Chapter 729: This Leviathan is Truly Sinister

Lan Qingyou turned her head to look.

She found that under the sea surface dyed pitch black by the Leviathan's blood, something seemed to be stirring.

The entire magic circle was a chaotic mess.

Then...

A creature that was probably a swordfish dashed out of the sea, heading straight for all the objects on the surface.

After that came a second one, a third one...

Countless swordfish acted like real sharp swords, dashing back and forth among the ships.

Wanting to annihilate everything on the surface of the water.

Of course.

"What are these?"

Vivian, who was also collecting materials like Lan Qingyou, quickly moved closer to Lan Qingyou.

Although the attacks of these guys didn't pose much of a threat to her.

But no one could guarantee whether there were still creatures on the level of the Leviathan under the pitch-black sea surface.

So it was better to stick together during such abnormal times.

"They look like Fierce Dash Swordfish."

Lan Qingyou answered immediately after Vivian asked the question.

"Have you ever seen this kind of swordfish with hands and feet?"

"That's why I said they 'look like' it."

Lan Qingyou shrugged and waved her hand, igniting an attacking swordfish.

Whoosh—

The swordfish that rushed out of the sea instantly caught fire in midair.

Then, before it even had time to scream, it was directly burned to ashes.

"Look like? What does that mean?"

"They mutated after being polluted by the Leviathan's blood, what else could it be?"

Although these fish looked extremely bizarre because their mutation gave them hands and feet, combined with the fact that they were originally fish.

Even their red dead fish eyes possessed an indescribable magic that attracted people's gazes.

But for people like Lan Qingyou, this bit of magic was not as alluring as The Lovers, Freya.

However, just because they were unaffected didn't mean others were unaffected.

Especially those sailors on the warships.

One by one, after initially blocking under the impression they were being attacked, they were immediately drawn in by this magic power.

They either knelt on the spot, clutching their heads in pain.

Or they screamed and howled like they had gone mad.

There were even those whose minds broke and started attacking their own people.

"All personnel with a spirit attribute below 150 points, stop resisting immediately and return to your rooms!"

"Until old Nemo lifts the alarm, no one is allowed to take a single step out of their room!"

Seeing this scene, Lan Qingyou directly bypassed the fleet admiral, old Nemo, and shouted across the entire sea surface with a magical megaphone.

Because it was a magical megaphone, the volume could be controlled simply by the amount of mana inputted.

Therefore.

Everyone in the entire area heard Lan Qingyou's voice.

Although some people on the warships didn't know who this voice belonged to.

Since it could spread so far, it was definitely someone very formidable.

Not to mention, the other party even called out their admiral's name.

She even dared to recklessly use the words 'old man'.

Then it must definitely be someone from Tarot Manor who had been fighting earlier.

Since it was these people, there was nothing to worry about.

Thus, the sailors, understanding the situation, immediately turned and went back to their rooms, locking the doors, closing the windows, and drawing the curtains all in one go.

With this, the whole world became much quieter.

No...

It wasn't just quiet; it could even be described as silent.

The magical flares in the sky had already extinguished, leaving only the moonlight shining on the sea surface.

But for some unknown reason.

With the sailors gone, those Fierce Dash Swordfish that were so irritable just a moment ago suddenly became quiet as well.

If it weren't for some swordfish corpses still floating on the sea surface.

This calm sea surface looked exactly as if nothing had ever happened.

An eerie silence instantly swallowed everyone.

Whether it was Nemo and the others currently on the deck, or Lan Qingyou and Vivian on the duckweed, all fell into this silence.

A gentle breeze blew across the sea, and the ripples swaying on the water looked like silvery-white scales.

It gave people an indescribable sense of reassurance.

Whoosh—Boom—

The silence ended with the burst of a magical signal flare shooting into the sky.

"Huh!"

"Fireworks?"

"What happened to me just now?"

"How strange..."

The crowd, who were feeling at ease because of that silence and the swaying ripples just a moment ago, suddenly snapped awake.

Some people supported their foreheads with one hand and gently shook their heads a few times.

"Immediately check your personal information to see if there are any negative status effects."

At this time.

Lan Qingyou, who was supposed to be on the sea surface, had appeared on the deck at some unknown time.

"You... this..."

Everyone looked at her in surprise, not knowing when she had returned.

After all, she was just on the duckweed a moment ago, how did she, in the blink of an eye...

"Idiots, you all suffered a mental attack just now and were dragged into the Leviathan's illusion."

A mental attack!?

Illusion? Everything just now was an illusion?

Something's wrong! Twelve out of ten parts wrong!

How could we possibly be hit by an illusion attack?

Just like Lan Qingyou in the past, everyone was also very confident about this matter.

After all, their spirit attributes were all pretty good.

It was simply impossible for them to hallucinate from anyone's mental attack.

But...

The things before their eyes forced them to believe it.

Earlier they thought they were on the deck, but it turned out they were actually already in the seawater?

Even...

"It hurts! How did I get hurt!?"

Chu Yuan looked at the piercing wound on his arm with a bewildered expression, somewhat confused.

"I'm hurt too."

"What's going on?"

"How should I know..."

The crowd who had snapped back to reality finally realized that they all had wounds to varying degrees.

It had even forced out Chu Yuan's beastification.

Yet he didn't remember beastifying at all.

So...

Even though they had come back to their senses, everyone's minds were still a bit blank.

"You guys better check your personal information first..."

Seeing that these guys still hadn't seemingly recovered from their shock, Lan Qingyou urged again.

Although she could see their stats and statuses.

Compared to her saying it, it was more intuitive to let them see for themselves.

However, since she herself had fallen for it back then, it was understandable that these guys would fall for it too.

She just didn't expect that the Leviathan's killing move would actually manifest after its death...

Who the hell could have predicted this.

Even her Demon Eye couldn't analyze this kind of situation.

Even though the information she saw told her to be careful of the opponent's desperate strike, she never thought this 'strike' would appear after death.

But...

Gaining another attack sample could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Even though the disaster was someone else's, and the blessing was hers.

But what was wrong with that?

"Ah... sure enough, there's a bit of mental confusion..."

"I can't believe I actually fell for it..."

"It shouldn't be, it really shouldn't be..."

Under Lan Qingyou's reminder, everyone finally realized that they had indeed been hit by illusion magic.

—Sonic Dream Surround.

A mental-type magic that used sound to attack.

Speaking of which... when it self-destructed, they did indeed hear the sound of an explosion...

Truly sinister... this Leviathan...