Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Chapter 361: Chapter 356: Creation Point Allocation, Divine Kingdom Creature

The divinity of the Jade Phoenix.

The divinity of the Thunder Axe.

Because his compatibility with them was low, Su Ye consumed experience points to convert them into Creation Points.

As a result, Su Ye’s Creation Point total reached an unprecedented number!

[Creation Points: 525]

’Over five hundred points. Compared to the God of Rock Ridge, these two deities were on a completely different level...’ Su Ye remarked to himself.

He had slain the incarnation of Rock Ridge and slaughtered the entire royal bloodline of Giant Stone City.

Only by doing all that had he managed to gather two hundred Creation Points.

But with the Jade Phoenix and the Thunder Axe, extracting the divinity from each of their Divine Incarnations had yielded him around 250 to 260 Creation Points!

The difference in power was obvious!

Of course, while the number of Creation Points seemed high, it was still barely enough to forcibly activate his Quasi-Techniques.

’After achieving the Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, the cooldown for my Quasi-Techniques was drastically reduced to one year.’

’But to activate them by force, the approximate cost is...’ With a slight thought from Su Ye, one Creation Point vanished from his panel.

This single Creation Point flowed into the divine seed [Heart of the Vast Sea] like a hundred rivers merging into one.

Su Ye sensed it carefully, but his brow furrowed.

He could feel that the divine seed’s cooldown had indeed been shortened.

However...

’It only shortened by one day?’

Feeling the feedback, the corner of Su Ye’s mouth twitched.

By that logic, wouldn’t he need to spend over three hundred Creation Points just to forcibly activate a single divine seed that was on cooldown?

’The cost is too high... This can only be a last resort.’

Su Ye shook his head, and with that thought, he allocated his Creation Points.

He spent one hundred Creation Points.

He raised the cultivation level of [End of Tracing Origin] to the Late-stage Crystal realm.

This divine seed became Su Ye’s third Late-stage Crystal divine seed, after [Heart of the Vast Sea] and [Monarch of Calamity]!

It was also the only one of Su Ye’s Quasi-Techniques that he could currently use.

As for the remaining Creation Points, he would store them for now in case of an emergency.

’What if...’

’When the time comes and I have no other choice, I’ll have to spend them, no matter how high the cost,’ Su Ye thought to himself.

...

「Several days passed in a flash.」

Su Ye steered the Ghostly Flood Dragon, traveling for hundreds of miles through the dense forest.

He made some gains along the way.

The quality of the spiritual wood within the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom was quite good.

Among the trees he felled while traveling, there were some Tier-2 and Tier-3 spiritual woods, which served as a small consolation.

However, just as Su Ye thought these tedious days would continue for a long while,

on this particular day—

HISS!

A shriek filled with venom, like that of a vengeful ghost, suddenly rang out from the quiet, still forest!

Inside the captain’s cabin, Su Ye was abruptly jolted from his meditation!

’What was that?’

’A creature from within the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom?’

Su Ye’s gaze sharpened.

He had finally encountered a creature from the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom!

Even without hearing the bloodcurdling shriek, a single look at the environment of the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom was enough to know that any creature born in such a strange and treacherous place would be anything but benign!

He rushed to the deck as fast as he could and gazed into the distance.

BUZZ.

With a thought, Su Ye’s sea of consciousness stirred.

His Divine Sense spread out, probing the distance.

He tried to lock onto this unknown creature to gather intelligence and seize the initiative.

However, to his surprise, the scan from his previously infallible Divine Sense returned nothing this time.

’Hm?’

Su Ye frowned.

He could feel his Divine Sense.

When it touched the surface of the unknown creature’s body, it was as if it had sunk into a soft yet tough membrane.

It was easily deflected!

’Besides the environment of the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom, do the creatures here also have such high resistance to Divine Sense?’

Su Ye’s brow furrowed.

’Seriously?’

’What did Divine Sense ever do to you?’

For him, who prided himself on his Tier-4 Divine Sense, this was definitely bad news.

Fortunately, this shielding ability was limited to the creature’s body.

It didn’t affect the surrounding environment. As Su Ye’s Divine Sense swept past, he could see a very obvious path carved through the trees.

Dirt was kicked up, and plants were sent flying.

Using the environment as a reference, Su Ye gathered some information.

’This unknown creature is very fast.’

’But at least... it can’t fly!’

’The divine kingdom’s flight restriction is effective against it too... No, I can’t be sure. Maybe it’s a racial trait, and it’s just incapable of flight?’

’But for a creature that can’t fly to hold such an arrogant predatory position in this Fog Forest... there surely can’t be many flying creatures in the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom!’

This brought Su Ye a small measure of relief.

Once you’re used to the sky, how can you adapt to the ground?

Losing the ability to fly had made Su Ye a little anxious, but now it seemed this rule of the divine kingdom was applied equally, suppressing its native creatures as well.

’Barely... counts as good news, I guess?’

Su Ye asked himself, letting out a soft chuckle. Then, he summoned his Moonfall Halberd and braced for a fight.

The unknown creature was already within a few hundred yards!

At the speed it was displaying, crossing this distance would only take...

two breaths!

SWISH!

The next moment, a deep, dark light suddenly flashed within the boundless, dense fog. Like a dagger coated in deadly poison, it shot up and stabbed toward Su Ye!

SCHING!

Not daring to be careless, Su Ye moved his arm and swung his Moonfall Halberd!

"Moon Arc Twelve Strings!"

A silver light flared!

Twelve Moon Arc Slashes spun out, condensed into one, and transformed into a crescent-shaped stream of light. It broke the sound barrier and met the dark light head-on!

Not counting Quasi-Techniques and other exclusive skills, the Moon Arc Twelve Strings, unleashed with his bonded artifact, was Su Ye’s strongest conventional attack.

However, a moment later, Su Ye’s expression changed.

After colliding with the dark light, the rate at which his Moon Arc was being depleted far exceeded his expectations.

He could see the crescent stream of light being rapidly consumed, accompanied by a harsh sound like an electric drill: ZZZZT!

And all this achieved was merely grinding away the outer layer of the dark light, revealing its true form... a pitch-black stinger as thick as an arm!

BOOM.

A moment later, the Moon Arc Slash shattered, scattering into streams of light.

The pitch-black stinger shot toward Su Ye, radiating a murderous aura!

Fortunately, Su Ye was already prepared.

He formed a Technique with his hands, and his figure flickered, blurring in an instant.

Using his Teleportation Skill, he moved over a hundred feet and successfully dodged the attack.

THUD.

With a muffled bang, wood splinters flew everywhere!

The pitch-black stinger was firmly embedded in the outer wall of the cockpit!

He could see that upon contact with the stinger, a deep blackness spread across the cockpit wall, corroding it completely from the center outwards.

In just two seconds, it had eaten a hole several meters in diameter.

Su Ye’s pupils contracted, a flicker of shock in his eyes.

This was the hull of the Ghostly Flood Dragon!

A quasi-Tier-4 spirit ship, one that had undergone a perfect advancement and was elementally blessed...

Its Defense Power was so high, yet it still couldn’t resist the venom on that stinger?

’This venom would be considered extremely potent even among Tier-4 toxins!’

A chill ran down Su Ye’s spine.

And at that moment,

"Hiss..."

a piercing hiss rang out.

Seeing its stinger had failed to find its mark, the unknown creature that launched the attack was clearly unwilling to give up so easily.

SQUELCH, SQUELCH.

Accompanied by a sticky sound, a bloated figure scaled the hull and leaped onto the deck of the Ghostly Flood Dragon!

"Ugh..."

Even with Su Ye’s mental fortitude, the sight of this unknown creature made his stomach turn.