Gandalf’s face showed a look of shock.

This time, it wasn't a pretense.

He was genuinely surprised.

This woman named Polina was far smarter than he had imagined.

Not only had she also found that bronze key,

but she had even discovered part of the key's use so quickly.

Zhou Huai himself hadn't even had time to study this.

Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, regained a calm expression.

"Since you've already discovered the key's secret,"

"then throughout the entire ruin, you must be able to move unhindered, right?"

"Where are you planning to go next?"

Polina didn't hesitate, her red lips parting slightly.

"To find the other keys, of course."

Zhou Huai asked, without batting an eye,

"Other keys?"

"How are you so sure there are other keys?"

Polina gave Gandalf a look as if he were an idiot, her beautiful azure eyes filled with playfulness.

"Don't you know?"

She jingled the bronze key in her hand, as if showing off a beloved toy.

"As long as you inject some magic into this key,"

"it will produce a wondrous sensation towards the other keys,"

"allowing you to clearly perceive the location of the other keys."

As she said this, her body leaned slightly forward, her beautiful face close to Gandalf's, and she winked playfully.

"Otherwise, how do you think I found you?"

As soon as she said this, Zhou Huai's old face flushed slightly.

The meaning of this woman's words was already crystal clear.

Stop pretending.

I know you definitely have another key on you.

Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, cleared his throat and forcefully changed the subject.

"By the way, how can you be so sure that the unknown consciousness guiding you wants you to find the Divine Artifact's location?"

"What if... this is actually a bigger trap?"

Polina laughed easily, her full chest rising and falling with it, creating an alluring ripple.

"I guessed."

Her answer was simple and direct.

"But if we don't follow this only clue to search, it seems there's ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) no other way, isn't there?"

"Rather than bumping around in this damned ocean like a headless fly,"

"it's better to choose one path and stick with it until the end."

Zhou Huai nodded upon hearing this.

This woman's thoughts actually coincided with his own.

"In that case, why don't we join your team and act together?"

As Polina said, the key was the only clue they currently possessed.

If these keys only truly became useful after all of them were gathered,

then now, with him and Polina each holding one, they already had an absolute advantage.

In this situation, it was wisest for both sides to team up.

Polina's face showed a triumphant smile, like a little fox who had stolen something fishy.

"Naturally."

"Even if you didn't say it, I would have brought it up myself."

She turned around and snapped her fingers at the seemingly ordinary ship.

"Let's go!"

"While the Vicious Beast tide has just formed,"

"and the teams from other countries are still troubled by the Vicious Beast tide,"

"it's the best time for us to explore the ruin!"

The group no longer delayed and quickly returned to the ship.

Polina stood at the bow of the ship, holding the huge bronze key in her hand, and slowly closed her azure eyes.

A moment later, she suddenly opened her eyes.

She extended a slender finger, pointing towards the southeast.

"There, forward!"

Upon receiving the order, the ship immediately changed direction, like an arrow released from a bow, and once again plunged into the black torrent composed of countless raging Vicious Beasts.

...

At the same time.

On the sea outside the ruin's entrance.

"Quick! Run!"

"Vicious Beast tide! It's a Vicious Beast tide! A large-scale Vicious Beast tide has formed in the ruin!"

"Help! Help me!"

"Splash—!"

"Splash—!"

Disheveled figures, like startled fish, desperately emerged from the blue light barrier.

As soon as they surfaced, they let out terrified screams, scrambling and crawling towards their respective countries' ships.

On the deck, those who had stayed behind quickly pulled them onto the ship, anxiously asking about the situation inside.

"Vicious Beast tide! A large-scale Vicious Beast tide has formed in the ruin!"

One of the lucky survivors, a professional, had a pale face and was trembling violently.

"Those Vicious Beasts have gone mad! They are surging towards the entrance like crazy!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

the ruin's entrance, which had been relatively calm, suddenly surged violently!

Like an underwater volcano, it erupted with a roar at this moment!

"Roar—!"

"Hiss—!"

Accompanied by deafening roars, countless strangely shaped marine Vicious Beasts, like a broken dam, swarmed out from the blue light barrier!

They were dense, covering the sky and obscuring the sun, and in an instant, they dyed that sea area a terrifying pitch black!

However, facing this terrifying Vicious Beast tide, which could easily destroy a coastal city,

the SS Rank powerhouses standing at the bows of the various countries' ships remained calm, not even batting an eyelid.

A Vicious Beast tide occurring in the ruin was already within their expectations.

This was also why they had been guarding the ruin's entrance, not moving an inch.

Lin Zhu was the first to move.

Her seemingly ordinary withered vine staff tapped lightly on the deck.

"Dong."

A soft sound.

The next second.

In the deep sea below the ship, countless pitch-black seaweeds, like awakened ancient giant pythons, began to grow wildly and savagely!

They broke through the surface of the water, intertwined and entangled, forming a death net that covered the sky, enveloping all the marine Vicious Beasts that had just rushed out of the ruin!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The bone-chilling sound of crushing was incessant!

A deep-sea giant shark, whose size was comparable to a large ship, didn't even have a chance to struggle before it was instantly torn into two by tens of thousands of tough seaweeds!

Crimson blood, mixed with shattered internal organs, poured down like a torrential rain, drenching the sea surface!

The entire sea area, in an instant, turned into a bloody Asura field!

Over in Sakura Country, Watada Heizan, the old man in a kimono, also chuckled, "Hehe."

He slowly drew the katana from his waist.

Invisible Sword Qi, imperceptible to the naked eye, instantly slashed out!

On the sea surface, flesh and blood flew everywhere!

The marine Vicious Beasts, which had just been baring their fangs and claws, were cut in half, piece by piece!

The other people on the ships watched this one-sided slaughter, one by one, marveling at the sight.

The terrifying Vicious Beast tide, capable of destroying cities and nations, could not stir up the slightest ripple in the hands of these SS Rank powerhouses.

From beginning to end, they were only meant to be slaughtered.

Archbishop Andrew from the Free Federation even remained calmly seated on a deck chair, sipping a glass of red wine, leisurely watching the show, with no intention of making a move.

Just then,

Principal Lin's frost-covered old face suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

A tough seaweed, binding a gigantic Vicious Beast, had unexpectedly snapped in the middle without any warning!

Zhang Cheng, seeing this, immediately stepped forward and asked nervously,

"What's wrong, Principal Lin?"

Principal Lin's face remained indifferent.

"Nothing major."

"It's just a Hell-Rank BOSS that has emerged."

"Its Rank isn't high, only around Rank 50."

As soon as she finished speaking,

"Splash—!"

A colossal octopus tentacle, as thick as a mountain range, suddenly shot up from the surging sea of blood!

It churned the seawater, raising towering waves!

The tentacle was covered with dense suckers, as large as millstones, looking ferocious and terrifying!

"【Wrath of the Deep Sea】!"

Accompanied by an angry roar from the deep sea, hundreds of water bullets, formed by high-pressure water currents, instantly condensed on the giant tentacle!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The water bullets, like dense artillery fire, indiscriminately covered all the ships on the sea surface!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Explosions erupted one after another!

Some small boats that were close by were instantly blown to pieces, and their crew members screamed as they fell into the water.

But most of the attacks were easily blocked by the powerhouses on the ships.

However, just then,

the giant octopus tentacle made a move that caught everyone off guard.

It actually ignored the other ships, suddenly changed direction, and with a tearing whistle through the air, it fiercely lashed out at the largest silver airship in the sky!