Chapter 262 [Deep Sea Hunting] [Curse of Filth]
??The warm and slightly cool secret power gathered from all corners of the [City of Giant Woods] and fell into Xia En''s body.
The secret power alone appears weak and insignificant.
When they gathered together, they turned into a stormy wave that could not be ignored, surging and washing through Xia En''s body.
This is the gift of the entire [City of Giant Woods].
Xia En could vaguely feel the emotions of those tree people before they died.
There is despair, helplessness, fear...
However, there is also relief!
In fact, from the moment these tree men received the [Seed of Corruption], their lives had come to an end.
What is left is just a walking corpse with no thoughts.
It is at the last moments of their lives that many tree people understand this and show some gratitude and relief.
at the same time.
Several lines of text flashed on the panel.
【Comprehensive quality: 5.83→6.0! 】
【Unlock talent: Deep Sea Hunting! 】
【Quality: Epic】
【Description: Effect 1. During "Deep Sea Scuba Diving", you can start a random "Deep Sea Hunting". 】
【The projected body will descend anywhere in the seven seas with a water depth of at least more than 500 meters, and there is a high probability that it will encounter a "hunting target". 】
【Effect 2: The income obtained from the "hunting target" will be increased by an additional 50%! 】
"…Um?"
After reading this brief description, Xia En was slightly stunned.
??The specific abilities of this new talent are actually not difficult to understand.
??It allows Xia En to ignore distance and location and directly appear in a random position in the deep sea as a [projection body].
Compared with the previously unlocked [Submarine Anchor Point], it has an additional "random" feature.
In other words, even if Xia En only stays on the [Black Swan], he can go to the deep sea around the world every day to hunt sea monsters and explore ruins.
??Greatly saved Shane the time wasted in finding the diving location.
Coupled with the second effect of this talent, the speed at which Xia En improves his strength can be increased again.
After thinking for a moment, Xia En’s eyes brightened slightly.
“The professions of [Deep Sea Hunting] and [Deep Sea Devourer] are a perfect match!”
【Deep Sea Devourer】This secret profession, the way to improve professional compatibility is to devour the giant beasts in the deep sea.
?However, during this period of time, Xia En has been busy exploring the [City of Giant Woods], and his level improvement has naturally slowed down.
The new talent of [Deep Sea Hunting] can undoubtedly make up for this very well.
?However, the element of "randomness" has good and bad qualities.
The advantage is that you can hunt those deep-sea giants that are thousands of miles away and have never been seen before.
The disadvantage is that the strength and abilities of these [hunting targets] are all unknown.
??Perhaps you will encounter some sea monsters that Xia En can''t defeat at this stage.
The situation of "killing at first sight" is very likely to happen.
??Moreover, unless you leave a [Submarine Anchor Point] in a new location, you will almost never encounter it again.
This means that it cannot be repeatedly conquered like large dungeons such as [Coral City].
Overall.
?Xia En is quite satisfied with the new talents obtained through the upgrade of Ship Soul.
?Although it is not as buggy as [Ship Soul Synchrony], it is better than being simple and practical.
Just when Xia En was carefully understanding his own condition.
The burned-out core area of ??[Giant Wood God] suddenly released a strange wave.
?Xia En suddenly felt a chill in his heart and looked towards the direction where the fluctuation was coming from.
Although the form of [The Giant Wood God] dissipated in the flames, an extremely strong resentment still remained.
And the target of this group of resentment is not Yan Yan, but Xia En himself!
In the blink of an eye.
?This group of resentment came to Xia En, and an angry and vicious roar came from it.
【Despicable blasphemer! 】
【Do you think you won? 】
【One day, our Lord will come to your world again and completely destroy this world! 】
?His roar sounded as if it was coming from an extremely far away place.
?There were countless low and thin murmurs mixed in, as if there were a large number of malicious voices surrounding Xia En.
Not only that, an indescribable gaze seemed to have crossed an immeasurable distance, projected from the cosmic galaxy or the deep sea, and fell on Xia En.
?This moment.
??A roar suddenly sounded in Xia En''s mind.
?The roar was so violent that it seemed to overthrow the whole world and shattered his mind.
At this critical moment, Xia En suddenly felt enlightened.
The resentment left by the [Giant Wood God] is equivalent to a medium connecting the outer **** to the world, and can also project part of the other party''s power into the world.
Without a doubt.
?The owner of this gaze is none other than [Huisi Ming] from outside this world!
In less than a second, Xia En''s consciousness seemed to be torn into countless pieces.
Severe pain penetrates every corner of the soul.
?Even before his eyes, many strange and bizarre illusions began to appear.
But the strange thing is.
Even though the experience at this moment was so bad, Xia En still did not collapse.
?Those broken thoughts seem to be glued together under the action of some unique force and repair themselves.
Although in the next moment, they will be torn into pieces again.
But the speed of repair can still barely keep up with the speed of damage, and the two maintain a delicate balance.
At this time, Xia En was like a small boat moving forward in the stormy waves.
It seemed like it might be swallowed by the sea at any time, but it miraculously stabilized.
Even Xia En is not sure what this power that repairs his soul is.
Is it the divine power of the goddess of life?
Is it [Eye of the Secret Sea]?
Or...the peculiarity of his soul itself?
?Shaan actually didn’t have the extra energy to think about these issues, but if he didn’t think about something, he would probably be driven crazy by the severe pain in his mind.
For the legendary powerhouse, gods are existences that are difficult to look directly at.
Not to mention, the **** at this time is far more terrifying than the ordinary gods [Evil Siming]!
Xia En’s rank is even only fourth level!
At this time.
In the dim void, there was some doubtful emotion.
?The other person seemed surprised that such a weak ant could bear his gaze for such a long time.
Immediately afterwards, several hallucinatory whispers sounded.
【I see…】
【You are...my...kind...】
【We will meet again...】
?After the whispers disappeared, Xia En''s mind quickly returned to clarity, and [Hui Siming] looked away from him.
?Xia En opened his eyes suddenly and gasped for air. He felt that his heart had never been beating so powerfully.
? And in his retinas, it seemed that the chaotic and grotesque illusions from before still remained. A few more seconds passed.
?Xia En''s restless mood gradually calmed down, and in the end, only those vague words were left, still echoing deep in his memory -
“You are…my…kind…”
??Xia En frowned slightly, he was sure that he really heard this sentence.
“Is this the sound of... [窭思明]?”
“But, the same kind? Me?”
?Xia En rubbed his forehead to relieve the remaining pain in his mind, and felt a little strange.
You actually regarded him as one of your own kind?
What does this mean?
If he is an alien god, is he also an alien god?
Or is it that the "similar kind" mentioned by [Hui Siming] is different from what I understand?
?Shaan shook his head and put these confusing speculations behind him.
No matter what, the hostile relationship between him and [Gui Siming] will never change.
His top priority now is not to consider these far-off things, but to improve his strength as soon as possible.
Set a small goal first and advance to level five within half a month!
?Just very quickly, Xia En noticed a few new lines of prompts flashing on the panel.
【You are under the attention of "Evil Siming"! 】
【Obtained status: Curse of Filth! 】
【Description: "Huisiming" has paid special attention to you. 】
??【Your breath will continue to attract the "apostles of filth" hiding in this world. 】
【You will be more susceptible to the attention of gods than ordinary people. 】
【Your luck will get moderately worse. 】
【Note: This effect cannot be eliminated before "Huisiming" dies. 】
"…Um?"
?Xia En frowned.
Obviously, this was the curse left on him by that glance just now.
“Continuously attracting the [Apostles of Filth and Chaos] hiding in this world?”
Xia En''s heart moved slightly: "Sure enough, there are other [Apostles of Filth and Chaos] in this world."
?In his experience of traveling back in time, he had witnessed the [Giant Wood God] disguised as the God of Shadows to control the race of dark elves.
In addition, he claimed to be the "Giant Tree God" and deceived the tree people.
??Xia En can easily guess that there may be other gods in the world that have been replaced by the [Apostles of Filth and Chaos].
This is also the so-called “false god!”
?These false gods are all pawns of [Hui Siming].
?When [Husi Ming] really invades this world, they will play a vital role.
?At the moment, Xia En will undoubtedly be regarded as an enemy by the [Apostles of Filth] because of the [Curse of Filth], and may even be attacked again and again.
“But on the other hand, this may also be a way to eliminate false gods.…”
??Xia En had a bold idea in his mind.
Under normal circumstances, he cannot easily distinguish the difference between local gods and false gods.
But when the [Filthy Apostles] showed hostility, it was clear at a glance whether they were friends or foes.
In this way, Xia En can remove the chess pieces of [Ultimate Siming] one by one.
?However, this bold idea has a prerequisite—
Xia Ende is strong enough!
Otherwise, if you encounter false gods and are directly crushed and killed, how can you talk about completely eliminating them?
As for the last two effects of [Curse of Filth], Xia En actually didn’t care too much.
There are too many lice and they are not itchy.
??He seems to be connected to the gods wherever he goes, so it doesn''t matter if he is easily noticed.
In terms of luck, there is [Blessing of the Sea] and [Blessing of the Siren] to offset each other, which is considered harmless.
“The key is strength…”
?Xia En sighed softly, feeling a strong sense of urgency in his heart.
??Whether it was the influence of the [Curse of Filth] or the words of the [Giant Wood God] before his death, he felt vaguely uneasy.
?Shaen was keenly aware that something terrible seemed to be happening in this world.
The scale may be no less than the world-destroying flood of that year.
??And now, Xia En, who is only at the fourth level, is not even qualified to intervene in this change!
After a brief sigh of emotion, Xia En looked at the [City of Giant Woods] again.
In the face of the raging flames, most of the things in the city were reduced to ashes.
The only ones left are the hermit tree people such as Aerys, and a few conservative tree people.
They looked at the completely destroyed city blankly, looking confused and at a loss.
They did win this battle.
But the price of victory was extremely heavy.
A considerable number of tree people died in previous struggles with the reformists.
Even with the blessing of the black forest, the combat power of the reclusive tree people is still far weaker than that of the mummies controlled by the [Giant Wood God].
?What they regret most is that the home they have lived in for decades or hundreds of years has been completely destroyed.
Only ruins remain.
Without the [Giant Wood God], without the [Giant Wood City], they are indeed free.
But where should we go from now on?
Even Aerys couldn''t help but look blank when thinking about this issue.
At this time, Xia En came to Iris''s side and spoke calmly.
“I can find you a new home.”
“Are you willing to come with me?”
Iris was stunned and murmured, "What kind of new home is it?"
“It is a unique secret place with sunshine and grassland, mountains and rivers, endless forests, and the air is full of life.”
Xia En said: "There is also a group of creatures called the [Moon Yong Clan] living there. You may get along very happily with them."
“I will divide part of the territory in the secret realm for you.”
“As a price, when necessary, I want you to fight for me!”
?The reason why these tree people appear fragile is simply because they have been in a harsh environment for too long.
When they regain their vitality, their combat power cannot be underestimated.
By then, Xia En will be equivalent to having an army of tree people!
? And Iris’s eyes were filled with disbelief: “Are you telling the truth?”
“Can we…really live in the sunshine?”
They tree people have lived in the dark sea for too long, and they no longer even dare to imagine living in the sun.
?The shackles on the body have been lifted, but the shackles on the mind still need time to be broken.
“Whether you believe it or not, you can tell at a glance.”
Suddenly, the silver light lit up, and Shane brought Iris into the [Rhine Secret Realm].
When he saw the vast forest, Iris couldn''t help but burst into tears.
Dark green tears flowed from its eyes and fell into the rich soil.
?Its branches drooped down, and it prostrated in front of Xia En, showing its piety and respect in a very humble way.
“From now on, you are the master of our clan!”
“Master, please tell me the name of this land.”
Xia En looked at the sky of the secret realm and said: "This place is called [Rhine], and it is also your new home."
(End of this chapter)