Chapter 343: Chapter 207: Rainbow Clamshell, Fire Worshiping Heartless Thieves_2
[You yank her toward you with a quick jerk of your wrist. The woman rushes forward, and before even touching the ground, a sharp blade accompanied by a pitch-black dragon flame pierces through her swollen breasts.]
[A layer of black soot appears on the woman’s pale face in an instant, the wound on her breast decaying and bleeding profusely.]
[You draw the short blade, and the black dragon flame incinerates any blood staining the edge.]
[You’ve defeated the ’Deep Sea Mermaid’, gaining a small increase in your experience points!]
He continues his assault on the next mermaid; his chain-blade weapon can handle close combat and attack enemies within the extension range of the bone and flesh chain.
The Little Dragon’s own bloodline power was equivalent to a secondary enchantment on the weapon, adding extra damage from the dark dragon flame to the weapon’s original toxic effects.
A dozen or so mermaids fall almost instantly under his onslaught, and their defeat can be fittingly likened to chopping vegetables.
"The chain-blade of the Little Dragon might be a bit too lethal for these low-level monsters. Their shells might still be useful - I need to ensure their integrity."
Having had his fill of the game, Lin Xun switches the Little Dragon’s weapon to a dancer’s sleeve sword, and runs through the remaining mermaids.
[You gaze at the dead merfolk littering the area in front of you...]
[The shell of the ’Deep Sea Mermaid’: A half-human, half-fish creature from the deep sea. The females have beautiful appearances while the males are hideous. This type of monster often attacks sailors, luring them into the water and devouring them. It died from a fatal wound that pierced its heart. Compatibility: 94% (+55%)]
[Do you want to possess this shell?]
[You possess the shell of the ’Deep Sea Mermaid’!]
Lin Xun checks his panel.
The attributes of the monster were slightly higher than those of the servant, but compared to the shell he currently inhabited, they were rubbish.
But, the monster wasn’t without its merits.
Perhaps using these monster shells could help him cross the sea successfully.
He opens his item list to inspect the newly earned item.
[’Rainbow Clamshell’*8 (Item): Small dazzling multicolored shells from the deep sea. Vague fog emanates occasionally from the shells, making them feel dreamlike. Deep Sea Mermaids typically use these shells to conceal their voluptuous bodies.]
[Using this item, you can temporarily disguise your alien form and appear human-like.]
A glint appeared in Lin Xun’s eyes.
These were what Deep Sea Mermaids used to transform their fish tail into legs.
In his hands, the ’Rainbow Clamshell’ might produce even greater effects.
Lin Xun tried to use the shell of the ’Deep Sea Mermaid’ to dive into the sea, and found it increased his swimming speed incredibly, much faster than any other shell.
As a sea creature, the mermaid’s swimming consumed negligible energy, especially with the bonus from the ’Subspecies Sea Dragon Orb’.
Just to be safe, Lin Xun cleared the useless shells from his shell list and packed it full of Deep Sea Mermaids.
"Four mermaids should be enough for me to cross the sea."
Just as he was about to start his sea-crossing operation, he suddenly felt like something was off.
"This is the starting point of the game. If a regular Apostle entered this Chapter, how would they proceed?"
"Without the Thousand Faces and Million Forms, one couldn’t possess a mermaid and would be unable to cross the sea."
"Could it be that there will be other events happening?"
The moment he thought of this, Lin Xun momentarily abandoned the idea of crossing the sea by himself.
He returned to the deck of the ship and silently waited.
After an unknown amount of time, text from the underworld game continued to appear.
[In your boredom, you look toward the stern of the ship. There lie the bodies of the ’Deep Sea Mermaids’, heaped haphazardly. Even though the bottom half of the fish tail is unusable, it can still be eaten.]
[Do you want to start a fire and prepare a seafood feast?]
"Tch~"
Lin Xun had thought that something special was happening, but it was just the underworld game being mischievous.
Just as he was about to press ’No’, the sixth sense of an experienced player gave him a warning.
There was no hunger gauge for shells in the game. As long as a Wandering Soul possessed a shell, one did not need to eat or sleep. Only when energy was exhausted would one need to rest and recover.
The underworld game bringing out an option to eat at this moment is probably not meant for eating.
The game often messes around, but Lin Xun felt that this particular text came with some hidden meaning...
After thinking for a moment, he chose ’Yes’.
[You stand up and go back to the cabin, pulling out an old, dust-covered stove before returning to the deck.]
[Due to the erosion from the previous storm, the firewood had become somewhat damp. After several attempts, you finally managed to light the fire.]
[Strangely, the flame you ignited was not yellow, but black.]
[Black smoke billows out from the stove, shooting straight into the sky...]
Lin Xun paused. At this moment, he was in possession of a servant’s shell, not the Little Dragon.
Where did the black flame come from?
Just as he was questioning, the game text continued to spring up.
[You have been stained with one layer of Inferno!]
What’s that?
Lin Xun waited for a long time without any anomalies, so he opened the panel in confusion.
In the panel, a new attribute was added: [Fallen Karma Fire: One Layer]
This new attribute was not in the Shell Panel but in the Apostle Panel.
Right under the Knowledge!
"Could it be..."
Lin Xun’s mind turned quickly.
After managing to crack the Omniscient World, he had looked at other strategies on the Apostle forum.
No Chapters would suddenly have a new attribute similar to ’Knowledge’.
At that time, he concluded that Knowledge was an exclusive attribute in the Omniscient World.
The Inferno now appearing was likely a unique attribute of this world.
So, did all the Hell Difficulty Chapters have similar unique attributes?
[Black smoke spreads, reaching as high as the sky.]
[After a long time, you suddenly have a hunch, turning back to look...]
[You see a long boat appearing on the sea level out of nowhere, the boat with full sail is heading directly towards you...]
[You look closely, and when the long boat gets a little closer, you can see it is a three-masted warship, and there are even several large crossbows on the sides of the ship.]
[In comparison to your small ship, this warship, although with not much displacement, is indeed a monstrous ship.]
[The warship is coming closer and closer to you...]
Lin Xun squints his eyes, and after a quick thought, he decisively returns to the cabin and clicks on the Rest Page refresh function.
Immediately, all the monster bodies lying at the stern of the ship disappear, leaving only blood stains.
[You have taken possession of the ’Shell of the Lost Antique Theater Dancer’.]
[You open a pair of dim eyes, perform a lively dance, and your figure quickly disappears...]
[You return to the stern of the ship, the warship that was far on the horizon is now less than a kilometer away from you. You can even see the figures on the ship.]
[You maintain your invisibility, waiting for the warship to approach...]
[...]
[The three-masted warship is now side by side with you. An enormous plank drops heavily from its hull, causing your small boat to sway.]
[Several figures with turbans on their heads and lances, short knives or bows in their hands come down...]
[You’ve found Fire Worshiping Heartless People Thieves!]
[Do you want to attack them?]
[You maintain your invisibility, lurking in secret...]
[They follow the plank onto your small boat, promptly inspect all around, only finding an empty cabin and blood stains on the stern.]
[Not seeing anyone alive seems to make these thieves angry. They manually break the deck with their lances and then chop into the hull.]
[Seeing the rising sea water which will soon flood the small boat, the thieves laugh heartily and step on the plank to return to the warship...]
[Do you want to quietly follow them and board the warship?]
[You maintain your invisibility, stealthily following them onto the warship...]
[On the deck of the three-masted warship, there are dozens of Fire Worshiping Heartless Thieves. Seeing that their companions who boarded returned empty-handed, they are all seething with anger but are helpless, only able to gloomily return to the cabin.]
[The warship turns around and heads in a different direction...]
[Based on the guidance of the ’Simplified Nautical Maps’, you know that the warship is heading towards ’Sakura fall’.]
[There are still a few thieves on the deck guarding the helm, do you attack these thieves, or sneak into the cabin?]
The servant shell in the shell column, although has navigation skills, but it can only control a single-mast small boat.
This three-masted warship didn’t look like it could be controlled by a single person.
Instead of killing all the thieves, it was better to hitch a ride with a smooth-sailing vessel to Sakura fall.
However, the best way to go along for the ride was to infiltrate the enemy’s ranks.
[You maintain your invisibility, stealthily sneak into the cabin...]
