Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2608

Chapter 2608: Three Serpents and a Whale

The Night Garden trembled as the colossal tentacle fell from the sky, wrapping itself around it.

The invisible shield protecting the deck of the living ship from the fury of storms prevented it from wreaking havoc across the superstructures, and it avoided skewering itself on the tall masts, as well — however, the vessel still ended up captured in a horrid embrace, the hull groaning as unimaginable pressure descended upon it.

The tentacle constricted, trying to crush the Night Garden into splinters and pull it under the waves.

Jet did not seem too concerned, however.

Looking at the southern horizon, where a strange haze was gathering above the sea, she frowned slightly.

"Reload the cannons. Divination team, I need a weather forecast as soon as possible."

The Chain of Nightmares had been a disaster to Awakened wielding powers of divination, who became far less capable in its wake. However, they still had their uses, and some seemed to have been affected less than others.

"Nightfall is imminent!"

Jet’s frown deepened a little.

"How imminent?"

Her question was met with silence.

...But even those who were affected less were far from precise.

The sea boiled as four gargantuan tentacles rose from it, and the hull of the Night Garden groaned as the fifth one constricted around it.

Jet pursed her lips.

’Ah... I think I am starting to hate water, too.’

At that moment, two human figures plummeted from the great height of the living ship’s main deck, flying toward the water. The fall would have undoubtedly killed anyone below the Transcendent Rank on impact, but these two simply dove into the waves.

A heartbeat later, two massive shadows moved under the water, rushing toward the gargantuan tentacles — they were Naeve and Bloodwave, the Saints of the fallen House of Night, who had assumed their Transcendent forms.

Jet glanced at her shadow. She was sure that a subtle presence was hiding in it before, but now, the shadow felt empty.

The Sovereign of Death seemed to have departed to join the battle, as well. There, below the waves, he could unleash his power without being seen... so, Jet shuddered to imagine the horror of what would happen in the depths before too long.

She looked south.

There, far away... the mist was gathering.

Far below the Night Garden, in the murky depths, Sunny was hidden in Naeve’s shadow. The water was boiling around them, and the colossal shapes of the black tentacles rose from the vast darkness below like long stalks of some abyssal flower, twisting and swaying as they stretched toward the surface.

Bloodwave had assumed the shape of a monstrous killer whale, his giant body moving through the water with chilling ferocity. The enormous blue eyes of the great predator suddenly ignited with an ominous red glow — in the next moment, the sea around them was painted in hues of crimson, and the frightening presence of the oldest surviving Saint of Night became even more daunting.

As much as the Transcendent form of Bloodwave was enormous, however, Naeve almost dwarfed him. Having turned into a colossal sea serpent, he rushed toward a different tentacle with astonishing, terrifying speed. It was not just that the serpent was fast — rather, water itself parted to let him pass and flowed in the direction he chose, supporting his feral charge.

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