Chapter 237: Seven Sharks!

(Damn, I just uploaded the new book! I just got home, really sorry! ^_^)

This was also Liu Xiaotian's first time, the first time he saw a real, living shark.

When he saw those three sharks, they were heading straight for the Chief Mate, who was hanging from a rope and whose blood was gushing out and being rapidly diluted by seawater; within ten seconds they could turn the still-breathing, struggling Chief Mate trying to save himself into food.

At this moment, Liu Xiaotian truly felt fear and the sensation of Death swimming beside him.

Just as he hesitated whether to advance or retreat, a shark at least 3.5 meters long passed over his head, in the blink of an eye surpassing him and heading straight for the still-struggling Chief Mate.

Liu Xiaotian quickly realized this was the Hu Sha's tactic, a means to prevent anyone from boarding the ship!

But this is also overly cruel! Now Liu Xiaotian faces only two choices.

And now, wanting to approach Liu Xiaotian, with their intelligence they couldn't think of going underwater; instead they rushed straight toward the fishing net.

At one, one look `none, one mistaken version%!'

And Liu Xiaotian's reliance was nothing more than that circle of fishing net and that underwater thruster.

He does have systemic assistance, no doubt, but he's not an indestructible diamond body, is he?

A flash of shock instantly crossed her eyes.

Because, his plan succeeded.

Regarding shark habits, Liu Xiaotian only knew they generally wouldn't launch attacks without smelling blood, but now the situation is that a person whose body is still continuously bleeding is hanging on one side of the ship's bottom!

Natasha clearly saw that, after the remaining seven soldiers cut the fishing net and entered, Liu Xiaotian then drew his own military knife.

Seeing this, Wang Yanbing and Li Erniu wanted to return to help, but Liu Xiaotian stopped them with a gesture.

If they continued forward, he and the Action Team's soldiers could at any moment suffer a shark attack.

Either, forge ahead despite the danger; or, immediately lead the team in retreat.

Only after they quickly leave the water surface and ensure safety will Liu Xiaotian have a greater chance to escape the sharks' "pursuit".

He took such great risk just to help those seven get close to the ship's bottom; if he let those two come back, wouldn't his knife have been taken in vain? Knowing Liu Xiaotian's intention, plus the barrier of that fishing net layer, after a slight hesitation they still turned and, with the help of the underwater thruster, quickly moved toward the ship's bottom.

Blood rapidly spread in the seawater; among them, the shark that had just not gotten a bite of food reacted first, "turned around" at the ship's bottom, and headed straight for Liu Xiaotian.

Therefore, at the moment he discovered four sharks successively swimming toward him, he began to retreat quickly.

But unexpectedly, Liu Xiaotian actually used himself as "bait" to ensure they wouldn't become the sharks' attack targets. Those fishing nets extending below the sea surface are about eighteen to twenty meters deep; the four sharks just attracted came from deeper waters, so they didn't pass through those nets studded with sharp objects.

One need only think with one's heel to know that whoever is being used as the sharks' "bait" can only be crew or passengers aboard the "Dream Vessel"!

After making a gesture to the eight people around who were still waiting for his order, seven soldiers immediately began to destroy the fishing net laden with sharp, pointed objects, while Natasha, following his indication, quickly retreated.

After all, this creature lacks even basic thinking ability, surviving purely on instinct. Setting up this layer of fishing net should count as a shield; while those sharks lured in should count as a spear.

Given Natasha's intelligence, she naturally knows what Liu Xiaotian will do next.

As for worrying… what good would worrying do?

Fortunately, the net used by the Hu Sha is sturdy enough, a dedicated ocean fishing net; if it were replaced with an ordinary net, given the shark's speed and strength, wouldn't it just tear right through? The shark that had previously not gotten any food slammed headfirst into the net hard; not only did it fail to easily pass through as it wished, but instead the sharp implements hooked on the net sliced multiple wounds across its body over three meters long, and blood instantly gushed out.

But if they retreat, since the Hu Sha has already thought of this method, once the person hanging beneath the ship has lost all blood or been eaten by the sharks, will he not repeat the same tactic?

The seven soldiers who had entered the fishing net range per orders initially hadn't reacted; they felt resentment, and indeed had already decided that, upon first noticing sharks swimming toward them, they would immediately turn and flee.

But, that thing's speed, although much faster than swimming, is still likely somewhat lacking compared to the sharks' speed.

At this moment, Liu Xiaotian is actually also quite afraid.

The shark that had just not gotten any food swam in the lead, as if it hadn't seen that layer of fishing net at all, and charged straight into it.

After hesitating for several dozen seconds, Liu Xiaotian made his final decision—continue forward and surface at the fastest speed!

Under the sharks' sharp teeth, as soon as they bite him, they can instantly split him in two.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaotian, who was retreating at high speed, instantly felt his heart bloom with joy.

Unbeknownst to him, the Hu Sha's two sets of "defense systems" happened to fit the Eastern idiom—self-contradictory.

To be honest, at that moment Liu Xiaotian actually really wanted to thank the Hu Sha.

The danger in this is something anyone could think of.

If at this time Liu Xiaotian cut a wound on his own body, the fresh blood smell would inevitably attract those four sharks immediately.

Only seen, Liu Xiaotian held the military knife in his right hand, and in the next second he cut a wound twenty centimeters long on his left arm, almost slicing open the entire left forearm.

As long as this shark is injured, it will inevitably provoke an attack from its companions.

But, the shark's speed is far greater than he imagined.

The "bait" hanging beneath the ship's bottom has already been divided in half and eaten by two sharks; a small middle segment was scavenged by the third shark; the fourth shark that rushed over didn't even get a tuft of fur, and now it's anxiously searching all around for a "target".

The blood flowing from the body of that shark over three meters long is far more than the blood from Liu Xiaotian's arm wound, almost instantly masking his blood scent.

Right after, the three sharks that arrived saw their companion's blood rapidly spreading in its body, with not even a hint of hesitation, and simultaneously swam toward that unfortunate shark.

The scent of blood, besides arousing the sharks' ferocity, also tells them: food has arrived! Whether that food is of their own kind doesn't matter.

Even they would feel that such a large "food" is far better than the human who could be devoured in just two bites earlier.

At least, they don't need to fight over it; they can just eat their fill! (End of chapter)