Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 189 The Blessing of the Verdant Sacred Tree

"What did you say? This tree contains one of Poseidon's hearts?"

Digging into the beetle's belly, Yun Ji exclaimed in surprise after Yun Hai repeated the key information, but then she said as if she had just realized something, "It seems that the prophecy poem makes sense."

"If you have any questions, please ask them as soon as possible."

Yun Hai urged, "It would be best if it were a matter that would allow us to completely trust each other."

"The first question"

Cheng Lang said, "Why are you here? What's the story behind this chaotic battle? Why didn't you acknowledge us back on the other side of Dwarf Mountain?"
If I remember correctly, you have the ability to see through illusions; hypocrisy and pretense are useless against you.

"I am under orders from Stinky Octopus Panini to hunt down the Ghost Fleet."

Yun Hai explained in a very fast voice, "I came here because I intercepted information that they were preparing to launch a black raid."

As for what you said about the other side of Dwarf Mountain, I don't know. The face I'm using was borrowed from one of the dwarves' executors who was knocked unconscious during this raid. At least 50 of my men also borrowed this face.

Also, we entered the country secretly through Boiran.

This battle had only two objectives: to take Poseidon's heart and to destroy the Elven kingdom. Once the Elven kingdom was dead, the Dark Elves would also cease to exist.

"Hurry up, ask whatever else you want to ask!"

“What are the current positions of various countries?” Yun Lan asked, “including Mr. Panini.”

"At present, it can only be confirmed that the entire royal family of the Elven Kingdom are dwarves, and the true bloodline of the royal family has been kept in captivity for hundreds of years."

Yun Hai said, "In addition, the fake princess of the Principality of Rica and the fake king of the Principality of Boerlan both came from the wandering circus, but the wandering circus came from Mofita."

"Their attitude"

Yun Lan, who was in charge of piloting the digging beetle, asked loudly, as they were now very close to the tree hole emitting green light.

“Kill Poseidon, and kill all of humanity, create—no, I should say select—a hybrid race to conquer the continent and the ocean.”

"madman"

After muttering something to herself, Yun Lan asked, "And what about those ghost ships?"

"The work of the dwarves"

Yunhai spoke faster. After betraying the Valkyrie, they decided to resurrect and enslave Poseidon, much like the wandering circus's goal: to kill all humans, restore the dwarves' glory, and enslave all the sirens and even sea monsters.

"What about you?" asked Yun Ji.

"I work for stinky octopus panini"

Yun Hai looked at the tree hole that was now almost within reach and said, "He doesn't care who I help, or who I help is fine with me, but Poseidon must never be resurrected, and I must kill him as thoroughly as possible."

"Why?" Yafso and Shenba asked in unison, voicing the question that everyone was concerned about.

He wants to become the new sea god.

Yun Hai answered without reservation, "Charge in! The approval and blessing of the Verdant Sacred Tree takes about ten breaths!"

"last question!"

Cheng Lang shouted and asked, "If we find Poseidon's heart, do you have a way to kill it?"

"Perhaps there's a way!"

Before Yun Hai could finish speaking, Yun Lan's burrowing beetle had already smashed through any elves or half-sea monsters that tried to stop it, and plunged headfirst into the tree hole that was emitting green light.

一个呼吸

Two breaths
Three breaths
Everyone who rushed into the green light subconsciously began to count silently. At the same time, as the burrowing beetle stopped, Gerta drew his flintlock pistol and pulled the trigger at the enemy rushing in behind him.

After emptying two guns, he immediately drew a scimitar and prepared for a fight.

In contrast, Yun Hai took out a round cannonball, almost the size of a human head, from his bag, lit the fuse, and threw it away.

"boom!"

In the violent explosion, Yun Hai's thick braid, which was hidden in her robe, was also flung out and spread out.

Before long, Gerta and the charging enemies began close combat. Almost simultaneously, Yunhai also began to dodge and weave, using her rapier to parry the enemy's attacks while occasionally tearing off small ornaments from her hair and throwing them around, causing violent explosions.

"It's really rude of us to have so many people surrounding us."

Before Yun Lan could finish speaking as she emerged from the burrowing beetle, a large number of thorns and spikes suddenly sprouted around her, along with many more enemies clutching their groins or buttocks.

“Your Highness Yunlan has the talent to be a warden,” Yun Hai said, throwing an explosive ornament into the distance.

"This praise is hardly an honor for a princess."

As Yun Lan spoke, the newly sprouted thorns blocked most of the enemies.

At this moment, Cheng Lang and the others had endured for seven breaths.

If there's any change, the most noticeable is that everyone's wrists have started to grow a tattoo that's not only different in pattern but also in color from the others.

Finally, by the time they counted to eleven breaths, the tattoos on their wrists had completely closed up.

At the same time, Cheng Lang and the other three collapsed onto the chairs inside the digging beetle, as if all their strength had been drained.

“What’s going on with them?” Gerta asked worriedly.

"nothing"

Yun Hai said, "They should be able to recover in a little while."

"These enemies won't give us a moment's peace!" Yun Lan shouted. "Where did all these people come from?!"

"That's a good question!"

Before Yun Hai could finish speaking, a huge scythe had already spun out from inside the digging beetle.

Following closely behind, Shenba burst out laughing, charging towards the oncoming enemy like a ferocious beast.

"I wonder what kind of abilities the sacred tree has given him," Yun Lan sighed.

"It's the ability to fight to the death."

Yun Hai covered his dominant eye and observed with the eye that was originally covered by the seashell eyepatch, exclaiming in amazement, "The more severe the injury, the higher the combat power, and the faster the self-healing speed is. This is also the reason why he was the first to come out."

As he spoke, Yun Hai drew his two flintlock pistols again and pulled the triggers on the enemy in front of him.

"boom!"

Amidst the almost overlapping gunfire, the hunters outside, who were clearly under Yun Hai's command, immediately rushed over.

Just then, as Yafso dug into the beetle's interior, he placed his glowing green hands on Yun Ji's body.

Nourished by this almost tangible green light, Yun Ji, who had failed to stand up several times, summoned her black wings again and pounced out of the burrowing beetle like a ghost, beginning a slaughter even more efficient than Shen Ba.

"What is it this time?" Yun Lan asked. "Her speed has increased."

Yun Hai shook his head. "I can see through the truth, but my eyes can barely keep up with her."

"Where are the other two?" Yun Lan looked at the burrowing beetle behind her.

At this moment, Yafso, sitting in a duck-like position, pressed her green-glowing hand against Cheng Lang's chest and forehead.

“It’s the most common medical ability,” Yun Hai paused, “but it also seems to have an incredibly vigorous vitality.”

'New problems'

Yun Ji suddenly jumped in front of Yun Hai, "What do we do next?"

“That’s a good question,” Yun Hai said. “We need to find that heart.”

"Where is it?" Yun Lan asked.

"There"

Yun Hai pointed to the top of his head, "At the highest point of the verdant sacred tree. Also, Your Highness Yun Lan, why are your thorns blooming?"

"open"

Yun Lan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the battlefield. At this moment, the thorns that had pierced through the enemy's body actually grew branches and bloomed into noble and holy golden roses!
"What's going on?" Yun Lan asked in surprise.

"Perhaps it's because this is the wishing well of the sacred, verdant tree."

As Yun Hai spoke, he looked back into the interior of the digging beetle, frowned, and asked, "What's wrong with your captain? He looks like he's about to die?"

"What did you say?"

Yun Ji immediately rushed into the burrowing beetle, followed closely by the others. Apart from Shen Ba, who had gone berserk, they all returned to the burrowing beetle.

In just a short time, Cheng Lang's body had become somewhat thin, and his breathing seemed to be about to stop.

Grabbing Cheng Lang's wrist and rolling up his sleeve, Yun Ji, Yun Hai, and Yun Lan frowned. A pattern had also appeared on Cheng Lang's wrist, but this elven-style pattern was a rare silver-white.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Yun Hai shook her head, "I can't see anything this time."

Just then, Cheng Lang gently hooked his finger, and immediately afterward, a plump worm fell from above and landed on the tail of the digging beetle, then crawled in with a series of arches.

“They are insect-infested earrings,” Yun Ji said, even lowering her voice unconsciously.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the large, shiny black insect crawled to Cheng Lang's ear and obediently burrowed into the extra ear hole, transforming back into an earring.

At that moment, Cheng Lang's complexion visibly became rosy.

Immediately afterward, he also suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the silver-white pattern on his wrist with lingering fear.

“Captain, it seems the sacred tree has bestowed upon you a unique blessing?” Yun Hai said.

At the same time, her subordinates also rushed into the tree hole at great casualties and formed a circular formation once again to protect the digging beetles.

"Yafso, use the power you just gained to save people."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he stood up unsteadily, and a jet-black whip appeared in his hand.

But soon, the whip disappeared, and instead, a large number of silvery-white threads appeared in this space.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp snap of his fingers, the mixed-race sailors who rushed in suddenly paused, and then, as if an invisible rope had been put around their necks, they were lifted into the air.

At this moment, Cheng Lang seemed to be gripping something tightly in his hand, pulling hard.

This bizarre scene caused the more enemies outside the tree hole, who were preparing to rush in, to stop in their tracks.

"Could you bring over that elven royal guard in the green uniform with the shield?"

Yun Hai walked to Cheng Lang's side and asked, pointing to the person outside the tree hole.

Almost as soon as she raised her hand, the other person turned to run back. However, as Cheng Lang clenched his other fist and pulled back forcefully, the person who was about to run was dragged to his and Yun Hai's feet by an invisible rope, amidst a cry of surprise.

Almost as soon as Cheng Lang released his hand, Yun Hai also pulled out a dagger and slashed open the silver-haired elf's clothes and even his skin.

However, what the onlookers were horrified to discover was that as the skin was cut open, inside the elf's body was a dwarf! A dwarf completely hidden inside an elf's skin!
"See what I found?"

As Yun Hai spoke, he used a dagger to remove the prosthetic-like "height-enhancing" device from the dwarf's foot. Then, he replaced it with a blood-red dagger, pried open the dwarf's jaw, and expertly gouged out his tongue!

Strangely, the tongue did not bleed and seemed unusually flexible.

"Oh!"

Yun Hai kicked the dwarf, who was only wearing underwear, into the enemy ranks, then flicked the tongue in his hand toward the enemy in another direction. "Until you give his tongue back to him, he will answer any question truthfully."

In that short delay, while she and Cheng Lang were drawing the enemy's attention, ten breaths had passed. The elves who had formed a circular formation, and the elves who had been revived by Yafso, all had different colored patterns appearing on their wrists.

“This place is in your hands,” Yun Hai said. “Use your lives to hold off these people.”

"As you wish!" the elves, clearly resigned to their fate, responded in unison, each drawing their weapons.

"If possible, try to survive."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he finally released what he was holding in mid-air, and the mixed-race sailors who had been hanging by their necks fell to the ground.

“We’re going to find Poseidon’s heart next,” Yun Hai said.

"The sacred, verdant tree has already told me where that heart is."

Cheng Lang said, "Let's go talk inside the beetle. Yun Ji, tell Shenba to stop playing around and come back quickly. We should leave this place."

Upon hearing this, Yun Ji whistled, and soon after, Shenba, whose entire body was almost soaked in blood, roared and, relying on the defensive power of his belt, ruthlessly smashed through one enemy after another, and passed through the array of elves. No, at this moment they had torn off their hypocritical masks, revealing their black hair.

"Yun Lan, manipulate the digging beetle to burrow into the trunk of the verdant sacred tree."

At this moment, Cheng Lang issued the order, "Go all the way up. That heart is sunbathing on the canopy of the sacred tree."

"As you command, Mr. Fleet Captain."

As Yun Lan gave her solemn response, the digging beetle folded its elytra and then charged straight at the thick tree trunk.

"Won't we destroy the sacred tree by doing this?" Yafso asked belatedly.

"You should be praying there aren't enough woodpeckers to catch us," Cheng Lang said absentmindedly.

"May I know what blessing the Verdant Sacred Tree bestows upon you?" Yun Hai asked a new question.

"It is an invisible whip."

Before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, Yun Hai felt her breath catch in her throat, as if an invisible rope was strangling her.

(End of this chapter)