As the ball of light disappeared, the sea beasts that had been fiercely fighting the clones also dispersed and dived back into the deep sea.
Only the endless corpses of sea creatures and the blood-stained sea testify to the fierce battle that once took place here.
"We won! We're the champions!"
"I just finished warming up, and this is it?"
"Boring, I haven't even started my killing spree yet."
So what if you're not good at naval warfare? I'll still beat you until you're begging for mercy!
"..."
The clones are cheering; they've won against the wave team again, and it's the sea team again.
The soaking wet Brother Devour emerged from the sea, returned to the ship, and took the clothes from the Mist Lord.
"Thank goodness."
The Mist Lord breathed a sigh of relief.
The ship did not sink.
Brother Devour smiled and said, "You're very strong, there's no need to be so cautious."
The Mist Lord rolled his eyes. "I call this being cautious."
Qin Ze and the Dharma King returned to the ship.
Not far away, the nearly kilometer-long "dragon corpse" lying across the sea was gradually Flesh and Blood, revealing its stark white bones.
Qin Ze said calmly, "You arrived just in time."
The Dharma King arrogantly raised his head. "Do you need to tell me?"
Qin Ze continued, "This isn't over yet. You'll need to take the boat to the back of the island later."
The word "behind" refers to the section behind the shipping lane from Thousand Streams Island to Steamed Bun Island.
With the Steamed Bun Mountain in the distance, the boat could be hidden.
In this way, by the time the manager arrives, they won't see Brother Devour and the others.
Brother Devour nodded.
"Also, the ten of you will come with me to the island."
Qin Ze randomly selected ten people to fill Giant Overlord.
After dispelling the Fog of War in the Dragon Corpse Sea, the Mist Lord anchored the ship in the designated location and lay in wait.
Qin Ze brought the Dharma King to the island as well, where they joined up with the Giant Overlord and others from the mountains and forests.
"The shipping company people will arrive in four hours." Qin Ze glanced at the time.
Captain Hook stepped forward and said, "I'm going to stay with my ship."
Qin Ze raised an eyebrow. "Didn't your ship sink a long time ago?"
Captain Hook, neither convinced of his own position nor assertive, muttered under his breath, "Isn't there a new ship anchored behind the island?"
His Dharma King: "Have you no shame? That's your boat!"
Captain Hook puffed out his chest. "As the commander of the Circus Navy, all the Circus ships belong to me!"
Qin Ze chuckled, "Aren't you the real Captain? When did you get another title?"
Captain Hook waved his hand dismissively. "We're not on the same page. Captain 'm going to find my ship."
With that, the Captain scurried off the island.
In the dense forest, Qin Ze found a dry cave and went inside to rest with Giant Overlord and the others.
Qin Ze roughly knew what the blood sacrifice array set up by Wang Laoliu was for.
If I'm not mistaken, that "inner core" should contain a large amount of the Source of the World.
After the shipping company manager obtained it, he was unable to extract the Source of the World for his own use because he did not have the key, so he had to use an array to transform it.
In principle, it is similar to the sacrifice of the sea beast by the ball of light; the core is the refining through the power of life.
Now, Qin Ze only needs to wait quietly, and another sum of Source of the World will soon be in his pocket.
At noon, an armed ship appeared on the vast sea and headed towards Steamed Bun Island.
A token in Qin Ze's pocket suddenly vibrated; it was a gift from Wang Laoliu before his death.
"Is the formation set up?"
A moment later, the token emitted a somewhat familiar sound.
Qin Ze replied in Wang Laoliu's voice, "Everything is ready, just waiting for you to arrive."
The token remained silent.
Qin Ze tucked it into his robes and said to the Dharma King and the others, "The fish has taken the bait."
Half an hour later, Qin Ze saw the shipping company manager, who turned out to be the middle-aged man who had thrown him the wine yesterday morning.
"So you're playing the double agent game here, huh?"
Qin Ze sneered inwardly.
The manager was followed by more than 30 armed men, and nearly 100 people remained on the ship.
The manager walked up to Qin Ze and asked, "How many people are on the island right now?"
Qin Ze replied, "One hundred and one hundred is enough to activate the Blood Sacrifice Formation."
The manager nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. "Well done, you'll get credit for this when we get back."
Qin Ze hurriedly expressed his gratitude, saying, "It is my honor to work for the manager."
The manager glanced around and frowned. "Where are those people? They should have seen our ship by now."
Qin Ze cursed inwardly, having completely forgotten about this.
They only told Scarface and his gang not to come out and disturb the Circus performance; now that they're hiding too well, they've given themselves away.
The people who had been surviving in the wilderness on the island for more than a week saw a boat appear, but no one showed their face.
This is unreasonable.
Qin Ze had a sudden inspiration. "To prevent those guys from interfering with your plans today, I burned some incense for them last night. They should all still be sleeping. Would you like to go check on them?"
"I see." The manager nodded. "That saves me a lot of trouble. You did a great job."
Qin Ze nodded and bowed again.
On the Local Area Network, the clones couldn't help but chuckle.
"To be honest, he really does have that sycophantic streak."
"You playing a villain is practically a natural fit for your own personality."
"Diu nian."
"Indeed, I'm too embarrassed to say I know him."
"..."
Qin Ze was too lazy to explain to them what "enduring hardship and biding one's time" meant, and continued to immerse himself in role-playing.
"The dragon corpse is gone."
The manager frowned as he saw the "dragon corpse," now completely reduced to bones, and countless other sea beast carcasses on the sea surface.
Their ship had just come from another direction and hadn't seen the battle area.
Qin Ze explained, "Three or four hours ago, the ball of light appeared, and a large group of sea beasts started fighting."
"Later, for some unknown reason, the sea beasts around the ball of light suddenly died, and the other sea beasts soon dispersed as well."
"Then the Flesh and Blood on the dragon's corpse began to disintegrate, and now only bones remain."
After hearing Qin Ze's words, the manager seemed to be deep in thought.
"The timing is wrong."
"There's absolutely no need to force it; it would only cause enormous losses."
The manager's soft murmur resolved Qin Ze's confusion.
He now finally understood the price of instantly sacrificing so many sea beasts to refine the Source of the World.
The conversion rate is not 100%; there will be a significant amount of loss along the way.
Qin Ze also learned why the blood sacrifice formation was placed on Steamed Bun Island.
The manager wanted to kill two birds with one stone.
This period of time was sufficient for the ball of light to gradually refine all the Source of the World within the "Dragon Corpse".
The manager then took the " Source Pearl " from the light cluster and placed it together with the " Source Pearl " from the dragon corpse into the blood sacrifice formation.
He lets the ball of light work for him for Bai Bai, and then he accepts all the payment in return.
Brilliant!
"But it doesn't matter anyway."
Let's just close the net today.
The manager gave a wink to one of his subordinates.
The subordinate immediately produced a token and said, "Begin the operation."
The armed ship, anchored near the island, started up and sailed into the waters surrounding the dragon corpse. Then, it threw black cylinders the size of gasoline drums into the sea from its stern.