Chapter 160: Ship Soul Level LV5! (Please read! Please subscribe!)
Seeing Xia En’s questioning look, Joey took the initiative to explain.
“This is also the legend I read in that ancient book.”
“It is said that in the era before the great flood came, there was a mysterious and ancient city named [ "Emerald Ancient City"
"It is the birthplace of today's magic pattern technology."
——After Xia En emptied Duke Nova's treasure house, he obtained many ancient books that were not available on the market.
On the one hand, it is the needs of [scholars] for the secret path, and on the other hand, it is personal interest. Joey likes to read these ancient books when he has nothing to do.
When talking about these rumors at this time, she can naturally talk about them.
“…However, after a terrible and unexpected volcanic eruption, the ancient city was flooded with volcanic ash, and no one in the city was spared.”
“But also It is precisely because of the presence of volcanic ash that the interior of the [Emerald Ancient City] is extremely well preserved, and the buildings, books, and precious relics with magic patterns all maintain their former appearance.”
“For a long time, this city has been a treasure place that archaeologists and explorers have been flocking to.”
“It’s just that suddenly from a certain day, the number of people exploring the ancient city has greatly reduced. Few people know about such a ruin."
"That's right."
Village Chief Ruel chuckled: "The little girl is quite knowledgeable."
"What I want to say is that this [Emerald Ancient City] is located in a sheet of ice not far from [Ice and Snow Island]."
"Huh? Is there such a thing?"
Xia En's heart moved.
Since [Coral City] has been cleared and the subsequent profits are not high, he now urgently needs to find another place where he can [submerge] for a long time.
This mysterious [Emerald Ancient City] may be a good target.
But the question is, why did the village chief suddenly mention this ruins?
Seemingly sensing Xia En's doubts, Ruel opened his mouth to explain.
"Just three days ago, several young people on our island rashly went to sea and went to the [Emerald Ancient City]. They have not returned yet."
"If possible, I hope Xia En The captain can go to the [Emerald Ancient City] and at least...confirm whether they are alive or dead."
"In exchange, I can give you a copy of the nearby sea chart."
Upon hearing this, Gray's expression changed slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
But under the eyes of the village chief, he still hesitated to speak.
Xia En’s expression was also a little strange.
From what Ruhl said, there seems to be no problem. It is just an ordinary process of "releasing side tasks".
But he always felt that Ruhl's attitude was quite strange.
It’s like...the village chief is deliberately tempting them to explore the [Emerald Ancient City]?
Could it be that this is actually a trap?
After hesitating for a moment, Xia En still responded: "Deal!"
Even without a sea map, after learning about the existence of the [Emerald Ancient City], he still had to go to the ruins Have a blast.
As for the risks involved...
Is there anything in the world that is without risks?
Even if [Emerald Ancient City] was really a trap set by the village chief of Ruhr, Xia En believed that he would never have guessed the existence of such a heaven-defying talent as [Deep Sea Diving]!
Soon, after getting a rough chart indicating the location of the [Emerald Ancient City], Xia En left the house.
For more accurate and wider-ranging charts, you need to complete this "side mission" to obtain them.
House entrance.
Watching the backs of Shane and his group disappear from sight, Gray couldn't help but ask.
"Old man, has anyone in our village been to the [Emerald Ancient City] recently?"
"Besides, you don't know how dangerous that place is...especially the ember monster..."
Recalling the appearance of that monster, Gray couldn't help but have a flash of fear in his eyes.
His attitude when talking to Ruel was different from other villagers.
The reason is simple, Gray is Ruel’s son, and this room is actually their home.
"Of course I know how dangerous [Emerald Ancient City] is."
Ruel said lightly: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have let them go there."
Gray's face changed slightly: " Old man, do you want to..."
"Yes, I will eat them with the people and the boat!"
Danger and greed burned in Ruel's cloudy eyes. Desire, murmured.
"We have been on this damn ice and snow island for too long. A ship that can sail far away is exactly what we need?"
"And the women on the ship are also good trophies. "
Gray's expression changed several times. He was not very optimistic about his father's ideas and tried to persuade him.
"What if...the monsters in [Emerald Ancient City] fail to kill him?"
Ruhr smiled and shook his head: "Anyway, go to [Emerald Ancient City] 】, will cause their strength to be compromised.”
"At that time, if we make a sudden attack, no matter how powerful he is, he is destined to suffer a big loss!"
"And if they are really strong enough to leave [Emerald Ancient City] unscathed, At worst, just pretend that nothing happened."
This old man is by no means a rude and brainless man.
He is as vicious as a vulture and as cunning as a fox.
In the end, it was Gray who was convinced by him.
Although Gray sympathizes with Shane and others, after all, he is Ruel's son and a villager of this village. He should stand on his father's side both emotionally and rationally.
……
……
At the same time.
Xia En has taken Joey and others back to the coast.
It's just that this time, he didn't see the torch-like Yan Yan, maybe he was hiding quietly in a corner and was autistic.
Xia En had no choice but to return to the [Black Swan] and follow the rough chart to the direction of the [Emerald Ancient City].
The distance between this ruins and [Snow Island] is indeed not far, coupled with the high speed of the [Black Swan].
Only one day.
A thick layer of ice appeared in the eyes of Xia En and others.
"[Emerald Ancient City] is under this ice layer?"
Joy looked at the ice surface curiously: "This ice layer doesn't seem to be anything special?"
" Moreover, there seems to be no sign of other ships docking nearby."
Xia En touched his chin and thought, "Is it really just an excuse?"
Joy was a little dazed after hearing this. "What's true? What excuse?"
Fei Ya, who had gone to the island together before, had already noticed it and said, "The village chief's excuse was so poorly made up."
"In other words, this is actually a naked conspiracy."< br>
“After all, after hearing the news that [Emerald Ancient City] is nearby, any ambitious captain will probably want to take a look.”
Hearing this, Joey Only later did he wake up and his beautiful eyes widened slightly.
“The village chief wants to harm us!?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Joey blushed a little.
She quickly discovered that she was the last to realize this.
In fact, before becoming a crew member of the [Black Swan], Joey was very vigilant.
But after following Xia En, I may have been too well protected, so my vigilance naturally relaxed a little.
Joy calmed down and asked: "Captain, what should we do now?"
The other crew members also looked at Xia En, waiting for his orders.
Xia En chuckled and said: "You are here, of course you can't leave empty-handed."
"But before that, I have to make some preparations."
< br>"You guys are on guard on the deck. If anything unusual happens, notify me as soon as possible."
After saying that, Xia En returned to the captain's cabin.
Sitting on the familiar captain's chair, Shane closed his eyes.
"Submarine, start!"
Consciousness penetrates the cold and clear sea water, and strands of chill seep into the soul.
The next moment.
Xia En opened his eyes.
A magnificent water world under the ice appeared before his eyes.
The sunlight from above penetrates the ice crystals on the sea surface, creating a texture like light mist in the sea.
Coupled with the exceptionally clear and transparent water of [Lenglie Sea], this sea water adds a bit of a dreamy atmosphere.
Below me, a dead, gray-black city is sitting there quietly, waiting for outsiders to visit.
“This is [Emerald Ancient City]?”
Xia En thought to himself.
Judging from the appearance alone, this city has nothing to do with "Emerald". The surfaces of those buildings are covered with a layer of gray-black solid material.
That was probably the volcanic ash that submerged the city.
This kind of dust is insoluble in water and will naturally solidify in the absence of ocean currents.
But after a little observation, Xia En frowned slightly. "There's something wrong with this place..."
The biggest anomaly is that this sea area is a little too clean.
This "clean" not only refers to sea water, but also refers to the marine life in sea water.
Looking around, there was no sign of any sea beasts in the surrounding water, not even a small fish!
The sea is a place that breeds life. No matter how clean the sea water is, there should be life.
Unless...
There is something that wipes out all life!
Xia En was extremely vigilant and swam towards the city below.
After a while, he came to the top of a street.
Thick volcanic ash accumulated on the buildings, and people could only barely see their outlines.
Not waiting for Xia En to control the sea water and disperse the volcanic ash on the surface of the building.
In the dust not far away, a dark red light gradually lit up.
Immediately, a dark red figure stood up from the volcanic ash and walked towards Xia En step by step.
Its body is made entirely of ashes, and it is still twisting and squirming.
Its body was burning with dark red fire.
Even the cold sea water can't extinguish it!
And among the ashes floating in the sea water, there was a faint, continuous and overlapping murmur.
"I don't want to die..."
"Someone come and save me..."
"Mom..."
These weird sounds penetrated the sea water and directly reached Xia En's ears, making his hair stand on end.
Today, Xia En has seen many strange existences.
However, this burning ashes monster still frightened him secretly.
Just a few moments.
The murmurs and calls for help coming from the ashes turned into roars one after another, mixed with vicious curses.
"It's a living person..."
"Why is he still alive?"
"Kill him! Kill him!"
These ember monsters are obviously hostile to the living. Hold strong resentment.
In the streets and alleys, more and more ashes and smoke are squirming and rising, and dark red flames are rising from everywhere, attacking Xia En menacingly.
Xia En drew out the Blood Demon Sword and slashed out tentatively.
Chi!
The great sword carried great force as always, tearing apart the sea water and tearing apart the bodies of the Ember humanoids.
But such physical attacks cannot extinguish the flames burning in the ashes.
In just an instant, the ashes in the volcano condensed into a human form again, roaring and screaming in pain while charging forward.
"Isn't it really possible?"
Xia En's heart sank slightly.
He had previously speculated that this ember monster might not be able to be killed with conventional physical attacks.
The current attempt has proved this guess.
To be honest, the current situation is quite unfavorable to Xia En.
This kind of physically immune enemy is actually very restrained in his fighting style.
To put it simply, it’s like a numerical monster meets a mechanical monster!
Unless Xia En uses the special skill of [Sword of Judgment], there is really no way to kill them completely.
"So... what about [Chaos Demon Pattern]?"
Xia En thought about this newly acquired talent.
Just do it if you think of it.
As Xia En's thoughts moved, ice blue magic patterns quickly appeared on his body surface.
He stretched out his hand and moved forward slightly.
In an instant, blue ice crystals formed in the sea water, quickly freezing one of the Ember figures.
Then, Xia En struck with his sword, and the ice crystals and the ember humanoids were torn apart.
The strange flame in its body actually went out!
【Kill the Ember Humanoid! 】
【The presence of "Secret Sea Crystal" in the corpse was detected. Should it be absorbed? 】
Xia En's eyes lit up when he saw the words floating on the panel.
“It works!”
Moreover, this kind of monster can also explode experience points!
Xia En's eyes changed instantly.
He looked at the ember monsters all over the city, as if he were looking at a huge experience bag, and his mouth almost watered with greed.
But right now, there is a serious problem...
The good news is that [Chaos Demon Pattern] has an outstanding effect on [Ember Humanoid].
The bad news is that the magic patterns on Xia En's body don't store much secret power at all!
After all, he had just acquired this talent, and he didn’t even have time to develop [ordinary] qualities.
Just after destroying three [Ember Humanoids], the ice-cold secret power in the Shane Demon Pattern has already been exhausted.
Looking in front of you, you can see countless groups of ashes coming in like a wave!
"Hiss..."
At this critical moment, Xia En's mind remained highly calm, and he had a bold idea in a flash of inspiration.
“The essence of [Chaos Demon Pattern] is to absorb other secret powers and release them when necessary.”
“Since the cold secret power can be absorbed, [Ember Humanoid] has Can this kind of weird flame be absorbed? "
In normal times, Xia En would definitely not try it rashly.
But now, the threat of the Ashes Wave is imminent.
Furthermore, even if the absorption fails, it is just the body of Ku Yiku's projection.
Thinking of this, Xia En did not hesitate and stretched out his hand directly to touch the nearest ember humanoid.
The burning pain immediately came from the palm of my hand.
At the same time, some of the weak secret power of Ember was also absorbed by the magic patterns in his body.
In a flash.
The surging heat raged in Xia En's body and quickly spread throughout his body.
This is a feeling he has never experienced before.
It is as if the illusory blood, muscles, bones, and even every smallest component unit in the projected body are ignited by this mysterious power.
The huge, heart-rending burning pain clearly acted on Xia En's body, making his brain go blank and unable to think at all.
However, his body is not a real flesh and blood body after all, so it does not really burn.
[The power of the ship soul -3! 】
【Ship Soul Power -2! 】
[…]
Only the power of the ship soul that keeps falling on the panel proves that the projected body continues to suffer terrible damage.
In the severe pain, Xia En's consciousness gradually returned to clarity.
"It turns out that this is what it feels like to be ignited..."
At this moment, he seemed to empathize and understand the pain of these ember figures.
At the same time, he also developed a sincere admiration for Yan Yan.
Xia En looked at the wave of embers around him, his pupils bursting with red flames, and murmured.
"In this case, let me give you relief."
He opened his arms to the endless ashes.
The surging heat flowed into Xia En's body along the orifices of his body.
The chaotic magic pattern began to shine, widen, and extend, from the trunk of the chest, to the limbs, to the head, and to the fingers at the end.
[Talent: Chaos Demon Pattern (Inferior) → (Ordinary)! 】
【Common→Rare! 】
It’s not just the quality of the talent that continues to improve.
As one ember humanoid after another transferred heat to Xia En, the embers in their bodies were extinguished and converted into experience points.
【Ship Soul Experience +0.2%! 】
【Ship Soul Experience +0.8%! 】
【Ship Soul Experience +0.3%! 】
[…]
Although each humanoid does not give much experience, their huge number makes up for this.
I don’t know how long it has been.
Along with a low buzzing sound, it seemed as if some invisible barrier had been broken through.
[Ship Soul Level: LV5 (0%)! 】
(End of this chapter)