Chapter 34 Getting Involved
"Well?! Make a decision quickly!"
Jiu Nian's tone was gradually becoming impatient as he stared at the so-called naval admiral in front of him.
The viewers in the live stream thought Cliff would agree no matter what; after all, it was just a game.
A tiny fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be exchanged for 5 million RMB in the real world. No one would refuse that, right?
"Have you... kicked the god?" Cliff pushed up his glasses, looked down at Jiu Nian, and gave his answer.
Upon hearing this, Jiu Nian stared at him with wide, incredulous eyes, as if he had encountered some kind of shocking fool.
"What?!"
"6 million...the final price!"
The price was raised again. Jiu Nian stared at him through gritted teeth, his chest heaving violently as he gripped the spiked club tightly.
"Although but..."
"I refuse! I love saying NO to those who think they're better than me!"
Still sporting that arrogant look, Cliff, hands in his pockets, kicked out first.
Although he had been stabbed by Poseidon earlier, the wound in his chest hadn't healed yet, and he couldn't muster his full strength.
But as a mage king, he is more than capable of dealing with a peak Grand Magister.
"You're asking for it, aren't you!"
"I am Kaido!" After being rejected repeatedly, Ku Nian became furious, his face turning red and his neck bulging. He swung his spiked club and charged forward again.
"null--!"
The two clashed head-on, and the aftershocks of their battle quickly spread, affecting the surrounding islands to varying degrees.
"call..."
Jiu Nian opened his mouth wide and took a deep breath. A blue whirlwind swirled around his feet as he switched elements in an instant.
A sudden gust of wind rose up, enveloping the entire vortex-filled sea area, and the surrounding air instantly became frigid.
Even players watching from a distance could vaguely feel this terrifying magic; with each breath, their lungs felt like they were being ripped open…
"Bad wind—!"
With a roar, the air was further compressed, and transparent ripples spread outwards from Jiu Nian as the center. The invisible slashing machine also began to indiscriminately cut everything around it.
"Oh my... Wind attribute, how scary..." Cliff casually wiped his glasses, then held up a finger.
"Sizzle..."
Golden light instantly gathered, shining like stars and quickly scattering in all directions. At the right moment, he conjured a lightsaber with his right hand.
...
Along with them on Whirlpool Island, someone started a frenzy in the live stream, with viewers flooding the chat with comments saying that the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were on the island.
This immediately drove the players who came to watch the battle crazy. While the two were fighting fiercely, they quickly began to search the entire island.
The wreckage of the previous escort ship lay scattered across the island, some even landing in large fields, and most players immediately began using magic to plow the fields...
Xu Daming, who had previously fled across the sea, had just landed on this island.
Seeing that many players had appeared on the island, he had no choice but to turn on the live stream again.
...
"Finally, they're not hiding it anymore? They've started broadcasting?"
"Host! The fragments are on this island! Everyone's going crazy for them, hurry, or they'll be gone!"
"I can't help but laugh at the thought of those two idiots fighting for ages only to end up with nothing!"
"My dear baby, don't be silly! Even if you manage to grab it, do you think you can outrun those two?"
...
Looking at the barrage of comments, Xu Daming quickly gleaned a lot of useful information, such as why these two had come here.
Yes, he should have turned off the live stream the moment he saw the ship.
"You boring people!!"
Even a fool could tell that they were the ones who tipped him off; Xu Daming sighed, speechless with exasperation.
But the most important thing right now is the tattered pages, so he had to lead the Knights in a thorough search.
"Don't miss any corner! Search inside the house too!"
The players' offensive actions naturally angered the island's natives, and another great battle broke out on Vortex Island.
With a permanent population of over 28 million, Whirlpool Island serves as a transit point for the East China Sea leading to the Sea of Destiny, and is naturally the second transit point for the triangular trade.
It should have been one of the regions most severely affected by the Black Death.
However, the island's residents were prematurely quarantined due to the actions of the two local bullies, one in green and one in red, and all close contacts were forcibly dealt with...
Those two were even revered as the Azure and Crimson Twin Shadows, so players who landed on the island could always find their secrets in various places.
...
At this moment, on the eastward route of the Sea of Destiny, a huge ship is slowly sailing towards the eddy currents.
The red-haired man leaning against the watchtower silently lit a cigarette, then raised an eyebrow at a blue mermaid below.
—The two were none other than Shanks and Lovelyt.
Exhaling a smoke ring, Shanks gazed at the stars and silently lowered his head: "What could possibly make Kaido go to such lengths? Could it be the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls?"
Lovelet shook her head immediately upon hearing this, leaning forward against the railing: "I don't think so. At least this area can't possibly still exist."
"Oh? Why are you so sure?" Shanks frowned, seemingly surprised by his answer.
Lovelet reached out to touch the seawater that was within reach, but just as the waves were about to hit her hand, she pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted.
"That pirate king of yesteryear dominated the oceans; with his personality, how could he have overlooked anything?" She explained, biting her lip as she gazed intently at her reflection in the water.
"He gifted you, the new generation, all the Dead Sea Scrolls he found in the four seas and a small part of the Sea of Destiny as his legacy."
"How could such a thing exist in this small whirlpool area?" After saying this, Lovelyt squatted on the deck and looked up at the sky with Shanks.
"Indeed…" Shanks nodded silently, but the doubt in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
With her hands supporting her head and her legs swinging unconsciously, Lovelet pursed her lips and said, "It's strange, though. It's rare to see a Yonko with a bounty of 1.6 billion gold coins make such a big fuss in a place like this."
"What could it be..." The two were almost lost in thought when the sudden raindrops interrupted their thoughts.
There were no dark clouds in the sky, and you could even see the stars and the moon, yet it was inexplicably raining heavily.
They all turned their gaze toward the light that was gradually appearing at the horizon.
"Empty, empty, empty—!"
The attacks of the five elements—wind, light, thunder, water, and fire—were relentlessly intertwined, and vast amounts of seawater were channeled into the sky…
Jiu Nian and Cliff were almost in a frenzy, using all sorts of ruthless and underhanded tactics against each other.
"They're fighting pretty fiercely..." Shanks chuckled to himself, resting his head on his hands as he watched the battlefield still churning with excitement.
"That is…" He narrowed his eyes and first glanced at the figure that was radiating golden light.
Lovelet looked up and stared, a slight smile playing on her lips, and said, "Kizaru, one of the three admirals of the Caesar Empire Navy."
"Okay, it's very likely that it's a fragment."
"The inland areas were so severely affected by the Black Death that they actually went so far as to deploy a Dharma King-level combatant