Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 168 Literacy

Chapter 168 Literacy
The Star Chains bound Shi Ming, pulling him into the space behind the mirror.

The space behind the mirror resembled an endless sea of stars and a profound universe.

Shi Ming did not experience any abnormal reactions such as suffocation or weightlessness here. He was just like he was on land. Apart from being unable to move, he did not have any other discomfort. He did not know whether this was the effect of the Dinglan Pearl or some other reason.

The starlight in his eyes began to connect, and a woman in a long dress appeared from the star trails like a sketch.

The woman's face was obscured by a veil of starlight, making it appear extremely blurry. She wore a magnificent long dress that gradually changed from transparent to fiery red from bottom to top, as if woven from starlight.

The long dress is adorned with a constellation of stars arranged in the shape of the twelve zodiac signs.

The woman approached and got close to Shi Ming.

She held out her hand.

A cold hand brushed across Shi Ming's forehead and cheeks, then down his throat and body.

"A good physique."

"Stamina has actually reached 86 points."
"Even his stamina is nearly 100 points!"

"Mental power... Hmm? It can't be detected?"

Even so, the woman seemed quite satisfied.

Then, as if she had thought of something, she realized something.

"I'm sorry, I forgot you don't understand this language."

She paused, then repeated what she had said before, in a language that Shi Ming could understand.

Then, she glanced at Shi Ming.

"You were able to come here thanks to that lamp."

"Otherwise, I would really miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Human, you must be wondering, why did I bring you here to kill you or to eat you? Take a guess, and if you guess right, I'll let you go."

The woman's voice sounded quite excited, as if she hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time.

Like a chatterbox, he really looks forward to interacting with people.

"A ferocious beast in human form?"

Shi Ming frowned!
boom!
The star chains binding him snapped completely under the impact of the tenfold power unleashed after charging up. Shi Ming swiftly slashed out with his ice blade, using his current fastest speed and the final few seconds of power boosted by tenfold to strike the woman.

Then, as the woman flickered, he unhesitatingly activated the S-rank skill Titan's Descent!
This woman had previously transformed into a giant scorpion to test him, and now she has bound herself to this strange space.
It was also babbling incomprehensible gibberish.

Regardless of the woman's motives,
Sitting idly by and waiting for death is not in Shi Ming's nature!

He let out a low roar, and the power within his body erupted completely. The Titan's pointer spun rapidly, and pure black runes began to spread from his abdomen in the shape of the character "王" (king), avoiding only his right arm, and quickly spreading to Shi Ming's entire body.

The dazzling starlight around us dimmed considerably!
Body of Darkness!

[Body of Darkness]

[Immerse your body in darkness; darkness is your body, and you are darkness. Within 50 minutes, you can enter the darkness and move freely within it, or you can transform an area into darkness, making it your omnipresent domain.]

This is a divine assassination skill, but it's not suitable for the current situation.

But it's better than nothing!

Shi Ming's pupils swelled like black holes.

The light in this space seemed to have been drained away, becoming even dimmer and plunging into darkness, except for the starlight on the woman's body, which remained unaffected and continued to shine brightly.

"What did you say? A ferocious beast?"

"Compared to you, you're more like one! A little Titan? A little Black Tortoise?"

"Hahahaha!"

"You know what? Right now, you look like a tricolor zebra."

Have you ever seen a zebra?

The woman couldn't help but laugh.

Shi Ming frowned.

Do you think your joke is funny?

How does it resemble a zebra? It's completely different, okay?

He swung his right fist, aiming for the woman's veiled face. His dark form was omnipresent in the darkness, so the blow arrived in an instant, leaving no room for evasion.

The woman's body shimmered with starlight as she calmly received the punch. Her talkative nature erupted once again.

"Great! Very good! You have a lot of strength!"

"By the way, where's the stone tablet you found? Where did you hide it?"

"Come again! Come again!"

"I haven't exercised in ages!"

"I'm going to unleash my ultimate move! I'm going to use my weapon!"

The woman blinked, and the starlight that had been shining on her clothes was drawn out. In her hands, it transformed like a celestial being, sometimes into a pearl, sometimes into a spear, and sometimes into a longsword.

"Let's use this one!"

Bang bang bang!
In a mysterious region resembling the starry sky, the two engaged in a battle between the night and the morning star.

Darkness and stars collided in this unknown space, the starlight sometimes bright and sometimes dim, the two figures were almost invisible, sometimes fighting together, and sometimes as distinct as the Jing and the Wei River.

This was the longest battle Shi Ming had ever fought.

……

Thirty minutes later.

"Alright, alright, let's stop fighting."

"No wonder someone has such a high score!"

"I surrender!"

"If you fight again, you'll never leave this place!"

"armistice!"

With a flick of her sleeve, countless stars lit up, illuminating the still-dark world. Shi Ming once again felt the space freeze. Even though he was in darkness, his Dark Body was still effective, and his body felt a sense of stagnation.

He struggled for a moment, but didn't do anything more.

During the battle just now, he could sense that this mysterious woman was not using her full strength in any of her moves; it was more like a friendly match, or perhaps a training exercise.

Perhaps she brought me here for another purpose.

The long dress the woman was wearing had become much duller.

Like a battery that's almost run out of power.

She waved her hand casually.
Twelve stone slabs appeared before Shi Ming's eyes.

"Look, before we knew it, there are only a few minutes left."

Her voice was no longer flippant, but serious.

"My time is limited, so I'll keep it brief."

“Learn the language inscribed on this stone tablet, and you will be able to leave this place and return to where you came from. This is the only way to leave this place.”

"Cough cough."

"I admit that you have excellent combat talent and great strength."

"But if you want to leave this place, brute force won't work; you'll need your language skills."

Her figure flickered a few times.

Just disappear.

Then, abruptly, it reappeared.

"Sorry, I forgot to remind you, you are not allowed to tell a second person that you are familiar with this language."

Then, she flashed a few more times and disappeared.

In the vast starry space, only Shi Ming remained, staring blankly at the 12 stone slabs in front of him.

The inscriptions on these 12 stone tablets are of the same origin as the inscriptions on the stone tablets he had just retrieved from the pyramids.

His creative mind swept across the stone slab, but there was no reaction.

"No, sis? You called me over, but we can't be literate, can we?"