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A small chef probably has nothing of much value on him, even if we robbed him of everything, there wouldn't be much to gain.
The Ghost Ship captain lifted the anchor and said indifferently:
"Kid, make your move."
Chen Qi silently stared at the Ghost Ship captain before him.
Just moments ago, he had roughly calculated the Ghost Ship captain's strength. This monster's power and speed were much stronger than those of the Crack's Lost Ones.
Its strength was at the level of a C-tier Crack monster.
But the real difficulty lay in the mechanism of the Green Fire Ghost Ship. As long as the engine core of the Ghost Ship remained, the pirate skeletons could be endlessly revived.
Even a Third-tier Transcendent would die in the relentless grind of battle due to physical exhaustion.
Therefore, to defeat the Green Fire Ghost Ship, the correct choice would be to find the core of the Ghost Ship and either destroy it or take it away.
The Ghost Ship was indeed the key to this natural disaster, a lesson learned by players through blood and tears.
When facing pirates who robbed and ran, stealing from home was the way to go!
"Scram!"
Chen Qi kicked out, extinguishing all the green flames around him.
Without any hesitation, he decisively passed through the banquet hall towards the deck.
"He's running away?"
The Ghost Ship captain wanted to pursue, but the next moment, it felt malice from behind.
A girl with black hair was seen holding a tube of dark red potion, fiercely injecting it into the artery of her wrist.
The Ghost Ship captain could feel, the black-haired girl was brimming with a murderous aura.
Is it necessary to be so angry when I haven't even robbed you yet... The Ghost Ship captain gripped the anchor.
Besides, there was also the cloaked old man on the ground, who was glaring malevolently at the Ghost Ship captain:
"Hand over...the Siren's belongings...skeleton."
Carrying the anchor, the Ghost Ship captain let out a cackling laugh:
"Are you looking for the king of these nearby seas? You want some treasure?"
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Chen Qi quickly made his way to the deck.
The torrential rain instantly soaked his clothes.
Most capable individuals had gone to the banquet hall, after all, nothing was more important than the safety of the guests' belongings.
Under the assault of the Ghost Ship, only the frail and helpless sailors remained on deck.
In the midst of the storm, they could only cling tightly to the railing, struggling not to be thrown overboard.
Chen Qi, standing against the wind and the rain, looked ahead.
A massive Ghost Ship loomed in front of them, its sails tattered, yet it swayed eerily in the storm.
The Ghost Ship seemed to emerge from the sea of death, its hull covered in rust and seaweed, with green flames burning fiercely upon it.
A distance of five hundred meters, impossible to leap across... Chen Qi looked towards the Ghost Ship in the distance.
On the Ghost Ship, vague figures of skeletons swayed; they wore tattered pirate clothes, wielded rusty swords and broken muskets, silently awaiting good news from their captain.
Unfortunately, he couldn't activate Residual Fire Touch now, or else, people would discover a target more worthwhile to hunt than the Ghost Ship captain.
The blond sailor, upon seeing Chen Qi reach the deck, immediately said:
"Guest, don't even think about jumping into the water. Those skeletons won't spare anyone beneath the waves; we have already lost many sailors..."
"I know, I'm just here to give these monsters a bit of color."
"??"
The sailors were shocked.
When raiding a home, the longer the reach the better!
Chen Qi walked toward the bow and took out the large sniper rifle, Giant Killer, he had obtained from the inspector's ship.
To prevent the brand of the gun from being recognized, he wound many bandages around the sniper rifle.
The energy core could be used not only as a power core for Mechas but also as the core for ships.
Such a rare find could be the finale lot of an auction!
Chen Qi, arriving at the bow, excitedly set up his sniper rifle:
"Number One, Number Three, Number Four, swim near the Ghost Ship. If anything large falls down, immediately take it into the deep depths of the sea, the deeper the better."
The deep-sea Water Elves possessed the ability to operate hundreds, even thousands of meters beneath the sea!
Even the skeletons from the Ghost Ship could not venture into the deep sea's depths.
"Wakuvaku! (Yes, master!)"
The deep-sea Water Elves quickly dived into the ocean, speeding towards the underside of the Ghost Ship.
When it came to the act of robbery, Chen Qi did not think his professional team was any less competent than the notorious Green Fire Ghost Ship!
If you want to be the master of the nearby seas, better level up...
Chen Qi activated Hunter's Eye, and not even the seagulls in the storm could escape his sight.
The closer the energy core was to the pirate skeletons, the faster their revival.
The Ghost Ship had two cores.
There should be one core, positioned at the bow of the ship...
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At a distance of over five hundred meters, given the power of the Giant Slayer, there was no need to consider wind speed...
With high inspiration, Chen Qi faintly intuited that beneath the bow of the Ghost Ship, within its cabin, lay an energy core.
This was his first time using the Giant Slayer.
And his time was extremely limited, for those ghosts would soon flee, returning to their Ghost Ship.
No more than two minutes.
"Hopefully I'm not wrong."
Chen Qi pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The enormous recoil of the gun made Chen Qi's body tremble.
The Spiral Magic Bullet traced a thunderbolt across the sky, tearing through the storm and darkness!
Boom! The continuously rotating Spiral Magic Bullet struck the body of the Ghost Ship, instantly blowing a spiral-shaped hole through it!
Immediately after, a deafening explosion sounded, with flames rapidly blooming from the distance!
And as the cabin broke open, an energy core, ablaze, appeared in his line of sight!
He guessed right!
Chen Qi felt exceptionally excited!
An intact energy core!
With this, his new ship would undergo a qualitative leap!
The deep-sea Water Elves No.3, as well as No.4, swiftly charged toward the energy core.
"No, too hasty..."
Chen Qi furrowed his brow.
To his sight, a hundred skeletons aboard the Ghost Ship suddenly took up their scimitars and charged at the Water Elves.
The Water Elves had acted too soon.
He could no longer use the Spiral Bullets... Chen Qi immediately loaded the incendiary rounds he had acquired from the Black Rabbit.
Even ordinary bullets possessed tremendous force under the power of the Giant Slayer.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Chen Qi fired four shots in succession.
The skeletons were strung together like candied haws by the bullets, while the Water Elves took the opportunity to use Water Bombs.
With a boom!
Under the cover of the sniper rifle, the one-meter-wide energy core was seized by the deep-sea Water Elves and plunged into the water, sinking deeper into the sea.
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On the Ghost Ship, the pirate skeletons, with heads bowed, could only stare dumbfounded at this scene, at a loss for what to do.
"Phew, done!"
Chen Qi rose to his feet and offered a slight smile to the pirate skeletons ahead.
That energy core was now his!
At that moment, green flames began to spread across the deck!
"Hit the jackpot! Hit the jackpot!"
The skeletons carrying bags also emerged from the cabin, excitedly jumping into the water, swimming towards their Ghost Ship.
"Returning with a full haul! What a bunch of fat sheep!"
The Ghost Ship captain emerged from the cabin, already battered with scars, yet continually letting out hearty laughter.
Just moments ago, it had been killed a whole five times by the little crow and the cloaked elder!
But, that was merely a waste of effort!
They were the immortal sea monsters, the specters of the high seas!
This expedition had netted them a treasure trove of fine clothes, jewelry, and, beyond that, a backpack card of a Third-tier Transcendent!
The Ghost Ship captain fiddled with a Gold Coin in its hand.
Next up, just follow the green Tidefire back to their Ghost Ship!
Out here on the nearby seas, no vessel could catch up to their Ghost Ship.
The thrill of looting and escaping felt simply exhilarating!
"Gentlemen! Thank you for being so wealthy!"
"Gentlemen! Thank you for working so hard to earn money!"
"Gentlemen! Do strive to bring me even more treasures!"
The tall Ghost Ship captain kept emitting piercing taunts.
Its skull-clashing laughter echoed throughout the vast Dove Liner.
Until it saw the large sniper rifle in Chen Qi's hands and its damaged Ghost Ship.
The Ghost Ship captain was stunned.
Why was its Ghost Ship smoking!
And Old Six!
Chen Qi blew on the scalding gun muzzle and gave the Ghost Ship captain a slight smile.
You may leave now, little ghost.