Zhou Huai's gaze narrowed.

That Thor really was no good.

He was planning to camp at the entrance and directly eliminate all latecomers.

However, that giant net interwoven with blue thunder was simply too fast.

The seawater served as its best conduction medium.

Almost the moment it appeared, it crashed down overhead!

Controlling Gandalf, Zhou Huai didn't even have time to chant a spell.

In a flash of lightning, he could only slam his staff heavily in front of himself!

"【Arcane Barrier】!"

Hum—!

A translucent magical shield instantly enveloped him.

Crackle—!

The harsh roar of electrical currents exploded wildly in the deep seawater!

The terrifying blue lightning, like hundreds of millions of wildly dancing venomous snakes, instantly devoured the entire team from Great Xia Nation!

-21547!

A terrifying damage figure floated above the head of every single member of the Dragon Fang Special Forces.

"Ugh ah—!"

The shrill screams were firmly suppressed by the seawater, turning into a series of muffled and painful gurgles.

Just a single strike!

Except for Gandalf, who had activated 【Arcane Barrier】, the diving suits of the other nine members were instantly melted by the high temperature, and their skin was charred black by the electricity, emitting wisps of blue smoke.

The stench of burning flesh mixed with the salty tang of seawater crept into everyone's nasal cavities.

Their health bars instantly bottomed out!

Among them, the two support-type members with the weakest Physique didn't even have time to let out a groan before they directly fell into a critically wounded and dying state, their eyes rolling back as they lost consciousness.

Although the remaining members were still hanging on by a breath, their entire bodies were in a state of severe paralysis, making even moving a single finger extremely difficult.

Zhou Huai's expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

What a Thor!

What a Thunder Sovereign!

With just a single move, he had nearly wiped out his entire squad!

Just at this moment, the thunderstorm area created by Thor overhead flashed with electricity once again.

Clearly, the opponent had no intention of giving anyone a chance to catch their breath!

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Huai's eyes, and the 【Eternal Judgment】 in his hand abruptly pointed upward!

"【Forbidden Spell: Thousand Mile Ice Seal】!"

Crack! Crack! Crack!

An irresistible absolute zero erupted explosively with Gandalf at the center!

The seawater above froze frantically at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In an instant, a huge ice wall nearly a hundred meters thick, exuding colorful auroras, appeared out of thin air above everyone's heads!

Almost the moment the ice wall formed, the dense thunder attacks slammed down fiercely like a violent storm!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Deafening explosions rang out continuously on the seabed.

Under the crazy bombardment of the thunder, the indestructible colorful ice wall trembled violently, with dense cracks emerging on its surface.

But ultimately, it stubbornly blocked this world-destroying attack!

Having finished all this, Zhou Huai immediately turned around and looked at the painful, dying team members behind him.

He issued an unquestionable command to Wang Meng and Li Hao, who were still able to maintain consciousness.

"You guys go back first!"

"Leave this place to me!"

Wang Meng and Li Hao exchanged glances, both seeing a trace of unwillingness and humiliation in each other's eyes.

They were the elites of the military, the prodigy of Great Xia Nation!

But now, having just entered the ruins without even seeing the enemy's face, they were beaten like dead dogs!

This was simply an extreme humiliation!

But they also knew that in their current state, staying here would only become a burden to their captain.

"Yes! Captain!"

Wang Meng gritted his teeth, squeezing out three words from between his teeth.

Enduring the severe pain and paralysis all over his body, he struggled to swim to the side of the two unconscious teammates.

Li Hao and the other members also took out healing potions and poured them into their mouths while supporting each other.

They knew that only by leaving as soon as possible and recovering their state as soon as possible could they avoid dragging down the captain's pace.

Supporting their severely injured companions, the group turned around with difficulty and returned along the ruins passage they came from.

Directly above, the overbearing power of thunder was still pouring down frantically.

Under the continuous bombardment, the solid ice wall developed more and more cracks, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Zhou Huai's gaze turned cold, flashing with a chilling intent to kill.

You like playing like this, huh?

Then let's see whose methods are more ruthless!

Zhou Huai took a deep breath and raised the 【Eternal Judgment】 in his hand high!

The mana value in his body surged wildly into the staff like floodwaters from an opened sluice!

The entire undersea world began to tremble violently!

An ancient and vast coercion erupted explosively from his body!

"【Forbidden Spell: Raging Giant Waves】!"

Rumble—!

On the sea surface, the wind and clouds changed abruptly, and waves surged!

Beneath the sea, undercurrents also surged wildly, agitating endlessly!

...

On the sea surface.

Thor was suspended in mid-air, a sneer of disdain hanging on his face.

He was enjoying the screams of those weaklings below when they were devoured by the lightning.

In his view, this so-called Divine Artifact competition had already ended from the very beginning.

He was preparing to release his skill once again to completely turn that sea area below into a thunder purgatory.

However, right at this moment.

"Boom—!"

An unheralded, towering giant wave, like an awakened ancient sea god, abruptly soared into the sky from beneath the sea surface!

That giant wave was a hundred meters high, blocking out the sky and sun!

The smile on Thor's face instantly froze.

Before he could even make any reaction, he was fiercely struck by that matchless giant force!

His entire person, like a kite with a broken string, was rolled up by the giant wave and instantly batted away, swallowed into the violent ocean in the blink of an eye.

At the same time.

The Classer from various countries who had just entered the ruins entrance were instantly dumbfounded.

What's the situation?

Is the environment in this ruins so harsh?

How is it like entering a front-loading washing machine?

Before they could react, violent, terrifying undercurrents capable of tearing steel apart swept in from all directions!

Their bodies instantly lost control.

Swirled by the violent undercurrent, they spun and collided crazily!

Their health points plummeted like flowing water!

"Sa... Save me!"

"What on earth is going on?!"

For a time, the entire ruins entrance turned into a purgatory on earth.

Watching the undercurrents on the seabed gradually show a trend of calming down.

Gandalf deep under the sea, however, had no expression on his face.

He slowly raised his left hand, and a magic array exuding arcane brilliance quietly formed in his palm.

"【Arcane Dual Derivation】!"

The next second, he raised the 【Eternal Judgment】 in his hand once again!

"【Forbidden Spell: Raging Giant Waves】!"

Playing dirty with me?

Then let's see who is more fierce than whom!

Rumble—!

The second wave, even more violent and fierce giant waves and undercurrents, swept through the entire entrance area once again!

Those Classer who had managed to steady their footing in the first wave were once again sucked into that huge whirlpool of death.

This time, they couldn't even let out a scream.

They could only watch helplessly as their bodies were torn and twisted by the violent undercurrent, until they completely lost all vitality.

Especially the nine members of the Freedom Federation who had just entered the ruins.

In their expectation, after entering the ruins, they should have been able to see charred corpses floating in the water one by one.

Then, they would rendezvous with Captain Thor and easily take down this Divine Artifact.

But what is the situation now?

Where are the people?

Where is the captain?

Before they could figure it out, that world-destroying undercurrent had completely devoured them.

...

At the same time, aboard the ship of Great Xia Nation.

Lin Zhu stood on the deck, as if sensing something.

A trace of surprise flashed across her calm, unrippled eyes.

She extended that withered hand holding a cane and gave a gentle beckon toward the churning sea below.

The next second.

Countless tough vines burst out of the water, and as if endowed with life, precisely coiled around the surfacing Great Xia Nation team members.

A moment later, the nine charred and utterly disheveled team members were steadily dragged onto the deck by the vines.

Looking at the shocking wounds on their bodies, Lin Zhu's frost-covered face instantly sank.

"Was it that Thor who made a move against you?"

Li Hao struggled to sit up, coughed out a mouthful of seawater tinged with blood, nodded, and his eyes were filled with unwillingness.

"Yes, Principal Lin."

"As soon as we entered the ruins, we encountered his ambush."

"If it weren't for the captain's action, we would now... probably be charred corpses."

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng next to him instantly turned an extremely ugly shade of expression.

"Damn it!"

"Those guys from the Freedom Federation really are ruthless!"

"They want to block everyone outside the ruins right from the beginning so they can dominate alone!"

He looked at Li Hao, anxiety written all over his face.

"Where is Gandalf? Why didn't he come out with you?"

"The captain... is still inside the ruins."

While speaking.

On the surrounding sea surface, water splashed everywhere once again.

A large batch of Classer who were also heavily wounded were fished out of the sea by rescue personnel from their respective countries.

Almost every country's team suffered casualties.

Among them, the most miserable one was none other than the Freedom Federation.

When those nine team members of theirs were fished up, six had completely lost their vital signs.

The remaining three only had half a breath left, and it looked like they wouldn't survive.

This scene directly stunned Zhang Cheng into a daze.

He blankly looked at the chaotic scene on the Freedom Federation's ship, and then looked at his own team, which, although disheveled, had everyone alive at least.

A huge question mark slowly rose from his mind.

Er...

Does that Thor even attack his own people?

Isn't that... a bit too deranged?