299. The Contest Begins
"This golden one can't be pineapple flavored again." Raine picked up a Sea God Fruit, and peeled it, revealing the golden flesh inside. Raine had a face full of displeasure.
"Hey, man, I've already eaten four golden ones, my teeth are about to fall off from sourness." Raine shook his head, "I really doubt if these Sea God Fruits are ripe, each one is more sour than the last!"
He had no choice, it was a special period now, even if Raine could no longer eat, he had to force down this Sea God Fruit.
An hour later, Raine checked the properties of this Sea God Fruit.
[Mutation Type: Auxiliary Mutation]
[Throne of God: 1/40 Level]
[Skill Information: After activating the skill, you can quickly recover, forcibly refreshing all skill cooldowns. After forcibly refreshing skills, the body will suffer double the usual consumption. Certain skills with strong consumption side effects will return double the weakened state after refresh. At the current level, the Throne of God can be used once a month.]
Raine frowned. This skill was not bad in theory, if he could refresh the Dragon Slaying Slash once, it meant he could use two swords in a short period! But if he has to return to a doubly weakened state, he wasn't sure how long he would need to rest.
"Let's leave this skill for now, uh... let me think, should I wash away the Triple Transformation of Scaly Dragon?"
The additional attack and defense of the Triple Transformation of Scaly Dragon were meaningless compared to the Soul Contract, but the water attribute increase of the first transformation was still useful.
Underwater, his attributes increased by 700%, which was a very considerable improvement. If he used the Dragon Slaying Slash underwater, the power would be great.
"Or, wash away the Gaze of Naga?"
Raine was again reluctant to part with it. The Gaze of Naga could save his life or surprise the enemy at a critical moment.
"Damn, it's so hard to choose." Raine scratched his head hard, "Ah! Which one to wash away, this choice is too painful! I hate multiple-choice questions the most!"
Especially when Raine saw that there were more than a hundred Sea God Fruits in front of him, the expression on his face became more pained.
"Damn, there's so much more to eat... I'm afraid I'll get sick of eating Sea God Fruits!"
Just as Raine was suffering because of a pile of top-tier Sea God Fruits, Avril, and the others were gradually approaching the legendary Sea God Fruit.
"We're almost there!" The Sea God's face gradually became serious, "I can feel it!"
"Slow down." Avril immediately ordered.
Thousands of warships saw the speed of the Dad slowing down and understood what this move meant.
"Deputy leader Avril, an island is detected ahead!" A crew member came to report.
Avril and the others picked up their binoculars to look. Indeed, at a distance of about fifty kilometers from them, a solitary island appeared. The island looked not quite large, and according to the radar scan, it was about the size of ten football fields. However, the island was completely flat, with only one towering tree.
"There's another tree inside the World Tree..." Trajan squinted, "I didn't expect the World Tree to be so magical."
Upon closer inspection, one could see a huge fruit on the only tree on the island. The fruit was green and about the size of a person.
"That's the Sea God Fruit, isn't it?" Olivia asked.
The Sea God nodded, "Correct, my guidance has come to an end, it's up to you now."
Avril and the others came near the glass cabin and looked at the surrounding warships. Many people on these warships also put down their binoculars, obviously, they had also discovered the Sea God Fruit.
Thousands of warships lined up in a row on the sea. Although no one took action, probably everyone knew that the current calm was just a prelude to the storm.
After these warships slowed down and moved to a position 30,000 meters from the island, a strange scene occurred. All the warships seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier.
After a while, all the fleets stopped. The World Tree prohibited the firing of warships. If they were to compete for the Sea God Fruit, they definitely could not rely on the power of warships.
The Sea God had also said that the World Tree provided a special place for the major powers to compete for the Sea God Fruit. And this barrier seemed to be the place he mentioned where they could take action!
"Avril, the barrier will open in five minutes, but warships and fighters are still not allowed in, you can enter by wooden boat," the Sea God said. "You should act quickly, the other warships are already preparing. By the way, you must be careful. This competition for the Sea God Fruit is very dangerous, I don't know what kind of dangers are hidden in this 30,000 meters of the sea, you must be careful."
Avril nodded. The Sea God had already prophesied that the success rate of this competition for the Sea God Fruit was less than 1%!
The surrounding fleets were well prepared, they lowered wooden boats from the warships, and the elite crew members of each fleet boarded them. Some fleets brought their own sea monster pets. At this time, they all jumped on the bodies of the sea monsters, ready to enter the barrier.
Avril and the others also opened the ship cabin one after another.
"Blacky," Avril called out to the sea, and a giant black head surfaced from the water, gradually revealing Blacky's massive body.
"All captains, vice-captains, we let Blacky lead us!"
Time passed second by second, and in the fifth minute, after they touched the barrier, a halo flashed on the barrier. The flash of this halo meant that the barrier was open.
At this instant, countless small boats, sea monsters, scaly dragons, and even divine dragons, like sprinters on a starting line, rushed forward as the barrier opened briefly.
Avril and the others didn't rush but waited for everyone else to enter the barrier before letting Blacky set off.
"Even if they can reach the island, they won't be able to snatch the Sea God Fruit so easily. Since we have the guidance of the Sea God, we should take advantage of it," Avril said. "We follow behind them, ready for danger."
For a moment, hundreds of boats were vying for the lead, and a large number of wooden boats, although small, moved at a speed akin to speedboats.
The fleets were also not reluctant to equip the small wooden boats with advanced motors or have them propelled by powerful underwater mutant crew members. Those teams riding sea monsters were naturally not slow, and everyone rushed towards the island like bees to honey.
In the blink of an eye, the fastest of these contenders had already moved 500 meters. But at this moment, the originally calm sea surface suddenly became turbulent.
Suddenly, right where a large number of ships were concentrated, a huge sharp tree root pierced out from the seabed, overturning dozens of wooden boats, and even impaling one of them, shooting towards the sky!
The appearance of this wooden spike was just a prelude. Then, the entire sea surface began to boil.
Countless wooden spikes, without warning, stabbed out from the sea floor. A large number of boats and sea monsters were caught off guard, and many were hit, with a few sea monsters over a hundred meters long being impaled and hung in the sky.
"This... Blacky, be careful!"
Blacky's eyes were resolute, his body agilely weaving through the protruding spikes, continuing to sprint towards the island.