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

Chapter 431 Saint-level ability: The power to herd the ocean!
Chen Qi opened his eyes, which were covered in green slime, and looked around again.

Inside the Rift Workshop, the power of the Sea Shepherd class card raged across the area, subjecting this temporarily repaired workshop to a long period of storm-induced devastation.

The smooth walls were now covered in slime and burn marks, and were in a terrible state.

His body, like steel in a furnace, underwent even more rigorous training than that of the Rift Workshop!

At this moment, although he could feel an incredibly powerful sense of strength, at the same time, he felt an extremely intense sense of exhaustion within his body.

He was like someone who had struggled for many years through storms and tsunamis, his body riddled with wounds—

While I could clearly feel myself getting stronger, I also felt an unprecedented sense of heaviness.

The weight of the weight made it so heavy that he couldn't even easily lift his right hand.

A gentle, delicate voice came from behind:

"Take your time to adapt, there's no need to rush."

Chen Qi turned his head to the side.

The Ice Witch crossed her legs and took a sip of red tea.

The little crow left the place long after the surgery was completed.

However, the Ice Witch has always guarded this place.

Fortunately, this promotion went smoothly without any major problems, and it didn't require her to freeze time.

"Finally finished..." The Ice Witch breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of red tea, and asked:

"How are you feeling? Do you need any help? Or is there anything you'd like to ask?"

"What I want to ask..." Chen Qi glanced at the black tea in the Ice Witch's hand and said calmly.

"Big White Hair... Hmm, you've drunk so much black tea... for so long, don't you need to go to the toilet?"

Big White Hair had been sitting there for quite a while, and he had been drinking black tea the whole time.

Going to the toilet... The Ice Witch's expression was indifferent, but her eyebrows twitched slightly upwards.

Just like Fen when she was little, Little Black Hair still needs to learn elegant manners... If it were me, I would definitely humbly ask for guidance... The Ice Witch suppressed the urge to complain, put down her red tea, stood up, and said:

"Little Black Fur, savor and adapt to this new power of yours. I will test your power in a moment!"

After saying that, the Ice Witch left with slightly hurried but light steps, giving Chen Qi some time for self-training.

"Huh, huh-"

Start your morning routine by adjusting your breathing and bringing up your personal control panel.

Shepherd of the Sea

Nature and form: heart, lamp
Rank: Five
Description: When the end of the world comes, the waves will be the wild grass beneath our feet, and the storms will be our sheepdogs!

Let us, amidst the baptism of the flood, traverse this vast ocean, leading our flock ever upward, until at the crest of the waves, we quietly await the bountiful harvest of the pasture and the arrival of a new world.

Basic abilities:

Enlightenment Enhancement (Lamp and Heart): Gain advanced Lamp Aspect Enlightenment and advanced Heart Aspect Enlightenment.

Note: Currently, your total Mind Acuity is at the Advanced level, and you can comprehend advanced Mind Acuity techniques.

Your total understanding of lamp energy is at the highest level. You can easily comprehend and manipulate the extremely complex power of lamps, and comprehend the supreme realm of the unity of rifts.

Total attribute bonus: With this ascension, your constitution increases by 50 points, agility by 20 points, and strength by 30 points.

Chen Qi looked at the basic ability improvement in front of him.

This advancement allowed him to break through in his understanding of the lamp aspect and simultaneously gain powerful understanding of the mind aspect.

Now, his powerful comprehension is manifested in three aspects: lamp, heart, and blade.

Among them, the one with the highest comprehension is the lamp, which has reached the special level.

This also means that beyond the realm of domains, he can go a step further, mastering domains that can instantly change the environment, and even comprehend the legendary techniques that descend!

In addition, attribute bonuses are also extremely important.

Chen Qi brings up the attribute panel.

By continuously harvesting the Lantern Sea Fruit from the Lantern Moon Sea Dragon, consuming large amounts of Lantern Sea Elixir, and practicing various techniques, his attributes have been steadily improving every day.

Before his promotion, his physique had already reached 220 points, strength 170 points, agility 110 points, and inspiration 175 points.

After the promotion, his physique reached 270 points, strength 200 points, and agility 130 points.

Previously, his attributes were already extremely high among the legendary characters.

Now, as a newly promoted Saint, this attribute is not bad overall.

Chen Qi felt the changes in his own body.

Unlike when you reach the fourth tier, when your physical strength reaches its limit and you feel a full, overflowing sense of power.

At this moment, his body was like a huge empty shell that desperately needed to be filled with various kinds of power.

Hunger, greed, thirst, dryness—

His body and spirit desperately need a stronger boost!
"More and more power..."

Chen Qi muttered to himself, and suddenly the scene of his first battle against the Black Bull when he first entered the sea flashed into his mind.

At that time, his strength and physique were only a weak 7 and 8 points.

"What a big change..." Chen Qi clenched his fists, then looked at the specific abilities of the Sea Shepherd.

Basic Skills:
Shepherd's Charm (Heart): When a monster's health is low, you can use Shepherd's Charm on it to put it into a hypnotic state and make it obey your commands.

Note: This skill has a double effect on deep-sea creatures and creatures that have a favorable relationship with you.

Note: It can also be used on humans, but it requires extremely high understanding of flower patterns and will consume more spiritual power and encounter stronger resistance.

Shepherd's Capture (Heart): When a monster's health is too low or it submits to you, you can capture it and make it part of your ranch!

Note: This skill has a double effect on deep-sea creatures and creatures that have a favorable relationship with you.

The bewildered prophet (lamp): You can sense the changes in the sea and foresee the coming of great disasters.

Storm Power: You can materialize your spiritual energy into storms, creating gales, tornadoes, and sweeping away everything in sight.

Power of the Waves: You can materialize your spiritual energy into waves, creating whirlpools, sweeping up tsunamis, driving away enemies, and ravaging every corner of the sea.

Chen Qi looked at the five skills of the Sea Shepherd.

Among them, the Bewildered Prophet is the foreseeing skill of the Lamp Spirit, used to guard against unknown attacks and disasters.

The power of storms and waves are skills related to the sea.

Chen Qi raised his right hand and held up his index finger.

A tiny gust of wind gathers at his fingertips, transforming into the power of a storm!

With more spiritual energy injected, this would be enough to unleash a massive storm, easily capsizing a giant ship.

However, as a single-target attack, the power of wind alone is still somewhat weak.

On the high seas, these two powers can greatly aid his battles.

Manipulating storms and waves allows him to compensate for his weakness in group abilities on the high seas.

Chen Qi took a deep breath and then looked at the core ability of the Sea Shepherd - "Shepherd of the Sea"!
Special Skills:
Shepherd of the Ocean (Heart):
Description: Destruction is inevitable! My hometown, the grassland full of flowers, has been destroyed.

I will shed my old age, lead the shepherd's rope, and guide the displaced flocks across the sea to establish my pasture and build our homeland.

Function: On the high seas, you can take in up to 1000 pets (flocks of sheep).

Note: This capacity limit depends on your spiritual energy source. As your spiritual energy source increases, your capacity limit will also increase.

You can command sheep to move on the high seas, and they will follow your will.

Current capacity: 0/1000.

Shepherd's Lamp (Lamp, Knowledge): You possess knowledge of a special rift artifact called "Shepherd's Lamp." Deep-sea creatures bathed in this lamp will be able to absorb the power of the deep sea more quickly and produce more resources.

Note: After all the Shepherd's Lamps are completed, you must personally infuse them with the final spiritual power in order for them to achieve their true effect.

The Breeze's Scissors, the Gift of Sheep Harvesting: You can activate this skill to harvest all the resources of your herd of beasts in one go.

A portion of these resources will be condensed into 'Deep Sea Power'.
This power can greatly and permanently enhance your strength, or be used to unleash special moves.

Note: Your shears will not cause excessive harm to the sheep when harvesting resources.

Note: You will also receive Inspiration Points based on the total amount of resources you extract. Go! Become the hound of the flock:

You can use the 'Deep Sea Power' gained from 'Harvesting Sheep' to strengthen one of your lambs, transforming it into a tsunami-like hound to fulfill your hunting instincts!

Chen Qi looked at the series of skills in front of him.

Upon reaching the Saint level, professional quests become crucial and have become an integral part of the game.

In general, the profession of sea herder is somewhat like a combination of prophet and rancher.

He can become a farmer of pets and use them to enhance the special resources they produce.

In addition, it also possesses a powerful attack skill.

These resources can also be used to strengthen pets and train powerful hunting dogs!

Overall, it is a profession with psychological characteristics.

The core capabilities of the Sea Shepherds all revolve around the ranch.

Undoubtedly, their top priority now is to build their own ranch.

Chen Qi stroked his chin, recalling the special knowledge in his mind.

Among them, "Lamp of the Sea Shepherd" is also one of the core skills of the Sea Shepherd.

This skill is also the core reason why he stands out from ordinary beast tamers.

The construction of the Lantern of the Sea is not difficult; it requires a powerful composite core of lamp elements.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Qi realized that the Lantern Sea Dragon's Lantern Sea Fruit, along with the Lantern Phase Material from the A-Rank Rift, would be sufficient.

However, as a creation recorded in the Saint-level class card series, even with knowledge, a complete Rift Workshop is required to craft the Lantern of the Sea.

Indeed, it is difficult for a saint to leave the Rift Workshop if they want to become stronger.

In this upgrade, in addition to the regular panel, Chenqi has added a new Crack Origin Panel.

[Crack Name: The Little Match Girl]

Nature and form: lamp
Current status: Connected
Crack grade: B
Positive effect of the crack: When learning a new skill, you have a higher chance of seeing your own status after learning the skill, thereby enhancing your learning speed.

Crack Negative Effect: You have a very small chance of glimpsing an illusion of the future.

Attribute Bonus: Inspiration +50!

Chen Qi looked down at his chest.

With the inspiration boost from the crack in the lamp phase, his inspiration level has reached 225 points.

The wound on his chest had already dried up.

On this scar, he could sense the entrance to a cracked world within himself!

Chen Qi tensed his muscles slightly, and instantly, he felt a continuous flow of spiritual energy flowing through his limbs, as if a new layer of blade energy had been attached to his blood and skin.

The release that used to require a lot of spiritual energy and exhaustion of the body can now be greatly reduced in difficulty!

An endless supply of spiritual energy!
Chen Qi couldn't wait any longer and threw a punch!
In an instant, a raging storm swept through the cracked workshop, turning the entire fragile, abandoned workshop into ruins.

Chen Qi looked at the ruins riddled with holes before him.

That punch felt great.

But that's not enough! It's far from enough!

This cramped room was simply not enough for him to warm up and feel his newfound power.

Chen Qi took a deep breath and walked back up the steps to the island.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the vast ocean came into view once again!

Chen Qi opened his arms and poured out his spiritual power—

The power of storms and waves.

In an instant, a raging storm arose on the calm sea, and the water, under his will, formed a whirlpool a hundred meters wide.

Just then, in the whirlpool, a tiny golden retriever hurriedly poked its head out, its jewel-like golden eyes wide open.

Her body was swept away by the waves, but her eyes flashed with unprecedented excitement.

Pero's inspiration is extremely high.

She could clearly sense that Chen Qi's spiritual energy field had exceeded the limit of the fourth rank.

"This... a spiritual energy field! This is impossible!"

"Just as I predicted! There's big news here!!"

The person swept away by the waves was none other than the miracle reporter, Little Golden Retriever Pelouch.

In order to get the big news as soon as possible, she had been diving and hiding on the edge of the island for the entire thirty hours.

She had already thought she wouldn't get any big news.

But at this moment, she was more excited than ever before.

Chen Qi has actually advanced to the fifth rank!

This is breaking news that nobody knows about!

Breaking news!
This is enough to make her a super-famous reporter with the highest sales volume along the coast!
Peru, caught in the whirlpool, exclaimed excitedly:

"Qi! I! I... I... Can I publish this in the news?"

"..."

You should get out of this vortex first... Chen Qi was stunned for a moment.

Since he returned to Moonstone City, Peru has become his personal henchman reporter, who enjoys following him to get big news.

Pellu reported on many of his news stories.

However, should we publish the news of his ascension to sainthood? Chen Qi pondered for a moment.

Given the efficiency of the White Dove Times, the news of his ascension to sainthood would spread throughout the sea in less than a day.

Although news of his becoming a saint will eventually spread...

Chen Qi thought for a moment and said:

"Peru, let's wait for a more suitable opportunity!"

He then manipulated the ocean currents to throw Peru from the whirlpool into the island.

"it is good!"

Peilu got up, nodded, and hurriedly wrote the title on the soaked notebook:

"#The ocean trembles! The new emperor of the sea, a saint-level being, the Black Hunter!#"

In the distance, the Ice Witch snapped her fingers:
"Alright, Peroo, you want to tell me something more important, don't you?"

Even more important news... Chen Qi looked at Pei Lu with curiosity.

During the period when he ascended to sainthood, some interesting little things seemed to have happened.

Peru coughed up the salty seawater and hurriedly said:

"Qi, your Sea God Pirate Crew and Blood Blade Pirate Crew have formed an alliance and are heading to the designated refuge in the near sea—"

However, according to our planted reporter, the Black Blood Empire and the remnants of the Sea God Pirate Crew are united and preparing to annihilate the entire Sea God Pirate Crew on the way!

Attacking those I'm protecting? A flicker of excitement flashed in Chen Qi's eyes, and the Ember Touch behind him writhed with fervor—

Perfect timing! He's just missing an opportunity to hone his newfound power!

Only through battle can his body adapt to this immense power and satisfy the hunger within him.

Chen Qi clapped his hands and said:
“Peru, lead the way. It’s time to teach those guys from the Black Blood Empire a lesson.”

At this moment, Water Sprite Number One, who had been waiting outside for a long time, jumped over and shouted loudly:
"Wakuwaku! (Fight! Fight! Let them witness their master's new power!)"

capture!

Chen Qi, the leader, captured Water Sprite No. 1 and instantly transformed it into a member of his herd.

[You have successfully captured Water Sprite #1. Current herd size: 1/1000.]

(End of this chapter)