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

Chapter 444: Surprise for Big White

An carried the suitcase, closed the bronze door, passed through the many layers of stairs in the tower, and arrived at the massive harbor of the Book Tower.

"An, long time no see! Going on another mission?"

"An, thank you for earlier, helping me speak with the Book Saint, convincing her to agree to the black blood research plan."

"An, want to grab some barbecue?"

"An! Want to come to our victory celebration feast for defeating the Black Blood Empire!"

"An, I heard you and the Black Hunter are a couple?"

She was a celebrity in the Book Tower;

almost everyone there knew her.

An held the suitcase, offering everyone a slight smile and a nod.

Soon, she spotted a slumbering pitch-black giant dragon at the harbor.

Chen Qi and Little Crow leaned against the Coastal Apex Predator, looking exceptionally anxious."How did it go?"

Chen Qi asked.

An handed him the suitcase with both hands:

"Done. We can set off."

So light... Chen Qi lifted the suitcase slightly.

He never expected that capturing the Book Saint could be this simple, falling right into their hands.

The operation went much smoother than he had imagined.

The difficulty of kidnapping this trashy Saint was way too low... Chen Qi thought to himself, whistling to awaken the Coastal Apex Predator, preparing to return with the Book Saint.

The three of them boarded the back of the Coastal Apex Predator almost without hesitation.

"You two, leaving already?"

Suddenly, an aged voice came.

Chen Qi turned around, looking at the person below.

He saw an elder wearing White Tower robes smiling up at them.

The Tower Master of the Book Tower!

At this moment... Chen Qi's pupils contracted.

Then, the Tower Master's gaze fell on the suitcase, and he asked:

"Black Hunter, do you know my respected teacher, the great Book Saint?"

Could the Tower Master have sensed the flow of the Book Saint's spiritual energy? Chen Qi asked:

"What's wrong?"

The Tower Master smiled slightly:

"She has made an important decision!

Black Hunter, to thank you for your help, my teacher has agreed to give you our Book Tower's greatest treasure as a reward."

After saying this, he suddenly pulled out a skill card and a lantern emitting a starry radiance from his robes.

"She agreed to your request!"

With that, the Tower Master handed the two items to Chen Qi.

This is... Chen Qi's pupils contracted again.

He never imagined the Book Tower's efficiency could be this fast.

Undoubtedly, these two items were top-tier treasures.

Chen Qi looked at the card.

In the center of the card was a pure white puppet, slowly tearing open a rift above its head.

[Glorious Light Meditation Technique:

Tier: Fifth Tier, Saint-level meditation technique.

Description: Look up, tear open the sky above, and we shall glimpse the rift of light.

Affinity: Lamp, Book

Effects:

Brilliant Light Wisdom: After learning, will significantly increase inspiration, massively expand your spiritual energy perception range. With yourself as the center, based on spiritual energy diffusion, you can perceive up to a five-kilometer radius.

Foreseer (Active): The rift of light reveals itself to you. Once activated, your spiritual energy perception will be able to predict all enemy actions one second into the future. Everything will be within your grasp.]

Chen Qi looked at this card.

Meditation technique was another name for high-level cultivation methods.

To master the Azure Pastoral Song, a fifth-tier Lamp or Heart meditation technique was crucial.

Only by mastering a fifth-tier meditation technique could he sublimate his spiritual energy and manifest the Azure Pastoral Domain.

Next, Chen Qi looked at the second item.

It was a lantern, but its entire surface was covered with a faint layer of starlight.

[Little Starlight Lamp:

Affinity: Lamp, Flower

Type: B-tier dimensional rift hidden stage reward, cursed rift unique item.

Description: As the apocalypse foretold, stars fall from the sky, bringing the final destruction.

Effect: Under the glow of this rift unique item, your spiritual core will increase substantially. If bathed in starlight long-term, your spiritual core will receive a permanent minor boost.

Note: This item possesses the 'Apocalypse Fall Coordinates' curse and requires strict containment. Without containment, this star will attract falling stars from the sky. Stars will continuously crash down towards this item, causing terrifying destruction. (Note: Some fallen stars can be used to create permanent spiritual core-enhancing magic stars.)]

Chen Qi examined the item.

A unique item dropped from a B-tier rift hidden stage.

As a Lamp-affinity rift unique item, despite its curse, it was undoubtedly extremely powerful.

It could provide Lamp Bearers with extremely potent support effects!

However, Chen Qi's original goal wasn't to use this item.

He needed to use the rift workshop to convert the Lamp-affinity rift unique item into something that enhanced his spiritual core, to realize the materialization of his domain.

Without the Book Tower's help, he would have needed to challenge A-tier rifts to have a chance of obtaining a Lamp-affinity rift unique item.

Chen Qi accepted the two items:

"Thank you, Tower Master."

The Tower Master let out a long breath:

"It's nothing, it's the deserved reward. By the way, Black Hunter, there's one more thing..."

"What?"

The Tower Master sighed deeply, seeming to age a few more years:

"Black Hunter, if you develop an antidote for the Black Blood Poison, please don't forget the Book Tower. Although it's just an old man's intuition, I'm afraid even my teacher, the Book Saint, with her fifth-tier body, cannot ignore this terrifying Edge toxin. It is a true Calamity..."

Antidote for the Black Blood Poison... Chen Qi said with a smile:

"Of course."

Receiving the affirmative reply, the Tower Master relaxed with relief.

He had talked with the chief Alchemist all last night;

facing the Black Whale blood, they were powerless.

Simultaneously, the chief Alchemist exhausted all efforts but couldn't completely purge the Edge power from the blood of even a single patient.

If the Black Blood Empire combined with some special items to incite the Black Blood Poison within their bodies, it would surely lead to the collapse of their entire Book Tower.

Facing this unknown hidden danger, the Black Hunter was their only hope.

An also waved:

"Tower Master, my teacher is injured recently. She hopes I can also go to Moonstone City to train for a bit. I'll be back soon."

"Hmm..."

The Tower Master placed his hand over his chest, waving goodbye:

"May we forge glory together upon the seas. In the name of my teacher, in the name of the White Tower, may they bless your voyage."

"Goodbye..."

Chen Qi placed the suitcase on the head of the Coastal Apex Predator, then whistled.

Fifty Black Sea Mammoths, the Lamp Sea Moon Dragon, and the Deep-Sea Twelve-Tentacles awoke from the sea and began to move...

Amidst the roar of the tidal waves, Chen Qi, carrying the Book Saint, headed towards Moonstone City.

...

Moonstone Archipelago, near Damarro Town, on the largest small island.

On this small island, the Ice Demon Pirates and the Sea God Pirates' Hammer-affinity engineers, five hundred people in total, were constructing the basic framework of a shelter.

With ample manpower, this island's shelter had already taken initial shape.

And beneath the island, there was a massive underground chamber.

This underground chamber was the prototype of the rift workshop.

Currently, the Ice Demon Pirates' Hammer-affinity mechanic Burry and the Ice Witch were building the rift workshop.

Burry looked at the rift workshop before him.

Thanks to the large amount of Magic-Banishing Crystals Chen Qi brought, the entire rift workshop had already reached a considerable scale.

It was like a huge black box;

its interior could even withstand fourth-tier strength Releases!

However, the next step required strengthening the workshop's defensive capabilities...

It needed to withstand fifth-tier power to truly mark the beginning of a complete rift workshop.

And this required inscribing the highest-level runic patterns into the Magic-Banishing Crystals—

Impossible... Burry couldn't help but feel his abilities were limited.

Carving runes onto Magic-Banishing Crystals exceeded his common sense and his spiritual energy capabilities.

Burry glanced at the Ice Witch and asked:

"Witch Queen, what should we do next?"

They had reached their limit achieving this much.

The Ice Witch stroked her chin, saying:

"I'm thinking..."

"I'll ponder it too."

Burry stroked his chin.

In ancient times, it was precisely through a bit of pondering that great Hammer-affinity individuals built one miracle after another.

Give them one night, and they could surely create a miracle!

Three hours passed.

Palu, who had been moving Magic-Banishing Crystals into the rift workshop, asked:

"How's it going, you two?"

The Ice Witch asked:

"Well? Burry, have you thought of a way?"

"Hmm, yes... If you give me a Magic-Banishing Crystal already carved with runes, I can extract the runic patterns inside it to create another inscribed Magic-Banishing Crystal."

"..."

The Ice Witch fell silent.

This was the limit of their knowledge and skill.

"Indeed, we still have to use unconventional methods..."

The Ice Witch thought to herself.

Without the rift workshop, their power growth would be severely limited.

Without powerful rift weapons, they fundamentally couldn't resist the power of the Edge.

If absolutely necessary, they could only resort to kidnapping mechanics from the Steam Hand Workshop.

"By the way, Palu, is there something you need?"

The Ice Witch asked.

Palu was responsible for shelter construction and participating in rifts to collect materials they lacked.

But today, he unusually came to the rift workshop.

Palu said excitedly:

"Because the Black Hunter is back, Witch Queen."

"Little Black Hair!"

The Ice Witch's eyebrows twitched, and she said with surprise.

Ahem, lost composure, I'm not that happy... She tried hard to suppress her joyful expression, looking towards the entrance.

There, Chen Qi was carrying a suitcase, with Little Crow beside him.

And, there was an additional white-haired, blue-eyed little white-haired person!

Another woman... The Ice Witch frowned.

Witch Queen! An felt her chest trembling:

"Witch Queen, Witch Queen, hello... I'm An, also a little mage from Damarro Town. Since I was little... since I was little, I've heard legends about you!"

She had heard of the Ice Witch since childhood;

she was the miracle of the Witch Sea!

At her peak, her power was enough to rival the myths of Beiguo.

The Ice Witch was her idol!

She never imagined she would actually get to meet the Ice Witch one day!

"Hello, Miss Mage."

The Ice Witch raised her head, smiling slightly.

Then, she looked at Chen Qi with a reproachful expression:

"By the way, Qi, you went to the Book Tower in the Rift Sea, right?"

"Yes."

Chen Qi replied.

She had already heard that Chen Qi helped the Book Tower resist the Black Blood Empire's surprise attack and engaged in combat between Saints.

At least his body is fine... The Ice Witch held her forehead, frowning:

"That was too dangerous. If you encountered the Blood Hunter, or the Whale Father..."

Chen Qi smiled slightly, pulling out large quantities of Black God's Weapons potions and armor made from black blood from his Backpack Card and tossing them out.

This is... The Ice Witch was slightly startled.

This much Black Whale blood was enough for Fen to begin research on the Black Blood Poison antidote.

The Ice Witch said:

"Well done... Forget it. You didn't beg that Book Saint, did you? Or use something to exchange for some promise from her?"

In fact, she and the Book Saint were old acquaintances.

Memories flooded the Ice Witch's mind.

Back then, upon the seas, there weren't many talented Hammer-affinity Transcendents.

Once, to resist evil spirits from beyond the Edge, she sought out the then fifteen-year-old Book Saint to forge a rift weapon called 'Evil Spirit Slayer'!

Despite being severely overdue, the Book Saint still told her:

"Witch, you and I are both victors over the God of Death. In this long life, why bother, like those mortals, caring about the insignificant passage of time?"

The Book Saint only completed the weapon's forging when the Book Witch was one hundred years old.

A full eighty years!

The Edge's evil spirits had already been slaughtered by the Ice Witch three times over.

Because of this, the Ice Witch at her peak single-handedly stormed into the Book Tower, pinned the Book Saint against a wall, and beat her fiercely.

At that time, the Ice Witch completely disregarded the Book Tower's five thousand hunters and the White Tower Federation's navy!

She showed the entire sea what a true Witch's methods were.

But unfortunately, in the end, this matter alarmed the Book Saint's grandfather, the pinnacle Lamp Lord of the White Tower Federation's Lighthouse hunters.

Finally, under the glorious light, the Ice Witch truly couldn't defeat the Lamp Lord.

She had no choice but to yield to the Book Saint and give up on teaching her a lesson.

Because of this, the two could be considered enemies.

Even now, she still couldn't forget the expression the Book Saint made sticking her tongue out at her under the White Tower's protection.

However, times had changed. In her struggle against Edge forces, her current power was only at the fifth-tier level, no longer the Witch Queen of old.

And that young Book Saint had become the ruler of the White Tower Federation's navy.

"Sigh..."

Recalling the past, the Ice Witch couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Qi thought for a moment and replied:

"Big White Hair, I did indeed make a request of the Book Saint."

"What!"

The Ice Witch was shocked.

Undoubtedly, given the Book Saint's despicable character, she would absolutely not fulfill Chen Qi's request.

"Qi, you don't understand her. She won't keep her promise. She might even suddenly attack you..."

The Ice Witch shook her head.

Chen Qi tossed the suitcase onto the ground:

"I know, Big White Hair. Precisely because of that, to prevent her from breaking the contract, I brought her along."

With that, Water Spirit Number Three opened the suitcase.

Click—

The suitcase slowly opened. Inside, curled up, was a sleeping girl who looked like a princess.

The entire rift workshop instantly fell into an unprecedented dead silence.

"Aslina..."

The Ice Witch froze in place, her mind blank for a moment.