After going into the sea, I met the witch lady

Chapter 263 This spear pierces the stars!

The awakening of the [Relic: Embrace of Blood] has greatly improved Ryan's strength, allowing him to take a big step forward on the long journey from extreme demigod to true god level.

It was several hours later when Acroy returned to the Capsized.

The Capsized, Captain's Cabin, Bar.

Ryan took the prepared cocktail and took a sip:
"Integrated?"

"Yes." Achloe nodded. "Time is limited. I don't have the time to check them one by one. I have planted the 'Mark of Overthrow' on all the people from the Black Demon and Blue Scale Pirates. If they have the idea of ​​betraying again, I will detonate the Mark of Overthrow and finish them off."

"Don't the Red Heart Pirates need it?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Of course, no need." Akloy smiled and clapped his hands lightly. The next second, the door was pushed open and a woman wearing a red mask walked in.

It is the true heart.

She came to the bar and bowed slightly to Ryan: "Hello, Mr. Ryan."

"It's the first time we meet, please allow me to introduce myself."

"My name is Aishinar Gross, and I was once the personal guard of Lord Acroy."

Chi Xin stood up and took off the mask on her face, revealing a quiet and pretty face.

"More than thirty years ago, I sent Aishinar out to form the Red Heart Pirates, and with my secret help, they joined the Four Kings Pirates in order to guard against a possible rebellion by the Four Kings Pirates."

"And the facts are similar to my expectations. A considerable number of members of the Black Demon and Blue Scale Pirates have been corrupted by the Golden Church, and I have focused on controlling these people."

"Yes." Ryan nodded to Chixin, and then looked at Achloe: "The Four Kings Pirates have been integrated. What's your plan for the next step, Ms. Achloe?"

"Of course." Akroy crossed his hands on the bar, with a mysterious smile on his face. "In fact, the plan has already started. The integration of the Four Kings Pirates has made up for the last shortcoming of the plan."

"Mr. Ryan, you should know about the Return Ceremony, right?"

"Of course." Ryan said, "It's a grand festival held once every hundred years in the Star Empire. According to legend, the magical bird gave the people of the New World a new life, which is why this commemorative festival exists."

"If you knew, I wouldn't have to explain it again." Akroy leaned back in his chair, his posture graceful: "The return ceremony will be the day when the Star Empire officially declares war on the Golden Church."

"Huh?" Ryan asked in surprise, "My appearance should not be within your plan. If that's the case, why did you launch a general attack when you are obviously not at an advantage?"

Achloe sighed softly: "If possible, no one wants to start a war."

"War is bound to be accompanied by blood and casualties."

"But we no longer have any choice."

Achloe looked directly at Ryan: "At this point, there is no need to hide anything."

"The Golden Church has been too aggressive in recent years."

"They cut off the hopes of the lower classes and also cut off the foundation of the empire."

"If we don't launch a general offensive, there will be no hope for the Star Empire."

Ryan looked puzzled, but did not interrupt, quietly waiting for Akroy's next explanation:

"I once told you that the weaker Star Empire was able to maintain a balanced situation with the Golden Church precisely because of its broad mass base."

"Not everyone can become a professional. On the one hand, it's a matter of personal qualifications, and on the other hand, it's the limitation of potion materials."

"The Soldier Path is the easiest and most widespread path, and many of the important raw material sources for producing Soldier Potion are secretly controlled by the Golden Church."

"Fearing the power of the Golden Church, the Star Empire has been regressing over the years, but there is a limit after all."

"The massive reduction in potion raw materials has led to a significant decrease in the number of newly promoted professionals each year. In the long run, the professionals lost by the empire cannot be replenished, while the Golden Church relies on the immortality of the spirits to act recklessly."

"So, the Star Empire has reached the point where it can no longer tolerate it."

"The Golden Church must be expelled from the New World, so that the Star Empire can continue to be passed down."

"The once-a-century return ceremony is the perfect opportunity. On that day, the Star Empire will launch a war to wipe out the Golden Church."

"Does the first emperor of the Star Empire have the confidence to defeat the Golden Pope?" Ryan asked.

"Of course not." Akroy shook his head: "If there was, how could the royal power be suppressed by the divine power until now? However, the present is different from the past..."

"The Star Empire dared to launch a full-scale war, so it must have its own support. But I can't tell you this one, sorry."

"By the way, Mr. Lane, this is for you."

Akloi took out ten [Spiritual Essence Crystals] from his arms and handed them to Ryan.

"This is your reward for killing ten demigods this time."

Ryan took a quick look and took seven of them: "Have you forgotten what I told you last time? Three of them have already been settled."

Akroy smiled and didn't say anything more.

Suddenly, Ryan remembered something and asked, "Ms. Acroy, do you know if the Golden Church has any true god-level spirits?"

"A true god-level spirit..." After hearing this question, Achloy pondered for a moment before he said carefully:

"From the time the Golden Church settled in the New World until now, the Star Empire has had countless battles with it, both overtly and covertly, but no true god-level spiritual being has ever descended."

“But I dare not say that the Golden Church does not have true god-level spirits. After all, before this, there has never been a moment when the Golden Church was in a real life-or-death situation.”

"I understand." Ryan nodded, then stood up: "In that case, we will wait for the return ceremony with peace of mind. There are still three days, right?"

"It's getting late, Ms. Ackroy. I'll take my leave now."

"I wish you a good dream."

……

The soft moonlight spread over the sea, and a few fish popped their heads out of the sea, as if wanting to swallow the moonlight.

Ryan returned to the Black Rose and looked up at the witch lady standing quietly at the door of the captain's room.

Their eyes met, a smile appeared in Freni's eyes, she nodded, then turned around and went back to her room.

"Wait for me..."

Ryan smiled.

It's really good to feel cared for by others.

He walked back to the room, sat cross-legged, and meditated while waiting for midnight to arrive.

Ever since the three sword techniques of Storm, Sky Blue and Burning Flame all reached the grandmaster level, his path to integrating sword techniques suddenly became smooth.

The first special sword skill - Dimension Slash, is essentially a combination of the third sword skill of the Scorching Sword Technique - Residual Flame Ashes + the third sword skill of the Storm Sword Technique - God Splitting.

The special sword skill just performed not long ago - Ring Sky Slash, adds the third sword skill of Tianqing Sword Art - Broken Wind on the basis of the above sword skills.

Dimension Slash has a wide attack range and many attacks, making it suitable for stacking attack layers to prepare for detonating [Gospel].

The Ring Sky Slash has a very fast slashing speed and strong slashing power, but the number of attacks is limited, because it is more suitable for dealing with close-range strong enemies. Time passed slowly, and soon, the hour hand of the clock on the wall pointed to 0 o'clock.

Ryan closed his eyes and chose the Black Rose as the object of attachment.

Now that I'm no longer living on the Capsized Ship and I'm back on my own ship, I don't have to worry about anything.

Travel, start!
……

The scalding air made Ryan, who was used to the extremely cold weather in the permafrost continent all year round, feel a little uncomfortable.

This is the [Bonfire Point - The Gathering Place of Demons].

Ryan walked out of the cave and headed in the direction where he had defeated the [Dream] Golden Flame Lion before.

As we moved forward, there were no changes to the ordinary monsters living in the outer areas.

Because of the huge gap in strength, they could not sense Ryan's breath at all and instinctively chose to stay away.

Soon, Ryan officially entered the core area.

As soon as he stepped in here, a smile appeared on his lips.

Because he felt the restlessness in the air, the kind that only dream-level monsters could bring.

Not only that, the temperature here has also risen a lot. It is obviously not a natural change, but the existence of some kind of creatures that has led to changes in the ambient temperature.

This ability to influence the environment also indirectly verifies the emergence of a new dream-level special species.

Step by step forward, the spacious first level of the Demon Gathering Land, the core area, appeared in Ryan's eyes again.

A huge golden sun-colored figure was squatting quietly in the center of the cracked stone platform, with its wings spread out to reach dozens of meters. Countless golden powders were flying in the air.

Ryan's arrival immediately attracted the attention of this powerful special species.

It slowly turned its head, and stared with its lion-like majestic eyes at the human, who was as small as an "ant" to it, with caution in its dragon eyes.

It feels threatened.

Ryan stopped two hundred meters away, and at the same time, the prompt on the panel appeared in front of him.

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[Lion Flame King Dragon]: A fantasy-level ancient dragon species, the king of karmic fire, the emperor of the flaming sun. The Lion Flame King Dragon has a four-legged, two-winged ancient dragon skeleton, its entire body is red, and it has a pair of horns on its head that curve backwards, which are important organs for the Lion Flame King Dragon to manipulate flames. Its face is like a lion, with a pair of blue eyes, its neck is covered with dense mane like a lion, and the tip of its tail is also covered with mane. It has wide wings and is good at flying.

The carapace of the Lion Flame King Dragon can make flames attach to it, forming a flame armor. The Lion Flame King Dragon not only has organs that store fire energy, but also can turn aging body tissues into explosive dust, which can be released through the mouth or the gaps between the carapaces during battle.

Lion Tyrannosaurus has strong limbs and sharp teeth. It mainly relies on its front paws and tail for close combat. It will also launch fierce dragon chariots or pounces after predicting the opponent's movement trajectory. Its various hunting methods are very similar to those of lions.

The main ability of the Lion Flame King Dragon is to manipulate fire. Unlike other fire attribute monsters that spit out fireballs, magma and other substances, the Lion Flame King Dragon's breath is pure flame, which is sprayed directly at the opponent in the form of a fire column, burning the enemy in front of it back and forth.

Lion Flame King's body will be wrapped in fire armor. In this state, Lion Flame King's body will emit flames, not only the hardness of the shell will be increased, but also the power of fire attribute attacks will be strengthened. Sometimes Lion Flame King will activate the explosive dust in its body and wrap it around its body. Lion Flame King can spread the dust far away by exhaling or waving its limbs, and detonate the dust by some kind of action similar to grinding teeth.

When angry, Lion Flame King Dragon will fly into the air, gather all the dust and fire energy in its body, and then cause an explosion with great range and power. This move is named "Supernova". After the explosion, Lion Flame King Dragon will temporarily lose the power to use the Fire Armor.

The Lion King Dragon has a very ferocious temperament and will kill any creature that comes into its sight.

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Ryan's expression remained unchanged despite the extremely high temperature that was so strong that it distorted the space.

Compared to severe cold, his resistance to heat is undoubtedly much higher.

The fire resistance enhancement of [Innocent Dragon Armor] alone has reached a terrifying 80 points, not to mention the skill [Nullification of Heat Damage].

Of course, this does not mean that the flames of the dream-level special species cannot cause harm to him, but relatively speaking, the damage will be reduced a lot.

Raising his right hand and grasping the hilt of the greatsword behind him, Ryan raised his left hand and waved at the [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon.

"Come on baby."

"Let's dance together."

Although he didn't understand Ryan's words, the [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon felt the provocation in it and immediately became furious.

The golden dust swept and spread, causing circle of fire explosions after circle of fire explosions.

In the smoke and dust, the body of the [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon became vaguely visible.

The next moment, a column of golden-red flame tore through the smoke and dust and shot towards Ryan, its speed was too fast to be captured by the naked eye.

But Ryan's way of observation is no longer limited to the naked eye.

The domain of rage + the domain of sword, with the domain fully open, any movement cannot escape his perception.

The greatsword was drawn out, and the red sword energy it released collided with the column of flame.

Evenly matched!

There is no doubt that the [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon is a powerful special species at the top of the Dream One Star.

It is even stronger than the previous [Dream] Golden Flame Lion.

However, in front of Ryan, who upgraded again after defeating the [Dream] Golden Flame Lion, it was difficult for the [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon to gain an advantage.

With a flash of green light, Ryan's body disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already behind the [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon.

This is its blind spot.

Even though [Dream] Lion Flame King Dragon's powerful perception allowed him to immediately detect Ryan's location, he was still clearly a step too slow.

Ryan let go of the greatsword with his right hand, and the dark golden gloves on his palm glowed with a deep bloody light.

In an instant, a blood spiral spear engraved with gorgeous patterns appeared in his right hand.

——The true spear of blood!
The full consumption of 1000 health points made the tip of the spear so sharp that even Ryan, who was wearing the [Innocent Dragon Armor], felt a stinging sensation.

[Blood awakening], [Blood explosion]!

With the blessing of dual skills, the surface of the True Blood Spear burned with a scorching blood light, and the spear itself had a more textured feel.

Step, bend your body, and accumulate strength.

The next moment.

A blood-red stream of light burst out, leaving a long blood-red rainbow in the sight.

"Hoohoho-"

[Fantasy] A low whine came out of the Lion Flame King Dragon's mouth. Looking closely, a hole appeared in its chest, with blood constantly gushing out.

This spear pierces through the stars!

(End of this chapter)