Witch, I Swear I’m Not a Deep Sea Ancient God!

Chapter 327: A Pleasure-Giving Power

Palu was quite confident. In his view, the Witch Relic of the Cup Witch was the easiest witch relic to obtain.

The location of this witch relic, and its current holder, were all inside his intelligence network.

After all, not counting the legendary crew of the Ice Demon Pirates, Palu, together with the witch and the hunter, made up a full three legends!

Although the Black Hunter and the witch had clearly only just advanced to legendary status and were nowhere near his strength, in this resource-rich Dimensional Tide, give them some time and they would quickly grow into powerful combatants.

"The Cup Witch's relic, the doctor..."

Chen Qi bowed his head and paced across the deck.

His emotions were extremely complicated right now.

The Cup Witch's relic was a cell that could absorb nutrients and regenerate indefinitely. Normally, this relic would be used as a special "flesh regenerator."

Besides that, it was an extremely useful "experimental specimen" frequently used in large-scale experiments.

Countless twisted monsters of the Sea God Pirates were created with the help of the Cup Witch relic.The Sea God Pirates being willing to lend the Cup Relic to the Blackfin Crew meant they were researching something truly terrifying.

Black whale blood... an ugly black tumor image flashed through Chen Qi's mind.

Black whale blood was a crucial pillar in the Blackfin Crew's conquest of witches. It was the lifeblood of the Blackfin Crew, hailed as the perfect potion that marked "the beginning of destruction."

The most terrifying thing about this potion was that it could be used on legends.

Even a legend, after taking black whale blood, could gain unimaginable horrifying combat power, mutating into a colossal monster that blotted out the sky.

Once the research on black whale blood was complete, it would completely change the balance of the Witch Sea!

Only, at this stage the black whale blood was far from perfected. They needed more genius doctors, more strong experimental subjects to forge their victory.

"Doctor..." Chen Qi suddenly brightened and asked, "What does that doctor look like? Any distinguishing features?"

Although the chances were slim, could that doctor be someone he knew?

Palu answered confidently:

"A drug-enhanced subject by profession, a weakling wearing a crow mask."

As one of the Four Pirate Emperors, Palu regarded a third-tier drug-enhanced subject like an ant.

It's true! Chen Qi was startled.

Possessing the Cup Relic meant she was one of the core researchers in the black whale blood project!

Within the Blackfin Crew, that was already a very high position!

In such a short time, Little Crow, a small undercover, had actually climbed to that level!

Terrifying... Chen Qi felt a genuine shiver of awe.

In his memory, Little Crow had just been an unnoticed mid-level mole inside the Blackfin Crew.

It should have taken a very long time for her to rely on her medical talent to reach the crew's upper ranks.

So how did she rise to such a position in so little time?

This made no sense! Chen Qi thought carefully for a moment.

Because of him, Little Crow's two former bosses, Captain Blackeye and Big Mom Carol, had met with misfortune.

Whenever a superior ran into trouble, the subordinate Little Crow's position inexplicably skyrocketed!

In a way, those two bosses of Little Crow had been taken out by him.

Now this down-and-out person like him, a Little Crow without an official medical license, had already become a primary researcher for the black whale blood project.

Could Little Crow really be an undiscovered genius doctor?

The Blackfin Crew's strange personnel selection mechanism... Chen Qi shook his head, a little puzzled.

But for him, this was good news.

Chen Qi thought for a moment and asked:

"Palu, when do you plan to act?"

Palu turned and looked toward his Drifting Paper Boat:

"After my crew has some time to rest, and when Black Death Doctor is away...

I have a feeling the moment will come soon!"

"Hmm..."

Chen Qi looked into the distance.

During that time, he also had to strengthen his physical body as quickly as possible.

His top priority was to make his flesh rival that of a true legend!

Besides Fen's potions, he needed some even more powerful things.

Chen Qi lifted his head and looked at the white Drifting Paper Boat behind Palu.

On the deck of the boat, benches, statues, and treasure chests could be seen...

Piles and piles of treasure completely covering the deck!

Treasure from the Fog Sea! Chen Qi swallowed and his spiritual energy could sense that among that towering hoard, there were items he needed.

No doubt, the Ice Demon Pirates were among the best merchants in the Witch Sea!

Chen Qi took out Gambler Loren's Backpack Card.

Gambler Loren's Backpack Card contained probability items.

For example: a clown bomb with a one-in-four chance of causing a huge explosion, a blessing needle with a one-in-five chance to fully heal, a summon card with a one-in-ten chance to call the Dice Demon, a one-in-three chance to change gender, a one-in-three chance to turn into a slime, a one-in-three chance to receive a hundred million Shell Coins in the form of a blue pill...

This Backpack Card was extremely valuable, but most of the items were random.

Also, the negative side effects of failure often outweighed the positive outcomes!

Chen Qi counted them over.

For him, these random items were of limited use.

These items needed to rely on a dice affinity user's talent "luck" to realize their true potential.

But for a dice affinity user, this was undoubtedly a huge treasure trove!

And Palu in front of him was precisely a dice-affinity legend!

Chen Qi took out the Backpack Card:

"This is Gambler Loren's card. I want to trade it for the Ice Demon Pirates' treasure."

"Oh?"

Palu accepted the card, his eyes lighting up:

"Gambler's Backpack Card—good stuff. What do you want? Our Ice Demon Pirates' treasure stockpile far exceeds your imagination!"

Chen Qi replied:

"Something dangerous that can temporarily turn me into a monster..."

Turning into a monster—indeed that was the Deep Sea Hunter profession card... Palu sifted through the Backpack Card and pulled out a pitch-black, twisted black potion and tossed it to Chen Qi:

"I got this from the Abyssal Merchant."

Straightforward! Chen Qi accepted the potion.

[Black Shadow-Tentacle Elixir:

Usage requirement: Must have shadow affinity comprehension; constitution over 100.

Effect: Night will crawl upon you, greatly increasing your stealth ability; grants shadow affinity.

Negative effect: After taking the elixir, during nighttime you will instantly become a Pitch-Black Tentacle-filled shadow demon, brain consumed by breeding urges!]

After ingestion, as long as it was night, you would transform into a monster—a pure monster elixir!

Chen Qi checked his constitution.

Thanks to Fen's witch potions and the legendary profession card effects, his stats had been skyrocketing these days.

His constitution had reached a startling 165 points, strength 120 points, agility 80 points!

Under the influence of the Flower Witch's Philosopher's Stone Potions and the Lamp Sea medicine, his inspiration had also reached 175 points!

For someone who had just become a legend, this was already a rather luxurious pentagon of stats.

Moreover, as his flesh advanced, Chen Qi could feel his body growing in all directions like an adolescent—everything was improving.

Monster's Desire suppressed monsters in the process of resisting monsterization, which also reduced the strength gained from becoming a monster.

However, the positive effect of Monster's Desire was terrifying: it could thoroughly suppress full monster transformation!

His legendary talent "Monster's Desire" would help him break his limits once more!

Chen Qi did not hesitate. He forcefully plunged the black shadow-tentacle syringe into his chest and injected it.

"Ah!"

Fen was stunned, a surprised little flower popping over her head.

Chen Qi had actually directly used such a high-risk elixir on his own body!

Did he intend to become a tentacle monster? Fen anxiously moved her small hands.

However, Chen Qi showed no fear and told her there was no need to stop him.

From his chest, a dark, twisted, brutal shadow-affinity power began to expand, like a black liquid garment.

This liquid twisted, sinking into his flesh, attempting to contaminate Chen Qi's body.

Very quickly, a powerful craving rose from his throat.

Eat! Kill! Eat! Kill!

Chen Qi's eyes rolled and a strange gray light flickered. He saw a hallucination.

A black monster covered in tentacles tried to invite him, to merge him into that warped body, to hunt adventurers across the sea together, to enjoy the taste of men and women.

"Come! Come! Let us raid villages in the night! From the villagers' homes to the king's palace!"

The black tentacle monster writhed and beckoned.

Chen Qi's mind buzzed as he felt the temptation of the Black Shadow-Tentacle Elixir.

But in just an instant, a lamp flared to life!

Under the lamp's light, the whole tentacle beast was roasted to ash in a flash, not even leaving a howl.

All that remained was the power purified from the elixir.

That monstrous power was immediately refined away.

Chen Qi reopened his eyes and exhaled a mouth of black breath.

Beneath his dark hair, his pupils faintly shimmered with a burning lantern.

This was his fourth-tier legendary "Monster's Desire"—any force attempting to fully transform him into a monster would ultimately be suppressed and become part of his strength!

[Your will and body begin to twist...]

[Your Monster's Desire suppressed the distortion; you digested the Black Shadow-Tentacle Elixir and gained the special skill Dark Concealment Breath.

Dark Concealment Breath: You can hide your spiritual energy field; in darkness this effect is much stronger.]

[Your strength increased by 10 points; agility increased by 10 points.]

"What a wonderful power..."

Chen Qi licked his lips, looking at the prompt with a pleased expression.

This was a fine elixir—just right for him to digest!

But it was still far from enough!

Chen Qi could feel the burgeoning edge-desire in his heart, a hunger for desire itself.

The path to fourth tier was long. The Dragon Tamer King and the Black Blood Dragon King took ten years to exchange blood and, with the Dragon and Heart technique, forge their undying bodies.

If he wanted to grow stronger, he had to master a more powerful form of "monsterization"!

Chen Qi couldn't help but cast a delighted look at Fen.

Why are you looking at me like that... Fen hugged herself and stepped back.

In fact, Blood Blossom Disease, as a rare illness, if left uncontrolled, would turn into a terrifying monster—one that could dominate an entire flower sea and become the kind of world-ending beast the Beiguo Containment Bureau watched closely!

Also, An's Light Gap Disease, if not stopped, would likely turn An into a special spiritual-energy monster called "Light of the Magic Net."

These spirit-beings that existed in a "light" form were even legends-hard-to-defeat terrifying entities!

These diseases were essentially extremely strong forms of "monsterization."

Chen Qi circulated spiritual energy and covered his spiritual field with a faint black membrane.

His spiritual field gradually weakened.

A weaker spiritual field greatly increased his chance of successful ambush.

If he possessed top-tier monsterization, he would become even stronger.

Unfortunately, Blood Blossom Disease and Light Gap Disease were not blood-demon illnesses—they were not contagious special "diseases."

I need more... Fire flickered in Chen Qi's eyes as he looked at Palu.

The Deep Sea Hunters' powerful abilities... Palu continued to rummage through the Backpack Card:

"Hunter, your Backpack Card's value is above this elixir, but potions that turn you completely into a monster—we Ice Demon Pirates don't have many. After all, we're not the Blackfin Crew or the Sea God Pirates..."

These instant monster elixirs were often only used by lunatics.

To prevent accidents, such monster elixirs were usually sold by Jin Li to the monster merchants of the Rift.

Chen Qi thought a moment and continued:

"Hmm, the rest, please exchange for medicinal materials. Fen needs some new ingredients..."

"And my share?" Fen nodded happily:

"Yes!"

"No problem. Witch and hunter, if you need anything, just tell us Ice Demon Pirates. I'll personally arrange the crew to help you collect it!"

Palu readily agreed.

Although they had just gone through a life-and-death adventure, he could not hide his excitement now.

"Our Ice Demon Pirates' wish is getting closer. The headmaster and Pelu will be shocked by this secret..."

Palu muttered to himself.

Then he clenched his fist and laughed loudly:

"Pleasure to cooperate, my friends—Black Hunter and Miss Flower Witch! Once you adapt to this legendary power, we'll resurrect the Ice Witch and change the situation of this sea!"

Chen Qi and Fen looked at Palu's fist, exchanged glances, and also thrust out their fists.

Bang!

The three of them bumped fists!

Chen Qi said excitedly:

"Let's stir up this sea together!"

"Mm!"

Fen lifted her chin and agreed.

"Woo-ya! Woo-ya!"

The water spirits looked determined and roared with Burry; they could feel that their master was about to show this sea a bit of color!

...

Witch Sea, a three-hundred-meter-tall giant lighthouse.

The Tower of Disaster Messengers—this was the residence of the Disaster Messengers. Every Disaster Messenger needed to stay atop the Tower of Disaster Messengers, monitoring the Rift situation across the Witch Sea at all times.

Once the presence of a B-tier rift or A-tier rift was detected, it had to be recorded and reported to the relevant departments.

This was the source of the major Rift news that appeared in newspapers.

An uncontrolled B-tier rift could threaten the entire safety of the Witch Sea and tens of thousands of lives.

Therefore, for the safety of the Witch Sea, a Disaster Messenger often spent their whole life stationed in the Tower of Disaster Messengers.

Today, that tower received a visitor.

On a wooden chair at the tower's top sat a white-haired girl, her entire body wrapped in bandages, silvery hair hanging naturally like mercury, resembling a broken doll.

She held a "letter" in her hand—a letter from the "Black Hunter"—and stared at it for a long time without looking away.

"Witch, hunter..."

She murmured softly.

"An, are you thinking about them again?"

Disaster Messenger Rose sighed after finishing the Rift Status Map.

Her proud disciple, a genius girl, had lost the light in her eyes.

That damned Black Hunter! Disaster Messenger Rose crossed her legs:

"An, where's the light in your eyes? You haven't been beaten by the Black Hunter, have you? Believe me, An, you touched the Magic Net and didn't die. Your Spiritual Core is already at legendary level!"

"He spared me. I shouldn't go after him anymore, and I can't beat him..."

An said coldly.

Disaster Messenger Rose advised:

"Is that so? But you shouldn't be so down. With your talent now, you might be many times stronger than that Black Hunter. Stay with your teacher—I'll make you as strong as I am!"

Disaster Messenger Rose tried hard to cheer An up.

An's expression still didn't change.

Is the Black Hunter's lethality really that great—he only pulled out his trump card? Disaster Messenger Rose cleared her throat and coughed twice:

"By the way, An, I've decided to apply for a 'Great Archmage' legendary profession card for you!"

Disaster Messenger Rose smiled, expecting An's shocked expression.

That was the legendary profession card An had waited five whole years for!

An! Excited! Cheer up! Be overjoyed! Be moved to tears!

Soon you'll become a Great Archmage!

Disaster Messenger Rose could already imagine An's joyous shout.

Unexpectedly, An's face remained expressionless, and she instead asked curiously:

"Teacher, if one day I become stronger than you and humiliate you on the ground, what will you do?"

"Humiliate me on the ground?" Disaster Messenger Rose touched Water Spirit Number Three, which was buzzing in her hand, and blinked.