We Agreed To Set Sail and Become the Ruler of the Deep Sea? - #143 - Chapter 143: The first multi-person promotion ritual!

Chapter 143 The first multi-person promotion ritual!

 Not long.

Shaan displayed many potion ingredients beside him and lit a piece of incense.

 This is a material called [Sea Agarwood]. Its function is to help the mystics meditate and concentrate, making it easier to enter the promotion ritual.

Different from the first- and second-level promotion rituals, the third-level promotion ritual requires more than one kind of potion material.

 However, the usage of these potion ingredients is not what some people imagine.

 —Mix them all together in a cauldron to make a special potion.

 In fact, some excellent alchemists and pharmacists do have the ability to make a potion while retaining the original properties of the potion materials.

 But where is it so easy to meet such an alchemist?

Ordinary mystics, if they try to refine it themselves, will only destroy the secret power in the materials and get a pile of useless waste.

 Hence, the method adopted by most secret path practitioners is the “spiritual extraction method.”

 As the name suggests, it uses the soul to extract the secret power of the potion, and then fuses them through special rituals.

 [Black Stone Essence] exudes the aura of withering and decay all the time, which is exactly the opposite of [Rebirth].

His originally vibrant and vigorous vitality was declining at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. The skin on his body even became dry, chapped, and had fine wrinkles like that of an old man.

 After some inquiry and research, Xia En has roughly understood the different symbols of these three potions.

 But Xia En was not panicked, because this was a sign of success in extracting traits.

Of course, this “spiritual extraction method” also has its own shortcomings and risks.

 Subsequently, he placed the [Crimson Reality] upward in the east, the [Black Stone Essence] in the west, and the [Celestial Star Sea Star] in the true north.

 At least, this is indeed a feasible and relatively convenient method of promotion, so it is naturally widely spread in the Seven Seas.

Although there are these risks, they are nothing compared to the temptation of being promoted to a third-level secret path practitioner.

After the blue and milky white liquid seeped out, it naturally adhered to Xia En’s skin and transmitted the cool, sea-like secret power into his body.

　　 is the symbol of [death].

  But regardless of its prefixes and characteristics, in essence, it is just a marine creature.

 Obviously, [Crimson Reality] represents flesh and blood, vitality, and vitality.

 In a daze, the hazy sound of waves came from far away.

  Due to the effect of [Black Stone Essence].

 At this time, it is the turn of other auxiliary medicines to appear.

The feeling in my body that was about to explode, like a powder keg, got better just now.

Xia En took a deep breath to calm down his restless mood.

　　 is the symbol of [new life].

“Is this a special method used to enhance the perception of the mysterious sea?”

 Xia En, whose vitality is constantly declining, is more clearly aware of this unique secret power.

The medicinal properties of different potions are sometimes in conflict, and may even cause a violent reaction like water and fire, causing considerable damage to the promoted Mystic.

As for other auxiliary materials, they are actually just incidental materials to neutralize the medicinal properties of the three main materials.

“Or…life after death, destruction and then erection?”

 The real test has just begun now!

 The secret power of black and azure washed over Xia En’s body again and again, constantly strengthening his inspiration.

 Shaan En understood something in his heart.

 The dark, half-solid, half-liquid secret power flowed into Xia En’s body along his fingertips.

After his vitality weakened to a certain extent, Xia En picked up the [Celestial Star Sea Star] in the north, grinding and squeezing it bit by bit.

Of course, these three potions have other, mysterious properties, but the core is extremely clear.

However, he did not relax.

Xia En dragged his somewhat weak body and took several auxiliary materials one after another.

 Understanding this, Xia En’s actions naturally became firm and decisive.

 He first reached out and touched the [Black Stone Essence] in the west direction.

 Such a change is undoubtedly extremely terrifying to ordinary mystics.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

  So it symbolizes [the ocean].

 【Death】【Ocean】【Rebirth】

For example, people whose perception is too slow cannot capture the spirituality in potions;

Another example is that a certain magic potion is toxic, and long exposure time will cause damage to the Mystic…

 However, when they are entangled and collide, they also have reactions of mutual repulsion and loss.

Even the light golden hair has a pale color.

 The order of their extraction is very important. Once the order is wrong, the result may not be as simple as the failure of the ritual.

 And [天曜海星] is a bit difficult to understand at first glance.

However, what the auxiliary medicine can do is to neutralize the secret power as much as possible and adjust it to a range that the human body can accept, but it cannot completely eliminate the negative effects of the magic medicine.

Xia En could clearly feel that his breath was getting weaker and weaker.

 It seemed as if the strength he had worked so hard to gain for so many days was leaving him.

 The feeling of losing power is undoubtedly frightening.

 Xia En was naturally deeply aware of this fear.

So much so that for a moment, he even wanted to interrupt the promotion process.

 But he understood more clearly that only by facing this fear head-on and resisting it with tenacious will could he enter a new realm.

“It is said that the third level is a difficulty for those on the secret path.”

“Now it seems that apart from factors such as potions and secret powers, a firm will is also the threshold that stops many people on the secret path.”

Xia En sighed secretly in his heart, calmed down, and waited quietly for the critical moment to arrive.

I don’t know how long this kind of suffering has lasted.

 At this time, the vitality and secret power in Xia En’s body had weakened to a very dangerous point.

 It seemed as if he was about to fall into the arms of the **** of death.

 But at the same time, the blood vessels and muscles in Xia En’s body have turned into a slightly blue color due to the medicinal properties of [Celestial Star Sea Star].

Even the air he breathed out seemed to be carrying the salty smell of the sea breeze.

The illusory waves appeared before my eyes, like the dark night sky.

 There is no doubt that that is the call from the [Secret Sea]!

Seeing this, Xia En no longer hesitated and stretched out his hand to the last [Crimson Reality].

The method of using this fruit is the simplest and crudest.

 One word, eat!

 The plump, dark red fruit was bitten into, and the rich juice instantly exploded in Xia En’s mouth.

 The large pieces of pulp melted like ice and snow, turning into waves of heat that spread all over his body.

The deliciousness of this fruit is beyond Xia En’s imagination.

 Perhaps completely opposite to the previous torture experience, eating [Crimson Reality] feels extremely comfortable.

Especially after the previous suffering, the beauty of this feeling becomes more and more prominent, just like coming from **** to heaven!

at the same time.

 The pure and dazzling red secret power, like the finest rubies, quickly spread out from the esophagus, nourishing Xia En’s dry body that was damaged by the magic potion.

 The extremely strong vitality stirred and stirred along with the heat flow, running back and forth in Xia En’s body.

 The wrinkles on his face were smoothed away, his unnaturally pale hair was filled with light golden luster again, and his skin became smooth and elastic again.

 Just a few seconds.

The vitality lost just now due to [Black Stone Essence] has been completely compensated, and it has even been pushed to a new peak in waves of erosion!

 The cheers of blood, muscles, and bones echoed in his ears!

 The so-called “blood power” continues to grow and grow, like a mighty river, flowing endlessly in Xia En’s veins.

 In a daze, Xia En could even feel that his bloodline was undergoing some strange transformation and sublimation!

 But he didn’t wait until he could feel this sublimation carefully.

 The illusory sound of the waves suddenly became extremely real, as if they were merging into a song of the sea.

At the same time, an invisible but real door slowly opened in front of me.

 Soon, a familiar tugging feeling came from the depths of my soul.

 Fall, fall again…

Xia En’s consciousness gradually sank into the dark sea full of stars and light marks…

 …

 …

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

 When Xia En opened his eyes again, he was already on the [Secret Sea].

 The sea breeze blew, and the water on both sides gently lapped at the hull. Like the previous two promotions, he is also on the empty shell of the [Black Swan].

However, after taking a closer look, Xia En soon discovered that the [Black Swan] at this time was exactly what it looked like after strengthening.

 “Every time you are promoted, will it be synchronized according to the current status of the hull?”

Xia En touched his chin, and then began to observe the situation on the sea around him.

 It is different from the last time we came up, which was cloudy and undercurrent.

The weather during this promotion ritual was quite good. The bright sunshine was shining on the sea, and the waves were like bright golden scales, which was beautiful.

 The warm sea breeze blew gently, making Xia En’s hair flutter slightly.

 This weather is many times more comfortable than the humid “Hui Nan Tian” on the foggy sea.

If it weren’t for the dark water with a clear and clear texture around him, Xia En almost forgot that he was on the promotion ritual.

 What surprised Xia En even more.

After checking his own status, he discovered that he had actually brought several extraordinary items to the promotion ritual.

 Including [Hui Jiao Amulet], [Giant Wristwheel], and some miscellaneous objects.

 “Something’s wrong, something’s very wrong…”

Faced with this situation, Xia En did not relax. Instead, his expression became more serious, and he frowned and murmured.

 When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.

 In his understanding, the promotion ritual should not be able to carry extraordinary items.

Why was this restriction suddenly lifted this time?

 Is it because the preparations for entering the ritual this time are very good, or is it because of the special nature of the promotion ritual itself?

 Can’t blame Xia En for making such a fuss.

 The difficulty of the first two promotion rituals left a deep impression on him. There is no reason why the difficulty of the third-level ritual should be reduced.

 At the moment, the peace and tranquility on the sea level is more like the calm before the storm.

This secret sea will eventually tear open its gentle veil and reveal its cruel and violent side.

 Suddenly, Xia En looked in a direction on the sea, his pupils narrowed slightly.

 He saw that among the undulations of the waves, there was another ship moving forward through the waves!

 To be precise, there is more than one ship.

 There are at least a dozen ships in the nearby waters!

 Just because of the long distance, these ships look very small and can easily be ignored.

“What happened to those ships?”

Xia En stared at the nearest ship, his mind working rapidly.

“Are they projections from the ascension ritual, or… other mystics who have ascended to the third level?”

Long time ago, Xia En had heard that when the secret path reaches a certain level, there will be a ritual in which several people complete the promotion trial together.

Now it seems that I have encountered this situation.

 But the problem is…

 His relationship with these secret travelers, is he an enemy or a friend?

As far as Xia En knows, there are various ways of promotion trials, including trial tasks that allow Mystics to compete with each other.

 In particular, Xia En obtained a somewhat evil hidden profession.

Even if a mission comes up to eliminate all other Mysterians, he probably won’t be surprised.

Although Shane himself is not a murderous person, he probably doesn’t mind clearing the stumbling blocks on the secret path if others stand in his way.

besides.

Xia En still has a lot of questions in his mind.

Since the ship can be seen, it means that most of these secret voyagers are [Captain] secret voyage professionals.

 But they don’t seem to have the talent of [Captain’s Majesty], so how do they manage the entire ship?

Furthermore, even if the world is very big, are there really so many mystical people who happen to enter the promotion ritual at this time?

Xia En thought about it and thought of a possibility.

 Judging from the different time flow rate between the last promotion ritual and reality, the time laws of this [Secret Sea] may also be quite different from reality.

  In other words, these mystical practitioners may not enter the ritual at the same time as Shaan.

  Rather, within a certain period of time, the secret path practitioners who meet the requirements are all drawn into the same promotion ritual.

 This time period may be a few hours, a day, or half a month.

 All kinds of conjectures are running through my mind.

 But Xia En knew very well that until there was sufficient evidence, these conjectures were just conjectures.

“But now, do you want to try to contact other mystics?”

Xia En looked at the ships not far away and finally gave up the idea.

If it is a cooperative trial mission, there is no harm in getting in touch with it.

 But if they are competing with each other…

I’m afraid it will become a “fight starts within three seconds of meeting” situation.

Besides, even if it is the former, with the difficulty of the trial at the level of Shane’s Hell, other Mysterians probably won’t be able to help much.

 While Xia En was thinking.

Rumble —

 A strange black thunder flashed through the clouds in the distant sky.

 Then, the roaring sound of thunder belatedly reached my ears.

 “Sure enough, it’s here!”

Xia En looked at the horizon, but couldn’t help but his face changed slightly, and he sighed: “This is really the calm before the storm…”

 I only saw it, in that direction.

 The thick dark clouds were approaching the sea area where the secret travelers were at almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Accompanied by it, there were sudden strong winds and huge waves!

 Just as Xia En expected.

The secret sea, which was calm and peaceful one moment, became dangerous the next second, as if it was deliberately playing tricks on these promoted secretaries.

 The thing that cannot be ignored the most in the field of vision is the huge waterspout approaching with the storm on the sea.

 The seawater continues to rotate under the influence of air currents and rises upward, eventually forming a thick water column that is connected to the towering clouds.

Such a spectacular sight, even Xia En couldn’t help but lose consciousness for a moment.

Screams of fear and fear were also heard from ships in the nearby waters.

From this point of view, we can tell that they are not NPCs projected by the [Secret Sea], but real living people!

 At this time.

 A few lines of prompts flashed before Xia En’s eyes.

  【Trial mission:】

　　【Before all other trialists die, eliminate the source of the storm and destroy this storm! 】

　　【If the tester dies or the ship sinks into the secret sea, the mission will be deemed a failure! 】

  【Note: The flow of time in this sea area is twice as fast as reality. 】

“…Um?”

 “Destroy the storm…me?”

Xia En’s eyelids twitched slightly. Looking at the terrifying storm that was approaching quickly, he once again had the urge to curse.

 In the face of this power of nature, the power of individuals appears extremely small.

Perhaps a higher-level mystic or even a **** can do this, but he is still only a third-level mystic now!

 Is this difficult trial really reasonable?

“I told you how you unlocked the restrictions on extraordinary items this time. Give me a sweet date and a big stick, right?”

Xia En couldn’t help but make a few slanderous remarks.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that this trial task is not really impossible?

 Judging from the description of the mission, this storm has a [source], and it is its existence that causes the storm to appear.

It is indeed unrealistic to defeat the storm, but if we just eliminate the source of the storm, there should still be a chance, right?

At this point, Xia En can only comfort himself in this way.

“However, at least it’s not a mission to hunt down other Mystic Pathfinders.”

To be honest, Xia En was secretly relieved.

 Dying during the promotion ritual, although you will not truly die, it will cause certain damage to the soul.

If they do not receive timely treatment, it may leave lifelong hidden dangers and prevent them from reaching higher realms.

 After all, there is no need for grievances and enmity, and there is no need for Xia En to ruin other people’s futures and cut off the advancement paths of other secret practitioners.

Of course, if it is an enemy, that is a different matter.

After thinking for a moment, Xia En silently glanced at the ships not far away and thought to himself.

“I hope you won’t die so quickly and give me a little more time.”

Immediately, he drove the [Black Swan] and took the initiative to break through the waves towards the center of the storm.

 (End of this chapter)