When the ten Teleportation Array light circles appeared in the sky above the ten islands, the wooden tablets in the hands of all the Tomb Explorers on these islands also emitted a glow.
In the midst of the Fourth Sea Island.
Ye Chen, as well as the other five with Half-Step Rotating Pills, and four of the five female disciples from the Moon Concealing Sect, saw the light from their wooden tablets was more intense than others.
That was because these ten individuals were precisely the ones who ranked in the top ten for hunting giant beasts on the Fourth Sea Island and who possessed the qualifications to enter the Central Giant Island.
"It's about to start!"
"The intense glow of these wooden tablets will probably teleport us into the Central Giant Island!"
Ye Chen and the others all looked at their wooden tablets.
At this moment, the others on the Fourth Sea Island without the qualifications to enter the Central Giant Island were all looking at Ye Chen and his group.
In the end, their gazes all converged on Ye Chen.
"Ye Chen, thank you for your help. Once you enter the Central Giant Island, you must be careful!"
"The Central Giant Island, where the experts from the ten great islands come together, even if you're extraordinarily powerful, you still need to watch out for others!"
"These peripheral islands are mysterious and unpredictable; the Central Giant Island is likely even more dangerous, so whatever happens, your life is the most important!"
These people were all speaking to Ye Chen, expressing their gratitude towards him.
"Thank you all. Since you cannot enter the Central Giant Island, just cultivate on this peripheral island. The island's giant beasts have been cleared by us, so there should be no danger. However, if anything unexpected happens, also be careful," said Ye Chen, nodding towards them.
As they conversed, the light from the wooden tablets in the hands of Ye Chen's group completely enveloped all ten of them.
"We're about to be teleported!"
The remaining people all stared at Ye Chen and his group, and as they watched, a flash of light enveloped them, and they rose up, entering the Teleportation Array in the sky.
Instantly, they completely vanished from the sky above the Fourth Sea Island.
On the Eighth Sea Island.
"The teleportation is about to begin!"
At the edge of the island, Jiang Yao and the three Half-Step Rotating Pill female disciples from the Moon Concealing Sect were all excited.
As they watched excitedly, the glow from the wooden tablets in their hands completely enveloped them, and they flew straight into the Teleportation Array light circle above the Eighth Sea Island.
Apart from the teleportation of Jiang Yao's group of four, six others from the Eighth Sea Island were also teleported away.
Among these six, there were the three from the Flame Sect with Half-Step Rotating Pills, who had earlier besieged Jiang Yao; they too had successfully obtained the qualifications to enter the Central Giant Island!
Besides the Fourth and Eighth Sea Islands, Tomb Explorers from other islands were also flying into the Teleportation Arrays in the sky above the islands.
In some of these islands, there were only eight survivors, and in one island, there were only nine who lived, not even filling the ten available spots!
In the end, these individuals all disappeared into the Teleportation Arrays.
From this, one could see just how brutal the slaughter on the other islands had been!
However, among all those teleported to the Central Sea Island, the ones with great power were among them.
Fairy Nishang, Liu Yan, the three powerful Half-Step Rotating Pills from the Cloud Sky Sect on the Tenth Sea Island, and the youth known as Yun Luo.
Even that enigmatic individual with the secret identity of a Demon Tower disciple from the Seventh Sea Island, a Cloud Soaring Sect disciple named Xue Yue, was also teleported to the Central Sea Island!
Just as all those who had obtained the qualification to enter the Central Sea Island soared into the Teleportation Array,
in the deepest part of the ancient tomb, next to a huge marsh bronze coffin, a strange demonic creature known as Tiger Demon Teng, over three hundred meters tall, with a tiger's head, a human body, and body shrouded in billowing black mist, also turned its enormous, gloomy eyes towards the outer islands.
"Ninety-three people have entered the Central Sea Island?"
"Too many, far too many, some more must die!"
"Once they enter the Central Sea Island, let's activate the three deadly traps that the master set up long ago!"
"Die, let these three deadly traps kill some more!"
"The master said he only needs one, many must die within the Central Sea Island, let me select from the few who remain for him to choose."
Tiger Demon Teng, speaking these strange words, looked toward the direction of the islands.
Then, it turned its gaze to those who had been left behind on the ten great islands, those without the qualifications to enter the Central Sea Island.
"The remaining people."
"If not dead sacrifices, then let them be living sacrifices!"
"My other seven old companions also need to awaken some by this occasion!"
As Tiger Demon Teng spoke, it pointed a gigantic black palm towards the massive swamp where the bronze coffin was located, causing the countless black bubbles in the swamp to churn violently.
In the midst of this tumultuous eruption of black bubbles, all ten outer islands began to shake violently.
The Tomb Explorers remaining on the islands, having just sent away those heading for the Central Sea Island, realized the ground beneath their feet had begun to tear apart.
In an instant, large fissures, tens of meters in length, split open across each island, and these fissures continued to widen relentlessly.
At this rate, it seemed likely that the entire islands would eventually shatter completely!
This situation petrified all those who had remained on the islands.
In panic, they flew up from the islands and hovered in the sky, looking down below.
As they looked down, the islands beneath their feet crumbled away completely, sinking into the sea in a matter of moments.
Before anyone could react, those suspended in the void felt a tremendous pulling force.
They stood no chance of struggle as they were all dragged into the waters below.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
The moment these people fell into the sea, their flesh vanished in an instant, leaving only skeletal remains; the next moment, these bones disintegrated into dust, vanishing completely.
The people remaining on the ten islands were killed instantly without any opportunity to fight back!
Just as all the outer islands crumbled and sank into the sea, and those left on the islands were killed, in the ancient tomb at the deepest part of the great marsh, two more Demon Towers on top of the bronze coffin slowly began to emit a glow...
Unaware of these eerie developments, Ye Chen and the others who had been teleported had no idea.
Ye Chen could not have even guessed that those Sect disciples, who had just been giving him careful instructions and warning him to be cautious upon entering the Central Sea Island, had perished in the next moment!
After all those left on the outer islands had been trapped and killed, Ye Chen, Jiang Yao, Fairy Nishang, Liu Yan, and the other ninety-two had arrived, amid the swirling teleportation light, at the Central Sea Island—larger than all ten outer islands combined!
Although they were still alive, similarly dangerous traps and betrayals awaited them.