"Hope the edge hunter's frontier hunter group doesn't come too early..." Chen Qi murmured to himself.
If the hunter group enters White Tree Land and discovers his assets there, the consequences would be unimaginable.
By any chance, if I'm caught, I could be publicly executed, or even sent to the tribunal... Chen Qi organized his thoughts:
"Teacher An, I hope you don't encounter the Nearshore Dominator, nor the Ghost Ship."
Now the Nearshore Dominator must lay low since it's essentially just a juvenile.
"Hmm... Qi, you also must be careful."
An looked at Chen Qi with concern.
Although Chen Qi now had the strength to face ordinary sea beasts alone, if he encountered the Nearshore Dominator, he would be instantly shredded by its sharp teeth.
Chen Qi was fortunate not to encounter any ferocious sea beasts, but if he did, he had to master the art of fighting them.
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With her short hands like that of a fortune cat, An tightly gripped the magic wand and twirled it as if spinning a heavy hammer:
"Qi, I have some understanding of fighting deep-sea monsters, and I also know some methods of using spiritual power. If you encounter any bottlenecks in your training, feel free to come to me anytime."
Though she mainly focused on spells, she also knew some basic combat techniques!
Teacher An's private lessons... Chen Qi lowered his head and pondered.
Even though he had skill cards, he found that in many detailed aspects, he still found it difficult to reach a perfect level despite practice.
An had a unique understanding of spiritual power perception and control.
Years of basic spiritual power control practice and her exceptional talent earned An the title of An Aotian.
"Thank you very much, Teacher An."
Chen Qi smiled slightly,
Recently, he obtained many skill cards and extraordinary props.
These skills, even if upgraded with spiritual points, still required some time to be fully mastered.
Moreover, he had yet to practice his strongest weapon, Meat Cutting Bone Breaking.
Currently, wearing the Residual Fire Touch and using Meat Cutting Bone Breaking, he had the attack power to rival a Blade Phase third-tier Transcendent.
Before his next voyage, he had to complete the practice of these skills and weapons... Chen Qi secretly made a plan.
Unfortunately, the practice of Residual Fire Touch and Meat Cutting Bone Breaking could only be done in White Tree Land.
The two chatted a bit more, and unknowingly, night had deepened, and the campfire began to weaken.
"It's getting late,"
An waved her fortune cat-like little hand and smiled, "See you tomorrow, Qi."
"See you tomorrow."
Chen Qi yawned.
After they bid farewell, the exhausted Chen Qi found the newly built inn in Maro Town along the newly built stone road,
and then, upon entering the room, he instantly collapsed onto the soft bed with a thud.
Hopefully, the coming days will pass smoothly.
Chen Qi turned his head to look at the Water Elf by the bow of the ship and slowly closed his eyes.
...
...
Half a month later, at noon, White Tree Land.
The sky was gray and dark clouds rolled as if a storm was imminent.
Chen Qi sat cross-legged on the roots of the White Tree, digesting the knowledge he had gained in recent days.
At this moment, a prompt appeared before his eyes once again.
[You have fully mastered Shadow Foot, agility increased by 8 points. You can now add Qi power to your feet, achieving stronger movement and more powerful kicking techniques.]
[You have fully mastered Shadow Armor. You can instinctively condense Qi power to form armor on parts of your body to resist physical damage.]
"Finally completed it..."
Chen Qi let out a long breath.
For the past half month, he had been extremely diligent, leading a very simple life.
In the morning, he would get up to buy vegetables.
Then, he would head to White Tree Land to deal with the Ghost Fire Fish and Hai Yunduo.
In the afternoon, he would practice skills and the use of Meat Cutting Bone Breaking and Residual Fire Touch.
In the evening, he would open a food boat to earn money and gather spiritual points.
Occasionally, he would find Teacher An to practice spiritual power perception and help her with some trivial matters in Maro Town.
These tedious practices have yielded great results... Chen Qi checked his stats again.
60 inspiration, 42 constitution, 28 strength, 37 agility!
Chen Qi looked down at his reflection in the water.
Calm and composed, showing the demeanor of a young master.
Although his muscles hadn't grown much on the outside, his bones and blood had greatly strengthened.
Thanks to the extraordinary vegetables and the extraordinary fruit he had obtained earlier, his constitution could now rival a Cup Phase second-tier Transcendent.
He felt incredibly powerful.
The agility improvement mainly came from body movement skill cards, which increased his agility by a total of 15 points.
Inspiration had not improved. With 60 points of inspiration, given his naturally high sensitivity, it would be hard to improve without acquiring a Cup Phase prop.
His current stats were that of a well-balanced hexagon model.
As a newly-promoted second-tier Transcendent, these were quite impressive stats.
Based on the stats alone, he could contend with late second-tier Transcendents and even third-tier Transcendents with a weak foundation.
With Residual Fire Touch and Meat Cutting Bone Breaking, he could even take on an ordinary third-tier Transcendent head-on!
"Perhaps I can now spar with An, provided she doesn't use any large-scale spells."
Chen Qi recalled his practice with An over the past few days.
Contrary to his expectations, An didn't engage in combat with him but instead taught him the monotonous practice of spiritual power perception techniques.
An initially wanted to teach Chen Qi meditation but found that his sensitivity had reached an astonishing 60 points!
An sighed from time to time. In her view, with Chen Qi's sensitivity, he could rank among the top in the Cup Phase class of Bei Country Royal University.
Sadly, Chen Qi had already chosen his sole criterion and couldn't become a Shaman.
In An's view, Chen Qi was still too weak, so she did not conduct any actual combat training with him, only some basic courses.
An mainly taught Chen Qi how to use strong spiritual perception along with his five senses to predict the enemy's intentions.
Thanks to An's training and his perception coupled with dynamic vision, Chen Qi could now predict an opponent's move before it was fully executed.
At this moment, Deep Sea Water Elf No.3 swam over:
"Waku, Waku (Master! Your newspaper!)"
"Hmm."
Chen Qi took the newspaper.
Lately, since he was entirely focused on improving his abilities, he could only catch up on the incidents like Little Crow and the Ghost Ship through the newspapers.
Chen Qi opened the White Dove Times.
"The emperor of the Blood Blade Pirate Group is gravely ill, and Lady Blood has become the de facto ruler."
"Is the mysterious vortex in the nearshore a super crack leading to another world?"
"Reporter Pei Lu interviews the captain of the Ghost Ship. The Captain declared their intention to slaughter merchant ships massively! They aim to become the king of the nearshore!"
These are just some boring news articles with no information about Little Crow and the others... Chen Qi put away the White Dove Times and looked at the sensational Witch Times.
"Lady Blood suspected of being bewitched by Big Mom, conspiring to murder her husband, Blood Emperor!"
"Golden Flower Bird Kingdom's chef teaches you how to savor seafood with your body~"
"Nature Form Career Divination! Famous Divination Master designs a divination questionnaire to help you choose the suitable Nature Form."
Chen Qi glanced through the Witch Times, which was filled with conspiracy theories and sensational news.
Though lacking substantial content, its sales had already surpassed that of the White Dove Times.
Due to the absence of big news or the Flower Witch's whereabouts, the White Dove Times' sales had plummeted significantly.
In the tavern of Maro Town, the Witch Times' sales far exceeded those of the White Dove Times.
Chen Qi put down the newspaper. It seemed that the actions of Little Crow and others were still a mystery.
"Woo, woo, woo..."
What's that sound? Chen Qi turned his head, looking into the distance.
On the sea surface, there was a vast expanse of fresh blood.