novelraw Chapter 429: Saint-Level Power—The Might to Herd the Seas!
Chapter 429: Saint-Level Power—The Might to Herd the Seas!
Chen Qi opened his eyes full of green mucus and looked around again.
Inside the rift workshop, the power of the Sea Shepherd profession card had ravaged this place, making this temporarily repaired workshop endure the baptism of a storm for a long time.
The smooth walls were already covered with mucus and scorch marks, completely dilapidated.
And his body, like steel in a furnace, had undergone even more formidable tempering than the rift workshop!
At this moment, although he could feel an incredibly powerful sense of strength, at the same time, an extremely intense fatigue surged from within his body.
He was like someone who had struggled for many years in storms and tsunamis, his body riddled with wounds—
While clearly feeling himself becoming stronger, he also felt an unprecedented heaviness.
This heaviness pressed down on him so much that he couldn't even easily lift his right hand.
A gentle, delicate voice came:
"Take your time adapting, no need to rush."Chen Qi turned his head.
The Ice Witch was crossing her legs, sipping black tea.
Little Crow had left this place early after completing the surgery.
However, the Ice Witch had been guarding this place all along.
Fortunately, this promotion hadn't encountered major problems and didn't require her time freezing.
Finally completed... The Ice Witch breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of black tea, and asked:
"How do you feel? Do you need help? Or, do you have any questions?"
Questions... Chen Qi looked at the black tea in the Ice Witch's hand and said calmly:
"Big White Hair... um, after drinking so much black tea... for such a long time, don't you need to use the bathroom?"
Big White Hair had been sitting for a long time, and she kept drinking black tea the whole time.
Using the bathroom... The Ice Witch's cold expression twitched slightly as her eyebrows raised.
Just like Fen when she was little, Little Black Hair still needs to learn elegant etiquette... If it were me, I would definitely ask for guidance piously... The Ice Witch suppressed her urge to complain, put down the black tea in her hand, stood up, and said:
"Little Black Hair, properly feel and adapt to your brand new power. Later, I will test your strength!"
After speaking, the Ice Witch walked away with slightly hurried light steps, giving Chen Qi some time for self-training.
"Huff, huff—"
Chen Qi adjusted his breathing and pulled up his status panel.
【Sea Shepherd
Affinity: Heart, Lamp
Tier: Five
Description: When the apocalypse comes, the waves are the wild grass beneath our feet, the storms are our sheepdogs!
Let us tread across this sea under the baptism of the flood, leading the flock, continuously ascending, quietly waiting at the crest of the waves for the great harvest of the pasture, the arrival of the new world.
Basic Abilities:
Enlightenment Enhancement (Lamp and Heart): Gain advanced Lamp affinity enlightenment, advanced Heart affinity enlightenment.
Note: Currently, your total Heart affinity enlightenment is advanced, you can comprehend high-level Heart affinity techniques.
Your total Lamp affinity enlightenment is special grade, you can easily understand and manipulate extremely complex lamp power, comprehend the supreme realm of rift integration.
Total Attribute Bonus: This sublimation increased your constitution by 50 points, agility by 20 points, strength by 30 points.】
Chen Qi looked at the basic ability improvements before him.
This upgrade allowed his Lamp affinity enlightenment to break through, while also granting him powerful Heart affinity enlightenment.
Now, his powerful enlightenments were respectively Lamp, Heart, and Blade.
Among them, the highest enlightenment was Lamp, reaching special grade.
This also meant that above domains, he could go further, master domains that instantly change the environment, and even comprehend the legendary move Arrival!
Besides, the attribute bonuses were also extremely important.
Chen Qi pulled up his attribute panel.
Through continuously picking Lamp Sea Fruits from the lamp-moon sea dragon, consuming large amounts of Lamp-Sea elixir, plus practicing various moves, his attributes had been improving daily.
Before the promotion, his constitution had already reached 220 points, strength 170 points, agility 110 points, inspiration 175 points.
After the promotion, his constitution reached 270 points, strength 200 points, agility 130 points.
Previously, his attributes were already very high among legendaries.
Now, as a newly promoted Saint, these attributes were quite decent overall.
Chen Qi felt the changes in his body.
Different from the fourth tier, where his body strength reached its limit, that feeling of fullness from swelling power.
Now, his body was like a huge empty shell urgently needing various powers to fill it.
Hunger, greed, craving, dryness—
His flesh, his spirit, desperately needed irrigation with stronger power!
"More and more power..."
Chen Qi murmured to himself, suddenly recalling the scene when he first entered the sea and fought Black Bull.
Back then, his strength and constitution were only a feeble 7 points and 8 points.
Such huge changes... Chen Qi clenched his hand, then looked at the Sea Shepherd's specific abilities.
【Basic Skills:
Shepherd's Charm (Heart): When a monster's health is low, you can use Shepherd's Charm on it, putting it into a hypnotic state, making it obey your commands.
Note: This skill's effect doubles against deep sea creatures, creatures that have favorable impressions of you.
Note: Can also be used on humans, but requires extremely high floral affinity enlightenment, and consumes more spiritual energy, encountering stronger resistance.
Shepherd's Capture (Heart): When a monster's health is low, or submits to you, you can capture it, turning it into part of your pasture!
Note: This skill's effect doubles against deep sea creatures, creatures that have favorable impressions of you.
Bewildered Prophet (Lamp): You can sense changes in the sea, perceiving the arrival of great disasters in advance.
Storm Power: You can transform spiritual energy into materialized storms, summon gales, create tornadoes, sweeping through everything in sight.
Tidal Power: You can transform spiritual energy into materialized waves, create whirlpools, summon tsunamis, drive away enemies, ravage every part of the sea.】
Chen Qi looked at the Sea Shepherd's five skills.
Among them, Bewildered Prophet was a Lamp affinity precognition skill, used to guard against unknown attacks and disasters.
While Storm and Tidal Power were sea-related skills.
Chen Qi raised his right hand, lifting his index finger.
A small gale gathered at his fingertip, forming the power of a storm!
As long as more spiritual energy was injected, this could stir up a huge storm, easily capsizing a giant ship.
However, as a single-target attack move, the pure power of wind was still somewhat weak.
But on the sea, these two powers could greatly assist his combat.
Manipulating storms and tides could help him compensate for his weakness against groups while at sea.
Chen Qi took a deep breath, then looked at the Sea Shepherd's core ability—"Shepherd of the Sea"!
【Special Skills:
Shepherd of the Sea (Heart):
Description: Destruction will eventually come! My homeland, that grassland full of flowers, has been destroyed.
I will shed my elderly appearance, holding the shepherd's rope, leading those displaced flocks upon the sea, establishing my pasture, forging our homeland.
Effect: Upon the sea, you can accommodate up to 1000 pet beasts (flock).
Note: This capacity limit depends on your spiritual energy source. As your spiritual energy source strengthens, your capacity limit will increase accordingly.
You can issue herding commands to the flock upon the sea, and they will act according to your will.
Current Capacity: 0/1000.
Shepherd's Lamp (Lamp, Knowledge): You master knowledge of a special rift creation "Shepherd's Lamp". Deep sea creatures bathed in this lamp's light will be able to absorb deep sea power faster, producing more resources.
Note: After all Shepherd's Lamps are crafted, you must personally inject the final spiritual energy to unleash their true effects.
Breeze's Scissors, Wool Harvesting Ritual: You can activate this skill to harvest all resources from your flock pet beasts at once.
A portion of these resources will condense into 'Deep Sea Power'.
This power can greatly enhance your strength permanently, or be used to perform special moves.
Note: Your scissors will not cause excessive harm to the flock when harvesting resources.
Note: Simultaneously, based on the total amount of resources you extract, you will gain corresponding inspiration points.
Go! Become the Flock's Hound:
You can consume 'Deep Sea Power' obtained from 'wool harvesting' to strengthen one of the lambs under your command, turning it into a hound like a tsunami, carrying out your hunting will!】
Chen Qi looked at the series of skills before him.
At the saint-level, profession tasks became crucial, already forming a core part.
Overall, the Sea Shepherd profession was somewhat like a combination of prophet and rancher.
He could become a farm owner for pet beasts, using them to enhance the special resources they produce.
At the same time, it also had a powerful attack skill.
Using these resources, he could also strengthen pet beasts, nurturing powerful hounds!
Overall, it was a profession with Heart affinity characteristics.
The Sea Shepherd's core abilities all revolved around the pasture.
And undoubtedly, the current top priority was to build his own pasture.
Chen Qi stroked his chin, recalling the special knowledge in his mind.
Among them, "Shepherd's Lamp" was also one of the Sea Shepherd's core skills.
This skill was also the core that set him apart from ordinary Beast Tamers.
Building the Shepherd's Lamp wasn't difficult;
it required a powerful Lamp affinity composite core.
Chen Qi thought about it—Lamp Sea Fruits from the lamp-moon sea dragon, plus Lamp affinity materials from an A-rank rift would be enough.
However, as a creation recorded in a saint-level profession card, even with knowledge, crafting the Shepherd's Lamp required a complete rift workshop.
Indeed, for a Saint to become stronger, it was hard to do without a rift workshop.
Besides the conventional panel, Chen Qi also gained a new rift origin panel from this sublimation.
【Rift Name: The Little Match Girl
Affinity: Lamp
Current Status: Connected
Rift Tier: B
Rift Positive Effect: When learning new skills, you have a higher probability of glimpsing the state after mastering the skill, thereby enhancing your learning speed.
Rift Negative Effect: You have a very small probability of glimpsing future illusions.
Attribute Bonus: Inspiration +50!】
Chen Qi looked down at his chest.
Under the inspiration bonus from the Lamp affinity rift, his inspiration had reached 225 points.
The wound on his chest had already scabbed over.
Above this scar, he could feel an entrance to a rift world within himself!
Chen Qi slightly tensed his muscles, and instantly felt endless spiritual energy flowing through his limbs, like a new layer of blade energy attached to his blood and skin surface.
The Release that once required massive spiritual energy and physical exertion to use now had its difficulty greatly reduced!
Endless spiritual energy!
Chen Qi couldn't wait, throwing a fierce punch!
In an instant, a raging storm raged within the rift workshop, turning the entire fragile abandoned workshop into ruins—
Chen Qi looked at the riddled ruins before him.
That punch felt great.
But it wasn't enough! Far from enough!
This cramped room couldn't even let him warm up, experience his brand new power.
Chen Qi took a deep breath and ascended the stairs back to the island.
A gentle breeze blew, and the vast sea once again came into his view!
Chen Qi spread his hands, pouring out his spiritual energy—
Storm and Tidal Power.
In an instant, upon the calm sea, a raging storm arose, the water flow taking the shape of a hundred-meter whirlpool under his will.
And just then, in the whirlpool, a small blonde head suddenly emerged urgently, gem-like golden eyes wide open.
Her body was swept by the waves, but unprecedented excitement flashed in her eyes.
Pelu had extremely high inspiration.
She could clearly feel that Chen Qi's spiritual energy field had exceeded the limits of the fourth tier.
"This... spiritual energy field! Impossible!"
"As expected, just as I predicted! There's big news here!!"
The person being swept by the waves was none other than the miracle reporter, little blonde Pelu.
To get the big news first, she had been hiding underwater at the island's edge for a full thirty hours.
Originally she thought she couldn't get the big news.
But now, she was unprecedentedly excited.
Chen Qi had actually promoted to the fifth tier!
This was first-hand big news that nobody knew about!
First-hand super big news!
This was enough to make her the super famous reporter with the highest coastal sales!
Pelu said excitedly in the whirlpool:
"Qi! I! I, I... can I publish this in the news?"
"..."
You should get out of the whirlpool first... Chen Qi was stunned for a moment.
Ever since he returned to Moonstone City, Pelu had become his exclusive reporter underling, liking to follow him to get big news.
Pelu had reported many of his news stories.
But publishing the promotion to Saint? Chen Qi thought about it.
With White Pigeon Times' efficiency, in less than a day, the news of him promoting to Saint would spread across the sea.
Although the news of him becoming a Saint would eventually get out...
Chen Qi thought about it and said:
"Pelu, wait for a suitable opportunity!"
Then, he manipulated the currents, throwing Pelu from the sea whirlpool onto the island.
"Okay!"
Pelu climbed up, nodded, and hurriedly wrote the title on her soaked notebook:
"#Sea Trembles! The Sea's New Emperor, Saint-Level Existence, Black Hunter!#"
In the distance, the Ice Witch snapped her fingers:
"Alright, Pelu, you wanted to say something more important, right?"
More important news... Chen Qi looked curiously at Pelu.
During the time he was promoting to Saint, some interesting little things seemed to have happened.
Pelu coughed out the salty seawater and said urgently:
"Qi, the Sea God Pirates and Blood Blade Pirates under your command have formed an alliance, heading towards the designated sanctuary in the coastal waters—
But, according to our embedded reporters, the Black Blood Empire has allied with remnants of the Sea God Pirates, planning to annihilate all the Sea God Pirates on the way!"
Attacking people under my protection? A flash of excitement passed through Chen Qi's eyes, the Ember's Touch behind him wriggled excitedly—
Perfect, he currently lacked an opportunity to temper his brand new power!
Only through battle could his body adapt to this massive power, satisfying the hunger within him.
Chen Qi clapped his hands and said:
"Pelu, lead the way. It's time to show the Black Blood Empire guys some color."
At that moment, Water Spirit No.1, who had been waiting outside for a long time, jumped over and shouted loudly:
"Waku waku! (Battle! Battle! Let them witness master's brand new power!)"
Capture!
Chen Qi grabbed Water Spirit No.1 with one hand, instantly turning it into a member of his flock.
【You have successfully captured Water Spirit No.1, current flock count: 1/1000.】