Chapter 737 Mysterious Jellyfish <TOC> Chapter 739 Return to Death Ring
Translator: SumTLMan
The sky was gloomy, with dark clouds pressing down, turning day into near-night.
Amidst this gloomy atmosphere, an umbrella-like formation over a hundred meters in diameter rose from the seabed, slowly hovering in midair.
At the same time, the ghosts attached to the formation gradually detached and dispersed, eventually spreading over the surrounding sea area.
To the onlookers, if they didn’t focus on the disgusting jellyfish, the scene before them didn’t appear too terrible. The pitch-black, somber backdrop, adorned with countless phosphorescent white orbs, resembled a multitude of brilliant lanterns in the dim night.
Even the gigantic jellyfish, emitting white light, exuded a luminous glow in the darkness, casting shimmering ripples on the black sea surface.
At first glance, the still image seemed quite beautiful.
However, those present didn’t have the mood to ponder its beauty. Their bodies were already uncomfortable due to the high-energy frequencies emitted by the jellyfish. The terrifying number of ghosts, coupled with the enormous jellyfish that seemed like a floating castle, filled them with deep fear and a sense of powerlessness.
The chilling sea breeze made them shiver to their bones.
The only two unaffected were Angel and Toby.
Toby leisurely observed the glowing jellyfish in midair, his eyes shining brightly. He instinctively turned his head to gesture and chirp at Angel.
Angel, however, was not in the mood to appreciate the sight. His expression showed a hint of confusion.
That was because he sensed a familiar aura from the floating giant jellyfish — the cold, contradictory aura filled with complex malicious thoughts was strikingly similar to the ghosts around them!
At most, due to the jellyfish’s size, its negative energy intensity increased manifold.
“Could it be that this jellyfish is actually a ghost?!”
Angel knew that many magical creatures had a chance to fall into ghosthood, but those creatures had to possess basic wisdom and emotional perception while alive.
According to Angel’s knowledge, jellyfish were a type of low-level planktonic creatures. Evolving wisdom was already difficult for them, let alone becoming ghosts.
But the aura on this jellyfish was unmistakably similar to that of a ghost. The chaotic, complex, and obscure energy it emitted created the illusion of being swallowed by darkness just by staring at it.
“We’ll know if it’s a ghost once we shoot.” Angel pulled out the Prelude of Reincarnation, preparing to test the jellyfish.
Although he sensed an extremely high energy level from the jellyfish, its natural aura indicated that it hadn’t yet reached the level of a formal wizard.
There was still a chance to fight.
The airborne jellyfish scattered the ghosts clinging to it, using their aimless wandering to search for the concealed Cloud Conch vessel.
Though the Cloud Conch was shrouded in illusion, it couldn’t create a perfect mirage since it was touching the sea surface. Angel knew that if the ghosts continued their search, the Cloud Conch would be discovered.
The goal was to divert their attention before the Cloud Conch was found.
Angel patted Toby and crouched in a jumping position, “You’ll transform into a griffin later, and we’ll deal with this big fellow.”
After a while, Angel hadn’t received a response.
When he looked back puzzled, he found Toby staring at him with twinkling eyes, and then cooed ingratiatingly.
Angel frowned, and after a while, he realized what Toby was trying to say, “Ah? You want a jellyfish outfit? One that can glow?”
Toby nodded vigorously, his gleaming eyes pleadingly looking at Angel.
Angel pursed his lips and said irritably, “Is now the time to talk about clothes? We’ll talk about it later. Let’s deal with this big fellow first.”
Toby turned away sulkily.
“If we can kill it, I’ll make you a limited edition glowing jellyfish poofy skirt, okay?” Angel reluctantly squeezed these words through gritted teeth.
Hearing this, Toby, lured by the promise, immediately soared into the sky, and the outline of the griffin faintly appeared.
Angel glanced back at the fallen crowd, and only two people aboard seemed able to listen to him, one was Helen, and the other was Duru, who had once told Angel the story of the beautiful Naya.
Angel thought to himself that these two must have the highest mental power on the ship.
“Helen, I’ll leave the command of the Cloud Conch to you for now. Toby and I will deal with the jellyfish. I’ll try to lead it away as far as possible. Take the opportunity to cross this sea area and enter the Death Ring Zone,” Angel said while transmitting sound and leaped onto Toby’s back.
Although Helen was in better shape than the others, she felt terrible, like when she first went out to sea and suffered from terrible seasickness. However, after hearing Angel’s message, Helen still managed to nod her head despite the dizziness.
When Angel appeared in mid-air riding the flame-emitting griffin, he immediately attracted the attention of all the ghosts.
The ghosts, like dogs smelling meat, howled and charged towards Angel.
For a moment, the scattered orbs of “fireflies” above the sea surged towards a single point like a swarm.
Facing these ferocious ghosts, Angel calmly raised the muzzle of his rotary gun and aimed at the oncoming ghosts.
Bang, bang! Transparent ripples expanding in all directions around Angel resonated through the air.
All ghosts tainted by the ripples turned into wisps of blue smoke under the muzzle of Angel’s gun, vanishing into thin air.
While Angel was dealing with these ghosts, he kept an eye on the jellyfish. Upon closer inspection, its disgusting appearance was even more repulsive.
Angel had originally thought that the jellyfish had released all of the ghosts from its body, but it was not the case. Many ghosts still remained on its outer skin, nearly blending into its body, with only their skulls or parts of their organs exposed, making the scene even more horrifying than what he had seen underwater before.
“See? This jellyfish doesn’t look very good, and you still want to use its appearance to make clothes?” Observing the ‘beautiful sight’ before him, Angel couldn’t help but give Toby an impromptu lesson.
On the other side, the jellyfish itself hadn’t moved but only floated in mid-air, silently emitting a faint glow. However, when Angel had eliminated nearly half of the ghosts in the blink of an eye, the jellyfish finally took action.
A bizarre frequency radiated from the jellyfish, spreading outward with it as the center.
All the ghosts engulfed by the frequency suddenly paused, slowly retreating, and no longer mindlessly rushing towards Angel.
This phenomenon left Angel puzzled.
In his memory, ghosts were chaotic energy entities without any thoughts or self-consciousness, but now they seemed to know how to retreat?
Was the jellyfish commanding them?
If so, did it mean that the jellyfish was not a ghost itself?
Angel looked up at the massive jellyfish with an indistinguishable state in the distance, as all the released ghosts returned to its body. At this point, it resembled a congregation of malicious thoughts, emitting an even more intense malevolence than before.
As Angel looked on, the jellyfish sent out another frequency wave.
This time, the frequency was aimed solely at Angel.
From the moment the frequency emanated from the jellyfish’s body to when it reached Angel’s vicinity, not even a second had passed. Angel hadn’t even reacted when he was engulfed by the frequency.
“Mental attack?” Angel could feel a tremendous surge of mental tide-like energy assaulting the very source of his mental power.
Compared to the unconscious mental impact of the jellyfish, this conscious attack was undoubtedly more potent.
Under this attack, Angel’s mental power felt as if it would tear apart, causing immense pain. However, the pain had not yet reached his threshold of tolerance. He once contemplated the runes on the wall guarded by the Demon Eater Plant King, and the pain he experienced then was truly the pinnacle of agony.
Having gone through that ordeal, Angel’s endurance to mental pain had significantly increased, even though he had never contemplated the wall runes again. The jellyfish’s mental attack affected him but to a limited extent. In contrast, Toby let out a painful, piercing scream.
Taking advantage of the jellyfish’s assault, Angel endured the pain and fired several shots at it.
His original intention was to kill the ghosts on the surface of the jellyfish and then confront the jellyfish head-on. However, what Angel didn’t expect was that the jellyfish actively avoided the path of the ripples.
In midair, the jellyfish seemed like a deflating balloon, making “puff, puff, puff” sounds while moving around in various directions.
The massive jellyfish demonstrated remarkable agility; under its evasive maneuvers, all the ripples were dodged.
Angel frowned, as he clearly saw that some ghosts on the jellyfish were shaken off and disappeared into the ripples as the creature evaded them.
If the jellyfish was worried about the ghosts on its surface being killed by the Prelude of Death, why did it shake off so many ghosts while escaping?
Could it be that the jellyfish was actually more concerned about being swept away by the ripples itself?
Angel was a bit confused. This jellyfish obviously possessed intelligence, as evidenced by its ability to create whirlpools to block the way and command the ghosts to return.
Having intelligence meant it was not a ghost.
But if it wasn’t a ghost, why would it be afraid of the Prelude of Death?
“Or perhaps, this jellyfish is actually an intelligent ghost?” Angel wondered.
If that were the case, the world of wizards’ understanding of ghosts might only be superficial.
However, he knew now was not the time to seek answers. Whether the jellyfish was a unique ghost, as he had previously mentioned, could be determined by taking a shot.
To avoid the Prelude of Death, the jellyfish fled hastily, and as a result, the mental attack waves it had previously released gradually disappeared. Toby slowly regained his senses.
“Manipulate the Gravity Lines and go straight to that big guy’s side,” Angel’s voice reached Toby’s ears.
Toby shook his somewhat dizzy head, nodded at Angel, and then leaped to the side of the jellyfish.
Angel raised his gun and aimed at the jellyfish: “Let’s see how you dodge this time!”
With a bang, the invisible ripples in the air enveloped the jellyfish.
Chapter 737 Mysterious Jellyfish <TOC> Chapter 739 Return to Death Ring