After waking up

It is already the fifth day after arriving at Gem Island. There are all kinds of pirate ships parked around the island. Some of them are very powerful at first sight, while others are very eye-catching. It can be called a strange ship competition.

In the center of Gemstone Island City, next to Gemstone Peak, there is a large puddle that uses underground passages to introduce seawater. It is about a hundred meters in diameter and more than ten meters deep.

Several layers of ring-shaped buildings were built around this large puddle. The bottom layers were stone foundations, the upper layers were wooden foundations, and there were more than a dozen springboards extending to the top of the puddle in all directions.

This shape is like a huge water arena, called the Storm Arena. Of course, those platforms cannot be used for diving performances.

At this moment, the Arena of Storms was crowded with people, and countless pirates gathered here to burst out with their greatest enthusiasm since Bench Island, as if they were trying to lift Gem Island from autumn to summer again.

Pirate King Blomfield's position occupies the center position near Gemstone Mountain, and the twelve pirate leaders and their men occupy twelve locations to the left and right of the Pirate King.

"Dong dong dong dong dong"

"Du-du--"

The war drums are beating and the horns are ringing. This is a grand gathering for the pirates. Some people are shouting and screaming, some are laughing, and some are running around selling food. At the four diagonal directions, there are gambling games set up by the direct subordinates of the Pirate King. .

Everyone was staring at the water below. The water seemed to be stirred by a big stick and the waves were rolling.

"Bang~~~"

Waves exploded in the center.

"ah--"

A man screamed and rose into the air. The knife he held in his hand also fell. His lower body was bitten by an eight-meter-long sea monster, and his blood and sea water rose into the air.

"Plop~~~"

The sea monster fell into the water with the pirate in its mouth, and a large amount of blood dyed the water red from below. The waves on the water calmed down after being turbulent for a while.

The monster has a streamlined body, webbed claws, a long tail, and sharp teeth. It is like a giant crocodile without scales, but it is more ferocious and slender.

One of the twelve leaders, the Extraordinary One, stood on one of the high platforms, actually acting as a host and referee himself.

"Okay, I think it's impossible for this warrior to surface again, so everyone who bet on him losing has lost. Is there anyone below who still wants to challenge?"

A smile appeared on the extraordinary pirate's face.

"Persist for three minutes. As long as you persist for three minutes, you will win the favor of the King of the Ocean. Don't be so afraid. Maybe the little sea monster in the water is full!"

Kilja was among the many pirates approaching Ruskin. He frequently looked in the direction of Mulan, and then frequently looked into the water below.

Are you kidding me, fighting something like this in the water? Three minutes? Did any of those people just survive more than thirty seconds?

Mulan, like Kilja, initially thought that the duel would be between pirates. It seemed to be like this before, but the venue remained the same, but the content did.

Not to mention that the challenger is required to be a pirate with no potential to use any magic potions or develop his body. Even a physically enlightened pirate may not be able to deal with such a monster in the water.

"Hahahahaha"

The Pirate King's laughter suddenly rang out, drowning out all the noise at once, and the huge arena fell silent instantly.

"Bronsky, three minutes is indeed a bit long, so let's do it, one and a half minutes."

The pirate leader on the high platform bowed to the Pirate King and then roared loudly.

"Did you hear that, the benevolent King of the Ocean has cut the time in half, so which brave man dares to go into the water and try it?"

One and a half minutes didn't sound like a long time, and four people had died in the water before, leaving many pirates to observe the monster for a long time.

Mullan sat not far from Raskin, his eyes sweeping across the entire arena from time to time, and each time he would inadvertently observe the position of the fifth-ranked Nido Pirates, trying to find his brother, but he has not found it yet.

"Vincent, don't rush up first, and then observe."

Raskin saw that Mulan seemed to be ready to make a move, so he stopped him. No one from the most competitive pirate groups was moving, and he couldn't let Vincent go first.

Ruskin frowned and looked at the water below. To be honest, even Vincent, who was considered a monster among ordinary pirates, could barely survive a minute and a half in the water.

The cheers of the crowd suddenly became enthusiastic. One pirate stood up and climbed to the high platform, which meant that he wanted to challenge.

"Go up, go up -" "Finally someone is here!"

"Come on -"

Blonsky looked at the pirate.

"Oh, then please state your name, the pirate group you belong to, and a brief resume."

"Joseph Pickles, the second officer of the flagship of the Golden Sword Pirates!"

Many people have never even heard of the Golden Sword Pirates Group. They are obviously not a big pirate group, but there is one group of people who are particularly excited at the moment. It is obviously that pirate group.

"Well done Joseph——" "Don't lose——"

Bronski nodded, looked at the pirates who were warming up, and then looked at the gaming table.

"Challenger Joseph Pickles, the success odds are 39 to 1, the failure odds are 1.02 to 1, the warm-up time is five minutes, everyone can place your bets——"

Many people immediately surrounded several gambling tables. The odds of losing this one actually exceeded 1.01. The hope was much higher. Although most people bought him and lost, some people took the risk. After all, as Bronski said, The sea monster might be full.

"Time's up~"

Bronski smiled and said, the pirate on the opposite platform was also a ruthless man. He grabbed the knife with both hands and jumped off the high platform without saying a word.

Mulan grinned just looking at this man's movements. He went down with a long knife in both hands, and it was difficult to paddle underwater. Although pirates must be very capable of treading water, flexibility is more important.

But before the pirates could enter the water, the underwater sea monster suddenly swam over quickly, jumped out of the water with a bang, and opened its bloody mouth full of fangs.

The pirate waved his swords in the air in panic.

After two sounds of "dang" and "dang", the knife hit his teeth and was bounced away. The pirate's body was also bitten by the sea monster, and then he was smashed into the water.

"Plop~~~"

Water exploded into the sky, and all the pirates in the lower parts of the arena were wet by the rising sea water.

The whole place was silent, and it took a few seconds for the noise to return, but the Golden Sword Pirates group remained silent.

"Oh, poor Joseph, I think the sea monster was not full just now, but it ate another person. This time I think it should be full. Which other warrior wants to play?"

Bronski said loudly, his eyes sweeping across the audience, focusing on the direction of the twelve pirate leaders and the pirate groups chasing after them.

Finally, someone from a pirate group ranked in the top twenty came out. Without waiting for the other party to speak, Bransky reported the odds directly. The odds of success were as high as 9 to 1, and 1.2 to 1 for failure. Compared with the previous, This is already quite astonishing.

But this time not many people succeeded, almost all of them failed.

"The Fang Pirates, Castin."

After saying these words, the pirate stripped off his body to only a pair of shorts that were tied tightly around the waist. He held a hook with a rope in his hand, and then jumped directly.

Still in the air, Castine threw out his hook, hooked it directly on the platform above his head, and pulled hard. His body drew an arc in the air, avoiding the sea monster that broke through the water again, and then landed. Arrived in the water further away.

When the sea monster swam over, Castine dived directly into the water and kept going downwards. Instead of confronting the sea monster head-on, he dived directly to the bottom of the water and used the rocks at the bottom to avoid the sea monster's attack.

For a whole minute and a half, Castin held his breath underwater, cleverly stuck various rocks and swam away. When the time was up, he lured the sea monster to crash against the rocks, and then surfaced from the other side to break through the water.

"I succeeded, pull me up quickly——"

Kasdin yelled this in panic, and the shadow of the sea monster appeared under him.

Bronski smiled and did not move, but in the direction of the Venomous Fang Pirates, the leader waved his hand far away, and Castine left the water as if weightless. The sea monster's fangs broke through the water almost at the same time, but the bite was empty.

"He succeeded-" "Castin succeeded!"

"Awesome!" "Long live Castine——"

The whole audience cheered enthusiastically, and the few who succeeded in pressing Castin even shouted long live.

Ruskin frowned. He glanced in Vincent's direction and saw that the latter had the same solemn expression, but fortunately there was no fear.

Next, top-ranked pirate groups continued to challenge.

The second person after Kasdin also succeeded. Although he failed, he managed to survive by changing direction under the water when the sea monster moved over at high speed.

But then three people in a row tried to imitate the two who succeeded before, but they all failed. One person was half eaten, and the two were torn into pieces.

There were corpses and blood floating on the water, and Blonsky's apologetic voice sounded.

"Oh~ forgive me, I don't know the habits of this little cutie. It does seem to be full, but it still likes to kill. Gee, it's such a charming little thing~"

Blonsky looked in all directions, focusing on Ruskin's direction.

"So, who else wants to challenge? It's not brave to keep waiting for others to consume the little cutie's energy~~~"

Before Ruskin could speak, Mulan immediately showed anger.

"Chief, he is talking about us! He dares to insult our Ruskin pirate group. I can't bear it anymore. I want to go into the water!"

The surrounding pirates looked at Mulan and then at the water stained red with blood.

"Vincent" "Brother!"

Ruskin also looked at Mulan at this moment and nodded slightly to him.

"Vincent, come on."

Mulan nodded heavily and then stood up. He did not bring a sea soul, but a short sword with a long blade, or a long dagger, and a chained iron ball hanging from the foot of the death row prisoner.

When Mullan climbed onto the high platform with the dagger in his mouth and the iron ball in his hands, Bransky was already looking at him.

"Ruskin Pirates, Vincent comes to challenge——"

The people of the Ruskin Pirate Group were cheering enthusiastically, and they were shouting Vincent's name. Even those who had not dealt with Mulan before were roaring at the top of their lungs now.

Bronski nodded slightly and looked at the gaming table.

"The odds of success are 3.5 to 1, and the odds of failure are 1.4 to 1. The challenge will start in five minutes."

The whole audience was in an uproar. The highest success rate so far meant that Bronsky believed that Vincent was the strongest challenger so far.

Ruskin gently clenched his fists and smiled. Vincent's nickname of "Monster" did not come casually.

"Vincent——" "Vincent——" "Vincent——"

The members of the Ruskin Pirates were so excited that they all shouted Mulan's pseudonym.

At this moment, even the pirate king Blomfield, who was in a high position, sat slightly straighter and showed an interested expression.

Mulan looked in the direction of the Pirate King. It seemed that the secret of his body had not been discovered by the Pirate King. Fortunately, the elf was there, otherwise he would have been an undercover agent like this. It was hard to say whether he could have concealed it when the Pirate King's attention had been attracted at this moment. live.