Chen Qi opened the small wooden box.
Inside the box were five crimson pearls, a heart-shaped shell necklace, and a small harp.
[Song of the Shell:
Nature Form: Flower, Heart
Description: Wearing this item will slightly increase your charm, as well as slightly amplify the buff effects you receive from songs.
Note: I am a die-hard fan of the Sirens' Song.]
[Siren's Small Harp:
Nature Form: Flower
Description: A replica of the Siren's Harp, it can be used to play transcendent songs.
Inherent Skill: Song of the Sea (increases activity, agility, and strength of sea beasts within range, and heals their injuries; this is an inherent skill of the equipment, which can be played without understanding music theory.)]
The five pearls were rare gems, and if sold to a jeweler, they could fetch a million.
"Valuable gifts."
Chen Qi accepted these gifts.
These are two items designed to be used together.
Among them, the most precious was the Siren's Small Harp.
Unfortunately, with his dreadful musical skills, he could never unleash the true potential of this transcendent item.
Nature Form is Flower; he wondered if the Flower Witch had any singing skills.
Of course, its inherent skill "Song of the Sea" was quite effective for Chen Qi.
The shell necklace was meant to be used with the Siren's Small Harp.
"Thank you."
Chen Qi put the harp into his backpack card, then wore the shell necklace and the siren necklace.
Unfortunately, he had no good return gifts.
He could only cook!
Chen Qi spent some time making a sumptuous roast and invited the sirens for a meal.
The sirens, greedy sea beasts at heart, were instantly satisfied.
After eating, the sirens lay on the coral platform and fell asleep.
The sirens' chorus consumed a lot of the sea beasts' energy.
Unknowingly, the flames of the day gradually went out, and the entire ocean slowly fell into darkness.
Chen Qi took out the kerosene lamp.
It was time to clear the D-rank void crack!
Now, he had twenty song buffs on him.
With these buffs lasting for twenty-four hours, clearing a D-rank crack would be a piece of cake for him!
Chen Qi opened the map; near the siren's lair, there was a ten-person shadow phase crack.
In his current state, a ten-person D-rank shadow phase crack was no problem at all!
Might as well strike while the iron was hot, clear the crack, and then return to the siren's lair.
Chen Qi didn't hesitate and headed towards the crack.
Speed run!
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[Inspiration identification ongoing...]
[You have entered the void phase crack, "Skeleton Graveyard." ]
[You carefully stepped into the graveyard.]
[A giant skeleton general appeared from the darkness, mocking your frail body, and questioned the value of your life.]
[You threw a punch and killed the skeleton general...]
[The skeleton general triggered a death rattle, summoning a skeleton archmage.]
[You threw a punch and killed the skeleton archmage...]
[The skeleton archmage also triggered a death rattle, summoning a group of skeleton soldiers...]
[You killed the group of skeleton soldiers, and they triggered a death rattle, summoning a skeleton puppy...]
Chapter Your:
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[You cleared the crack and received a perfect S rating, drawing two skill cards.]
[You obtained the skill card——Shadow Blade Slash.]
[You obtained a one-time skill card——Empty Skeleton Head.]
"Done, why do all monsters here have death rattles?"
Chen Qi walked out of the crack and checked his newly obtained skill cards.
Empty Skeleton Head was a void phase skill card.
Its effect was "cease thinking," then resist a one-time mental attack.
Additionally, if he died while "ceasing thinking," it would trigger a death rattle, summoning a fierce skeleton general.
However, to use it, one must possess void phase intuition.
"In the early stages, void phase skill cards are indeed garbage..."
Chen Qi kept the skill card, planning to sell it at the black market when he got the chance.
In the New Sun game, the symbol for void phase was having no symbol.
Not just skills, but the associated occupations were often trash in the early stages and quite rare.
Also, none of the six nations in the New Sun world governed [Void] or [Shadow].
Both shadows and void phases, being negative nature forms, had their origins in the Hunter's organization, located in the Lost Land, in the underground world gutters.
Even though there was no top-level transcendent organization.
The shadow phase, due to its "villainous" nature and decent strength, still attracted many players.
But the void phase was different; occupation cards were rare, and early-stage strength was very weak.
Therefore, very few players chose the void phase path.
Fortunately, the second skill card he obtained was quite decent.
[Shadow Blade Slash:
Nature Form: Blade, Shadow
Usage Conditions: Master qi power, possess slight shadow intuition or blade intuition
Description: Operate qi power throughout your body, enchanting your weapon with it, transforming it into a sharp black thunderbolt, then unleash a powerful qi-powered slash!]
A skill card that perfectly matched his current situation.
Shadow Blade Slash could be understood as the qi power slash of the shadow phase; simply put, it was a move like sword energy.
While enhancing attack power, it also expanded the attack range!
Sword energy was a romantic dream for men!
And just right, the weapon Chen Qi used was a sword.
Shadow Blade Slash was a pretty good addition to his combat strength.
Chen Qi kept the skill card.
Recently, he had been using skill cards too frequently; he should wait a few days to thoroughly digest this one.
"Nice harvest..."
Under the faint moonlight, Chen Qi walked on the water, heading towards the siren's lair.
His next plan was to fleece the sea beasts once more, then see if there were any rare sea beasts to bring to the White Tree Land.
Finally, he would go pick up the Flower Witch.
At that moment, a small sea demon with green algae hair suddenly emerged from the water.
An adult sea demon could reach a height of 1.8 meters, with some even growing over 2 meters.
However, little Green Algae was an undernourished sea demon, and with her fish tail, she stood at only about 1.4 meters.
In the water, she looked even smaller.
"Green Algae, you're not asleep..."
Chen Qi smiled slightly and patted her tentacle-like hair.
Green Algae's tentacles twitched, then she frantically waved her arms:
"Wah wah wah Σ(°△°|||)——"
Hmm? What does that mean? Chen Qi was startled.
At this moment, the Deep Sea Water Elf also moved.
"Wait..."
Chen Qi immediately became alert.
It seemed Green Algae was warning him about some nearby danger!
What could scare Green Algae? Could it be a nighttime shadow demon?
No... Chen Qi soon dismissed this thought.
"Is someone nearby..."
He hesitated no longer and immediately activated his skill.
Dark Concealment!
Chen Qi held his breath, as if covered by a thin veil, hiding in the darkness.
Not only his breathing, but even his spirit power field was covered by this thin veil.
Combined with numerous buffs provided by the sirens, his concealment in the dark was extremely strong.
Unless it was a mage of Teacher An's caliber, it would be impossible to discover him.
Could it be the Kuang Sha he encountered previously?
Chen Qi looked underwater again.
Most of the sirens were asleep, but the black-armored sharks were still very active.
Chen Qi, facing the third-order transcendent Kuang Sha, couldn't possibly defeat him.
But for mere survival, he should have no problem.
Why were they at the sirens' lair? And what gave them the courage to come here?
As a Light Seer, it was natural to remain curious.
"Deep Sea Water Elf, follow."
Chen Qi dived underwater, carefully swimming towards the center of the sirens' lair, following a black-armored shark from a distance.
With Dark Concealment, he successfully hid behind a reef, beside which a large sea snake lay asleep.
A perfect hiding spot... Chen Qi concealed himself and looked into the distance.
Sure enough, he saw lights and ten steam-powered boats.
On each boat stood a fully armed member of the Black Whale Group.
At the forefront was none other than the captain of the Black Whale Group——Kuang Sha!
He stood two meters tall, with a mix of silver and white hair, a massive V-shaped physique, and a broad, sturdy back like an ancient reef.
His body was too massive to be described as bull-like; he was more like a giant bear.
"Interesting, they dared to come here on small boats."
Chen Qi thought.
One wrong move, and these Black Whale Group members would become shark food!
Without a doubt, they must have some special items to dare venture this deep.
But more intriguing was their purpose in coming to the sirens' lair.
In front of Kuang Sha stood a tall woman.
Her pitch-black hair was neat, she wore a raven mask, and donned a black feathered robe.
Like a raven symbolizing doom.
Chen Qi was slightly startled.
She was an acquaintance of his.
Now, she was a newly promoted officer of the Black Whale Group——Little Raven.