Void Beetle Evolution Guide

She walked out of the cabin and took a breath of air, but felt a chill entering her lungs along with the air. Looking up, she found that a strange black color covered the sky and the sea, as if wrapping the world in a shroud.

"Black fog..." She exhaled a breath of white air and began to use holy mist to resist the black fog. Otherwise, Ahri, who had a special physique, would attract the army of undead that followed the black fog, causing the Royal Palace to be besieged.

"Who knows where we are?" Kassadin turned and asked others, but Elise and Ahri looked at the sea again and again and could not give any definite answer.

"Based on my nearly one hundred trips to the Shadow Isles, I can only tell you that you are no longer near the Shadow Isles." Iris retracted her head from the rotten railing and asked, "Kasha, don't you have the Captain's Seal? There may be some clues on it."

Kassa took out the seal, a disc made of silver and brass with Tam's pattern on it. She didn't know magic, so she threw it directly to Iris. The latter closed her eyes and felt it for a while, then told her the correct way to use the seal.

"There is a matching sea chart on the Royal Palace. As long as the seal is pressed on the sea chart, the Royal Palace can be transported to the corresponding sea area."

"Then what are we waiting for? We can just teleport to Bilgewater and intercept Gangplank."

"...No." Iris frowned, "This seal has just been used for teleportation. Now it needs to be charged for a while before it can be used again."

"Damn it! Does that guy want us to save Bilgewater?" Kassa spat, cursing the devil in her heart.

It was obvious that Tam did it on purpose. It had the ability to teleport several people out, but it consumed the power of the Royal Palace.

"Hmm... maybe we can use the World Rune to charge the Captain's Seal?" Ahri suggested.

"There's no other way anyway, we can try."

The experience of treating others in the past two days allowed Kassadin to gradually master the use of world runes. She could already control the white mist to form the shape she wanted and inject it into wounds to repair injuries. Now she was just changing the target from a living person into a magic container.

However, when the actual experiment started, Kassa discovered that the holy mist containing powerful magic could not enter the Captain's Seal and was blocked outside the silver and brass case.

"It still doesn't work. Is there something wrong with my method?"

"This is a demon's thing. It most likely only absorbs the power of desire." The Wild Hunter reminded.

"Where can I get the power of desire?"

"I say, have you forgotten someone? She is a captain after all. Let her come out and take a look first. Maybe we can determine the location."

"Yes!"

If the Wild Hunt hadn't mentioned it, Kassa would have forgotten about Sarah. She reentered the cabin, picked up Sarah, who was unable to move and could only drag herself on the ground, and carried her to the deck, placing her on the waterlogged and rotten railing.

"Hey, do you know where this is?" Kassa asked coldly. She was not familiar with Sarah at all, and she was the culprit who forced them to go to Drifting City, so naturally she would not give her a good face.

Sarah didn't dare to object. She looked through the fog and saw a black reef protruding from the sea. In the faint light, the crystals of sea salt sparkled.

She replied solemnly: "The black fog has changed everything beyond recognition, but looking at the island in front, this should be Yue'e Reef."

Chapter 148: Blood Harbor Declaration of War

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"Yue'e Reef?"

"It's east of Bilgewater. At the speed of this ship, it will reach Bilgewater's Blood Harbor in just a few hours." As a captain who makes a living by the sea, Sarah made a judgment after taking a look at the waves created by the Royal Palace as it sailed.

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that they had wronged Tam, and the other party had actually sent the Royal Palace to the vicinity of Bilgewater.

"Well," Sarah said, attracting the attention of several people. She touched the fish scales on her waist and said, "Excuse me, do I have to stay like this forever?"

"We didn't do this. If you want to change back, go find the demon yourself." Iris urged, "Since you know the location, go take the helm."

"..." Sarah left the railing without saying a word and tried her best to climb towards the center line of the ship.

She suddenly remembered the rumor that there were mermaids on Yue'e Reef. Perhaps if someone saw her like this, she would be mistaken for a mermaid.

Some captains just like to make up some bizarre experiences for themselves, such as mysterious magic, rare bloodline, etc., which can make themselves appear unusual.

She thought with some self-mockery that she didn't have to think about how to make up a story about her origins.

Because no one helped her, Sarah climbed very slowly. After finally reaching the steering wheel, she felt that her body was beginning to show symptoms of dehydration because she had been out of water for too long, and she suddenly had an urge to dive into the sea.

However, the sea surface had already been dyed black by the black fog, so she chose to endure and continue to steer the helm. Perhaps if she could hold on through it, she could turn back into a human being.

Although the others treated her badly, Sarah had no intention of being unwilling to take the helm. At least when it came to dealing with Gangplank, they were on the same side.

After Sarah corrected the course, Iris used the Captain's Seal to control the Royal Palace to raise the sails and move forward at full speed. They were also heading towards Bilgewater, so even the black fog became an obstacle to sailing.

A few hours later, the HMS Royal, with its sails fully filled, rode on the surging black fog and plunged into the port of Bilgewater like a sharp knife.

They witnessed the devastation of Bilgewater during the Harrowing Night.

Except for some towering cliffs, Bilgewater is completely immersed in black fog.

From White Harbor, where the dead are buried, there are howlings of fear, shrieking through the sky like the cries of dead birds. Wraiths fly past warning buoys, bells ring, and floating tombstones sway back and forth like spasms. It is not known whether it is the wind that is shaking the tombstones, or whether the dead spirits in the coffins below have awakened.

The Blood Harbor was also shrouded in depressing clouds. The bloody seawater around the slaughter dock, which had been dyed red by the dissecting of sea beasts, had also sunk. The dock rats and the schools of fish that were once seen everywhere had long since disappeared, hiding themselves at the bottom of the sea.

The wind howled over the ruins of Mourning Dock, flames burned all the way along the Butcher's Bridge, a cloud of gleaming mist hovered over the cliffs above Grey Harbor, and the pool below reflected some strange shadows, rippling.

The frantic ringing of bells and the screams of the dead merged into one, passing through the burning Butcher's Bridge. The gloomy sea, like a mirror, reflected the shadows of countless candles and braziers scattered on the pier.

Far below the cliffs, the wreckage of thousands of hulks shone with the faint light of lanterns. But the black fog rolled over, and the lights went out one after another. The fog condensed on the ship statues, and the sea serpent's eyes shed frozen tears.

Kassa saw a powerful ghost fly into the hull of a sea-hunting ship, and then the keel passed through the hull and broke into several pieces.

In a heartbeat, the ship froze to a heap of wood, then sank as if filled with stones, as something unknown stretched out its withered limbs and hooked mouths, dragging the sailors hiding inside to the bottom of the sea.

The Lord of Death rode a monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail, and rammed headfirst into the group of ships, smashing all the ships in its path one after another.

The sails and ropes were torn apart like a rotting shroud, the hull was thrown out of the water and smashed into another ship, even the heavy mast was broken into splinters.

But even on the lightless sea, the majestic outline of the Abyss was still so dazzling. Sarah clenched her fists, waiting for the Palace to gradually approach the sleeping behemoth.

The sails were lowered little by little, and the speed of the Royal Palace was slowing down in preparation for docking in the port.

"How long has Gangplank been here?" asked Kai'Sa, hoping she could still save the rest of the people.

Sarah pointed to a glowing extinct volcano crater on a cliff in the distance. "The sea beast priest Illaoi is presiding over a ceremony there. The light is still bright. It shouldn't be long."

"We have to find that guy first."

"No need to go through so much trouble. Just bombard the Abyss to lure him out. Damn it, he loves this ship so much that he wants to die on her chest."

Sarah enthusiastically offered suggestions on how to deal with Gangplank, but the Bilgewater dialect that burst out of her mouth startled several people.

Kassa thought for a while before she realized what Sarah meant, "Planck loves the Abyss so much that he would rather die on her deck."

"Then let's lure Planck out quickly."

After confirming it, Iris controlled all the cannons on the Royal Palace through the captain's seal, loaded the shells herself, and then launched a round of bombardment at the Abyss not far away, officially declaring war.

Sarah watched all this and thought of how Planck had demonstrated similar methods before. She couldn't help but cast a longing look at the seal in Iris's hand.

The heavy shells penetrated the hull of the Abyss, leaving a large hole in the deck. Seawater poured into the cabin, broken wooden boards were collapsing, rum in the warehouse leaked out, and alcohol and driftwood floated on the sea and burned.

"Who is this blind guy again? How dare you attack my ship!" Almost at the same time, a roar came from the black fog, and Planck was indeed lured out.Mei thinks that I am not free, Yong is not free, Lin Youyong is not free......

The burning Abyss began to turn, her mast had broken and was inserted diagonally into the sea. The huge sail was covered and ignited by the flames on the deck. In an instant, the whole ship was burning violently and gradually collapsed in the flames.

The fire forced back the black fog, and the charred and burning ship materials spread with the waves. From a distance, it looked like the sea surface was burning, with a tide of flames surging.

However, none of this matters, because the Mingyuan is no longer the same as it used to be.

This ghost ship no longer carried barrels of gunpowder that could explode at any time, and the crew members also abandoned their fragile human bodies, turning into undead ghosts and rushing out of the damaged hull.

click-

A creepy sound was heard, and the undead sailor's claws pierced through the deck and drilled out from the cabin below.

Kasha rushed forward immediately, spun out a sharp blade of light and killed it. But before it turned into black smoke and dissipated, more undead climbed out from the sides of the ship. They had a clear purpose, and even the holy mist could not stop them.

Ahri also joined the battle, throwing a spirit ball that pierced the chest of an undead sailor. Elise controlled the cable on the Palace of the Kings, wrapped it around the undead's head, and tightened it to make it collapse.

They all have their own methods to deal with the undead, but Sarah not only lost her beloved double guns, but her lower body also turned into an inconvenient fish tail.

A stick with fangs stuck in it was swung towards her head, and she could only roll over and over, passively avoiding the undead's attack.

The undead seemed to recognize her and chased her relentlessly. The other party twisted out a stick, and Sarah tried her best to dodge. The stick just passed over her head, and then it hit the deck again and again, almost hitting her every time.

The situation was very serious. At the same time, the Abyss also completed its turn and aimed the two huge cannons on the bow at the Palace of the King.

"It's over!"

Looking at the gun barrel burning with orange flames, Sarah had already imagined the horrific scene where the shell would break the keel, penetrate the Royal Palace from beginning to end, and blow several people directly into the sky.

Chapter 149 Paying Debt with One's Life

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Facing the muzzle of the Abyss, Sarah decisively chose to jump into the sea to escape. She was grateful to the people on the ship who rescued her from the Drifting City, but there was no need to tie herself to a boat.

She climbed over the fence and fell into the sea. The cold water made her movements slow, but she didn't feel suffocated like before.

She is now half a fish and can breathe in water. The fish tail in her lower body is much more useful in the sea than human legs, pushing her to swim deeper.

However, the undead in the sea were soon attracted by the breath of the living and gathered towards her in large numbers.

Bilgewater has always had the custom of burial at sea. The bodies were placed in heavy iron coffins, cannon barrels, or tied with anchors and sunk into the sea, with buoys tied on top as tombstones.

Therefore, every time the Haunting Night came, there were particularly many undead awakened in the port. Even though Sarah was prepared, she was still frightened by the huge number and felt as if she was surrounded by a school of razorfish.

But she had no choice. If she stayed on the boat she would die anyway, so she might as well go into the water and try to fight for a chance of survival.

She swam away from the battlefield, but a strange buzzing sound came from deep in the keel of the Royal Palace behind her.

A vortex appeared out of nowhere, sucking the Royal Palace into the sea. The shells of the Abyss passed over the Royal Palace, only wiping out a smoking chimney. At the same time, a faint blue film enveloped the damaged primitive steamship like a bubble, blocking the cold and dark sea water from outside.

There was continuous artillery fire on the sea, and the flames rising into the sky illuminated the Blood Harbor, but the Royal Palace was as solid as a rock, unmoved.

Sarah was filled with regret when she saw this, and she turned around and swam towards the Royal Palace again, wanting to seek shelter. But the blue barrier blocked her out, and she clenched her fists and punched them twice, making a solid thumping sound, attracting the attention of the others.

Among them, Iris looked at her with a playful and gloating look as she was surrounded by a large number of undead, as if her eyes were mocking her extremely stupid act of defection.

Sarah couldn't help swearing, but bubbles came out of her mouth. She had been so unlucky recently, and every choice she made was wrong.

First, she followed Gangplank to the Shadow Isles to capture them all in one fell swoop, but Gangplank colluded with Thresh and destroyed her Siren; she did not keep her promise, so she was turned into a Siren by Tam and thrown into Drifting City to be auctioned as a commodity to pay off her debts; then she met the creditor whose ship she destroyed, and was rescued but chose to be a fence-sitter.

Just then, Sarah saw Kasa talking to someone else and then walked towards her.

This gave her a glimmer of hope.

Kassa came to Lanmo and looked at her, but the look was too complicated and Sarah couldn't understand the meaning.

Then Kassa put on the helmet and passed through the blue film, and reached out to Sarah. Sarah thought Kassa was here to save her, so she also reached out to her.

However, a fierce purple light suddenly appeared in Kassadin's palm. This dazzling light made Sarah feel instinctively afraid... She had just seen Kassadin take action on the deck, using her palm to shoot out light bullets to detonate the undead. If it hit her, the consequences would be disastrous.

No way...she came here to kill me?!Mei wants to know what I am thinking. I don’t have any time to express my feelings.

Sarah was overwhelmed by a strong sense of crisis. She turned around and fled in fear, but the cannonball created a series of bubbles in the sea and caught up with her from behind.

The imagined death of being torn into pieces did not come. Sarah felt something stuck to her back, like a jellyfish or an octopus, but it was warm and quickly spread along her body surface. This abnormal feeling made her even more frightened.

The thing quickly spread to the front, swallowing up her only top. Sarah looked at it in horror and found that it was the same insect armor as the one on Kassa.

"That layer of skin is actually alive?" While she was hesitating, the skin armor had already wrapped Sarah's whole body, and the inescapable darkness invaded her like a shroud.

Dense synapses pierced into her delicate neck, as if she was being bitten by millions of ants. An eternal feeling of hunger passed through her body, and she felt like this shell wanted to eat her.

The severe pain made her scream out instantly. Sarah was surprised to find that she could make a sound, but soon fell into a new fear. She felt that the skin armor was trying to invade her mind!

The instinctive struggle replaced her swimming posture, and the violent struggle made her sink deeper and deeper into the sea. The dead souls also swam around her like a school of fish, and then dived with her.

"Give up resistance." The voice of the Wild Hunt sounded in Sarah's mind.

He had to repeat similar things every time he occupied a new host, which made him very annoyed and he was too lazy to even explain.

Even at this time, he was thinking that maybe he could ask Iris to create a sect and send the guy he liked there to train him before possessing him.

"Get off me, you disgusting thing!" Sarah yelled, trying to tear off the armor.

Her parents died early and she actually had no education. She was polluted by Bilgewater and was full of foul language. The elegance she pretended to be was not real elegance. She was no different from a paid lady.

"So do you want to die? There are undeads waiting for you everywhere. If I leave, you will be torn into pieces in an instant."

"...No! I apologize! Please let me go!"

The claws of the undead had already touched Sarah, and she could feel the coldness through her skin armor. Sarah immediately gave in, she didn't want to die at the hands of the undead, nor did she want to be invaded by the Wild Hunt.

Seeing that she couldn't tear off the skin, she gave up struggling and waved her arms to swim deeper, trying to shake off the undead first.

"Escape? Where can you escape to? This is your debt. You can't escape until you pay it back. Use your body to pay it back."

"Uh uh—"

Sarah let out a moan that suddenly stopped. As evil whispers sounded in her mind, the skin armor suddenly tightened, squeezing the naked Sarah inside madly, as if she was wearing a leather jacket that was constantly being vacuumed, making her whole body stiff and unable to move.