Seeing those phantoms still hadn't launched an attack, Wang Xiaoqiang felt extremely puzzled. However, he couldn't open his divine sense and couldn't probe, so at this moment, he had to focus intently on exploring the sunken ship.

The four sailors were all wearing lifesaving frog suits, equipped with oxygen tanks, and had searchlights on their heads. Wang Xiaoqiang didn't have such equipment, but with his physique, he didn't need them,

He quietly followed behind the four, using their searchlights to examine and observe the sunken ship.

After diving underwater, he discovered that the sunken ship was even larger than imagined. Perhaps due to its age, the hull of the sunken ship was already decayed, but its basic shape was still intact. No bodies were visible on top, likely long eaten by fish, yet everything inside the ship was preserved well.

Judging from the internal layout of the sunken ship, it should have been a cruise liner. However, older cruise liners also carried passengers, so naturally, if it were a cruise liner, the contents inside would be quite substantial.

The four sailors were at the front, with Wang Xiaoqiang behind, continuously exploring. Just as the group of five was exploring the sunken ship, the phantoms above the ship were already swimming toward the 'Ocean Oasis' cruise liner in swarms, numbering in the thousands...

The searchlight constantly swept through the cabin, suddenly drawing the attention of the four sailors with several boxes. They surrounded them, took out spare knives from their bodies, and pried open the boxes, discovering they were filled with gold bars.

The four sailors, wearing oxygen tanks, couldn't make any sounds underwater, but their body movements revealed their excitement and ecstasy.

Although they found gold bars, since they were quite heavy, they couldn't carry them out. Each secretly took a few, stuffed them into their clothes, and then went to explore a neighboring luxury cabin,

Wang Xiaoqiang followed them in and found a brocade box in a wardrobe. When he opened the box, he couldn't help but be dazzled by a display of blue light, illuminating the entire luxurious cabin brightly, capturing the attention of the four sailors,

It turned out to be a box full of sapphire necklaces. From the luster they emitted, their priceless quality was evident.

Some things cannot be measured by money, like the ancient relics displayed in museums, whose historical value cannot be calculated with money.

These sapphire necklaces, although not of much historical value, are still exquisitely crafted. If they were older, they'd have some value beyond money as well.

By this time, the four sailors finally noticed Wang Xiaoqiang and rushed toward him together, not allowing anyone to compete for treasures with them, each drawing spare knives from their bodies.

Wang Xiaoqiang, not wanting to kill innocents recklessly, swiftly swam away with the box of gemstone necklaces. Although the four sailors were wearing frog suits, they couldn't compete with Wang Xiaoqiang's speed,

Wang Xiaoqiang swam away from the sunken ship and surfaced, only to hear screams of extreme panic coming from the 'Ocean Oasis' cruise liner,

Focusing his eyes, Wang Xiaoqiang saw the giant cruise liner swaying left and right. Such a massive cruise liner, how heavy it must be; aside from a super typhoon, no external force could easily sway it, yet the sea was now calm, and still, the ship was swaying.

"Hmm, it must be those phantoms..." Wang Xiaoqiang first thought of those phantoms because, unlike sharks or other fish, they couldn't move such a city-sized giant ship; phantoms, however, are different, having supernatural powers.

Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't afford to think more; he swam toward the cruise liner and as he got closer, he felt something biting at his legs and feet. Just like last time, it was clearly those phantoms, yet their bites only felt like a gentle massage.

With a movement of willpower, he threw the brocade box into the Sumeru ring, then climbed onto the cruise liner in one breath. He found it shaking violently, as if undergoing an earthquake, seemingly ready to collapse.

Crew members and passengers on the ship screamed in panic, the scene as desolate as doomsday.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang felt a wave of anxious panic, fearful of the giant ship sinking. With nearly ten thousand people on board, he dreaded how many lives would be lost. Though he wouldn't die, he didn't wish to witness such a disaster.

With the growth of his heart's fear, the "Fear Shield Plate" within him expanded again, gradually reaching the size of a normal shield. Its defensive power goes without saying; it's completely incomparable to an ordinary shield, like heaven and earth, completely different.

"Little Qiang, it's those phantoms causing the trouble." Zhao Feiyan and the True Person of Taiyi rushed over and said anxiously.

"What are you waiting for then? Get rid of those phantoms…" Wang Xiaoqiang immediately ordered.

"Phantoms are souls transformed from people who died, belonging to Yin objects. Yin objects are most afraid of fire. I can eliminate them using the fire attribute petals of the Water-Fire Lotus," Zhao Feiyan said.

"Alright, it's up to you, and be quick; if the ship sinks, it'll be troublesome," Wang Xiaoqiang instructed anxiously.

Zhao Feiyan didn't hesitate, waving her hand to release the Water Lotus from her sleeve. It, the size of a bowl, fell from the deck, plummeting like a meteor...

At this moment, the passengers onboard couldn't stand steadily, as if in an earthquake, all panicking and not noticing the Water-Fire Lotus.

The Water-Fire Lotus plunged into the sea, and following Zhao Feiyan's intent, it suddenly expanded, growing from bowl-sized to windmill-sized in an instant, spinning rapidly, launching an attack on the phantoms beneath the ship.

As Zhao Feiyan said, the phantoms are truly afraid of the fire attribute spiritual energy, and the Water Lotus petals are formed from fire attribute spiritual energy. In their rapid spinning, they charged at the phantoms like a gear.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The flower petals, like a fiery wheel, incinerated the phantoms amid their rotation, causing the phantoms to wail in screams, one after another perishing. This scene filled the phantoms with panic as they scattered and fled, heading toward the sunken ship.

Consequently, the four sailors were doomed, just as they were about to leave the sunken ship with their load, they were surrounded by a horde of phantoms,

The outcome was predictable; they were consumed by the phantoms, not even leaving their bones behind, their screams echoing far and wide. The cruise liner's passengers listened and were all deeply frightened.

Seeing the sailors perish yet the cruise liner stable again, the captain dared not linger, immediately ordering the anchor raised to set sail.

The massive cruise liner evaded the phantom ship, breaking the waves as it journeyed forward.

Zhao Feiyan, having saved the lives of those onboard, achieved a major accomplishment, putting away the Water-Fire Lotus, and breathed a long sigh of relief as Wang Xiaoqiang placed a sapphire necklace around her neck without hesitation.

With her snow-white skin and a swan-like slender graceful neck, the sapphire necklace enhanced her elegance and nobility, and Zhao Feiyan's beautiful face appeared even more stunning under the sapphire's glow.

"Little Qiang, this, what is this?"

"A sapphire necklace, for you."

There were ten sapphire necklaces within the brocade box; gifting one to Zhao Feiyan left Wang Xiaoqiang with nine, which he decided to give to his women.

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