69novels Chapter 189 [Opening]
Chapter 189 [Opening]
Chapter 189 [Opening] (Two Chapters Combined)
Several creatures resembling alien slimes came together, merged with each other, and eventually became an exceptionally large creature.
Drops of liquid-like substance appeared on the ship's walls and flowed on the deck and in the rooms.
Like jelly or liquid, it is ubiquitous and pervasive, enveloping the ship.
Boats that are already on the water can neither fly nor have the ability to rise and heat up, so how can they escape these monsters born from the water?
The entire ship is enveloped in it, as if it is suspended in mid-air, or like a handcrafted work of art, a specimen solidified in wax. However, its enormous size makes it all the more awe-inspiring.
The people on board had already disembarked when the ship encountered problems.
Marlo was carried in the air, standing in mid-air, while Catwoman was also carried into the sky by Yupi, who had grown wings.
Xiao Yapuf already had wings, while Su Wu could use Cang to stand in the air.
No one was injured or killed.
The only problem is... their ship is gone.
The enormous monster sank to the surface, along with the ship it had enveloped.
Because the monster was the same color as water, it looked as if a ship was silently and autonomously sinking.
"...Don't even think about leaving!" Maro couldn't help but reach out as he watched this scene, freeing himself from the air and falling from above.
Just before he was about to fall into the water, his palms touched the surface first, and layers of ice appeared beneath his feet.
At the same time, it also froze the sinking ship and the monster encasing it.
The huge, frosty ice block was still emitting a chill, and Maro couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, a smile spreading across his face.
But the next second, with a cracking sound, the smile on his face vanished.
It only delayed the monster for a moment, but it couldn't stop its advance.
"..." Maro activated his ability again.
The monster, which had just gained a moment of freedom, was frozen again.
"Not bad, Maro," Su Wu said to the blond figure, standing on the ice.
"I know how to deal with them now." The white-haired boy chuckled, his eyebrows raised and eyes blazing with arrogance.
He formed a hand seal and whispered, "Expand your domain—Demon-Subduing Shrine."
The blue of the sky and the sea was instantly replaced by a splash of bright red.
A dark red moon, pale animal and human bones, a bright red torii gate, and one dark pool of blood after another.
It seems that gods and demons reside here, often chanting in a low, obscure way.
The seawater disappeared, and the figures of monsters and ships appeared in the area, seemingly without any support.
The water-colored monster was stained with specks of blood due to the environment of the area.
"A temperature even hotter than magma..." Su Wu's left hand twitched slightly.
"Capable of engulfing the flames of a volcano..."
The intense heat distorted the space around him, as if white mist and black smoke were rising simultaneously.
The dazzling, intense flames leaped and throbbed like a ferocious beast, roaring as if it wanted to devour everything around it.
But after only thrashing about twice, it quieted down again, sitting obediently in the boy's palm like a docile, tamed pet.
The white-haired boy raised his fingers and stretched the ball of flame into a circle, enveloping the monster that was encasing the ship.
"【open】"
The ability [Open], which is acquired after obtaining the domain, is a technique for manipulating flames.
Su Nuo once used this move against the Cursed Leak, a special-grade cursed spirit that specialized in fire-attribute earth magic.
Then... the flames controlled by Rōko, who had the head of Mount Fuji on his head, were crushed by Sukuna's flames.
The top-ranked player lost decisively and died a swift and clean defeat.
The flame that left the boy's palm rose, swelled in the wind, and transformed from a spark into a raging inferno.
The alien slime was being scorched by flames. Its water-colored body appeared undamaged, but a large plume of scalding white steam was billowing out.
Its size shrank at a visible rate, and in less than a minute, it could no longer enclose the ship.
"Puff puff puff—!!" The sound of water boiling became increasingly jarring.
The alien slime-like creature's size also increased wildly, and the surrounding air instantly became dry, with even the moisture in the air being sucked away.
Even the blood in the blood pool within the domain was not spared, becoming the capital for the monster's growth.
Even... Su Wu and the others' bodies underwent some changes.
The human body is about 70% water. What would happen to the body if it lost water?
Dry and crisp, like dried fruits and vegetables, crumbles at the slightest touch.
Su Wu looked at her twisted limbs, her cracked skin, and... her own blood gushing towards the monster, and her azure eyes suddenly lit up.
Is this monster not only able to change the shape of seawater, but also control water?
It can absorb water vapor in the air and moisture from the human body?
There are few creatures in the world whose bodies do not contain water... This skill is simply divine.
"This damned monster..." Maro glared fiercely at the monster, whose size had swelled even more than before.
Because it absorbed the blood from the blood pool, its color changed from light to bright red.
"Damn it..." Maro reached out, but could only summon a few tiny ice shards.
The monster sucked away most of the water vapor! His skills were completely unusable!
"Crack..." A series of crisp sounds rang out.
The limbs, dehydrated and withered like an old plant, crumbled and turned into grayish-white powder the moment they hit the ground.
"This ability..." Su Wu used it without limit, stopping her blood from flowing out and healing her injuries.
This ability looks incredibly powerful, almost like... the authority of a god.
By depriving the body of water, it can easily take a person's life.
It's strange. Humans have so many restrictions and constraints on using their abilities, and there are all sorts of costs involved. How come these non-humans are all gifted with extraordinary abilities, and it seems like they don't have to pay any price?
The monster absorbed the dazzling scales into its body, and now it looks like a red slime studded with diamonds.
It seemed to be asleep, quietly ceasing to move.
Xiao Yapuf transformed into a pupa, hiding inside it until the monster stopped moving, at which point he emerged from the cocoon.
Yupi and Neferpitou continued to attack the sleeping monster, but without any noticeable effect.
Ultimately, the monster was still made of water, and to launch a powerful attack...
"Tsk..." Although Su Wu wanted to observe further, seeing that Kong and Maro were almost drained by the thing, she still reached out and pulled one of them and the tiger to safety.
If a fluffy pet becomes skin and bones, it will look too ugly.
Anyone who didn't know better would think he couldn't afford to feed his pet, which is why he let Tiger get so thin.
"Open." He raised his right hand and placed it in front of him, pinching a circle with his index finger and thumb, and then gently blew a breath into the circle.
Flames roared out from the circle of his fingers, continuing unabated and growing ever more intense.
The raging flames were even more intense than before, and in one fell swoop burned the monster to a size of more than half.
The ship, which was originally inside the monster, fell to the ground, resembling a stranded marine creature.
A continuous stream of scalding steam billowed out, and the monster suddenly exploded from the inside, turning into a light drizzle.
However, the rainwater was red.
The person who got caught in the rain did not recover.
Instead, it was as if they had encountered highly corrosive sulfuric acid; every drop of water could corrode a hole in their bodies.
His clothes were tattered, and his body was also tattered.
"What you absorb is the essence, but what you spray out becomes poison..." Su Wu sighed thoughtfully as she watched this scene.
There were no screams, not even cries of pain.
The people present were all tough guys; they didn't utter a sound or even furrow their brows.
The ants are alright; their physical strength is much better than that of humans.
The fragile human Maro looked particularly badly injured.
However, Su Wu didn't pay attention to Maro, but looked at Kong instead.
The fluffy white tiger's soft, fluffy, and shiny fur was now pitted and uneven from the water, as if it had rolled around in a fire.
My appearance has decreased by 70%.
From a handsome and domineering white tiger, it has become a pitiful bald ghost.
Reversal spell... can it make the hair on the other person grow back?
If it doesn't grow... it's too ugly to keep with me.
Su Wu looked at the white tiger thoughtfully.
At first, Kong didn't realize what was happening. His fur was so thick that he couldn't feel any pain.
Until it turned its head and saw its own tail.
Then--
"Awooo—!!!" A tiger's mournful roar rang out.
The area was cleared, and the wet ship, now dried by the flames, fell back into the sea.
Kong broke down in tears in front of Su Wu, large tears streaming from its light blue eyes.
Because of Su Wu's influence, it is a tiger that is extremely concerned about its appearance.
"Pfft..." Instead of treating the tiger immediately, Su Wu, who was watching the big tiger cry with a wicked sense of amusement, turned her head away and laughed.
When they were little, they were a soft, cuddly ball, and crying was actually quite cute.
But when it grows to the height of a two- or three-story building, and then cries pitifully, it evokes the image of a tough guy shedding tears.
Sora is all about growing taller but not smarter...
However, it is a magical beast after all, and it is only two years old... Ordinary tigers are usually considered to reach adulthood at three to four years old, but it is not so clear about magical beasts.
"Alright, stop crying." Su Wu patted the big tiger's head.
Its wounds healed instantly, and its fur returned to its original state, even looking thicker and fluffier.
"Hmm...it seems the hair regrowth effect of the reversal technique should be quite good as well." Su Wu nodded, her tone knowing.
However, he himself has a very thick head of hair, so he never used it.
While he was at it, he also treated Maro's wounds. As soon as Maro recovered, he hurriedly ran to the side to change his clothes.
According to Marlowe, it is—
"It is extremely improper to appear before adults in disheveled clothes."
Of course, Su Wu assumed that the other party was actually concerned about their image.
Compared to Sora and Maro, who had Su Wu's one-click healing, the three injured ants were much busier.
Neferpitou needs to heal herself first before she can heal Ooyapuf and Yupi.
An hour and a half had passed by the time the three guards' injuries were healed.
And in the seawater, the strange creature that looked like an alien slime reappeared.
However, compared to the previous ones, they look much smaller.
It gradually grows larger over time.
It shouldn't be long before things return to normal.
"These elemental creatures are indeed very difficult to kill—" Su Wu remarked, not surprised.
He had a premonition from the beginning that unless he could burn off all the moisture, the monster probably wouldn't die.
And where are they now? On a sea, or rather, on a lake as big as the sea.
Unless Su Wu can burn the entire ocean dry in one go, it is impossible to kill this aquatic creature.
But the previous attack seemed to have made the monster understand something. It simply shrank in the water, with half of its head and two eyes sticking out, quietly watching the ship and the people on it.
They showed no signs of attacking again until Xiao Yapuf and Youpi pulled the boat away.
……
"If an ordinary human team goes to the Dark Continent, quite a few people will probably die," Su Wu analyzed.
No wonder the Dark Continent is listed as a forbidden and extremely dangerous area.
Whether it's the octopus, the lanternfish, or that slime just now, while they may seem powerful... they're actually not that strong for someone of Su Wu's level.
However, while they may seem weak, they are indeed quite difficult to deal with.
Killing 98 percent of the population would probably be a piece of cake.
Even ordinary human teams wouldn't be like Su Wu's group, a team of two people, three ants, and one tiger, yet they have two fathers with built-in healing abilities.
Healing abilities are probably quite rare.
After all, Archangel's Breath is an SS-rank card.
"If there are monsters like this before we've even reached the Dark Continent, how strong must the monsters living on the Dark Continent be..." Su Wu murmured softly.
His face showed no fear whatsoever, but rather was filled with anticipation and eagerness.
"Are the monsters over there more interesting than the ones we've encountered?" Neferpitou asked curiously.
She didn't care about danger, only whether it was interesting.
In the absence of a king, one acts solely according to one's own interests.
"I think so, let's look forward to it," Su Wu said casually.
The ship continued on its way.
When we reached a certain point, we suddenly stopped.
"There's something big ahead." Kong, who was controlling the wind to accelerate the ship, looked at the calm sea in the distance and whispered, his claws gripping the deck impatiently.
"Don't scratch it." Su Wu flicked the stupid tiger on the head.
There appeared to be an extremely large shadow beneath the surface of the sea in the distance.
We are getting closer and closer to them.
Suddenly, a huge creature, over tens of meters long, leaped out of the water and crashed back down, creating a surge of waves and splashes.
The brief moment it leaped out of the water was enough for them to see what the creature looked like.
With its blue back and white belly, it was clearly a whale.
After falling back into the water, its back was exposed on the surface of the sea, like a lonely island floating on the sea.
Its soft call is like the deep waves, gentle yet powerful, penetrating the mist through the seawater and cleansing the turbid soul and heart.
A stream of water shot straight into the sky, then splashed down, creating a rainbow.
It seemed to have no hostility towards the ship or humans, simply circling the ship slowly a few times, spraying water a few times, and then leisurely leaving.
This appearance, for example, was merely a small surprise performance for humanity.
"Wow, the first creature we've encountered on this road that hasn't attacked us," Su Wu remarked.
Whales... not all whales have a good temper.
But the one they met today seemed to have a pretty good temper.
It's just a bit big...
He looks to be at least 60 meters tall; he's a very formidable competitor.
"We can't rule out the possibility that it might be a conspiracy," Maro said, his head bowed, his eyes, hidden by his hair, filled with darkness.
He didn't believe that something that suddenly appeared and made a scene could be anything good.
(End of this chapter)