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

Chapter 253 is already great.

The captain, who was leading the team, gripped the lantern tightly, and beads of cold sweat dripped from his palms.

Although it was described as a human, behind that blurry figure, thick tentacles writhed menacingly—

Its enormous size caused surging dark smoke to burst forth from the figure, then coil around its tentacles, condensing into a terrifying spiral of power.

It's energy! The tentacles are covered in powerful energy!

However, despite using superhuman techniques, the group did not feel safe at all; instead, their bodies trembled even more violently.

Judging from appearance alone, the aura of the monster in front of us is even stronger than that of the massive Kageyama.

Whirring whirring--

A fierce wind swept across the sea.

"Roar!"

The Beast of Shadow Mountain roared, opening its massive, dark maw filled with fangs! A torrent of dark energy surged from all around its body, converging at a single point in its mouth—

Shadow Beast Cannon!
Once released, it will create a terrifying torrent up to 100 meters long!
"It's the Shadow Beast Cannon! Everyone, quickly use your defensive skills!"

The captain in charge gave instructions, watching the scene unfold as he retreated.

Many hunters enjoy watching battles between powerful individuals, but clearly, this is not a battle they can simply watch.

"Roar!"

Just as the beast of Shadow Mountain was about to unleash that giant cannon—

In an instant, the black energy suddenly condensed, becoming even deeper and more powerful. Ten thick tentacles coiled around the energy, resembling one powerful dark drill after another!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The tentacles slammed down, dense as a sudden rainstorm! No, judging by their terrifying size alone, they were like a meteor shower!
The Shadow Beast Cannon, which had been condensed in the mouth of the Shadow Mountain Beast, rammed into its belly. Its incredibly hard Night Scale shell shattered violently, revealing several cracks!

boom! !

Finally, the eight tentacles intertwined, coalescing into a giant fist, which slammed down.

boom!
Pure power!
The beast of Kageyama was slammed into the sea, and the resulting massive wave crashed over the hunters, pushing them back several steps.

Seconds later, the group relit their lanterns, hastily trying to capture the scene on the sea. They saw that the Shadow Mountain Beast's mountain-like body had shattered into pieces, reduced to cold, lifeless shadow flesh—

The leading captain couldn't help but ask:
"Who is it? Has another monster escaped from the research institute? Do we still have such powerful superhumans on Seagod Island?"

"I don't know! Besides, only so many seconds have passed, where did that guy go!"

The group frantically searched for any trace of the humanoid monster.

The next moment, as the waves rolled over their trouser legs, all fifty people felt a chill emanating from behind them—

The monster was behind them—the captain shuddered, a strange sensation spreading through his neck.

Cool and soft as cotton—

There was a tentacle wrapped around its neck.

The team leader was taken aback.

Behind him, a soft whisper came.

"Give me a vial of tranquilizer—"

The voice behind him spoke coldly.

Everyone gasped. They could all feel tentacles gently brushing against the ground, but no one dared to turn around or even turn their heads.

Sedatives? The captain, not daring to disobey, took two vials of potent sedative medicine from his backpack and handed them over tremblingly.

boom--

Chen Qi took the two bottles of sedatives, looked up, put them to his lips, and crushed them with a single punch.

Gulu! Gulu!
The azure liquid flowed down Chen Qi's tongue and into his throat.

As the sedative took effect—Chen Qi's breathing gradually calmed down, and he glanced at the prompt in front of him again.

[You have defeated the Beast of Shadow Mountain and gained 6000 Inspiration Points.]

The upgraded Ember Touch is more powerful than I imagined, and it also drains more mental energy than I expected.

As Chen Qi adjusted his spiritual energy, the ten enormous tentacles behind him gradually calmed down.

Only after actual combat could Chen Qi truly feel the power of the Touch of Ember and the Weaving of Shadows.

It's not just a simple matter of getting thicker and bigger.

First, there is a significant increase in power; each tentacle is both soft and incredibly strong.

Each tentacle can be seen as an extension of half an arm, and can benefit from the power boost of Dawn's Awakening.

Each tentacle punch was comparable to the heavy punch of a third-tier Blade Phase transcendent!

Secondly, there is the transmission of spiritual energy. Combined with the Hand of Ember and the Weaver's Silk, the tentacles behind can fully utilize the energy and even use corresponding energy techniques.

With the simplest power transformation and steel aura, Chen Qi can directly use steel aura to wrap around the tentacles, thereby greatly increasing the power of the tentacle punches.

The sheer force and energy released is enough to break through the Kageyama Beast's defenses, which are stronger than steel!

And this was even with his physique and strength not meeting the standards, and he had not fully exerted his abilities.

However, its drawbacks are also very obvious.

First, there is a significant drain on stamina and spiritual energy.

Despite consuming multiple bottles of spirit potions and stamina potions imbued with the essence of the Flower Witch after a night of fighting, Chen Qi felt intensely exhausted after just over a minute of combat.

Secondly, there is the excessive generation of rage.

Originally, Flesh Cleave and Ember Touch were two exclusive weapons that complemented each other. The rage generated by Ember Touch would be perfectly absorbed by Flesh Cleave.

However, things have changed now. The sudden evolution of the Touch of Ember has unleashed a torrent of fury that the Flesh-Cleaving Bone-Severing Technique can no longer suppress. Faced with that massive amount of fury, the Flesh-Cleaving Bone-Severing Technique is utterly unable to absorb it.

Chen Qi had to bear this extra burst of anger on his own.

During the battle just now, his mind was completely blank, filled only with monstrous fighting thoughts.

war! war! war!
Therefore, Chen Qi just needed to take a strong sedative to calm his rage.

"call……"

Chen Qi exhaled a mouthful of blood and glanced at the backpack card in his hand, which was used to store items. Now, the potions given to him by the Flower Witch had been completely used up in his daily practice and battles.

If it weren't for the monster's 'mental threshold' at night, he might have become a monster that only knew how to kill.

Upgrading equipment is certainly a good thing, but clearly, the Ember Touch equipment has exceeded his capacity.

To use the current Ember Touch, one must use consumable potions to ensure their safety.

Chen Qi gently took out a gold coin worth 10,000 shell coins and flicked it into the hand of the captain below him:
"Thanks."

After saying that, Chen Qi left.

As the enormous, shadowy tentacles slashed across the ground, the sound gradually faded into the distance, and the violent heartbeats of the crowd subsided.

At that moment, the captain looked at the gold coin in his hand and trembled slightly.
"It didn't kill us, and it was actually quite polite..."

A female mage wearing round-framed glasses hugged herself tightly.

"The more polite a monster is, the more terrifying it is..."

As everyone watched the writhing shadow on the sea surface, they began to speculate about its identity.

Until a loyal reader of the White Dove Times asked in bewilderment:

"Is the other party the long-lost Black Hunter?" At this moment, a huge wave of shadows crashed against the coastline once again.

Meanwhile, in a distant corner, a warship surged through the shadows and crashed into the battlefield.

……

……

pier.

Chen Qi removed the Ember Touch, put on ordinary hunter's clothes, and joined the main force resisting the Shadow Tide.

The Ember of Touch, Shadow Weaving had consumed too much energy, coupled with the previous battle...

At this moment, Chen Qi's physical strength was completely exhausted.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, he had reached his limit.

The upgraded Ember Touch is too powerful; I can't withstand it, I absolutely can't withstand it—

That's already amazing.

Unless the Flower Witch pulls out a brand new super-energy potion for him and gives him a full-body stamina recovery, he simply doesn't have the stamina to hunt down any more Shadow Monsters with over 5000 Inspiration Points.

Chen Qi tallied his gains and found that he had successfully upgraded the Ember Touch and Shadow Weaving, earning a total of 21100 Inspiration Points.

Thanks to killing the Shadow Beast, his Rift rating isn't the lowest E-rank; he'll at least have one skill card.

It can be said that the harvest has been quite fruitful.

Next, we simply wait quietly for the night to end, complete the task of the lamplighter, and await the final settlement of the rift.

but--

Chen Qi, holding a black knife, mingled among the hunters, gazing at the densely packed horde of shadow beasts.

At this moment, he was located in the center of the battle line, where the hunters and pirates fighting together numbered more than two thousand.

The corpses of the shadow beasts on the ground had piled up to three layers high, with a conservative estimate of 300,000 corpses.

However, the Shadow Beast tide shows no signs of abating.

Can the Sea God Pirates really survive tonight's Shadow Beast tide?

A question unconsciously arose in Chen Qi's mind.

Currently, based on available information, the fourth-tier legendary bishops who came to the aid of the Sea God Pirate Crew are all being targeted by the Navy.

In other words, the fourth-tier legends will not arrive on the battlefield tonight.

As for Night of Shadows, as the lowest-level B-rank rift, its final boss is not something that ordinary third-rank transcendents can defeat without special items to clear it.

Sure enough, suddenly, an enormous, bright red eye emerged from the darkness in the distance!
"Damn it! This guy finally showed up!"

A huge, blood-red eyeball appeared above the sea, while a massive foot slammed down on the surface, creating wave after wave of giant waves.

Chen Qi raised his head and looked at the enormous object in the sky. On the sea, he could vaguely see a huge figure.

Standing a hundred meters tall with incredibly long limbs, with each step it takes, hundreds of shadow wolves fall from behind it—

Its body is covered in pure night scales, while its head is a blood-red eye that exudes endless terror.

A blood-red, one-eyed shadow giant!!
Is the final boss of this rift the Shadow Giant...? Chen Qi looked around.

During the Night of Shadows, the most terrifying Shadow Boss should be the Fear Weaver, who is formed from countless fears.

The Shadow Giant is not considered a powerful boss among the B-rank Rift bosses. With large-scale weapons, a combined attack from third-rank transcendents can defeat it with a small probability.

Simply put, it's a disgrace among B-rank Rift bosses.

Despite this, the Shadow Giant is still the BOSS, the B-rank Rift BOSS!

With each step the Shadow Giant takes, the shockwaves it emits cause massive waves and ground tremors.

Chen Qi looked up and couldn't help but sigh.

Right now, he would be far too insignificant to face such a giant alone.

If no powerful enough weapon is used to stop it, half of Poseidon Island will be destroyed.

The appearance of the Shadow Giant signifies that the battle is drawing to a close.

At this moment, the commander of the Blade Book was using intense "battlefield commands" to make his voice resonate throughout the front lines.

"The final enemy has appeared. Five hundred cannons are loaded with explosive shells. The target is within range. Everyone, prepare! Five, four, three, two, one..."

"Fire at me!!"

Boom! Under the commander's order, in the blink of an eye, a dazzling pillar of fire streaked across the night sky, and five hundred powerful explosive fireballs swept across a thousand meters, striking the Shadow Giant's mountain-like body!

Head! Hands! Abdomen!

On the Shadow Giant's body, it was as if a series of volcanic eruptions had occurred, and dark blood flowed down like a waterfall from the blast sites.

The Explosive Flame Bullet was developed by the Magic Bullet Company as a weapon specifically designed to deal with sea monsters, and it is one of the Seagod Island's trump cards.

However, the Shadow Giant seemed to feel no pain; its single, blood-red eye remained fixed on the crowd below, taking one step after another—

The earth is shaking!

The situation took an immediate and dramatic turn for the worse.

Faced with the oppressive aura of the Shadow Giant, the group that had been locked in battle with the Shadow Beast began to waver, and the original battle line instantly shattered.

Chen Qi casually kicked a shadow wolf to death and looked into the distance.

Just then, on a distant warship, a figure, like a shooting star, streaked across the sea, instantly creating wave after wave of giant waves.

boom!
Multiple shockwaves erupted on the sea surface!
It was like a train on the sea, smashing through the shadow tides all the way. The shadow tides, which flowed like rivers on the sea, tore open a wound.

"who is it?"

Chen Qi looked puzzled. The other party's aura was only at the third level, but the strength he displayed was far beyond that of an ordinary third-level superhuman.

Whether it's the way they walk on the sea or the immense power they display, it's enough to astound anyone.

She was even a point better than Melanie.

boom!
With a sonic boom, the figure stopped at the forefront of the battle line.

Using Shadow Step, Chen Qi slayed the weak Shadow Wolves as he moved forward to the very front of the battle line, curiously watching the figure that had been flying by.

A muscular man, his body enveloped in blue energy, slowly opened his azure eyes:
"Sorry everyone, I'm late. I ran into a mage on the way and got a little injured, which wasted some time."

At this moment, the pirates couldn't help but widen their eyes, as if they had been saved.

"Lord Hagrid! Our Azure Beast! You've finally arrived!"

"Hagrid, behind you is the Shadow Giant!"

Hagrid—Chen Qi recalled carefully, and realized that he seemed to be a core figure of the Sea God Pirate Crew, the successor of the Azure Beast, and also regarded as the future successor of Sea God Island.

He was also one of the top-ranked supernovas in the newspapers, and was hailed as the most promising third-tier transcendent to advance to the legendary level.

Wasn't this the person who threatened in the newspaper to kill me to prove my Dao? Chen Qi blinked, suddenly remembering this.

However, at this moment, before Chen Qi's thoughts could even settle—

boom!
Before the crowd could even cheer, the shadow giant's right foot slammed onto the land, crushing the dock to pieces—

(End of this chapter)