Chapter 481: Chapter 316 Desire Mist_2
Chen Qi quickly moved away, looking toward the shore.
Bang!
In the dense black fog, a small wooden boat rested upon this desolate Lighthouse Island.
A pair of boots covered in seaweed stepped out of the fog and onto the land.
At that moment, Chen Qi finally saw the full appearance of this “enemy in the dark.”
It was a tall man with sunken eyes, disheveled long hair like seaweed, and dressed in the elegant clothes of a merchant, though the clothing was already rotten, revealing skin littered with countless festering holes.
But most importantly, a gigantic golden toad with its lower half as a tail was entwining around his body.
The toad, like a python, was tightly wrapped around his waist, its gigantic golden head resting on his shoulder.
This was… Bree was completely paralyzed by fear, and lacking spiritual power perception, he even felt that the person in front of him was more enormous and more terrifying than the Dragon Tamer King’s Black Thunder Dragon King.
“What are you exactly?”
Bree asked nervously, his steel right arm already flaring up with a searing aura.
The merchant ignored Bree and carried a fresh corpse in his left hand, which quickly shrunk and condensed in his hand, eventually becoming a meaty coin with bloody fur,
engraved on the coin was a twisted human face and the number “50.”
Then, he bent his hand, lifted the coin, and the golden toad on his shoulder, spotting this, opened its mouth wide and devoured the meaty coin with bloody fur.
“…”
Bree, struck dumb by the scene before him in the dense black fog, felt as if he saw his own head being stamped onto a coin.
The merchant ignored Bree and shifted his gaze to Chen Qi, who had moved away.
He looked at Chen Qi, raised his neck, and declared in a loud voice,
“Two hundred fifty!”
This fellow, the Mist Merchant… Chen Qi hesitated no longer, flames of dark fire ignited behind him, ready to initiate Ember Touch.
The Mist Merchant, a classic BOSS of the Mist Sea, is an extremely terrifying and disgusting creature.
Chen Qi remembered some information about him.
This was a BOSS closely related to An, who had once pushed An Aotian to desperation; in the end, if An hadn’t spontaneously mastered the domain maneuver, he wouldn’t have defeated this creature.
Prior to this, he had also been the nightmare of the Mist Sea, turning countless people into coins to complete his twisted, crazed ritual of trading with the Evil God.
Powerful, distorted, living in the Mist Sea, a horrifying merchant with black blood flowing in his veins.
Even in the Mist Sea, if a Legend was not cautious, they might also perish by his hand.
He was the most powerful ‘merchant’ in the Mist Sea, even stronger than all the ‘Deep Sea Merchants’ of the Sea God Pirate Group.
Moreover, he liked to see everyone and assess the value of their lives.
Two hundred fifty was the valuation this merchant had given him.
Seeing Bree’s horrified face, the Mist Merchant drew a longsword from the toad’s mouth on his shoulder.
Residual Fire Blossom!
Chen Qi held nothing back, took an Instant Step, and flashed in front of the Mist Merchant.
“Aren’t you going to take care of your little girlfriend?”
The Mist Merchant’s mouth curled into a slight smile, easily blocking the slash.
Then, he turned his head, looking toward Fen who was out of control on the island:
“On this island, patients with severe diseases will quickly develop malignant mutations and ultimately turn into monsters…”
“Under my ‘Desire Mist’, if you neglect him, coupled with the curse of Lighthouse Island, a Legend will turn into an unimaginable monster…”
The Mist Merchant placed the longsword on his shoulder and said coldly.
Curse, Desire Mist… Chen Qi was immensely surprised.
According to the Mist Merchant, the reason Fen turned out this way was a combined effect of his attacks, the black fog, and his object of desire.
Fen looked at Chen Qi, bit his finger, and more and more fresh flower blossoms appeared on his skin, getting longer and taller!
He must deal with both the Mist Merchant and Fen’s situation!
The next moment, Chen Qi, like a blast of wind, flashed to the Mist Merchant’s right side.
“Useless…”
The Mist Merchant offhandedly spoke and thrust his longsword at Chen Qi.
Puchi!
Despite the searing heat when he thrust, he completely missed!
He had only hit an afterimage!
What speed! The Mist Merchant swiftly turned his head.
Chop! With both hands holding the sword, Chen Qi delivered a chopping strike toward the Mist Merchant.
Interesting… The Mist Merchant’s arm was slashed, spurting dark red blood, and immediately afterward, scorching deep blue fire followed on his heels!
The next second, the golden toad on his right shoulder violently spat out black water, extinguishing the fire on his arm.
Bang!
Chen Qi did not give his opponent time to recover.
Having taken the Sage-level “Wind Elf Medicine,” all his attacks were now like afterimages, hard to catch!
The Mist Merchant was indeed powerful, he even defeated An Aotian, pushing him to the brink!
However, at this moment, Chen Qi already possessed the strength to contend with legends.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Chen Qi did not hesitate and continuously used the Black Wave Battle, pouring scorching sword energy onto the Mist Merchant before him.
A large amount of black blood burst from the Mist Merchant’s body, even the golden toad on him let out a pained cry.
However, at this moment, the heavily injured Mist Merchant, instead of showing fear, unexpectedly revealed a smile.
Inside the Mist Sea, Spiritual Power Perception was useless, which meant it was easy to be ambushed, backstabbed!
“Desire Mist, activate…” The Mist Merchant revealed a fang-like smile, calmly anticipating the performance to come.
Under the state of Blood Flower Aberration, Fen had quietly reached Chen Qi’s back and stretched out her hand toward him.
A mad legend, a witch stimulated by the Desire Mist, this was the Mist Merchant’s trump card for daring to venture onto this land!
“Hunters or investigators, having lived outside for too long, have forgotten what the monsters of the Mist Sea look like, have forgotten the terror of being a town leader…”
The Mist Merchant opened his arms, exposing his vulnerabilities, thoroughly enjoying Chen Qi’s slashes.
However, to his surprise!
Crack! Crack!
Twelve tentacles suddenly grew from Chen Qi’s back and violently grabbed Fen’s extended right hand.
“Huh?”
Subsequently, Fen paused noticeably.
And that momentary pause caused Fen to be entwined by the tentacles!
Chen Qi showed no mercy, his tentacles tightly entwining Fen behind him.
My tentacles cannot hold Fen for long, I must resolve the Mist Merchant quickly… A glint of cold light flashed in Chen Qi’s eyes as he gripped the sword hilt tightly.
Black Wave—
Upon the blade, deep blue majestic flames fiercely burned!
Death Entanglement! Chen Qi did not hesitate to use the tentacles to inject Pain of Death and Joy Poison into Fen.
Only pain could make Fen in this state awaken.
However, to his surprise, Fen, bound by the tentacles, did not struggle; she simply caught a tentacle and licked her crimson tongue:
“Interesting…”
She seemed to not regard the tentacle’s poison and entwining as hostile attacks, but rather enjoyed this state immensely.
“???”
Chen Qi could not understand Fen’s current state, but his blade was already ready to strike.
The scorching deep blue flames, like roaring sea waves, burned across the land!
Such craziness from a legend, so weak, not fighting back… The Mist Merchant sensed something was off.
The state ‘Fen’ was displaying was completely different from all his previous actions!
He made a quick decision to pull away.
However, four Dark Fire Hands firmly grasped his limbs!
Slash!
Chen Qi fiercely slashed, a blue deep-sea fire wave poured out, stirring up countless air currents!
In that instant, the Mist Merchant’s blood and flesh melted in the flames, turning him into a screaming, living corpse!
Opportunity!
Chen Qi also quickly turned back, pulling Fen in front of him with the tentacles after the slash.
Fen, bound by the tentacles, seeing Chen Qi, reached out again, trying to touch his face!
Fen smiled faintly again, blood-colored flowers sprouting on her head:
“I’ll consume you…”
This time, Chen Qi did not hesitate, a resounding face-off fueled by deep blue fire fiercely struck Fen’s face.
Smack!
That sound was extraordinarily loud!