Chapter 558: Chapter 351: Sea Coffin
Two weeks later, in the early morning.
Under the sky filled with snowflakes, the Ghost Ship and Ice Demon were covered with a thick layer of snow and frost.
“So cold, so cold…”
Fen stood on the deck, draped in a heavy woolen coat, hugging herself as she shivered unceasingly.
She turned her head to look towards Chen Qi, who was cooking soup in the kitchen:
“Qi, I’m hungry…”
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“Coming.”
Chen Qi carried a hot pot of meat soup with both hands, poured it into bowls, and distributed it to the crew suffering from the cold, as well as to the Water Elf about to turn into an ice sculpture.
Fen took the meat soup, drank it in one gulp, and said blankly:
“Delicious!”
After finishing, the color returned to Fen’s cheeks, and a small, shaky yellow flower sprouted from the top of her head:
“My body is still a bit cold, and I feel dizzy…”
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Fen suffered from Blood Flower Disease, and as the weather got colder, her wounds worsened, and signs of ‘congealment’ appeared, making her stagger as she walked.
“Achoo!”
Fen sneezed loudly, almost falling over.
Just as Little Crow had said, in a place rich with Spiritual Power, legends were more prone to catching diseases.
Unable to cure her in a short time, Chen Qi could only say:
“Drink more hot water.”
After saying that, Chen Qi suddenly regretted it and wondered if he should have said something more heartwarming.
Fen mumbled sleepily:
“Mhm, thank you for caring, Qi. Everything you make is delicious.”
Chen Qi reminded her:
“Recently, we are running low on food…”
During heavy snowfall, food took on a strange blue hue, and even if stored in backpack cards or refrigerators, this bizarre transformation could not be prevented.
Fen stubbornly said:
“Don’t worry, I can get energy through photosynthesis.”
She was delirious.
After taking care of Fen, Chen Qi took a few steps forward and looked up at the bright sky.
Icy snowflakes landed on his face.
“It’s unusual for it to snow at sea, this isn’t normal weather…”
This was by no means ordinary snowy weather.
In this snow, even Transcendents could catch strange colds.
Half of the twenty-five members of the Ice Demon Pirate Group who joined this mission had already been stricken.
Hunger and cold spread, and it had been a long time since Chen Qi had felt this way.
Little Crow squatted by the captain’s chamber, holding a bowl of meat soup, expelling a breath of white vapor:
“Uncommon weather, it signifies that we are getting closer to an A-rank Crack…”
A powerful A-rank Crack could influence the ecological environment of an entire sea region before it even opened.
Then, Little Crow raised her hand and handed a newspaper to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi took the newspaper, published by the Shell Country Meteorological Bureau, specifically designed to alert sailors.
Like a diligent repeater, Little Crow recited the newspaper’s contents:
“Based on our current speed, in half an hour, we will enter the Great Ice Glacier region.
Three weeks ago, a huge Sea Monster appeared here, devouring a passenger ship. It was said that the ship was equipped only with Rune Weapons from the Tower of Books, and ten Third Rank Hunters, not even the Pirate General could easily defeat it.
Little Crow’s tone grew heavy:
“In the end, of the two hundred and ten people on board, only one survived.”
Chen Qi replied:
“Only one person survived?”
“Yes, plus a pet beast. It’s said that her pet beast dragged her to shore, currently, she’s being treated in the Tower of Books.”
Little Crow said solemnly:
“If we continue forward, we’re very likely to encounter that Sea Monster. According to reports from the Disaster Messenger, besides the monster’s Spiritual Power, there’s something else…”
The closer one gets to an A-rank Crack, the more likely one encounters monsters too challenging to defeat.
“Meeting the Ice Witch is no easy task…”
Chen Qi looked towards the sea ahead, exhaling a warm breath.
Through his daily practice, he had spent 30,000 inspiration points and 7 points of Hunter’s Fire. He had now mastered Rift Slash Lv2, able to tear open a gash with the blade.
And just yesterday, he had used 20,000 inspiration points and 1 point of Hunter’s Fire to successfully elevate his Red Form to Lv2. The Lv2 Red Form brought him a step closer in strength.
However, after reaching Lv2, both Red Form and Rift Slash were extremely difficult to progress into the realm of Lv3.
Looking at just a single level difference, but in practice, it was like facing a chasm a thousand kilometers deep.
With only 5,000 inspiration points and one point of Hunter’s Fire left, he found himself in a serious bottleneck.
Chen Qi increasingly felt that he might now need a teacher.
It was rumored that the Ice Witch was also highly skilled in Lamp Phase; he wondered if she would be willing to take on a new disciple.
Chen Qi vaguely remembered that as the ultimate big C opposing the Black Whale Group in the Witch Sea.
On the forums, the Ice Witch was a genuinely cold Witch, decisive as ice, but at the same time, a Witch that rewarded kindness.
Moreover, crucially, the Ice Witch possessed a comparatively safe Saint’s Path.
Chen Qi also knew of other methods to ascend to Saint, such as the Black Whale Group’s Whale Blood Plan, the Black Blood Empire’s Demon Room deals beneath the earth, the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom’s pleasurable assignments, and various random big events from A-rank Cracks.
However, these methods were all extremely dangerous; the path held by the Ice Witch was by far the safest.
At that moment, Little Crow lifted her head; as if seeing through Chen Qi’s thoughts, she asked:
“Qi, can we really rely on the Ice Witch…”
The Ice Witch protected the sea.
But Little Crow had heard more about this Witch, a ruthless Hunter who specialized in deep sea monsters!
For someone like Chen Qi, he was precisely the kind of task she relished!