Chapter 261: Walking on the River
“Cough! Cough!”
Cang Xu opened his mouth wide and took unprecedented breaths.
His eyes were filled with bewilderment.
“I…didn’t I die?”
The bewilderment waned, and Cang Xu realized something, quickly checking his chest’s space pouch.
In the bag, he discovered the Death Substitute Puppet.
The survivors had purchased it from Two Eyes Island’s auction.
The Death Substitute Puppet looked like a doll, it was made of dark green wood, had yellow straw hair, and its doll eyes and nose were very crooked, giving it a eerie beauty.
Now, the Death Substitute Puppet had crumbled, its limbs and torso were crushed, and the biggest remainder was the shattered half of its squashed head.
Cang Xu and Zi Di had purchased the Death Substitute Puppet for the dragonman youngster to use.
To the survivors, the dragonman youngster was the most crucial person among them.
But before Cang Xu attended the undead gathering, the dragonman youngster considered the hereunto risks and gave the Death Substitute Puppet to him.
“The Death Substitute Puppet revived me.”
“No, the commander saved my life!”
In his post-traumatic stress, Cang Xu felt a spurt of warmth.
“This is the Underworld River’s water?!” After realizing his situation, he seemed to be shocked by electricity and suddenly stood up.
Previously, he had looked into the Underworld River, and nearly lost his life, and now he was touching the Underworld River, what kind of evil consequences would occur?
Cang Xu had eaten a loss then and had incomparable fear of the Underworld River. He jumped onto a bed and completely got out of the water.
“Huh?” The mysterious black clothed man subconsciously tilted to look toward Cang Xu’s direction.
When Cang Xu came back to life and revealed his life aura, the black clothed man instantly detected it to an extent.
“He came back to life?” The black clothed person was astonished for a moment but then guessed why.
“It seems to be that Death Substitute Puppet.” The black clothed man had obtained ample intelligence.
Cang Xu and Zi Di had purchased many things from the auction, the Death Substitute Puppet was one of them.
Many people knew this information.
The black clothed man and Lady Sea Snake had been following Cang Xu’s trail and wouldn’t miss such important information.
The black clothed man turned back around and ignored Cang Xu.
A mere silver level was nothing to worry about.
The black clothed man pondered: if he could easily kill Cang Xu once, then he could do it a second time.
He was powerful and turned a deaf ear to Xiao Wang Zi and Ku Feng near him, he only had one real target.
It was Jian Gui!
“Jian Gui, how is your considerations?” The black clothed man interrogated.
Jian Gui heavily sighed, “Ku Feng, put away your weapon.”
Ku Feng’s eyes narrowed.
Jian Gui continued, “I know you don’t fear death, but at this moment, unnecessary sacrifice is pointless.”
Ku Feng clenched his teeth, but ultimately still sheathed his blade.
Jian Gui weakly said, “I still don’t know where your distinguished self comes from, what power will I serve, or who you really are. If I surrender, what will I get for it?”
Those words made Jian Gui’s intention of surrendering very clear.
Xiao Wang Zi’s mind shook.
The black clothed man’s mouth quivered up into a smile.
The atmosphere in the ship cabin greatly eased.
Cang Xu, standing on a bed, was watching the Underworld River’s water quickly rising.
The ghost ship is leaking, it is sinking!”
“But Jian Gui isn’t repairing it.”
“What’s going on?”
“What will happen after I die?”
Cang Xu looked towards the cabin where the black clothed man, Xiao Wang Zi, and Ku Feng were.
Despite walls blocking his line of sight, he could still distinctly make out the three life auras.
“There is no fighting, it seems they are in a standoff?” Cang Xu still didn’t know the situation.
But that didn’t hinder him from acting first.
He took out a flying spell magic scroll and tore it open.
His body floated up, then he flew out, maintaining a cautious distance from the Underworld River’s water.
Cang Xu left the bed, pushed up the cabin door, then followed the ship’s ladder to the deck.
He fell onto the deck, ice-cold from head to toe with a spell of dark dizziness!
It was a simple flying spell, yet it had reduced Cang Xu to this state.
Although he returned to life, he was in an exceedingly terrible condition!
Cang Xu hurriedly examined himself.
He was horrified to find that his left chest had a hole in it, and that his heart had been obliterated by the black clothed man’s stab.
His entire body was full of intense negative energy.
It was very clear this negative energy had come from the Underworld River’s water, and it was wildly eroding Cang Xu’s body and soul.
There was also a dark green power that was barely holding Cang Xu alive.
Most of the dark green power was lingering in Cang Xu’s left chest, substituting his heart, and keeping Cang Xu alive.
At the same time, there was also threads of green light stretching from his heart like tree roots and vines into Cang Xu’s internal organs, limbs, and bones.
“This is the Death Substitute Puppet’s power, the Voodoo Church’s divine spell’s power.”
After Cang Xu examined himself, he immediately noticed that the dark green power was visibly waning.
Although he had gotten out of the Underworld River’s water, that soaking had flooded Cang Xu’s broken body with a tremendous amount of negative energy.
“This negative energy will drag me into death’s embrace again!”
“What should I do?”
Cang Xu’s forehead filled with cold sweat, and he impatiently pondered how he should get out of this trouble.
He first thought of the Karma Reduction and Burden Alleviation spells.
They came from Jian Gui’s magician auxiliary book, which he still had in his hands, and wasn’t grabbed by the black clothed man.
But the Karma Reduction and Burden Alleviation spells inside it were already spent.
Cang Xu couldn’t cast them himself.
“Right, there is still medicine!” Cang Xu rushed his spirit into his storage bag and took out some medicine.
He drank the medicine or poured on the hole in his heart.
But the medicine’s effect were quite terrible.
“There are too few medicines suitable for the undead.
“Now that my body is full of negative energy, it has greatly reduced the effects of this medicine.”
The medicine Zi Di had refined were mostly bronze and iron level, with a few silver level medicine.
As for gold level medicine, she was currently unable to refine any.
The medicine did not alleviate Cang Xu’s terrible state much.
He took out some black crystals.
The crystals were long and short, big and small, but they all had the same strip shape. They were very dark and emitted an inexplicable chill, it was soul crystals.
It was very simple to use soul crystals.
Cang Xu simply grabbed one, then used his spirit to connect to them to receive the soul crystal’s nourishment.
The soul crystal in his hand rapidly shrunk like an ice cube in heat, before fading into nothing.
Cang Xu used several soul crystals, and his soul was greatly nourished, forcefully stirring his spirit.
“I feel a bit better.” Cang Xu’s dizzy spell was greatly weakened.
But the problem of negative energy hasn’t been solved yet.
Despite the soul crystals strengthening his soul’s foundation, it didn’t solve his peril.
At that moment, a skeleton magician flew over to Cang Xu.
“Newcomer, I have come to help you!” The one who came was Xiao Wang Zi.
After Cang Xu had revived, he could sense the others’ life auras, and of course, Xiao Wang Zi could sense Cang Xu’s life aura too.
Cang Xu’s life aura was very weak, like a candle in the wind.
Xiao Wang Zi was under immense psychological pressure near Yi Ying, and felt quite unwell, so he might as well courageously try to fly out of the ship cabin and assist Cang Xu.
When Cang Xu saw Xiao Wang Zi, he quickly asked about the battle.
Xiao Wang Zi’s tone was heavy, “The enemy is too strong, but we won’t die by his hands. They are currently negotiating with Lord Jian Gui over his surrender.”
Cang Xu’s eyes flashed.
The circumstances didn’t surprise him, and he guessed what was going on.
“If Jian Gui reaches a compromise and surrenders, then I will become a captive too.”
“Alas, I am still too weak.”
The situation was beyond him.
Cang Xu quickly cast off his distracting thoughts, now was not the time to be worrying about the future, if his problem wasn’t dealt with, then death would be before him.
Necromancy spell – Karma Reduction spell!
Necromancy spell – Burden Alleviation spell!
Xiao Wang Zi continuously used magic on Cang Xu.
Cang Xu’s decent into the abyss of death slowed greatly, but his trend towards it didn’t change.
Xiao Wang Zi was very grave, “Not good, newcomer, you touched the Underworld River’s water, there is too much negative energy.”
“This energy has not just permeated your body, actually most of it has poured into your soul.”
“If you hadn’t transformed your body, then you would have been assimilated by the Underworld River already!”
“In light of the speed of this, I cannot save you.”
“Lord Jian Gui, help me, save the newcomer.” Xiao Wang Zi raised his head and shouted, calling for help as candidly and proficiently as always.
In the ship cabin.
When Yi Ying heard Xiao Wang Zi’s call for help, he laughed, “Jian Gui, do you want to save him? Then sign my magic contract first.”
If Jian Gui acted and used magic to aid Cang Xu, then he’d have to show himself.
When that happened, Yi Ying could act as he wished.
Yi Ying treated Cang Xu as a bargaining chip to blackmail Jian Gui, “I heard that normally, you typically treat the undead by your side very well and with consideration.”
“Anyways, you are an orthodox undead, of You Shen’s direct line, and keeping an eye on other undead is what orthodox people like yourself should do.”
Jian Gui interrupted Yi Ying, “Who are you actually sire, how do you know my identity?”
Yi Ying sneered, “You have held an undead gathering on Weeping Pine Island no less than ten times already.”
“A lot of information on it was quite easy to obtain.”
“That you could take out soul crystals to sell and have a steady external supply proves that you know how to make soul crystals.”
“This is the most distinct trait of orthodox undead.”
“Don’t ask about hy history and identity again. I won’t tell you anything but this, my force is far more powerful than yours!”
Jian Gui immediately responded, “My founder, Lord You Shen is a legend level magician, and although Fire Beard is also a legend level too, he is just a single fighter. The necromancer’s power is not as outward as the Fire Beard Pirates, but its hidden strength far exceeds imagination!”
Yi Ying coldly snorted, “Unnecessary to carry out such pointless prying.”
“Jian Gui, my patience is spent.”
“Come out.”
“Agree and sign my contract, and I will spare your life.”
“Otherwise, I will smash your ghost ship and destroy your people!”
Jian Gui deeply sighed, “I am, in the end, a gold level caster, and also a necromancer. If surrendering and becoming your slave is worse than death, then I am better off simply dying in battle.”
Yi Ying gave off a strong killing intent, “You still want to discuss conditions with me?”
“I will destroy your ghost ship first and let you recognize reality!”
“Reality?” Suddenly, a strange voice could be heard in the distance, “It is you who should recognize that.”
In the wake of that voice, Cang Xu, Xiao Wang Zi, and the others on deck were shocked to see a silhouette walking on the Underworld River.