In the uncharted depths of the Southern Seas, deep blue gave way to pitch black.
A massive octopus stretched its tentacles through the water. Eyes blinked open from within its slime-coated suckers, glowing phosphorescent in the dark. Faint curses and the phantom wails of sirens drifted through the water.
The psychological assault, however, had zero effect on the bizarre sea worm lurking in the trench. Half-buried in the silt, the worm instantly launched a counterattack against the massive octopus.
It arched its back. Rows of spiked bone plates, etched with mysterious insectoid runes, erupted along its spine. Beads of verdigris venom oozed from the tips. With a violent spasm, the worm launched the bone spikes through the water like poisoned daggers.
"What the hell is this thing?" Kraken, the massive octopus, stared wide-eyed. His tentacles blurred, rapidly weaving hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu—Nine-Dragon Wall!"
