Free Web NovelAs the tiger whale was lifted into the sky by a hundred-meter water spout, and figures broke through the water to board the ship, all the lights on the ship went out. Only the lightning streaking through the dark clouds in the sky illuminated the deck.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the sea from the clouds, leaving only a stark white in the line of sight. Countless tiny electric snakes, as if alive, twisted their bodies and crawled from the sea onto the deck.
Just as the intense electric light flickered and stole her vision, Miss Rabbit’s perked white ears keenly caught the sounds of rushing air. The figures who had just boarded the tiger whale were moving at high speed, rushing to various corners of the ship.
However, before she could confirm the exact positions of those figures by sound, the thunder that followed the lightning covered all the unsettling, stealthy noises.
“Boom—!”
Having lost both sight and hearing, and knowing that enemies surrounded her, Miss Rabbit’s heart instantly leaped to her throat. With a flip of her hand, she summoned a rusty fire axe, and in a low murmur, she chanted the description of her authority, pushing her Spiritual Energy to its limit.
“At that time, Sakra, wishing to test the Bodhisattva practitioners...only the empty rabbit returns, alone without offerings, sacrificing herself to the fire, her traces undiminished, residing in the moon wheel...”
Azure flames rose from the axe blade, expanding grandly as they flickered, almost covering the entire bow deck, dancing and swirling around Miss Rabbit, protecting her safety.
A few seconds later, once her eyes recovered from the temporary blindness caused by the intense electric light, she looked up and around, her pupils trembling slightly.
In her line of sight, the Black Hand Mafia members, who had been panicking and moving about the ship just a moment ago, had stopped moving, as if under a time-stopping Spell.
On the deck, the azure Moon Yin Fire still flickered, the cold wind still carried the seawater stirred up by the waves, slapping everywhere with crackling sounds, and surging water flowed onto the deck, then quickly fell into the sea through the drainage gaps...
Time had not stopped; they were simply dead, their bodies shattered, as if attacked by a group of fierce beasts, covered in gruesome, bone-deep wounds.
Throat, heart, femoral artery... As a former predator who fed on humans, Miss Rabbit knew very well that the locations of those wounds were almost all instantly fatal.
With another jolt, they fell to the ground like withered grass blown by the wind, and crimson blood spread out from beneath their bodies like blooming flowers.
After a brief daze, Miss Rabbit’s vision suddenly darkened, as if enveloped by a shadow. She instinctively looked up and saw the dark clouds pressing overhead, and urgent raindrops falling.
Then.
A tentacle, formed from deep blue seawater and over five meters in diameter, abruptly entered her vision from the darkness.
The tentacle slammed down, the deck caved in, the ship vibrated violently, all the cabin windows shattered, and unseen steel groaned and twisted, seemingly on the verge of breaking...
————~
As Miss Rabbit was engaged in a bitter battle, on the other side, inside the bridge.
Fifteen... ten... seven... two."
From the first scream that came from the engine room, Lu Yibei began to count silently, stopping only when the black woman fell outside the bridge.
When he boarded the tiger whale, he had confirmed how many Psychic or urban legend were on board by offering valuable small gifts.
If nothing unexpected happened, there were fifteen two minutes ago, and now there are two.
Apart from the Captain in the bridge and the red-haired woman who deliberately concealed her Spiritual Energy fluctuations, everyone else was dead.
Like the lights on the tiger whale extinguishing one after another, in just two minutes, Spiritual Energy fluctuations disappeared one after another within the range of his spiritual perception.
“I knew it, I knew something might happen!” Lu Yibei thought.
He had vaguely felt all along that this journey might not be entirely safe, but he never expected something to actually happen, and such a big one at that.
Although the route for this journey was arranged by Nameless Book, she couldn’t personally handle everything.
Who knew how many layers of “subcontracting” it went through before finally being implemented, how many moles got in, and how much information was leaked?
If not for his trust in Nameless Book...
If not for that urban legend-ified Paper Cicada Immortal, who suffered significant damage while “acting” and hadn’t yet fulfilled all the terms of the transaction...
He wouldn’t even have gotten on this ship!
However, since he ultimately chose to board the ship, he could only make some preparations under limited conditions.
Therefore, the first thing he did after boarding was to confirm whether there were any threats on the ship...
Therefore, he was so eager to pilot the tiger whale and gain the ability to summon Alchemy ships...
“But obviously, the preparations weren’t sufficient!” Lu Yibei thought.
The closest land to the tiger whale at this moment was dozens of nautical miles away, and a Calamity-level enemy whose authority was related to ocean waves was hidden beneath the sea. Moreover, his strongest Goddess Bei authority was not only not completely free from its weakened state but also suppressed by the marine environment...
Choosing to abandon ship and flee or fight to the death would inevitably shift the battlefield from the only foothold—the tiger whale—to the open sea. Once the battlefield became the ocean, fighting an enemy with wave-related authority would be tantamount to suicide.
After analyzing the situation, Lu Yibei found that he was facing entirely unfavorable conditions.
It was practically a full set of debuffs!
“It’s over! Should I just hide in the God Kingdom Prototype, let Lingtai Pure Karma sink to the bottom of the sea, and come out after the enemy leaves?” Lu Yibei thought.
Just then, as if struck by several deep-sea behemoths, the tiger whale suddenly lurched violently.
Along with the violent lurch, a series of explosive sounds of Spiritual Energy collisions and grating sounds of metal twisting and deforming came from outside the bridge.
Immediately after, indistinct sounds of flowing water could be heard, and alarms blared throughout the bridge.
“It’s... it’s taking on water!” the Captain said, his voice trembling slightly. “That big guy damaged the hull, the tiger whale is sinking!”
“Is there any way to fix it?” Lu Yibei, whose thoughts had been interrupted, looked at the Captain and asked expressionlessly, “Isn’t this a specially modified Alchemy ship? It can’t be that it can’t handle this much?”
“Yes, yes...” the Captain replied.
“Then why aren’t you operating it quickly? Are you scared silly?” Lu Yibei said irritably.
Hearing Lu Yibei’s urging, the Captain snapped back to his senses and rushed to the control panel, fiddling with it.
With the soft clicks of knobs and buttons, two lines of small text lit up on the display screen in front of the control panel.
【Area 3 isolated】
【Area 7 isolated】
【Tidal Mode activation progress: 54%】
...
As a few lines of small text flashed by, the Spiritual Energy circuits and intricate Alchemy machinery hidden within the tiger whale began to operate. In unseen places, metal continuously collided, emitting a booming sound like tides, and the Spiritual Energy circuits surged, producing a pleasant hum.
A few seconds later, the previously rocking ship quickly stabilized.
And in those few seconds of waiting, Lu Yibei also calmed down.
“I just had the nerve to say the Captain was scared silly, but wasn’t I panicking too?”
Although hiding in the God Kingdom Prototype when absolutely necessary would likely save his life, that would be too passive.
“What if the enemy ‘camps’ my body? Wouldn’t I have to stay at the bottom of the sea forever? Maybe after a few decades, the residents in the God Kingdom Prototype will turn into Naga...” Lu Yibei thought.
Instead of putting himself in a passive position, it would be better to find a way to escape before being forced into a desperate situation.
For example... create chaos?
He had successfully piloted the tiger whale now, so he should be able to summon identical Alchemy ships using the ability of 【Heroic Spirit Spirit Mark · Roland’s Horn】.
Lu Yibei thought, quickly formulating an escape plan in his mind.
First, eliminate the enemies who had already boarded the ship, then summon as many identical Alchemy ships as possible, have all the ships fire their cannons at the enemies on the sea, and at the same time, flee in different directions, or directly ram into the enemies and self-destruct...
This was a viable escape route!
Just as a shark hunting a seal cannot completely wipe them out, if enough Alchemy ships fled simultaneously, the enemies on the sea would surely be unable to pinpoint his ship among the many Alchemy ships and intercept him.
As for how to ensure he wouldn’t go the wrong way when escaping, heading straight into the deep sea and delivering himself to their butcher’s knife in a way the enemies couldn’t understand... Lu Yibei thought, his gaze slyly drifting to the Captain who was holding the helm with both hands, his eyes glazed over.
When under urban legend attack, with high-intensity Spiritual Energy fluctuations filling the air, navigation was not as effective as a human navigator with rich sailing experience.
And now, the only person familiar with this bay, with rich sailing experience, and easy to control, seemed to be the Captain of the tiger whale.
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Recalling his thoughts, Lu Yibei approached the Captain and softly called out, “Captain?”
He waited two seconds for the Captain to turn around, then, with an expressionless face, he flexed the wrist of his Alchemy prosthetic and said to the Captain, “Captain, there seems to be a situation outside that I might need to handle...”
He intentionally drew the Captain’s attention to the Alchemy prosthetic. This was a psychological suggestion. After they escaped, when the Captain recalled the events on the tiger whale, he would subconsciously believe that most of Lu Yibei’s combat power came from the Alchemy prosthetic, reducing the risk of his identity being exposed.
“Then, what about me?” the Captain stammered.
Having never encountered Calamity-level combat, he was truly terrified, especially after witnessing the Black woman’s tragic death outside the cockpit. His fear was amplified several times over.
The previous gang fights seemed as vastly different from the current situation as a Golden Shaded cat is from a Siberian tiger.
At this moment, he just wanted to stay with his companion.
“You?” Lu Yibei patted the Captain’s shoulder, “Look into my eyes and listen to me... Just keep sailing, focus entirely, and go full speed towards the nearest land. Leave the rest to me.”
As he spoke, a faint crimson hue quietly colored his eyes.
The Charm ability activated.
Affected by the Charm ability, the Captain’s eyes, originally clouded with fear, were now filled with excitement. His face was slightly flushed, his breathing rapid, and he nodded without hesitation, agreeing to Lu Yibei’s request, “No problem, I’ll handle this side!”
Lu Yibei, “...”
Something’s not right! Why does he look like he’s on stimulants?
Is the Charm ability already this strong even without being in a urban legend state?
Is it because Lilim’s consciousness awakened from the witchs egg while in the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate?
After some thought, failing to find a reason, Lu Yibei shook his head, temporarily pushing the doubts aside, and then quickly walked towards the cockpit door.
Forget it, now isn’t the time to dwell on such minor details.
Thinking this, Lu Yibei grasped the cockpit door handle, infused a small amount of Spiritual Energy, lifted the Spell seal on it, and opened the door.
“Bang—!”
A heavy thud of the door closing echoed.
Seeing Lu Yibei still in the cockpit, Nanling Yaohua’s face showed confusion.
Didn’t he say he was going out to deal with the enemies outside?
What exactly is this guy doing? Nanling Yaohua wondered.
Leaning against the door, Lu Yibei observed the Captain, who was fully focused on steering the tiger whale. He quietly approached, raised his Alchemy prosthetic, and lightning flickered on his silver-white fingertips.
This way, he’ll think he was attacked by an enemy, not that I electrocuted him, right? Lu Yibei thought, covering the Captain’s eyes with one hand and silently poking his fingers into the Captain’s waist like delivering a taser shock.
“Crackling!” The soft explosion of electric arcs reverberated.
The Captain’s body twitched a few times before going limp, then Lu Yibei skillfully stuffed him into the God Kingdom Prototype.
Nanling Yaohua, “...”
For some reason, she suddenly felt a little sorry for the Captain.
————~
The moment the door opened, a strong smell of blood assailed him.
In the slightly narrow corridor, the Black woman’s corpse lay beside the cockpit door, her eyes wide open in death. A little further away, two more black-clad corpses lay.
The corridor was already flooded, and the blood and internal organ fragments from the three corpses mixed to form crimson standing water that reached above the ankles.
Amidst the constant violent shaking of the tiger whale, the lights overhead flickered on and off. Every time the lights dimmed, something cold, carrying intense malice, seemed to move back and forth in the corridor, using the darkness for concealment, continuously approaching. And when the lights came on, they would hide again.
This feeling made Lu Yibei detect a familiar aura.
Is it the Nameless Assassin Group of the Assassins organization?
Tilting his head, Lu Yibei reached out and brushed the Black woman’s face, closing her eyes for her, then looked forward expressionlessly.
It’s just the Nameless Assassin Group, there’s nothing to be afraid of. If he didn’t dare to use Spiritual Energy casually in Sanxia Mental Hospital, does he not dare to on ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ the sea of M Country?
“You guys are truly endless! This kind of boundary-less behavior is very annoying, you know?”
As he spoke, he activated the Goddess Beiling Seal, unleashing the special ability of his eyes.
A flickering flame-like radiance spread across his vision. Four members of the Nameless Assassin Group, cloaked in what looked like black smoke and masked, appeared out of thin air in the narrow corridor, weapons in hand, glaring menacingly.
“...” Lu Yibei was silent for a moment, then, feigning ignorance of those filled with killing intent, he roared, “Come on! All of you, come at me! Aren’t you trying to kill me? Don’t think I can’t do anything about you just because I can’t see you!”
After speaking, seeing that the Nameless Assassin Group members still hadn’t moved, he raised an eyebrow and strode forward with an arrogant gait.
Lu Yibei was not at all worried about the Nameless Assassin Group members seeing through his disguise. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
The members who knew he could see through the Nameless Assassin Group’s special invisibility ability were still working for the Night Watch and had no chance to pass on information about the “Disaster” back to the Assassins organization.
Ten meters, five meters, three meters...
When Lu Yibei walked directly to within two meters of the nearest assassin, that assassin finally moved.
Death approached, killing intent chilling.
“A short blade slashed at your chest from directly ahead.”
Lu Yibei, who had already anticipated the opponent’s move, shifted slightly, dodging a blade that seemed to slash out of thin air, and obliquely glanced at the figure that brushed past him.
A look of surprise flashed in the assassin’s eyes. Although the Spirit Mark had warned him, he had never expected Lu Yibei to be able to capture his figure.
Reacting only half a beat late, Lu Yibei had already raised his Alchemy prosthetic and placed it on the assassin’s head.
His lips trembled, and the Spell was rapidly chanted.
Although the enemy being able to predict his predictions felt troublesome, but... if the attack range is wide enough that the enemies can’t dodge, wouldn’t that be fine?
Full-map AOE against invisible squishies, isn’t that common sense?
This kind of thing is as easy and simple as putting a cockroach into a palm-sized iron box, adding a lit firecracker, and then mercilessly closing the lid.
“...Chi Huang Fire!”
With a whisper, the surrounding air suddenly vibrated violently. Spiritual Energy fluctuations rapidly gathered at Lu Yibei’s fingertips, condensing into a single red light.
After a brief silence, as that red light continued to spread, a deafening roar exploded in the narrow, cramped corridor.
“Boom—!”
The Chi Huang Fire, amplified by 21.247 times, unleashed crimson flames. Terrifying high temperatures swept back and forth in the corridor, the surrounding seawater boiled and evaporated, and steam diffused.
Immediately after, using the flames and steam from the Chi Huang Fire’s explosion as cover, the Goddess Beiling Seal began to operate.
Keep heating up!
In an instant, the corridor in front of the cockpit was transformed into a long, narrow incinerator.
“He turned and fled into the distance.”
As the premonition flashed through his mind, Lu Yibei looked up, his gaze locked on the figure holding a crossbow at the other end of the corridor. With a raise of his hand, the Alchemy prosthetic shot out, gripping the back of that person’s neck, and forcefully dragged him back into the “Abyss.”
Since you’re already here, why leave? It’s not easy for anyone, just get used to it!
Thus, heart-wrenching screams erupted.
If he wasn’t worried about burning the tiger whale, the temperature could actually be higher... Listening to the screams, this thought surfaced in Lu Yibei’s mind.
A few breaths later, watching the screaming figures fall to the ground in front of him, he expressionlessly took out the Profound Ying Luofu from the God Kingdom Prototype, infused it with Spiritual Energy to transform it into a flaming greatsword, then stepped forward and aimed at the struggling figures...
One sword, one cut at the waist, finishing them off!
