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

Chapter 291 Equipment Upgrade
Chen Qi waved his index finger with some difficulty.

Snapped! Snapped!
At this moment, the sea was surging with waves and the tentacles were raging, and Fen, who was rich in spiritual energy, became the main target of the attack.

Seawater solidified into columns, then transformed into tentacles, falling from the sky and slapping down again and again.

Although the tentacles weren't slapping fast, their sheer number made them quite difficult for Finn to dodge.

Fen said somewhat anxiously:

"Qi, can you control these tentacles?"

"I need some time to adjust the first time..."

Chen Qi struggled to adapt to this sensation. He couldn't yet precisely control the specific actions of each tentacle, and could only give some general instructions:

"Fen, don't move."

"???"

Fen was stunned by Chen Qi's words, and in that moment of stunned silence, a semi-transparent tentacle suddenly stretched out from the sea and tightly wrapped around her waist.

"Ugh!"

"No way..." Fen lowered her head.

Chen Qi smiled slightly:
"I'll practice my skills for a little while."

As he spoke, Chen Qi raised his finger upwards, and the semi-transparent tentacle lifted Fen into the air.

Unlike his Ember Touch, the tentacles of the Deep Sea Compression Sphere, when integrated into the ocean, create translucent tentacles formed from seawater.

"..."

Fen blinked her green eyes, tilted her head, her long, wet green hair gently draped over her shoulders, and looked at Chen Qi with a slightly speechless expression.

What's the feeling? Does he actually like this skill? Finn couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

Chen Qi smiled without saying a word, but simply raised his finger. In the ocean, the seawater once again swirled up, forming a pillar of seawater, ready to tap her on the head.

These tentacles are powerful enough to deal with second-tier superhumans, but they're still far from enough to deal with her.

"Useless..." Fen smiled confidently, preparing to rely on brute force to defeat Chen Qi's skill.

However, the next second, she suddenly felt a toxin seeping into her body through the skin of the tentacles!

【Death Poison】 is a highly potent poison that can effectively reduce physical attributes and simultaneously produce a feeling of pain.

Besides that, there's also pleasure!
Pain and happiness!

Death's Lash and Entanglement Lv2, Morning's basic tentacle skill, allows the tentacles' basic attacks to inflict [Death Poison] and [Pleasure Poison]. This poison is most effective when entangling the opponent.

The toxins slowly enter the body.

Finn looked somewhat surprised. She struggled, but under the slight effect of the poison, she was unable to break free from the bindings of the Miscellaneous Sea Touch with brute force alone.

Damn it... Finn is about to show his true strength.

boom! boom! boom!
The next second, another tentacle fell from the sky, like a club, and struck her head three times.

The sound was extremely loud!
That's a good start!

At this moment, Fen finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Cuck!"

The next instant, Finn, unable to bear the humiliation any longer, used a self-destruct spell to blast the tentacles apart, then performed a backflip in mid-air and landed gracefully.

"start……"

Damn it... Fen smoothed her long hair. Vines grew from her feet, and she wanted Chen Qi to experience this feeling too.

Chen Qi said with a helpless expression:
"There's nothing I can do; I can't find any other practice opponents around here."

As he spoke, he retracted his fingers and pulled back all the tentacles in front of them. These tentacles once again transformed into special spiritual energy in the seawater, eventually condensing into a compressed ball the size of a palm.

归！
Chen took the ball with his bare hands and put it into the backpack on his hunter's outfit.

The experiment is complete.

Chen Qi summarized that although it was just a bath towel in the eyes of the deep-sea hunter, it was undoubtedly an extremely powerful artifact to him.

Its most serious drawback is that the strength of a single sea tentacle is not high, far less than that of the ember tentacle.

However, it has two major characteristics.

First, it has extremely low energy consumption, as it can absorb energy from seawater and consumes very little spiritual energy.

Although their combat capabilities on land are relatively weak, on the sea, these tentacles seem to be inexhaustible and can regenerate continuously with extremely low energy consumption.

Secondly, it has advantages in quantity and size. Its tentacles can reach up to 20 meters in length and 5 meters in radius, and it can continuously grow tentacles when it is at full power.

Although it can only play a supporting role in one-on-one combat.

However, in situations where one is fighting against many, it can effectively prevent interference from miscellaneous soldiers and also effectively strike ships on the sea.

In addition, Chen Qi discovered that the sea tentacles growing from this compressed ball could also be used in conjunction with some of his [tentacle-type] skills.

This skill greatly increases his safety during naval operations.

"Not bad..." Chen Qi finished his summary, and then grabbed the poisonous vine that was about to attack him from behind.

Vines technique? Such a trivial skill? You think you can ambush me?

Chen Qi squinted, turned around, and smiled slightly at Fen.

A guilty little gray flower appeared on Fen's head, and she rubbed her hands together:

"Qi, do you know what? This isn't a sneak attack. This is the vine of the Flower Spirit, a pleasure vine that can give you a massage. You've been helping me gather herbs lately, thank you for your hard work..."

Do you think I'd believe that...? Chen Qi clapped his hands and led Fen to a more secluded place.

Now, Fen has finished collecting the medicinal herbs, and his health has improved by half.

It's time to prepare for the next step.

Given the massive wave of tentacles emanating from this place, to be on the safe side, Chenqi and Fen found an unnamed island and, leaning against a coconut tree, discussed their next steps.

Chenqi broke the coconut open and handed it to Fen:
"Fen, we can start preparing for the operation now."

"Are we really going to start?"

Fen took the half coconut and said with a hint of worry.

Chen Qi leaned against a coconut tree and thought for a moment. His next goals were, first, to enhance his own strength, and second, to help Fen officially become a legend.

The Sea of ​​Mist is fraught with danger, and he is not yet qualified to enter it.

If Fen can ascend to become a true 'Flower Witch' and become a legend...

These days, Fen makes all sorts of tonics and feeds them to him whenever she has free time. Thanks to Fen's various tonics, his health has improved very quickly.

Chen Qi even had the feeling that Fen cared about his health more than he did himself.

Despite his physical exhaustion and injuries, thanks to the tonics, his constitution actually increased by 5 points.

This is even though Finn is just a 'pharmacist'!
Chen Qi dared not imagine how powerful his body would become under the nourishment of the legendary Hua Xiang Pharmacist's potions!
At that time, even Hagrid, one of the supernovas, would be far more terrifying than this drug addict.

"So, shall we set off immediately?"

Fen asked curiously.

"Do not."

Chen Qi shook his head. The Moon Island Flower is located deep within the Dragon Flower Islands. To obtain the Moon Island Flower, one must not only defeat the numerous golems controlled by it, but most importantly, one must be wary of the legendary Dragon Tamer, Jay.

As one of the Seven Great Pirates, the Dragon Master is a very difficult opponent...

Chen Qi frowned. With his and Fen's current strength, they were no match for the Flying Thunder Dragons under the command of the Dragon Master, Jay.

To pluck a legendary medicinal herb from his back garden, one must wait for the right opportunity—the opportunity when the Dragon King leaves! The opportunity for war!

More importantly, Chen Qi estimated that with his current strength, facing the Dragon King, the Wyvern, was still too risky.

He must complete a major upgrade of his equipment and a comprehensive upgrade of his skills before this opportunity arises.

Chen Qi still has a full thirty Deep Blue Flames on his body.

The Shadow Weaver Summoning Card summons a Shadow Weaver that can help him forge new equipment, consuming approximately twenty Deep Blue Flames.

Other deep blue flames all require a blacksmith and a large amount of forging materials.

You cannot upgrade equipment using only the Deep Blue Flame.

The problem is that news of the 'stealing of the Deep Blue Flame' has spread throughout the seas, and finding a trustworthy blacksmith will require a bit of luck.

In addition, the items he summons to forge require Creeping Shadows, and he also needs to purchase a large number of Creeping Shadows.

These things have to be bought with money, and it takes a lot of money.

"I'm short of money..." Chen Qi shook his head.
"Fin, let's go back to SEAL One, wait for an opportunity, and prepare for battle."

The Seal One has abundant supplies and many opportunities to make money.

"Seal One?!"

Fen clutched her head in frustration; the thought of the numerous bounty hunters on Seal One gave her a headache.

"..."

Chen Qi looked at Fen's current attire.

At this moment, Finn was wearing a dark green cloak, and underneath the cloak was a pharmacist's uniform. In this appearance, if she were to enter SEAL One again, she would surely be discovered.

"Just change your clothes, and you'll have an identity. There are many adventurers of unknown origin in the Witch Sea..."

Chen Qi drank the coconut juice in one gulp and pondered his next move.

……

……

Three weeks later, at noon, at the Sea Lion One mobile dock.

Numerous merchant ships were moored alongside the mobile dock, forming a dense cluster of small floating cities.

In the distance, three large cargo ships and passenger ships slowly approached, carrying goods from all over the world. Their massive hulls moved steadily through the waves, like giants of the sea, echoing the mobile dock.

Another round of loading and unloading operations is about to begin. On the deck of the Seal III, a hundred crew members wipe the sweat from their brows as they watch the scene unfold before them.

The bald leader of the boatmen shook his head and sighed.

"What a pity, this is troublesome, we won't be able to have our last meal at the Water Sprite Restaurant today."

"Yeah, what a pity. The restaurant clearly had cheap healing potions for sale, but I didn't manage to snag any. If I had enough healing potions, I could have broken into the D-rank rift, gotten a second-rank job card, become a second-rank player, and gotten married..."

"Forget about it. Even D-rank rifts are deadly. You should try to persuade the owner and his wife of the Water Sprite Restaurant not to run away."

"How can we not run? Recently, the situation on the high seas is about to change. The navy is suffering defeat after defeat. Our SEAL One might also become a prisoner of the Black Whale Gang. Although those two are lucky Tier 3, they must be terrified."

The two shipwrights sighed and turned to look at Chen Qi and Fen in front of the main hall of the Seal One.

Chen Qi stood in front of the hall, opened his backpack card, and took stock of the good materials he had recently found.

These days, aside from acting as a restaurant owner, he spends most of his time as a hunter, completing quests and searching for materials to upgrade his equipment.

In these days, he has obtained a total of spider silk, wriggling shadows, sea dragon scales, and lamplight dust.

These materials, taken together, cost Chenqi five million in one go. In addition, there was the recent catering business, the sale of a large amount of materials, some potions made by the Flower Witch, and the coins earned from accepting hunter quests.

In total, it cost a staggering 15 million shell coins.

Purchasing equipment and materials is a bottomless pit, and Chen Qi, who was originally wealthy, suddenly found his wallet empty.

"Out of money, but thankfully, the haul was plentiful..."

Chen Qi sat down on a lounge chair by the window in the Seal 3 dock and took one last look at his new equipment.

He has crafted a new piece of equipment, the 'Ember Boots', by summoning the Shadow Weaver and upgraded his primary weapon.

Boots of Ember:
Nature: Shadow, Blade
effect:

Basic Passive: Increases equipment agility by 30 points and improves the effect of all movement-based skills by 20%.

Concealed Shadow (Active): This equipment reduces your spiritual aura by 50% and eliminates the sound of your footsteps by condensing small shadows inside your shoes.

Ember Footwear (Passive): When the wearer enters combat, the flame pattern on the soles of the boots is activated, further increasing agility by 20%.

The Boots of Ember cost a total of five points of Deep Blue Fire.

Another crucial upgrade is to the most important weapon, 'Flesh Cutter'!
[Flesh Cleaves Bone (Residual Fire Upgrade)]

Nature/Appearance: Blade
Description: A longsword that has been quenched and upgraded using deep blue fire combined with dragon scale powder.

effect:

Flesh and Blood Severance (Passive): The base attack power is greatly increased, and the blade becomes extremely sharp. It gathers deep blue fire, and when the blade strikes the opponent, it will burst out deep blue fire that is enough to melt steel, tearing the opponent's blood and flesh, and causing an indelible healing prohibition effect.

Wrathful Might (Passive): This blade is already a legendary weapon for using Ki techniques. All Ki techniques that use this weapon as a medium will gain a 30% power bonus and will also deal additional blade damage.

Raging Blade: Upon activating Raging Blade, the longsword transforms into a two-meter-long blade engulfed in scorching flames. This power increases all your attributes by 20% and generates a large amount of furious blade energy, significantly boosting the power of your attacks.

Upgrading the Blade of Fury is quite costly, consuming fifteen points of Deep Blue Flame in a single upgrade.

Chen Qi glanced at the Blade of Fury at his waist; the blade beneath its scabbard was adorned with sharp, deep blue patterns.

Even for a legendary figure, this blade is now an extremely powerful piece of equipment.

Unfortunately, the Shadow Weaver's summoning time is limited, so he cannot entrust all the equipment to the Shadow Weaver for crafting.

The remaining ten points of deep blue fire are hard to spend... Chen Qi shook his head.

"start!"

At that moment, Fen, wearing a Water Sprite No. 2 hat, a white mask, and a waitress uniform, hurriedly walked over.

These days, Fen, who is disguised, has been working as a waitress at Chenqi Restaurant.

With Water Sprite No. 2 perched on her head, few people paid attention to her mask.

Fen anxiously handed a newspaper to Chenqi:

"Qi, look at today's newspaper! Something terrible has happened!"

Hmm? Chen Qi curiously took the newspaper and quickly scanned it.

The newspaper headlines featured two major news stories.

#Captain Blackeye intervenes, defeats the powerful slave trader Moon Owl, saves the special population suffering from the Sea Beast Disease, and unexpectedly discovers the Deep Sea Hunters' treasure. He replaces Dia, who was brutally beaten by the Black Hunters, and becomes the new Supernova!#
Captain Black Eyes, why do you still have a role? No, how did you find the Deep Sea Hunter's treasure... Chen Qi complained for a moment, then continued reading.

#Naval Headquarters Attacked! Two warships and ten mechs destroyed! Over five thousand navy personnel injured! One of the witch's relics falls into the hands of the Black Whale Gang!!#
Chen Qi gripped the newspaper tightly, somewhat excitedly.

"The formal war between the Navy and the Black Whales broke out earlier than I thought."

(End of this chapter)