Outside the window, a bright red moon hung high above the sea.
As the laughing moon rose, shadows hidden beneath the darkness slowly ascended over the sea, transforming into one floating black specter after another—
Meanwhile, Chen Qi felt a powerful force surge through his body. In the darkness of the night, his combat abilities substantially increased.
The significant boosts provided by "Night Monsters" refilled him with strength after a night of practicing punches.
Chen Qi could feel that as his physique improved, his current physical abilities in the darkness had become capable of defeating most Third Rank Transcendents.
Even seasoned Third Rank Transcendents like Fen were no match for him now in terms of physical prowess.
However, even with the Ember Touch and Shadow Weaving, he still couldn't defeat top-tier Transcendents.
Supernova Hai Ge and Diya's Mecha, if not for the special environment above the sea, would still far surpass him on the panel.
Ultimately, though Chen Qi's current equipment was decent and his panel looked good, he still lacked the skills to secure victory.
His existing Blade Release and Sacrifice My Flesh were too monotonous and required withstanding damage to unleash their full power, which was far too dangerous.
However, the Shadow of Flame Demon before him was even more dangerous than "Sacrifice My Flesh."
"I need to conduct an experiment…"
Chen Qi looked at the Shadow of Flame Demon's abilities, took a deep breath, and attempted to mobilize this extremely dangerous power.
Puchi! Puchi!
Black sparks lit up from his body, then swiftly burst into flames, turning into dark fiery scales covering his entire body.
His body seemed to be torn apart and reassembled, with every inch of skin covered by black and distorted shadow fire scales, which continually burned like living entities, emitting a heart-throbbing, violent aura.
These flames were ruthlessly savage, containing countless furious emotions, and the flames on Chen Qi's head even formed an extremely fierce burning face, resembling a monster from hell.
Chen Qi could distinctly feel that these dark flames, in conjunction with his spiritual power and blood, pushed his strength beyond its limits.
Huff! Huff!
Chen Qi's eyes suddenly widened, turning blood-red. In that moment, a strong desire named combat surged into his brain.
His spiritual value was continuously affected by this force, steadily decreasing.
However, soon, the manic aura quickly came to a halt…
No, to be precise, the violent aura still existed, even fiercer than before, but now Chen Qi could calm his mind and completely disregard this power.
With no effect whatsoever, Chen Qi's Sea of Spirit was as stable as Mount Tai.
Is that all? Experience new tales on My Virtual Library Empire
Chen Qi laughed, having already adapted to this incredibly manic power.
His innate priority level simply smashed the negative effects of the Shadow of Flame Demon into the ground!
In his lucid state, he could easily stop the Shadow of Flame Demon.
This also meant he could completely ignore the negative effects of the Shadow of Flame Demon.
Chen Qi gave a light puff and stopped this trial.
What he had just used wasn't the full Shadow Release, but merely a test.
The true Shadow Release required strong combat desires or negative emotions to activate.
However, this test also allowed Chen Qi to familiarize himself with this special release.
Chen Qi had been building a monster flow, thus he continuously searched for the Crawling Shadow.
And this time grasping the Shadow of Flame Demon could be considered quite fortunate.
"A fruitful harvest indeed…"
Chen Qi took a deep breath. The Golden Apple combined with his fully-fledged core skill had raised his strength to another level.
If he faced An Aotian's sneak attack again, he even had the confidence to force out the opponent's release.
Chen Qi clapped his hands and looked around the bedroom at this moment.
It seemed necessary to build a new training room on the ship… Chen Qi mused and then clapped his hands and changed into new clothes.
Night had fallen; it was time for the night watch.
And according to the map, they were now deep in the Sea of Calamity.
Along the way, there had been no other calamities except for black waves and storms, which was quite fortunate… Chen Qi left the room, carrying a lantern, then jumped onto the Snake Father.
At this moment, the White Tower Hunters, having rested for a day, had regained their vitality.
Currently, they were gathered on the deck of the Snake Father.
Mechanic Ma Li used the Quick Forging skill at the center of the Snake Father's deck, adding a large bonfire.
Upon seeing Chen Qi approaching, Mechanic Ma Li fetched a large chicken leg from the fire:
"Lamp Keeper, thanks for the bread this morning."
"Thank you~"
Chen Qi took the chicken leg and finished it in two bites.
At this moment, White Tower Hunter Captain Melanie, holding a telescope, looked anxiously towards the far end of the sea.
Chen Qi approached:
"Everyone, how are things? Any troubles?"
Melanie frowned and said,
"Lamp Keeper, we're almost there, but, if we want to land on the island next, it's going to be very difficult."
Because of the smiling moon, at night, the ships couldn't extinguish their flames; otherwise, they would instantly be mobbed by Shadow Beasts.
That is, the plan for the ships to land on the island would be quite difficult at night.
Melanie shook her head:
"Lamp Keeper, we're running out of time, and we have too little planning and intelligence. Even if we land on the island, it would be extremely dangerous for us."
Melanie sighed.
The closer they got to Blue Fire's excavation site, the more nervous she felt.