The sea surface was calm, with nothing in sight, even Su Changxing was somewhat worried, "Waiting like this isn’t a solution, we must leave here first."

He turned to Kasmin and said, "Let’s leave here first, if we can find a deserted island, we’ll come back for them."

Kasmin licked her red lips, nodded, and said, "That’s all we can do."

Su Changxing then found Weilian, "We’re leaving now, you come with us."

Weilian was stunned for a moment and asked, "We’re just going to leave with these wooden planks?"

Su Changxing nodded and said, "Yes, to search for a deserted island. Staying here is not an option; we’ll come back for them after we find an island."

Weilian thought about it, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and prayed, "This is the only way now, may the Sea God bless us!"

The three of them boarded the largest piece of broken wood, using it as a boat and smaller pieces as paddles to row forward. The speed wasn’t fast, but it was stable.

Su Changxing had a high level of physical strength and amazing arm power, rowing for one or two hours and still maintaining a fast pace.

Meanwhile, Weilian was exhausted, reaching the point of physical overexertion, "Master, I need to rest for a while, I really can’t row anymore."

Kasmin was still rowing, but her movements had slowed considerably.

The vast ocean remained unchanged, with one or two seabirds occasionally visible in the sky. They rowed for half an afternoon and still encountered nothing.

Su Changxing also felt some doubts, turned to Weilian, and asked, "Is this the right direction?"

Weilian smiled awkwardly, full of assurance, "It must be this direction, there should be quite a few deserted islands over here, but I can’t pinpoint our exact position. Maybe yesterday’s waves pushed us too far."

Their position seemed to be way off; otherwise, according to Weining’s description, they should have encountered a deserted island half an hour ago.

Su Changxing already anticipated a scenario where they would be drifting at sea for over ten days, but it wasn’t considered a big problem—drifting was fine as long as they didn’t encounter any other unforeseen events.

But it seemed like they were cursed.

Su Changxing quickly sensed movements from beneath the water, ripples emerging one after another, something was rushing at them from below.

"What’s that!" Kasmin felt it too, looking down to see a massive dark shadow appearing beneath their wooden planks.

Then came a violent impact, causing the large piece of broken wood they used as a boat to fracture again.

A creature with a lion’s head and an octopus-like lower body surfaced from the water beneath.

[Sea Lion: Octopus type, resides in deep waters, Tier Six; generally docile but throws tantrums when hungry, attacking ships and dragging living creatures aboard into the water to eat]

"What kind of monster is that?" Weilian was also shocked, half his body floating on the water’s surface, clutching a piece of wood and swimming backward.

Even though he had lived at sea for years, he had never encountered such a deformed creature.

Su Changxing drew his revolver and shot at the creature’s head. Amid the roaring gunfire, dark blood burst from the creature, and the bullet penetrated its lion’s head.

The Sea Lion let out a pained roar, then lunged at Su Changxing, biting his arm and entangling his body with tentacles, dragging him into the water.

Weilian shouted frantically, as if recalling something, "That’s a Sea Lion, we’ve actually encountered such a legendary creature!"

Kasmin tried to help Su Changxing but was swatted away by a tentacle. Not good at swimming, she struggled in the water for a while before surfacing.

The surrounding sea began to churn, with numerous bubbles rising, followed by a large amount of blood-stained water.

This small area of sea was dyed red.

Both Kasmin and Weilian clung to the wooden planks, looking at the water in fear.

"Master Liu Gula should be okay, right?" Weilian hesitated.

Having been dragged into the water by such a monster, how could anything be okay? Yet, the large amount of blood added to the suspense.

Kasmin’s lips turned pale, "He should be okay, right."

Soon, the water surface calmed down, and amidst bubbles, Su Changxing surfaced with the creature’s head on his shoulder, "This thing really is something, almost dragged me to the deep water."

In deeper waters, he wasn’t sure he could best the creature. But before then, he used the Scythe to slice through the creature’s body and head, killing it.

Weilian spoke with trembling voice, "Master, you just killed it like that? That’s a mythical creature, I’ve never seen or heard of anyone encountering it."

Su Changxing gave a light laugh and said, "Of course, the Sea God’s divine power protects me."

Weilian said admiringly, "Master, you must be the Sea God’s son!"

OK.

Another father.

Su Changxing hollowed out the Sea Lion’s head, making it usable as a small boat, though it looked quite terrifying.

Although the Sea Lion’s head resembled a lion’s, the fur and skin were sticky and disgusting.

Su Changxing sat on it, lost in thought. They were either being targeted by the Sea God or victims of some jinx—otherwise, how could they be so unlucky?

He glanced at the Princess again and had his answer.

"What’s wrong?" Kasmin noticed Su Changxing’s odd look and asked.

Su Changxing thought for a moment and said, "This is very unusual, do you think it’s possible for us to be this unlucky?"

Kasmin pondered seriously: "What else could it be, except because we’re unlucky."

Su Changxing turned to Weilian and asked, "What do you think?"

Weilian kept staring at the Sea Lion’s head, pondering, "Encountering such mythical creatures and rarely-seen storms is indeed strange."

Su Changxing felt a bit unnerved. Could there really be a Sea God in this world?

Just because their world didn’t have one didn’t mean this world didn’t—this was a High-Level World, where anything was possible.

Weilian cheerfully said, "With your strength and the protection of the Sea God, what do we have to fear!"

Su Changxing silently gave him a glance, like looking at an idiot, and didn’t say anything.

They needed to find a proper ship to escape this cursed place, but where could they find one?

Just as he was at a loss, he noticed the discount shop had refreshed, today happened to be the refreshing day.

7:00

Opening the discount shop, seeing the first row of items, his eyes moved.

"You’re always reliable."

Su Changxing’s lips curled into a slight smile, "Looks like the Sea God will have to bless us again!"

Kasmin sighed and smiled wryly, "How will it bless us, maybe send us a ship?"