Chapter 475: One Point Star
Cang Xu attempted to operate the memory fabrication device.
After inspecting it, he nodded and smiled, “The fabricated memories are flawless. Commander, you've been a tremendous help this time!”
The fishman youngster shrugged. "This alchemy device is the real hero here, while the undead inheritance you acquired was the key. With these two elements, anyone could have succeeded. If Zhong Yong had done it, he'd have been even more efficient than me."
“Zhong Yong, huh... Too bad I can't meet him just yet.” Cang Xu's expression softened with a hint of regret.
He'd learned of Zhong Yong's existence long ago through his conversations with the fishman youngster.
As the ship's alchemist magician, Zhong Yong was a permanent crew member aboard the Deep Sea Monster Fish. Neither the fishman youngster's return with Cang Xu nor Cang Xu's boarding had been revealed to Zhong Yong.
After all, Cang Xu was a necromancer. Zhong Yong needed time to mentally prepare before he could fully accept Cang Xu as a comrade.
Cang Xu quickly mastered the operation of the memory fabrication device.
On one hand, he experimented with the alchemy device multiple times after leaving Mystifying Monster Island. On the other hand, after becoming a captive, he had repeatedly studied the contents of the necromancer inheritance.
The memory fabrication device was incredibly simple to operate, so straightforward even a fool could use it.
Otherwise, the fishman youngster wouldn't have succeeded so easily in fabricating a memory.
“Next, I must set up the Memory Switching Spell and employ the Subconscious Reminder Spell!” Cang Xu crossed his legs and began meditating.
These two spells were the true test for him.
Only by combining them could he awaken independently after using the fabricated memory and reclaim his true identity.
While awaiting the teleportation blood sacrifice, Cang Xu had spent considerable time secretly studying these two spells, becoming thoroughly familiar with them.
But familiarity was one thing; actually casting the spells was another.
The greatest difficulty lay in Cang Xu still being bound by dual restrictions, both magical and divine.
These seals originated from Zhou Zhang and were of the saint level.
Cang Xu naturally couldn't break them, and the fishman youngster was powerless to help.
Whether it was memory forgery, or the Memory Switching and Subconscious Reminder spells, they all acted upon the soul. Though they would be disrupted by the dual seals, the latter couldn't completely prevent them.
Before this, necromancers had always been able to forge memories in secret. Now that Cang Xu had retreated into the Deep Sea Monster Fish, he could operate freely.
Seeing Cang Xu giving his all, the fishman youngster tactfully withdrew from the cabin and closed the hatch.
“Cang Xu, it's all up to you now. Hope everything goes smoothly!”
The fishman youngster silently offered his blessing before immediately returning to the cockpit to monitor the situation at the Ocean Mother Nest.
The saint level sea beast, Snow Pear Octopus, feasted voraciously on the teleported sea creatures.
As before, the Charming Blue believers cowered in every corner of the Mother Nest. Having quickly adapted, they now prayed frantically, consumed by their own fears.
Flower Skirt Island.
Qian Xing stared at the hemispherical light barrier beneath his feet, his eyes flickering with growing murderous intent.
He had unleashed multiple battle skills, yet the barrier remained intact.
However, he had discerned the mechanism: “So this formation can dissipate energy. The earth vein serves as its dissipation channel, that explains the violent earthquakes occurring elsewhere on Flower Skirt Island.”
Though not a magician, Qian Xing possessed broad knowledge.
Moreover, the seismic activity across Flower Skirt Island was undeniably intense, making it impossible to ignore.
"Cai Jing, you are truly cruel and ruthless. I wonder how the others on the island would react if they knew you used them as sacrificial lambs. What would they think?" Qian Xing sneered, attempting to undermine his opponent's morale with words.
"A bunch of weaklings. Their feelings are irrelevant. Besides, Flower Skirt Island was unclaimed territory to begin with. What business is it of theirs if I use the earth vein? Casualties? Just bad luck. They happened to be standing on the nodes of the earth vein." Master Cai Jing spoke coldly, unmoved.
“Heh, well said.” Qian Xing sneered, “Now I'd rather pierce your skull and watch your brain matter ooze out.”
As he spoke, Qian Xing extended his right index finger, pointing it toward the hemispherical light barrier below.
He drew a deep breath, channeling his battle qi, pouring it in with all his might. A torrent of battle qi concentrated on the nail of his right index finger, compressing relentlessly, compressing further.
The aura of a saint level cultivator surged steadily.
Master Cai Jing and Magician Da Bei wore solemn expressions, tension mounting within them.
Throughout the entire battle, they had never witnessed Qian Xing mobilize such immense force or adopt such a formidable stance to gather power.
Magician Da Bei hastily cast his spell.
But Qian Xing, having resolved to build his momentum, would not be so easily disrupted.
He immediately evaded, continuously employing his flight battle skill. With extraordinary agility, he dodged every magic attack.
Battle skill - One Point Star!
Like a droplet of water, a blue starlight fell from the nail of Qian Xing's right index finger.
The starlight had been contained within him, but the moment it left his fingernail, it burst forth with boundless brilliance.
Blindingly bright, it reached its target in an instant, colliding with the hemispherical light barrier at an unimaginable speed!
Unlike previous attacks, the One Point Star pierced straight through the barrier, then shot toward Master Cai Jing with lightning speed.
Struck by the starlight, Master Cai Jing's head was pierced clean through from front to back. His entire form dissolved into a fading shadow, slowly dissipating.
This was not Master Cai Jing's true form!
A magician's true body was always their weak point, and even a gold level magician like Cai Jing possessed this characteristic.
Unlike Da Bei, his combat prowess was formidable. Long before his public appearance, he had concealed his true form, revealing only a deceptive illusion as bait.
Qian Xing struck the enemy, yet his effort proved futile, prompting a cold snort.
He hadn't seen through Cai Jing's illusion because of the effect of the latter's formation.
But it didn't matter. The battle skill “One Point Star” pierced through the surface, something a hemispherical light shield couldn't block.
Qian Xing continued to unleash this battle skill.
This time, however, he extended the middle finger of his right hand.
The nail on his index finger had grown dull and dark, as if petrified, unable to sustain the release cost of the One Point Star battle skill repeatedly in the short term.
“Damn it, I can't let him attack so freely!” Master Cai Jing cursed inwardly, feeling immense pressure.
He exerted all his strength to control the formation, forcing it to unleash its maximum defensive power.
Though this action pushed the formation's consumption of elemental crystals to its absolute limit.
Yet, as long as it could defend against Qian Xing, it would be a success for Cai Jing.
Using this formation burned resources at an alarming rate. But converting that expenditure into combat power was infinitely preferable to wasting it!
Simultaneously, Master Cai Jing mentally commanded numerous magic trumpet flowers to burst from the ground.
Nearly a hundred giant trumpet flowers appeared, encircling Master Cai Jing's alchemy chamber.
During the battle against Ba Qi, the trumpet flowers performed remarkably well.
This prompted Master Cai Jing to cultivate more trumpet flowers after the battle, bolstering his defenses.
The trumpet flowers formed a floral formation, continuously spewing streams of potions.
"Multicolored potions?!" Qian Xing's pupils contracted sharply as he dodged swiftly.
Shuang Tu had provided intelligence on the multicolored potion while summoning Qian Xing for aid in the name of Ba Qi.
Thus, Qian Xing knew that contact with this potion would alter the target's battle qi into another type.
Conflict between different battle qi existed, and Qian Xing had no desire to find himself in such a predicament.
As a saint level fighter, any transformed battle qi would also be of saint level. This posed a significant internal threat to him.
Qian Xing dodged nimbly through the air, evading every splash of the multicolored potions.
When evasion was impossible, he instantly condensed his gold level battle qi into shields, like umbrellas or walls, to block the splashes in advance.
Yet the gold level battle qi quickly disintegrated upon contact with the potions, fragmenting into clusters of foreign battle qi.
Though Qian Xing could manipulate these foreign energies, their control proved limited and difficult to harness effectively.
The trumpet flower formation and multicolored potions indeed caused considerable disruption for Qian Xing.
Still, this struggle did little to help Cai Jing, Da Bei, and the others reverse their disadvantage.
Qian Xing repeatedly unleashed his One Point Star battle skill, successively destroying multiple nodes of the light shield formation.
Master Cai Jing wanted to repair them but dared not.
If he revealed his true form, he would struggle to survive under the One Point Star battle skill.
Ultimately, after multiple nodes were destroyed, Qian Xing located the formation's core. With an incredibly precise One Point Star, he breached the formation's core.
An intense spatial fluctuation occurred.
Master Cai Jing, Magician Da Bei, and Magician Zhong Bei evacuated Flower Skirt Island at the last moment via the teleportation formation.
Qian Xing's expression darkened.
He had gone to great lengths to breach the formation's light barrier, only to let these magicians escape.
Magicians possessed a wealth of techniques, and when prepared, they were indeed highly skilled at preserving their lives.
Master Cai Jing paid a tremendous price to lay multiple magic formations here and cultivate nearly a hundred magic plants. It was precisely these preparations that allowed him to withstand Qian Xing's assault for a short time and ultimately escape successfully.
Had he constructed an exceptional mage tower here, he could have even relied on his gold level strength to resist a Saint level opponent for an extended period.
Qian Xing charged down into the underground chambers, where he discovered the open secret door of inheritance.
Approaching the door, he received the message left behind by the late Master Fan Sheng Za Zhong.
“Cai Jing and Da Bei have obtained the inheritance!” Qian Xing's face turned ashen.
Filled with resentment, he turned his attention back to the teleportation formation.
He found it had already self-destructed. With his abilities alone, it was nearly impossible to deduce Cai Jing and the others' teleportation coordinates from the wreckage.
"Damn it! Those rats actually got away." Seething with resentment, Qian Xing shot skyward, randomly choosing a direction. Like a meteor piercing the heavens, he left Flower Skirt Island behind.
He refused to give up, determined to try his luck elsewhere.
The potion apprentices scattered in near-panic.
Terrified, they'd nearly believed their end was near.
But Qian Xing paid them no mind; they'd merely scraped by with their lives.
Some apprentices remained behind, securing the area and swiftly contacting Shuang Tu.
Shuang Tu had been monitoring the situation all along, receiving firsthand intelligence almost immediately.
“So, in the end, the legacy of Master Fan Sheng Za Zhong was taken by Cai Jing and his crew...” Shuang Tu sighed, utterly powerless. Luring Qian Xing here was already the limit of what he could achieve.
But reality offered him no further opportunities. The chance he'd painstakingly waited for, to take advantage of the chaos, never materialized.
Shuang Tu could only resign himself to the situation.
Almost simultaneously, another report from his subordinate caught his attention: “Lan Zao and the Bayonet Gang have joined forces?”
“They've seized a large quantity of mithril. Are they preparing to hold a teleportation ritual?”
“My primary mission has failed, but this Tranquil Hill operation seems to have made a breakthrough!”
Realizing this, Shuang Tu immediately resolved to push forward aggressively, aiding Lan Zao's entry into Tranquil Hill.