Chapter 228

The barbed spines tore through flesh, splitting the body apart as blood gushed out. Glen wailed in agony. His screams were shrill and desperate. "Where is he taking me?" Elara turned her head. A gentle, quiet smile graced her face, but her eyes were ice-cold as if she were looking at a dead man. "A while ago, the research base successfully replicated a species of catfish from over a hundred years ago, found initially in the Avalon River basin of South Tertonia. It used to be the smallest vertebrate in the world. "You're from Aether Spire. So, you must have heard of it, right?" Glen's face went pale, then flushed. His expression shifted rapidly. He clearly knew. That fish was as thin and slender as a toothpick, which is why it was nicknamed the Toothpick Fish. Its gills carried barbed spines that hooked deep into flesh upon biting. Once it was embedded, pulling it out would tear away chunks of muscle. Just imagining it sent shivers down his spine. His voice trembled with a mix o