Witch, I'm really not an ancient god of the deep sea!

Chapter 148 Envy
The wind and rain outside grew stronger, and the faint crackling of flames could be heard.

The little raven, like a card-cutting magician, displayed the skill cards in her hand.

She herself is a superhuman in the Cup of Shadows, and has just been promoted to a cadre of the Black Whale Group.

The extraordinary resources that the Black Whale Gang's officers received far exceeded his expectations.

With a gentle wave of its little hand, the little crow revealed six skill cards of the Shadow skill.

Chen Qi carefully selected them.

Even with a 30% price reduction, a powerful Shadow skill card could still cost over two million coins!
He only has five million shell coins in cash right now, and he can't have it all.

Moreover, although he eliminated the side effects of excessive use of skill cards, blindly absorbing knowledge could still lead to the madness of book-seeking.

Chen Qi ran his index finger over each item, checking them one by one.

Shadow Dance, a Flower Shadow skill card, summons two dark shadows that mimic the user to perform a flamboyant dance, dealing high mental damage. Requires mastery of advanced dance skills and a small amount of comprehension from either Flower or Shadow.

Shadow Soldier Creation: The Shadow Hammer skill card allows you to create your own shadow soldier by refining negative emotions and fusing them with materials from the Shadow Demon. It requires a small amount of comprehension in either Shadow or Hammer form, and mastery of prerequisite skills such as 'Elemental Extraction' and 'Elemental Alchemy'.

The twisted crawl, a phantom skill card, sacrifices half of one's mental energy to writhe and crawl on the ground, emitting a piercing wail to scare away enemies. It can be used without any conditions, as long as one believes in the principles of shadow.

Shadow Armor, a Blade Shadow Aspect skill card, is an advancement method for Qi. It can transform Qi into stronger dark Qi, increasing one's own defense. It requires mastering Qi and a small amount of Shadow Aspect Comprehension.

Shadow Step, a skill card for shadow effects, is a movement skill that greatly increases agility. It requires a small amount of Shadow Acuity, as well as Strength and 18 Agility points.

The Black Spear, a Shadow Skill Card, allows you to create a black spear with your bare hands. It requires a small amount of Shadow Comprehension and Meditation.

Chen Qi made a selection.

While Shadow Dance is powerful, it's more suitable for classes like Dancer, and it's irrelevant to me.

While the Shadow Soldiers are impressive, there are too many prerequisites required to truly master them.

The twisted crawl is a rather useless skill in itself, and it only becomes somewhat useful when going down the wrong path and evolving into a dark creature.

The Shadow Spear is an attack technique used by first-tier transcendents, and its power is far inferior to that of a bullet.

Finally, Chen Qi focused his gaze on the Shadow Armor and Shadow Feet.

Among them, Shadow Armor is an advanced use of Qi, which focuses on enhancing the defensive power of Qi.

As a melee superhuman, Chen Qi has a high physical constitution but lacks defensive skills. With the Shadow Armor, he can greatly improve his defense.

An excellent skill card to make up for his weak defense.

Shadow Step is also a pretty good movement skill.

In player guides, movement skills and perception skills are essential skills for second-tier transcendents and are also important ways to improve agility.

These two skill cards must be a bit expensive… Chen Qi thought for a moment, then pointed with his index finger:

"I want these two."

The little crow picked up the card with two fingers and gently flicked it into Chenqi's hand:

"Your breathing technique is quite good. These two skill cards are indeed suitable for you. Let me think about it. One card costs 2.5 million shell coins, and the other two cost 5 million shell coins."

If you don't have enough money, you can give it to me when you have time.

Five million shell coins...

Chen Qi blinked and stopped searching for his backpack card.

Both of these skill cards are very useful. If they were on the market, they could sell for at least ten million!
The price of five million is equivalent to a direct discount of half!
The little crow collected the other cards:

"You don't need to pay off the debt with goods. If it's not enough, you can owe it to me first."

The little crow thought about it and realized that it was really too much to ask of a chef to come up with five million shell coins at once.

Chen Qi confirmed:
"Are you sure about five million? Isn't that too cheap?"

Cheap? You really have that much cash? The little crow rubbed its temples: "Because of the black whale blood and that black hunter, I haven't been quite right in the head lately. Consider this an apology for attacking you just now."

"Moreover, there aren't many buyers for the Image Skill Card, and selling it is a troublesome matter in itself."

Without hesitation, Chen Qi took out the gleaming white coins from his backpack card and quickly counted them.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand, one hundred thousand...

Chen Qi stacked up five million shell coins and handed them to the little crow.

The money I worked so hard to save was quickly wiped out.

"Ugh?"

The little crow took the heavy cowrie shells and blinked.

The chef in front of me actually managed to produce five million shell coins in cash!

"Are chefs really that lucrative?" The little crow stared blankly at Chen Qi for a long time.

"so good……"

The little crow couldn't help but say it aloud.

She sat slumped on her hospital bed like a young girl who had been bedridden for many years, looking out the window at her peers who were having a blast and enjoying their youth.

Although she could hardly believe it, at this moment, facing Chen Qi, whose strength was inferior to hers, she felt nothing but envy.

Without parental pressure, without superiors' oppression, without the backstabbing among friends, and without the hostility from black hunters and witches, they could sail freely on the sea.

Most importantly, you can eat delicious food every day!
A free and unrestrained life, a free and unrestrained voyage... A smile appeared on the little crow's lips, then vanished in an instant.

Chen Qi miraculously escaped from the Black Whale Gang, but she didn't.

During this time, she took out a radio-like object from her backpack and started fiddling with it.

Chen Qi didn't sit still; he immediately used two skill cards.

The card vanished from my fingertips and seeped into my blood.

You have mastered Shadow Step Lv1.

You have mastered Shadow Armor Lv1.

A surge of heat quickly spread throughout his body... Chen Qi circulated his spiritual energy, and some black energy appeared in his limbs.

Both are upgradeable skills, with a maximum level of three!
He now has 8000 spiritual points, accumulated through missions.

Upgrading Shadow Feet and Shadow Armor to level 3 requires 3000 Spirit Points each.

upgrade!

His accumulated six thousand spiritual points vanished in an instant.

Your Shadow Armor has been upgraded to level 3, increasing the sturdiness of your Shadow Aura. At the same time, your defense looks even cooler.

Your Shadow Step has reached level 3, increasing your agility and speed by +7 points.

Chen Qi felt the immense, extraordinary power within his body.

Like meditation and body tempering techniques, second-tier skill cards also require a period of time to fully master and unleash their true potential after use.

Da da da!
Chen Qi frowned as he looked at the little crow in front of him.

Suddenly, the little crow pulled out a radio and started fiddling with it.

This is... Chen Qi remembers that the radio in her hand was a supernatural tool for making extraordinary communications.

(End of this chapter)