Grii! Grii!

  From behind one of the rock platforms that jutted out of the walls, this new predator emerged, blowing Sebastian and his 2 team members' minds away. All of them held their breaths in shock as they looked on at this new predator.

  This new predator was a shark, but its body was not fleshy like other sharks, its body was covered with a metal surface. The loud griing sound was that of its revving engine as it powered its massive frame.

  It was in the shape of a normal Great White Shark; the only problem was that all the features of a shark that it had were all metal. It didn't only have the features of a normal shark, it had adaptations too.

  Its body was mechanical in a way that made it seem like a huge shark machine. From the mechanical openings around its body, blue energy glowed which also reflected in the eyes of this metal shark.

  The loud frictional sound made by it spread rippling vibrations through the water as different mechanical components that were assembled inside it scratched against each other with force.

  The most glaring adaptation that it had was a long cutting spiked chain that circled its metal body, from its head to its tail.

  As its engine revved, so also did this long-spiked chain react as its sharp edges cut at the water at a deadly speed. Apart from its chain, its tail fin was separated into 3 parts with its ends having openings like the muzzle of a gun. 

  These 2 were just the most glaring of the numerous mechanical adaptations that this strange Great White Metal Shark had, and its body towered at a size of 15 meters, similar to Sebastian's current size.

  It had no expression on its shark metal face, not that it could be detected by conventional means if it ever had one. To Sebastian, this shark looked like a technological mech shark.

  As soon as it emerged completely from behind the rock platform, its blue eyes flickered as it observed the 3 sharks before it. The next moment, its eyes turned an ominous red. 

  Seeing this shark, Sebastian's understanding of this world was once again updated in such a way that his brain literally short-circuited. The slow reaction brought by this proved deadly.

  As soon as its originally blue eyes turned red, the metal shark attacked.

  Before Sebastian and his 2 team members could react, this new predator's tail fin flapped at the water with force, inducing waves as the blue energy inside its body also spiked in intensity.

  As the blue energy spiked, small mechanical boosters emerged from the shark's body which served as means to propel it forward even faster.

  "Defend!" Sebastian finally reacted, yelling but it was a little too late.

  Amond the trio of returning sharks, Shanks was the one who was originally at the front with both Tosh and Sebastian watching his back. 

  This formation was originally to protect the smaller and more fragile white tier shark but it proved dangerous now as Shanks became the first juicy target of this metal shark.

  Boom! Crunch!

  The metal shark first rammed into the smaller shark's fragile body, deforming its skin in the process before its metallic sharp rows of teeth came biting down and digging into its skin. 

  One bite took a chunk of flesh from Shanks' body.

  Shanks ground his teeth in pain as he tried to retaliate but he was overpowered completely on every side, he was powerless. He tried activating his water shield skill but each movement of the metal shark shattered it.

  After the collision attack and the bite, the engine inside the metal shark's body revved again as the sharp metal spiked chain circling its body jerked before rolling with speed. Again, Shanks suffered this.

  A bloody grind started immediately.

  Grii!

  The chain rolled carefreely with speed, grinding and cutting off chunks of flesh from the smaller shark in the process. The water became extremely bloody immediately, filled with the suffering shark's flesh and blood.

  In less than a second since the attack run started, the chain cut deep into the shark's body but it stopped there.

  Sebastian was shocked by the offensive effectiveness of this shark's attack but his brain no longer felt slow as he already recovered from his shock, he reacted fast to this attack.

  [You have activated skill: Sonic Drill!]

  Boom!

  The attack drilled a hole through the shark's metallic skin immediately but this didn't make it relent in its attack, it ignored the damage like it was from a mere bug scratching at its skin.

  At this moment, the deadly sound effect of this skill was completely nullified by the metal shark who seemed deaf. Only the physical effects dealt damage but Sebastian was not discouraged as he already rushed out.

  [You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]

  [You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]

  Almost immediately after he moved, Tosh who seemed to have recovered from his shock attacked too. Without hesitation, he threw one of his strongest skills again, the Crazy god's punch!

  With the light magic punch hitting squarely and Sebastian colliding against the enemy, the metal shark was finally pushed back, granting the already severely injured Shanks a moment of respite.

  This was when Sebastian finally knew how severely injured his companion was. The bite from the metal shark was so dangerously close to Shanks' head that his internal body structure from the head could be seen from outside.

  The rolling chain did not do much better, it ripped so much flesh from Shanks that the shark now seemed emaciated. Shanks was in agony as he thrashed around in pain, unable to control himself.

  His life force was already at that dangerously low level.

  With the metal shark pushed away after being hit by him and Tosh's attack, Sebastian had the time to take in the full sight of Shanks' sorry state.

  Originally, on seeing a strange metal shark like this, the first thing that dominated his mind was fear and wariness but seeing Shanks like this, all caution left his mind as a drive for revenge dominated.

  "You can bite me, you can attack me, you can injure me, but you have no right to do this to someone under me!"

  Even as he spoke, the metal shark didn't seem to care about him as it reoriented itself before rushing back. This time, Sebastian welcomed the shark with open arms as he also rushed at it.

  [You have activated skill: Sonic Drill {×3}.]

  [You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]

  [You have created a magic manifestation: Tower Shield.]

  [You have created a magic manifestation: Lightning Axe!]

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The 3 sonic drills all hit the metal shark squarely, but they didn't do much in reducing its forward momentum. Sebastian loved it this way though as it presented the perfect mode of attack for his magic manifestations.

  The enormous pitch-black tower shield under his control first collided with the metal shark's head, pushing it back after a fierce tug of war that left a crack in the metal shark's metalhead.

  This disoriented the shark a bit, presenting the perfect angle of attack for the Lightning Axe magic manifestation. The ax came down with force.

  BOOM!