Chapter 100: Second level promotion ritual!
"Hiss..."
Seeing Xia En not far away, Carles' body suddenly made a "hissing" sound.
He also saw some faint starlight in those eyes, but fortunately, that power had quickly faded away from the other party.
Carles glanced at the deformed Winston next to him again and quickly came to a conclusion.
"There is still a part of the power of the secret sea that remains in his eyes."
"This old guy probably saw those eyes, and then he temporarily fell into madness."
That's right. ,temporary.
For ordinary people, the distortion caused by madness may be irreversible.
But at the level of the third-level Mystic Path, as long as you spend some time, you can still restore it to its original state.
As he thought about it, the wailing sound of the human face on Winston gradually weakened, and he was about to recreate the original human form from flesh and blood.
But at this moment, many roots suddenly moved.
They rushed to stab Winston's body, turning him into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye.
Carles knew the importance of last-hitting and directly extended his right hand to him.
【Steam magic! 】
boom!
Roaring sacred steam poured out from his right arm, impacting Winston's whole body.
"Oh ah ah ah..."
Winston's scream came from the flesh and blood.
But he is worthy of being a third-level Mystic. Even at this moment, he is still struggling hard. The scarlet blood mist disperses in an attempt to penetrate into Carles' armor...
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Not far away.
Shane glanced at the battle between them and quickly concluded that the victory of this steam knight was only a matter of time.
At the same time, he was also observing this person silently.
"Third-level Mystics, Steam Church...could he be a strong man from the Federation? That's right. Calculating the time, it's time for the Federation to take action."
"Looking at him, it seems that he was killed together with this vampire. Exiled here."
"Just like they can't destroy me, the vampires can't deal with this federal strongman, which shows... that his strength is terrifying."
Xia. En's mind was filled with thoughts: "In other words, as long as he is brought back to the surface of the [Blood Moon Secret Realm], the situation of the battle will be reversed in an instant."
"This is easy to handle!"
At this time, the [Exile Brand] on his body had faded to the point where it was almost invisible.
This is also thanks to the roots of the [Crimson Ancient Tree] around me.
On that day, after he used [Blood Power] to obtain the memory of [Crimson Ancient Tree], he tried to communicate with it.
In the beginning, naturally, I failed several times in succession, and died miserably several times.
But by chance, Shane successfully established contact with them and expressed his goodwill.
After that, these roots gradually showed a friendly attitude, and even vaguely regarded Xia En as one of their own kind, and built a small shelter for him to practice.
This is the scene that Carles and the two saw.
As for why it is in mid-air?
Because the closer to the sky, the stronger the power of the secret sea flowing in the roots.
For the same reason, Xia En did not dare to go to higher places.
This height was already the limit he could bear. If it went any higher, the power of the ship's soul would be consumed at an incredibly fast rate.
It is precisely because of the power of the [Crimson Ancient Tree] that the [Exile Brand] will fade day by day.
——In terms of how ancient the bloodline is, the [Crimson Ancient Tree] can even be said to be the ancestor of the vampires, so breaking up an [Exile Brand] is nothing.
Just when Xia En was thinking.
The situation in the field suddenly changed.
In the sacred steam, Winston's extremely spiteful voice came out: "You want to kill me, don't even think about it easy!"
"In the name of scarlet, at the cost of all my bones and blood, I curse you Stained with lifelong filth!"
In an instant.
The skin, bones, organs...all the flesh and blood tissue all over his body suddenly turned into a viscous scarlet liquid, turning into cold poisonous snakes, clinging to Carles' armor.
Seeing this, Carles's steam core beat violently, giving rise to an ominous omen.
His movements were not unpleasant, as high-temperature and high-pressure steam immediately sprayed from the pipes in an attempt to melt the thick blood.
However, the curse imposed by a third-level mystic at the cost of his life is obviously not that easy to deal with.
The blood snake hissed, with Winston's strong resentment, and in turn swallowed the steam into its belly, and accelerated its climb again.
The power of steam seemed extremely feeble for the first time.
After just a moment, several dark red blood snakes had penetrated deeply into the white-gold armor, leaving strange and ominous blood lines on the chest, back, arms...
The entire platinum armor looked like it had been desecrated, losing its original sacrosanct temperament.
“Damn it!”
Carles’ tone was rarely filled with anger: “I was tricked by this old guy!”
In fact, if that If the steam core is still there, he will definitely not be attacked.
But now...
Carles clearly felt that the body's mobilization of the secret power felt a little uncoordinated and unsmooth.
It's like the machinery is missing lubricating oil.
Such a seemingly small impact will cause fatal flaws in his battle.
A more serious negative impact is that the sacred characteristics of the steam are reduced, making it difficult to cast the divine spells of the Steam Church.
This combination of skills directly reduced his combat power by 40 to 50%.
"We can only find a way to lift this curse after we return to the Church of Steam."
Carles sighed, turned to look at Shane behind him with caution, and asked.
"Shadow without appearance, are you awake?" He was worried that this strange shadow had long been contaminated by the power of the [Secret Sea] and turned into some kind of indescribable monster.
Xia En nodded: "Of course."
After hearing this, Carles breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he became even more curious.
What is the origin of this [Shadow without Appearance]?
In his impression, the only people who can directly harness the power of [Secret Sea] without going crazy are the few big shots in the Federation who even he needs to look up to.
But this kind of question involving identity and origin has always been a secret among secrets, and Carles was embarrassed to ask directly.
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Not long after.
The two briefly exchanged a few words, mainly to confirm the identity of the friendly forces and exchange a little information.
Xia En roughly knew the current situation of the [Blood Moon Secret Realm] from Carles.
“So, next, will Silver Moon Island’s Archon ‘Viper’ Quinn also attend?”
"It's not just him."
Carles shook his head: "A conservative estimate is that there are at least two third-level combatants on Silver Moon Island, and there are also a lot of second-level mystics. "
"My original plan was to attack and capture the [Blood Moon Secret Realm] before the Secret Pathers of Silver Moon Island could react."
"And then use pirates and salvage crews. He spread the word and forced the vampires in the upper echelons of the federation to abandon Silver Moon Island."
"If Silver Moon Island dares to take action, it would be easier to directly regard it as a rebellion. ”
"When the navy comes to the border, dealing with a small Silver Moon Island is just a matter of picking out the treasure."
"It's a pity..."
Carles sighed, this kind of lightning tactics, in the end, will What matters is time.
The unexpected circumstances of his exile caused the plan to completely collapse.
“At this time in the [Blood Moon Secret Realm], Viper Quinn and the others are probably surrounding my men and other survivors.”
"I gave a steam core to the leader of the [Blood Hunter Society], Fei Ya, so that he could temporarily have the power of a third-level mystic, but it could only allow them to support it for a while longer."
Karl Les said extremely sincerely: "So, the top priority now is to let me return to the [Blood Moon Secret Realm]."
"Only the third level can fight against the third level!"
"Wuxiang Zhiying, what can you do?"
After thinking for a moment, Xia En asked: "I have a question."
"With your current state, are you enough to fight against two level three mystics?"
Karlais stiffened slightly and said frankly: "If you get the steam core back, you will definitely be able to fight against a level three." No problem, but if there are two..."
This blood curse has a great impact on his combat power.
Especially the attenuation of the sacred characteristics makes it impossible for him to exert much restraint effect on the vampires.
Xia En was not surprised and nodded: "I understand."
"I have a few more questions, I hope you can answer them truthfully."
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After listening to these questions.
Carles' tone was full of surprise: "Wait, are you thinking?"
"But the premise of this plan is that you must be a second-level mystic, otherwise you will suffer serious backlash."
As a third-level mystic, Carles naturally has good eyesight.
So it has long been seen that although Xia En's aura is strange and deep, he is still just a first-level secret path user.
"Second level? I will be there soon."
Xia En said lightly, but his tone was full of strong confidence.
"You wait here for a moment, I will let these roots wash away your [Exile Brand] as much as possible."
"I will be promoted to the second level and then come back."
Karlai Si: "?"
For a moment, he doubted whether he heard it wrong.
Who said that going for a promotion is as casual as going for a meal?
Under Carles' dull gaze, this deep figure rose upwards surrounded by roots.
Immediately, his body gradually shattered and disappeared in the messy starlight.
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At the same time.
On the Black Swan, in the captain's cabin.
Xia En wakes up.
Then, a distant, vague, untraceable call echoed in his ears.
Only this time, he heard more voices.
That is the whisper of the tide, the murmur of the waves, and... the cry of the storm!
This invitation letter of unknown origin seems to contain some new content.
Same as last time, Xia En chose to accept it happily.
The familiar feeling of weightlessness came suddenly.
Consciousness passes through the deep dark sea, through the flowing light and shadow, the twinkling stars...
[The Eye of the Secret Sea] flashes a strange light deep in the mind.
When Xia En opened his eyes again, he came to the strange and familiar secret sea!
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I originally wanted to write about the feeling of a brave man finally coming to the devil after all the hard work, and then being killed in seconds. I felt it was a bit too delayed, and the writing was not very good. Damn it! Sorry guys! When it comes to cooking, just practice more!
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