Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Black Sails Raised High, the Ghostly Flood Dragon Sets Sail
Donglong Island.
A massive warship was berthed in the harbor.
Its masts stood as straight as spears, its sails unmoving, exuding a majestic and solemn aura!
Moreover, the spirit ship’s hull and sails were a deep, dark, pitch-black color, inspiring awe and fear in all who beheld it!
A black ship! Black sails! Like a warship from the depths of hell!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon!
Stepping onto the deck of the Ghostly Flood Dragon, Su Ye closed his eyes, entering a peculiar state.
A web of Spiritual Sense spread out from Su Ye, expanding and creeping until it enveloped the entire warship!
Dozens of breaths later.
Su Ye’s Spiritual Sense had deeply integrated with the warship!
Every nook and cranny of the Ghostly Flood Dragon was now as clear to Su Ye as the lines on his own palm!
Harmony state: complete!
Su Ye opened his eyes, his lashes fluttering, and eagerly summoned the light-blue ship panel.
[Ship Panel]
[Na: Ghostly Flood Dragon]
[Grade: Tier 1, Peak-Grade]
[Ship Attribute Bonus: Firepower
24, Armor
10]
[Cultivation Acceleration: 100%]
[Ghostly Flood Dragon: Tier 1 Peak-Grade Spirit Ship (70%)]
[Crew: 98/60 (15%)]
[Crew Morale: 82/60 (15%)]
’The money wasn’t wasted...’
Gazing at the attributes on the ship panel, the corners of Su Ye’s mouth curved into a smile.
Because Su Ye had spared no expense, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s performance was superior. Its base cultivation acceleration alone reached 70%!
In other words, even without any crew serving on it, its cultivation bonus was on par with the Golden Sword Orchid!
And with a full complent, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s cultivation acceleration reached 100%!
A full 100% increase!
’This way, even without taking any pills, my cultivation speed will surpass most of those with mid-grade Spiritual Roots!’
’And after I upgrade it to a Tier 2 spirit ship, the cultivation bonus will probably be even more absurd...’
Besides its basic attributes, Su Ye was also satisfied with the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s array capabilities.
The speed-type array, Clear Cloud, and the defensive array, Frost Scale, were passive abilities.
These two arrays functioned constantly, drawing power from the sun, moon, stars, and tidal forces.
The forr could use the power of the wind to provide a considerable boost to speed.
The latter maximized the potential of the hull’s material, Frost Iron Wood, greatly enhancing its defense!
Beyond that, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s offensive array, Dragon Breath, could unleash a Bing Fire Divine Thunder. Its destructive power was astounding, a true ship-killer!
’As expected of Mr. Zhong. He poured his heart and soul into creating this triple array using the ’nesting’ thod...’
Su Ye’s Spiritual Sense pulsed, flashing through the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s hull as he carefully observed the array’s patterns.
Three arrays, each with a different function, were seamlessly integrated. They didn’t obstruct one another; in fact, they even complented each other harmoniously!
’Just from this technique alone, it’s clear that if Mr. Zhong could reach Foundation Establishnt, his mastery of arrays would be at least Tier 2 Mid-Grade, or maybe even... High-Grade?!’
Even the Luo Family ancestor who had laid down the Falling Moon Chaotic Star Array had only reached a High-Grade mastery of arrays.
’Mr. Zhong, you’ve really put your heart into this...’
He recalled how the man had suffered grievous injuries and depleted his own lifespan for the sake of the Ghostly Flood Dragon.
Not long after returning to the Immortal City, he would pass away.
Su Ye sighed.
’In the future, I should do more to help his descendants...’
...
Harmony complete!
From this day forward, the superior Ghostly Flood Dragon would be Su Ye’s new flagship!
The Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sail was also uninstalled from the Golden Sword Orchid and mounted onto the keel of the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
’With this, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s speed will far surpass the Marrow Silver’s. This trip out to sea... unless I run directly into a Foundation Establishnt cultivator from the Qi Family, the risk shouldn’t be too great...’
"Next up is to prepare for the hunt for the Sea Successor Remains!" Su Ye muttered to himself.
But to hunt a boss-level demonic beast, he first needed to pinpoint its location!
Normally, searching for a specific demonic beast in the vast Dongning Sea Region was extrely difficult.
It often took several months, or even a year and a half.
However, for Su Ye, who had the help of nurous Loose Cultivators and had been ticulously preparing for this for several years... pinpointing his prey’s location was not a problem!
In the captain’s cabin.
On the spirit-wood table.
With a wave of his hand, Su Ye spread out a pale yellow parchnt sea chart, its texture fine and its markings clear.
’Thanks to the large influx of Loose Cultivators, most areas of the Dongning Sea Region have already been explored.’
’It can be confird that there are no traces of Sea Successor Mutant Species in the following areas!’
SNAP.
Su Ye snapped his fingers, and his Magical Power surged.
A layer of shadow appeared, covering over eighty percent of the area on the sea chart!
Next, Su Ye took out a jade slip and infused it with Magical Power.
BZZZT!
The jade slip glowed with spiritual light, acting like a projector and casting glaring red dots onto the sea chart!
These red dots represented the locations where Loose Cultivator spirit ships had wrecked over the past few years!
Of course, this data wasn’t exactly complete.
But it was enough to provide so help for Su Ye’s analysis!
’First, I’ll exclude the shadowed areas where there are no traces of the Sea Successor Mutant Species.’
’Second, I’ll filter out man-made factors like pillaging cultivators and only count the ships that were wrecked by natural causes...’
’The naturally wrecked ships are mostly concentrated in these areas...’
Spiritual light flowed from Su Ye’s fingertip as he drew three circles on the sea chart.
All three circles were in areas of the Dongning Sea Region with notoriously bad sea conditions, plagued by year-round storms.
And at the intersection of these three circles was a desolate, uninhabited island.
"Golden Plate Island!"
Su Ye stared at the sea chart.
According to reports from Loose Cultivators, so kind of small spider crab had once been hunted in the waters around Golden Plate Island!
Storms, shipwrecks, spider crabs...
Su Ye couldn’t help but make a connection.
’Using Golden Plate Island as its lair, lying in wait for passing ships amidst the stormy weather...’
’...to compensate for the weakness of crab-type demonic beasts, which aren’t good at high-speed movent and chasing ships...’
Su Ye muttered to himself, his eyes glinting.
Putting all the intel together, Su Ye was at least eighty percent certain that the giant spider crab resided near Golden Plate Island!
’What a coincidence...’
It wasn’t that Su Ye held a grudge.
It was just that compared to the other Sea Successor Mutant Species, which were elusive and only sighted occasionally... the giant spider crab, with its fixed lair and its weakness to the Soul Suppressing effect of the Whale-Hunting Spear, was undoubtedly a relatively easier target.
’With my current physique, I should have no problem activating the Whale-Hunting Spear twice in a short period.’
’A third ti... It wouldn’t be impossible, though I’d get injured...’ Su Ye pondered.
...
「Two days later.」
WHOOSH.
The black sails dropped, then snapped open with a THUMP, filled to capacity by the wind!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon raised its anchor and slowly sailed out of the harbor!
"Hooo..."
The crisp sea breeze washed over his face, and Su Ye took a deep breath.
’For , this is an incredibly crucial stage of transformation!’
’If I can’t overco this, I’ll be crushed to dust. The best-case scenario would be to abandon everything I have now, give up the conspicuous Ghostly Flood Dragon, and flee to the Outer Sea. Who knows how many years it would take before I could even think about acquiring a Tier 2 spirit ship...’
Two rays of almost tangible light shot out from Su Ye’s eyes!
’But only by taking this step and advancing to Foundation Establishnt can I usher in a whole new era!’
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