A Spinning Staff

The boat shuddered every so often and Zhu Xie steered it, pushing to its highest speed. A half-days worth of travel wasn't very long, in fact, it was short, far too short for anyone to recover a good portion of their strength. 

"We're nearly there! Just another hour awa- Oh no..."

The sudden change in Zhu Xie's voice caught everyone's attention. 

"What? What is it?" 

Lao Yang looked at him before walking up to see what was happening. When he did, he too was shocked by the scene. Soon after, everyone else joined to see what was outside, or rather what was below them. 

Ruishi Lei narrowed his eyes. 

"It's the hordes", he muttered. 

Indeed, it was the so-called "hordes" that the voice of the medallions spoke about. 

"The size... the number... No wonder they wanted to call everyone back."