Boone rowed the small fishing boat into the southern harbor of Misty Island.
From Chen Lun's perspective, it was like an ant slowly crawling into the inner side of the giant beast's left wing.
"Miss Lucy, we're here."
Boone rowed the small fishing boat close to the shore, stopped about six or seven meters away, tied the rope around a small reef, and jumped down, with half of his body submerged in the sea water.
He turned around and saw Lucy standing on the fishing boat in a thin robe, looking embarrassed. He immediately realized that it was not convenient for her to go into the water like this.
"surge."
Boone took out the sea lion bone staff and pointed it lightly forward.
The sea water surged up like a rolling carpet.
At Boone's nod, Lucy jumped off the fishing boat, but did not sink directly into the sea. Instead, she seemed to step on a soft gelatinous layer and was slowly carried to the beach by the waves.
"Thank you, Mr. Boone."
Lucy thanked her.
Boone smiled and shook his head.
He made a hushing gesture, then silently led the girl with long dark green hair from the beach to the lush jungle.
After the two left.
The small fishing boat swaying gently on the turbid sea surface had silently changed... Countless dark green algae and mosses mixed with purple and red slowly climbed up the body of the wooden boat until it was completely covered.
These strange algae formed scale-like shapes and even slowly wriggling, making the entire fishing boat look like a big live fish.
The fishing boat seemed to be endowed with some kind of vitality. It broke free from the rope with a bang, turned around on its own, and slowly sailed into the fog until it disappeared...
Chen Lun, who was secretly observing from above the Misty Island, couldn't help but narrow his eyes after seeing this scene.
"This level of pollution has actually given rise to life in the ocean... even thoughts?"
He took a deep breath and vaguely felt that beneath the sea surface surrounding the Misty Island, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him through the water.
Spiritual intuition began to move strangely, sending a warning.
'In addition to the pollution, there is also an invisible mysterious force shrouding the Misty Island, which is threatening me...'
Chen Lun's face was gloomy.
There is always a thin mist floating on the Misty Island, as if it has always been like this.
It was still winter, but the vegetation was lush and full of life, giving it a very pristine look. But for some reason, the entire archipelago was dead silent, giving people an inexplicable sense of desolation.
These two feelings coexist on the island, and coupled with the pervasive mist, create a unique and eerie atmosphere.
Boone seemed to have been to the Misty Island more than once. He was quite familiar with moving through the jungle. Even if there was no clear path, he could use the magic bursting from his staff to "push aside" the layers of vegetation and artificially open up a path.
Lucy followed closely behind him, in silence.
The two of them walked quietly, one in front and one behind.
There are no birds singing or insects chirping in the jungle.
Apart from the rustling footsteps of the two people, not even the slightest sound of any living creature could be heard.
There wasn't even any wind.
As it grew darker, Boone finally stopped in a desolate open space.
Lucy, who was standing behind him, leaned over to take a look and was surprised to find a medium-sized stone altar standing in the bushes ahead.
The altar, which was a four-sided pyramid structure, was gray and black in color, with countless thick and tough vines clinging on it, and some strange flowers that had never been seen before.
Under these vegetation, you can faintly see reliefs of various marine creatures carved on the surface of the altar, especially in the middle, there is a human face covered with fish scales, with eyes closed, as if sleeping.
"Miss Lucy, wait a moment... After I finish my personal business, I will take you to a safe house. That is the shelter my family has left here."
Boone tilted his head and whispered.
Lucy nodded quickly.
"It's okay, Mr. Boone, you go ahead."
"Um."
Boone groaned.
He strode forward, scratched his palm with his sharp nails, and then raised his hand above the altar... Dark green blood flowed out of the wound, dripping onto the altar, making a dripping sound.
At the same time, Boone took out the stone sculpture of the dead fish with his left hand and brought it close to the sculpture of the human face. He muttered in ancient Believer language:
"The depths of the sea is where we end up..."
This is the family motto of the Charles family and also the spell to unlock the inheritance.
The human-faced statue with closed eyes opened its mouth and swallowed the dead fish statue in Boone's hand in one gulp.
The altar made a crackling sound and a cross-shaped crack appeared in the middle, and then it bloomed like a flower bud... The vines and vegetation that covered the surface broke off one after another, revealing the things stored inside.
Just at this moment.
Lucy, who was originally harmless, suddenly looked vicious and raised her hand to turn her palm towards Boone who had his back to her.
The Heart Thief sequence ability is activated instantly.
Aim for its heart and strangle it!
Buzz!
Invisible waves spread.
A slight puffing sound was heard.
Boone's whole body trembled, his body shrank violently, and he felt his heart shattered in an instant.
He turned his head and stared at the girl, saying with disappointment and regret:
"You really want to be the winner of the 'Honor Carnival'."
"Yes."
Lucy admitted with a smile, a hint of cruelty on her lips.
"You are just the beginning. Later, I will eliminate all the remaining awakeners and finally get the gift of God... Only in this way can I have stronger strength and be worthy of Mr. Jack... No, by then I can choose to possess her by force, and no one will dare to compete with me."
Boone, however, had a look of pity on his face.
"A gift? That's not necessarily true... Maybe when you spend so much effort planning all this, what you get in the end is just a terrible disaster."
"That is your cowardly and self-deluded view, Mr. Boone."
Lucy grinned.
Boone seemed to have given up trying to persuade her. He swung the staff in his hand, and dark green ripples emerged from the tip of the staff. With an expression of disbelief on her face, Lucy was instantly blown away by a salty sea breeze.
With a loud bang, Lucy's delicate body slammed into a tree trunk, and she fell to the ground vomiting blood.
"You... are okay?"
Lucy widened her beautiful eyes and gritted her teeth.
Boone looked down at her calmly, with his staff pointed at his left breast.
The originally shattered heart was re-condensed by the growth and convergence of countless fish eggs.
"It's just a small spell in the Mystery of the Deep Sea. I gave you a chance, but unfortunately, you didn't seize it, Miss Lucy... I really don't want to kill you."
There was a hint of struggle in Boone's eyes.
But in the end, he stood firm.
whoosh!
The staff pointed again, and a turbid black and yellow beam of light burst out from the tip of the staff.
Lucy suddenly felt suffocated. The air around her was heavy and squeezed her body madly... She even saw a vision of a lightless deep sea and spat out seawater.
It was as if she was not on land, but under the bottomless sea.
"Gurgle..."
Lucy's eyes turned white and she was about to drown.
But just at this moment.
Boom—
A huge black shadow streaked across the sky.
The loud bang was accompanied by a strong wind, which caused the trees to shake violently, and even the earth to tremble, with smoke and dust filling the air.
Boone's face suddenly changed.
He knew very well what was flying overhead, so he knew that he must not stay there for long, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable!
Putting away the staff and ignoring Lucy, Boone quickly walked to the altar and took out the family inheritance stored inside.
A piece of paper.
A yellowed, old-fashioned piece of letter paper, covered with words.
Boone held it in both hands and glanced at it quickly in the dimming light.
But soon, his expression changed drastically!
At first he had a look of disbelief, then he started crying and laughing, and finally he collapsed to his knees, howling miserably and painfully, and pounding the ground.
Lucy had passed out and was lying on the ground not far away.
Without the support of the caster, she was lucky enough to survive the strange spell.
After a while.
Boone climbed up expressionlessly, as if he had made some important decision. Regardless of the dust on his body, he took out the big book in his arms and took a last look at it.
The hardcover book cover, which reflects a dark green luster, is covered with fish-scale patterns, and in the middle are written in Pareto language with the words "Mystery of the Deep Sea" in a ferocious manner.
This book is a family heirloom of Charles's family and a treasure trove of knowledge that Boone is crazy about... but now it has become something he fears and hates.
laugh!
Boone stretched out his hand and scratched his chest with his webbed claws. Then, with a grim face, he stuffed "Mysteries of the Deep Sea" into his stomach.
Under the rippling light of the staff, the torn chest and abdomen slowly healed.
Then he ran out of the jungle like crazy and returned to the shore with the book.
The disappearance of the small fishing boat did not make Boone panic. He jumped directly into the sea and swam desperately along the coastline, then bypassed the Misty Island and continued northward, heading towards the unknown depths of the sea...
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The unconscious Lucy didn't know that the black-clad figure she had been thinking about quietly appeared beside her and picked her up.
"I didn't expect that there would be flying dragons on the Misty Island... an ancient dragon race that has been confirmed to be extinct for several epochs."
Chen Lun frowned.
He had just used the "Three Unities" to cause an accident, interrupting Boone's spell and thus saving Lucy.
But they did not expect that this accident was actually a mythical dragon. It was dark all over, shaped like a four-legged snake, without scales or horns, and had a pair of huge wing membranes.
Chen Lun did not show up rashly to attract the dragon's attention, but waited until she left before landing on the ground.
He turned his head and looked in the direction where Boone left, his eyes deep.
"That book, Mysteries of the Deep Sea, is definitely a mythical book... No, it's even more advanced."
Chen Lun didn't know what Boone saw on the letter paper after opening the family inheritance that caused his mood to change suddenly.
"Let's go and have a look."
He was holding Lucy and was about to follow Boone quietly.
But at this moment.
Chen Lun was suddenly stunned.
He slowly lowered his head to look at the ground, and looked at the Misty Island where his feet were standing. A prompt popped up on the interface—
Dragon of Light (corpse/incomplete)