Chapter 457: Section 244: Battle of Pine Wind Sea 3
Dian Wan tumbled into the sea, head down and feet up, sometimes delirious, sometimes alert, his body ice cold.
He was hot-tempered and furious, opening his mouth and shouting loudly, “Ahhhh…gurgle gurgle…Ahh…gurgle gurgle…”
Bang.
A loud explosion sounded, and blue electric light burst forth, creating a huge column of water.
As the water column dispersed, Dian Wan’s muscles bulged and electricity swirled around him as he stood once again on the sea.
He stimulated his Fighting energy throughout his body, recklessly consuming it to forcibly squeeze a Silver Level ghost out of his body.
The Silver Level ghost became somewhat transparent because of this and was about to continue the attack, but Dian Wan, having learned from his setback, prioritized escape and instantly created distance.
The ghost chased him relentlessly.
Cang Xu, while controlling the ghost, felt a hint of regret.
“If I had known there would be such a battle, I would have sold a Silver Level ghost at the Undead Gathering just now.”
He was now burdened heavily, and controlling the ghost was not as effective as he hoped, making it hard to fully unleash its combat potential.
In Cang Xu’s original plan, he indeed wanted to sell a Silver Level ghost at the Undead Gathering.
But plans could not keep up with changes, and Cang Xu very smoothly acquired the Reduction Technique and Reduction Technique.
With these two spells, he immediately changed his plan and kept the Silver Level ghost.
Little did he expect to be attacked by pirates just after leaving the island.
Dian Wan sprinted away like lightning toward the Iron Lump, and the chase speed of his Jidian Pirate Group also gradually picked up, as they evaded the skeleton arrow rain, beginning their pursuit.
“Follow the Captain!”
“He has charged out alone again.”
“Quick, follow him, he needs our support!!”
The pirates shouted, their morale high.
But in the next moment, a multitude of ghosts burst out from the seabed, directly passing through the bottoms and hulls of the ships and killing their way into the pirate ships.
The pirates, caught in an ambush, immediately fell into chaos.
“Ghost, ghosts!”
“Damn it, our swords can’t hit them.”
“Argh…”
Panic-filled screams were incessant.
It was the Ghost Mage, Fin Spirit, who took action.
She commanded an army of Water Ghosts.
Not only that, she herself hid on the seabed, beginning to cast a spell.
Undead Magic—Intermediate Soul Implantation Technique.
A Silver Level ghost silently entered a helmsman’s body.
Even though the helmsman was a Black Iron Level, he was immediately invaded, his eyes widened in terror, his face full of horror, yet unable to speak, forced to watch his body being controlled by the ghost.
Fin Spirit smiled coldly from the seabed.
The next moment, under her remote control, the helmsman suddenly turned the helm hard to the left.
Loud shouts and warnings immediately came from another pirate ship, which started to evade urgently.
But it was useless.
The distance between the ships was very close, and each pirate ship was plagued by ghosts wreaking havoc, killing the pirates.
The pirate ships struggled to correct their courses in time.
Bang!
The two pirate ships collided.
For a moment, wood splinters flew everywhere, and many pirates on the decks and the masts were thrown off.
The collision of the two ships was devastating, the hulls ruptured with large holes, large amounts of seawater rushed in—sinking was inevitable!
Zi Di took command aboard the Deep Sea Monster Fish, observing the entire process of the two ships colliding.
“Impressive!” Zi Di couldn’t help but praise silently in her mind.
Zi Di also mastered the Soul Implantation Technique.
She had even once planned to use the technique on the Big guy’s body to help him complete his first cycle of Fighting energy.
However, Zi Di’s Soul Implantation Technique was just a basic one. The spell effect allowed the spellcaster’s soul to parasitize other lives or objects. The stronger the soul, even if it lodged in a corpse or bone frame, the zombies or skeleton soldiers created would possess unusually high intelligence.
The Fin Spirit’s Soul Implantation Technique was a notch higher.
She could allow her subordinates’ ghosts to perform soul implantation, controlling the ghosts who then controlled the target, forming a chain of control.
The advantages of this approach were numerous.
It was hugely risky for the caster’s own soul to recklessly enter a target. After adding a layer of separation, even if the internal spirit was dealt with, the Undead Mage himself remained safe. Compared to personal safety, the loss of a ghost was trivial.
Another point was that the spellcaster controlled many ghosts and could further control multiple targets simultaneously, thereby controlling the battlefield.
Mage Fin Spirit merely created a chain of control and managed to wreck two pirate ships of the Jidian Pirate Group, making the pirates jump into the water crying for their lives, which demonstrated the power of this spell.
This was also where the strength of mages lay.
This group could leverage greater combat power with a rich array of methods.
Thus, in any war curriculum, eliminating the enemy’s mages was always treated as a top priority.
Fin Spirit’s intervention, followed by the Water Ghost Army’s attack, plunged the Jidian Pirate Group into chaos.
Fortunately, the First Officer was still commanding.
Their command system wasn’t paralyzed and was still operational.
The Iron Lump sailed laboriously like an old ox.
This was its maximum speed.
Due to its heavily fortified, extremely heavy hull material, the Iron Lump’s speed met the expectations of both friends and foes.
Cang Xu stood at the stern of the Iron Lump, seeing the miserable state of the Jidian Pirate Group and couldn’t help but yearn, “This is the true power of an Undead Mage!”
Hundreds of Water Ghosts, among which at least two were Silver Level ghosts.
Undead Mage Fin Spirit was originally summoned by the Ship Ghost and had served as its assistant for many years, maintaining a close connection even after being set free.
Cang Xu could gain advanced Soul Vein inheritance from the Ship Ghost at their very first meeting. It was conceivable that Fin Spirit had acquired it even earlier.
“Reduction Technique and Reduction Technique are too crucial.”
“With these two supportive spells, an Undead Mage could truly fight like an army unto himself.”
Cang Xu praised silently.
Meanwhile, Qing Xin cast a spell.
Wind Magic—Wind Communication Technique.
Qing Xin shouted to Dian Wan, “Dian Wan, your subordinates are nearly all killed. Aren’t you going to save them?”
Dian Wan was all too aware of the dire state of his pirate group. Hearing Qing Xin’s words, he couldn’t help but look back.
But at the next moment, he gritted his teeth and continued chasing the Iron Lump!
This choice made Qing Xin’s expression grow even graver.
Cang Xu calmly ordered, “Deploy the sails.”
Qing Xin’s spirits immediately lifted.
“I’ve caught up with you! I will make you pay tenfold for the damage you caused,” Dian Wan roared in his heart.
The distance between the two sides was drastically reduced, and Dian Wan made a vigorous leap!
Buzz, buzz, buzz…
A vast amount of Mana was mobilized from the Mana Pool, channeled into the Feathered Snake sails.
As Mana passed through the temporary connection channel, it emitted a loud buzzing noise.
This made Qing Xin look worriedly, very concerned that the temporary channel wouldn’t withstand the pressure and would collapse at a critical moment.
Luckily, the materials Cang Xu used were solid and excellent, and Qing Xin’s concerns were—for the moment—unrealized.