When everyone heard the third trial mentioned by the Land Spirit, they all grumbled incessantly in their hearts.
To find a pearl oyster in a water area spanning ten thousand acres was truly no better than searching for a needle in a haystack.
Not to mention, during this period, killing was no longer prohibited, and the three parties could attack each other at any time to eliminate their opponents.
This arrangement suddenly elevated the difficulty of this trial to a level fully matching the first two rounds.
A by-the-book Legacy trial suddenly turned into an unreasonable and brutal slaughter.
What if they won the first two rounds? If they died in this one, everything would be for naught!
At this moment, Pirate Boss and Pirate Number Two also realized this, and both of them, by prior agreement, cast sinister glances at Zhou Ming and the two others.
These two pirates, who had just fallen out with each other, now shared the same thought with great tacit agreement: first eliminate the stronger party, then the two of them would fight to the death!
The two looked at each other, and the intense Aura of Gu being activated rose from their bodies; they couldn't help but want to act together right now.
"Go!" Cai Zhiyin roared, and the three immediately rushed into the sea.
"Go? Where can you escape to?!" Pirate Boss sneered, flying into the sea. The seawater automatically enveloped his body, propelling him to quickly chase after the three.
Pirate Number Two followed to the seaside, and seeing this scene, a hint of hesitation suddenly arose in his eyes, which had just been filled with Killing Intent.
Pirate Boss was a Rank 4 Gu Master, possessing an inherent advantage in water. One-on-one, no one present was his opponent.
So, if he were to join forces with Pirate Boss now and kill the three opponents, and then Pirate Boss turned to deal with him, what would he use to fight him?
"No, I can't let them be killed so easily by Pirate Boss! I need to find a way to make them both suffer heavy losses, and then I'll reap the benefits!" Pirate Number Two's face hardened as he made up his mind, then suddenly plunged into the water.
In the vast sea, the three dove rapidly, yet an immense pressure behind them was constantly closing in. Pirate Boss, with a sinister smile on his face, had already begun to fiercely attack them.
Cai Zhiyin hastily activated his defensive Gu to resist, but in the seawater, Pirate Boss's offensive power increased by several tenths, making Cai Zhiyin's resistance quite arduous.
"Fleeing like this is not a solution."
Zhou Ming glanced at the situation behind them, seeing Pirate Boss relentlessly pursuing, and also noticing Pirate Number Two trailing far behind, immediately guessing Pirate Number Two's thoughts.
"Stop!" she said, "We'll turn back and fight him!"
"Fight back?" Cai Zhiyin shook his head and gave a bitter smile, "Miss Qin, it's not that I'm timid, but the other two clearly intend to join forces. For us to confront them head-on with our strength, the chances of winning are truly not great…"
His words were already very tactful. What did "not great chances of winning" mean? A Rank Four Gu Master with two Rank Three Gu Masters against two Rank Four Gu Masters working together was simply suicide.
"Listen, I'll only say this once." Zhou Ming said in a deep, rapid voice, "In a moment, the two of us will block that Water Path Gu Master. You just deal with that Transformation Path Gu Master, making sure to kill him as quickly as possible. We will hold on until you rejoin us, and then we'll deal with the Water Path Gu Master together. That's it, go!"
After speaking, she ignored Cai Zhiyin's reaction and turned back to rush towards Pirate Boss.
"Wait!" Cai Zhiyin was startled and quickly reached out to grab, but caught nothing.
"Haha, there are truly those who aren't afraid of death." Pirate Boss let out a long laugh, and the surrounding seawater quickly condensed into two large hands, grabbing at the two of them separately.
"Hongyan, don't separate from me!" Zhou Ming held Qiu Hongyan with one hand, while vines sprouted from her other hand as she charged towards Pirate Boss.
At the same time, the Umbrella Lotus Gu was activated, forming a giant umbrella lotus to block the two massive hands reaching down for them.
In such a critical moment, she didn't forget to glance back at Cai Zhiyin, her eyes filled with determination, which made Cai Zhiyin grit his teeth and let out a low growl, charging furiously towards Pirate Number Two behind him.
Pirate Number Two stared dumbfounded at Cai Zhiyin, who was rushing towards him with a fierce and wild expression. He watched as the opponent's entire body was covered in earth and rock, transforming into a giant earth and rock titan, who then aggressively smashed down with a punch.
Only then did he hastily retreat, activating a Killing Move, transforming into a blue Seven Treasures Water Elephant, and brutally colliding with the Earth and Rock Titan.
"I originally intended to conserve my strength and wait for you all to fight it out first, but I didn't expect you to come for me first."
The Seven Treasures Water Elephant gritted his teeth, raising his enormous trunk and fiercely lashing it against the Earth and Rock Titan's body, causing rock fragments to fly. However, the Earth and Rock Titan seemed oblivious, striking back with a punch to the Seven Treasures Water Elephant's head.
The Seven Treasures Water Elephant let out a pained cry, raising his elephant kick to fiercely kick the Earth and Rock Titan, directly shattering and damaging large chunks of earth and rock from the Titan's chest and abdomen.
The Earth and Rock Titan didn't care at all; he was not made of flesh and blood. As long as Cai Zhiyin's core body wasn't harmed, he let the Seven Treasures Water Elephant pummel him.
For a time, Cai Zhiyin's reckless and ferocious fighting style gained the upper hand, leaving the Seven Treasures Water Elephant with torn skin and flesh, broken bones, and continuous screams.
However, just then, two screams echoed consecutively from the underwater. Cai Zhiyin's body trembled, and he abruptly turned his head, only to see the dying Qiu Hongyan holding Zhou Ming, whose white clothes were stained with blood, sinking towards the seabed.
And the beautiful woman in Qiu Hongyan's arms, with a gentle smile and a serene expression as if she were asleep, Cai Zhiyin could no longer feel any Qi from her body.
She… died?
A thought suddenly popped into Cai Zhiyin's mind, and he stood there in a daze, forgetting everything.
Bang! The Seven Treasures Water Elephant stomped down fiercely, kicking the Earth and Rock Titan away, but it did not provoke a fierce counterattack from the Earth and Rock Titan. He was also slightly stunned, then he too saw the two women sinking towards the seabed.
"One is dead, the other will die too!"
Pirate Boss laughed wildly, his figure moving as he chased after the two women.
"Bastard, you deserve to die!"
Cai Zhiyin, who had been dazed, suddenly felt boundless grief and fury surge within him. He roared, unleashing a full-force punch at Pirate Boss's back.
A water wall suddenly rose, blocking the punch for Pirate Boss. With a thunderous crash, the water wall immediately dispersed, and the Earth and Rock Titan's enormous fist also exploded.
Cai Zhiyin was relentless, raising his other fist to smash down.
Pirate Boss had already turned around at this point, sneering contemptuously. His flexible body dodged the mighty fist, and a water blade sliced into the Earth and Rock Titan's body, immediately cutting off large chunks of rock.
"Ah ah ah! I'll kill you to avenge Miss Qin!"
Cai Zhiyin disregarded everything, acting like a madman. The earth and rock on his body continuously condensed, and his fists flew, punching relentlessly at Pirate Boss.
However, he was now in complete disarray, his punches lacked any pattern, and Pirate Boss fully utilized his underwater advantage, moving at extreme speed.
Cai Zhiyin's chaotic punches couldn't even touch Pirate Boss's clothes. Instead, Pirate Boss continuously cut him with water blades, steadily depleting his strength.
"Damn it!" The Seven Treasures Water Elephant above saw this scene and thought, "This is bad." In an instant, the situation had reversed. Cai Zhiyin's side had one dead and one crippled, while Pirate Boss had become the strongest entity among the three parties.
If Pirate Boss were to kill Cai Zhiyin as well, the next one he would have to deal with would only be himself!
Strike first! Pirate Number Two immediately became ruthless, furiously kicking his four hooves in the water, charging rapidly towards Pirate Boss.
His burst of speed was extremely fierce. Although Pirate Boss had always kept a third of his attention on him, he hadn't expected such a sudden and swift attack. With a bang, he was hit and immediately flew backward.
A series of cracking sounds could be heard, and it was unknown how many bones in Pirate Boss's body were broken by Pirate Number Two's collision.
"You, Pirate Number Two, actually had this trick up your sleeve! You hid your strength quite well!"
Pirate Boss was both shocked and angry. While activating his healing Gu to treat his injuries, he abandoned his attack and swam flexibly in the water, dodging the combined attacks of Cai Zhiyin and Pirate Number Two, adopting a posture for a war of attrition.
"This won't do, I can't catch him, he'll just wear me down to death!"
Cai Zhiyin was filled with hatred. He immediately dismissed the Earth and Rock Titan, pointed a finger, and mud and sand surged through the water, spreading in all directions.
"Killing Move, Accumulated Mud Platform!"
Immediately, a large amount of mud and sand appeared out of thin air, surging wildly, making the seawater murky and visibility difficult.
The mud and sand rapidly spread, seemingly intending to encompass an area of thousands, even tens of thousands of meters, sealing everything within the mud and sand.
Pirate Boss was startled. Although he doubted if this kid had enough true essence to sustain such a massive consumption, he dared not gamble. He brought his hands together, and when he separated them again, a small vortex formed in his hands.
"Killing Move, Great Whirlpool!"
Pirate Boss's veins bulged on his forehead, and he forcefully pushed his arms, sending the vortex forward.
In an instant, the Great Whirlpool in Pirate Boss's hand rapidly expanded, engulfing the mud and sand in a swift rotation. Pirate Boss continuously retreated; once the Great Whirlpool formed, even he dared not get too close, lest he be sucked in.
Suddenly, an immense sense of crisis welled up in his heart, and at the same time, a powerful force descended from behind, erupting abruptly and smashing fiercely into his back.
With a bang, the unprepared Pirate Boss had no time to parry. He was hit squarely by the blow.
His backbones were completely shattered, and the surging force broke through his chest and abdomen, causing his internal organs to burst. Foul blood gushed out, mixing with the mud and sand, staining a large area of the seawater red.
Pirate Boss suddenly turned around, still clinging to life by a thread, and saw the Seven Treasures Sea Elephant proudly retracting his front hooves, then throwing his entire body down onto him.
'When…,' thoughts flashed through Pirate Boss's mind, 'It was that mud and sand. He wasn't using any Accumulated Mud Platform Killing Move at all! It was to obstruct my perception, allowing Pirate Number Two to get behind me God Knows Not and Ghostly Concealment…'
In the last moments of his life, Pirate Boss understood everything, but it was already too late. The Seven Treasures Sea Elephant crashed heavily onto his body, instantly smashing half of him into a bloody pulp, killing him beyond any doubt.
"Hahahaha, Pirate Boss, you're finally dead!"
"Rest in peace, I'll go kill that kid up there now and send him to join you!"
The Seven Treasures Sea Elephant triumphantly raised his long trunk and shouted, as if he had already seen the dawn of victory.
Just then, several vines suddenly shot out from below, quickly coiling around the Seven Treasures Sea Elephant's four limbs, binding him tightly.
Before the Seven Treasures Sea Elephant could break free from the vines, the Earth and Rock Titan above descended again, and two massive fists smashed fiercely towards the Seven Treasures Sea Elephant's head!