After going into the sea, I met the witch lady

Chapter 266 Self-Created, [Star Spirit Swordsmanship]

The sea breeze is cool and pleasant.

There are still two days before the return ceremony. In order not to arouse suspicion, the ships of the Four Kings Pirates, led by the Capsizing Pirates, are all docked at a relatively far distance from the New World.

With nothing to do, Ryan informed Freni, Cecilia, Achloe and others and then chose to practice in seclusion.

Ryan had no such plan originally.

But after receiving the [Integrated Crystal Essence] from Freni, his thoughts suddenly changed.

[The huge] improvement in his comprehension will be of great help to the integration and innovation of his swordsmanship.

Of course, the most important reason for choosing to retreat at this time is because of the experience in Monster Hunter World last night.

[Fantasy] The powerful strength of the Rusted Steel Wind Dragon amazed him, but also made him alert.

[Fantasy] The Rusted Steel Wind Dragon was the first special species he encountered on the second floor of the Demon Gathering Land. No one could be sure whether the special species that "refreshed" after the space changed was also a top-level fantasy two-star existence.

Ryan knew very well that with his current strength, even if he encountered a fantasy two-star special species with other attributes, his winning rate would be very low.

This is a gap in hard power.

Without defeating the special species on the second level of the Demon Gathering Land, the traveling clone cannot be upgraded and its strength cannot be improved.

If Ryan wants to improve his strength, there are only two paths before him.

The first is to complete the "jealousy ritual".

Once the Jealousy Ceremony is completed and he is promoted to the sixth level, Ryan's strength will experience an explosive improvement. However, Ryan still has no clue about the true meaning of jealousy required by the Jealousy Ceremony, so this path cannot be completed in the short term.

The second is the integration and creation of swordsmanship.

The special sword skills - Dimension Slash and the special sword skills - Ring Slash are powerful enough, especially the latter. Even an ancient dragon with wind attribute like the [Dream] Rusted Steel Wind Dragon, which has a wind barrier outside and rusted steel dragon scales inside, can still have its chest armor broken by one sword.

If he could integrate and create more special sword skills, Ryan would be able to exert even stronger combat power while keeping the basics unchanged.

Therefore, seclusion has become imperative.

Coincidentally, there were still two days before the day of return, and Ryan happened to have some free time.

【Black Rose】.

Da Zi was lying at the door of the cabin, guarding the door for Ryan.

Freni and Cecilia were also in the next room, keeping watch on the surroundings. If there was any sign of trouble, both women would be able to counterattack immediately.

Inside the cabin, Ryan looked at the milky white crystal in his hand, took a deep breath, and put it in his mouth.

There was no need to swallow. The [Integrated Crystal Essence] that entered the mouth turned into a warm current, flowed into Ryan's body, and went upstream into his brain.

"Ding--"

At this moment, Ryan's perception of the world underwent earth-shaking changes.

His consciousness continued to rise and rise at a speed beyond comprehension. As his eyes went dark and bright, Ryan found himself in a dazzling galaxy.

An endless river, no one knows where it comes from and no one knows where it will go, spans the world. It runs through everything and He is the source of everything.

——The River of Spirituality.

Ryan had emotion in his eyes.

He had seen this scene before - when he was first promoted to a professional.

Unexpectedly, after such a long time, he finally saw this scene again.

Different from the first glimpse when he first took office, Ryan could feel that at this moment, he could control the time here freely.

Ryan closed his eyes, put aside all distracting thoughts, and immersed himself completely in this place.

The flowing galaxy, the surging spiritual river...

His consciousness seemed to have merged into a tiny tributary of the long river of spirituality, and he saw the development of all things.

There are details about the growth of a seedling into a towering ancient tree, the rise and fall of a dynasty, the beauty of flowers and moonlight, and the sadness of a country being destroyed and a family being ruined...

At this moment, time has lost its measure.

There is only a sword heart, flickering with light.

……

At dusk, the capsized ship.

Captain's interior.

Akloy sat at the bar, rubbing his brow tiredly.

Integrating all the members of the Four Kings Pirates was more troublesome than she had imagined.

Especially in the interrogation of some of the spies, she spent a lot of effort in order not to trigger the countermeasures left by the Golden Church.

But fortunately, it's all worth it.

Through the intelligence gathered from bits and pieces of information, she was able to determine one thing:
The Golden Church seemed to have anticipated the big moves that the Star Empire might make in the return ceremony, so it has been actively taking measures during this period.

This information did not move Achloe.

In fact, with so many people in the Star Empire, no one can guarantee that there are no undercover agents within their own forces.

Therefore, it is not surprising that an action like the decisive battle was noticed by the Golden Church.

As long as the final trump card is not exposed.

Just as Achloe was lost in thought, hurried footsteps were heard from outside the door.

As soon as she looked up, she saw the vampire push the door open without even knocking.

Under normal circumstances, if the vampire was so reckless, she would inevitably criticize him or even punish him slightly. However, after noticing the anxious look on the vampire's face, Achloe realized that something was wrong:
"what happened?"

"Huh..." The vampire exhaled lightly, his expression extremely serious: "Captain, something's wrong."

"The lookout discovered that ships of the Golden Church began to appear a hundred miles away. There were at least ten of them, and each one was a high-level wonder."

Ten ships, and each one is a high-level rare item.

This shows that the Golden Church ships that appeared were definitely not here for small-time operations.

"After evacuating that day, were they unwilling to give up and came back to take revenge?" A puzzled look appeared between Akroy's eyebrows.

It is true that the members of the Golden Church who came to the King's Selection Conference are by no means all the forces of the Golden Church, but after seeing the combat power of the Four Kings Pirates (including Ryan and others), anyone who is not stupid will know that if they want to take them down, the Golden Church must at least send out half of its manpower, let alone all of its troops, to have a chance of taking them down.

And this is based on the premise that there are strong people to hold back Ryan and Achloe.

Otherwise, the existence of these two people would be a massacre for professionals below the True God level.

Under such circumstances, the Golden Church would dare to make a comeback unless they were sure of victory.

Thinking of this, the expression on Achloe's face became solemn.

She stood up suddenly and looked at the vampire, "Go visit the [Black Rose] and see if Mr. Ryan's retreat is complete."

"Also, gather all officers and assemble on the main deck later."

"Yes!" Knowing the urgency of the situation, the vampire rushed out immediately.

Akloi in the room took a deep breath, raised her hand, and pressed it between her eyebrows. As the gray mist descended, her body disappeared without a trace.

……

【Black Rose】.

When the vampire came on board for a visit, he was greeted with a big purple glare.

After digesting several pieces of dream-level flesh and blood, Da Zi's strength improved by leaps and bounds. Although his body shape did not change much, his scales became extremely thick, and each scale had deep patterns.

Being stared at by it, even though the vampire's strength far exceeded Da Zi's, he still couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

What kind of evil creature is this?
The vampire was shocked.

This was his first time on board the Black Rose. Before this, he had no idea that Captain Mr. Ryan had such a terrible pet.

"Da Zi, you must not be rude."

A gentle scolding sounded, and Freni, wearing a large fluffy witch hat, walked out of the room.

She looked at the visiting vampire: "Mr. Vampire, what's the matter?"

"It's like this." The vampire took a deep breath and told the situation quickly. Then he asked nervously, "Mr. Ryan, when will his retreat end?" "..." Furenee frowned, "Mr. Ryan said that unless it is a matter of life and death, don't wake him up rashly."

"Although the current situation is urgent, but..."

"I understand." The vampire nodded: "I will inform Master Achloe of the situation."

"Ms. Freni, please be prepared. The Golden Church must have made some preparations for its comeback. If it is really necessary, we still need to wake up Mr. Ryan."

"I understand." Freni nodded silently.

"Well, I'll be leaving first." Leaving this sentence, the vampire hurried away.

Looking at his disappearing back, Cecilia walked to Freni's side and whispered, "Lady Freni, we..."

"Don't worry." Freni knew very well that Ryan must have taken the [Integrated Crystal Essence] she gave him and was integrating all his cultivation.

It's best not to disturb at this critical moment.

Otherwise, at best your perception will be interrupted, and at worst your life may be in danger.

"Miss Acroy is very strong, she should be fine..."

The sea breeze carried her voice.

……

A distance of hundreds of nautical miles may sound far, but at the speed of a high-level exotic ship, it would only take an hour or two.

On the sea.

The Capsize was in the center, with the Black Devil on the left, the Blue Scale on the right, and the Red Heart at the rear, one in front and one behind the Capsize, protecting the Black Rose in the middle.

In this formation, unless the left and right wings are breached, the Black Rose located inside has an extremely high safety factor.

This arrangement is naturally intended to delay time as much as possible.

The sea breeze is fierce.

On the bow deck, vampires, maids, butchers, purple roses, and another demigod code-named "Sailor" gathered together.

The five people stared at the golden church ship that was becoming clearer in the distance without saying a word.

In fact, the Capsize could have chosen to escape far away.

But that makes no sense.

At such a short distance, the high-level professionals on the Golden Church ship can choose to fly directly.

Even an artifact-level ship is not as fast as a demigod-level professional in terms of burst speed in a short period of time.

Not to mention, the Black Devil, Blue Scale and Red Heart are only holy weapon-level ships and are slower.

Therefore, it is a better option to set up the formation in advance and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out.

When they were five nautical miles apart, the ten ships of the Golden Church stopped.

Their positions are very special, somewhat like the nodes of a magic circle.

Five figures floated up into the air, one of them was Lansford, the leader of the Black and Gold Knights who escaped yesterday.

Among the five, he was in the third position. Before him were two high priests, a man and a woman, both with white hair and beard.

Among them, male priests wear black robes and female priests wear white robes.

A powerful spiritual pressure came overwhelming, a terrifying spiritual pressure that far exceeded the limits of a demigod.

"The black-robed high priest—Avar."

"The White Robe High Priestess—Bibiana."

There was commotion among the pirates on the decks of the Black Devil and the Blue Scale.

Although they have not stepped out of the Golden Cathedral for a long time, the reputation of the two high priests, Black and White, has already spread throughout the New World.

The Golden Church officially has ten high priests, but only these two can be called high priests.

The term "celebrant" represents the highest honor, meaning that when the Pope is absent, they have the right and status to preside over major ceremonies of the Golden Church on behalf of the Pope.

The strength of these two people is no longer beyond the ordinary demigod limit.

As early as five hundred years ago, the two high priests had already reached the limit of demigod realm.

Five hundred years have passed, and the two geniuses who were once brilliant have now been unable to resist the erosion of time and have become gray-haired.

However, their strength has not decreased, but has become stronger with age.

At least, that's the case judging by the spiritual pressure displayed now.

On the Capsize.

The vampire and the maid's eyes became extremely solemn.

As the only two demigod extreme professionals on the Capsize, they knew better than anyone else the horror of this spiritual pressure.

If there were no "world", they would even think that a true god had descended.

They had only felt this kind of pressure from their own captain.

At this moment, the vampire and the maid finally understood why the Golden Church dared to make a comeback even though they had just suffered a defeat.

Not to mention other demigod professionals, the two high priests Black and White alone are enough to completely deal with them if Lord Akloi does not take action.

And Akloy couldn't take action because she had to be on guard against the Golden Pope's spirit coming again.

A heavy feeling of depression hung over the hearts of all the pirates.

Many pirates looked back, trying to find the powerful figure from last night.

The figure of the man who defeated all those who disobeyed him and ascended to the throne of king with absolute force.

However, they were disappointed.

No matter how hard they looked, they could not find the "king".

The title of Pirate King is not only the supreme title, but also what people want.

When it is there, morale will remain high. When it is not there, morale will be weakened by three points before the battle even starts.

The vampires and others were aware of this, but they could do nothing about it.

Black and White, the two high priests, brought three demigod extreme professionals to the front of the pirate ship formation.

The vampire and others, a total of five demigod extreme professionals, also rose into the air under spiritual pressure and confronted them.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the pirates are at a huge disadvantage.

A silent killing was brewing here.

The two sides were at war with each other.

When the war is about to break out.

Suddenly, a light laugh echoed.

It was light at first, but soon it spread all over the place.

The next moment, a blue-silver light burst out, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of the five vampires.

The suppression brought by the spiritual pressure suddenly disappeared, causing the five people to breathe a sigh of relief instinctively.

They looked at the back of the person in front of them, with different emotions in their eyes.

But the only thing in common is that they have no intention of dissatisfaction.

Because strength is the only reason to be king.

Countless blue-silver points of light swirled around Ryan. At this moment, his pupils emitted a silver glow.

Ryan's tone was indifferent. At the same time, a panel prompt that only he could see appeared before his eyes.

Under the gaze of these eyes, even the two high priests, Black and White, felt inexplicably depressed.

"You guys, are you here to die?"

"In that case, let me let you test the sharpness of the [Star Spirit]."

(End of this chapter)