The crimson blood-blade plunged toward the water like a falling butcher knife.
Envoy Xue Sha screamed at the top of his lungs, his veins bulging against his neck. The spinning red wires of his Fish-Grinder Array snapped taut around the coral reef. Beneath the waves, ten million Silver-Scale Spirit Carp panicked.
Their glowing silver scales flashed in terrified ripples, churning the dark ocean into blinding froth as the butcher net tightened.
Three seconds remained before the sea ran red.
Up on the bridge of the [Rank 6 Gu Family Hot-Spring Cruise Ship], Gu Changsheng didn’t even blink.
“Xiao’er, sound the horn,” Gu Changsheng ordered calmly.
“Right away, Dad,” Ye Xiao replied.
The twelve-year-old pushed up his glasses and pulled down hard on a polished brass lever above the steering console.
