My very presence in this trial is the greatest unfairness!

The Great Maelstrom!

At those words, the female pirate leader 'Sarah' finally lit up and quickly ordered: "Slow down, slow down! Don't get within twenty kilometers of the Great Maelstrom!"

Soon, Sarah jumped onto the back of her female guard with the Winged Race Bloodline: "Go, take me to see the Great Maelstrom."

The Winged woman guard nodded with a grave expression.

Then, carrying Sarah, she flew into the scarlet mist-shrouded sky…

Through the faint scarlet mist, Sarah soon saw, nearly thirty kilometers ahead, a terrifying deep-sea maelstrom indeed!

The maelstrom was ceaselessly rotating, sucking the surrounding seawater into its unfathomable depths, exuding a terrifying, destructive power.

At the same time.

Besides Sarah, Joseph and the other two Vajras had also arrived nearby aboard bone-sailed ships and had stopped in the surrounding waters.

They discussed across the distance and took out all three Calamity Ancient God Runes.

When the three Calamity Ancient God Runes were gathered in this sea area…

Suddenly, the destructive Great Maelstrom ahead began to expand outward!

Simultaneously, all players in this sea area heard a system notification…

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[Welcome to the trial of the Calamity Ancient God · Utos!]

[Lord Utos is very generous. For this trial, all present may participate! However, whether you receive rewards depends on whether you possess sufficiently powerful strength… and luck…]

[Of course, those possessing runes will have a certain advantage in the trial.]

[For each Calamity Ancient God Rune you possess, the frequency of attacks you suffer during the trial will be halved (effects of multiple runes stack).]

(Hint: During the trial, Death will definitely cause the Calamity Ancient God Rune to drop. You can seize Calamity Ancient God Runes from others, reducing the frequency of attacks you suffer in the trial to a maximum of one-eighth!)

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This system notification left the thousands of Coconut Country players in the sea area utterly dumbfounded.

Originally, they had come together for the raid.

They all believed they were just here to see if they could help with the raid.

But they never expected…

They could participate too?

"So possessing a rune only grants an advantage, it's not a qualification token for the trial!"

"My God, the system says luck counts too?"

"Seizing runes isn't necessary. My luck has always been heaven-defying. I'm definitely taking off in this trial!!"

"Who says it's unnecessary? Since it's every man for himself, we definitely have to help our leader seize the Ancient God Runes from others!"

At that moment, they had three Ancient God Runes among them.

One was in Joseph's hands, one in Sarah's, and the one they had just obtained jointly. As it was hard to distribute fairly and to show sincerity, it was entrusted to the other two Vajras for safekeeping.

They had originally planned to explore together.

But now, with the trial rules announced, everyone present began to have different thoughts.

And…

It was impossible for them to retreat.

Because the Great Maelstrom on the sea surface had already begun to expand outward, sweeping up all the bone-sailed ships in the vicinity at supersonic speed!

Amidst screams of terror, thousands of players were swept into the violent maelstrom.

Plummeting madly towards the seafloor!

Moments later, for a hundred kilometers around, only the Great Maelstrom remained, having swallowed everyone in the sea area…

It was under these circumstances that Qin Feng arrived.

Maintaining his highest stealth state, even sustaining soul stealth, he unfurled his Death Wings and, based on intelligence, flew to the airspace above this sea area.

As he entered the area, he felt some confusion.

"Weren't they all supposed to be here? How come there's no one?"

Before he could ponder further, he heard the same system notification as the previous players!

"Wow, this trial is actually a public one?"

Qin Feng looked down at the massive maelstrom. Although it exerted a powerful suction force on him, his attributes were too high; the maelstrom couldn't budge him at all.

His expression turned somewhat playful: "However, this public trial can't possibly be the one for the Reincarnation Buff… So, this is just a qualifier? Only by achieving a sufficiently good result in this trial does one qualify for the Reincarnation Buff trial."

This was similar to the previous God of Bones' tomb, where one had to pass an entry test before the formal 'exam'.

Without a doubt, Qin Feng would definitely participate in this trial.

But just before he descended, he heard another system notification:

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[Player 'Shadow', as you joined later, to ensure fairness, you will receive a total movement speed increase of 87% for 30 seconds after the trial begins!]

[Good luck!]

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"…"

Hearing this system notification, Qin Feng could only say, isn't this just too polite?

"To ensure fairness?"

Qin Feng could only say…

For someone like him to participate in this trial, that was the greatest unfairness, wasn't it?

Without hesitation, his Death Wings unfurled behind him, propelling him with explosive new speed as he charged into the Great Maelstrom on the sea surface!

"Whoa, this speed…"

"Awesome!"

Qin Feng's speed reached its peak at that moment!

Originally, his flight speed was three thousand meters per second. Now, with an 87% total movement speed increase, it had surpassed 5,500 meters per second, exceeding sixteen times the speed of sound!

As for why the total movement speed increase wasn't a round number…

Qin Feng guessed the bonus effect was calculated based on his arrival time.

The later the arrival, the higher the bonus.

However…

Qin Feng felt that aside from him, everyone else who should have come had already been swallowed by the Great Maelstrom.

"I'm only about half a minute late. How many people could still be alive inside?"

"Also, the Calamity Ancient God Runes drop upon Death inside…"

"I can completely collect all three runes."

Splash.

Qin Feng plunged headfirst into the violent seawater maelstrom. It felt like diving into a washing machine; the whole world spun, and tsunami-like seawater surged and crashed against him from all sides…

Sure enough.

The impacts of this seawater all carried damage!

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[Please descend through the Calamity Area: Raging Flood!]

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After entering the Great Maelstrom, Qin Feng felt like he was inside a washing machine drum, attacked by the狂暴水流 surrounding him.

As Qin Feng's Original Shadow Perception expanded…

He quickly sensed that within the surrounding狂暴海水, hundreds of player corpses had already been torn to shreds by the seawater vortex.

"These players' combat power is just too weak…"

Qin Feng sighed with some感慨.

How could a trial of an Ancient God be something ordinary people could participate in?

Even top-tier players like the Four Vajras of the Coconut Country would struggle to survive in an environment of this level!

Of course, if they had Calamity Ancient God Runes in their possession, they might last for a while…

But Qin Feng was different.

As the attacks from the surrounding水流 surged like狂暴海啸, Qin Feng's health bar remained completely unmoved within the vortex!