Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 168 The Black Gloves and the Cat God (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 167

The Storm Thunderbird, shrunk to the size of a sparrow, nestled obediently in Lawson's palm.

It's clear that Storm Thunderbird really likes Rosen.

Using the divine beast mark, Rosen quickly determined the Storm Thunderbird's current attributes.

Storm Thunderbird: A Divine Pet

[Level: Sequence 6]

[Talents: Stormfeathers, Thunderheart]

Divinity: 37

[Skills: Wind Element Mastery, Lightning Element Mastery, Dance of the Storm, Storm Guardian, Eye of Thor, Storm Arrow Rain, Storm Vortex, Storm Thunder, Judgment Thunder, Life Thunder...]

Judging solely from its attributes, the Storm Thunderbird's combat power is probably not much less than that of the Gray Rat.

After all, gray squirrels are not best at fighting, but at finding treasure and escaping.

Comparatively speaking, the Storm Thunderbird has higher potential and is more likely to advance to Sequence 3 and become a demigod in the future.

Rosen looked outside through his mechanical mount; Blackrock Harbor was already within reach.

He didn't want to have to wait for the Black Shark to slowly return after arriving in Blackrock Harbor.

So on the way here, he had already carefully written a script of destiny for Captain Black Shark using the Destiny Pen.

Rosen took out the Fate Pen, locked onto Captain Black Shark, and activated Fate Hunt.

This ability can track people and objects in the writing, with people being even easier to track than objects.

As fate would have it, the Black Shark Pirates were already on their way back to Blackrock Harbor and would arrive in less than half a day.

Rosen rode the feathered serpent chariot to the sea, and upon reaching the surface, it transformed into the feathered serpent warship.

He planned to take the initiative and deal with the Black Shark pirate crew on the high seas.

Less than two hours later, the Storm Thunderbird, which was conducting aerial reconnaissance, had already spotted the Black Shark pirate crew on the sea.

It's actually very easy to find. Just look at the areas on the sea where the ash is thin; there are definitely human ships in those areas.

Rosen used shared vision to identify the target and immediately commanded the Storm Thunderbirds to engage in the first battle.

Storm Thunderbird activated Thor's Eye, its eyes flashing with arcs of electricity as it locked onto the Black Shark pirate ship, led by the Black Shark Pirate Crew.

With the activation of Storm Dance, the speed increased dramatically, and the ship quickly arrived directly above the Black Shark.

Another storm vortex appears, with airflow at high altitudes forming a vortex storm that continues to expand and press downwards.

By the time the Black Shark Pirates discovered it, a massive storm vortex had already enveloped the area within a kilometer radius.

The Storm Thunderbird then vibrated its wings at an extremely high speed, and the storm-formed feathers and the pulsating heart of thunder intertwined to create a thunderous roar that resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

Wherever the wind and thunder passed, all the extraordinary beings in the Black Shark Pirate Crew below Sequence 6 suffered splitting headaches.

Only then did the Storm Thunderbird unleash its Judgment Thunder, its entire body crackling with increasingly concentrated lightning.

The final bolt of purple lightning erupted from Thor's Eye and struck the Black Shark.

The figurehead of the Black Shark deployed a protective barrier, barely blocking all the damage from the Judgment Thunder.

However, the ensuing storm of arrows and compressed wind blades in the shape of feathers descended from the sky, creating a howling storm.

The Black Shark managed to hold them off, but the rest of the pirate crew couldn't hold on any longer.

In a short time, the sea surface was covered with ship debris and human remains.

Captain Black Shark, using a monocular telescope, spotted the Storm Thunderbirds dancing through the storm.

He had never seen this extraordinary life form originating from the Thunder Empire, but he had heard of it.

So this wasn't just bad luck being attacked by wild supernatural beings, but rather a deliberate attack by humans using Storm Thunderbirds.

The two ancient bronze cannons on either side of the Black Shark have been positioned with their barrels facing upwards and are now locked onto the Storm Thunderbird.

Despite its ancient, dilapidated, and rusty appearance, the bronze cannon is a Gundam Sequence 6 extraordinary artifact. The cannonballs are not even physical cannonballs, but rather the souls of life. With a silent roar, two intangible soul cannonballs soared into the sky.

The Storm Thunderbird sensed the threat and prepared to dodge, but arrows from the Black Shark arrived first and blocked its retreat.

The former first mate of the Black Shark, a Sequence 7 ship, has now been promoted to a Sequence 6 hunter.

Seeing that it couldn't dodge, the Storm Thunderbird activated Storm Guard, and then used the super-fast and agile movement of Storm Dance to get rid of most of the arrows. Those that it couldn't dodge were easily blocked by Storm Guard.

However, the soul cannonball that the Storm Thunderbird dodged turned around and chased after the Storm Thunderbird after missing its target.

Having never encountered such an attack before and lacking combat experience, the Storm Thunderbird was terrified and dodged frantically, repeatedly calling for help.

Rosen shook his head; this little thing really still needed some discipline.

His spirit immediately took over the Storm Thunderbird's body through the Nightmare Shackles, and then instantly merged the Golden Divinity into Storm Thunder.

The golden divinity contains the effect of dispelling negative forces, making it easy to counter the cannonballs composed of souls.

Moreover, lightning itself is very effective against vengeful spirits.

Before the two soul-piercing projectiles even got close, they were easily shattered by the thunderous roar.

Instead of immediately retaliating, Rosen flew far away from the waters near the Black Shark.

Relying on the dance of storms, wherever they pass, storms gather all the air currents and water vapor together, so that dark clouds of ever-expanding range begin to form over the sea, and the howling storms even stir up layers of tsunamis.

It was daytime just a moment ago, but in a short while it was as dark as night, with no sunlight visible at all.

However, storms and tsunamis alone cannot threaten the Black Shark.

Because at this point, the Black Shark had transformed into a giant black shark and dived into the sea.

Almost all super-powerful ships can dive at any time, so the Storm Thunderbirds had a harder time dealing with the Black Shark from high altitude.

At this moment, Rosen began to unleash his Storm Vortex, which quickly formed tornadoes over the sea.

These tornadoes were not randomly distributed, but rather imitated the countless waterspouts that Rosen had once seen in the Ghost Black Sea, thus forming a sealing force that completely blocked the surrounding sea area without any blind spots, so that no matter how the Black Shark in the sea tried to break through, it could not leave the surrounding sea area.

Finally, the tornado turned into a waterspout, and the ever-growing waterspout gradually drained the seawater.

The seawater from further away tried to fill in, but was offset by the increasingly violent tsunami whipped up by the storm.

With nowhere to hide, the Black Shark's captain's rage reached its peak.

The bottom compartment of the Black Shark opened, and hundreds of black sharks of Sequence 8 emerged.

These black sharks charged into the storm waterspout, refusing to retreat even as the tornado ripped them to shreds and rained down a shower of blood.

All the dead black sharks transformed into ghost sharks, roaming the void and lunging at the storm thunderbirds.

Not only that, Captain Black Shark also took out a sacred horn and blew it.

The ghost sharks, which were originally sinister and bloodthirsty, suddenly became sacred the moment the horn sounded.

The Storm Thunderbird's Storm Thunder has lost all its restraint against negative life forms like the undead.

Captain Black Shark continued to activate various skills from the pirate captain sequence. Localized storms and torrential rain naturally formed around the Black Shark. Although they could not overpower the storm created by the Storm Thunderbird, they were enough to keep the Black Shark relatively unaffected by the storm tsunami.

The Storm Thunderbird was confused; all the fish it had seen in the divine beast pen were clearly swimming in the sea.

However, countless giant sharks were chasing and intercepting it from the sky.

Although some of the Spectral Sharks were defeated by the Storm Thunderbird's Judgment Thunder, more Spectral Sharks continued to shrink the Storm Thunderbird's living area. At this time, a cannon barrel extended from the Black Shark's figurehead and was already aimed at the Storm Thunderbird.

Under the cover of the tsunami and storm, even with Thor's Eye, the Storm Thunderbird did not notice this scene.

With a roar that was drowned out by the storm, the Black Shark fired a crossbow bolt.

When the crossbow bolts with barbs approached the Storm Thunderbird, it still sensed the change in airflow and dodged in advance.

However, the crossbow bolts that missed their target not far away suddenly exploded, scattering into a net.

The net had a powerful gravitational effect, pulling the Storm Thunderbird, which was not far away, directly towards it.

The moment the animal trap net retracts, it generates extremely strong adhesion.

Captain Black Shark laughed wildly as he steered the Black Shark into the deep sea, while the Storm Thunderbird struggled incessantly but could not escape.

After falling into the sea, it became a target, constantly bombarded by mines released by the Black Shark.

The Storm Thunderbird, bleeding profusely, instinctively unleashed its Life Thunder, releasing the powerful life force within its heart to heal its body.

Storm Thunderbirds pleaded with Rosen for help again, but this time Rosen reluctantly ignored them.

Because the prison had already been formed, the Black Shark could not escape the surrounding storm waterspouts without eliminating the Storm Thunderbird.

In that case, Storm Thunderbird will have to rely on itself from now on.

Normally, at the same level, extraordinary beings are indeed no match for pirate captains of the same level.

However, the Storm Thunderbird is a divine being and should have the upper hand.

Ultimately, Storm Thunderbirds have a very good life after birth, unlike other Storm Thunderbirds, who soon have to contend with storms and nature, and learn to hunt and compete for survival resources with other Storm Thunderbirds.

Captain Blackshark was merely a matter of one shot from Dragon King's Wrath; the key was to unleash the full potential of Storm Thunderbird.

Seeing that its mother was slow to rescue it, Storm Thunderbird realized that this was a test for it.

As divine beings, they are in no way inferior to humans in terms of intelligence.

Therefore, the Storm Thunderbird harbored no resentment; it was simply that the instinct for survival of the fittest, stemming from its bloodline, began to awaken at this moment.

The Storm Thunderbird activated Storm Guard, then pondered for a moment before casting Storm Vortex on Storm Guard.

The Storm Guardian was originally a hollow spherical storm that rotated at high speed around itself. Now, with the storm vortex accelerating, the Storm Guardian's rotation speed was increased wildly, and even the beast-catching net that was wrapped around the Storm Thunderbird was torn apart.

The storm-bred thunderbird, freed from its slumber, bursts through the sea and takes flight with the help of the storm.

At this moment, Rosen's spirit once again took over the Storm Thunderbird's body.

The training has ended here. If further training is to be conducted, it will require patient guidance and further training. Being able to escape on one's own and to calmly call for help in dire situations—this experience has already been enough of a lesson learned.

After Rosen piloted the Storm Thunderbird into the air, he immediately stirred up countless thunderclouds in the sky.

A deluge of lightning struck the sea, ionizing the seawater into hydrogen and oxygen. These two gases were then gathered together by swirling storm vortices and instantly ignited by the heat generated by the lightning.

Mushroom clouds were rising everywhere, and the Black Shark could only desperately try to escape in the sea.

At this moment, the Specter Sharks once again surrounded the Storm Thunderbird. Rosen ignored them completely and used the Dance of the Storm to gain ultimate control over the surrounding storm. Relying entirely on his terrifying speed and ability to change direction, he led hundreds of Specter Sharks around like dogs.

Incidentally, Rosen also had the energy to instruct Storm Thunderbird on how to maneuver against enemies in battle.

At this moment, Captain Black Shark stood at the bow of the ship, looking at Storm Thunderbird from afar with a livid face.

The Storm Thunderbird's performance fluctuated, and he immediately realized that the Storm Thunderbird had an owner. They had already been forced into this situation by the Storm Thunderbird alone. If the owner of the Storm Thunderbird made a move, he and the Black Shark would only face certain death.

Captain Black Shark abandoned his thoughts of retaliating against Storm Thunderbird and began to focus on how to escape.

However, just as he came up with a solution, a bullet appeared in the darkness and pierced his skull with undiminished kinetic energy.

The terrifying kinetic energy spread along the wound that pierced the skull, directly shattering the head into fragments.

Captain Black Shark's spirituality was shattered by the immense spirituality contained within the bullet.

"That's just asking for death..."

Rosen turned the Dragon King's Wrath gun and aimed it at the Black Shark's first mate.

In less than ten seconds, everyone on the Black Shark was dead from his sniper fire.

He hadn't originally planned to kill Captain Black Shark himself, but unexpectedly, under the detection of the Eye of Time, Captain Black Shark managed to escape successfully a few seconds later. He had no choice but to snipe him before they could escape.

Under the judgmental power of the Void Gun Dance, Captain Black Shark's spirituality was captured and condensed into a judgment bullet.

However, the memories contained within the spirit had not yet dissipated, and Rosen captured some memories through the reflection of Captain Black Shark's spirit in the ash curtain.

It's not surprising that Captain Black Shark has reached Sequence 6, but it's a bit strange that Black Shark itself has also been upgraded to Sequence 6.

Spiritual crystals aren't that easy to earn, and you're already at Sequence 6, why are you still staying in Blackrock Harbor?
The resources near Blackrock Harbor are not particularly abundant for a Sequence 6.

It turns out that Captain Black Shark is one of the Black Gloves under the command of Grand Duke Blazing Shadow, specializing in doing shady things for the Blazing Shadow Duchy. The Black Shark's mission is to find the genuine Cat God's statue.

He plundered a lot of the Death Forest Spirit Realm back then, but it's still far from collapsing.

Over the years, the Black Shark Pirate Gang has annihilated many coastal fishing villages, then framed them with extraordinary sea beasts, sending the abducted people into the Death Forest to cultivate crystal grass as nourishment, and then offering them as sacrifices to the fake cat god statue inside.

Through continuous sacrifices, the connection between Captain Black Shark and the authentic Cat God statue deepened.

In a few years at most, Captain Black Shark will be able to complete his mission.

The reason why Grand Duke Blazing Shadow gave Captain Black Shark a reward in advance was simply to make it easier for him to obtain the statue of Cat God.

Rosen seemed to be deep in thought, then logged into the Spirit Realm Deep Web and bought some intelligence from the Assassin Guild.

After reading it, he realized his guess was correct.

Back then, Gray Rat made a bet with Grand Duke Blazing Shadow. Gray Rat lost and was about to lose the plague curse that was targeting the Blazing Shadow Duchy. Gray Rat was even going to lose his life, but he survived.

Therefore, the plague curse of the gray rats has not actually been completely lifted.

The rat infestation that plagued the Chiying Duchy has indeed disappeared, but the curse targeting the Chiying family has become even stronger.

Grand Duke Blazing Shadow is searching for the statue of the Cat God, likely in order to completely remove the curse.

However, the curse was not lifted but strengthened. How did Grand Duke Blazing Shadow become a Sequence 3 after the gambling match ended back then?

Regardless of the truth, Rosen and the Chiying family have already become enemies.

Since that's the case, he won't hold back on taking the statue of the Cat God.

Rosen stored the Black Shark in his scavenging space, intending to remodel it and leave it to the knights in his territory.

He then released the feathered serpent warship and once again headed to the Forest of Death.

When Rosen arrived at the coordinates of the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm of the Death Forest was still closed.

But it doesn't matter. After activating the power of laziness, he crossed the spatial barrier between reality and the spirit realm of the Death Forest.

However, the moment he entered the spiritual realm, he felt its rejection of him.

The original Death Forest Spirit Realm was simply unable to accommodate a Sequence 6.

However, thanks to the Black Shark Pirate Crew's relentless feeding, the sequence level of this spiritual realm has risen rather than fallen over the years.

This practice of actively enhancing the spiritual realm of other races is considered a serious violation of the law by the World Government.

If this matter gets out, the current Grand Duke of Blazing Shadow will have to abdicate prematurely.

Lawson rampaged through the land with impunity, and all the Shadow Cats he encountered along the way were casually shot down by the Dragon King's Wrath.

Once again, we arrived at the ruins where the statue of the cat god was buried. After clearing away the surrounding plants, we let the sunlight fall on the statue.

The idol burst into flames, and Rosen took out the corpse of the gray rat from his scavenging space and threw it into the flames.

In that instant, the statue of the cat god seemed to come alive.

Rosen could sense through meditation that a terrifying gaze was fixed upon him from the distant depths of the void.

This feeling is definitely not from the dead cat god, which means that the cat god is actually still alive?

Rosen's lips twitched; Grand Duke Blazing Shadow's plan might have failed from the very beginning.

Since the cat god is still alive, it is impossible for anyone to take away the cat god's icon.

Rosen could clearly sense that the divinity of the Cat God within the counterfeit Cat God statue was growing stronger. The Cat God was descending from afar, but this time it wasn't to reward him; rather, it was preparing to send an avatar to kill him.

What a waste of the gray rat's corpse! I'll definitely get it back with interest later.

As the counterfeit Cat God statue came to life, the Cat God's Sequence 6 Ultimate clone also descended upon the statue.

After the descent ended, the cat god licked its paws and vanished from Rosen's sight in an instant.

Ding!
Rosen barely managed to block the Cat God's claws aimed at his neck with his Dragon Fang Dagger.

He activated bullet time, slowing down his perception of time so that everything appeared very, very slow.

That's how it turned out; they almost got choked by Cat God.

This cat god is definitely not normal; it gives him the feeling that it is even more powerful than a bronze dragon of the same level.

Rosen's body suddenly became ethereal, and his true self and his self-portrait clone had already switched across the Void Gallery.

Rosen lay on the recliner, not multitasking, but concentrating on manipulating the self-portrait clone.

Although multitasking in battle already allows one to unleash their full combat power without being distracted and unable to utilize the strength of their self-portrait clone, concentrating their mind is enough to allow the fearless self-portrait clone to unleash more than 100% of their combat power.

Even so, the self-portrait clone was extremely overwhelmed by the cat god clone.

Rosen used almost all the other Hunter Sequence techniques except for Dragon King's Wrath.

Moreover, every step he took was a trap, forcing the cat god's clone, who was chasing him closely, to fall into the trap as well.

In the end, they were completely suppressed, but Rosen was happy about it.

Because they could clearly feel that their close combat skills were being honed in the process.

The self-portrait clone fought for a full half hour before the cat god clone seized the opportunity to remove its head and turn it into paint.

The Void Gallery made no attempt to conceal its presence, shrouded in layers of spatial mist.

The cat god's clone was disoriented by the spatial mist several times it approached. Realizing that the spatial mist completely suppressed melee combat, the cat god's clone stood up, its body swelled, and it entered cat-human form, with two pistols appearing in its left and right hands.

The moment the cat god's clone moved at supersonic speed, both guns began firing in a furious barrage.

The exact rate of fire is so fast that it is almost a thousand bullets leaving the barrel every second!

The forest within a kilometer radius was pierced by countless bullets in an instant. However, the plants shattered by the bullets could not fall from the sky and were torn into powder by more bullets.

Anyone familiar with guns knows that the slower the rate of fire, the more stable and accurate it is; the faster the rate of fire, the less stable and accurate it is.

Sniper rifles are infallible within a certain range, but heavy machine guns rely on firepower coverage and are completely inaccurate.

Cat God's clone can fire a pistol at a rate of fire a hundred times faster than a heavy machine gun, and then fire each bullet with the accuracy of a sniper rifle. This reaction speed can make people feel hopeless whether in close combat or long-range shooting.

The Void Gallery couldn't dodge so many bullets at all; even those who had retreated into the Void Shadows were forced out by the bullets that pierced through space.

The Cat God, who has mastered the Hunter Sequence, is truly terrifying.

As time went on, the Void Gallery, whose internal and external defenses had reached Sequence 5, began to collapse little by little.

Because the Cat God's clone is empowered by various hunter skills with super-fast firing, a significant portion of the bullets are armor-piercing rounds. Moreover, these armor-piercing rounds are specifically aimed at several points on the surface of the Void Gallery, and each armor-piercing round gradually destroys the Void Gallery by dripping water through stone.

Fortunately, the Void Gallery managed to buy some time, and Rosen revived his self-portrait clone and sent it out of the Void Gallery.

However, the situation did not improve; he would surely die after a few more minutes at most.

The Void Gallery looks like a skull from the outside. Rosen walked from the studio to the skull's eye sockets.

Then, open the closed maze gallery, set up the Dragon King's Wrath, and begin using the Time Sight in conjunction with the Eye of Time to foresee the Cat God's movements.

Finally, the silencer locked, and a Sequence 9 Judgment bullet disappeared from the barrel exit.

Two seconds later, the judgment bullet struck the cat god's clone silently.

The Punisher, being only a Sequence 9 divinity, only caused the Cat God's clone a slight pain.

However, the hunting mark attached to the judgment bullet has already been marked on the divinity of the cat god's clone.

The cat god's clone sensed the hunting mark and immediately launched an even more ferocious attack.

Because he recognized it as a miraculous treasure that had been transformed from the gray rat's bite off his cat's paw years ago.

Now that this human was using it against him, it further fueled the rage of the cat god's avatar.

Without hesitation, Rosen activated the Hunting Mark and forcibly pulled the Cat God's clone into the Void Gallery using the Miracle Treasure Cat Paw Pendant.

(End of this chapter)