The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 555 The Holy Light! (Seeking monthly votes)

A few minutes later.

An hour had passed in the illusory mirror, and the vicious pirates had once again taken over the Cedric.

"Tsk! You can't do this either, little bro!"

Above the illusionary mirror, Mu Sheng's consciousness stared at Jules, who was imprisoned, and curled his lip in silence.

Jules retained his memories from the first playthrough in the second playthrough, but this was of no use.

When Jules reported the news of the pirate attack, he was locked up by the crew because he could not explain the source of the information.

Although it raised some concerns, it didn't change anything.

"Without a voice, even if what you say is the truth, no one will believe you!"

When a poor person says that one plus one equals two, others will subconsciously question it. How can you prove that you are right?

When a rich person says that one plus one equals three, others are amazed and begin to ponder the philosophy behind it, exclaiming that they have benefited greatly.

Mu Sheng stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then quickly focused his gaze on a noblewoman in the first-class cabin area.

"You're the one, Miss Rose!"

In the third playthrough, Makisa chose the girl who shared the same name as the human-faced rose.

"Crack!"

The Mirror of Illusion shattered once more, and under the glow of spiritual light, everything returned to its starting point.

Starting in the third playthrough, Miss Rose, who inherited the memories of the previous playthrough, embarks on her adventure amidst fear, panic, and the ecstasy of surviving a near-death experience.

This time, the managers on the Cedric finally took it seriously and, based on Miss Rose's description, strengthened security measures around the boiler room, steam engine, and other locations.

The pirate spy's plot to sabotage the ship's propulsion system failed, but the Cedric still came to a stop.

Despite being severely injured, the Kraken rammed into and destroyed the turbine fan at the bottom of the ship.

The Cedric has once again fallen to pirates!
"Well, with absolute overwhelming strength, a little bit of advance information really won't make much of a difference."

Mu Sheng was not too surprised by the result.

"Then let's add some more variables!"

With a thought, three dominoes shimmering with golden light fell into a new round of illusion.

Fourth playthrough begins!
Failure! Failure! Another failure!
The series of failures made Mu Sheng wonder: Is a Sequence 5 really that hard to kill?
He's talking without any sense of the situation!

For Mu Sheng, the so-called strongest sequence 5 below demigods is the last step before a mortal transforms into a god.

He's just a nobody who can be dealt with by simply turning around and grabbing at someone.

But for the crew of the Cedric, the 'Vice Admiral' of Sequence 5 was definitely a big shot.

They are the kind of powerful beings that they need to exhaust all their wisdom and risk their lives to fight against!
"Want to add more bets?"

Mu Sheng hesitated, wondering whether he should throw in a few more Giant Seeds, but that would turn it into another kind of crushing force.

The purpose of his experiment has been lost.

"It seems that simply predicting the future and having some external forces are not enough to be considered variables. We still need to start with luck and destiny!"

With a thought, Mu Sheng began another cycle of reincarnation.

This time, in addition to the three main characters—Jules, Miss Rose, and the burly Lucas—the story is filled with many unexpected events.

Through a series of incredible coincidences, the Sequence 5 'Druid', the 'Deep Sea Admiral' Hal Constantine, who possesses the blood of a sea monster, arrives.

He died at the hands of a bunch of ants whose highest rank was no more than Sequence 7!
"It's still a bit too deliberate. In the Mirror of Mystery, I can manipulate these unexpected events to happen at will, but it would be very difficult to replicate them in reality..."

On the deathly silent Cedric, Mu Sheng pondered for a moment and abandoned the idea of ​​continuing the experiment.

Manipulating and influencing fate is ultimately beyond the capabilities of a 'Forge Mage'.

"Although the experiment failed, it wasn't entirely without gains. At least I have a clearer understanding of the design for sequence 4!"

"So be it!"

With a wave of his hand, Mu Sheng dispelled the hallucinatory power that had enveloped the Cedric.

The crew members and passengers who had been lying on the ground gradually began to wake up.

"My head hurts so much, why did I suddenly faint?"

"Ah! Help! Don't kill me!"

"Pirates! Pirates! Waaah~ Everyone run!"

"My little Bieber, you died so tragically! How will your mother live without you!"

"Uh, Mom, I'm not dead yet!"

"..."

Waking from their reverie, the crew and passengers, still somewhat confused, quickly started a commotion.

Even Captain Williams and the others tensed up instantly.

There's no way around it, this dream felt so real!

Moreover, the fact that so many people had the same dream at the same time makes one wonder if this is some kind of ominous sign!
While the crew of the Cedric were filled with fear, Mu Sheng had already arrived over the Flying Ship, which was more than ten nautical miles away.

Like the Cedric, everyone on this pirate ship fell into a deep sleep.

The difference is that Mu Sheng did not break their illusion.

"To die in one's sleep is already a blessing for people like you!"

Mu Sheng raised his index finger, making the shape of a pistol, and pointed it at the pirate ship below.

"Snapped!"

He opened his mouth and made a sound like a pistol firing.

A barrage of invisible air bullets rained down, striking the heads of the pirates below with pinpoint accuracy.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The pirate's head exploded like a watermelon, and for a moment the ship was covered with blood-red flowers.

Moments later, most of the pirates were dead, leaving only a dozen or so.

These people are all extraordinary individuals who have taken the magic potion!
"It's harvest season again!"

Mu Sheng's figure blurred and appeared on the deck of the Flying Ship.

The dark deck was covered in seawater, wet and slippery, and smelled of rotting wood.

He even saw many shellfish clinging to the hull.

"Even though I know it's a magic ship, this is still so shoddy..."

Mu Sheng lifted his foot, looked at the dirt on the sole of his shoe, and said with some disgust.

"You all deserve to die! How dare you ruin my magic ship like this!"

After kicking away a pirate corpse at his feet, Mu Sheng strode toward the captain of the Flying Ship, 'Vice Admiral' Hal Constantine.

This is the big boss in the Mysterious Mirror level, the man who tormented the crew of the Cedric for dozens of rounds.

At this moment, however, he lay at Mu Sheng's feet like a dead dog.

"This is yet another new path; I'm not far from collecting all twenty-two paths!"

He stretched out his right hand and grabbed at the air, and countless points of light flew out from the body of this 'Deep Sea Admiral'. They converged in the air to form an extraordinary object that shone with a brilliant emerald green light!
"what!!!"

The excruciating pain of having his extraordinary qualities stripped away bit by bit awakened Hal Constantine from his immersion in the illusion.

One second he was enjoying the pleasure of killing and debauchery, the next he saw a strange man taking away his most precious possession.

“Kra…Ken…”

Hal Constantine wants to use his extraordinary abilities to summon his pet, the sea monster Kraken.

But they found that their physical bodies were damaged, their spirituality was exhausted, and their spirits were weak.

The person was like a candle that had burned out, slowly walking towards death!

"Who...are you?"

Hal Constantine knew he had lost the ability to resist and only wanted to know who had killed him!

"I?"

Mu Sheng caught the extraordinary properties in the air, and with a backhand grasp, he fused them into a string of 'sequence runes' for the 'farmer' pathway.

It was branded onto the inner wall of the furnace inside the body!

"I'm a hunter who does it out of hobby. Thank you for your gift, goodbye!"

Mu Sheng waved to Hal Constantine, and the 'Deep Sea Admiral' died instantly.

He then extracted the characteristics from the bodies of more than a dozen other extraordinary pirates and 'melted' them into 'sequence runes'.

"Hunter, Provocateur, Arsonist, these are the sequences of the new path, but unfortunately, it only goes up to sequence 7..."

"Prisoners, criminals, how come all that's left are these two things?"

Mu Sheng put away the repetitive low-sequence 'runes' with some disdain, and then began to pack up his magic ship.

First, there were pirate corpses scattered all over the ground. Ordinary henchmen were thrown into the sea to feed the fish, while the extraordinary pirates had their heads chopped off and thrown into the 'Infinite Illusion' above the gray fog.

As one of the seven great pirate generals, these extraordinary pirates on the Flying Ship have bounties on their heads in various kingdoms.

Although Mu Sheng looked down on this amount of money, he could use it as operating funds for the Reform Association.

Especially the head of the 'Deep Sea Admiral', which is worth at least ten thousand gold pounds, a figure that would make our 'God of Poverty' drool with envy.

After dealing with the pirates' bodies, Mu Sheng began to organize the supplies on the ship.

Some useless household items were thrown away, and what was left were money, valuables, and books!
The most valuable of these should be Hal Constantine's research notes!
The lower sequences of 'Druid' are 'Biologist' (Sequence 6), 'Harvest Priest' (Sequence 7), 'Healer' (Sequence 8), and 'Farmer' (Sequence 9).

So despite being a pirate captain, Hal Constantine's knowledge of botany and biology was more profound than that of some university professors.

"The Anatomy and Cultivation of Sea Monsters!"

"Research on extraordinary plants!"

"..."

Mu Sheng flipped through the book in his hands, occasionally letting out exclamations of admiration.

"Was that manatee actually bred by him?"

"This idea...is quite interesting!"

Mu Sheng's interest was piqued, and he planned to try it out himself when he had some free time.

With a sense of unfinished business, he closed the book and put it into his storage space, then began to study how to deal with the magic ship beneath his feet.

"Spiritual wood with restorative properties, inscribed with the extraordinary ability of autonomous driving, and then..."

"These are some marine shellfish that Hal Constantine cultivated. They are somewhat aggressive, but not many."

After understanding the situation of the Flying Ship, Mu Sheng also had a modification plan in mind.

Let's clean it first!

Mu Sheng raised a finger, and under his spiritual control, the wind and water elements converged into a stream of water filled with tiny bubbles.

Encircling his fingers!

"Cleared out completely!"

With a flick of his finger, the stream of water shot out and rapidly expanded, enveloping the entire magic ship.

The high-speed water flow, along with the tiny bubbles that kept bursting and reappearing, quickly cleaned the hull.

The shellfish attached to the wooden planks were removed, and the layer of black, unidentified substance on the hull was also scraped off, revealing the original color of the wood.

"The ship is too big, and the propulsion system is too outdated. It's shameful that a magic ship can't even keep up with an ordinary steamship!"

A vast amount of spiritual energy flowed from Mu Sheng's body like water, permeating every corner of the Flying Ship.

The 'Blacksmith's' sequence ability is activated!

With each strike of the spiritual hammer, the Flying Ship began to writhe as if it were alive.

The spiritual wood of the ship's hull was refined and shrunk, and the forty-eight cannons were melted down into various steam pipes and structures.

A few minutes later.

A magical two-masted ship, thirty meters long and seven meters wide, with a mahogany hull, white bulwarks and bottom, and gold patterns inlaid on the bow and hull edges.

It appeared on the deep blue sea!
"With steam power combined with wind assistance, the sailing speed was greatly increased!"

"We can add an activation spell to the ropes so the sails can adjust automatically, and also a constant cleaning spell, and a galley..."

After modifying the ship's structure, Mu Sheng began to inscribe various runes of extraordinary abilities onto the magic ship.

Most of them are spiritual versions of magic that have been integrated by the 'Forge Wizards', mainly originating from the Harry Potter world.

This extraordinary system may not be very powerful in terms of attack, but its life magic is incredibly useful!
The modification of the ship's hull took only a few minutes, but the inscription of these extraordinary runes took a full half hour.

"finished!"

Looking at the completely transformed magic ship, Mu Sheng smiled happily.

"From now on, I'll call you... Holy Light!"

A brand new magic ship naturally needs a new name, and Mu Sheng used his usual naming method for this!

He then went to the helm on the stern deck, reached out and placed his hand on the wheel, and a surge of spiritual energy immediately entered the steam chamber beneath his feet.

"boom!!!"

Under the extraordinary power of the 'Giant Bishop', his spirituality transformed into a stream of high-pressure steam, which traveled through pipes into the steam engine, driving the turbine blades at the bottom of the ship.

"Buzz—whoosh—!"

The rapidly spinning fan blades generated a powerful thrust. Several runes shimmered on the sails hanging from the mast, as a large amount of wind element gathered.

With the help of the steam engine and the wind element, the Holy Light quickly accelerated from a standstill.

The ship transformed into a shooting star, speeding across the sea!

"Wuhu~"

"Charge! Holy Light!"

Mu Sheng excitedly steered his magic ship at breakneck speed, leaving a long white trail in the waves it stirred up on the sea surface.

On the Cedric, a dozen nautical miles away, the crew and passengers who had been on tenterhooks for half the day were still unaware.

The 'Deep Sea Admiral' and his Flying Ship that they were worried about are now a thing of the past!

(End of this chapter)