind: "Quickly control them!"
Ye Qi jolted awake, and immediately pulled out his guitar, haphazardly strumming a few notes. In his panic, the melody he produced was jarring, but thankfully the guitar... You don't need to play card beautifully; just playing the notes is enough to control the field.
Several sharks were affected by the soporific effect of the music and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Yu Hanjiang teleported over instantly, and with a swift movement, his blade fell—
The massive shark was slashed by a sharp military knife, and Yu Hanjiang killed three more of a Kind in the blink of an eye, as if cutting vegetables!
Old Mo, who was steering the boat, almost couldn't breathe when he saw what was happening behind the lifeboat!
He thought to himself, if it were his old team, their first reaction to encountering a school of sharks would definitely be to run away, and he had no idea how many would actually escape. None of his teammates dared to confront such terrifying animals as sharks head-on!
This is probably why his team was eliminated by Hunter, while Yu Hanjiang managed to defeat Hunter.
This man's courage in the face of danger was worlds apart from his previous teammates! Mo Xuemin took a deep breath, quickly steadied the steering wheel, and said in a trembling voice, " Balance control is off, the shark swarm is about to catch up, what do we do next?"
Yu Hanjiang calmly said, "Circle around the school of fish with a radius of 500 meters. You two are in charge of controlling them, I'll handle the sharks." He saw Long Sen and Qu Wanyue's eyes in the sea and said, "You two stay to my left and right, keep a distance of 10 meters from me, and keep a close eye on the sides. If any sharks attack from the side, freeze them immediately!"
After saying that, he turned around and swam quickly in circles on the sea.
Long Sen and Qu Wanyue exchanged a glance and immediately separated, each going to Yu Hanjiang's left and right sides respectively. As they swam forward with him, they kept their eyes fixed on Captain Yu's side.
The luminous pearl in Yu Hanjiang's hand was like a command flag, guiding everyone's direction.
Lao Mo immediately turned the boat around to catch up with Yu Hanjiang. Long Sen and Qu Wanyue followed closely underwater, protecting Yu Hanjiang's flanks. Ye Qi and Shao Qingge kept a close watch on the stern, Liu Qiao filled in any gaps, and Xiao Lou oversaw the overall situation to assist Yu Hanjiang in command.
Although the sharks were blinded by the poison, their keen sense of smell allowed them to quickly detect the scent of their prey and give chase to Yu Hanjiang.
Two rather clever sharks dived into the deep sea and pounced on Yu Hanjiang from the left and right!
Qu Wanyue became one with the seawater, and a shark was...
Just as the shark passed by, less than 10 centimeters away from her, she was so frightened that her whole body went cold. If it weren't for her agility from studying dance since childhood, and her ability to twist and dodge the shark the moment it came, she would have been sucked into the shark's gaping maw as if she were seawater!
Seeing the shark about to pounce on Yu Hanjiang, she immediately threw out a Nine Palaces Grid card, freezing the shark in place for 9 seconds.
Qu Wanyue shouted, "Over here!"
Almost at the same time, Long Sen's voice came from the right: "I've frozen one here too!"
Ye Qi then shouted, "There are two more behind the boat!"
Four sharks in 9 seconds!
Xiao Lou clenched his fists anxiously, fearing that Captain Yu wouldn't be able to deal with so many sharks in 9 seconds. Just then, Liu Qiao suddenly summoned the Poison Queen —a queen dressed in black, holding a bronze mirror in one hand and a purplish-red Poison Apple in the other.
Just as the shark opened its mouth wide, Liu Qiao decisively controlled the Poison Queen and fed it the Poison Apple!
The shark that ate the Poison Apple was instantly stunned, its body rapidly sinking. Without an antidote, it would die completely within 10 minutes. Xiao Lou was also witnessing the power of the Poison Queen for the first time; Liu Qiao's card, instantly defeating a single player, was truly terrifying…
Shao Qingge said, "I'll take control of the stern. Captain Yu, deal with the side first!"
Yu Hanjiang used his Teleportation Card to cleave the shark beside Qu Wanyue in two with a single slash, then teleported to the left and killed the shark that Long Sen was controlling. With the help of his Water Ghost Card, he didn't need to breathe underwater, and his military knife was incredibly sharp. The shark at the top of the food chain was like a pushover when it encountered the agile and violent Yu Hanjiang!
In the blink of an eye, Three of a Kind shark was instantly killed, and only one control time remained. Shao Qingge then added a Nine Palaces Grid to keep it in place.
Yu Hanjiang teleported to the stern of the ship and finished him off with a single strike!
Everyone stared at the shark carcass floating in the sea, speechless with shock at the gruesome scene!
If it weren't for Yu Hanjiang leading the team, they wouldn't have dared to go into the water and fight the sharks head-on.
But now, with everyone working together, it seems to be getting easier and easier to kill huge, ferocious fish...
Nine Palaces Grid can use a card 9 times. Ye Qi's [ Flute ], after being upgraded to the maximum level of Plum Blossom 4, only controls for 3 seconds each time, but the cooldown is only 30 seconds, so it can be used frequently to put a single target to sleep.
Liu Qiao, Shao Qingge, and Ye Qi work together to control the large number of sharks chasing from the stern, Lao Mo focuses on steering the boat, Xiao Lou uses the Compass to block the sharks' pursuit, and Long Sen and Qu Wanyue deal with attacks from the side.
Yu Hanjiang darted back and forth underwater—his teammates would control one, and he would kill another!
His military knife was covered in shark blood, but fortunately, it was incredibly sharp. It could easily cut open a shark's belly and even slice off its teeth in an instant.
Yu Hanjiang's expression was stern. In just a few minutes, with the cooperation of his teammates, he had killed more than thirty sharks. Frequent teleportation and slashing movements underwater are not as agile as on land. Such a high-intensity battle would probably exhaust an ordinary person, but Yu Hanjiang was in high spirits and still had plenty of energy. His dark, deep eyes were full of confidence and determination.
Upon noticing the large number of fish in the distance, Xiao Lou immediately sent him a message via Telepathic Connection: " Captain Yu, take a break and stop using your knife. Lure a few more sharks over; I have a way to deal with them."
Yu Hanjiang had no objection to Xiao Lou's decision and simply nodded: "Okay."
He used his teleportation card to fly towards the shark shoal, and in the blink of an eye, he brought over a dozen sharks. Long Sen and Qu Wanyue were terrified when they saw the sharks with their mouths wide open around them, and hurriedly threw Nine Palaces Grid towards the shoal!
Ye Qi's eyes nearly popped out: "Ahhh, so many! My flute is getting cold!"
Liu Qiao's voice also betrayed a hint of nervousness: "I 've used up all my Nine Palaces Grid attempts."
Shao Qingge's face was grim: "I'm done too. What is Captain Yu doing, playing such exciting games?"
Xiao Lou shouted, "Everyone in the water, dive down immediately and get away from the fish. I'll handle this batch!"
Although Long Sen and the others didn't know what Professor Xiao was going to do, they all followed orders. Long and Qu immediately dived down, and Yu Hanjiang also teleported away from the shark swarm.
Just then, everyone noticed a man dressed in ancient costume, wearing a white robe, suddenly appearing on the ship. He was smiling and stroking his beard. Immediately afterward, a clear and melodious pipa sound rang in everyone's ears—
It was Xiao Lou who summoned [ Bai Juyi ]!
Previously, Bai Juyi could only light fires, but after reaching level 4 of plum blossom, she unlocked her second skill, " Song of the Pipa, " and her third skill, " Song of Everlasting Sorrow."
— Song of the Pipa, a pipa melody that lasts for 15 seconds, can confuse targets within range and cause them to accidentally injure teammates.
As the pipa music began, the dozen or so sharks went berserk and started tearing at their own kind!
Sharks are extremely ferocious animals. At this moment, blinded and influenced by the music of the pipa, they have fallen into complete chaos, driven only by the instinct to attack, and do not care whether the people around them are their own kind.
A dozen sharks were frantically tearing at each other—the larger ones killed the smaller ones, and in their hunger, they swallowed the carcasses of their own kind whole; groups of two or three large sharks collided with each other, leaving them covered in wounds; their sharp teeth were tearing at the bodies of their companions, and in the blink of an eye, a dozen sharks were killing each other, some dead, some wounded, and completely incapacitated!
Those on the boat who witnessed this scene felt a chill run down their spines.
Ye Qi's eyes nearly popped out: "This is too horrible! They even eat the corpses of their own kind..."
Xiao Lou's palms were sweaty.
He knew that Song of the Pipa's "chaos swarm control" would cause the sharks to attack their own kind, but he didn't expect that after the shark swarm was thrown into chaos, it would fight each other and be wiped out!
What a ferocious creature...
Yu Hanjiang's voice echoed in my mind: "Well done."
Xiao Lou said nervously, " Captain Yu, let's get out of here quickly, the smell of blood is too strong."
Yu Hanjiang immediately circled away, and Lao Mo hurriedly steered his boat to catch up with him.
Several [ Nine Palaces Grid ] cards had been used up, and Ye Qi's S-level control card [ flute ] was on cooldown. There were still more than a dozen sharks to deal with. Yu Hanjiang calmly passed the message to Xiao Lou: "I'll go lure them over and have Lao Mo flip the surface of the sea."
Xiao Lou immediately said to Mo Xuemin, "Old Mo, Captain Yu went to lure the sharks. After the sharks come, you put the model room around them and then flip the surface of the sea. Right now, only your card is still usable."
Mo Xuemin nodded seriously: "Understood!"
Xiao Lou said, " Long Sen, Teacher Qu, protect Captain Yu. Once Lao Mo has immobilized the shark, get on the boat immediately!"
The two men simultaneously raised a luminous pearl to indicate that they had received it.
Three luminous pearls swam swiftly towards the shark swarm. Yu Hanjiang led the way, with Long Sen and Qu Wanyue providing flank cover. Smelling the blood, the sharks fiercely turned and chased after Yu Hanjiang. However, Yu Hanjiang teleported 50 meters at a time, his speed was too fast, and the shark swarm pursued him relentlessly. Suddenly, Yu Hanjiang leaped onto the boat, and Long Sen and Qu Wanyue also used the [ Long Jump Master ] card to jump directly onto the boat.
Old Mo spotted the shark's location and suddenly threw a card at it—" Model Room!"
A huge cage descended from the sea, nearly 100 square meters in size, and trapped all the sharks inside!
The cage was the model room that Lao Mo had just drawn —an empty cage that, when magnified 100 times, could perfectly trap a shark. Immediately afterward, Mo Xuemin used an A-level special effects card—Rotating Time and Space.
He specified that the sea surface should be rotated 180 degrees, and all the trapped sharks suddenly took off and floated directly in the sky!
The Challengers in the distance watched this scene in stunned silence.
These guys actually lured the sharks over one by one and killed them, and even made them flip into the air? This team of eight is simply godlike!
Seeing the shark floating in the air, Yu Hanjiang said to Liu Qiao, " Light as a Swallow." Can I borrow your card?
Liu Qiao immediately handed him the card.
Yu Hanjiang picked up the card, leaped into the air, and used the back of a shark as his foothold.
The tall, slender man soared into the air like a roc spreading its wings, raised his military knife, and swung it down fiercely at the shark's head—
The sharks, flipped into the air, were deprived of water and unable to breathe properly. They struggled frantically in Lao Mo's model room. Yu Hanjiang jumped rapidly on their backs—once every 3 seconds, and slashed once every 3 seconds!
He swiftly slashed and killed more than a dozen sharks in mid-air!
Watching the shark carcasses and chunks of flesh fall into the sea like dumplings being dropped into a pot, the Challengers in the distance were utterly astonished.
So this is how you play a survival escape room?!
Compared to that man covered in blood who decisively killed the shark, everyone who only knew how to run away was really too weak!
Many male Challengers lowered their heads in shame; the girls looked at the shark carcasses floating in the sea, their faces growing paler with each passing moment.
The sharks were all wiped out...
Eight people killed dozens of sharks – it's unbelievable!
The entire sea was littered with the mangled carcasses of sharks. Vast amounts of blood stained the seawater a deep red, and the pungent stench of blood filled the air. Under the watchful eyes of countless people, Yu Hanjiang sheathed his military knife and calmly returned to the ship.
Xiao Lou immediately stepped forward, asking worriedly, "Are you alright?"
Yu Hanjiang shook his head: "It's nothing, the blood on my body is from sharks."
Ye Qi gave a thumbs up: "Awesome! Not a single one was left! Captain Yu, you're the real ocean killer, aren't you?!"
Shao Qingge joked, "These sharks were really unlucky to run into us. They were gutted by Captain Yu, poisoned by apples fed to them by Xiao Liu, killed each other in chaos by Professor Xiao, hypnotized by Xiao Ye's flute music, and even flipped into the sky by Lao Mo—their deaths were quite varied."
Everyone: "..."
CEO Shao has such a great attitude; he can still joke around at a time like this.
Old Mo muttered, "I never dreamed that one day I could turn the tables on a shark. You guys are amazing..."
Qu Wanyue, still shaken, said in a trembling voice, "Just now, the shark's teeth were only 10 centimeters away from me! My God! I can't believe I could still throw a card at it..."
Long Sen comforted her from the side, saying, "It's okay, you'll get used to it..."
Back when they were being chased by wolves in the mountains of Liuxi Village, they could only frantically run for their lives like zombies, climbing trees to hide. But now, they dare to face sharks head-on with Yu Hanjiang —that's probably what changes after joining the team.
The two exchanged a glance, their feelings quite complicated.
Yu Hanjiang killed a large number of sharks, and blood splattered everywhere. At this moment, Yu Hanjiang's whole body was stained with blood, and everyone's face and clothes were also covered with blood to varying degrees. Everyone looked extremely disheveled.
They looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
Ye Qi exclaimed, "We're amazing! We killed dozens of sharks!"
Long Sen optimistically said, "If I could go back to reality, this would be something I could brag about for the rest of my life! I've seen dozens of sharks in the ocean, and we wiped them all out... I doubt anyone would believe me if I told them, haha."
Xiao Lou smiled
He said, "It's good that no one was hurt, but there was no real danger!"
Yu Hanjiang calmly sat back down next to Xiao Lou, his gaze sweeping over everyone, his words appreciative: "You cooperated well this time, everyone worked hard. Let's go, let's leave this area as soon as possible."
Old Mo responded and accelerated the boat eastward, leaving the shark carcasses far behind.
This was the first time the eight people had worked together, and Yu Hanjiang was very satisfied with everyone's performance.
As Xiao Lou said, we are probably still very weak right now.
However, as long as everyone works together and dares to fight, their team will definitely become stronger and stronger!