Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 352 Consuming the "Cone of Destiny"!
After returning to Dayun and resting for a night, Shi Ming read the latest issue of the newsletter "Fire Seed Times," which was printed out by the crew.

This is a digital copy.

Intelligence is difficult to obtain at sea. The newspapers published by the six king-class drifting ships will summarize some of the latest information or humanitarian warnings. Even the electronic version has a subscription fee that is not small.

Of course, Shi Ming didn't need to spend any money.

Warning! Four ships from the Samba Kingdom have ventured deep into the Earth's core to retrieve crystals, resulting in the deaths of all crew members and the disappearance of their bodies! The Fire Seed warns again: dense fog is dangerous, making it easy to get lost; sea monsters roam freely, do not enter!

"Infinite Terror: A Chronicle of S-Class Sea Monster Legends!"

"No demand, no supply; experts call for a ban on the circulation of Wuyu crystals in the market."

"A domineering young man falls in love with a 45-year-old woman! Princess Mika, a surviving princess of the Wo Kingdom, gives birth to a son at an advanced age, potentially becoming the only male heir in the royal family. The father is a 20-year-old S-class handsome awakened individual!"

"..."

This issue of the newspaper features breaking news, maritime legends, and juicy gossip.

"The princess of Wo Kingdom is quite formidable."

"I don't know what kind of charm it has that has allowed it to have that S-class Awakener Tatasta so firmly under its control. The Spring Tide has now become the strongest drifting ship in the Vortex Kingdom."

Nai Luye had already reported the aftermath of the incident in the Woguo Kingdom to him immediately.

During his escape, Emperor Ren was terrified by the Great Black Dragon and died of fright. The Emperor Ren was destroyed by the Great Black Dragon, leaving only the gold-class drifting ships [Takamagahara] and [Harusho], as well as some low-class drifting ships used by ordinary people for refuge in the Uzu Kingdom. The only princess, Mika, brought them together to prevent the extinction of their race.

Even so, the once top power in the Yinping Sea has become nothing more than a roadside ditch.

Grand Inspector Shi Ming declined to comment.

Occasionally glancing at maritime news is a form of relaxation outside of his training. Shi Ming, who is very perceptive about certain things, can sometimes gain unexpected inspiration from these enduring print media.

Take the front page headline, for example.

"All crew members of the four adrift boats perished."

"But no body was found."

"It's not like infighting among its own kind, nor is it death in a battle with sea beasts, but rather a complete disappearance... Some powerful S-rank skills can do this, such as the Moon Ripple Beast's Eclipse Image and the Deep Sea Leviathan's Devouring Abyss."

"Also, there's Wanxiang Kun's Forgotten Ruins Return to Dust."

Having learned about all of Wanxiang Kun's skills, Shi Ming could easily connect this maritime disaster with the sea monster, especially since the accident occurred on its territory.

Given the interpretation of the stone inscription in relation to the ability of "fate," this is by no means a coincidence.

Forget the ruins and return to dust —

Create a crater, then rapidly expand it. Any life form within the crater's radius will quickly turn to dust. Of course, the stronger the defense, the longer it can last.

Dealing with awakened individuals below Rank C might only take a second.

The effect is somewhat similar to the "Dust Release: Particle Style" technique from the anime Naruto that Shi Ming watched in his previous life. It is extremely powerful. If this skill could be inherited by humans, Shi Ming estimates that he could rank in the top 20 of the overall rankings.

He closed the newspaper.

Similar tragedies at sea are not uncommon.

Human beings are limited in strength and lack mobility. The dangers that ordinary drifting ships encounter on the endless ocean mostly come from sea beasts, natural disasters, and their own kind. The Earth Lung region is not the Sea of ​​Soaring Dragons; there are no so-called Sword-wielding ships there, let alone dangerous forbidden zones that even king-level drifting ships would not venture into.

The fact that Huozhong was able to learn of such an accident and issue a warning so quickly is already an example of extreme efficiency and humanitarianism.

Numerous cases have shown that warnings are useless.

As for banning the circulation of Wuyu crystals in the market?
Just listen to what the experts say, and that's it.

Given the current state of the endless ocean, demand cannot be prohibited. Forcibly prohibiting it would only exacerbate the proliferation of the black market, causing the price of Fog Island Crystals to skyrocket and leading to even more risky drifting ships.

The most effective way to reduce such incidents is to eliminate them at the root.

Address the root cause of the problem. The problem will then cease to exist.

……

After breakfast, Shi Ming adjusted his state and took out the Destiny Cone from the warehouse. He directly put it into his mouth and swallowed it. The Möbius Serpent has no blood, and its skill essence was extracted in the form of a light cone. Swallowing it was the most effective method of absorption.

The more skills you master that relate to fate, the higher your affinity with fate will be.

This makes them more likely to be favored by fate.

He closed his eyes and felt the light cone disintegrate and be absorbed inside his body, with various abstract symbols such as circles, rivers, and pyramids merging into his body.

This is a truly wondrous awakening experience.

30 minute later.

He felt new abilities forming within his body.

Congratulations on digesting the core of the Möbius Serpent, the essence of the Destiny Light Cone skill.

[Gain Skill: Destiny's Light Cone]

[This is the highest-ranked Fate attribute skill on the S-class skill list. The Eye of Fate has absorbed the power of fate, further enhancing its ability to foresee the future and set the course of destiny. Now, the timeline and future you can see are much clearer.]

Furthermore, awakening also brings you a significant stat boost.

[Attack Power: 491] (Increase by 20)

[Stamina: 506] (Increased by 24)

[Endurance: 524] (Increase by 23)

[Defense: 459] (Increase by 30)

[Mental Strength: Unknown]

【…】

[The Eye of Destiny, through its ability to foresee the future, deduced that when an individual's attack power exceeds 600, it can use the Arm of Judgment to forcibly tear apart the Holy Temple's origin at its root and slay the Holy Temple-level sea beast.]

This is what is meant by "breaking the law with force."

The torn essence of the Sanctuary will not dissipate; it can still repair itself automatically and, once certain conditions are met, can be transferred and acquired through bathing in blood.

To break the law with force.

Sure enough, once the power breaks through a threshold, it can forcefully kill the Holy Temple-level sea beast from the root without any other fancy methods. However, with an attack power of 600, it is still more than 100 short, because the awakening stat allocation is completely random, and it is unrealistic to make up for it in a short time.

Through the "Burning Soul Poem", one can convert the maximum physical strength, endurance, and defense into attack power.

However, Shi Ming had a different idea.

Fate has turned against them.

Wanxiang Kun likes to use the "Wanxiang Sanctuary" to enter the target's spiritual sea, perceive and usurp the target's fate, but it can't enter every spiritual sea at will, nor can it bear the fate of every person.

With Shi Ming's still unfathomable spiritual power, and having learned a small portion of the spiritual defense manual "Hundred-Layer Tower of Heaven," spiritual attacks from the Holy Temple level and below cannot cause any ripples in front of it.

As for usurping fate?

Shi Ming was no novice just entering the Holy Temple.

The three sacred temple origins converge, the Eye of Destiny sets the course, the Eye of God is hidden within his body, and his vast spiritual power serves as a backing, allowing him to face the Myriad Forms Sacred Temple head-on without fear.

The key to tactics is not defense, but the backlash.

The first step is to use oneself as bait, feign weakness to provoke the enemy, and lure them in.

The second step is to show your fangs!
(End of this chapter)