Soon, under Fang Ping and the others' watchful eyes, the Rose King began crossing the river.
The next instant, the group burst into motion with lightning speed, shooting into the air and flying toward the opposite bank.
The Forbidden Sea, silent just a moment ago, suddenly came alive. A tentacle reached out to attack the Rank Seven Earth Cave martial artist in the middle.
Seeing this, the Rank Seven Earth Cave martial artist immediately flew higher into the sky.
An instant later, no one knew what the Rank Seven Earth Cave martial artist had touched, but his body suddenly split in two. His upper half vanished without warning, while a tentacle wrapped around his lower half and dragged it into the sea.
Fang Ping and the others broke out in cold sweats at the sight. No wonder the foremost prohibition on the Forbidden Sea was against flying too high. Every rule really did have a reason behind it.
Meanwhile, the Rose King was still racing across the river. The next instant, three different tentacles rose from beneath the sea. He had never imagined that the crossing he had so painstakingly selected would conceal three Rank 9 monsters.
Under ordinary circumstances, he would not have feared facing three Rank 9 opponents. But this was the Forbidden Sea. If they held him up, even more Rank 9 monsters would arrive within seconds.
The Rose King acted decisively, lashing out with his foot and kicking both the Rank Eight martial artist beside him and the one at the front toward the tentacles. Neither could resist, and both were dragged under. Better them than him—subordinates were there to be sacrificed. The Rose King knocked an incoming tentacle back with a palm strike, then shot forward, finally making it across the Forbidden Sea.
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