Zhu Zhuqing walked over from the far side of the beach, her steps steady and her expression cool. "If you think you've got it so hard, you can ask Senior Bo Saixi to let you withdraw from the trial."
"I'll pass..."
Oscar tucked his neck in. "We've come all this way. We can't go back empty-handed, can we?"
"Coward."
Dugu Yan snorted and dropped into a beach chair nearby. "Speaking of which, what trial are Jiang Chen and Rongrong on now?"
"The Fourth Trial, I think."
Ye Lingling emerged from the coconut grove with a thick book bound in animal hide, her expression as calm as ever. "Senior Bo Saixi said yesterday that they'd reached the Fourth Trial of the Sea God's Nine Trials."
"The Fourth Trial?"
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "What's the task?"
"I don't know."
Ye Lingling shook her head. "Senior Bo Saixi didn't say. She only said they had to go to the Sea God Altar today to receive it."
Meanwhile, at the Sea God Altar.
Jiang Chen and Ning Rongrong stood side by side atop the altar. A golden sphere of light the size of a baby's head hovered before them.
Bo Saixi stood below the altar, forming hand seals as she murmured an ancient incantation.
Golden runes rose from the altar's surface and wove together into a curtain of golden light.
An image appeared upon it.
In the boundless deep sea, an enormous white figure swam slowly through the dark-blue water.
It was a hundred meters long, silver-white from head to tail. Its skin was smooth as a mirror, giving off a faint glow in the dim water.
Its head was streamlined, and its huge eyes shone like two blue lanterns, radiating a cold, savage air.
Most striking of all was its dorsal