Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Chapter 367: Chapter 362: Skeletal Puppets, Body Shifting

BOOM!

Within the Forest Sea!

A crimson, bloody flame erupted in a brilliant flash!

It was as if a blazing sun had risen from the ground!

Even within the dense fog, the roaring, scorching blood-flames surged and howled, sending a searing gust that reached the Ghostly Flood Dragon, several miles distant.

WHOOSH.

The hot, searing wind washed over her face.

Ziyuan’s nose twitched as she sniffed the sulfuric scent in the air.

Her face was as pale as paper, a result of excessive blood essence consumption.

This consumption wasn’t just from burning blood essence to escape; it also included the cost of mixing her own blood essence with a Substitute Talisman to create a decoy!

And it was precisely this blood essence decoy that had led the Shadow-Binding Incarnation into a deathtrap—nearly six hundred Plasma Bombs were buried in the ground beneath the decoy’s location!

"Hahaha..."

She stared at the blooming flower of blood-flames.

A look of grim satisfaction spread across Ziyuan’s weakened face as she laughed. "The Shadow-Binding God? This time... let’s see if you die!"

Her laughter carried a hint of hysteria.

It was clear just how much despair and terror the recent life-or-death chase had inflicted upon her.

"Don’t get too excited."

"Your injuries are severe. You need to rest..."

Su Ye glanced at her, offering a simple reminder.

"Mm..."

"I know, Mr. Su~"

Hearing this, Ziyuan paused.

A moment later, her wild demeanor softened. She lowered her head slightly, appearing completely docile.

Her magnificent purple eyes flickered as she kept glancing toward Su Ye, her gaze holding a strange, flirtatious ripple.

...

’What’s this... an affection boost?’

Su Ye chuckled inwardly as the thought crossed his mind.

’If my golden finger was a romance panel, it would probably be showing something like: [Your cultivation partner Ziyuan’s affection +30...] right now, wouldn’t it?’

He dismissed the silly notion.

Su Ye paid no mind to Ziyuan’s budding feelings for him.

’If I had the time, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take this chance for a night of passion.’

’But right now...’

’It’s clearly not the time...’

Su Ye gazed into the distance.

His eyes narrowed as he extended his Divine Sense.

He found nothing.

It was as if the Shadow-Binding Incarnation had been utterly annihilated in the massive explosion, without a single trace left behind...

But Su Ye knew that was absolutely impossible!

’The Shadow-Binding Incarnation is definitely not dead!’

Staring at his panel, Su Ye’s gaze darkened, his conclusion unequivocal.

The reason was simple.

If a Divine Incarnation had fallen, there would have been an experience point notification!

But right now, the panel was completely silent!

Even though his Divine Sense found nothing, it was perfectly normal for it to be ineffective against a being like a god.

After all, hadn’t he seen it before?

Here in the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom.

Couldn’t just about every living creature in this divine kingdom negate the power of Divine Sense?

With this experience, Su Ye naturally wouldn’t completely trust the results of a Divine Sense scan.

WHOOSH!

The fiery, blood-laced wind gradually died down.

At the very center of the explosion, where the Shadow-Binding Incarnation had been, the plants, mushrooms, and even the soil had been turned to scorching ash—a truly apocalyptic scene!

Six hundred Plasma Bombs were terrifyingly powerful!

However...

VMM!

In the center of the explosion, a dozen or so pitch-black shadows, like crude oil, seeped out of the ground.

The writhing, viscous shadows coalesced and took shape.

Then, they revealed the face of the Shadow-Binding Incarnation.

He was still dressed in his Dark Gold Robe, looking as dashing as ever, but the Crystal Ball that had been in his hand was nowhere to be seen!

"Good, good, good..."

"You really gave me a surprise..."

The Shadow-Binding Incarnation sneered, his expression vicious.

"But."

"This is where it ends!"

The Shadow-Binding Incarnation’s gaze pierced through the dense fog, staring straight toward the Ghostly Flood Dragon!

His light-gold pupils were bone-chillingly cold!

SWOOSH.

The Shadow-Binding Incarnation spread his arms, and his Dark Gold Robe unfurled, revealing that the garment was fused to his body like flesh and blood!

And now, from the robe’s inner lining, numerous ghoulish puppets of all shapes and sizes emerged!

The Shadow-Binding Incarnation’s robe was like a gate to hell, and now, countless bone puppets shrieked and roared as they descended upon this world from that very gate!

"Have a good look at my precious collection!"

The Shadow-Binding Incarnation grinned menacingly.

HISS!

The numerous bone puppets shot forth!

It was like the howling of ten thousand ghosts!

With a flicker of his Divine Sense, Su Ye manipulated the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s Array to intercept them with Plasma Bombs.

But it wasn’t very effective. Only a small fraction of the incoming puppets were destroyed by the Plasma Bombs.

Most of the bone puppets’ bodies blurred, turning into phantoms to dodge the attacks!

HISS!

The Plasma Bombs were as fast as lightning!

But they passed through these phantoms as if they were air, gone in an instant.

"Hm?" Su Ye frowned.

"Mr. Su, be careful."

"The Shadow-Binding God’s puppets are all refined from bone and steeped in his Shadow Binding Divine Power. They can turn into shadows and shift between tangible and intangible states!"

Ziyuan immediately explained.

And she also offered a solution.

VMM.

A faint wisp of black-gold light rose from her fingertip. This was the power of the Sun-Eater!

"I’ve already seen through this Shadow Transformation Skill..."

"If I apply a wisp of Sun-Eater power to your cannonballs, we can break through it!"

Ziyuan’s lips curved into a confident, showy smile.

The Sun-Eating Demon Spider!

Born to be a favored child of the shadows!

Ziyuan was just born at the wrong time. If she had been born in the ancient era of the Far South Continent, who’s to say she couldn’t have become a goddess presiding over shadows?

"Alright."

With this in mind, Su Ye’s reply was concise.

He had one of the cannons move next to Ziyuan, signaling for her to begin the Enchantment.

BOOM!

A Plasma Bomb, enchanted with the power of the Sun-Eater, howled through the air!

When this Plasma Bomb struck one of the phantom puppets, it instantly caused the target to stiffen and forced it out of its shadow state.

Immediately after, the Plasma Bomb detonated, and scorching blood-flames swept out.

In a flash, the bone puppet was reduced to a pile of burning fragments!

"It’s working!"

Su Ye’s eyes lit up!

"Ziyuan, keep enchanting!"

As he spoke, his Storage Ring flashed, and he tossed a Top-grade Spirit Stone to Ziyuan.

He had already used up all his Water Element Top-grade Spirit Stones, but he still had some Top-grade Spirit Stones of other elements.

"Okay."

"Eh... wait? Is this... a Top-grade Spirit Stone?!" Ziyuan’s expression froze as she realized what she had caught.

’Isn’t this... a bit too extravagant?’

"It’s fine."

"Just use it."

Su Ye said calmly, his expression placid.

’Resources are meant to be used. There’s no need to be frugal at a critical moment like this... Once we leave this divine kingdom, I’ll just have to destroy a few more native city-states.’

With Ziyuan’s help, the bone puppets unleashed by the Shadow-Binding Incarnation began dropping from the sky like flies, turning into fireballs as they fell one after another!

Only a very small number of puppets were able to get through the line of fire and approach the Ghostly Flood Dragon.

Among them, very few broke through on pure strength alone.

Most were the weaker ones that had been allowed to slip through the focus on larger threats.

However, just then, the Shadow-Binding Incarnation gave a cunning smile. "It’s over..."

SWOOSH!

His figure instantly swapped places with one of the smaller puppets!

Body Shifting!

The Shadow-Binding Incarnation was now just one hundred feet away from Su Ye!