A look of shock appeared on Gandalf's face.

This time, it wasn't a disguise.

He was truly feeling somewhat 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 usage so quickly.

Even Zhou Huai himself hadn't had the time to research this point yet.

Controlling Gandalf, Zhou Huai's expression returned to calm.

"Since you have already discovered the secret of the key,"

"wouldn't you be able to travel unhindered throughout the entire ruin?"

"Where are you planning to go next?"

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

"Of course, we're going to look for the other keys."

Zhou Huai asked back calmly.

"The other keys?"

"How can you be sure there are other keys?"

Polina cast a look at Gandalf as if looking at a fool, her azure-blue beautiful eyes filled with mockery.

"You didn't know?"

She shook the bronze key in her hand, as if flaunting a beloved toy.

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

"it will produce a wondrous resonance with the other keys,"

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

Speaking up to this point, her body leaned forward slightly, her gorgeous face moving close to Gandalf's as she playfully blinked.

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

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Huai's old face felt somewhat burning.

The meaning of this woman's words couldn't be more obvious.

Stop pretending.

I know you definitely have another key on you.

Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf to give a light cough, forcibly changing the subject.

"Right, how can you be certain that the unknown consciousness guiding you wants you to find the location of the Divine Artifact?"

"What if... this itself is an even bigger trap?"

Polina laughed easily, her plump chest rising and falling accordingly, stirring up an alluring wave.

"I guessed it."

Her answer was simple and direct.

"But if we don't search according to this sole clue, it seems there are no other ways, right?"

"Rather than buzzing around like headless flies in this damn ocean,"

"it's better to just choose one path and walk it to the dark end."

Hearing this, Zhou Huai nodded.

This woman's thoughts happened to coincide with his.

"In that case, why don't you let us join your team and act together."

Just as Polina said, the keys were the only clues they currently grasped.

If these keys only exerted their true effect after being completely gathered,

then right now, with one each for him and Polina, they already held an absolute advantage.

Under this circumstance, grouping up was the wisest choice.

A smug smile appeared on Polina's face, resembling a little fox that had stolen a fish.

"That's only natural."

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

She turned around, snapped her fingers towards the ordinary-looking cruise ship,

"Let's go!"

"Taking advantage of the Ferocious Beast tide having just formed,"

"while those teams from other countries are still getting headaches over the Ferocious Beast tide,"

"it is the best time for us to explore the ruins!"

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

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

A moment later, she abruptly opened her eyes.

Extending her slender fingers, she pointed towards the southeast direction.

"Over there, advance!"

Receiving the order, the cruise ship immediately turned its direction, rushing once again like an arrow leaving the string into that black torrent composed of countless violent exotic beasts.

...

At the same time.

On the sea outside the ruin entrance.

"Quick! Run!"

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

"Save me! Help!"

"Splash——!"

"Splash——!"

One disheveled figure after another, like frightened fish schools, desperately squeezed out from that blue light curtain.

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

On the deck, the people left behind hurriedly pulled them onto the ship, anxiously asking about the situation inside.

"Ferocious Beast tide! A large-scale Ferocious Beast tide has formed in the ruins!"

One of the Classer who had narrowly escaped turned pale, his entire body trembling violently.

"Those exotic beasts have all gone mad! They are crazily surging toward the location of the entrance!"

As soon as his words fell,

that originally fairly calm ruin entrance suddenly churned violently!

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

"Roar——!"

"Hiss——!"

Accompanied by deafening roars, countless bizarre marine exotic beasts swarmed out from that blue light curtain like a breached flood!

They were dense and blocked the sky and sun, dyeing that sea area into a terrifying pitch-black in an instant!

However, facing this terrifying Ferocious Beast tide capable of easily destroying a coastal city,

those SS-Rank Experts standing at the bows of various countries' ships all had calm expressions, not even lifting their eyelids.

A Ferocious Beast tide happening in the ruins was already within their expectations.

This was also the reason why they had been guarding the ruin entrance without moving away a single step.

Lin Zhu moved first.

The seemingly unremarkable withered vine cane in her hand tapped lightly on the deck.

"Dong."

A soft sound.

The next second.

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

They broke through the water surface, intertwined and entangled, transforming into a death net that covered the sky and sun, completely shrouding those marine exotic beasts that had just rushed out of the ruins!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The teeth-aching strangling sounds were endless!

A deep-sea giant shark comparable in size to a giant ship didn't even have a chance to struggle before it was instantly strangled into two halves by those tens of thousands of tough seaweeds!

Crimson blood, mixed with shattered internal organs, sprinkled across the sea surface like a torrential rain!

In an instant, the entire sea area transformed into a bloody Shura field!

Over on Sakura Country's side, that kimono-clad old man Wada Hirayama likewise let out a "hehe" laugh.

He slowly drew the Katana at his waist.

One after another, invisible Sword Qi invisible to the naked eye slashed out instantly!

On the sea surface, flesh and blood flew everywhere!

Those marine exotic beasts that were still baring their claws and brandishing their teeth were sliced in half at the waist in patches!

Everyone else on the ship, watching this unilateral slaughter, were full of praise.

The terrifying Ferocious Beast tide capable of destroying cities and nations couldn't stir up the slightest ripple in the hands of these few SS-Rank Experts.

From beginning to end, they only had the share of being slaughtered.

That Archabbot Andrew from the Freedom Federation even sat contentedly on the deck lounge chair all along, holding a glass of red wine, leisurely watching the show without any intention of making a move.

Just at this moment,

Lin Zhu's old face, covered in frost, suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise.

I saw that a tough seaweed binding a certain giant Ferocious Beast unexpectedly snapped in the middle without any warning!

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng on the side hurriedly stepped forward and asked nervously,

"What's wrong? Principal Lin?"

Lin Zhu's face remained entirely indifferent.

"No big problem."

"It's just that a Hell-grade BOSS ran out."

"The Level is not high, around level 50."

As soon as her words fell,

"Splash——!"

a giant octopus tentacle as thick as a mountain range abruptly soared into the sky from the churning sea of blood!

It stirred the seawater, raising towering waves!

Upon that tentacle, it was covered with dense, millstone-sized suction cups, looking ferocious and terrifying!

"【Wrath of the Deep Sea】!"

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

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

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

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sounds of explosions rose one after another!

Some small boats that were close by were instantly blown to pieces, and the team members on board fell screaming into the water.

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

However, right at this moment,

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

It actually ignored the other ships, abruptly turned its direction, and with a whistle that tore through the air, fiercely whipped toward the largest silver airship in the air!