Josh’s mouth twitched slightly, "Why fight! There’s no need, just run back to the ship, and we’ll be fine."

They had already obtained the Heart of the Ocean, and all they needed to do was quickly get back to the ship and place the Heart of the Ocean in the designated spot.

What’s the point of fighting, just a waste of effort!

Yuze was eager to move: "We can take them."

Josh: "There’s no need to fight."

"No way." Yuze said coldly, "He flipped me off."

Josh turned to look in the direction of the statue, his face darkening.

The head of the statue had a large hand on top, posed in a gesture that was the same as flipping the bird.

She wrapped Spider Silk around Yuze’s waist, "Stop it, bro, clearing the stage is important."

Yuze glared at the statue with a grim expression, retaliating with an even more definitive middle finger.

With long fingers, even flipping the bird was especially noticeable.

A red jellyfish was dragging a person, racing frantically under the sea, with a large horde of monsters led by the statue in hot pursuit.

The seabed sediment was stirred up, and wherever the red jellyfish passed, the water became murky.

The red jellyfish burst out of the sea with Yuze.

Rob and the others saw this and waved desperately, "Over here! Quickly, come over here!"

Josh hurriedly brought Yuze onto the ship, transforming back into human form.

Just as they were happy for a few seconds, a violent tremor suddenly came from underwater.

The sunlight on the ship was instantly blocked out.

Rob’s smile froze, and Yushi warily pulled out a whip.

Josh and Yuze turned around just in time to see the enormous statue toppling in their direction.

With a loud crash, the entire ship was capsized.

The old, decrepit ship was crushed into two pieces by the heavy plaster of the statue.

The seawater flooded in.

Josh and Yuze were swept into a whirlpool of seawater.

She quickly released Spider Silk to tether her four teammates.

Many creatures in the ship were released, pouring into the bottom of the sea, and were soon summoned by the statue to chase these people.

Josh couldn’t help but have a headache; it seemed like this thing wouldn’t stop until it was dealt with.

Now, even the ship was smashed.

The rushing currents of seawater made the scene chaotic.

The Spider Silk in Josh’s hand almost broke; only with great effort did she manage to pull everyone together.

She transformed into a jellyfish, enveloping her four teammates, ready to flee, but a large group of red jellyfish came rushing in from behind, followed closely by the enormous slowly descending hand of the statue.

Josh thought to herself, this is bad, there’s no way to dodge with this speed and distance.

She quickly released her Spiritual Body, entering a Beastification State.

Though her Spiritual Body didn’t have much of an advantage in water combat, it could still barely resist some of the impact.

The overwhelming darkness devoured the light, slowly descending along with the enormous hand of the statue.

Josh instinctively raised her hand to resist, and before the massive tremor, she only just managed to see a flash of golden light pass by, with a huge golden Maine Coon blocking in front of her. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Immediately after, there was a thunderous crash and everything spun, her vision becoming blurred.

Countless turbid seawater rushed towards them, mixed with tiny wood chips, glass shards, and nails in the water.

Josh was caught in the whirl of seawater, quickly losing consciousness.

When she came to, she and her four teammates were back at the seabed.

Returning to the scene beneath.

The statue stood quietly before them, flanked on both sides by densely packed strange marine creatures, piled up to form tall walls, trapping them beneath the sea.

Seaweed wrapped around them, making them look like five seaweed rice balls.

Yuze, in particular, was bound from head to toe, besides seaweed, with a heap of chains locking his hands and feet tightly.

Josh looked up at the statue in front of them, unsure if it was her imagination, but she felt the statue’s face had changed, a bit lumpy like it had been beaten black and blue.

"You’re awake." The statue slowly opened its mouth, gazing down at the small human figures like ants below.

Yuze and the others also opened their eyes.

Josh noticed Yuze’s expression, why did she feel like Yuze hadn’t been unconscious at all?

Yuze raised an eyebrow at her.

The two exchanged a glance.

Josh finally confirmed that he was faking it.

The statue drew closer, "Where have you hidden the Heart of the Ocean, hand it over."

Josh looked at the statue, saying nothing.

The statue released its oppressive force, with strong spiritual power pressing down on the surroundings.

Josh, an A-level Spiritual Power User, quickly felt discomfort, frowns slightly.

Yuze instantly released an even stronger spiritual power, pushing back its oppressive force.

Statue: "..." It really wanted to slap this man to death.

If it had the ability.

No one spoke, the oppressive force didn’t work, fighting might not work either, killing them might make it difficult to find the Heart of the Ocean, causing more trouble.

The statue sighed deeply, had to compromise, "The Heart of the Ocean cannot leave the ocean. By doing this, you’re destroying the sea!"

Josh: "You’re neither the Mermaid King nor the Heart of the Ocean, how can you decide for it?"

The statue was silent for a moment, "A person can’t survive without a heart, the ocean can’t survive without the Heart of the Ocean. Forcibly taking the Heart of the Ocean to the surface will only harm both others and yourself."

Josh didn’t believe its words; she only trusted the Mermaid King.

The Heart of the Ocean was the heart of the Mermaid King. Since he wanted to leave the ocean with her, there must be a reason.

She still didn’t hand over the Heart of the Ocean.

The statue drew closer, and the surrounding marine creatures also moved in, leaving less space for the five in the middle.

Both sides were in a standoff.

Another bizarre silence, the statue compromised again, looking at the few below, "If you want to take the Heart of the Ocean, you’ll have to pass the divine judgment first."

Josh’s eyes revealed a look of understanding.

It was as expected, there was a checkpoint here.

She thought it was strange; why even after reaching the ship, the creatures could still capsize it, turns out there was this checkpoint waiting for them.

Josh looked at the statue, "How do we pass the divine judgment?"

The statue glanced down at her, raised its hand.

The copper wall made up of marine creatures around them moved in unison, backing away.

Behind the copper wall, giant statues emerged.

There were a total of four statues.

Each statue had a different posture.

Josh stared at these statues, her hand slightly clenched within her sleeve.

Divine judgment, it didn’t sound easy to pass.

The four statues formed a square, surrounding the group.

The statues emitted a faint blue glow, but Josh felt the darkness growing around her, as if her body was gently pulled into the darkness.

When she opened her eyes again, she was floating on the sea surface.

The sea was completely different from what she remembered.

It even seemed like a living hell.