"What… is this?"

The upheaval on Heatwave Island was nothing short of monumental.

The over-hundred-meter apparition of Ginseng Baby appeared and vanished with incredible speed.

That explosion just now had darkened the sky.

But slowly, the blue sky was reappearing.

Yet, no one cared about that.

Right now, the survivors only wanted to know what this "Immortal Ginseng" from the Pirate King's ruins was, what kind of monster it was!

That attack just now…

Was it definitely not a totem-level strike?

The ingredient… it attacked?

And for those currently around Shi Yu, like Sister Shi and others who had been on the island, helping Shi Yu spread rumors, they were completely bewildered.

Now, they desperately wanted to know the background of their young superior, Xiao Qin.

Such a feat… at this age, they couldn't imagine when the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace had produced such a monstrous prodigy.

"Stay here, don't move."

"We'll be back soon."

At that moment, Shi Yu didn't want to explain anything, but went directly with Gem Cat to retrieve Ginseng Baby.

Clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils!

Hopefully, Ginseng Baby wasn't blown up too thoroughly!

At this time, Ginseng Baby was very excited.

Right when it self-detonated, Shi Yu had affirmed it.

Its willpower had reached the Intermediate level.

This meant it didn't need to suppress its level anymore; it could directly break through.

In that instant of self-detonation, Ginseng Baby felt its entire body being annihilated, its consciousness blurring almost instantly.

At the same time, the most tragic thing happened.

Its contract relationship with Shi Yu directly started to break because of dying once.

But thankfully, the updated Time Mark recorded its contracted state.

So when it was resurrected, under the power of time, taking advantage of the contract's inattentiveness, it quickly repaired the contract before it completely broke!

This made Ginseng Baby breathe a sigh of relief.

When a pet dies, the contract breaks, which more or less has some impact on the Beast Tamer.

If the Beast Tamer is in good condition, the impact can be ignored.

But if the Beast Tamer's condition is extremely poor at the time, the Beast Tamer could also be in mortal danger.

Luckily, Shi Yu's actual physical condition was off the charts; he didn't look as weak as he seemed, so Shi Yu only felt a slight dizziness and stinging in his brain for a few moments.

If this move were used by other Beast Tamers, especially in desperate situations where their condition was poor, it would be hard to say whether it would be the pet self-detonating or the Beast Tamer and pet self-detonating together.

Now, after being resurrected, Ginseng Baby looked around.

It didn't actually know if it had blown those two overlords to death or not.

But even if it hadn't blown them to death, they should be crippled.

It had now broken through to the Ruler level, feeling its powerful strength, Ginseng Baby wasn't afraid of two crippled overlords at all.

Although its only Time Mark had been consumed, and it would take several months to re-condense it if it wanted to revive again, making self-detonation impossible in the short term, it could still use Time Fruits.

It had finally broken through to the Ruler level, and now it could create and use complete Time Fruits with much smaller side effects.

Saying it had Ruler-level combat power wasn't accurate; it should be called quasi-overlord level. With the help of Time Fruits, it could still pay an acceptable price to unleash an overlord-level strike. Although it wasn't as powerful as self-detonation, finishing off old, weak, sick, or disabled overlords shouldn't be a problem.

It was this confidence that allowed Ginseng Baby to look down from the sky.

And this look was no small matter.

It immediately startled Ginseng Baby.

Although many Ruler-level fierce beasts that were close had been blown to ashes, including the Snake Lord, this overlord-level beast, had become dust.

But in the giant pit, a huge black ape still had vital signs, clinging to life.

The Earth Demon Ape wasn't completely dead!

Although it wasn't completely dead, it seemed to have lost its fighting ability as well. Realizing this, Ginseng Baby was overjoyed.

This wasn't a bad thing.

Speaking of which, Ginseng Baby felt a little sorry that Aunt Snake had been blown to ashes.

After all, the materials from an overlord's body were all Level Seven resources, and that snake skin was definitely top-notch material.

As a result, it was blown away like that; what a pity.

Now seeing that the Earth Demon Ape was still alive, its form not too badly damaged, Ginseng Baby's eyes gradually sharpened.

Whoosh!

Its arm extended into a huge tree trunk, forming wooden bars that grabbed the Earth Demon Ape, lifted it up, and raised it to the sky.

"That's… the Black Ape Overlord."

The survivors looked at the "corpse" raised by Ginseng Baby, their faces filled with shock.

"Lord… Wuwuwu, my lord!"

Among the servants of the Black Ape Overlord from the Totem Country, there was also a survivor, who covered his mouth with tears as he looked at the Black Ape Overlord in the sky.

But did he dare to move? He completely didn't dare to move.

This Immortal Ginseng had killed two overlords with one strike, directly becoming a great terror, making all the survivors wary and fearful.

No one knew what had happened just now. Self-detonation + resurrection—even Beast Tamers with the wildest imaginations couldn't think in that direction.

In everyone's eyes, it was basically equivalent to the Immortal Ginseng using some ability to kill a strong enemy in one fell swoop.

Now, facing the Immortal Ginseng with such strength, how could they dare to offend it again?

"Yi!!!"

At the same time, holding up its spoils, Ginseng Baby roared excitedly.

Seeing this, Shi Yu and the others, who were hurrying towards Ginseng Baby, smiled subconsciously. Ginseng Baby was having a great day!

On Shi Yu's body, Eleven and Worm were both filled with envy.

They wondered when they could be like Ginseng Baby, easily annihilating overlords with a backhand.

However, the coolness lasted less than two seconds.

With a "boom," the earlier explosion seemed to have awakened or disturbed the slumber of some powerful being.

In the sky above the island, which had just recovered from darkness to a blue sky, another change appeared!

It was still the phenomenon that appeared when the Legend Gem appeared earlier.

Countless vortices were all over the island, both inside and outside, covering the land and sea.

Innumerable space cracks, like spiderwebs, spread everywhere.

Under the anomaly, a faint coercion diffused from nowhere, enveloping the entire island.

The coercion touched Ginseng Baby, and Ginseng Baby's expression almost instantly froze, its smugness abruptly stopping.

"Yi…"

It had a feeling that it had gotten into big trouble.

Wait, could it be that the leader of these two overlords was here to avenge them?

"Yi…! (Shi Yu, save me!!!!)"

"This is…"

Gem Cat, who was next to Shi Yu, also changed its expression instantly.

"Totem might!"

Gem Cat shouted incredulously.

"Where did a totem come from?"

Shi Yu was also extremely surprised, and then he realized something, looking at the space cracks.

[Hehehehehe.]

At the same time, the strangest thing was that Shi Yu, who was hurrying towards Ginseng Baby, felt his brain buzzing again.

He entered the "listening to the voice of history" state.

This time, not only was there the insidious laughter, but also blurry historical images appeared before his eyes.

[In the picture, there was a frail, white-haired old man in a coat, sitting on a huge rock at the edge of the island, looking at the sea and talking to himself, "I'm going to die."]

["Woof woof."] Beside the old man, there was also a giant pirate dog with a black and white body, its face half white and half black, as if wearing a pirate mask.]

["Old friend, what do you think? I plan to transform my Beast Taming Space into ruins, and then put in a Legend Gem to attract later adventurers. Of course, since it's an adventure, there should be rewards and risks. How about we put the Vortex Beast that we worked hard to seal together with the gem? When the gem appears, the Vortex Beast that plagued the ocean will be unsealed at the same time. Hopefully, it will add some fun to these adventurers."]

["Hehehehehe," By then, they should hate me, this old man, very much. I wonder if the pirates hundreds of years later will be able to successfully steal my gem under the threat of a totem. It's really interesting, but it's a pity I won't be able to see it.]

[Ehehehehe.]

["Woof woof woof" (Maybe I'm not human, but you're really a dog).]

"Damn it."

The shadow of history shattered, and Shi Yu cursed instantly.

Pirate King? This old man was very bad.

Even if he designed a conspiracy to seize, resurrect, and seek benefits for his descendants and pets, he could understand it.

But this operation, wasn't it harming others without benefiting himself? It was too bad.

So it turned out that a trap was set next to the treasure. No wonder he laughed so insidiously. Damn it.

Vortex Demon, Shi Yu didn't know what it was, but the word "totem" alone carried great power.

"It's over. What the hell is this?" When Shi Yu recovered from the shadow of history, the outside had already changed.

The huge ruins space seemed to overlap with the entire Heatwave Island.

Under the island, a huge demonic shadow like the body of an octopus appeared.

Its countless tentacles spread out, like stretching, breaking out of the water.

Then, along with the tentacles, countless streams of water also rose, and hundreds of water spouts with a diameter of a hundred meters connected the swirling clouds in the sky, sealing the entire island.

Next to Shi Yu, Gem Cat looked at the changes around it in shock, completely dumbfounded.

Many survivors on the island also looked at the huge monster covering the island in shock.

The power it emitted was terrifying. In an instant, it made everyone realize that this was a totem.

"Outrageous, why is this thing here?"

"Oh my god, our ship…"

[Name]: Vortex Beast

[Attribute]: Water

[Race Level]: ???

[Growth Level]: Totem Level

[Energy Value]: ???

[Introduction]: An ancient monster that plagued the Seven Islands, disappeared for mysterious reasons.

The most outrageous thing was that Shi Yu's archaeological encyclopedia actually recorded information about this thing.

This guy was a totem beast from hundreds of years ago!

"Let's go," Shi Yu said immediately.

At the same time, he mentally communicated to Cat the situation he had just seen. In an instant, Cat's expression froze.

"Let's go," Cat said, trembling.

One person and one cat didn't regret snatching the Legend Gem, but they didn't want to face the Vortex Beast in front of them at all.

At this moment, Cat shouted in the sky, and its mental perception spread throughout the island.

"It's bad, we've all been tricked. Whether it's the Legend Gem or the Immortal Ginseng, they're all the Pirate King's conspiracy. That Immortal Ginseng is the first trap left by the Pirate King for us, and this Vortex Beast is the second trap left by the Pirate King. His purpose is to kill us."

Before running away, it didn't forget to shift the hatred and clear Shi Yu's name.

Gem Cat's words instantly broke the pirates on the island.

A subtle sense of pain appeared on their bodies.

"Damn it, I shouldn't have believed in the ghost story of treasure."

"The Pirate King is a bastard."

"Vortex Beast, isn't that the monster that plagued the Seven Islands hundreds of years ago? How did this guy get involved with the Pirate King? Bastard!"

At this moment, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, and countless stiff pirates looked at the sealed sea, at a loss.

At this time, someone discovered that the Immortal Ginseng and even the "corpse" of the Black Ape Overlord had disappeared.

But now, this was no longer the most concerning issue for everyone.

Now, with the awakening of the Vortex Beast, and with the ships on the sea being swallowed in an instant, they only wanted to know how to leave here alive under these circumstances.

Gem Cat instantly finished off the Black Ape Overlord, and at the same time teleported back to Ginseng Baby, immediately taking Shi Yu and Ginseng Baby, who had just been powerful, and ran away.

They quickly returned to Xiao Qin and the others, who were also panicked.

"I'll take you away first."

After arriving here, Gem Cat was enveloped in the light of telekinesis, and was about to teleport away from the island, but the next moment, Cat was stunned.

The light in the Gem Eye stopped abruptly.

Teleportation failed!

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Gem Cat hadn't acted for a long time, Shi Yu asked quickly.

Now there were super vortices all around the island, covering the island. Ships, even warships, couldn't pass through at all, and could only rely on teleportation.

Everyone was like a turtle in a jar.

"Because the ruins space is overlapping, the surrounding space seems to be sealed. Teleportation can't lock onto a location outside the island." Gem Cat wanted to cry. It wanted to leave here more than anyone else right now.

"What about flying?"

"No, it looks like we're still on the island now, but we've actually been sealed in a sub-space. If we can't find a way to break the ruins, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape at all, and we'll just keep wandering around the island like a ghost hitting a wall."

As soon as it finished speaking, the Vortex Beast, which had created countless water spouts, was like a beast that had been hungry for a long time. Everyone only heard a deep roar from the bottom of the sea, and countless water spouts like tentacles began to draw down, towards the island.

The target locked onto every life on the island.

Hundreds of water spouts, like whips and tentacles, smashed and beat the living beings on the island.

"Ah!!!"

In an instant, countless screams came from the island.

Those pirates who hadn't been too close to Ginseng Baby and had survived the explosion now had almost no power to resist against the attacks of the totem-level Vortex Beast.

The huge torrents of water smashed down, and those Beast Tamers and Ruler-level fierce beasts were instantly smashed into minced meat.

Then, the essence of their bodies followed the water flow and was absorbed into the body of the Vortex Beast.

"Meow!!"

Shi Yu and his group were considered lucky, because they had Gem Cat, a overlord-level powerhouse.

Although these tentacles were powerful, they weren't all coming towards Shi Yu and the others. Under Gem Cat's telekinesis, the tentacles that smashed down were directly fixed in mid-air, and then crushed and thrown back by Gem Cat, who was at full power.

"This guy is very weak right now. Although it's a totem, it's far worse than the Dragon Kings of the Dragon Palace City," Gem Cat shouted.

Shi Yu and the others were overjoyed.

"But, I still can't beat it!"

"If this continues, when the others are absorbed, it will eventually draw all its attention to deal with us."

"It's been sealed for hundreds of years. Now it's weak, but it's also hungrier and more brutal than all the fierce beasts just now!"

Then what are you saying!

"Indeed ferocious."

Shi Yu also cursed in his heart. He tried to communicate with the Vortex Beast through telepathy, hoping to talk nicely and make friends, but it wasn't necessary to fight and kill. However, this guy seemed to be irrational at this time.

Being sealed for so long, the hunger directly turned it into a "true beast."

"I can't ask for help… The spatial magnetic field is chaotic, and the signal is interrupted." Xiao Qin looked at the communicator with a solemn expression.

"Minister, why don't we try summoning the warship?"

"Although I don't know if it can contact the main body under the chaotic spatial magnetic field, we can only try. If it succeeds, someone will definitely come to save us. We just have to hold on until that moment… Or, Sister Shi, there should be our people on the surrounding islands."

"There are indeed our people on the surrounding islands. They should have captured the situation here now, but…" Sister Shi said at this time, but she hesitated. She looked at herself and also at the naval undercover agents around her.

She was a little unconfident.

Even if the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace noticed the situation here, with their status and position, it would probably be difficult for the navy to send a strong man who could fight against the totem to save them in a short time.

On the other hand, if Xiao Qin was in any danger, her father would definitely ask for a strong man to rescue her as soon as he knew.

"That's too slow." Gem Cat said, "The day lily will be cold by then. It can only be used as the last hope."

It didn't think they could last long under the siege of the totem.

"Under the current circumstances, it's very difficult to deal with, unless…"

It had spatial skills and could understand the difficulty of this sealed space better than Xiao Qin.

The descending ruins space and the power of the Vortex Beast influenced each other, and this place had already become a cage.

Unless, someone could become the master of the ruins at this time and obtain control of the ruins, just like Shi Yu had obtained the Ruins Bead in the beginning. This way, they could leave safely.

However, under such an environment, the probability of becoming the master of the ruins was very small. Even if the Pirate King left a switch to control the ruins when he transformed the ruins, it was all the same.

"Give me a few minutes."

"Shi Yu, give me the gem."

Suddenly, Gem Cat looked at Shi Yu.

"You mean…" Shi Yu immediately understood, took the Legend Gem out of the ruins space, and threw it to Gem Cat.

The nine-colored gem instantly floated next to Gem Cat.

"I don't know if it will work, but I can only gamble. During this time, I have to try my best to absorb the power of the gem. Your safety depends on yourselves. The power of a single tentacle is not strong. Shi Yu, you should be able to barely resist it. You can also use the power of the warship."

"The most important thing is to protect me from being disturbed."

During the process of absorbing the gem, it couldn't be disturbed. Unfortunately, Shi Yu's ruins space level was too low. Otherwise, it might be able to try to break through in the ruins space, but a ruins space that could withstand the totem level, even in perfect condition, had to be the space of a legendary Beast Tamer.

Therefore, it could only try to break through outside.

If the breakthrough was successful, with the power of the totem, breaking the Pirate King's ruins space and the Vortex Beast's power barrier would be easy, and everyone could leave smoothly.

"I got it. You can absorb it with confidence."

After Shi Yu finished speaking, Gem Cat floated into the air, and its pupils flashed with a sacred color, shining with the nine-colored gem in front of it, and tried to absorb the power of the Legend Gem.

At this time, Shi Yu also took a deep breath, and one pet after another stood on Shi Yu's body.

Eleven, Worm, Ginseng Baby, Chi Tong, and Su Su all looked solemnly at the hundreds of tentacles dancing wildly on the ocean and slapping towards the island.

The island was shaking and getting closer and closer to sinking.

The Silver Sea Warship, along with the Legend Gem, was summoned out by Shi Yu and thrown to the side. Xiao Qin almost immediately boarded the warship.

Sister Shi, Huang Qi, Qin Mingzhi, and a group of navy soldiers all looked solemnly at the tentacles in the sky with the pets they had summoned.

Before long, two more extremely large tentacles attacked.

That was because the living beings in other places had been absorbed by the huge tentacles. In an instant, there were very few Beast Tamers on the island who could resist the Vortex Beast.

With a "boom," the Silver Sea Warship fired a golden giant cannon, directly smashing back a tentacle.

Sister Shi's Ruler-level Giant Crocodile Turtle, Huang Qi's Ruler-level Tornado Sponge, Qin Mingzhi's Ruler-level Dragon Claw Octopus, and nearly ten other Ruler-level pets all launched attacks on the other tentacle.

However, their combined strength was still very weak against this huge tentacle.

Although there were many skills, they were too scattered to form a single force, and could not form an effective destructive power at all.

None of them were top-level masters. Facing a totem-level tentacle, even a skill-less, weakened totem's tentacle, it was still difficult to resist.

"Damn it." Seeing this, Huang Qi and the others showed unwilling expressions.

However, at this moment, Shi Yu's attack successfully defeated this tentacle.

Su Su jumped up, transformed into a humanoid water element form, wearing the Gemini Silver Armor that appeared out of thin air, and swallowed a Time Fruit!

Boom!

When the huge Ruler aura erupted from Su Su's body, the fiery red flames also erupted from its body. A long sword filled with solar flames appeared in its hand.

With the Legend-quality Gemini Silver Armor as a medium, Chi Tong possessed Su Su. In an instant, their aura soared to an extremely terrifying level, even surpassing Shi Yu, who was possessed by Chi Tong.

Red-haired and red-eyed, a water element general wearing armor appeared, instantly shocking Sister Shi, Qin Mingzhi, Huang Qi, Xiao Qin, who was trying to communicate with the outside world in the warship, and those waiting for their skills to cool down.

With almost a single sword.

The sword pressure intertwined with red and blue directly swept away the huge force, crushing countless streams of water and blasting away the tentacle.

Of course, this was not worth boasting about at all. The weakened Vortex Beast didn't even use its skills. Just relying on its hundreds of tentacles wrapped in natural power had caused amazing damage to the Beast Tamers on the island. At this moment, just after repelling one, four more tentacles slapped down, causing Shi Yu and the others to show solemn expressions.

Seeing this, the Ruler-level Ginseng Baby and Eleven immediately stood up.

Only Worm was at a loss.

It felt that with its Commander-level strength, even with equipment, it was useless against this tentacle.

It couldn't infinitely devour and absorb Time Fruits quickly and perfectly like Su Su. At this moment, Worm suddenly realized that it was a scumbag…

Worm: ༼༎ຶ෴༎ຶ༽ Ah!!!!!!

No—no way!!!!

It didn't want to be the one holding everyone back!!

"Stop whining and break through."

Shi Yu's voice came, saying, "Although I don't know what happened, your will has improved at that moment."

Worm: …???

Worm was instantly silent.

So, Eleven's Intermediate Will was improved because of awakening the royal bloodline, Ginseng Baby's was because of the will tempered by experiencing life and death, Chi Tong's was the will sublimated by strengthening the meaning of living, Su Su's was the powerful will honed by countless reincarnations, and it…

It was because it didn't want to be at the bottom that its will broke through?

In an instant, Worm angrily looked at the Vortex Beast. Damn it, it was bullying Worm too much! Die!