We Agreed to Set Sail, but You Became the Ruler of the Deep Sea?

The salty sea breeze blows in your face, and the golden sunshine shines down, bringing a warm and welcoming touch.

All senses are extremely real and clear.

If it hadn't been for the last second, the surrounding sky was still dark, Xia En might not have realized that he had entered the [Promotion Ritual].

"What a wonderful feeling..."

Xia En looked at his body and found that it was no different from reality.

But apart from his clothes, he only had an ordinary iron sword for self-defense.

Extraordinary items such as the [Black Stone Dagger] and [Hui Cult Amulet] were all missing.

Thinking about it, if you can carry extraordinary items for promotion, the difficulty will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

After confirming his condition, Xia En looked around.

Underfoot is a slightly swaying wooden deck.

Next to him are tall masts and billowing sails.

These scenes are so familiar that they cannot even be described as "déjà vu."

Especially when Xia En saw the dark swan statue on the bow of the ship, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble.

"Isn't this the Black Swan?"

Shane was in a weird mood.

Why does the Black Swan appear in [Promotion Ritual]?

Or is this a characteristic unique to [Captain]’s secret path?

As a captain, it’s normal for me to take the boat with me, right?

However, after observing for a while, Xia En also realized that although the ship looked the same as the Black Swan in appearance, it was missing one of the most important things.

——Ship Spirit!

This ship is just a soulless body.

To be honest, it is more like the projection of the [Black Swan] in this mysterious space.

Even so, there is a very strong connection between it and Shane.

Xia En can control the entire ship with just a thought.

Then, Xia En looked further into the distance.

Outside the ship's side, there was an invisible sea surface that was undulating slightly.

However, this sea is different from the sea that Xia En is familiar with.

The sea water here is pure black.

It is obviously liquid sea water, but it has an indescribable feeling of emptiness and clarity, like the dark night sky on a clear summer night.

Under the sea surface, there seemed to be a little bit of light flickering, and gray-white cracks were expanding flickeringly.

Those weird lights and shadows shrouded the depths of the sea, making the sea even more magical.

It's like... this ship is sailing in the starry sky!

"This is the legendary [Secret Sea]."

"No wonder some people say that it is the reflection of the ocean in the starry sky..."

Xia En looked at this mysterious ocean quietly and forced himself to calm down.

"So now, what do I do?"

After traveling for such a long time, Xia En is no longer the novice captain who didn't know anything at first.

Through the information he obtained from Duke Island and An's personal experience, he already had a rough understanding of the specific process of the [Promotion Ritual].

In fact, the key to promotion lies in getting the approval of [Secret Sea].

The word "recognition" sounds a bit abstract.

To put it in simpler terms, it actually means passing some kind of trial.

Take An's process of being promoted to the first level [Knight] as an example. His trial was to defeat the giant beast he encountered, thereby proving his strength.

Of course, the trials of each secret path are different.

But generally speaking, the trial tasks from level 0 to level 1 are not too difficult, and they usually involve defeating an enemy whose strength is neither high nor low.

The difficulty of subsequent promotion trials will gradually increase, and there will even be online trials in which several Mystics are promoted together.

In this regard, Xia En is quite confident.

He is a master of tasks!

Wow!

At this moment, the sound of splashing water came from the sea.

Xia En glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a black shadow quickly climbing up the side of the ship.

In the blink of an eye, a dark shadow fell on the deck.

After seeing its appearance clearly, Xia En couldn't help but frown slightly.

This is a fish-man with a strange shape.

The skin on its body is smooth and moist, and its hands and feet are webbed. Its huge, protruding fish eyes that never close are staring at Xia En with hostility.

"Little Chic looks the real thing."

As soon as Xia En came up with this idea, several lines of information appeared on the panel.

[Trial mission:]

[Destroy all the deep-sea fishmen who climbed onto the ship! 】

[If the tester dies, or the ship’s durability drops to (50/100), the mission will be deemed a failure! 】

"Um?"

Shane was a little surprised.

Is this a prompt that other mystics will see, or is it a privilege brought by [Eye of the Secret Sea]?

Before he could think about it, the deep-sea fishman let out a hoarse roar and pounced at him at a speed that surpassed that of an ordinary person!

A cold light flashed in Xia En's eyes, he pulled out the sword from his waist and took a step forward.

laugh!

The sword light flashed!

The sword edge pierced the chest of the deep-sea fishman at just the right time.

Purple-black blood splashed out.

After obtaining the [Shadow Swordsmanship] from the prince's valet, his swordsmanship level improved dramatically.

Even if he only had an ordinary iron sword in his hand, it would still be easy to kill such a deep-sea murloc.

However, after being stabbed in the heart, the fish-man still struggled for a long time, its mouth full of sharp teeth constantly opening and closing, trying to bite off a piece of meat from Xia En's body.

[Kill the deep-sea murlocs! 】

[It has been detected that "filthy secret sea crystals" are present in the corpse. Do you want to store it? 】

【Filthy Secret Sea Crystal】

[Quality: precious]

[Type: Material]

[Description: The secret sea crystals polluted by strange forces cannot be absorbed directly, but can be stored in the "Eye of the Secret Sea" to strengthen the core components of the ship. 】

[This material can only be obtained in special scenes. 】

[Pollution, Devouring, Evolution...]

[Note: After strengthening, the components will undergo special irreversible changes, please use with caution. 】

"……ah?"

Looking at these lines of text, Xia En was stunned.

As a mutated marine creature, it is normal for the Deep Sea Murloc to have [Secret Sea Crystals] in its body.

But what does this “dirty” prefix mean?

What being has contaminated them?

Xia En couldn't think of the answers to these questions at the moment, so he simply put them aside for the time being and chose to store the filthy crystals.

Immediately, a dark black crystal precipitated from the fish-man's body and submerged into Xia En's body.

[Crystal of filth: 1]

Since he was still in the promotion trial, Xia En did not continue to study the use of this new material, but carefully observed the body of the deep-sea fishman.

Until this moment, its limbs were still twitching and squirming, unwilling to rest in peace.

"What a perverted vitality!"

Xia En was secretly surprised: "With this kind of speed and strength... can it really be dealt with by ordinary people who have not been promoted?"

If the trial ends here, its difficulty is still within a reasonable range.

But don’t forget, the mission description on the panel is “All deep-sea murlocs!”

This means that there must be more than one of them!

Blah, blah, blah...

As if to confirm Xia En's conjecture, continuous sounds of water came from both sides of the ship.

What sounded at the same time was that kind of crazy, sharp guttural sound.

One after another, the deep-sea murlocs boarded the deck like a tide!

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