Chapter 41 Barnacle Sea(1/2)
The Peach Blossom Land is flying on the blue sea, and there are a few fiery red birds circling in the distant sky behind me.
That is the clone of Fire Crow Lord.
Since killing the four clones last night, these new clones have appeared in the sky.
Du Kang tried to kill them several times later, but Fire Crow Jun also learned the essence. As long as he found out that Du Kang set off, he would escape early. Even if he had all his strength to catch up and kill them, a new clone would soon appear again.
After several times, Du Kang let them continue to monitor. Instead of being consumed by several clones, it is better to wait on the ship to prepare for entering the inland sea.
The sun hangs high in the sky, baking this sea area.
The constant wind direction changed at some point. The snakes adjusted the sail angle in time to prevent the Peach Blossom Spring from stalling. Although the surrounding environment seemed to have not changed, everyone on the ship knew that the change in the wind direction meant that they had left the main channel and officially entered the inland sea.
Yang Liu walked to Du Kang with the chart left by Wu Ying's father-in-law, and said worriedly.
"Master, you need to pass through three demon clans along this route. Their strength is not weak. Do we really have to take this path? Why not walk three hundred miles ahead of the main channel, which is Guru Island. It will be much safer to turn the lane from there and enter the inland sea."
"There is no time. The people of the Sheng family have not given me another 300 miles on the sea. This is the best choice now. Although this chart was left thirty years ago, the changes in this unexplored demon clan have been very slow. Barnacle Sea, Sea Frog Domain, and Mermaid lead these three places at least have the experience of previous generations in dealing with them. It is not difficult for us to break through. What we have to worry about is the talents of the Sheng family."
Du Kang looked up at the fire crow that could not go away in the distance, and his words were full of confidence. Facing the uncertain future, it was normal for his subordinates to worry, but as the leader, Du Kang must firmly up their beliefs and let his subordinates know that there is a future in their relationship with him.
He has been in this world for so long to have this team. He cannot hit the vitality of an organization because of the difficulties in front of him.
Although they are still weak, as long as they do things under Du Kang, as long as they don’t die on the road to practicing magic, they will sooner or later become independent figures.
"Don't worry, Master, I'll take you out to sea to gain a foundation, not to die."
Du Kang patted Yang Liu's broad shoulders now, and this closeness finally made him feel relieved.
Yang Liu thought to himself that even Du Kang, who could be rich for a lifetime without taking risks, dared to take this sea route. I think the danger on the way is nothing to Du Kang, and the other party should have confidence and easily protect the ship.
If Du Kang knew Yang Liu's thoughts, he would have secretly been happy with his image creation success. Although, he had the idea of trying his best to bring the boat to his destination on the road, if it was impossible, he would take the trip alone with the land-caldera and abandon the boat...
During the conversation between the two, different scenes finally appeared on the unchanging sea surface.
At the end of the sight, the endless gray-green suddenly replaced the original blue sea.
Only when you are close can you see clearly that it is a layer of gray carapace floating on the sea surface. Dark green seaweed thrives among the barnacles to form a large net, firmly fixing them on the sea surface, forming a barnacle ocean.
The barnacle sea is here.
Even though everyone on the boat was mentally prepared, I felt a little nervous when I looked at the gray-green ocean that appeared in front of me.
There is no such thing as this ocean is so lifeless.
In the past, on the deck, you could see creatures swimming underwater through the clear sea. The seemingly silent blue waves on the sea are actually a lively water world. The deepest depth can reach one or two hundred miles, which allows the sea to carry far more life than the land.
But now the Peach Blossom Land has not yet entered the Barnacle Sea, and even a small fish can't be seen underwater nearby. Cooperating with the gray-green ocean in the distance, it is like a moldy patch growing in the healthy sea water.
This sea area seems to be dead.
The white-faced boy flew out from Du Kang's nose, stood at the bow of the ship, holding a sword that was far taller than it, and slashed forward.
Scream—
The crescent-shaped knife light pierced into the sea, making a crisp sound of water breaking into the barnacle sea. The continuous gray-green sea surface was immediately torn a wound, revealing the blue sea water below.
From the section of the wound, it can be seen that the thickest part of the barnacle sea can be one foot thick, but the speeding Peach Blossom Land rushed towards the crack without hesitation.
The hull squeezed into the wound and the carpet formed by thick barnacles and seaweed was squeezed and rolled up, turning into a curly shape, leaving a spacious passage behind the Iron Star Wooden Hull.
The sword lights kept flashing at the bow of the ship, and under the blowing of the sea breeze, the Peach Blossom Land continued to penetrate deep into the barnacle.
Gradually, the Fire Crow Lord's clone that had been following in the air disappeared for some reason, and the vast sea disappeared. The whole ship seemed to be sailing in a gray-green ocean.
Apart from the sky above and the barnacle sea that undulates with the waves, there is nothing else in the whole world.
The feeling of loneliness began to linger in everyone's heart.
"The way I came...the way I came is gone."
The turtle child Liu Shou first noticed the strangeness behind the ship, and heard his words, people looked behind the ship. Sure enough, at some point, the spacious crack opened by the ship had disappeared silently behind him.
This barnacle sea is alive! Any harm to it can heal itself silently.
Even though there was no mortal on the ship, either a monk who had cultivated magic or a demon soldier who had been transformed by magic, this scene still made them instinctively fearful.
In such an environment, the extraordinary power mastered by low-level monks does not seem to bring them much security.
Aware of the strange atmosphere, a copper-yellow mirror light appeared in Du Kang's eyes. As his eyes glanced at everyone on the boat, they immediately woke up as if they were dreaming and escaped from the sense of panic.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The horror of the barnacle sea lies in the illusion they unconsciously emit, as well as the monsters living here, all cheer up. This low-level illusion that attracts inner fear will not be affected as long as you are prepared."
A vine grew on the side of the ship, and a piece of temporarily broken barnacle sea fragment was picked up from the sea water and handed it to Du Kang.
[Name]: Barnacle/Green Algae Demon Group (Symbiosis)
Level: Little Demon (transformation 1/23)
Skill: Meat-eating (first level)
Symbiosis (first level)
Reproduction (first level)
Cluster (first-fold)
Hallucination (first level)
Metamorphosis conditions: swallowing flesh and blood/light...
"The weak monster is vulnerable and wins by number."
After reaching such an evaluation, Du Kang threw the fragment back into the sea and began to pay attention to the strain on the ship.
After leaving the illusion, a series of sounds of doors and windows closing sounded quickly. Except for the need to control the snake in the cabin, everyone walked out of the cabin and came to the deck.
Forty snakes wore a full set of Vajra Chain Mail, hung a fish-scale knife on the waist, placed the wind-chasing arrow on the iron feather bow, placed the wave-breaking water-avoiding fork and quivering boot at their feet, and stood in an array on both sides close to the side of the ship.
The four turtle children turned into half-demons and guarded the stern with their weapons. Except for the turtle shell that was too big to wear armor, they had black iron helmets on their heads, fish scale boots on their feet, and silver-refined knee pads on their knees and elbows.
The rest of the people all wore a Vajra Chainmail, holding the various magic weapons they chose to guard the bow of the ship.
The crew members' configuration of divine weapons is so luxurious that even the Sheng family, who started out as a salesman, would call themselves a loser after seeing it. These low-level monks and demon soldiers were almost armed by divine weapons.
This is to beware of monster attacks mentioned in the information. Those magical weapons are also left alone. It is better to allocate them to increase combat effectiveness to reduce casualties as much as possible.
Du Kang looked at the sun above his head to judge the direction and calculated the time it took to cross the Barnacle Sea. Thirty years ago, the merchant ship where Wu Ying’s father-in-law was located took two hours to pass through this sea. I don’t know how much the Barnacle Sea has expanded in the past thirty years.
The gray-green sea was silent, but Du Kang could feel something under the gray-green carpet being peeking at him. His gaze was as greedy as this dead barnacle sea, wanting to swallow all the flesh and blood on this ship.
Puchi!
An arm emerged from the barnacle carpet not far away, and an ugly monster with a fish head and human body crawled out from it.
With its huge eyes as big as dead fish, its gills that were constantly opening and closing in the air, its mucus-filled body, and its strong human limbs, the fish shemale saw a boat of living creatures in front of her. Its sharp teeth immediately made a sharp scream in its mouth.
Whoosh!
As soon as the scream started, a black arrow roared from the boat and pierced straight into the open mouth of the fishman. The mermaid stood still in place for a few breaths and fell to the ground. Her whole body was twitching on the sea of barnacles, and she seemed to be unable to survive.
No one cheered or cheered. Everyone on the boat just glanced at this side and withdrew their gaze and focused on the defense in front of them.
Du Kang saw that the fishman who was not completely dead began to be squirmed by the barnacle sea beneath him. Straws of seaweed pierced into the fishman's facial features, and the barnacle used tiny tentacles to penetrate the fishman's smooth skin. The prey was not dead yet, and the slow eating had already begun...
Until the fishman disappeared into Du Kang's sight, his body was not eaten much, but as long as it was there, there would always be a moment of eating.
These monsters living in the Barnacle Sea are just mutually utilizing the symbiotic barnacle monster groups. The monsters use the strange environment here to prey, and all creatures that die here will become food for the barnacle monster groups.
This relationship between different ethnic groups seems particularly cruel and real at this moment.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the speed of the ship actually slowed down, which made Du Kang connect to the green-faced boy through the wooden thorns on the ship.
Sure enough, in the image provided by the Blue-faced Boy, a thick layer of barnacle demons attached to the bottom of the Iron Star Wooden Boat. The irregular shapes increased the resistance at the bottom of the boat and greatly delayed the speed of the boat.
【Five Elements Magic·Blue Face Boy·Thorn of Thorns】
The blue light illuminated the dark bottom of the ship. The wooden thorns like steel needles pierced out from the gentle bottom of the ship, contracted, and then pierced out. In this cycle, the tiny tentacles used by barnacles used to climb into rotten meat at the fine needle tips. The huge group of barnacle demons attached to the bottom of the ship fell into the sea and was left behind by the sailing Peach Blossom Land.
The Peach Blossom Land continues to travel northwest, which is the direction of their target island.
From time to time, strange marine monsters emerged from the barnacle sea, but they all fell under the wind-chasing arrow. As long as the divine weapon arrow hits the key, they can kill with one blow. No matter how thick the scales or the strong muscles are, they cannot protect their lives.
This disposable arrow was originally used to hunt large monsters, and the cost was as high as twenty taels of silver. It was used on this little monster, which was really a violent devil.
But in order to quickly pass through this sea area, it is an extremely cost-effective transaction to use some external things that are not available.
In this game similar to beating a gopher, time passes very quickly. In a blink of an eye, the Peach Blossom Land has advanced for two hours in the Barnacle Sea, but this sea area still cannot see the end at a glance.
"Sure enough, in thirty years, the area of this barnacle demon group has expanded again. It's better that the pursuers of the Sheng family will have to work hard here for a long time."
Du Kang comforted himself in his heart, and still looked forward calmly, as if everything was within his expectations.
This made everyone who became more and more uneasy as time passed.
Suddenly, Du Kang looked to the left side of the ship and his face changed slightly.
"There are two people left on the right side of the ship, and the rest are supported on the left side of the ship."
Following Du Kang's order, the snakes lined up in an orderly manner and trotted to the left side of the ship to prepare for battle. The other monks also held the weapons in their hands tightly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "It seems that we are about to leave here. Wu Ying's father-in-law's navigation log also records that before they left the barnacle sea, they encountered a cruel attack of monsters for about half an hour. He later speculated that this sea area was already an extremely mature hunting ground, and any prey could enter at will, but if you want to leave, you will face the enthusiasm of monsters to stay. Pull the bows all over, and it is time to leave here."
The sound of the squintessence came to the sound of the strange-looking squints drilled onto the sea of barnacles, and charged towards the Peach Blossom Land with seaweed and barnacles.
To be continued...