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

Chapter 245 Advancement to Tier 3, Lantern Keeper! Legendary Skill!!

Chen Qi took a sip of wine.

The film crises have created a few advantages.

The first is the point of inspiration.

By defeating certain monsters, you can obtain Inspiration Points in the Rift.

However, each rift closes after it is cleared, so unlike in the Blackblood Empire, there are very few actual monster spawn points in the Kingdom of Be.

After upgrading his Steel Breath and Blade Breathing Techniques, Chen Qi's Inspiration Points were depleted, leaving him with only 500 points.

Now, Chen Qi's inspiration isn't even enough to upgrade the forging and body-strengthening techniques he possesses.

Once you reach the third tier and start learning higher-level skills, the cost of Inspiration Points will be enormous, far exceeding what you can afford through daily tasks.

In the Shadow Tide, a large number of Shadow Beasts and Monsters are a wealth of Inspiration Points. Missing this opportunity is equivalent to losing a huge amount of Inspiration Points.

Secondly, there is the number of people in the rift. Without a limit on the number of people in the rift, it means that the difficulty of the rift will be reduced significantly.

This means that the Shadow Tide will become a typical unlimited multiplayer rift, where even a first-tier transcendent has a chance to gain huge rewards.

Given the current size of Poseidon Island, the final number of participants may exceed 10,000.

Simply put, the expansion of the crumbling rift is an extremely rare dungeon where everyone can participate, fight monsters, and level up.

Of course, the name of B-grade rift still makes most people hesitate, after all, B-grade rift has the ability to bury legends.

At this moment, with the news from Chen Qi, discussions were constant in the tavern, all revolving around 'Shadow Tide'.

Clearly, the information about this B-rank rift shocked everyone. Many hunters, in order to save their lives, even chose to pay the penalty for breach of contract and refuse to participate in the rift.

Captain Sea Serpent, a member of the Sea God Pirate Crew on Sea God Island, said with a serious expression:

"Everyone, calm down! This matter is of utmost importance! This is just one Shadow Tide. Our Poseidon Island possesses a massive tentacle defense network, a powerful seahorse force, thousands of heavy artillery pieces, and our own Tier 3 Supernova!"

"At that time, the bishop of our Seagod Island will personally defend against the enemy! This Shadow Tide is nothing to fear!"

Inside the tavern, several fierce-looking Tier 3 hunters spoke.

"You just want to use us as human shields, don't you?"

"I hope your defenses aren't just for show!"

"Ideally, you could provide a precise scale of the disaster. If it weren't for someone risking their life to gather intelligence, we would have died without ever knowing what we were facing!"

Everyone stared intently at the sea serpent captain.

Captain Sea Serpent was surrounded by the crowd.

Oh no, the NPC I was supposed to collect my reward from is surrounded... Chen Qi had no choice but to put down his wine glass, find the person in charge of the tavern, and collect his reward.

The tavern's portly manager, smiling, handed Chen Qi a bag filled with three million shell coins and a dark-colored skill card:

"Newcomer to the Lantern Phase! Welcome to Poseidon Island. We still have many reconnaissance missions to complete, but we're short-handed. Come again next time!"

There's always a shortage of people in the reconnaissance mission line... Chen Qi took the bag, along with the dark-colored skill card in his hand.

Black Wave Slash Lv1
Learning requirements: Ability to comprehend small-scale photography and mastery of the power of image transformation.
Function: During the slashing process of the blade, the energy is transformed into black, sharp, flowing waves, which are then condensed and unleashed.

Note: Learning this skill will permanently increase your slashing power.

Note: Upgrading this skill requires 5000 Inspiration Points and the consumption of a large amount of Black Sea Grass.

Active slashing skill... Chen Qi fell into thought.

Black Wave Slash is a fairly powerful skill among many sword techniques. After being upgraded to level two, it can also increase agility and strength.

Upon reaching level three, you can unlock powerful ultimate skills.

Black Wave Slash is a very powerful skill in the third tier, but only if it can be upgraded to level 3.

The powerful skills after the third tier require not only the usual panel skill requirements, but also a lot of resources.

The same applies to the Black Wave Slash. To learn the Black Wave Slash, one must consume Black Sea Grass to regulate one's blood.

Seeing this, the tavern manager clasped his hands together and forced a smile:
"Sir, if you need black seaweed, you can exchange it using contribution points."

"I see."

Chen Qi accepted the skill card.

Good things are always expensive.

Only Poseidon Island knows how to obtain Black Seagrass.

It can be said that although the Sea God Pirates rewarded him, they also used a special method to bind him.

This is the Sea God Pirate Crew's tactic of "bundled sales." The skill cards they offer often require the Sea God Pirate Crew's resources to learn.

Many free hunters have lingered because they haven't been able to exchange for the resources corresponding to the skill cards.

If Chen Qi doesn't continue with the missions, he won't be able to unleash the full power of Black Wave Slash.

However, Chen Qi didn't pay much attention to it.

His purpose in joining the Sea God Pirates was to surpass Finn, the protagonist of The Witch Sea, in strength and completely subdue her.

Therefore, Chenqi's initial idea was to have it all!

Upgrading Black Wave Slash to Lv3 is also a must.

Chen Qi clapped his hands, then walked over to Melanie and greeted her:

"Miss Hunter."

The lamplighter's powder in his possession must be made into cards as soon as possible.

There should be other card makers on this island.

But you probably won't find another card maker who's faster than Melanie.

Melanie got off the bench at the bar:

"Hunter, what's up? Our White Tower's ship is quite large, would you like to come and take a look?"

Chen Qi said sincerely:
"Yes, I want to make a career card."

Finally, she took the bait... Melanie smiled slightly:
"No problem. As agreed, I can make you a card for free. You can come to my ship... well, it's right at the dock. It's very safe, so don't worry about being harmed. If you really encounter any problems, you can shout for help."

I wasn't too worried... Chen Qi was somewhat speechless.

Although Melanie is strong, she is not a knowledge hunter and does not have the ability to rewrite memories.

Moreover, although Melanie loves to joke, she rarely actually carries it out.

"Row."

After agreeing, Chen Qi followed Melanie to her workshop.

……

……

The Mercury Ship, Melanie's Card Making Workshop.

Inside the workshop, light streams through a specially designed glass skylight and intricate copper lighting fixtures, weaving together with bright card-shaped lights to create a warm and mysterious atmosphere.

On the workbench, all sorts of cards and tools are arranged in an orderly fashion, from blank cards to fancy tarot cards, from ancient bronze engraving knives to precision steam-driven drilling machines.

Melanie put on her dust-proof apron and asked:
"Hunter, what card do you want to make?"

Chen Qi took out the lamplighter's powder:

"Can I make a 'Lamp Keeper' class card?"

Melanie's eyes widened:
"Little hunter, you actually managed to get a Lantern Keeper card. Give it to me, I'm quite good at making lantern cards."

At this point in time, the lamplighter is an extremely rare and powerful profession.

The White Tower Federation is the nation that controls the lamps of knowledge, and Melanie possesses the knowledge to create most of the lamp-related profession cards.

"Ah."

Chen Qi handed the items to the other party.

Melanie, wearing a mask and holding a small mechanical engraving knife, carefully engraved the Lantern Keeper's Powder onto the card, following the patterns on the Lantern Keeper's Card. She was surprisingly quiet while working; no wonder she was the new Mercury Hunter known for card making… Chen Qi watched from the sidelines.

Typically, it takes ten hours to make a professional card.

However, two hours later, Melanie wiped the sweat from her brow and used her skill 'card casting' to complete the final spiritual imbuing of the card:
"Done!! Hunter, the fee I charge for crafting a single card back in my hometown starts at 200,000 coins!"

Melanie flicked the card, her face beaming with excitement at completing its creation.

"It's done..."

The drowsy Chen Qi was suddenly jolted awake, opened his eyes wide, and took the card.

You have obtained the Lighthouse Keeper Card.

"Thank you so much! Card-making master!"

Unable to contain his excitement, Chen Qi picked up the card and excitedly walked outside.

Melanie, still basking in the excitement of completing the card, asked:
"You're welcome, it's what I should do. By the way, Hunter, would you like to have more cards? Would you like to learn the secrets of card making? Would you like to become an undercover agent?"

Wait, where is everyone... Melanie looked at the empty workshop.

……

……

Ghost ship, bedroom.

Chen Qi hurriedly closed the door and held the lamplighter's job card in his hand.

With his current understanding of the principles of the lamp, digesting the lampkeeper class cards will not be a problem.

"Digestion!"

Chen Qi gritted his teeth, suddenly used his strength to form a blade, and stabbed it into his palm, cutting a huge wound.

With a sharp pain, blood dripped from the wound, slowly staining the lamplighter's card red.

The moment the blood and the card came into contact, the card burst into flames and dissipated rapidly, its power surging into Chen Qi's body!
In an instant, the spiritual power of his blood increased dramatically, reaching the limit that Chen Qi's body could withstand, and it suddenly boiled.

Blood boiling!
“Hoo, ho, ho—”

Faced with the boiling of his blood, Chen Qi gritted his teeth, trying his best to remain motionless and endure everything.

His heart was pounding several times faster than usual, red bubbles of spiritual energy were constantly bursting from his skin, and every organ in his body was throbbing restlessly—it was terrifying.

Although it was painful, Chen Qi could feel that his body was being constantly rebuilt and sublimated.

[You are currently processing the Lightkeeper's professional card—]

At this moment, a massive amount of information rushed into his mind, and Chen Qi couldn't help but close his eyes to digest this knowledge.

The pain began to be overshadowed by numbness.

Various techniques, inspirations, powers, and fragments flooded in like a tidal wave.

On the sea of ​​spiritual energy, Chen Qi seemed to have embarked on a long journey, treading through wave after wave, and finally arriving at a deserted island. Ripples gradually appeared on the sea beneath his feet, forming the pattern of a lantern bearer.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Qi seemed to have gone through decades of practice.

Both the small organs of the body and the deeper spiritual power have grown.

Large amounts of white vapor continuously exhaled from his mouth and nose.

Hot beads of sweat fell like soybeans.

Tick ​​tock!

When he opened his eyes again, Chen Qi suddenly clutched his chest and exhaled a mouthful of thick blood.

"Cool!"

This feeling of my whole body boiling over! It's absolutely amazing!

At that moment, a notification finally appeared before his eyes.

[You have advanced to the third-tier Lamp Keeper profession.]

[Your Inspiration +10, Your Constitution +10, Your Strength +3, You have obtained a Tier 3 Soul Body: Compared to Tier 2, all your spiritual skills are enhanced by 20%.]

[You have gained intermediate understanding of the Lamp and Scale aspects. Your current Lamp understanding is at the intermediate+ level, and you can now study more advanced skills.]

[You gain Shadow Resistance: You can reduce damage from shadows.]

You have gained night vision: you have enhanced vision in the dark.

[You have gained the skill 'Lighting Up': You can create or modify a light source, transforming it into something that greatly enhances your own power and inflicts massive mental damage on dark creatures.]

[You have gained the passive skill 'Day and Night Reversal': At night, all your attributes increase, and you have greater stamina.]

Chen Qi looked at the series of prompts in front of him and couldn't help but feel excited.

The third tier of transcendence is a huge breakthrough. The third tier is the threshold for becoming a master, and at this stage, there are infinite possibilities.

Among the third tier, there are terrifying beings like Grey Rat, Anne, and Hagrid who can single-handedly destroy an island, as well as special superhumans like the Flower Witch who are skilled in control, and half-baked individuals like Mad Shark.

More important than these skills and bonuses is the unprecedented sense of spaciousness that Chenqi possesses.

Each level has its own bottleneck.

He has been stuck in the second tier for far too long.

He broke through the bottleneck, and now he has unlimited potential in both his physical body and his skills.

The road ahead of him had become wide open.

As Chen Qi gasped for breath, the burning sensation in his body gradually disappeared, replaced by a feeling of being bathed in sweet rain.

Chen Qi now felt incredibly strong.

"Wakuwaku (Master! Congratulations, Master!)"

On the table, Water Sprite No. 3 and No. 1, holding two rags, celebrated like cheerleaders.

"Let's test its power."

The current water sprite probably can't withstand it... Chen Qi looked at the table next to Water Sprite No. 3, his arm suddenly flashed, and he threw a punch.

boom!
This ordinary punch, still thirty centimeters away from the table, caused the entire table to snap in two as easily as tofu, simply by the force of the punch.

"I used to find this very difficult; this is a comprehensive improvement," Chen Qi couldn't help but smile.

At that moment, two more special notifications popped up in front of him.

[You have been enhanced by Hunter's Ember, your Illumination skill has been upgraded, and you have gained the additional skill Fireforging.]

Fire casting technique?
The effect of Hunter's Ember? Chen Qi was startled.

A regular lamp-lighting spell can amplify light sources within a fifty-meter radius, transforming them into a powerful 'holy light'.

Within the light's reach, all hostile creatures will receive a weakening buff, and the light will also inflict terrifying true damage on all dark creatures.

But what is the art of fire casting? Chen Qi hurriedly looked it up.

Fire-casting Technique:

Sexual aspect: lamp, scale
Description: Only fire can drive everything away.

Effect: The Lamp skill learned by Deepsea Hunters while chasing Shadow Dragons in the deep sea. This skill allows you to enhance light sources within 50 meters, causing them to burn and forge a special flame. You can manipulate this flame and attach it to your weapons, enhancing all your skills and damage.

Note: This flame will continuously consume your spiritual power.

Fire-forging technique? Does this mean I'm to pass on the fire? Chen Qi was shocked.

Without a doubt, this skill is an extremely powerful upgrade.

The enhancement of Hunter's Ember is beyond my imagination—Chen Qi couldn't help but sigh.

At that moment, another special notification popped up in front of Chen Qi's eyes.

[Enhanced by the Hunter's Ember, your skill 'Day and Night Reversal' has been upgraded to 'Night Monster'.]

(End of this chapter)