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#301 - Chapter 301 Gem Monster

"Alright, next I'm going to release the Gem Monster, you guys get ready."

After slicing up the two trial beasts, one from the sky and one from underwater, Hong Xiaole leaped from the ship into the sea.

Qi Jing, while putting on his helmet, wondered:

Why jump into the sea to release it? Is the Gem Monster currently trapped at the bottom of the sea?

He used his Observation Haki to sense downwards, and unsurprisingly, he still couldn't sense Hong Xiaole's life signature.

What ability does she possess that allows her to evade Observation Haki?

While Qi Jing was pondering, he suddenly sensed a shimmering, polygonal large stone appearing beneath the surface of the water. It appeared very abruptly, as if it had just been released from a space pouch.

Could it be that Captain Hong also possesses a space storage skill?

Qi Jing actually guessed correctly, except Hong Xiaole's storage skill was the same as Kirby's, which was to "eat." She would enlarge herself and eat the things she needed to store, and when she released them, she also needed to enlarge herself.

Because enlarging herself was too abstract (ugly), she generally didn't display this skill in front of people.

"Gem Monster, a type of natural life form similar to a stone golem, likes to eat all kinds of rare minerals. The more it eats, the larger it becomes and the stronger its abilities. Most of its attack methods depend on the minerals it consumes, but all Gem Monsters have one characteristic: they can release 'Gem Lasers'."

Just as Tan Zuoyin finished introducing the information about the Gem Monster that she had found, a huge, one-meter-wide beam of colorful laser suddenly shot out from under the sea!

Under Qi Jing's Observation Haki, this beam accurately hit the ship's engine.

Although it didn't cause an explosion, the ship could only move by sail after taking this hit.

Qi Jing then focused his attention on the Gem Monster.

He noticed that the Gem Monster under the water was flashing again, and immediately shouted:

"Dodge!"

Bang!

A beam struck, and a violent burst of fire erupted. The ship instantly exploded, and the resulting shockwave sent everyone standing on the ship flying outwards.

Qi Jing immediately deployed his Scaled Demon Wings and hovered in the air, preventing himself from falling into the sea.

This Gem Monster actually directly bombarded the cannonball bay at the bow of the ship! The resulting explosion blasted half of the Peerless ship away, and the remaining half was still burning and sinking.

If they hadn't concentrated all the cannonballs at the bow of the ship, the entire ship would probably have been blown away.

My Peerless ship!

Without time to mourn, Qi Jing immediately sensed everyone's auras. Fortunately, none of them were injured.

Song Jiang was promptly caught in the air by White Dog Cloud, and he was also staring blankly at the destroyed ship.

Yan Cheng tore open his emergency life-saving painting, summoning a "Soft Egg" to wrap himself inside, and was floating on the sea.

Tan Zuoyin, on the other hand, was floating in the sky using the Rooster Talisman, and also caught Miao Kui, who had been blown away.

It must be said that these 100,000-point battle suits are indeed powerful. They were blown away and still didn't have any problems.

The Gem Monster also flew up from underwater at this time, revealing its true form in front of everyone.

Its body was not large, only three meters in diameter.

At first glance, it looked like a sphere, but upon closer inspection, it was actually a regular polyhedron with hundreds of faces, but the number of faces was so large that it was round like a sphere.

Moreover, each of its faces was a different color.

『Every time a Gem Monster eats a mineral, its appearance will gain a face, and it will also gain the corresponding ability.』

Tan Zuoyin's voice rang in everyone's ears, continuing to explain the Gem Monster information that she hadn't finished talking about earlier.

『The higher the number of its faces, the greater the power of the laser, but sometimes it will only release the laser from a single face, only demonstrating the ability of that face.』

After saying that, the Gem Monster scattered lasers of different colors towards everyone again.

Qi Jing dodged this attack with the precognitive effect of Observation Haki, and used Crane Control Capture Dragon to move everyone one position.

Seeing that these humans had dodged this attack, several consecutive faces of the Gem Monster began to flash frantically.

Just as everyone was wondering what it was going to do, hundreds of sharp stones suddenly rose from under the water and pierced towards the sky.

"Move!"

Qi Jing used Crane Control Capture Dragon again to move away all the sharp stones that could hit people.

『These stones are all minerals from the seabed, and it can mobilize them for high-speed shooting.』

As soon as Tan Zuoyin's words fell, everyone who was prepared immediately launched a counterattack.

Yan Cheng sat on half an eggshell and shot at the Gem Monster with his Source Power Hand Cannon, as well as Song Jiang's Chlorophyll Purgatory Gatling and Miao Kui's Source Power Submachine Gun.

"Chop!"

Qi Jing's 10% Source Power · Yuan Qi Slash · Golden Skyline also followed at this time.

He wanted to use a big move to end the battle immediately. This opponent didn't seem easy to deal with. The attack range was so large that they would be worn out by it sooner or later if they kept passively dodging.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

All the gunshots on its body were like cotton hitting a stone, with no effect at all.

Only Qi Jing's slash cut a gap in one of its faces, and only two adjacent faces had half-open cracks.

Yan Cheng exclaimed: "So hard!"

"Among hundreds of minerals, there are always very hard ones. Your attacks should be ineffective."

Qi Jing analyzed:

"If only my attacks can cause damage, then you only need to dodge, or prevent it from escaping."

Now they were fighting in the open sky above the sea. If it found that it couldn't do anything to Qi Jing, it might run away without saying a word, and then it would be difficult to chase.

『No, it has already set its sights on the Rooster Talisman in my hand. As long as my Rooster Talisman is still here, it will never escape.』

Gem Monsters like all kinds of rare minerals, and it wants all the minerals that can take effect in the Gem Slot.

Since the Rooster Talisman can take effect in the Gem Slot, the Gem Monster will definitely greedily want to devour it.

"Danger!"

Qi Jing reminded.

His Spider-Sense sensed a sudden danger coming from the sky above, but his Observation Haki didn't have enough range and couldn't sense what was in the sky at all.

Could it be a meteorite?

Qi Jing didn't dare to gamble, and immediately spread his wings and swept past everyone, taking them all into the space inside him.

When taking Tan Zuoyin, she gave Qi Jing a "Believe in you" look and handed him the Rooster Talisman, in order to restrain the Gem Monster.

Sure enough, in a few seconds, dozens of small meteorites appeared in the sky above, falling down at an extraordinary speed.

"It really fucking eats meteorites!"

Fortunately, the sensing range of Observation Haki was large enough. If it was only targeting one direction, a thousand meters could still be barely achieved, enough for him to perfectly dodge this meteor shower.

During the dodging process, Qi Jing saw that one of the Gem Monster's faces was flashing.

He immediately took out his Purple Azure Treasure Sword, preventing the upcoming attack.

A diffusive beam of light shot out from that face, covering the entire sky where Qi Jing was.

What happened?

Qi Jing immediately checked the places he was irradiated, but it didn't seem like he had received any damage.

Never mind, chop it!

Water Clone! Golden Skyline! Yuan Qi Slash!