Runeterra: I actually know a little bit about everything

After Sarah finished speaking, she turned her head and continued to look at the sea in front of her and the dark clouds in the distance, her expression indifferent.

The ship sped forward, and Zuochi and Bron sat on the deck, listening to him tell stories about Freljord.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the large ship beneath their feet shook violently, and at the same time, a muffled thud came from beneath the hull.

Zuo Chi's eyes narrowed sharply, and he stood up and quickly rushed forward.

In the direction Zuo Chi rushed towards, Sarah, who was on the edge of the deck, lost her balance due to the sudden rocking of the ship. At that moment, an enormous red tentacle reached out and touched the edge of the ship, and it looked like the tentacle was about to wrap around Sarah's body!

In the blink of an eye, the dazzling electric light illuminated the entire deck. Zuo Chi appeared beside Sarah almost instantly, pulling her behind him while countless leaping arcs of electricity swirled in his hands.

"Zi! Zhi! Zhi!"

The moment the crimson tentacles made contact with the electric arc in Zuo Chi's hand, a dense burning sound emanated from them.

Seemingly sensing something was wrong, the tentacles quickly retracted into the sea, but the electric arcs, like maggots clinging to bones, relentlessly pursued them.

"boom!"

Seemingly sensing the presence of humans on the deck whom it could not contend with, the owner of the tentacles began to violently ram the bottom of the ship.

At this moment, Sarah looked at Zuo Chi, who was protecting her behind her, and said quickly, "The closer we get to Shadow Isles, the more ferocious the sea monsters become. They will destroy any large ships that enter the territory, which is why those fishing boats refuse to take you out to sea no matter what!"

As they were speaking, another violent impact was heard from the ship's hull.

Zuo Chi slowly released Sarah. Without further hesitation, he rushed towards the outer edge of the large ship.

He absolutely could not allow the sea monsters to crash into the large ship; otherwise, if the bottom of the ship were destroyed, it would be extremely difficult for them to reach the Shadow Isles.

But just as Zuo Chi was about to plunge into the dark green seawater below, a shadow rapidly expanded and shot up from the seabed.

It was a gaping maw nearly ten meters in diameter!

Countless gleaming white teeth lined up in the gaping maw, rushing straight at Zuo Chi.

However, just as Zuo Chi was about to unleash his ascension power to kill the giant sea beast, it was suddenly pulled by a tremendous force and plummeted into the sea.

"!?"

Zuo Chi forcibly stopped himself, his gaze sweeping over the area below with a serious expression.

The next instant, a figure wearing a hideous mask leaped out from beneath the sea, a bone dagger in its hand aimed straight at the sea beast's brow.

And along with the dagger that fell, there was also a ball of dark green energy in the shape of a cross!

A deep and aching resentment!

Chapter 64 Landing on the Island! Twisted Jungle!

As the best harpooner in Piraeus, Pike could easily find the weaknesses of every sea creature.

Just like now, the bone dagger in Pike's hand pierced the giant sea beast's forehead with unparalleled precision. At the same time, the dark green energy contained in his dagger exploded, shattering the sea beast's forehead into pieces.

In pain, the giant sea monster retracted all its tentacles back below the surface of the sea, turning into a shadow and sinking into the depths.

At the same time, Pike burst out from beneath the sea once more, bringing with him a large amount of seawater that crashed onto the deck of the ship.

"Blood Harbor Ghost Shadow!"

Sarah, standing behind Zuo Chi, suddenly exclaimed in surprise, a wary look flashing in her eyes.

In all of Bilgewater, if there's anyone besides Eel from the Shadow Isles and Gangplank who gives Sarah the biggest headache, it's definitely Pyke.

After all, he never had a reason to kill, and no one he targeted could escape.

This caused a period of great panic throughout Bilgewater, significantly disrupting Sarah's management of the city.

To Sarah's utter surprise, the Bloodharbor Ghosts would actually help them drive away the giant sea monster!

At this moment, Illaoi came to Sarah and Zuochi's side.

Upon seeing Illaoi, a strange light flashed in Pike's eyes, and he raised the gray-yellow bounty poster in his hand.

The dagger in his hand pointed to the very top of the bounty poster, where a name was flashing with a blood-red light.

Planck!

“Tell me where he is, the butcher is here to collect the debt!” Pike’s voice was still hoarse but sinister.

"!?"

Upon hearing Pike's words and seeing the name on his list, the people on the deck were all stunned.

They hadn't expected that Planck would also be on Bloodharbor Ghost Pike's list. Doesn't that mean they had the same goal?

“Pyke,” Zuo Chi said, “he’s on the Shadow Isles. Will he come with us?”

Parker scrutinized Zuo Chi in front of him. Whether it was his imagination or not, Parker could always sense a strange sense of crisis emanating from Zuo Chi.

After a moment of silence, Pike slowly withdrew the bounty poster from his hand, turned around, and plunged headfirst into the dark green sea.

Sarah smoothed her long red hair over her shoulder and said softly, "It seems he doesn't want to travel with us. But that's fine too. Having a serial killer around is always unsettling."

Zuo Chi shook his head and pointed to the sea in front of him.

"He stayed on the side of our big ship, helping us drive away those sea monsters."

"what?"

Sarah's eyes widened in horror. She couldn't imagine how a human could have the same speed as their large ship underwater and even defeat those incredibly powerful sea monsters!

Seeing Sarah's wide eyes, Zuo Chi waved his hand helplessly: "He's no ordinary person, he's more like a water ghost."

Based on Zuo Chi's understanding of Pike, his fighting ability underwater is even stronger than on land, and he can also use the power of the sea to quickly recover from his injuries. Compared to land, the sea should be Pike's home ground.

Sarah turned her gaze away from the sea ahead and winked at Zuo Chi beside her: "Thank you."

Zuo Chi nodded without saying anything more.

With Ahri's whereabouts still unknown, Zuo Chi wasn't in the mood to chat with Sarah about anything else.

Leaning against the edge of the deck, Zuo Chi looked at his hands, lost in thought.

On the other side, Illaoi and Bloom sat together chatting.

When Bloom mentioned that he had lost his shield in the waters north of Bilgewater, Illaoi confidently patted her chest, indicating that she would take care of it.

Then they looked at each other in silence, their eyes meeting.

“Bron, would you like to come with me to the room below deck?” Illaoi asked directly, without beating around the bush.

"Go to the room?" Bloom was slightly taken aback at first, then shook his head.

"Illaoi, I haven't found the Water of Life yet, so I can't rest easy. Let's wait until next time and gather our strength first."

Illaoi didn't say anything more, just nodded: "Mm!"

Over the next few days, the large ship sailed towards the Shadow Isles without incident. With Pyke's arrival, the ship was indeed no longer bothered by sea monsters.

About half a day later, everyone on the deck opened their eyes and looked ahead.

There, dark clouds completely obscured the sun, and a blackish-green mist shrouded the island in front of them. The mournful howls of the dead echoed in everyone's ears.

Everyone knew that they were about to reach their destination—the northern Shadow Isles!

The Shadow Isles are much smaller than Bilgewater, but they are still divided into two parts, north and south.

As the closest point to Piraeus, Zuo Chi and his group chose to land from the north of the island.

The large ship stopped some distance from Shadow Isles. Zuo Chi and the others jumped off the ship, with Illaoi supporting Miss Fortune, and the group rushed forward quickly.

As the last person's figure was swallowed by the black mist, Zuo Chi and his group of five completely disappeared into the black mist.

The moment Zuo Chi stepped onto Shadow Isle, he saw what this once ancient holy land looked like now.

Right in front of him, countless strangely shaped and twisted trees were scattered haphazardly, each tree resembling a ferocious demon ready to devour its prey. The occasional roars of beasts added to the eerie atmosphere of the scene.

Walking among the trees, Sarah and the others focused their minds completely. They had to admit that this place was really not as safe as they had imagined the Shadow Isles to be.

Although none of them had ever set foot on the Shadow Isles, they had heard of its legends from various places.

Shouldn't this place have been filled with all sorts of mysterious buildings in ancient times? Why is there only a variety of trees here?

"Crack!"

Suddenly, the sound of a tree snapping underfoot rang out beneath Bronn's feet, causing everyone present to freeze in shock.

The next instant, the sound of incredibly dense vines scraping against the ground began to ring out, and the trees around them seemed to have been given life by some being, and began to surround them in strange shapes.

“What is this!” Sarah exclaimed.

But her question went unanswered, because countless dark green vines were already lashing out at them.

"Stand behind Bronn!"

With a loud shout, frost instantly formed on the door panel in his hand, which he then forcefully plunged into the ground in front of him.

Without hesitation, Zuo Chi grabbed Sarah's arm and pulled her behind Bloom.

"boom!"

The branch, imbued with boundless power, lashed out at the door panel in Bloom's hand, shattering it into pieces instantly, and sending his robust body flying backward.

"!!!"