novelraw Chapter 430: First Battle with Tier Five Power—The Unleashing of Deep Sea Water Sprite No. 1!
Chapter 430: First Battle with Tier Five Power—The Unleashing of Deep Sea Water Sprite No. 1!
"Waku waku (!!)"
Several ethereal blue chains instantly appeared on the water spirit's body, wrapping around it.
Clang!
The chains abruptly tightened.
Soon, a light blue lamb mark gradually attached itself to the water spirit's spiritual energy field.
A mark that would forever belong to him!
Information about some pastoral resources involuntarily surfaced in Chen Qi's mind.
After becoming a Sea Shepherd, his mind contained information about an entire flock.
And now, he possessed his first lamb.
[Water Spirit No.1 (Illusion Beast version, wool matured): Can harvest one portion of water spirit jelly, obtaining 50 points of Deep Sea Power.]Deep Sea Power was an extremely special resource that depended on the pet beast's ability to absorb deep sea energy.
50 points of Deep Sea Power... Chen Qi stroked his chin, recalling the newly acquired knowledge in his mind.
Under normal circumstances, an incredibly powerful Black Pig Shark could only provide 3 points of Deep Sea Power!
Even the Coastal Apex Predators could only produce 20 points of Deep Sea Power.
50 points! This was already a considerably high value.
Water Spirit No.1 wasn't a resource-type sea beast, but a dexterous craft-type pet beast. However, because it had absorbed the Illusion Beast's power, it far surpassed ordinary water spirits.
Among this, 100 points of Deep Sea Power was already enough to transform a lamb into a 'hound' that protects the flock!
Not bad... Chen Qi placed Water Spirit No.1 on his shoulder and patted it.
Then, he turned his gaze to the soft and delicate Water Spirit Number Seven beside the Ice Witch's feet.
Next, it's your turn, Number Seven!
Water Spirit Number Seven, who had betrayed him, would ultimately return to him!
"Waku waku (Master! I still need to pour tea for Lady Witch, handle household chores...)"
"Hah..."
Chen Qi sneered coldly, ignoring Water Spirit Number Seven's resistance, and forcibly incorporated it into his flock.
Even if Water Spirit Number Seven had become the Ice Witch's intimate servant, it must bear his mark!
The Ice Witch watched this scene, feeling uncomfortable inside. Her lips moved slightly as she wanted to say something, but considering her status and etiquette, she ultimately remained silent.
[You have captured Water Spirit Number Seven. Current flock count: 2/1000.]
Chen Qi smiled.
However, Number Seven was different from Number One. Since it hadn't absorbed the Illusion Beast's power, it could only provide 5 points of Deep Sea Power.
Without hesitation, Chen Qi successively added Number Five from Little Crow's hands, the Coastal Apex Predators, other water spirits, and the ten lamp-moon sea dragons that had followed him into his flock...
Thanks to his Deep Sea Affinity, he didn't need to beat the sea beasts to near death or use Shepherd's Charm to form contracts!
However, even so, he needed to be as conservative as possible during contracting and couldn't contract arbitrarily.
Flock contracts consumed considerable spiritual energy.
Moreover, when contracted pets died, it would also cause significant mental damage to the shepherd.
After completing the initial contracts and harvesting, Chen Qi stood lightly on the sea surface, looking into the distance.
A faint blood-colored ripple slowly touched his toes from far across the ocean.
The aura of the Black Blood Empire... Chen Qi thought to himself.
With the power of storms and tides, the sea had become his legs.
"Let's go."
Chen Qi gently pointed his finger forward.
The waves danced lightly, carrying the newborn flock toward the thousand ships in the distance.
...
Coastal waters.
A gentle breeze blew as nearly five thousand ships, like dense ant colonies, moved orderly toward the coastal archipelago.
Five thousand ships gathered together advancing, their sails fluttering, created an incredibly spectacular sight.
Different from past eras, with the impending catastrophe that would destroy the entire sea, and after being polluted by the A-rank rift, the ocean's danger level had risen to an extremely high degree.
Single ships and hunter groups could no longer easily ensure maritime safety.
Therefore, numerous ships gathered together, seeking warmth in numbers, jointly resisting dangers while heading toward coastal waters.
Today, arranged by the Blood Blade Pirates, besides the Sea God Pirates, civilians from the Rift Sea who couldn't evacuate in time had joined this 'great migration' of refugees.
Aboard the Sea God's Spear warship, Blood Lady and Haige observed the sea, not daring to move.
Alerted by the White Pigeon Press, the two already knew that traitors had emerged within the Sea God Pirates!
These traitors were secretly conspiring with subordinates of the Blood Lion General from the Black Blood Empire.
Acting rashly would only cause the civilians on these five thousand ships to bleed into the sea, giving birth to even more terrifying monsters.
Blood Lady tried her best to remain calm.
Behind them, a young red-haired man adjusted his hat, smiling inwardly:
"Already discovered, have they?"
"Hah—"
He sneered, ignoring the two, and walked toward the second-floor corridor of the Sea God's Spear warship.
On the corridor, Sea God Pirates guards urgently asked:
"Who are you? State your name!"
"Mortal from mediocre lands, you have no right to know my name!"
The red-haired man expressionlessly snapped his fingers.
Snap!
Countless fresh blood stains soaked the corridor.
In just an instant, dozens of guards turned into blood, without even leaving behind any residual body parts.
"What foolish people, actually daring to gather so many ships on the ocean, this is simply suicide—"
The red-haired man gently traced the blood on the wall with his fingertip, walking toward the deepest room in the corridor.
He pushed open the door, leaned against the wall, lit a cigarette, and looked at the hundred serious-faced warriors before him.
Among them were fifty high-level traitors from the Sea God Pirates and fifty elites from the Black Blood Empire.
The red-haired man spread his hands and asked:
"So, have you decided? Will you abandon your Sea God? Join the great conquest?"
In the room's center, the leader of the Sea God Pirates rebellion, once one of the bishops, contemptuously spat on the Sea God statue on the floor:
"Sea God! Pah, just a madman craving to become an angel!
On this ocean, there is only one God of the Sea, that is the supreme Black Whale God!!"
"Only the Black Whale God is the true Sea God! The one and only deity!"
"Believe in the Black Whale! We'll make these betrayers pay, using their blood and children to stain the sea! As offering to the great Black Whale God!"
The Sea God Pirates fanatics shouted loudly.
What brainless fools, actually believing in an edge existence... the red-haired man sneered inwardly.
Black Blood Empire soldiers believed in the great Emperor and the deepest Blade Hunter Prison Lord of the dungeons—
In their eyes, whether edge monsters or other deities, all were existences that could be reached by stepping over the Blade's Long Staircase with blood-stained blades!
However, though his eyes were full of disdain—
the pitch-black potion in the rebel leader's hand still made the red-haired man's blood pupils contract, his face flush, swallowing hard.
The rebel leader gripped his right arm, injecting the pitch-black potion into his upper arm—
Instantly, thousands of centipede-like bulges appeared on his right arm, his eyes were dyed abyssal black, his back swelled—
And his spiritual energy field also gained a faint black tint.
This was precisely the Black Death Doctor's latest weapon—Dead Sea Potion, researched using Great Whale blood combined with various abyssal plants!
So beautiful... the red-haired man gently bit his index finger, extremely excited.
Any rank could absorb this wonderful power!
Obtaining this potion was enough for Blood Lion General to rule the Witch Sea, absorbing all A-rank rift resources!
The rebel leader also exhaled black air, calmly saying:
"Amazing!! Absolutely amazing! I feel the Black Whale God loves me!"
"Number One, sir, I'm invincible!!
I will command my abyssal sea beasts! Use their blood to stain this sea area!"
He was a newly promoted fourth-tier Shadow Heart affinity profession, Shadow Beast Tamer.
Since joining the Sea God Pirates, he had been researching and cultivating abyssal sea beasts.
But despite decades of effort and using every method, he couldn't control those frenzied, angry, incomprehensible abyssal beasts.
Now, with the Great Whale's power, he could command massive abyssal sea beast hordes to ravage this sea.
"Good! Good! Good!"
The red-haired man clapped his hands and asked:
"So? Blood Lion General, can we begin?"
The red-haired man was precisely the Number One warrior under the saint-level profession, War Beast Blood Lion!
Number One meant top ranking, unprecedented talent!
As a fifth-tier War Beast, Blood Lion could share the perceptions of every one of his warriors.
This is the power of a War Beast... everyone in the room couldn't help but marvel.
From the empty room came Blood Lion's voice:
"I've already arranged for Black Blood soldiers to detain Hayer, and I will personally take action to lure out the Ice Witch—
What awaits you is only that weak hunter.
The Black Whale's power is invincible, use these hundred thousand people on the sea, use bloody slaughter to make these wasteland dwellers understand what the blade means!"
"Fight the damn battle!"
Blood Lion's hearty voice continuously echoed in the meeting room.
And the originally suppressed faces of everyone present couldn't help but show mad smiles.
Anyone who knew the power of the Edge God and the Black Blood Empire would unhesitatingly choose to join them!!
That was absolute divine power!
Number One clapped, blood coagulating on his body forming blood-colored forbidden armor.
And his right hand distinctly condensed a three-meter Blood Demon Grand Duke Spear!
As Blood Lion's trusted Number One, he had long advanced to fourth-tier True Blooder, plus the War Beast's power, and the forbidden weapon from an A-rank rift, he could defeat any legend!
He waved his right hand.
"Everyone, let the slaughter begin!"
"Blade Release. Blood Mold Piercing Great Spear!"
In an instant, steel shattered, blood-colored spear energy tore through the warship's walls, dyeing the sky red—
The enormous sound of metal shattering echoed through the skies, and all hundred thousand people on the escape route heard this earth-shattering noise!
"Help! Save me! Mother, mother is still waiting for me to come home!"
"No, I don't want to die!"
"All guards! Protect civilians on merchant ships and important supplies, prepare for battle!"
"Witch! Witch! Save me! My descendants and I are willing to become your believers."
The rebel leader driven by the Sea God Pirates raised his arm and shouted:
"Abyss! Devour everything!"
Suddenly, twelve hundred-meter-tall abyssal sea beasts covered in blood-red eyes, twisted beyond recognition, leaped from the seabed, ravaging everything before them.
In less than ten seconds, the calm sea turned into a war hell!
"Enemies at the center, spread out toward the periphery in sequence, absolutely don't collide!"
The mentally strained Blood Lady commanded loudly.
However, a crimson wind blew.
"Protection? The blade is the best shield—"
Amidst the sky full of blood mist, the Blood Demon Grand Duke Spear in Number One's hands distinctly absorbed hundreds of people's blood, condensing into a twenty-meter spear—
The Blood Demon Grand Duke Spear, a forbidden weapon from an A-rank rift, grew stronger the more fresh blood it absorbed!
He swung it fiercely again!
Instantly, five warships beside the main vessel capsized!
And a fresh wound appeared on Blood Lady's neck.
Number One landed on the deck, laughing madly:
"Lady, do you regret not joining the Black Blood Empire now?"
At that moment, an even more powerful tall figure blocked in front of Blood Lady.
The newcomer was distinctly the Sea God Pirates' supernova, Haige.
"Lady, behind me, I'll protect you!!"
Haige's muscles bulged, spreading his arms, activating qi transformation 'Sea God Phantom'.
Also fourth-tier, he, Haige, was inferior to no one!
The first time he saw the widowed Blood Lady, he had decided to protect her!
The next second, behind Number One, fifty Black Blood soldiers wearing identical blood-colored armor appeared with heavy footsteps.
Haige frowned but still smiled:
"Hah, is that all? Blood Lady, no need to worry, on the ocean, I am the strongest!"
"..."
Three seconds later, Haige's massive body fell with a thud at Blood Lady's feet.
"Boring..."
"Indeed, this sea is a wilderness that needs ruling..."
Number One raised his head high, pulling the spear from Haige's chest.
Just capturing Blood Lady would instantly collapse the Blood Blade Pirates.
He condensed another twenty-meter blood spear, preparing to stab Blood Lady, anticipating a delightful scream!
However, unexpectedly, another small figure flashed in front of Blood Lady again, protecting her!
Again?
"How many ants must die before I catch you, Blood Lady!"
Number One said disgustedly.
However, he soon noticed something wrong.
This guy wasn't even third-tier, let alone fourth-tier!
This was a fifty-centimeter-tall little thing! Not even reaching his pant leg!
"Waku waku (Fight! Fight! Don't think about harming everyone!)"
"Waku waku (I will stop you!)"
Water Spirit No.1 blocked in front of Blood Lady, waving its little fists at Number One.
"..."
Water spirits, aren't they supposed to be rare pet beasts with spiritual energy perception... Number One looked up, his eyes full of speechlessness.
Water spirits were pet beasts specialized for work, almost completely lacking combat ability.
This useless little pet beast wasn't even qualified to be his footrest.
Blood Lady, you're truly fragile, actually needing this thing to protect you!
Number One showed no mercy, his spear piercing the water spirit's body, throwing it into the air—
"Pity, I don't have the fetish of using you for baths or wiping."
Number One sneered coldly at the water spirit in the sky.
However, he soon noticed something wrong!
How is this possible!
Why is that pet beast getting bigger!
"Why?"
The exhausted Blood Lady also looked up, unable to believe the scene in the sky.
The water spirit in the sky grew larger and larger—
Number One laughed loudly:
"Interesting! So there's a Beast Tamer after all!"
He hurriedly looked toward the distant waves.
In the waves, a blurry figure gently sipped red tea.
Indeed—
Found you! Beast Tamer!
Number One laughed madly.
The more powerful the Beast Tamer, the stronger the pets they controlled.
Controlling a water spirit proved the opponent wasn't a proper Beast Tamer at all.
"I'll kill you, and all your pets together!!!"
"Blade Release! Qi Transformation. Mad Blood Demon!"
A terrifying roar!
Number One activated Blade Release again, crimson blade energy dyeing the sea red, forming a spiral storm! A demon phantom appeared behind him!
However, the water spirit in the air far exceeded his imagination.
Somehow, that water spirit had already absorbed thousands of tons of seawater, transforming into a fifty-meter super water spirit—
One hundred meters!
Two hundred meters!
Like a flood descending from heaven!
Number One aimed his spear at the water spirit in the sky, erupting with his spiritual energy.
However, contrary to his expectations, his Blood Demon Great Spear actually couldn't withstand this power!
You have to understand, this was just a water spirit!
A lowest-class trash pet beast!
And he was the Black Blood Heavy Armor's Number One warrior!
Even a fourth-tier Beast Tamer couldn't make a useless pet beast possess such power.
"Wrong! Wrong, this isn't normal Beast Tamer power!"
"Damn it! Who are you!"
Cracking sounds came from Number One's right arm.
Boom!
Under the astonished gazes of thousands, the water spirit crashed down, forcibly pressing the two-hundred-meter-long Sea God warship deep under the sea—