The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 377 Thank you to my ancestors for eight generations
Apart from a few people who were absolutely on Yun Ran's side, everyone else felt a sense of unease watching Yun Ran find three magical artifacts so easily.

This behavior is tantamount to cheating; for other competitors, it's a massive blow.

The person in charge of this round of team competition was now looking grim. If there were no precedent, he would have announced Yun Ran's suspension right now.

Gu Yuan glanced at Long Ling, who was leisurely drinking tea with his legs crossed, and suddenly understood his relaxed state of mind. He was just watching the show.

Just as Yunran was calculating which direction would be more advantageous for her to leave later.

The sea turtle's voice came again: "Hey, why is this person acting so sneaky? Is that a boat he's holding? It doesn't match what his companions said."

Yun Ran's gaze immediately followed the direction of the sound, and sure enough, Zhao Ye, who had clashed with them earlier, had already taken the newly assembled boat into the water.

This clearly indicates that he intends to leave alone, leaving all of them behind on this rocky island.

The small boat was already more than ten meters away from the sea.

Zhao Ye turned back to look at Yun Ran and the others he had abandoned, his eyes filled with malice: "Hmph, I'd like to see how you get out of here. You're still too green to fight me!"

The sea turtle seemed to finally realize that something was wrong.

[This guy's trying to run away, huh? Disloyal! Grandpa always told me that disloyal people are never good. Watch me!]

The sea turtle immediately started using its limbs, paddling frantically in an attempt to stop the small boat.

At the same time, he was calling out to his friends: "Friends, come quick! There's a thief here trying to steal my friend's boat! Everyone, stop him!"

As the sea turtle's call rang out, many schools of fish nearby heard the call and quickly swam over in groups.

But given their intelligence and size, they couldn't possibly stop the small boat from moving forward; on the contrary, they would damage it.

The sea turtle finally caught up with the small boat and tried to reach out and pry at the hull, but its claws were clearly useless.

[I'll knock you over!]

At this moment, the sea turtle finally remembered its advantage. With a burst of speed, it retracted its head into its shell and charged straight ahead.

With a loud bang, the small boat was hit squarely, rocking several times and almost capsizing Zhao Ye.

Zhao Ye quickly steadied himself, his face full of vigilance, for there were sharks in the vicinity.

However, he soon discovered that the creature that had attacked him was not the shark he feared, but a sea turtle, which immediately enraged him.

"court death!"

After saying that, he took out a small, sharp dagger and threw it at the sea turtle.

With his strength and accuracy, even if the sea turtle has a shell for protection, once it is hit, the sea turtle's shell will be completely useless.

They sensed danger approaching.

The giant sea turtle retracted its head, limbs, and all its limbs, while letting out a deafening roar.

"Ah! Help! I'm going to die! Someone's trying to kill me!"

Just as the dagger entered the water and was about to hit the sea turtle, Yunran unleashed a flash of light from her peach wood sword.

A piercing metallic clang exploded across the sea.

Meanwhile, the nearby seawater looked as if bombs had been dropped on it.

The water splashed up more than ten meters high, and by the time it subsided, Zhao Ye was completely soaked.

The small boat, already quite small, was further flooded by seawater and was on the verge of capsizing. Zhao Ye immediately took action to stabilize the boat, but his disheveled state proved that if Yun Ran's sword had landed on him, he would have had no chance of survival.

Zhao Ye took out a talisman from his pocket and stuck it directly onto the hull of the boat.

If it weren't for Yun Ran, he would never have wasted such precious talisman paper. All the humiliation he suffered today was caused by Yun Ran.

At this moment, Zhao Ye truly hated Yun Ran: "You just wait!"

The boat, which could only be propelled by manual rowing, suddenly seemed to be equipped with a motor, and in a flash, it disappeared from Yun Ran and the others' sight at a great speed.

The sea turtle waited for a while, but the expected pain did not come.

It then poked its head out again, only to see that many small fish around it had died instantly.

A naive sea turtle that has lived freely in the deep ocean for three hundred years can hardly understand what is happening now.

All I could do was mutter to myself: "Luckily, I sensed the danger and hid. Thank goodness my ancestors gave me a tortoise shell, otherwise, I would definitely be like these little fish, sob sob... Thank you to my ancestors for generations to come..."

Yun Ran sighed, sheathed her peach wood sword, and rubbed her ears.

Xin Fu didn't know that Yun Ran's sword strike was to save the sea turtle. Based on what they had just witnessed, they only thought that Yun Ran was giving Zhao Ye a warning for sneaking away.

"Miss Yun, what should we do now that we don't have a boat?"

"Bring the map over!"

Although the nearby reef islands are scattered, they are actually not very far apart. Having a boat is certainly better, as you can go to the reef islands you want to visit at any time.

Without a boat, we had no choice but to swim across the shortest distance.

Yunran glanced at the map and did some calculations.

According to the divination, the most advantageous place for them should be the island in the southeast, but the island in the southeast is quite far from here.

The nearest island to them is at least three kilometers away as the crow flies, and it is due west.

"Head due west and swim there!"

Xinfu had no objections; losing the boat was the best option available.

The other three dared not object and could only nod, beginning preparations for going into the water.

Yun Ran then walked towards the direction of the sea turtle. When her hand touched the seawater, the sea turtle suddenly felt a very familiar sensation.

Without Yunran even needing to summon it, it eagerly swam over to her side.

Those beady eyes were clearly filled with joy.

【(╯▽╰) It smells so good~~ Ah, what's this smell? Is it going to give me something delicious?】

As the sea turtle swam closer to the shore, it finally saw several golden objects bobbing and swaying in the water.

Although it didn't know what it was, its intuition told it that it was something good for it.

Closer, closer.

With a gulp, the sea turtle opened its mouth wide and swallowed the golden thing whole.

An indescribable sense of comfort instantly swept over its entire body.