Splash!
A column of water suddenly burst in from the side. The space beneath the water gradually began to destabilize, and the ground was instantly soaked over a large area. Water came surging in with a rush, about to flood over where Chu Han stood.
At the same time, creak—
The upper half of that enormous shell began slowly lowering, on the verge of closing completely!
Wang Cai was utterly dumbfounded. It hurriedly returned the mermaid's white bones it had been holding aloft to their original place, but it was too little, too late. The water column continued pouring into the space, while the enormous shell showed no sign of stopping its closure.
Judging by the width and force of that water column, it was easy to infer that within minutes, the hollow passage and space beneath the water would be filled. Then Chu Han and Wang Cai would have no choice but to die!
"We're done for!" Wang Cai looked at Chu Han with tears in its eyes, utterly despairing. "Chu Han, I was wrong—pfft—"
Wang Cai's words were cut off halfway through because Chu Han moved with lightning speed, grabbed it from the shell, and hurled it out. It crashed headfirst into another giant shell.
"Take that Golden Scales and open the other coffin!" Chu Han commanded without room for objection. After saying that, he plunged headfirst into the shell coffin before him, his hands continuously feeling around beneath the mermaid skeleton.
Dazed from the impact, Wang Cai hurriedly scrambled to its feet. Only then did it realize that Chu Han had calculated the angle when he threw it. Directly in front of it stood the other designated shell coffin. At some point, Chu Han had also placed the Golden Scales in its hand.
Wang Cai had no