There seemed to be no end in sight to the expanse of dark crimson water. A thick, metallic tang burrowed into everyone’s noses, inducing spells of dizziness despite their iron wills.

Lu Yun had slapped a Silence Talisman over Mo Qitian’s mouth, which headed off multiple attempts to talk from the youth sovereign. They finally understood why the ghost in white had told them not to speak.

The lanterns on the ship radiated a special power that concealed the energy of a living being. If anyone spoke, the energy dispersing from their mouths and noses would attract the monsters in the crimson ocean. While the...