Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"If it doesn't fly into the sky, does it just sink to the bottom of the sea?" Reina retorted casually.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Olvia and Reina exchanged a glance.

They also thought of a problem: perhaps the rising sea level would submerge this part.

So a group of people came to the missing part of the island, intending to explore it carefully.

“It’s certainly possible. Look… there should obviously be another path going from here, but there isn’t! Dad, I want to go down and take a look!” Olvia pointed to what should have been a path leading to another area, pondered for a moment, and said.

"Forget about you, I'll go!" Reina shook his head and took off his weighted suit.

Whitebeard, Marco, and others are all Devil Fruit users and cannot go into the water, so Reina is the most suitable person to go down.

Leaving his weighted suit aside, Reina jumped straight into the sea.

"If it really has sunk to the bottom of the sea, I'm afraid we're helpless!" Marco stood on the shore, looked at the location on the treasure map, and sighed.

The others nodded regretfully. Although they could dive down, finding treasure was not something that could be done in a short time. No one could go without breathing for so long underwater, unless they were fish-men.

Chapter 99 Underwater Exploration

Once in the open sea, Reina discovered that the broken path on the island was indeed on the seabed.

After following the underwater road for a while, Reina discovered some buildings that were similar in style to the remaining buildings on the island, proving their guess was correct: the missing part of the island had indeed sunk to the bottom of the sea.

"Wow..."

"Huff~ Huff~ Huff~~"

Reina emerged from the sea and took a few deep breaths.

"Reina, what's the situation down there?" Olvia asked anxiously.

“Our guess was right, the missing part… is on the seabed!” Reina said as he climbed back onto the shore.

“What can we do? We can’t dive down at all!” Olvia said, frowning.

The others also sighed, which meant that the legendary treasure was indeed out of their reach.

“Don’t rush, you idiots… It’s true that it’s difficult for us to dig up the treasure from the seabed on our own, but don’t you know that there are salvage teams in this world? And although the missing part of the island has sunk, it’s not too deep. We can find a place to buy some diving equipment and dive down ourselves, right?” Reina said with a smile, looking at his companions who were showing regret.

“That’s right! We can buy or make some diving equipment ourselves!” Olvia said excitedly after being reminded by Reina.

Laco contacted Sky Island directly to ask Dr. Asie if they could make diving equipment. The doctor told them that Sky Island already had diving equipment, but only five sets.

This was equipment that Reina purchased himself when he first discovered the treasure hunt mode, just in case. But so much time has passed that Reina has forgotten about it.

After the equipment was transported down from the sky island, Reina, Olvia, Sachi, Laqueo, and Olga got dressed and prepared to go into the water.

Reina originally wanted either Vista or Hansen to go down, but Olga insisted on going down, and given that the swordsman's strength was indeed limited underwater, Reina reluctantly agreed to let Olga go down.

However, before diving, Reina called Liuliu over. With Liuliu around to help, their trip should go much more smoothly.

Soon, after the five people put on their diving equipment, they rode on Liu Liu's back and dived directly into the area where the island had disappeared.

"Stop!" When they reached the center of the disappearing area, Reina patted Slipper to make it stop.

After giving a hand signal to the other four people, they began to split up and search for clues.

However, their search progress was very slow because this area has been on the seabed for a long time, so it is covered with a lot of silt and sand. In addition, the underwater visibility is poor, which makes the search progress very slow.

"Go up first!" About an hour later, Reina found the other four people and asked them to follow him to the surface first.

"How's the situation? Have you found any useful clues?" On the sea, Reina took off his round helmet and asked the other four.

Lacjo shook his head; he really hadn't found anything in the past hour.

“I found some traces of human habitation, but it must have been a long time ago!” Sachi shook his head and said.

"Hmph! I did find something!" Olga said proudly, still bothered by Reina's refusal to let her go into the water. "I found a dilapidated building with some murals inside, but they're not very clear, so I don't know what they depict!"

"A mural? Olga, where is it?" Olvia's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and she asked.

"Sister Olvia, we'll take you there later, we won't tell Reina!" Olga glanced at Reina and said haughtily.

“Alright!” Olvia chuckled and glanced at Reina, then nodded and said, “I tried to find the location indicated by the treasure map and discovered it was a ruin, but I couldn’t find the entrance. Perhaps we can get some clues from the murals Olga mentioned earlier!”

“I also found a ruin. The entrance should be buried under the soil. It would be a huge project to clear it. With just the five of us… it might be difficult!” Reina said, frowning.

“It seems we’ve found the right place, but because it’s underwater, it’s much more difficult!” Olvia said immediately when she heard that Reina had also found a ruin.

“Then let’s go down and see what the mural Olga found is first, and then we can go to the ruins you found!” Reina thought for a moment and then sorted out his thoughts.

So the five of them put on their helmets and went down again.

Olga led the way and they quickly found the temple-like place she had mentioned. However, more than half of the temple was buried in mud, and only one person could barely enter at a time.

Reina gestured to them, took out the flashlight he had prepared, and went into the temple first.

Upon entering the temple, Reina indeed discovered the murals all around. He gently brushed away the mud on the murals with his hands, revealing some simple drawings to Reina.

He looked at it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what was recorded on the mural.

Soon after, Olga and Olvia came in, while Sachi and Lacjo stayed outside on guard.

Firstly, the space inside the temple wasn't very large, and secondly, they wouldn't be of any use if they came in, so they simply waited outside.

Olvia, holding Reina's flashlight, carefully examined each mural. After she had finished looking at all the murals, she frantically gestured to Reina and Olga, telling them to leave immediately.

But at that moment, a series of tremors came, like an earthquake, and the whole island seemed to be shaking.

"Oh no!" Reina quickly grabbed Olvia and Olga, trying to get out of the temple, but at this moment the top of the temple began to collapse, blocking their way out.

"Cough cough cough..." Their way in was blocked, and the oxygen supply pipes connecting them to the top of their heads were also cut off by boulders, causing seawater to pour directly into their diving equipment.

Reina ripped off his helmet and shielded Olvia and Olga behind him, because in addition to the lack of oxygen, rocks were constantly falling on their heads.

"Damn it, we have to find a way out!" Reina glanced back at the two of them. Olvia's oxygen supply pipe was cut off, and seawater had entered her diving equipment, just like his. Olga was lucky; although her oxygen supply pipe was blocked by a boulder, it was not cut off, so there was still some air left in her equipment.

After removing Olvia's helmet, Reina signaled for the two to hide, as he planned to break through the temple roof and escape.

Outside the temple, when the earthquake struck, Sachi and Lakyo discovered that boulders had fallen and blocked the temple entrance.

Moreover, two of the oxygen supply pipes connecting Reina and the other two were suddenly severed, which greatly alarmed the two men.

"Push the stone away!" Lakyo gestured to Sachi, and prepared to move the boulder blocking the temple.

But at that moment, Sachi suddenly noticed many dark figures around him. He immediately stood behind Laco, trying to buy Laco time to rescue Reina and the other two.

At the same time, Whitebeard and his crew on the island also felt the entire island tremble.

"What happened? Was there an earthquake?" Marco asked, looking at the white-bearded man sitting on the rock.

Whitebeard frowned, stood up, and walked towards the shore.

As the user of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Whitebeard felt a resonance with this kind of vibration.

"The island is rising!" A ring of transparent energy appeared on Whitebeard's palm, which he then imprinted on the ground as he looked up at the sea.

"Dad, look!" Just then, Hansen suddenly noticed that two of the original five connecting pipes had floated up.

"Oh no, the seabed must have been shaking too, causing something to tear the pipe!" Marco's expression changed, and his eyes widened in shock.

When Vista and Hansen saw this, they prepared to jump into the water to rescue the people, but Marco stopped them.

Even with Reina and his team's abilities, they would need diving equipment to go down. If Vista and Hansen went down like this, they would only cause trouble and wouldn't serve any purpose.

"With Liuliu here, there shouldn't be any problems. Let's wait a little longer!" Joz said from the side.

Meanwhile, in the underwater temple, Reina, wielding Hyōrinmaru, slashed his sword towards the top of the temple.

Suddenly, the top of the temple was cut in two by Reina. He quickly grabbed Olvia, who was almost out of oxygen, and Olga, who had almost used up the remaining oxygen in the equipment, and prepared to leave the temple.

But at that moment, he suddenly realized that things were not peaceful outside the temple either, with countless dark shadows moving around.

Reina glanced back at Olvia, who was in great pain from lack of oxygen, and without thinking of anything else, he severed Olga's connection pipe with his sword, picked up the two of them, and rushed outside.

He had just rushed out of the temple when he discovered that the dark shadows around him were actually strange fish that looked like goldfish but had sharp teeth.

Next to the temple were Laco and Sachi, who were fighting with the monster fish. When they saw Reina rushing out from the top of the temple, they immediately tried to come and join him, but they were entangled by the monster fish and could not move freely.

"No, we can't wait any longer!" At this moment, Olvia was almost unconscious due to extreme lack of oxygen, and Olga's helmet was filled with seawater.

Reina first removed Olga's helmet, then kissed Olvia on the lips, transferring some of the remaining oxygen from his lungs to her.

Seeing that Olvia's complexion had improved, he gritted his teeth, bit his finger, and used the summoning spell.

"Pop!" A string of bubbles appeared, and Liu Liu's enormous figure appeared beside Reina.

Chapter 100 A Narrow Escape

"Let's go!" Seeing Liu Liu appear, Reina didn't have time to care about anything else. He patted Liu Liu's body and made him swim towards the sea.

But at that moment, Reina caught a glimpse of the pipes connecting Lacjo and Sachi, which had also been bitten off by the strange fish.

Reina was now in a dilemma. If he ignored Lacjo and Sachi, they might not be able to hold out until he returned to rescue them.

However, if she went back to rescue the two of them now, and got entangled by those strange fish, Olvia might not be able to hold on.

Time was of the essence, leaving Renato no room for hesitation. With no other choice, he gritted his teeth and sent Liuliu back to rescue Sachi and Laco, because if anything happened to the two of them because of his failure to save them, he would never be able to forgive himself.

Just as Liu Liu was about to rise, it received Reina's signal, flicked its tail, and swam directly towards Laco and Sachi.

"Gurgle gurgle..." Just as Liu Liu approached Sachi, something attacked Reina from behind. Although he absorbed the impact, he still choked on his own saliva.

Reina's vision began to blur, but fortunately, Sachi and Laco were not weaklings and seized the opportunity to grab Reina off Liuliu.

The lack of oxygen to his brain caused Reina considerable pain, but seeing Olvia's face turning purple, he bit his tongue to force himself to become more alert.

After giving Lacjo and Sachi a look, Reina pinched Olvia's lips with one hand and kissed her again.

The moment their lips touched, Reina felt a suction force coming from Olvia's side, as if trying to suck all the oxygen out of his body.

After being sucked in by Olvia, Reina could no longer hold on and passed out.

When he woke up again, he saw Marco with a strange expression on his face.

"Phew~ Where's Olvia? Where's Olga? Are Sachi and Laco alright?" Upon seeing Marco, Reina's biggest concern was whether the others were alright.

"Don't worry, everyone's fine. According to Sachi and Laco, luckily, the speed of the glider was very fast. It not only shook off those strange fish, but also successfully brought you to the surface! If it had been any slower, Olvia and Olga would have been in great danger!" Marco shook his head and said.

"Phew~ Really? That's great!" Reina finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Um…” Marco hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw Reina looking over, his mouth trembled and he asked directly, “Are you alright? When you were rescued, your back was covered in wounds. With your abilities, you shouldn’t have been injured by those fish, right?”