No time for pity and compassion.

In just a few minutes, nearly seventy elites from seven organizations had already lost over a dozen people.

The remaining ones all hid around Ye Guichen's boat.

Of the seven ships, only three were left, the rest were all wrecked.

Aside from Ye Guichen's boat, the other two were barely holding on and might sink at any moment.

Most people were covered in blood.

Their hands, holding their weapons, were trembling slightly.

All present were elites, having experienced numerous battles from a young age, but never had they faced such a brutal fight.

The critical issue was that the opponents seemed endless, and if they weren't careful, they wouldn't even leave a corpse.

Some women couldn't bear the shock and began to whimper softly.

"What are we going to do?"

No one dared to move.

Su Wu and Lu Bu stood on the broken deck, their faces grim.

Gongsun Fengying had returned to the ship, but her whole body was also covered in blood, as if she had been fished out of a pool of blood.

She glanced at Ye Guichen with disdain, snorting coldly, "Coward!"

Just now, she had rushed into the fight first, while Ye Guichen stood on the boat, even forbidding the Dragon Teeth team to disembark.

This made Gongsun Fengying deeply disappointed in him, deeming Ye Guichen a coward.

Not just Gongsun Fengying, even Jiang Long and the others felt slightly dissatisfied.

They were all at a hot-blooded age, naturally discontented with being despised.

Ye Guichen sneered, "Captain Gongsun, you might have acted bravely just now, but did it change our current situation? There are hundreds of sharks out there; do you think we can kill them all? Even if we could, what if more sharks attack? Are you made of iron, capable of going without food or drink?"

Pausing, Ye Guichen looked around, gathering his breath in his Dantian and speaking loudly to be heard, "Everyone, we're here for the competition, but the situation now is far beyond what we imagined. Recklessly fighting is useless; it's just sending ourselves to die without changing our predicament."

"Captain Ye, stop talking nonsense. What should we do then?" someone retorted.

Ye Guichen glanced at that person, "I don't have a solution yet, but I worry we're already caught in a trap. We should focus on surviving, not on killing Caesar or finding that Genetic Laboratory in Atlantis."

"Nonsense!"

"What are you speculating? Trapped, who do you think you are?"

"The annual competition is always like this, winners are kings, losers are bandits, what's there to say?"

"Right, since we chose this path, we're prepared to die. Your words sound nice, but what use are they? No concrete suggestions at all."

The crowd erupted in disagreement, utterly unconvinced by Ye Guichen.

But Su Wu frowned and asked loudly, "Ye Guichen, what do you mean? Are you saying someone deliberately lured these sharks?"

Su Wu's status was unusual. As soon as he spoke, the surroundings fell silent.

Lu Bu also asked in confusion, "Brother Su, do you also suspect something?"

Su Wu shook his head, indicating he didn't know. He then looked at Ye Guichen, seeking clarification.

Ye Guichen pondered, "Many of you should know, although sharks are social creatures, it's rare for a group to exceed twenty. But this time, there are hundreds. And as soon as they appeared, they attacked our boats. Don't you find it suspicious? We're not even in the deep sea, why so many sharks suddenly?"

With Ye Guichen's reminder, everyone felt something was amiss.

Su Wu nodded, "Indeed, there is a problem. I've heard some mutants can control animals. If that's true, we might have been discovered by mutants. They won't let us find Atlantis, let alone kill Caesar. Even surviving would be lucky."

"Ah? If so, what do we do?"

Everyone's faces changed dramatically.

In the vast ocean, losing their ships meant relying on luck to survive.

Even if they were expert divers, could they swim thousands of kilometers back to shore amidst those sharks?

Impossible!

More importantly, the remaining boats couldn't accommodate everyone. The wooden boards from the wrecked boats barely held them, but getting back to shore on a board was a fantasy.

They fell silent.

Suddenly, a melodious flute sounded from afar.

The sharks that had submerged resurfaced.

A master standing on a board was swallowed by a shark before he could react.

He struggled, but it was too late, his lower half already bitten off.

His upper half fell into the water, terror still on his face.

"Save me, save me!"

He no longer felt pain, shouting for help, desperate to live.

More sharks swarmed, and in an instant, he was torn to pieces.

The brutal scene was too much for everyone to watch.

Some women vomited uncontrollably.

Every elite present had killed before, but never had they seen such a horrific death.

Yet there was no time to catch their breath.

A second wave of countless sharks surged.

Many lost their initial courage, retreating while crying.

Human nature, powerless in the face of hopelessness.

"Damn it, I curse you all!"

Overwhelmed, someone realizing the futility of resistance ended his life with his weapon.

His body fell into the sea, and was soon devoured by sharks.

Brutal!

This was reality.

Ye Guichen frowned deeply.

He knew continuing like this meant they would all die.

He had clearly heard a melodious flute earlier, akin to the sorcery controlling creatures in the Miao region.

No doubt someone was behind this.

"Jiang Long, Wang Ying, Merlin, Kong Hua, protect Murong. Everyone else guard the boat, and kill any approaching shark!"

After saying this, Ye Guichen leaped into the sea.