A Top Scholar in Everything

Chapter 1253: Chapter 1239: Anomalous Zone

In this situation, returning the same way involves certain risks.

However,

If the three missing people aren’t found, it would be quite distressing.

Future exploration would be difficult to continue.

Also, everyone would be on edge, worried that they might be the next to disappear.

Therefore, Lovka decides to go back and search for them; it’s a sensible choice.

The team begins to retreat.

In the deep, dark passages of the ship’s cabin, the group follows a path, constantly heading back.

Then,

They quickly discover the missing three.

The three are wrapped in some strange threads, suspended from the ceiling.

Just like cocoons.

Each person reveals only their head, looking utterly terrified, as if they saw something extremely horrifying before they died.

Baiyu frowns.

Lovka’s face is serious, ordering his men to stay on guard, then sends people to bring down those large cocoons.

Cut open the cocoons.

The bodies inside have turned to blood, flesh and bones completely vanished, the scene is ghastly.

Seeing this, everyone becomes more solemn.

The strength of the three isn’t exceptional.

But disappearing so silently, not even letting out a scream—the others who encounter this killer might also face the same fate.

Baiyu’s eyebrows furrow, feeling a strange power, the nature of which isn’t ordinary Spiritual Power or Power of Destruction.

Divine Power!

But the purity is low, with only a faint divinity.

It’s completely incomparable to the Black Moon Divine Power within Baiyu.

"A creature with a trace of divinity!"

Lovka also realizes the problem at this moment.

Carrying a hint of divinity, but not considered a mythological creature.

However,

Creatures like this are equally troublesome, anything connected to Divine Spirits becomes different.

Upon hearing this,

Everyone dares not approach the three corpses, fearing infection or other issues.

Baiyu observes his surroundings.

Suddenly,

He notices the darkness surging.

A shadow seems to be charging out from the darkness.

"Be careful!"

Baiyu shouts loudly, then strikes out towards the darkness with his palm.

Furious Power of Destruction tears through the air, pressing down on the shadow fiercely, exploding at the end of the passage.

A loud explosion resonates.

Everyone feels the entire ship tremble.

Yet the hull of the White Bone Ship remains undamaged; the mass of darkness was instead shattered by Baiyu.

At this moment,

Baiyu’s Priest’s Robe flutters in the fierce wind.

Only now does everyone properly regard this discreet priest from the Blood Blade Church.

So strong!

The destructive power displayed in the previous strike isn’t something easily withstood.

Is this really a Scarred Church priest?

So fierce.

Baiyu takes a deep breath, scanning around to find the whereabouts of that shadow.

Lovka raises his right hand, forming a fist in front of his chest.

"Seal!"

In that instant, the air around them solidifies, everyone feels an invisible force binding them, yet they stand unmoved, watching Captain Lovka.

"No need to hurry, I’ve already sealed this space. We must catch that creature, and if it appears, I’ll notice immediately. Geman, it’s up to you next."

Lovka looks at Baiyu.

Within this sealed space, Baiyu can move freely, indicating Lovka’s trust in Baiyu and belief that Baiyu can resolve this issue.

During Baiyu’s previous action,

Lovka noticed Baiyu’s strength.

"I’ll do my best."

Baiyu’s gaze swiftly sweeps across the people, searching for traces of the shadow.

It hasn’t attached itself.

Nor is it hiding in the darkness.

Baiyu’s brows tighten, knowing that even if the shadow dodged his strike, it couldn’t leave so quickly—could it be invisible? But if it could be invisible, it shouldn’t escape Spiritual probing.

At this moment,

Baiyu suddenly feels a frisson of terror.

No,

This creature hasn’t left. From the start, it never left!

Instinctively, Baiyu turns around.

The Golden Blood within him erupts, a layer of golden sheen spreads across his skin. The shadow is right behind him, already launching an attack.

However,

Striking Baiyu’s Golden Body only produces a metallic clash of sounds.

Baiyu turns to face the shadow.

This is a spider-like thing, but with the size of a millstone, and its eight legs are composed entirely of human arms pieced together.

At the center of these connected arms,

Are the heads of three people.

Their facial features obscured in gender ambiguity, but undoubtedly pieced together.

This is a strange patchwork monster.

Baiyu coldly regards it; upon eye contact with him, the creature emits a screech, its eight arms rapidly crawling across the wall, about to vanish around the corner in a blink.

Lovka’s Ability doesn’t work on it!

This is a characteristic of divine creatures; they can be immune to some special Spirit Techniques or Abilities.

However,

At such a moment, Baiyu wasn’t about to let it continue escaping.

"Blade Storm."

His eyes turn icy, and the surrounding air transforms into blades, slicing towards that monster.

The White Bone walls are scratched with numerous marks.

The creature’s three heads eject countless threads, identical to those that trapped the three people earlier.

Only this time,

It wraps itself up, while the remaining threads rush towards the nearest two people.

But halfway through,

These threads get sliced by the invisible Blade Qi.

The Secret Technique of the Scarred Church isn’t just for show; its lethal power is strongest among the Great Churches.

Numerous blades sever the threads, then attack the cocoon formed by the creature.

Crack.

Blade Qi envelops the cocoon.

Yet these Blade Qi, striking the cocoon’s surface, only emit the sound of metal collisions.

However, as the cocoon forms, Baiyu gains the chance to pursue it.

At that moment,

Lovka also releases his Ability control, his figure flashing like a gale.

He moves directly before the cocoon, his hands like tongs reaching out, fiercely clutching the cocoon wall.

With a crack,

The creature gets torn apart along with the cocoon.

Lovka’s hands transform into black crystalline forms, like clad in a layer of black stone armor.

The monster dies a tragic death.

From its body drops a Blood Crystal Block.

A rhomboid shape emitting dense Blood Qi.

"Blood Soul Crystal."

Lovka furrows his brow, speaking in a heavy tone, "This is an Extraordinary Material for promoting to Saint in the Blood Realm, but it usually can only be produced by Blood Drowning Vine; I’ve never heard of any other production method."

The creatures on this ship are all peculiarly strange.

Moreover,

The continuous production of High Tier Extraordinary Materials is also an abnormal resistance.

According to the usual logic,

High Level Extraordinary Materials don’t grow in the same place.

Yet now it’s defying convention.