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

Chapter 261 Sneak Attack, No Martial Morality!
On the gray sea, three enormous ships faced each other like behemoths, the sea wind howling and stirring up huge waves.

No, to be precise, they were two behemoth-like warships and a husky-like vessel.

On one side is the White Tower Hunter, whose captain is Melanie, the best of the White Tower Hunters and a genius card maker!

And the ghost ship with extremely high speed, whose current captain is the best of the water sprites, the highly intelligent Water Sprite No. 3.

For ease of movement, Chen Qi specifically instructed the vice-captain, Water Sprite No. 3, to sail the ship alongside the White Tower Hunter. So far, Water Sprite No. 3 has performed its mission quite well, truly living up to its reputation as a pet with maxed-out manual skills.

On the other side is the Serpent Father, whose captain is the Serpent Father, a beastman who loves life and is full of vitality!
Its hull is covered by a dark, semi-transparent, scale-like defensive shield, which forms an absolute defensive wall between the Serpent Father and the White Tower Hunter.

Both the White Tower Hunter and the Serpent Father are upgraded warships, possessing considerable combat power on the high seas.

The White Tower Hunter's main cannon was slowly adjusted and aimed at the Serpent Father. Its main cannon was called the Spirit Power Cannon, a powerful weapon that required the spiritual power of an extraordinary being to use.

With the infusion of spiritual power, the magical patterns on the cannon flashed with dazzling white light, and then a large amount of white energy gathered at the muzzle!

fire!
Spiritual energy bombardment!

With a deafening cannon shot, a beam of spiritual energy struck the barrier. After enduring the White Tower warship's fierce bombardment, the defensive barrier developed numerous cracks, and the Serpent Father was pushed back a hundred meters on the sea.

Not to be outdone, the Serpent Father seized the opportunity, removed the barrier, and unleashed a fierce barrage!
Meanwhile, the pirates on deck also took out their weapons and opened fire on the White Tower Hunter.

In an instant, the sea between the two warships was covered by cannon fire, with explosions rising and falling, deafeningly loud.

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The Snake Father's defensive barrier is high-end; even if the White Tower goes all out, it won't be able to take down the ship in a short time... Chen Qi rubbed his slightly deafened ears and then glanced at the communication card again.

At that moment, the communication card sent another message:

"Hold on! Reinforcements are on their way!"

"Hold on..."

Chen Qi glanced once more at the message that Melanie, the White Tower Hunter, had sent earlier.

"Plans have changed, Lighthouse Keeper, be careful!"

Could it be that Melanie is afraid I'll be beaten to death? Chen Qi pondered for a moment.

Indeed, in Melanie's eyes, his strength was probably only that of a newly promoted transcendent.

Simply put, in Melanie's eyes, he was just a little brother.

All Melanie told him to be careful and hold on...

However, what does it mean that the previous plan has changed? Chen Qi shook his head. He could only understand that the White Tower Hunter had encountered some minor troubles.

However, Chen Qi doesn't have the extra energy to deal with these troubles right now.

it hurts-

Chen Qi took out the last bottle of potion given to him by the Flower Witch from his backpack card and gulped it down.

Your battered body begins to slowly recover...

The Serpent Father was not weak in combat. Even with the triple defense of Steel Qi, Touch of Ember, and Sacrifice of Flesh and Blood, he still suffered great damage from the Cup Release after withstanding a single attack.

I need to rest... Chen Qi temporarily lowered his guard and returned to the room he had just been in.

Now, the other two Tier 3 pirates are being held back by the White Tower Hunter, and the Tier 2 pirates dare not easily step into this place.

Now is a good time to collect loot.

At that moment, some sea snakes gently brushed past his toes—

These sea snakes did not provide any assistance during the snake father's battle.

Chen Qi squatted down beside the snake father's corpse and picked up a snake-shaped backpack card.

"open!"

Chen Qi gently shook the backpack card, and a large number of items clattered out of it.

Unexpectedly, the Snake Father's backpack card did not contain a large amount of money, only ten standard gold coins, which is 100,000 shell coins.

Besides these, there are full-body cloaks, poison potions, enhancement potions, skill cards, maps...

There's nothing particularly impressive at first glance... Chen Qi frowned.

As a former third-tier transcendent being, the Serpent Father possessed less than he had imagined.

However, a skill card with a flower on the back quickly caught his attention.

On the front of the card is a large snake covered in blood-red roses. The snake seems to be alive, as if it could burst out of the card at any moment and devour people.

Judging from the information emanating from the card, it is highly likely to be a legendary attack skill card dropped from a B-rank rift.

"This old man, he even has a legendary skill card for Flower Form?"

Chen Qi pinched the card between his index finger and thumb to check the information.

【Death's Whip and Entanglement Lv1:】

Nature and appearance: Flower, illusory
Description: Through whipping and entanglement, let them experience what pain is.

Learning requirements: Possess weapons or body parts such as "tentacles", "tails", "whips", or "vines", and have mastered the comprehension of small-scale flower appearance or illusory appearance, have a constitution of 30, and possess a third-order spiritual power source.

Effect: Quickly forms an entanglement and lashing attack, causing massive damage to entangled or lashed enemies and generating a large amount of deadly poison. The attacked enemy will be affected by the poison, their physical attributes will be greatly reduced, and they will suffer immense pain.

From a B-rank rift, a high-ranking Whiplash and Entangling Card!
The moment I woke up this morning, my disappointment turned into a pleasant surprise!
The only B-rank Rift card in the Serpent Father's backpack, a legendary skill card, is surprisingly a perfect fit for him!
Chen Qi never expected this.

It's important to know that his strongest equipment right now is the standard tentacle-type item, Ember Touch.

As the incarnation of a snake, the Snake Father's limbs are 'whips'. However, unfortunately, he is unable to study this skill card because of the 'flower appearance' and 'illusory appearance' comprehension required by the skill card.

That's why the Snake Father had no choice but to keep this powerful skill card in his possession.

Chen Qi couldn't help but smile. Although he wasn't a succubus of the Flower Form, he possessed the understanding of the Flower Form!
Previously, the Dream Potion that Fen made for her allowed Chenqi to surpass the professional card itself and gain a small amount of Flower Affinity.

"Digestion……"

Without hesitation, Chen Qi murmured to himself.

Soon, at his fingertips, the card transformed into rose petals and gently vanished.

In an instant, a warm current surged from the bottom of his heart, flowing through his limbs and bones, as if countless whip masters were holding whips, teaching him how to whip wild beasts and enemies, imparting their whipping experience.

Soon, Chen Qi could feel that he had mastered the use of tentacles to entwine, whip, and stab, as well as to condense death poison during the attack to deliver a heavy blow to the enemy.

Quite a powerful skill... Chen Qi stretched his limbs. Since he had previously mastered the Whiplash skill, he mastered this skill card unexpectedly smoothly.

Check the panel upon waking up in the morning.

[Can Death's Lash and Entanglement Lv1 be upgraded for 4000 Inspiration Points? Upgrade now?]

upgrade!

Without hesitation, Chen Qi's 34100 inspiration points instantly became 30100 inspiration points.

Your Death and Entanglement Lv1 has been upgraded to Lv2, increasing its power and granting additional effects to your attacks. 'Love's Lash' will paralyze those attacked by your Lash and Entanglement, while also producing a Pleasure effect.

Description: Pleasure! Pleasure! Strike with abandon!

After checking, Chen Qi found that after leveling up to lv2, it produced a pleasant effect? ​​The normal effect, on the other hand, produced a painful effect.

What kind of bizarre skill is this, a skill that's both painful and pleasurable? Chen Qi was speechless, but he could understand Hua Xiang's skill card.

Although the effect of pleasure is not significant, there is no doubt that its basic enhancement is substantial.

Chen Qi stood up, his gaze involuntarily fixed on the steel wall in the room. Then, the tentacles behind him twisted, gathering power—

boom!
In an instant, the five shadowy tentacles shot out like a bowstring released from a bow, striking the steel wall with tremendous force.

Boom! A sonic boom rang out!

This casual, seemingly effortless strike actually created five large, dented holes in the hard steel wall, emitting scalding hot smoke.

"Phew, not bad power..."

I couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, mixed feelings) as I woke up this morning.

Undoubtedly, this is an extremely powerful skill card. With this skill card, the power of his Shadow Touch attack from Ember Touch has at least doubled!
"Phew, the tide has receded..." Chen Qi murmured to himself.

His current constitution is only 90 points, which is not yet 100 points required to equip the Ember Touch. Coupled with the serious injury he just suffered, he has no extra strength to continue maintaining the Shadow Touch state.

Hua la la la——

The enormous tentacles on Chen Qi's back instantly transformed into a dark tide, then suddenly condensed on Chen Qi's chest, turning into deep dark flames.

Chen Qi reached out, grasped the dark flame, and took it.

"Phew, that feels so much better..."

Chen Qi sighed, saying that with his current physique, maintaining the state of Shadow Touch was still too difficult.

Chen Qi lowered his head and continued to take inventory of Snake Father's belongings.

Dragon's Blood Medicine Type 3

Sexual aspect: Cup
Usage requirements: Possess a third-tier spiritual power source and have a constitution level higher than 80 points and not exceeding 200 points.

After taking it: It can increase physical fitness and strength, and temporarily enhance healing abilities.

Dragon's Blood Potion!

"Such a good thing still remains..." Chen Qi was secretly delighted. This was a potion that required the essence of a dragon to make.

The dragon's body is full of treasures.

As a potion-like medicine, its effects are extremely simple and brutal.

Chen Qi opened the potion and drank it all in one gulp.

As the dragon blood potion slid down his throat, a scorching and violent power erupted within him instantly, like a volcanic eruption or a surging river.

Chen Qi's body trembled involuntarily, as if countless tiny dragon shadows were crawling under his skin, and every inch of his muscle absorbed this powerful force.

[Having consumed the Dragon Blood Potion, your Constitution has increased by 8 points, and your Strength by 8 points. Your current Constitution is 98 points and your Strength is 76 points!]

"Cool--"

Chen Qi couldn't help but shout. After advancing to the third rank, digesting a dragon blood potion was just a matter of a moment for him.

In addition, there is a cloak belonging to the Serpent Father.

【Serpent Cloak:】
Nature and appearance: Flower, illusory
Wearing requirements: None
Function: Wearing this equipment allows you to conceal a portion of your spiritual power and prevent others from spying on you.

However, this piece of equipment was unremarkable and could only be considered an add-on to the spoils of war.

Next, Chen Qi glanced at the snake father's other belongings, which included body-strengthening potions and some sedatives.

Perfect timing, I'm short of medicine right now... Chen Qi accepted these, then got up and stretched his limbs.

"A great harvest!"

Chen Qi adjusted his breathing, stretched his limbs, and scanned the situation of the Snake Father again.

At this moment, the cannon fire from the White Tower hunters gradually subsided.

"Did you win, White Tower Hunter?"

Chen Qi walked out of the small, dark room and looked out along the corridor by the window inside the ship.

At that moment, the White Tower Hunter in the distance stopped its attack, its cannons still emitting hot smoke.

However, the White Tower remained completely still.

"and many more--"

Chen Qi vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

The other two third-tier players, who were supposed to make a big splash, have seemingly disappeared.

What should have been the roar of battle, the deafening roar of cannons, was surprisingly quiet throughout the ship.

It was so quiet you could hear the sound of the waves, so quiet you could hear his heartbeat.

Quiet, unusually quiet, as if the battle on the Serpent Father had already ended.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Chen Qi's heart began to race; all of this was so abnormal.

He took a few steps forward, and on the ground, he saw the pirate who had been knocked unconscious.

Did Melanie take care of the others...? Chen Qi wondered to himself, and stopped in his tracks.

At that moment, he sensed a presence coming from behind him.

This is neither a detection of spiritual power nor a sound, but simply an intuition—the danger intuition of a lamp-wielder…

Chen Qi turned his head and looked again at the White Tower Hunter in the distance.

At that moment, as the White Tower drew closer, he finally saw Melanie holding a telescope on board, and a small, dilapidated steamboat beneath the White Tower…

……

……

On the White Tower Hunter in the distance.

The other seven hunters of the White Tower leaned against the boat, their faces filled with worry.

Melanie stood at the bow of the ship, lowered her binoculars, and frowned as she said:
"Everyone, the Lampkeeper isn't just a guy with guts; he will definitely survive the clutches of the Serpent Father!"

In Melanie's eyes, Chenqi was just a weak younger brother who was no match for the Snake Father.

The Spectacled Hunter adjusted his glasses:
“Captain, because we encountered an accident, we are too late. Even if Mr. Lanternman survived, he will most likely be traumatized by the Snake Father’s torment.”

Melanie said helplessly:

"Psychological trauma? There's nothing he can do. Who told him to face the Snake Father? That guy really enjoys making people experience the feeling of suffocation."

On Poseidon Island, many people went mad because of the snake father's torment, losing their minds for life and becoming useless.

Little Ma, the mechanic at the White Tower, lowered her head and asked curiously:
"Captain, can your junior sister really save our Lightkeeper friend all by herself on the Serpent Father? Is she really strong enough on her own?"

Upon hearing this question, Melanie's expression turned serious:

"Of course she can. Although I hate that country bumpkin, as long as the Lamplighter's brother is still alive within three minutes of her arrival on the ship, she will do everything in her power to save him from the clutches of the Serpent Father!"

"Look! The snake father has been beaten!"

Melanie sensed the approaching battle and quickly grabbed her binoculars, peering towards the window in the middle of the ship in the distance—

boom!
In the dimly lit corridor, Chen Qi, guided by his intuition as a fortune teller, suddenly turned around—

In the instant he turned his head, beneath the flowing, blood-stained white hair, he saw a pair of azure eyes, a pair of cold, robotic eyes—

White strands of hair gently touched her face—

At the same time, he also encountered a fist hurtling towards his abdomen—

"install……"

Chen Qi's mind went blank for a moment, but his intuition and reaction were still a step too late.

It's too late!
The opponent's speed had completely exceeded his expectations!

This guy--

A sneak attack! And a sneak attack without any hesitation! A sneak attack like that of a wild beast!
A small fist had already slammed into his abdomen!

Boom!

Boom!

With a huge white flash, a massive hole suddenly tore open in the ship's hull, and countless streams of spiritual energy poured out from it—

Before we knew it, it was the end of the month again. Thank you everyone for your monthly tickets and subscriptions! Thanks (ω)

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