Chapter 938: Chapter 468: Haiya’s Underwater Hunting Grounds_2

At a time when his physical senses were limited, his keen perception, far surpassing those of other professionals of the same level, quietly played its role.

For Xia Nan, if he only relied on the images he saw, those Fishmen swimming in the surrounding seawater might just be blurry shadows flashing by.

But by combining the roars they emitted with the slight water currents they stirred, his extremely sensitive perception allowed him to accurately locate these Water Rats.

Xia Nan quietly hovered at the seabed, and the Fishmen who were initially attacking the Vengeance Blade also started to approach him from all directions, attracted by the natural allure of a falling prey.

Thanks to his professional’s powerful physical qualities, his underwater breath-holding time far exceeded the human limits of his previous life, but considering the overconsumption during combat, it needed to be slightly reduced.

Though the surrounding environment changed, he didn’t plan to alter his combat style.

Because at that moment, as he stood on the sandy seabed, gazing at the dim and vast seawater, Xia Nan suddenly realized that fighting underwater might not be a debilitating weakness that would drastically lower his combat ability.

In fact, to some extent, his mobile and agile combat style could be better utilized in the water.

Xia Nan was unaware of the origin of his [Fallen Blade Hunting] profession, but just from its name, one could deduce that it should be an aggressively and flexibly high-mobility combat profession, using gravity in outer space as its battlefield environment.

And combat underwater, to some extent, simulates the zero-gravity environment of outer space.

Perhaps Xia Nan’s Stamina consumption for using battle skills increased, with speed and explosiveness slightly diminished by water resistance.

However, the space he could wield on the battlefield was unprecedentedly larger compared to on land.

Originally, [Teeth Hunting], which could only move laterally on land, suddenly gained a vertical "y-axis" movement underwater!

"Buzz..."

The surrounding dim seawater violently vibrated, with black as ink Powerful Qi surging and spreading under a muffled, mysterious wolf’s howl.

Solid boots on the seabed’s sandy surface suddenly sank under the force of Gravity.

Feet firmly planted.

Knees bent, exerting force.

"Boom!!!"

Like a water bomb exploding, gravel splattered, engulfing countless tiny bubbles as the white water surged turbulently.

Named "Haiya," the black Winter Wolf from the Mist Forest, for the first time, claimed the ocean as its hunting ground.

The seawater was torn apart.

Spiral bubbles popped and regrew under strong force, pressing the seawater into two transparent walls, transforming the calm water into lines of White.

The exaggerated burst speed from the combined force of battle skills and the body allowed Xia Nan to briefly carve out a vacuum channel in the water.

One end connected to the sea-floor where gravel danced upon departure;

The other end leaving only a headless Fishman corpse mauled by sharp qi to countless wounds.

The halo-blue blood spread like fear materializing under the [Night Mother’s Gaze], quietly seeping through the seawater.

Xia Nan could hear the frightened screams of the Sha Hua Fishmen, as well as the trembling shouts barely holding from passing the specialty Fear check, bravado thinly masking cowardice.

This vaguely familiar déjà vu gave him the illusion of returning to those familiar goblin nests.

Since leaving port, the distorted desires repressed within his heart quietly burgeoned like wild grass.

Thus the wolf’s howl resounded once more.

...

Everyone on the deck saw the black meteor falling into the sea.

Thanks to the tales of Xia Nan’s deeds on Wild Rabbit Island, the crew of the Vengeance Blade knew that the figure abruptly joining the battlefield in an unprecedented manner was not an enemy, but a returning ally.

However, they did not know this teammate’s combat style, nor if landing in the water was intentional.

With Druid Hai Yin transformed into a Short-tailed Albatross carrying him, flying steadily with this fully-equipped human male adventurer was unlikely.

Choosing the wrong landing spot was understandable.

But if the chosen landing was the pier or deck, yet accidentally fell into the sea, did he need their support?

The situation shifted rapidly, a teammate going silent after falling into the sea raised concern.

Yet, in the next second, from the seabed, the sudden explosion and continuous high-frequency wolf howls dispelled all worries and doubts.

Rein and Gordon stood on deck.

With vision blocked by seawater, they couldn’t see what unfolded beneath the surface.

What the crew observed was initially calm seawater, abruptly undulating unnaturally, water flow rupturing sounds mingling with wolf howls rising from beneath the sea.

Faintly visible was a dark shadow, deeper than the sea, resembling some swift aquatic demon, fleeting amid the surf.

Circling the Vengeance Blade, round after round.

Spreading Fishmen blood dyed the nearby waters bright blue, round fish eyes of decapitated heads mixed with unsightly shredded meat parts buoyed upward with bubbles.

It seemed an underwater meat grinder buzzed away, shredding every visible Sha Hua Fishman into scattered chunks of flesh.

Unwittingly, the crew who had been struggling against Fishmen on the deck found their pressure silently easing.

No Sha Hua Fishman could jump on deck to battle the sailors... or rather, any Water Rat daring to approach the Vengeance Blade was shredded by the Black Wolf roaming the deep, floating up as corpse meat.

Even the "dada" sound of Fishmen hammering with fish spears on the vine-and-seaweed-covered ship hull disappeared without a trace.

No one knew what transpired underwater, but what unfolded before them informed them.

This encounter with the Sha Hua Fishmen was swiftly concluding amid the wolf’s howls.

"Buzz clap."

The sound of Magic Particles disrupting came from overhead.

As the core caster in the team and lacking protective forces on site, Druid Hai Yin had been circling above the ship, providing air superiority, now choosing to revert to human form.

Grasping her Magic Wand, she alighted on the deck.

Glistening eyes fixed on the sea surface, her expression was peculiarly odd.

In urgency, she had no time to discuss a detailed combat plan with Xia Nan.

She only followed his lead, bringing the team’s sole member, besides the Half-orc, capable of carrying during her flight, directly jumping from a cliffside hollow to return in support.

She thought he’d, like confronting those Saw-tooth Sharks in the storm days earlier, land on the deck using ranged weapons to relieve the ship’s pressure.

But unexpectedly...his strategy seemed far more aggressive than hers.

"Is he...going to be okay?"

Listening to the gradually fading wolf howls from the sea, Rein worriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Probably." Slightly nodding uncertainly, Hai Yin’s expression wavered.

Approaching the ship’s side, contemplating to use her Druid’s superior Perception Ability to track Xia Nan’s movements.

She suddenly heard the sound of surging water below.

"Bang!"

The dark figure burst through the water surface, enveloped in rapidly dissipating residual qi.

Soaring high, then as if reentering the water, descending speed plummeted, finally gently landing on the deck.

With wet black hair and sweat-soaked clothes.

Yet, Xia Nan’s expression seemed even more relaxed than guests emerging from the "Coral Courtyard."

Casually wiping the seawater dripping from his bangs, he glanced at those on the deck:

"How is it, any casualties?"