Chapter 763 - 119: Schemes
As the eerie cries of the Ghost Eye Fish echoed, more of them emerged from below, charging at the Evil Spirits in the water, completely unaware of any problems with this approach.
"As expected of low-intelligence creatures," Su Changxing couldn’t help but remark, also noticing that these Ghost Eye Fish were not directly controlled by the Divine Spirit.
Their actions were their own, as if they were following some kind of instruction, just doing as they were told.
The blood of the Ghost Eye Fish was black and blended indistinguishably with the dark seawater, like a layer of oil floating on the water.
However, the crew standing on the ship could smell the stench of the Ghost Eye Fish’s blood, extremely pungent, like mustard.
Then, a ghostly light flashed in Su Changxing’s eyes as he waved a single hand, and more ghostly green figures appeared on the sea surface, emerging from the bodies of the Ghost Eye Fish.
After creatures in this world died, their souls would mostly be directly obliterated and disappear.
But the space around the Horror Ghost Ship twisted the rules of this world, so the souls did not vanish but were instead utilized by Su Changxing to form new Evil Spirits.
These new Evil Spirits looked exactly like the Ghost Eye Fish and had considerable strength, around Tier Eight, close to Tier Seven.
Upon their appearance, they were already bound to the Horror Ghost Ship, and if killed, they would resurrect around the Horror Ghost Ship.
The Ghost Eye Fish screamed repeatedly at this bizarre scene.
Ordinary people would naturally feel frightened and terrified seeing them, and when witnessing such a more horrific scene, they would retreat in fear.
Some Ghost Eye Fish swam away for a distance but were called back by the cries to rejoin the battle.
Several Ghost Eye Fish had especially outstanding strength, around Tier Six, and were entangled with Tao Yi just below the Horror Ghost Ship.
However, Tao Yi’s power far exceeded theirs; with one swift strike, she cut the nearest Ghost Eye Fish directly through the head, causing a massive spray of black blood.
Seeing this, the other Ghost Eye Fish were a bit intimidated but still charged forward, their fins constantly moving in the water, their dual feet as if walking on solid ground, appearing quite agile, their claws on both hands as sharp as daggers, easily slicing through flesh.
Tao Yi, smelling the blood, became even more frenzied, continually striking with her Scythe.
In her Undead state, she herself was semi-corporeal, floating in space, making little distinction between land and water surfaces.
Bang~
With a flash of firelight, Su Changxing shot the screaming Ghost Eye Fish, but immediately, other Ghost Eye Fish emerged from below the surface, starting to scream again.
"Is this endless?" Su Changxing chuckled lightly and didn’t bother to make another move.
With the Horror Ghost Ship, they were inherently invincible, and these Ghost Eye Fish could provide him with a large amount of souls to create Evil Spirits, indirectly enhancing his strength.
As time passed, after half an hour, a large swath of ghostly Ghost Eye Fish filled the sea surface.
Yet, the number of Ghost Eye Fish did not seem to diminish; instead, it appeared to be increasing, as if they wouldn’t stop until they were all killed.
The seawater turned completely murky black, and the floating Ghost Eye Fish corpses piled up into a small island of flesh and blood.
Other Ghost Shadow Fish began to climb onto this small island to battle the Evil Spirits, relentlessly like they had gone completely mad.
Su Changxing could clearly see the foolishness on their faces, blindly following the group even though they knew it was a dead end.
After a baptism of large amounts of flesh and blood, the Ghosts on the ship were also visibly growing stronger.
A Skeleton in ancient armor moved very slowly, wielding a tattered iron sword, lazily slashing at the black-eyed fish with no fancy techniques.
Yet with such sluggish movements, the black-eyed fish found it hard to dodge; once struck by the broken iron sword, flesh and bones would certainly be cut off, at best losing a hand, at worst being struck on the head or vital parts, leading to instant death.
Previously, Su Changxing hadn’t paid much attention, but now he realized that this seemingly unremarkable Ghost Skeleton was, in fact, the most powerful among this group of Ghosts.
The Ghost Skeleton seemed to have mastered some special abilities.
"But it didn’t seem this powerful before, apparently growing strong rapidly and unknowingly during this time," Su Changxing pondered, thinking it wasn’t a mere oversight.
Rather, these Ghosts originally on the Horror Ghost Ship weren’t initially strong, some almost flickering as if about to vanish.
Xiaobai initially didn’t have much Spirituality either, appearing dazed, gradually regaining Spirituality later as if turning into a real dog.
The Ghosts on this ship might have originally been some powerful spirits, obliterated for some reason, with not even their consciousness remaining?
Su Changxing considered this possibility very high.
The battle continued, and later, the crew on the ship ceased shooting, standing at the edge to watch the mass of Evil Spirits besiege the Ghost Eye Fish.
Only a few hundred Ghost Eye Fish remained, and the battle seemed nearly over.
However, Su Changxing sensed a slight unease, as if something was stirring on the water surface, along with the black blood in the water.
The eyes on those Ghost Eye Fish corpses started to distort with the movement, turning vividly lifelike as if resurrecting, accompanied by the screams of the Ghost Eye Fish.
Through the Eye of Data, he saw something trying to break through the world’s barrier from the blood of these Ghost Eye Fish.
Like the sound of bones cracking, a barely visible fissure emerged in the void.
The rift was so subtle it couldn’t be seen, only some traces hinted at its presence, deducing a fissure there.
He couldn’t help but search for that crack, seeing an abyss so black it seemed bottomless. Moving forward, he saw an eye, unclear in its specific shape, but he knew it was an eye, lacking a pupil, only showing countless stars, making him feel like he was gazing at the starry sky.
He felt his throat dry up, swallowed a gulp of saliva, and received information from the Eye of Data.
[Eye of God: An eye of an unknown Divine Spirit...]
At this moment, he had no time to react, or rather, to close his eyes, as endless information surged towards him under the influence of the Eye of Data.
He wants to kill me!
This was Su Changxing’s first reaction.
Then, he saw something like purple sludge appear around him, with strange human faces constantly distorting and changing.
Gradually, he was engulfed by this purple sludge, from foot to head, until his vision turned completely black.
It felt as if a red-hot rod was suddenly thrust into his brain.
The death of ordinary people and Divine Spirits has only one result, and that is death. Just the information contained in a single glance was completely unbearable for Su Changxing.
He hadn’t thought that a Divine Spirit would actually go to such lengths to calculate against someone as ordinary as him.
Yes, this was a calculation.
The other party knew he possessed the Eye of Data, with strong insight abilities, so they set up such a trap.
Everyone on the ship was fine, except for Su Changxing, who stood there dumbfounded, his eyes losing their light.
Weilian also noticed Su Changxing’s abnormality and tentatively called out, "Master, master? Master Liu Luola?"
No response.
He didn’t know how to heal him, so he could only stand quietly to the side, anxiously watching the water’s surface.
At this moment, Su Changxing only felt as if his head was about to explode, with enormous bizarre information flooding his spirit.
Even though his spirit was considered strong, he could not bear it any longer. Cracks began appearing on the crown-shaped Soul Ring, becoming distorted, with numerous eyes of varying sizes appearing on it, looking around.
These were uncontrollable, polluted spirits attaching themselves to the Soul Ring.
His spirit was completely chaotic, initially composed of countless smaller selves, but now some parts had gone mad, starting to attack and contaminate the other parts.
He’s going to die, continuing like this will definitely lead to death!
Su Changxing immediately mobilized a large amount of Faith to cleanse these polluted spirits, to cleanse his own soul.
Under the wash of massive Faith, these polluted spirits were not cleared away; instead, his capacity for Spiritual Power expanded, allowing him to accept more information.
This was at least half a piece of good news; at least he wouldn’t have his head exploded by the overwhelming information transmitted by the Divine Spirit.
With a heavy thud, Su Changxing knelt heavily on the deck, gasping for breath, his face uncontrollably starting to twist, showing various emotions that were not his own.
"Master, are you okay!" Weilian saw Su Changxing react and quickly asked.
Su Changxing waved his hand, angrily saying, "Stay away from me, don’t come closer."
He suddenly clutched his chest, feeling an inexplicable eye opening on his heart, his spirit twisted, while his body also began to transform.
He could only concentrate this chaotic and bizarre information in a corner and then seal it with Faith.
In his mind, the image of the Divine Spirit’s eye would still blur into his mind, along with the incessant chaotic information pouring into his spirit.
He could only use Faith to continuously fight against it, constantly cleansing his soul.
Gradually, the inexplicable eye on his heart slowly closed, gradually merging into his heart and disappearing.
He pulled his body back from the brink of transformation, with only a tiny bit left before losing control, very dangerous.
Relying on the wash of massive Faith, as of now, the image of the Divine Spirit’s eye had been completely removed from his mind.
"They all know I’m a Half god, yet they still use this method to test me."
Su Changxing showed a cold smile, slowly standing up from the ground.
Although he consumed a large amount of Faith, he completely withstood the chaotic information transmitted by the Divine Spirit.
This way of using Faith was wasteful, lavishly expending Faith with crude methods, but he didn’t know how to use it, so he could only do it this way.
Just like that, due to the massive loss of Faith, his Mysteriousness dropped by over 200,000, coming to around 740,000.
He still retained a large amount of chaotic information in his mind, with some parts of his Spiritual Power still polluted.
However, it’s not a big problem; it can be slowly cleared away, and his Spiritual Power surprisingly increased a bit in the process, with a numeric increase of three points.
This was an unexpected surprise.