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

I don’t know when it started.

The sky became gloomy and the bright sunshine disappeared.

A layer of dark mist hung over the ink-black sea.

The wind and waves roared in, and the undulating waves slapped the Black Swan's hull one after another. The sails were swaying, and even the hull was shaking violently in this chaotic wind.

On the deck, a bloody battle that no one knew about was still going on.

Buzz!

The iron sword thrust out at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.

And at this moment, several afterimages separated and pierced into the chests of several deep-sea murlocs.

[Shadow Swordsmanship] Sword Skill - Split Shadow!

These fishmen's chests were bleeding profusely, but they still did not fall down. They let out terrifying screams and stared at the enemy in front of them with their bulging eyeballs.

There seemed to be a kind of dark and creeping malice in his eyes.

It was a cold hatred directed at all living things.

Just looking at them gives me the feeling of being polluted and eroded by some kind of power.

"What an evil thing."

Shane shook his head, trying to dispel the weird feeling in his heart.

At this time, under his feet, lay the corpses of countless deep-sea murlocs. Purple-black blood soaked the deck, and broken and shattered limbs could be seen everywhere.

This kind of fish-man is the most difficult to deal with since Xia En traveled through time.

Just slitting their throats and cutting off their limbs cannot make them incapacitated. Only by piercing the heart and blowing the head off can these monsters be truly killed.

Such an intense battle made even Xia En sweat profusely, breathe quickly, and consume a lot of energy.

"There is definitely a bug in the difficulty of this trial, right?"

Even with his numerical value far exceeding that of ordinary people, he felt great pressure at this time.

If it were a Mystic who had never been promoted, he would probably kneel down when he met the first deep-sea murloc.

No matter what, this level of difficulty is a bit too exaggerated.

"Goooo!!!"

The fish-man corpse here had just fallen, and a foul and foul wind was blowing from behind from the other side.

An exceptionally tall fish-man jumped onto the deck.

Its skin color is darker than other species of its kind, and its scales and mucous membranes are thicker. Its eyeballs are filled with countless scarlet bloodshot eyes, giving it a strong sense of oppression.

There is no doubt that it is the mini-BOSS among the deep-sea murlocs.

In Xia En's eyes, the pitch-black fishman bowed his knees slightly.

The next moment, the deck cracked.

Its body jumped high and turned into a blurry black shadow, swooping down from a high place.

clang!

Xia En raised his sword to block.

When the long sword collided with the fish-man's hands, it made a sound like metal friction, which showed how strong the scales on its body were.

Xia En twisted his wrist and used the force-relieving technique in swordsmanship to neutralize the impact of the fish-man's blow.

Even so, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, his mouth hurting slightly.

The power of this jet-black fish-man is far beyond that of its kind!

Xia En glanced at the long sword in his hand and saw a few tiny cracks on the sword.

After all, this is just an ordinary iron sword, not an extraordinary item. It is not easy to last for so long.

"There is not much time left for this sword."

Xia En's eyes were serious.

It is not difficult to see that it is only a matter of time before the sword is damaged.

Moreover, the jet-black fishman's attack just now caused several cracks to appear on the deck.

There were other fishmen climbing onto the deck and damaging the hull.

If the battle continues for a long time, Xia En will be fine, but the projection of the Black Swan will suffer.

He has not forgotten that once the ship's durability drops to 50, this trial will also fail!

"We must fight quickly!"

Xia En made up his mind, took a deep breath, and slowly raised the sword in his hand.

Immediately, his legs exerted force and his figure moved like a ghost.

In just the blink of an eye, he was behind the fish man.

Several swift rays of sword light suddenly bloomed, briefly illuminating the ship shrouded in darkness.

Facing the sword light, the pitch-black fishman let out a weird low roar.

In an instant, pale bone spurs suddenly emerged from its body, blocking the sword light.

The harsh friction sound continued, but the sword light was still unable to cut off all the bones.

A bit of human mockery flashed in the dark fish-man's eyes.

It was about to reach out and tear open the human's chest, but suddenly its body stiffened, and a cold pain came from the neck.

A line of blood gradually emerged from its neck.

Immediately afterwards, the whole ugly head slid back, hit the deck with a "bang", and rolled with a gurgling sound.

There was still astonishment in the eyes of the fishman's head.

What took its life was a sharp shadow that had disappeared in the air.

This is the real killing move of [Shadow Sword Technique] - Shadow Sword!

Hiding under the light of the sword, killing people invisibly.

Strictly speaking, this move is beyond the scope of ordinary swordsmanship and relies on the extraordinary power of shadow.

If Xia En hadn't gained the knowledge of swordsmanship from his close servant, it would have taken at least several years to master this sword.

This is also the first time that Xia En has used it in actual combat.

The effect is very good.

However, although the jet-black fishman died, the trial was not over yet.

Shane looked at the murlocs wreaking havoc on the deck, stepped forward, and reaped their lives like a god of death.

…

…

I don’t know how much time has passed.

There was a "click".

The iron sword in Xia En's hand broke into two pieces.

"Thank you for your hard work, old man."

Xia En threw the iron sword aside and looked around.

The deck was in a mess, with pieces of fishmen's corpses covering almost every corner, and two or three hanging on the crumbling mast.

Shane's body was also scarred and covered in blood.

Fortunately, the self-healing power brought by [High-speed Regeneration] greatly enhanced his endurance, allowing him to fight fiercely for such a long time.

"I haven't been this exhausted in a long time."

Xia En sighed in his heart.

Different from the projected body when submerged, the feeling of this body is more real.

Although death in [Secret Sea] may not really lead to death.

But according to the rumors about the Mystic Path at sea, once they fail to pass the promotion trial, there will be very serious sequelae, and it may even cause the Mystic Path to be cut off.

The psychological pressure is naturally different from usual.

At this time, the last murloc on the deck had its limbs chopped off by Shane and tied to the mast.

Shane's purpose for doing this is simple.

He wanted to take advantage of this time to collect the [Crystals of Filth] from the corpses, and also collect some information about this mysterious sea area.

You've come here, but you can't leave empty-handed, right?

[Filth crystal +1! 】

[Filth crystal +1! 】

[Filth crystal +5! 】

…

Xia En walked from the bow to the stern, watching the numbers in front of him keep beating, feeling a sense of joy in his heart.

Although I don’t know the specific effect of this material, I think it won’t be too bad.

till the end……

[Crystal of filth: 112! 】

An ordinary fish-man has one unit of filthy crystals in his body, while a jet-black fish-man has five units.

Calculated this way, Xia En had just killed more than a hundred fishmen!

"Whose first promotion trial is so difficult?"

Xia En couldn't help but complained: "It's not fair, let's rematch!"

Having said that, Xia En was actually vaguely aware that the hellish difficulty of this trial might be related to his own particularity.

"It's almost time to get back to reality."

Xia En walked to the last fish-man and was about to end its life when a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Wait a minute, isn't [Secret Sea] also a sea?"

"It just so happens that I am here and the Black Swan is also here."

"Then, can we do [submersible]?"