The Eagle Man’s section.
The mountain looked like the Buddha sitting cross-legged.
900m above the ground, the Radiant Gold shone resplendently in the evening sunlight, looking like a little sun. Its growth had been sped up by the power of providence of the Twin Dragon Mount.
Splash!
However, at 800m, the strong Blue Wind that blew all year long was behaving oddly today.
On one side, blue flames floated in the air, as if the wind was on fire. Whereas the other half seemed to freeze up, creating blue snowflakes.
The abnormality lasted for as long as 30 minutes.
The “ice and fire wind” suddenly converged, but when they collided with each other, the expected explosion didn’t happen. Instead, they were sucked into a cave, as if they had always been an entirety.
Pa!
In the cave that used to belong to the head of the Eagle Man, Ji Ye opened his eyes. Golden light flickered.
Whoosh!
He spat out a streak of blue energy, which shot out like an arrow and hit the wall opposite him, leaving behind a clear mark.
“I’ve finally made a breakthrough!”
[Alignment: Human (Earth)]
[Talent: Fusion (Extraordinary, Inheritance), Healing (Extraordinary, Perfect, Rare)]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-8 (Leader)]
[Skill: Yin and Yang Sutra (Greater Mastery), Ice and Fire Wind (Branch, Lesser Mastery), Dragon Aura Fist (Greater Mastery), Dragnet Force (Adept), Five Element Thunder Art: Earth (Adept), Left and Right Inter-fighting (Adept), Dragon-Subduing Strike (Adept), Power of Dragon Valiance (Lesser Mastery)…]
[Inventory: Soul Slasher, Eye Painting Brush, Eye of the Watchers, Monocular, Book of Wumu, blunderbuss…]
[Others: Omitted]
After shutting himself in the Eagle Man’s nest for three days, Ji Ye finally made a breakthrough to the next level.
Once one reached Extraordinary Rank-5, it became slower and slower to level up.
Back then, he had made a breakthrough and rose to Extraordinary Rank-6 one day (five days in the Battlefield of Providence time) after they entered the Battlefield of Providence. But after spending three whole months there, it took him another ten days to finally reach Extraordinary Rank-8. It was the time he used to move from Extraordinary Rank-5 to Rank-7.
Of course, the improvement in his capability was very obvious.
The wall around the Eagle Man settlement had to sustain the strong wind all year round and was as hard as steel. Even bullets would be bounced off, but his breath alone was able to crack it.
Obviously, it wasn’t just any common breath. It was a skill he created during his seclusion, based on his understanding of the Eagle Man’s wind.
[Ice and Fire Wind]
[Level: Extraordinary]
[Rarity: Excellent]
[Description: It is created by the master of the Twin Dragon Island by fusing the blue wind with the ice and fire energy, which is derived from the Yin and Yang Sutra, as well as the result of reaching Extraordinary Rank-7 in his mental power and comprehending the power of the Soul Slasher. The skill comes with triple damage.]
For Ji Ye, the greatest gain from the battle of Xiangyang wasn’t the resources, but it was the fact that he had become a real master in his martial arts after fusing an ample amount of skills.
Although the Ice and Fire Wind was only Excellent in its rarity, Ji Ye had created it all by himself without the help of his Fusion talent. Not only could it make physical attacks, but it could also attack one’s mental power and soul.
As for the “master of the Twin Dragon Island”, the title came from a suggestion Wu Qiao made in the last meeting.
She thought that with the great number of people in the settlement now, the potential growth in the future, and the fact that the entire island was run by the settlement, the humans were no longer limited to the Twin Dragon Mount.
If they kept calling themselves “Twin Dragon Mount”, it wouldn’t sound very classy.
After some consideration, they agreed to change the name of their settlement to “Twin Dragon Island” for the time being, and Ji Ye, in turn, became the master of the island.
“Huh?”
“Master Ji” suddenly lowered his head and looked at an area in the sea.
Although the mist around the Twin Dragon Island hadn’t completely lifted, the visibility was already greatly improved. People could now see things about 10km away from the center of the settlement.
Ji Ye was almost at the highest point of the island, so naturally, he could see very far.
Meanwhile, about 10km away in the direction he looked at, the setting sun had painted the sea orange.
However, as he watched, he could see a giant shadow moving out of the fog. It was quietly moving toward the Twin Dragon Mount!
“Is trouble coming to us again?”
Ji Ye stared at the shadow in the water.
Now that the task of “A Hundred Vying Barges” had started, the area around the Twin Dragon Island became restless.
For instance, an Extraordinary Rank-6 mantis shrimp showed up on the first day, attacking the Dragon Tooth Battalion.
The second day, an Extraordinary Rank-7 “devil fish” that was a dozen meters wide and covered in a layer of sticky slime rushed ashore, destroying a part of the shipyard.
Although Zhao Yun arrived in time and killed it with his Snow Spear and froze up nearly half of the fish, it still slowed down the building of the Mirage Dragon Boat.
On the third day, as many as twenty Extraordinary Steelwing Birds flew out of the mist and charged at the Sweet Dew Pond on top of the Eagle Man’s peak, where Ji Ye was cultivating in seclusion.
The following noon, the players of the Twin Dragon Mount had a pleasant surprise. Apart from the fish that they were fed up with, they had another kind of meat for lunch. The only thing was that the Steelwing Birds didn’t have much meat, and they didn’t taste very nice either.
“Are we going to have something new to eat this time?”
Studying the shadow coming out of the mist, Ji Ye said casually.
However, the shadow this time seemed to be much stronger than the monsters before.
For one, the shadow had already come out of the mist and was nearly 100 meters long.
For another, the shadow was still nearly 30m under the water.
If Ji Ye hadn’t been on top of the mountain and his senses hadn’t been enhanced by True Seer, he might not be able to notice the shadow until it was too late.
After all, the Twin Dragon Island was moving forward.
Elder Zhou was right. The “barge” mentioned in the name of the task indeed meant the settlement itself. But it was difficult to notice because there was no reference point in the sea.
However, when Ji Ye went into the sea and sensed the flow of the water with his Flood Dragon Bloodline, he noticed that the island and the entire area around it were moving in one direction.
“Mirage Cloud Mirror!”
Ji Ye took out the Mirage Dragon Pearl. The next second, it showed the image of the area when looking down from above.
The outline of the shadow became clearer. It was about 100m long and over 10m wide. By the shape of it, it looked like a ship.
“Yes, it’s indeed a ship!”
Ji Ye deactivated the Mirage Cloud Mirror and picked up an object in the shape of a cylinder. It was none other than the Monocular he obtained from Li Lei, the beta tester of the pirate settlement. It would allow him to see the property of his enemy.
[Ghostship]
[Level: ?]
[Rarity: ?]
[Description: A ship floating in the ocean, which seems to be hiding a secret.]
“Ghostship?”
Ji Ye frowned a little.
Probably because of some limitation, the Monocular couldn’t see the level and rarity of the ship below the sea.
Judging by the size of this ship, this ship should be able to hold thousands of crew members.
That was based on the size of normal human beings. Aliens might be smaller, and the ship could contain even more of them.
By then, the sun had almost set. At this relative speed, the ship should make contact with the Twin Dragon Island in less than 20 minutes.
“Suspicious target is approaching! Get ready for battle!” said Ji Ye.
His calm voice could be heard all over Twin Dragon Island.
