Free Web NovelChapter 2045: Chapter 2045: All Perish! Trapped on the Ghost Ship! Is the Ship Doomed?
Hearing Mu Jinyu’s words, everyone felt even more desperate.
Indeed, compared to the current situation, being chased by a fleet of Underworld Ghost Ships a moment ago could hardly be considered as divine retribution.
Now they are completely blocked by the endless Underworld Ghost Ships; this is truly a case of heaven offering no path of escape, and earth no haven to hide—it’s as if the heavens themselves wish to destroy them!
"Ugh..."
"Heh heh heh..."
The endless Underworld Ghost Ships intercepted all their retreat paths, causing everyone’s hearts to tremble with fear, especially now, with waves of mournful and crazed wailing echoing from the Underworld Ghost Ships, filling the lifeboat, making everyone’s skin crawl.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Soon after, with a sound like shattering bones, a thin black fog inexplicably seeped into their lifeboat.
"Agh!!"
"No!!"
"Heh ha!!"
As this sinister mist flowed into the lifeboat, in an instant, the dozen or so passengers aboard suddenly bulged their eyes, veins protruding on their faces, letting out spine-chilling cries.
Every single one completely lost control.
"Splash!!"
In no time, just as Mu Jinyu hadn’t yet reacted, they all spontaneously combusted into a layer of black ghost flames, burning them into piles of white bones.
"Ah!"
At this moment, an immensely fearful scream resounded from the side.
Mu Jinyu turned his head in shock and anger; it was Wang Qingxue.
"Are you alright?"
Mu Jinyu quickly asked her.
After the words left his mouth, he noticed something was amiss—how was it that this woman didn’t die with everyone else?
When the ghost mist initially invaded, Mu Jinyu himself had nearly faltered, but fortunately, Ming and the Mystical Little Tree, along with the Three-Leaf Youlian, acted in time to save him from disaster.
Later, as he reacted in fear, he only saw the scene of other passengers self-combusting to death, too late to save them.
But given how perilous and terrifying the ghost mist was, how was it that Wang Qingxue remained unharmed?
"I... I’m alright..."
"They’re all dead, how terrifying..."
Hearing Mu Jinyu’s words, Wang Qingxue quickly raised her head to look at him, her eyes moist and sparkling, filled with terror, but seeing Mu Jinyu was also unharmed, she managed to calm a bit, faking composure, "Will... will we also die here?"
"I don’t know..."
Hearing Wang Qingxue’s words, Mu Jinyu sighed helplessly.
He truly didn’t know if, after colliding head-on with the Underworld Ghost Ship, he could survive and leave this place.
Yet watching helplessly as the people he struggled to save died powerless before his eyes was a significant blow to Mu Jinyu, causing him to doubt himself.
He felt perhaps he truly couldn’t leave.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
At this moment, a series of shattering sounds arose.
Mu Jinyu and Wang Qingxue hurriedly looked up.
They saw their ship’s body suddenly filled with fine cracks.
Even the shipboards originally made from the best Sacred Wood now seemed to have weathered endless ages, turning decayed.
In an instant, their ship became extraordinarily ancient.
Indistinguishable from the surrounding Underworld Ghost Ships.
"So this ghost mist was meant to assimilate our ship!"
Seeing this change, Mu Jinyu murmured to himself; "However, everyone was too weak, utterly unable to resist the ghost mist, so they directly perished!"
"Ugh ugh..."
As their lifeboat too transformed into an Underworld Ghost Ship, the surrounding ghost ships let out a mournful, sorrowful horn sound.
Mu Jinyu didn’t even know where the horn sound came from. Their ship emitted the same mournful horn sound.
"Swoosh, swoosh!!"
Soon after, this fleet of Underworld Sea Ships began moving forward together.
Mu Jinyu’s ship also couldn’t escape and followed along in a directionless drift.
"What to do?"
Seeing their sea ship leaving with the fleet of Underworld Ghost Ships, Wang Qingxue’s face turned pale with fear, looking at Mu Jinyu in panic, hoping he had a plan.
What plan did Mu Jinyu have?
Hearing Wang Qingxue’s words, he shook his head, a bit irritated: "Let’s watch for now!"
The two then fell silent.
No one spoke again.
They then kept a watch on the Underworld Ghost Ships ahead, wondering where they intended to take them.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
This fleet of Underworld Ghost Ships continuously drifted aimlessly in the Endless Sea Domain. No one knew their intentions.
It seemed like they intended to wait for new sea ships to assimilate into ghost ships, that being their only purpose.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
On this day, Mu Jinyu and Wang Qingxue heard crisp sounds of cracking.
Looking up, they saw their ship, now riddled with cracks all over, possibly due to inferior quality, about to fully fracture.
"This..."
Seeing this scene, Wang Qingxue was scared out of her wits.
If their sea ship collapsed, wouldn’t they too plummet into the icy Dead Sea below, along with the ship’s wreckage?
Mu Jinyu frowned deeply, sensing grave trouble.
The sea ship showed no signs of breaking earlier, and since they didn’t know where the Underworld Ghost Ships intended to go, they could only stay aboard, taking one step at a time.
Feeling somewhat like turtle hiding in its shell.
But now, with the sea ship about to be destroyed, they couldn’t continue to wait passively.
With a sudden move, Mu Jinyu stood up from the ground, inhaling deeply as he looked through the window at the nearby Underworld Ghost Ships.
Between each of these ghost ships was a black mist forming chain-like shackles, firmly fixing each ship in place.
This was something he had noticed long ago.
But days ago, he dared not act rashly, thinking to first observe and see what the Underworld Ghost Ships intended, then move accordingly!
Now, with the sea ship about to collapse, nothing could be left to observation. They must transfer to another ghost ship before complete ruin or else ship and man would be lost.
As for why not using the Three Life Stone or Naihe Bridge to escape?
Mu Jinyu considered this on the first day of being trapped.
But firstly, within the Underworld Ghost Sea, even the Earth Emperor’s Tome couldn’t ignore the flight restriction and break through the void.
Secondly, they were surrounded by countless Underworld Ghost Ships now.
Even if he wished to abandon his ship and move to the Naihe Bridge or Three Life Stone, there’s no way to escape the encircling ghost ships!
Hence, during these three days, Mu Jinyu took no further action, remaining on their ship.
But now, comprised of no options, they could only dare the other ghost ships, hopeful in finding a solution to break free from the Underworld Ghost Ships.
"Let’s go!"
Taking a deep breath with a determined gaze, Mu Jinyu then turned to Wang Qingxue, saying, "We must immediately transfer to another ghost ship!"
