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

Chapter 247 A B-Rank Rift Descends! Night Has Fallen!

With the roar of the waves, thick black clouds pressed down from the sky, swallowing up the last rays of sunlight.

It was only 5 p.m., two hours before dusk, but the entire Poseidon Island was already shrouded in darkness, accompanied by huge dark clouds.

They're really aggressive!

As night fell and the restlessness of alcohol intensified, Chen Qi felt increasingly hot and excited.

The lighthouse keeper on Poseidon Island also suddenly pushed open the tavern door with both hands:

"Fellow hunters, Seagod Island requests your support! Everyone can exchange Shadow Beast Cores and Creeping Shadows for Shells! There are also exchange points!"

"I swear by the goddess of the sea! Poseidon Island will never betray its promise! We hope you will protect this shattered town!"

The current guardian of Poseidon Island is a pragmatic man. Unlike others, he did not promise unrealistic rewards, but instead provided a simple set of exchange rules.

One Shadow Beast Core can be exchanged for one contribution point, and one Wriggling Shadow can be exchanged for 50,000 Shell Coins.

Among them, the Shadow Beast Core is a guaranteed drop; it will drop from any slightly stronger Shadow Beast.

However, aside from forging Shadow Beast Puppets, Shadow Beast Cores are almost useless and are considered worthless materials with a value of no more than 500 coins.

Two hundred contribution points are equivalent to one hundred thousand coins, which can be exchanged for a skill card and a rare material.

For some superhumans with the ability to cause widespread destruction, this is an extremely rare and valuable mission.

The wriggling shadow, however, is an underrated gem... Chen Qi frowned.

Just as he wanted to go for a monster build, he needed a lot of creeping shadows.

As for the drops from other Shadow Beasts, they are extremely rare and there is no need to sell them.

"Not bad exchange rate—"

Chen Qi downed his drink in one gulp, then got up and stretched his limbs.

"Everyone! Let's go!"

At the lighthouse keeper's words, more than two hundred hunters excitedly took out their weapons, adjusted their equipment, and left the tavern to prepare for the wave of hunting shadow beasts.

Chen Qi followed the others out of the tavern, looking towards the dock and the long black line at the end of his vision.

Near the pier, logs have been driven into the seabed. Each thick log appears exceptionally sturdy, deeply embedded in the water. They are coated with a special fuel made from ghost fire oil, burning fiercely.

In addition, there were a thousand gun emplacements, loaded with incendiary bombs, neatly arranged on the dock, forming an impenetrable artillery defense line.

Dozens of craftsmen are urgently reinforcing the dock's defenses. They skillfully drive in wooden stakes, build mud walls, reinforce ropes, and load incendiary shells to ensure that every detail can withstand the test of the Shadow Beast Tide.

The people, dressed in various kinds of equipment, from fishermen to guards to town residents, all had solemn expressions and resolute eyes.

These two hundred hunters did not slack off at all, and each of them brought out their strongest abilities.

The five White Tower hunters beside him also took out lanterns, tied them to their waists, lit them, and finally took out a steam-powered serrated knife and started it.

Melanie, like a magician, took out a box of cards and stuffed them into various corners of her hunter's outfit.

As a card master, you need to have the ability to pull out cards from anywhere.

"Little brother, you seem to have some misunderstanding about our strength."

Melanie cracked her neck.

In Melanie's opinion, the reason why Chen Qi was still resistant to them was because he didn't know how powerful the White Tower Hunters were!
All six of them were elites, and Melanie was the elite of the elite!

Ordinary third-tier superhumans couldn't even withstand three moves from Melanie.

"There is a gap between a third-tier veteran and a third-tier fledgling."

Melanie gently squeezed the card in her hand.

"Indeed, the gap between three-tier units is greater than the gap between three-tier units and one-tier units."

Chen Qi did not deny it, and took out his daytime lantern.

This morning, he had already spent some time fixing some defects in the daytime lantern and also modified it by painting it black to prevent acquaintances in white cloaks from recognizing it.

Suddenly, Chen Qi vaguely felt a huge shadow pressing down on him.

Chen Qi gripped the black knife tightly and said:
"It's coming—"

A tall, white-painted Federation hunter smiled:
"It's coming? Hunter, the Shadow Tide is still a long way off, there's no need to be so nervous..."

"No..." Chen Qi said coldly.

“Miss Melanie, your subordinates seem to lack knowledge. The Shadow Tide of a B-Rank Rift is not so simple.”

"My teaching methods are flawed."

Melanie put the card away, her expression turning serious.

Chen Qi snapped his fingers, channeled his spiritual power, and lit the lantern in his hand.

Upon hearing Chen Qi's words, everyone sensed something and quickened their pace.

Suddenly, an immense pressure pressed down on everyone, and the lanterns in their hands and the headlamps on their heads went out abruptly with a gust of wind.

A message about a crack pops up.

[You have encountered the crack; inspiration is being assessed...]

[Inspiration assessment in progress...]

[Inspiration analysis a resounding success!]

[Rift Name: Night of Shadow Tide]

Grade: B
Number of participants: None!

Rank restrictions: None!

Sexual aspect: Shadow
Description: Once upon a time, there was a wealthy kingdom with an incredibly powerful army and a prosperous economy. Until a greedy prince, in search of underground treasure, dug open a crack and opened the gate to the sewer, attracting a terrifying being from another dimension—the Shadow Fiend.

They came from the gutter and turned the kingdom into their land.

They are inextinguishable and can regenerate infinitely as long as there is darkness. They are insatiable and crave all living beings with spiritual power.

Just seven nights later, the kingdom of hundreds of thousands of people was reduced to wasteland, and the vast civilization became a desolate ruin.

And now, a terrifying being from another world is coveting this incredibly wealthy island, and coveting your spiritually rich bodies.

They have once again attacked from another world, eager to devour you, the human beings, completely!

The extremely distinctive bright red reminder was reflected in everyone's mind.

This is a B-level rift! Chen Qi gripped his longsword, trembling with excitement.

This was his first time challenging a B-rank rift since he came into this world.

At that moment, a prompt indicating the conditions for passing the level suddenly popped up.

[Clearance condition: Survive the Night of Shadow Tide!]
Additional completion condition: Defeat the Shadow Beast Tide.

[Warning: If the Shadow Beast Tide cannot be defeated during the day, the entire human island will become part of the rift, turning into necrotic wasteland that must be severed.]

As long as you're alive, you can clear the game. It's such a simple condition for clearing the game... Chen Qi looked at his inspiration.

[You have gained inspiration: special knowledge of the Night of Shadows, the Hand of Shadows, the Dark Night, and the Spread of Fear.]

[Shadow Hand: In dark places, dark shadow beasts will constantly emerge. In addition, there is a weak shadow hand, which is extremely frail and has a very low presence, but it will silently extinguish the light source near you.]

[The Darkest Night: On this night, darkness will have a powerful visual and inspiration-blocking effect; at the same time, light will become dim.]

[Fear Spreads: In the darkness, Shadow Beasts absorb the power of fear and use it to evolve themselves, becoming stronger. Furthermore, anyone who feels fear towards a Shadow Beast will have their power absorbed.]

[Your light phase has been triggered! Gain additional special enlightenment!]

[Shadow Weaver: Amidst the dense waves, you seem to see a gigantic monster with a single antler, sitting quietly at a long table, slowly walking into the town.]

Four insights… Chen Qi fell into thought. The tall, white-towered youth was startled and recited the three inspirations he had received: “The Hand of Shadows,” “The Dark Night,” and “The Spread of Fear.”
"Brothers! Look at me, I am the hunter of the White Tower, listen to me, I am proclaiming the extra rules of the Rift! We are now in the Rift, there will be special monsters that will extinguish our lights!"

"Also, do not be afraid. Your fear will be absorbed by the Shadow Beasts, making them even stronger."

Generally speaking, inspiration is the secret of extraordinary people.

But at this moment, the immense pressure from the B-rank rift made them set aside their selfish thoughts and fight the monster with all their might!

These three pieces of insightful information are crucial.

Chen Qi listened quietly to the young man from the White Tower, then glanced at his own inspiration.

The White Tower's extraordinary being was known for his inspiration, but he made no mention of the 'Shadow Weaver' in his words.

This is my unique inspiration... Chen Qi thought to himself.

Those who believe in the principles of the lamp, and whose inspiration is high enough, have a very small chance of gaining extremely special enlightenment within the cracks, in addition to their ability to predict crises.

The Shadow Weaver is a very important inspiration.

Chen Qi had a very deep impression of this monster.

In the game forums, this is one of the few neutral Shadow Beast creatures that only appears in pure Shadow-type rifts. Once a quest is completed, it can help players forge extremely special Shadow-type equipment.

It can grant all equipment extremely powerful shadow-based modifications! It even sells the pure shadow-based Tier 3 class card 'Shadow Fiend', and even Tier 4 legendary class cards.

An extremely rare NPC!

Chen Qi couldn't help but feel excited; he had hit the jackpot this time.

However, based on his insights, is the location where the Shadow Weaver appears in towns?
Because of the Shadow Tide, most of the defenses were built on the dock.

Are these monsters going to flank us?
Chen Qi turned around and looked at the streets of Poseidon Island.

Poseidon Island is divided into two parts: the first part is the town area, and the second part is the research area of ​​the Poseidon Pirate Crew.

The research area is the pirates' residence, where the Poseidon Pirate Crew conducts various experiments, and also contains secret passages leading to their true main base.

The towns, on the other hand, are very monotonous. They occupy one-third of Poseidon Island and are home to tens of thousands of residents, apart from hunters. Many of these residents are just ordinary people who do ordinary jobs, try their best to live, and are ordinary people who worship the sea goddess.

When facing Shadow Beasts, they are natural sources of fear fuel.

The town area of ​​Poseidon Island is not heavily fortified, while the defenses of the docks and research areas are several times stronger than those of the central area.

I need to go to town for a stroll... Chen Qi set a simple goal.

The dark clouds in the sky grew denser and denser, forming a huge shadowy hand.

At that moment, the final message from the crack appeared.

Night has fallen.

With a soft click, the world's light bulb, the bright sun hanging high in the sky, seemed to be extinguished by a dark hand, instantly shrouded in shadow on Poseidon Island.

The illumination range of the efficient lantern, which could originally illuminate a hundred meters, became dim and quickly shrank to within ten meters.

Where is my sunshine?

"Why is the range of my lantern only three meters?!"

"You have hands! You have hands! You're secretly pinching my light! And you're even groping my butt!"

"Where's the Shadow Tide? How much longer until the Shadow Tide arrives?!"

Even with lanterns, the whole world was still plunged into darkness.

Chen Qi picked up the daytime lantern in his hand and looked around.

He seemed to be in a game, only able to see the surrounding light sources within a five-meter radius of the lantern.

And these light sources were extremely dim—

The well-educated Melanie explained:
"Everyone, don't be afraid. The extinguishing of daylight is just a special situation that exists within Seagod Island. This is a B-rank rift, which is itself a small world. In this rift, even shadow beasts that are afraid of light become exceptionally powerful."

Melanie held a very high position, and many people gradually calmed down after hearing her words.

"By the way, Hunter, aren't you going to join your sister's team now?"

Melanie moved closer to Chen Qi, ready to enjoy his panicked expression and offer him some comfort.

According to her knowledge of psychology, when two people are in a high-pressure, terrifying environment, one of them is likely to mistake the tense and exciting emotions for the attraction of someone nearby.

"Through the suspension bridge effect, and with my sister's erudition and beauty, we can get him to work for our White Tower and become our spy..." Melanie looked at Chen Qi confidently.

However, to her surprise...

Instead of seeing fear on Chen Qi's face, she saw excitement, a kind of frenzied excitement.

Chen Qi said quietly:

“Besides the Shadow Tide, Shadow Beasts will continue to be born in the darkness. I choose to patrol the town, and I will deal with the Shadow Beasts in the town.”

"Huh? A town?"

Melanie blinked. Without a doubt, the impending wave of shadows was the real big deal!

Why? Before Melanie could ask, Chen Qi picked up his lantern and left the vicinity of it.

……

……

Street.

"Lighting lamps"

With a snap of his fingers, Chen Qi made the daylight lantern in his hand shine even brighter.

In addition, the effect of 'Night Monster' is also being activated.

[You have triggered the Night Monster effect: your mental resistance is reduced, and all attributes are increased.]

Chen Qi could feel the power in his muscles, the surge of spiritual energy, and the restlessness in his brain.

"The flesh is chopped and the bones are severed."

"Touch of Ember".

As Chen Qi murmured to himself, the tide covered his body, transforming into a hunter's outfit, and no tentacles grew from his back.

As he advanced to the third tier, and with the all-attribute boost brought by the 'Monster of the Night', the twisted tentacles on his back became thicker and more distorted than ever before!

Now, the darkness of the night creates a visual obscuring effect, allowing him to freely use the Touch of Ember to sever flesh and bone without fear of being discovered.

Chen Qi slowly exhaled a breath of red smoke:
"The hunt begins."

……

……

"Woo——"

On the pitch-black street, a ferocious and savage, enormous figure, resembling both a bear and a deer, lurked in the darkness behind a door, waiting for its prey to arrive, waiting to absorb the fear of humans, and then devour their spiritual energy.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, it finally heard footsteps, couldn't help but bare its fangs, and went out through the door.

The moment it went out, it saw a pair of eyes, a pair of cold, eerie pupils.

And so, it met the other's gaze, and under the cold gaze of those pupils, saw the other's entire appearance.

This is an unidentified monster with pitch-black tentacles on its back, a terrifying monster holding a lantern, as black as a hole.

call--

(End of this chapter)