Chapter 738 A Special Ghost <TOC> Chapter 740 Island Gods and Ghosts
Translator: SumTLMan
The jellyfish reacted promptly, seemingly understanding the power of the ripples, and tried to shed the ghosts on its body to block the attack.
However, the Prelude of Death was an area of effect attack, and no matter how many ghosts came, they were as good as gone.
All the ghosts vanished in an instant.
The disappearance of the ghosts, however, bought the jellyfish a brief respite, allowing it to dart into the sky in an attempt to escape the range of the ripples.
Its plan was successful, as the core of the jellyfish managed to dodge the ripples. However, a tentacle hanging at the edge of the jellyfish’s umbrella was touched by the ripples of the Prelude of Death.
Angel could clearly sense the malicious intent emanating from the tentacle slowly dissipating.
The jellyfish was startled and immediately decided to amputate the tentacle, hoping to avoid the fate of being eradicated by the Prelude of Death.
However, the principle of the Prelude of Death was similar to the jellyfish’s mental attack, both being a form of frequency. The Prelude of Death was a very low frequency, and its diffusion speed in the air was merely acceptable. But when it began to work on the chaotic energy within the ghosts, its diffusion speed far exceeded expectations.
Almost instantly, the chaotic energy within the jellyfish began to dissipate, and the nearly tangible malicious intent on its body vanished at a visible rate.
“Is it really a ghost?!” Watching the jellyfish slowly dissipate, Angel couldn’t help but be astonished.
The Prelude of Death had no effect on living beings, but for ghosts, it was the most potent poison.
As the jellyfish slowly faded away, just as it breathed its last, a powerful mental power suddenly burst from the center of its “umbrella.”
This mental power was like a tangible pillar of light, shooting straight into the sky.
Angel was startled, thinking it was the jellyfish’s final blow, and flew several miles away with Toby.
As he turned away, he didn’t see a small, palm-sized, azure jellyfish with a delicate, ethereal umbrella rising from the center of the light pillar and disappearing into the clouds.
Angel and Toby returned to their previous position cautiously after waiting for a while, as they didn’t detect any attacks from the scattered mental power.
By the time they cautiously returned to their previous location, the jellyfish had completely vanished, and the pillar of mental power had disappeared as well.
“Did we just kill the ghost jellyfish so easily?” Angel frowned. It seemed that besides its size, there wasn’t much to it.
Although they killed the jellyfish, Angel still had many doubts. The ghost jellyfish appeared to have thoughts, so what was its intention in using the whirlpool to block the Cloud Conch from leaving?
Was it just to drive the Cloud Conch into the depths of the Sea of Ghosts?
But if it had such a purpose, why did it suddenly initiate a fight and surface later? Wasn’t this contradictory to its previous behavior?
“Or perhaps, although this ghostly jellyfish had thoughts, its thoughts were still chaotic and conflicting?” Angel speculated quietly.
However, now that the jellyfish was dead, it was impossible for Angel to know the answer, so he decided not to dwell on it.
Angel held the Prelude of Reincarnation in his hand, quickly disassembling the cylinder and murmuring softly, “I wonder how many more I need to fill the chambers…”
As Angel looked into the cylinder, his expression suddenly froze.
“It’s full?” He saw six bullets emitting a lustrous white light, quietly resting inside the chambers adorned with bizarre runes, exuding a faint, mysterious aura.
How could it be full? The wave of ghosts he had just killed clearly didn’t add up to the required number. Angel was puzzled.
Could it be that the ghostly jellyfish was equivalent to thousands of ordinary ghosts?
Only this explanation could account for the sudden fullness of the cylinder.
“Forget it, I’ll record the experience here in my journal when I get back, and ask the instructor if I get a chance later…” Angel shook off his doubts: “It’s just as well that the cylinder is full, I can finish the experimental report on the Prelude of Reincarnation when I have time.”
Angel put the Prelude of Reincarnation back into his bracelet, preparing to catch up with the Cloud Conch.
But at that moment, he felt a surge of intense energy fluctuations coming from the distance.
These energy fluctuations were filled with a chilling and sinister sensation, as well as a mixture of negative emotions and rampant malice, very similar to the feeling of the ghostly jellyfish he had encountered earlier.
“Could it be that the jellyfish isn’t dead?” Angel looked back at the distance, puzzled.
In that direction, the energy fluctuations were so strong that they even affected the sky. Thick, dark clouds seemed to turn into a water-drinking dragon, being pulled down from the high altitude to the sea level, with faint rumblings of thunder.
Driven by curiosity and relying on Toby’s extraordinary speed, Angel had Toby slowly approach the source of the fluctuations.
However, the closer Angel got, the more he felt an eerie sense of familiarity in his heart.
As Angel pondered the source of this familiarity, Toby suddenly called out. After carefully discerning Toby’s meaning, Angel slapped his forehead in realization: “Right, we just came from that direction…”
With Toby’s reminder, Angel remembered that the Cloud Conch had also come from that direction.
“I don’t know why, but my sense of direction is terrible at sea.” Angel started to worry that when he reached the Feran Continent and had to fly to the Revelation Continent and the Old Land Continent by Gondola alone, he might get completely lost at sea…
“I remember, just ahead is the island where we cleared the ghosts.” Angel pointed in a certain direction, then paused as he realized that the center of the energy fluctuations was precisely where he was pointing.
Could it be that the energy fluctuations were coming from that island? But he had already cleared all the ghosts on the island before, hadn’t he?
With doubts in his mind, Angel asked Toby to speed up, and soon, he saw the truth.
Indeed, as he had speculated, the center of the massive energy fluctuations was precisely the island they had left earlier.
At that moment, the island was shrouded in dense, low-hanging clouds, from which the rumble of thunder echoed.
Accompanied by the thunderous roar, countless white-glowing ghosts emerged from the sea, like specks of fireflies, densely gathered around the island.
Angel instinctively used a nightmare spell to conceal both his and Toby’s presence. Now that the chambers of the Prelude of Reincarnation was full, he had no desire to confront these ghosts without sufficient incentive.
The ghosts below all stared in one direction, where the small island was located, just like a group of fanatical devotees gazing at their faith, focused and insane.
“Could there be some secret on that island?” Angel wondered to himself.
Previously, the Cloud Conch had passed several similar islands, all covered in foul-smelling vines and inhabited by slumbering ghosts. This island was no different; after exterminating all the ghosts, Angel had even taken the time to explore it, finding it quite similar to the previous islands, with no notable discoveries.
However, given the current situation, there might be some secret hidden on this island.
Not long after, the thunder stopped, and a chilling wind infused with powerful malice emanated from the island.
Angel’s eyes widened in shock, for he finally saw the so-called change… At the center of the island, a giant ghost shining with white light slowly rose from the ground.
At first glance, it appeared to be a gigantic crab measuring over a hundred meters in length.
However, at this moment, the crab’s body had no color, leaving only the void energy of the ghost.
In the dark clouds, the crab appeared and disappeared elusively. Suddenly, it raised its cold, glowing claws and emitted a high-energy wave around it. With the emergence of this wave, all the surrounding ghosts rushed to the surface of the crab’s body, packed tightly together.
It was almost identical to the ghost jellyfish Angel had seen before!
After the crab and numerous ghosts merged, the low-hanging clouds enveloping the island slowly dissipated, and in the high-altitude dark clouds, a small, blue jellyfish gently drifted towards the depths of the Sea of Ghosts.
At the same time, similar scenes unfolded on various islands in the Sea of Ghosts, including those small islands Angel had cleared previously.
However, the giant ghost creatures that appeared on each island were different. Some were jellyfish, some clams, some starfish, and some were just a wisp of delicate seaweed.
These giant marine ghosts, after absorbing other ghosts, all dove into the depths of the ocean and vanished from sight.
Meanwhile, Angel had already flown out of the Sea of Ghosts.
After the ghost crab submerged into the sea, Angel left, filled with questions. According to the energy beacon left on the Cloud Conch, he found that the ship had already left the Sea of Ghosts and returned to the Death Ring Zone.
When Angel found the Cloud Conch, the Death Ring Zone was bathed in bright sunlight, calm and serene, in stark contrast to the dark and oppressive atmosphere in the Sea of Ghosts.
“Sir, you’re back!” Helen exclaimed with delight.
Though the other sailors on the ship appeared pale, upon seeing Angel, it was as if they had found their backbone, and the previously gloomy atmosphere on the ship instantly lifted.
Angel landed on the deck, and Toby conveniently transformed into a seabird, listlessly settling into Angel’s palm.
“Sir Pat, is that jellyfish… dead?” Captain Alvin emerged from his cabin, asking tiredly.
Angel nodded, “It would be more accurate to say it’s been vanquished than dead.” For, it had already been dead to begin with.
Only by dying would one fall into the state of being a ghost.
The others didn’t quite understand Angel’s words, but they did comprehend that the jellyfish had been vanquished by Angel, no longer posing a threat to the Cloud Conch ship.
“Did you vanquish it, sir?” Drew, standing to the side, asked with sparkling eyes.
Angel nodded.
Seeing that the others seemed to have more questions, Angel turned to Helen and said, “I have some matters to attend to. Proceed with the original sailing plan, and I will come out later to inscribe the constant-temperature runes.”
With that, Angel headed straight back to his bedroom.
Upon entering the room, Angel immediately took out his notebook.
Chapter 738 A Special Ghost <TOC> Chapter 740 Island Gods and Ghosts