Takenaka heard Lao Wang speak, and looked up consciously, only to realize that he was thinking about things too much just now, so that he didn't notice that Port Royal was already close in front of him.

Less than 2 hours before the deadline for this race, the scarred White Tulip finally returned to the port of Royal again, and the large fleet at the time of departure is now only 3 remnants of the defeated army, 2 of which are still on the way back to the port, this kind of loss cannot be said to be not serious.

Like her, the rest of the participating ships that managed to return to Port Royal were all injured at this time, and the total number was less than 100.

Although the appearance is relatively embarrassing, Lao Wang and they still receive more attention.

As the White Tulip, flying the flag of the Netherlands and the flag of the Vanderkamp Chamber of Commerce, slowly entered the port, the members of the Invincible Uncle Team felt those eyes from all directions almost instantly.

This kind of attention is understandable, everyone is not blind, after the battle in the Bay of Royal, the name of the arms merchant Van der Kamp has been completely opened

Scola's human walker, with a single move, wiped out the cattle man of Sheffield, the favorite to win the championship "Wind Pressure Baron", with these legends, as long as it is a Caribbean seafarer in the future, anyone will take a few more glances at such a guy, not to mention, he summoned his main god and destroyed the enemy's 5 human ships, what happened so clearly, so clearly.

The hull of the White Tulip gently touched the wooden plank path of the berth, and a slight vibration was felt throughout the ship, making people feel reassuring.

Even sailors who are attached to the sea will have a short "love complex" after a dangerous voyage, but after they have sought sufficient comfort, their restless hearts will yearn for the sea again, and the cycle will be repeated, this is the seafarer.

"Oh no, uncle, our low-key plan should not be able to continue, because of the appearance of Ms. Sculla, our popularity among the contestants may be very high now, I can't say, we will also be named 'dark horse Van der Kamp', there will definitely be more and more people who want to pay attention to us, not to mention the selectors, even those interactive characters, I don't think it's easy to say. ”

Takenaka's brows were furrowed, his tone was worried, and his worries were indeed justified.

The Invincible Uncle team was not particularly strong, but now they have borrowed the power of Skulla to directly kill Duke Drake's righteous son in public, not to mention how they will continue to retaliate against Lord Duke after the competition, let's just say that in this Seven Seas Strong Challenge, they will inevitably be called the target of public criticism.

Now they can still rely on Skulla to keep everyone in fear, but for the invincible uncle team whose hole cards have been almost all used, it is not a good thing to be remembered all the time, and once someone knows by trying to know that they are not always protected by Scoola, then it is difficult to say what will happen to them.

"Ship in port!"

A voice that didn't care about Takenaka's worries suddenly sounded, it was the berthing registrar who managed the docks.

I saw this tall and thin guy come over and pat the hull of the White Tulip, indicating that the ship was well floating, and continued to spit out some high-pitched tones, and the undulating sound temporarily interrupted Takenaka's thinking.

"Four-masted large galen galleon, commercial, medium-sized, armed reform, white tulip, belonging to the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands!"

He paced from the side of the boat to the bow of the boat, and after a careful inspection, he sang: "Flash shellfish are confirmed, the White Tulip has successfully completed the race, ranking 37th!"

After the registrar finished speaking, he turned around and wrote a few strokes in his notebook, looked up and nodded at Lao Wang, who was standing on the edge of the railing of the boat, and said in a normal tone: "Congratulations, Mr. Van der Kamp, you have successfully passed the first race in this Seven Seas Power Challenge, and this is the proof of your passing in the air race." He shook a letterhead in his hand and said, "Please receive the certificate and go to the Colosseum where you have gathered before, and prepare for the second competition." ”

Lao Wang nodded at him, then turned around and signaled Boss Tan to arrange everything on the ship, and then jumped lightly by holding on to the railing of the ship, jumping directly off the trestle from the deck more than two people high, and also took the certificate of passage from the hand of the berth registrar.

The registrar was about to be upset because of Lao Wang's rude behavior, when he suddenly felt that his palms were a little bulging, and when he looked down again, he saw a large amount of money bag that he didn't know when it had arrived in his hand.

"Thank you for your briefing, sir. Lao Wang smiled and said politely: "How is the situation in this air race?"

The registrar is a person who has been messing around on the Royal dock all the year round, how could he not know that what Lao Wang wanted to ask was not the situation of the competition at all, he was looking for himself, he must have come for information.

I saw that this guy skillfully opened the small money bag in his hand with two fingers, and after making sure that the currency filled it was a very valuable Spanish gold dollar, a satisfied smile climbed up his cheek, this is a number that can make him leak some information intentionally or unintentionally, but he should be able to knock on more.

"The race went very well. The registrar said: "So far 45 ships have entered the port, oh, it should be 48, you look at the distance, there are 3 or three ships about to enter the port, hey, it's been a busy day, Mr. Van der Kamp, I should go and register them." He looked very busy, turned around and was about to leave.

"Just a little longer, dear sir. Lao Wang grabbed the wrist of the clerk and stuffed a diamond the size of a small pea into his hand...

When the Invincible Uncle Team reappeared in the Colosseum, the crowd here was no longer as buzzing as it was before the air race began.

In addition to the decrease in the number of participants, the rest of the people were not very energetic after three days of devilish sailing, but this was only a superficial phenomenon, these elite seafarers, they were like bloody knives, even if there were stains, knives were still knives.

"Bamboo, have you calculated it?" Lao Wang bowed his head to Zhuzhong beside him and said, "How many remaining selectors are there, and how many contestants are there?"

"The current data is such an uncle, after the end of the air race, there are 50 people left in the selection, all the beacons are here, and there are 63 people left in the interactive characters, a total of 113 people, almost two-thirds of the elimination rate. Takenaka said in a low voice.

"There are more people than we imagined, and those who can survive until now are all masters, these 113, we will die ugly if we underestimate anyone. Lao Wang's face sank, and his eyes kept wandering around everyone.

"I don't know what the format of the second game will be, and how many people will continue to stand here after this one. Boss Tan sighed.

"No one knows about this now, but everyone, have you found a very strange place?" Mary asked aloud: "At that time, the task issued by the space was to require us to obtain a comprehensive ranking of less than 40, and now the total number of participants is only 113 people, whether we can make up a total of 40 teams of people, it depends on how many people in each team are calculated, is this the space set our requirements lower?"

"I was thinking about this just now. Lao Wang nodded and said, "It's just that I haven't figured it out, if the purpose of space is to eliminate us naturally, why are the requirements so low?"

"Uncle and Miss Mary, don't forget, the object of the space release task is only our selection, but it is all the contestants who participate in the ranking. Takenaka was afraid that the voice would be low and everyone would not be able to hear it, and the loud voice would arouse suspicion, so he explained directly in the team channel: "Our remaining 50 people may be like 12 or 3 teams, but these interactive characters, a large part of them are captains, and they don't count the crew, unlike us, a few people are just a few challenge books, so if you count it, 63 people make a team of more than 50, it's normal." ”

"So that means that the team we are about to face will reach more than 60?" asked Lao Wang.

"That's about it, there are still errors, but not too much. Takenaka reaffirmed.

"Well, let's see how the second game goes. Lao Wang activity activity neck said: "After all, we still have to continue to eliminate people, the good news is that now our ship ranking is still within 40, and then as long as we don't make big mistakes, it's too late to report a ranking." ”

"Okay, Lao Wang, you better concentrate first, look at the center of the Colosseum, the second one you said seems to be about to happen. Mary tugged at the corner of Lao Wang's clothes and signaled that Lao Wang had a situation.

Wang Mancang followed her prompt and passed his gaze, only to see a familiar chubby figure appear in sight - Ochoa.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I haven't seen you for 3 days, I really miss you, I see you return safely, I, Ochoa, on behalf of this competition, would like to extend my most sincere congratulations to you, you are a well-deserved powerhouse at sea. ”

When the contestants heard the fat man's words, they all looked at Ochoa and felt that the fat man's smiling face looked particularly disgusting at this time.

This can't be blamed on them, as long as the people who are still on the field now, basically have suffered in the course of the sailing race, and some ships have suffered heavy casualties, all the way to the present, Ochoa's praise without the slightest empathy is indeed easy to make people unhappy.

"Hahahaha. The fat man laughed indifferently, and then said with a straight face like a book: "I can see that everyone is very tired and disdainful of my words, but what I want to tell you is that our Seven Seas Power Challenge will not arrange a break for everyone, and the competition will continue!"

I know you've worked very hard, and you've been there for some good seamen, but think about it, when we seafarers are exhausted and suffering at sea, will the wind, waves, enemies, and unknown dangers let us go because we want to rest!?"

The fat man changed directions, and just pointed at Lao Wang and the others and continued: "I don't think so, so if you want to become a strong man in the Seven Seas, your nerves can only be tougher than ordinary people, your will can only be more tenacious than ordinary people, and most importantly, your strength must be stronger than everyone else! There is no special reason, because in the end, some people are sleeping at the bottom of the sea, and you can continue to gallop on the sea with the sun and the sea breeze!"

Ochoa's words successfully suppressed the grumbling of the contestants who were about to erupt and brought the rhythm of the game back on track.

I saw that the color on the fat man's face softened, and he changed his body to another position, and continued: "Since everyone has no opinion, I announce that what we are going to do next is the second competition of our Seven Seas Powerhouse Challenge.

If the first skill of our sea masters is sailing, then our second best skill must be adventure. ”

The fat man clapped his hands, and two strong men carried out a box from the small door of the Colosseum and placed it in the center of the field.

Ochoa walked over and opened the lid of the box, took out a piece of parchment and showed it around, and said: "Everyone has seen it, this is a treasure map, please follow this map to explore the treasure, it is the content of everyone's second assessment." ”

All the contestants looked at the parchment map in the hand of the fat man, and then looked at the stacks of scrolls piled up in the open box, all of them were a little confused, is this still a treasure map?

"Mr. Horn Ochoa, are you kidding us!" finally one of the pickers reacted.

A young seaman who looked to be healthy stepped out of the crowd and said to the fat man in an unkind tone: "You told me that this is a treasure map, and you want us to risk this thing?

"Don't say so ugly, my esteemed little Mr. Prelay. The fat man smiled and replied to the questioning young man, "Is your father okay?"

"You are not qualified to ask, tell me quickly, how far do you want to humiliate us with these so-called treasure maps!" the young man did not pick up Ochoa's stubble at all, and the words in his mouth were even more unkind.

"Little Mr. Prelayi, although you are the champion of this air race, it is not good to despise the competition like this, didn't the esteemed spice king tell you about humility?" the fat man replied with a smile, and just as the word champion came out, many of the contestants, including Lao Wang, involuntarily twitched their eyebrows.

It turned out that the first place was him, Ferdinand once said that this guy's ship performance is very good, it seems that it lives up to its name, and it is not just a second ancestor.

Ochoa no longer paid attention to Little Preelai, turned to the contestants in the audience, and said in a calm tone again: "I believe everyone has the same opinion as Little Prelayi, is this kind of treasure map in a box real? It can't be that our contest party casually buried a few gold dollars, and then scribbled two strokes and let you find it, right?"

The crowd stumbled, all talking about Ochoa's question.

Indeed, what the fat man said was what they had in mind, and this kind of treasure map looked too childish.

But seeing the fat man say loudly: "I am responsible to tell you that the treasure map provided by the competition is all real!"