Chapter 303: Troubled Waters (1/2)

The weather was beautiful as the sun shone down from the clear sky. The temperature was rather high, and no one felt like doing anything special, all of them lazing around in the middle of the deck of the ship.

Xue Wei spent some time with his Heritage Ring. He had not used it while in Yan Dalu, but now that he was on board the ship, nothing was happening, and thus he had the time to find the abilities he could learn after reaching the Sky Knight rank.

He had been at the Sky Knight rank for a long time, but he never took the time to actually learn the skills.

Xue Wei began sitting on the deck, his expression complicated as his gaze scrutinized the Heritage Ring.

Whenever he looked at it, he was reminded about Xiao Lei and their complicated relationship. Xiao Lei was someone whom he deeply cared for, someone he respected and revered, but he was also the murderer of his father and the subject of his hatred.

The ring could help him enhance his strength, so he had been using it, but he could not help but feel conflicted whenever he was.

After a deep sigh, he poured his Qi into the ring, and when he did, he suddenly felt abilities appear in his mind.

Devouring Fist!

Kick of the Raging Tempest!

Twenty-seven-layer Azure Sword!

The Devouring Fist was a technique that allowed for the user’s punch to devour the energy of the opponent. Whether or not they used their energy to protect or attack, Devouring Fist was capable of devouring this energy and converting it into the energy of the user.

The Kick of the Raging Tempest was quite a different attack from what Xue Wei was used to. It was an attack that worked from a distance. The user would use their legs to kick up a raging tempest that would rampage uncontrolled, impossible to cut apart and impossible to overwhelm before the energy used in the kick was entirely spent. This was the benefit of water; it was simply impossible to chop apart and even more difficult to defend against.

The final attack was called Twenty-seven-layer Azure Sword. From the name, Xue Wei could assume that this was an attack that, much like the Azure Light Finger, was made for Azure Dragons to use in their human shape.

The attack was split into three ranks of difficulty with nine layers in each rank. The first nine layers were the first rank, from the tenth to the eighteenth was the second rank, and from the nineteenth to the twenty-seventh was the third rank.

The attack would grow stronger and stronger the more layers one could control. If one controlled one layer, then there would be only enough energy for one sword slash. If one controlled two layers, then there was enough energy to make a second slash, and it would continue to ramp up all the way until the twenty-seventh layer.

It would be like being hit by layer after layer of waves. These waves would come crashing down upon the enemy, and once one reached the twenty-seventh layer, the attacks were simply overwhelming.

These three attacks were new to Xue Wei, but he could feel that their strength and potential were much higher than the skills he had gained from the ring before.

These skills were not ranked like the previous ones. Instead, they depended on the user's comprehension to be able to enhance their strength and produce better results. These attacks were evolving ones.

After that, Xue Wei was usually seen on the deck of the ship training one ability after another, spending all his Qi before meditating to restore it and then repeating his actions.

Two weeks went by like this, and no one interrupted him. Even the spoiled Luoluo who enjoyed spending time with her big brother left him alone. Fortunately, she had become the darling of everyone on the ship, and she was spoiled silly not only by the Yan Dalu experts, but also the crew and the delegation from the Demon Phoenix Continent.

Lin Xiao was spending most of his time in the cabin cultivating, while Hei Gou was hiding in some dark corner, trying to get past his seasickness. Bai Tianyi was the most casual of them all and spent most of his time lazing around, fishing or doing a few fun chores.

There was not much soul power on board the ship, so there was not any real possibility for him to cultivate.

The King was not wasting time either. She was not able to cultivate her spiritual energy due to the same reason as Bai Tianyi, but she had begun to cultivate her Qi, and she had found that she had an outstanding talent for this.

It seemed that the multi-eyed experts were truly geniuses that were favored by the heavens. They had a great talent for everything.

While sailing, the weather was good and they encountered no issues. Everyone was busy doing their own thing, and the novelty of sailing quickly became normal.

The third week was ending when the first inkling of trouble appeared. Xue Wei had cultivated the Devouring Fist to a decent proficiency, and he had also gained a decent understanding of Kick of the Raging Tempest, but most of his time had been spent on the Twenty-seven-layer Azure Sword.

He managed to reach the eighth layer, still in the first rank, but eight layers was not to be belittled.

The weather started to turn overcast. Rain was slowly drizzling down from the sky, and everyone sought shelter. The cultivation was temporarily paused, and people gathered together to chat and play cards.

There was really nothing to do aboard a boat, especially when it was raining, and the rain continued to pour throughout the days and nights. The ones who had it hardest were the energetic Luoluo and the seasick Hei Gou.