Chapter 227: Chapter 215: The Divine Artifact that Transforms Souls

The giant octopus, such an infamous Sea Monster, has countless advantages. For example, it doesn’t have to expose its body above water like other Sea Monsters when attacking ships, which inherently grants it an invincible position. Its nature as a soft-bodied creature also allows it to hide in some unimaginably narrow crevices for ambushes and change color to camouflage itself. If it’s ever outmatched, it can spray ink and make its escape at any time.

It can be said that the giant octopus is the Ninja amongst Sea Monsters, a perfect embodiment of high Attack, high speed, and slyness, becoming the nightmare of every sailor!

But it has one flaw: as a soft-bodied animal, it’s not durable! This single weakness is its fatal vulnerability!

Now, the giant octopus, caught in the net and severely wounded, has lost its advantage and its defeat is inevitable.

Boom papapa! With another volley from the Crossbow Cannons, the intense turmoil on the water’s surface suddenly stops!

— System Prompt: Congratulations, you have slain a Leader-level giant octopus monster! You’ve gained victory in the battle! Experience +2,000,000! You’ve obtained spoils of war: “Giant Octopus Ship Figurehead”, and you’ve obtained a special product “Octopus Eggs”.

— System Prompt: You have acquired incomplete information about the Leader-level giant octopus monster.

— Giant Octopus Ship Figurehead: B-grade strategic treasure, a statue equipped at the prow of a large ship that can drive away octopuses to protect the ship from the harassment of Octopus Monsters.

— Octopus Eggs: Maritime product. Octopuses can be cultured in coastal territory fishing grounds. Octopus is a delicacy that’s highly popular in the market.

The whole fleet erupted into joyous cheers.

Another figurehead! More maritime products! And most importantly, the mission is saved! Da Fei roars with ecstatic laughter!

Spielberg laments with a smile, “Pity, we have no more cargo space, otherwise this big octopus could be sold for a good sum.”

Da Fei laughs heartily, “No worries, just drag it along! Perhaps we could sell it for a fortune on Fire Dragon Island?” Just like when he dragged along the great white shark he caught.

Spielberg nods, “Indeed, if it were any other sea area, it wouldn’t be long before it went bad, but this is the Ice Ocean which is just right for preservation.”

In the meantime, the sailors have already begun repairing the riddled fishing nets and straightening the net frames that have been deformed by the colossal strength of the octopus.

Spielberg laments with a smile, “Both nets are unusable now. Lucky for us, our fleet has strong firepower; otherwise, if it had escaped, who knows what would have happened. I wonder if there’s a workshop capable of repairing fishing nets on Fire Dragon Island. This is a special fishing net, not easy to mend.”

Da Fei’s eyebrows leap!

Could this net be so incredible that it’s a special fishing net? Indeed, where would an ordinary net have so many hooks? It truly is a powerful tool against Sea Monsters! Suddenly, Da Fei recalls the three bundles of golden spider silk on the Flying, which are treasure-grade nets. It’s definitely not on the same level as these fishing nets. If he could also equip them and make them ‘special,’ wouldn’t he have no fear of Sea Monsters in the future?

Da Fei hurriedly asks, “I want to install a fishing rig on my ship as well; I have a net of excellent quality too. I also wish to craft such a special fishing net. Sir, do you know where I could find the means to do so?”

Spielberg laughs, “That would be the Alliance Fishing Guild, of course. They issue fishing licenses to fishermen and also buy their catch. They have the best craftsmen of the Alliance. However, acquiring a special fishing net requires considerable Guild reputation. But of course, with the Captain’s abilities, that definitely won’t be a problem.”

Da Fei nodded: “I see, looks like I’ll have to check it out when I go back.”

In the game, going out to sea isn’t just for trading; fishing is also an option. Getting a fishing license is as necessary as a sailing permit for trading. However, getting a fishing license is quite a pain; it seems you need to take on fishing quests, catch various kinds of fish to prove your qualification as a fisherman. Fish caught by players without a fishing license won’t be bought by NPC Chambers of Commerce. For example, the giant octopus that Da Fei has caught now, he can’t sell it.

Just then,

—-System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alicia has absorbed the soul of the Giant Octopus Leader with the Sea Soul Staff!

Da Fei was startled, absorbing souls! The special skill of the Divine Artifact is in effect! What exactly is the use of this special skill?

Da Fei hurried back to his own ship, at this moment Alicia excitedly waved her Magic Wand at him, “Look! Look, something fun has happened!”

Da Fei asked in surprise: “What’s fun about it?”

Alicia pointed to the glass globe at the top of the Magic Wand, where there was suddenly a ghostly mist-like little octopus swimming around. Was this the soul of the giant octopus?

Da Fei quickly checked the properties of the Sea Soul Staff:

—-Sea Soul Staff: Divine Artifact, Magic Power +20, Knowledge +20, can absorb the souls of creatures killed in naval battles. Absorbing the souls of High-level Leader Level creatures +1, soul conversion in process: currently gaining +25 Mana points.

Da Fei was astounded, his eyebrows twitching! Soul conversion? Turning souls into Mana? If that’s the case, doesn’t this thing become a Mana battery? Doesn’t that mean no more worrying about Mana in the future? Does it mean that during major battles, Selvia can keep using Magic without stopping? Damn! A Priest who can cast spells non-stop, that’s truly defiant! Worthy of being called a Divine Artifact indeed! But merely soul conversion? That alone doesn’t seem to merit the title of Divine Artifact, does it? There should be more to it, right?

Alicia then said gravely: “Captain, it is said that creatures whose souls have been absorbed cannot be resurrected with Resurrection Techniques!”

Da Fei was alarmed once again! No way, I was just thinking that Selvia could resurrect without any concerns during battles, isn’t this a trap? This wand doesn’t specify whether it distinguishes between friend or foe, right? Does it mean it absorbs any soul that dies in battle?

Damn! It’s really a pitfall!

As mentioned before, Heroic Creation Era is a game that encourages players to go all-out in PK (Player Kill), so the Resurrection Technique (Dark Revival), a Divine Skill, was demoted to be usable by Master-level Light Magic (Dark Magic). The intention is, the victors in a ferocious battle will receive the maximum compensation, while the defeated will have nothing left. Therefore, players must go all-in for victory. This game was branded a Tycoon game from the outset.

The Hell Race’s burning corpses and the Undead Race’s exploding corpse skills are known to be extremely wicked (players call it “female mummy”). Once these skills are used, the corpses cannot be resurrected, which is widely criticized by players as underhanded and shameless.

And now with the appearance of this Divine Artifact, it’s more than just shameless! Burning corpses or exploding corpses come with conditions for use, one must make contact with or be close to the corpses, and there are measures to protect the corpses. But now this Divine Artifact is obviously affecting the entire area; how to defend against it if it absorbs souls upon death?

Of course, it’s fine to screw over others, but it’s infuriating if it screws oneself over! My troops are all rare Elite forces! For a moment, Da Fei fell into deep frustration. It looks like the Divine Artifact must be used with care. Similar to the Misfortune Hourglass, it has both advantages and disadvantages, one can only try to minimize its drawbacks as much as possible.

But how to minimize them? Either come out unscathed or not bring any troops at all? Or just keep it in the bag without equipping it? Forget it, don’t think about it too much, at least for now the sailors in the fleet aren’t rare elites, so if they die, they die.

Now, having finished preparations, the fleet set sail again in the night. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at wuxiaworld.site. Your support is my greatest encouragement. Mobile users please visit m.wuxiaworld.site to read.)