Endless Ocean: Survival Begins with a Dugout Canoe-Chapter 76 - 73: When Gazing into the Abyss
You couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face.
The mist also had corrosive and hypnotic effects.
As the mist rose, Shi Ming felt the pull of the Abyss of Devouring weaken significantly.
When you gaze into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
If the abyss can’t gaze into you, it naturally won’t see you as prey.
This was the way to break the "Abyss of Devouring."
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Although he had broken the Abyss of Devouring, Shi Ming had barely a tenth of his Physical Strength left.
’Two more minutes. Just have to hold on for two more minutes.’
He forced himself to stay focused, tightening his grip on the saber in his hand.
In the dense fog, no one could see anyone else, but Edward’s next attack could come from anywhere at any moment.
But Shi Ming saw it clearly. Edward still had two eyes left!
"Hey, kid!"
"You think I can’t find you just because you’re hiding in the fog?! Come on out, let’s have a fair and square fight!!!"
Shi Ming breathed silently, taking the opportunity to recover his Physical Strength.
The Abyss of Devouring had temporarily lost its target in the mist, but if he got close to Edward, he would inevitably become a target again. By then, he probably wouldn’t even have a chance to escape.
"Not coming out, huh? Then don’t blame me for taking advantage of you."
"You’re the first person to make me use six skills. I’ll remember you."
Edward stood his ground. Only two eyes remained on his chest and abdomen, and right now, they were darting around.
The pupil of the sixth eye dilated, releasing a strange melody.
The Eye of Dream Weaving!
From the Sea Jade!
The Tide of Confusion was an area-of-effect skill, while the Eye of Dream Weaving was a powerful single-target crowd control that could even automatically track its target!
Shi Ming’s head felt groggy. He no longer had the Physical Strength to fight this pull. The side effects of the mist were also taking a toll on him. With several debuffs stacked, he could no longer control his eyelids; they were starting to droop.
"Heh heh, found you."
Edward stood a meter away from Shi Ming, his eyes fixed on him.
Shi Ming saw Edward too. He could vaguely make out the seven eyes on Edward’s cross-scarred chest and abdomen. Now, only one remained.
He could no longer resist the pull of the Eye of Dream Weaving. He raised the King Slayer Saber and, just as he was about to fall asleep, used the last of his strength to plunge the saber into his own abdomen!
Then he quickly pulled it out.
SPLASH! Blood sprayed wildly!
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The mist skill wore off, and the fog over the sea thinned considerably.
Edward looked at Shi Ming, who had collapsed on the ground, a crazed smile in his eyes.
"???"
"Weren’t you supposed to be strong? I haven’t had my fill of fighting yet!"
"But it doesn’t matter."
"The Demon Sword, and you... two more additions to my collection from this operation. A truly unexpected surprise." He stroked his blond hair, looking at the fallen Shi Ming.
Though this battle had consumed six of his skill reserves, it was no matter. The rewards were great!
He had obtained another S-rank skill reserve.
Besides, a bright future awaited him.
’Holy Hall Level Skills, here I come!’
"Sigh, it’s a good thing I had the Demon Sword. If I’d run into you alone, I definitely would have been at a disadvantage. So I’m really curious, what exactly is your S-rank skill?"
Edward kicked Shi Ming’s hand as if handling his own trophy, smug and triumphant.
He even started humming a song.
An old folk song, "500 Miles."
However, in the blink of an eye, the seemingly unconscious arm of the fallen Shi Ming suddenly moved!
His right arm, a mix of bloodstains and red markings, shot out like a pouncing tiger, clamping onto Edward’s ankle with perfect precision. It then unleashed an unbelievable amount of force, making it impossible for Edward to keep his balance.
He lifted Edward by the ankle, his arm muscles twisting like a taut cable, and yanked upward as his own body sprang up like a coil.
Just before he passed out, he had intentionally stabbed himself to trigger his passive skill! 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
S-rank skill! Death’s Door!
Ranked 99th!
When Shi Ming suffers a fatal attack, [Death’s Door] resets all negative statuses on his body and instantly heals him to a pristine state. At the same time, for 60 seconds, his regenerative ability reaches positive infinity.
What does positive infinity mean?
It can be summed up in two words: un-killable.
Of course, he himself didn’t know if he’d regenerate into two Shi Mings if he were cut in half.
’Probably not, right?’
’The Black Tortoise isn’t an earthworm.’
Before Edward could even react, he felt his body lose all balance. The world suddenly flipped upside down, spinning and tilting before him.
Immediately after, the first earth-shattering impact! Edward’s face had an intimate collision with the deck, knocking out several of his teeth.
"A moment ago, you kicked me?"
This was the first time Shi Ming had spoken to Edward during the fight.
THUD!
Like a whip being cracked, Edward’s back was slammed solidly against the deck once more. The intense pain made his vision go dark, and the air was brutally forced from his lungs.
This was only the beginning.
Shi Ming didn’t use his saber. The Slug Body could heal sharp-force trauma, but it couldn’t heal blunt-force trauma!
Edward felt as if he had become a lifeless object. The blurry ground and sky switched places in a mad dance, and the vision in his eyes became utterly abstract.
Once, twice, three times... like a sandbag, he was completely unable to escape the man’s control, forced to passively endure the storm of blows!
THUD!
THUD!
THUD!
Huge cracks were smashed into the deck.
"Where’s your Slug Body? Hurry up and regenerate!"
It couldn’t regenerate. This wasn’t a severed limb!
The skill didn’t register blunt-force trauma as damage.
In his desperation, the last eye on Edward’s chest finally burst open. A giant Ice Blade shot out, viciously cutting into Shi Ming’s body. The wound gushed blood, exposing bone, but it healed completely in 0.1 seconds.
"How... could..."
As he was being flipped about, he finally noticed that there wasn’t a single scratch on Shi Ming’s body.
Even the massive wound in his abdomen was now perfectly intact, without so much as a scar. It was unnaturally smooth.
A sense of despair unlike anything he had ever felt washed over him.
All seven eyes closed.
The duration of his Slug Body was also about to run out.
He finally knew he was going to die. A genius with a limitless future was about to die.
"...Wait... wait..."
The classic begging-for-mercy segment.
Unfortunately, amid the heart-stopping thuds, his weak pleas were completely drowned out.
Even if he could hear him, Shi Ming had no intention of letting him go.
’If you dare to come and kill me, you should be prepared to be killed in return.’
Splintered wood from the broken deck pierced Edward’s limbs like spikes. He felt as though every bone in his body was screaming, and waves of agony from his torn muscles assaulted his nerves.
BOOM!
The wooden deck shattered completely.
The Slug Body ability failed. Under the immense force, the object in Shi Ming’s hands split apart along a cross-shaped fracture, breaking into four pieces!
"Damn!"
"So fragile!"
He hastily threw away the object in his hands as if it were contaminated.
The crew members, roused by the massive impacts, woke up one by one. They stared in disbelief at their captain, drenched in blood, displaying the heroic posture of someone using the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Skill."
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"Yellow Cannon, Yellow Spear, you two take some men and give the deck a thorough cleaning. Patch up all the broken parts."
"Yes, Captain!"
"Stone Pillar, you take a team and salvage the enemy ship that broke apart! Don’t miss a single piece. Especially things like communicators, glowing orbs..."
"Yes, Captain!"
"You few... deal with the bodies of these invaders. See if there’s anything worth noting."
"Yes, Captain!"
"Old Yang, I’m a little hungry. Take the cured meat from my cabin and make me something to eat. Also, get me a pitcher of beer. I want it cold."
"Right away, Captain."
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Shi Ming changed into a clean captain’s uniform and stood on the deck, directing his crew in their post-battle duties.
He had checked the Sea Patrol Radar display several times; there were no more enemies within a three-nautical-mile radius.
What a thrilling and satisfying battle!
He felt that old, familiar rush of blood again.
It would be even better if he could find enough loot on these people to make the battle worthwhile.
He was looking forward to it.
’What kind of good stuff do these elite members from major powers carry on them?’
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