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

Chapter 281 The Witch's Statue and Ruins
"Cough cough..."

Chen Qi walked out of the bedroom on the ghost ship, coughing up blood incessantly, feeling as if he was about to cough up his lungs.

Exhausted after the leap into space, Chen Qi rested for a whole night.

Only when the adrenaline of battle subsided could he truly feel the extent of the damage inflicted on his body by the two forms of Flame Demon Shadow and Hand of Ember.

Despite taking a large amount of medication, the muscle soreness did not improve at all.

His current physique is still too strained to withstand both forms at the same time.

I might need a doctor to check my body... Chen Qi tapped his back with his hand.

In the third stage of transcendence, besides taking medicine and eating, flesh and blood surgery is also a pretty good way to improve one's physique.

At this moment, Melanie and the others had finished resting and were on the deck, enjoying the sea breeze and waiting for dawn.

"Good morning, Captain Black Hunter..."

The hunters of the White Tower greeted each other at dawn.

Melanie looked at Chen Qi with a hint of fear, then mustered her courage and said:

"Captain Black Hunter, shouldn't we divide the spoils?"

"Good morning, but more importantly, I should know where this place is first?"

Despite the pain, Chen Qi walked to the side of the boat and gazed into the distance.

They were in a strange sea area, where, at the edge of their field of vision, they could see a large number of islands, each covered with either abundant forests or a profusion of flowers.

In addition, flying dragons can be seen occasionally in the sky, and small sea dragons can be seen in the seabed.

The sea breeze is also very comfortable.

"Dragon Flower Islands?"

Chen Qi immediately thought of this possibility.

The situation was too urgent, and Chen Qi did not know the exact value of the spatial leap.

They could no longer venture deeper into the Sea of ​​Calamity, nor could they proceed towards the navy; their options were limited.

Although the Dragonflower Islands are the territory of the Seven Great Pirates, the Dragon Kings, they are not particularly dangerous overall.

In addition, there are a large number of sea dragons, as well as rare ingredients and medicinal herbs, and many neutral mobile docks. There are also a lot of flower, heart, and cup rifts, making it a pretty good place.

Of course, this is all predicated on being lucky enough to avoid running into the Black Whale Gang's dragon squad.

What Chenqi needs to improve most right now is his physical condition.

The numerous flower cup rifts in the Dragon Flower Islands can yield a large amount of materials that can improve constitution.

"It should be the Dragon Flower Islands, but where exactly are we in the Dragon Flower Islands right now?"

Chen Qi fell into thought.

Logically speaking, there should be many small mobile docks, adventurers' ships, and human-built structures near the Dragon Flower Islands.

But now, the place they are in is like an uninhabited secret realm, extremely desolate.

There wasn't a single person in sight.

"Never mind, we should be safe for now anyway..."

Chen Qi clapped his hands and then said to Melanie:
"Alright, Captain Melanie, let's distribute the spoils."

"Ok."

Melanie waved her hand, signaling everyone to bring out the spoils and place them on the deck.

Soon, a large pile of spoils filled the deck, among which fifty bottles containing deep blue fire were particularly eye-catching.

Aside from the bottle of Deep Blue Flame, most of the loot that the White Tower Hunters brought out were spoils they had obtained from pirates and campfire hunters.

Last night, while everyone's attention was on Chen Qi, they secretly obtained quite a few good things.

You guys are pretty ruthless... Chen Qi stepped forward and picked up the bottle containing the deep blue flame.

Other things were not of much concern to him; the only thing that truly needed to be allocated was the bottle of deep blue fire.

The Deep Blue Flame Bottle can be used to forge brand new equipment or upgrade existing equipment, making it a truly forbidden material.

Chen Qi remembered that there were quite a few blacksmiths in the Dragon Flower Islands.

If all else fails, you can find some more photographic materials and give them to the Shadow Weaver to create.

How many do you need?

Chen Qi sat down, propped his chin on his hand, and asked with a smile.

"..."

Melanie took out a bottle of strong liquor, drank it down, and mustered her courage to say:

"22?"

"Hmm?" Chen Qi hummed in confusion, thinking that the White Tower Hunter would want 25.

In this battle, although he was the main damage dealer, the White Tower Hunter still helped a lot. Without the White Tower Hunter, it would have been difficult for him to achieve so much on his own.

Upon hearing the "hmm," Melanie shuddered and immediately held up five fingers:

"Those 20, no, 19?"

Melanie was still deeply impressed by Chen Qi's ferocious display of activating the Hand of Ember. In Melanie's eyes, even the most outstanding third-tier graduates from many schools in their White Tower Federation were no match for that terrifying display.

"Let's make 20."

Chen Qi thought for a moment and said that he was not a big swindler after all.

"Row!"

Melanie clenched her fist; the negotiation was a success.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Qi changed the subject and took out two pieces of paper.

Both of these papers are coded documents about the deep-sea hunter's treasure.

Both the sword in the lake and the treasure chest of the deep-sea hunter contain special coded messages.

Deciphering the ciphertext is the specialty of the White Tower hunters.

Chen Qi copied down the cipher text on the sword in the lake and the small treasure chest, and handed it to Melanie.

Melanie took the paper, took out a draft paper, did some calculations, and then said:

"The first picture means that this thing is really delicious and crunchy! It needs to be heated at a high temperature of 70 degrees Celsius in the ocean under the moonlight, and then consumed. After consuming it, you will be the coolest person on the ocean!"

"???"

Chen Qi frowned in confusion.

What the heck? That sword in the lake is actually edible? What is it made of? And why is it so crunchy?
The ways deep-sea hunters bury their treasures are never very conventional.

In other words, the Sword in the Lake is an item that can increase attribute panel... Chen Qi thought about it and decided to try it tonight.

"What about the other one?"

Chen Qi asked curiously.

Melanie frowned upon seeing the cipher text on the other sheet of paper:
"I can only decipher the first sentence: soak this box in the blood of a deep-sea whale to open it. As for the rest of the text, it is too ancient for me to decipher. You may need to go to the Tower of Books and find the Book Elder to decipher it."

This box can only be opened by soaking it in the blood of a great whale from the deep sea... Chen Qi was shocked.

Although it sounds difficult, the task is actually not that difficult, as black whale blood is not uncommon in the Witch's Sea.

Many of the ferocious monsters are stained with the blood of black whales.

After reading the two pages, Melanie added:
"Who wrote this ciphertext? It's so unprofessional. They used two different ciphertexts at the same time, and the format is not standard. It seems that they even omitted parts they didn't know how to write."

"..."

Fortunately, the Deep Sea Hunter is already dead... Chen Qi retrieved the two sheets of paper.

Next, all you have to do is wait until nightfall and then consume the Sword in the Lake.

Let's use the remaining time to confirm the exact location.

The Dragon Flower Islands are not safe, especially the dragon units of the Dragon Tamer King, whose forces have few anti-air capabilities.

In addition, they need to find some medicinal herbs. Chen Qi and the White Tower Hunter were both seriously injured, and they had not enough medicinal herbs on them.

After Chen Qi and the others distributed the items, they headed towards the nearest island, an island full of flowers and trees.

That island looks really fertile!

Our goal: to reach the shore!
As the ship drew closer, the island became increasingly clear.

A sea breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers blew gently by.

Chen Qi and the White Tower Hunter, holding binoculars, stared wide-eyed at the island.

"Wait, where are we?"

Chen Qi muttered to himself.

What lay before them was no ordinary island; all the flowers on that island were extremely rare medicinal herbs.

In addition, in the center of the island, there seems to be a tall witch statue covered in moss.

We seem to have come to a strange place… Melanie frowned, looking puzzled:
"Is this place a ruin? Whose ruin is it?"

On the Witch's Sea, ruins are symbols of treasure, but also symbols of danger.

Chen Qi put down his binoculars, looking at the many rare flowers on the island and the familiar witch statue, and muttered to himself:

"This island... it feels a bit like... the lost island where the Flower Witch ascended to legendary status?"

(End of this chapter)