We Agreed to Set Sail, but You Became the Ruler of the Deep Sea?

After solving the dragon turtle guarding the black stone vein, the process of obtaining the [Black Stone Essence] became extremely smooth.

Not long after, Xia En filled a bottle of [Black Stone Essence].

Different from the solid black stone, the [Black Stone Essence] located at the core of the vein is actually a viscous pitch black liquid with a deep luster.

This kind of potion material is actually escaping the secret power that dries up living things every moment.

Therefore, special containers must be used to hold them.

Fortunately, Xia En had made preparations before and got a stone bottle for isolation from the Queen of the Sea Tribe, which was just in time to be used at this moment.

Looking at the [Crimson Reality] in the [Ring of Apocalypse], the bottled [Black Stone Essence], and the [Celestial Star Sea Star] in the box.

Xia En couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Finally, I got together the magic potion to advance to the third level."

"Next, as long as the career compatibility is maxed out, you can try to get promoted!"

"Calculating the time, it should take another three or four days."

No wonder Xia En is a little excited and looking forward to it.

After all, that is a third-level secret path user!

A third-level secret path practitioner can be regarded as a powerful person with a strong reputation in Qihai.

Off the coast, the Archon of an island is only a third-level person, from which we can also see the status of a third-level Mystic Pathfinder.

And Xia En's time travel has not even lasted half a year, and he has already touched the threshold of the third level.

If this kind of deeds were to spread, I don’t know how many people would be shocked.

"Use this period of time to explore this island and let Joey complete the transformation of his bloodline."

After making the plan, Xia En walked out of the depths of the mine, only to see several monkey monsters standing on both sides of the valley looking at him.

"Um?"

Xia En protected Joey Hexian Ge behind him and looked at the monkey monsters with some vigilance.

At this time, the leader of the monkey monster discovered their figure, screamed, and ran over with all four limbs at the same time.

Xia En thought they were here to seek revenge.

Just when he was about to go on a killing spree to earn some experience points, he discovered that the monkey monster in charge looked a bit familiar.

"Isn't this the guy I just let go?"

"Does it want revenge, or..."

After hesitating for a moment, Xia En still didn't take action directly.

With his strength, there is no big problem in dealing with these dragon-turned-monkey monsters. It is better to see what the other party wants to do.

"Gahwu...Gahwu!"

After arriving at Xia En, the monkey monster pointed at the dragon turtle corpse not far away, then pointed at Xia En, and started dancing and shouting.

As a result, other monkey monsters also rushed over, jumping and screaming around Xia En.

Some monkey monsters even knelt down beside him, showing respect and worship.

Judging from their attitude, not only is there not much hostility, but there is also a sense of gratitude?

After a rather difficult exchange, Xia En finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

"Is this big guy a scourge to your tribe?"

"Every once in a while, you have to send fellow creatures as sacrifices, otherwise it will attack your territory?"

"Wait, you want to invite me to be the king of your tribe?"

"Gahwu!"

The monkey monster nodded heavily and looked at Xia En with awe and expectation.

A primitive tribe like them has always followed the rule that the strong is king.

Although I don’t know why the people of the same species in front of me don’t have scales or hair.

But whether it was the coercion he exuded or his record of killing the terrifying dragon turtle, it was enough to prove how powerful the opponent was.

Being the king of the ethnic group is naturally a perfect fit.

Shane looked strange.

He didn't forget that he had just killed a group of monkey monsters not long ago, and he didn't know whether these guys were unaware or didn't care.

However, Xia En has always been merciless when dealing with enemies who actively attack him.

But the monkey monsters showed such an attitude that it was hard for him to kill them.

Soon, Xia En rejected the request to become the Monkey King.

But under the kind invitation of the monkey monsters, the group came to the territory where they live.

This is a very primitive village. The monkey monsters live in wooden houses built in the trees. The furnishings in the village are quite simple, but at least there are some prototypes of primitive tools.

Seeing the arrival of the outsiders, the monkey monsters poked their heads out from the branches and looked curiously at the combination of two people and one dragon.

"Gahwuwu!"

The monkey monster that led the way earlier called out to his fellow humans, as if explaining the situation to them.

Afterwards, the other monkeys also shouted in surprise, looking at Xia En with awe and gratitude in their eyes.

Some monkey monsters also took out the picked wild fruits and presented them to Xia En.

Only then did Xia En realize that this group of monkey monsters didn't seem to be the same group as the monkey monsters that attacked him before?

Their aggression is not that strong, their personalities are not too violent, and they can even carry out simple communication.

"How is this going?"

Xia En was a little surprised.

Judging from the description of the previous trophies, creatures contaminated by the blood of the profane dragon will become manic and irritable.

Not only do they have strong hostility towards outsiders, but they also fight among themselves.

The behavior of these dragon-turned-monkey monsters is obviously abnormal.

At this moment, Joey's eyes suddenly fell in one direction of the village, he raised his finger and pointed there, saying in surprise.

"Mr. Captain, look, look!"

Shane looked along her fingertips.

I saw, hidden among the dense vegetation, a small pond with crystal clear water.

And in the pond, there is a statue as tall as one person!

The statue was clearly sculpted of a woman, with a graceful figure, her head covered in gauze, and a long skirt depicting many waves of waves hanging down.

Although the surface of the statue has been mottled and worn over time, there are still many fine cracks.

She still carries an indescribable sense of holiness and presence.

As long as you gaze at the statue, you can feel a vague feeling of being washed and sheltered.

"This is... the Storm Goddess Statue?!"

Shane's heart skipped a beat.

He once got a small statue of the goddess, so he could see the true identity of the statue at a glance.

However, Xia En also quickly identified that there was one obvious difference between this and the Storm Goddess statue in his impression——

The lower body of the goddess statue does not have human feet.

But a scaly fish tail like a siren!

"Sure enough, the Storm Goddess's theory of the Siren is not groundless, but most likely the truth!"

Seeing this scene, Xia En's thoughts began to spin rapidly.

"Perhaps in the earliest times, the statues of the Storm Goddess were all in this state of human body and fish tail."

"And the latecomers... may be believers of the Deep Sea Church, or they may be other forces. In order to cover up the truth of history, they changed the statue to its current appearance."

It is not difficult to guess that the reason why the dragon-turned-monkey monster of this tribe did not become violent like other creatures on the island was precisely because of the protection of this goddess statue.

But the problem is...

Why does this statue appear here?

Xia En looked at the smartest monkey monster from before, pointed at the Statue of the Storm Goddess, and tried hard to express what he meant.

"Gah?"

In the end, I don’t know if the monkey monster understood it.

It thought for a moment, seemed to have made some kind of determination, turned around and walked towards the forest.

Without hesitation, Shane followed the monkey monster with Joey and Xinge.

This time, the monkey monster led the way with extra caution, as if he was afraid of disturbing some powerful being.

And Xia En soon discovered that their route was exactly the direction to go deep into the island.

The surrounding woods became more and more dense and tall.

The mountain road at the foot became steeper and seemed a bit rugged.

Several existences with powerful auras were wandering and patrolling in the mountains and forests not far away, exuding a faint pressure.

at the same time.

Even Shane could smell it. There was an ancient, rusty smell of blood in the air.

This bloody smell contains the secret power of the ancient dragon, but there is also a strange and evil feeling that makes people instinctively feel uncomfortable.

After seeing the corpse of a dragon turtle covered with [Eyes of Truth], Xia En already understood that this feeling of discomfort came from the so-called "blasphemy of truth."

"Where does this little monkey want to take us?"

Xia En frowned slightly, but out of trust in the monkey monster's previous actions, he chose to continue to follow.

The strange thing is that although the powerful aura not far away from the forest is increasing, the group of people is miraculously not attacked.

Xia En guessed that this was related to the path chosen by the monkey monster.

This forest path leading to the high mountains seems to be located at the border of the dragon creature's territory.

These creatures were fearful and wary of each other, so they did not attack Xia En and others.

In other words, only the local monkey monster can lead the way to know such a "safe passage."

If it were Xia En who was exploring on his own, he would probably have to fight his way out.

…

…

We walked through the mountains and forests for an hour.

Xia En and others were already at the high point of the mountain range. Looking back, they could see the dense woods below them.

If it weren't for the obstruction of the fog, I might even be able to see the [Black Swan] on the coast.

At this time, everyone had reached the end of the mountain road.

Shane looked forward intently.

Ahead is a platform at the top of the mountain.

The center of the platform is sunken downwards, forming a wide lake.

——This kind of topography is quite similar to Tianchi in the previous life.

However, unlike Tianchi, the color of this lake is dark red!

Everything you see is blood that smells like blood!

"Woooo..."

Coming here, the monkey monster seemed to feel discomfort and fear instinctively. His body trembled slightly and pointed in the direction of the center of the lake.

Xia En looked up, his breathing stagnating slightly.

I saw a huge dragon-shaped skeleton standing there in the bloody lake.

Even though there was no flesh and blood, even though it had been dead for a long time, the moment he saw it, Xia En still felt a kind of coercion coming from the depths of his blood.

In a daze, he seemed to see a terrifying giant dragon, staring at him with its cold vertical pupils, and letting out an earth-shattering roar!

Roar!

Suddenly, a childish but equally majestic dragon roar sounded, dispersing the illusion in front of Xia En's eyes.

He turned around and saw Xian Ge, who was usually unreliable, suspended in mid-air, his wings flapping slightly.

The scales on its body shimmered with a faint brilliance, as if it were covered with a layer of magical armor, and the ancient power was revealed on its body.

Those eyes seemed to be burning with bronze flames, and they expanded with a majesty that was not inferior to the bones of ancient dragons.

"A member of the same clan I have never met before, I am the bronze dragon, Xiange Maya!"

"Come to bring you relief!"

Perhaps it was Gu Long's remaining consciousness that understood Xian Ge's words.

Or maybe it was because Xian Ge's dragon power overshadowed the corpse, and Xia En and Joey suddenly felt that the pressure was relieved.

At this time, Xia En could also see that there were statues of the Storm Goddess one after another in the bloody lake.

Some of them were lying horizontally in the lake, and some were leaning forward.

Some bodies shattered into stones, while others still maintained their intact form.

So many broken statues of gods add an indescribably weird atmosphere to this blood lake, like a solemn cemetery or the scene of some evil ritual.

Obviously, the goddess statue in the monkey tribe came from this bloody lake.

But it’s still the same problem.

Why do these statues of gods exist here?

"Mr. Captain."

Suddenly, Joey on the side frowned slightly and said hesitantly and confusedly.

"I heard... something was calling me in the center of the lake."

"Um?"

Xia En frowned slightly.

He noticed that the aura on Joey's body was a little restless, and the secret power in his body was slightly escaping.

Observing carefully, there is a faint blue halo flowing in the girl's red pupils, and some scales emerge from her body surface.

Xia En suddenly realized: "This bloody lake is the ancestral land mentioned by the sea monsters!"

The numerous Storm Goddess statues here may also be related to the ancestor of the Sirens!

As for the blood in the lake, it comes from the ancient dragon that died here.

But the ancient dragon happened to fall in the ancestral land of the Kraken. Is this really just a simple coincidence?

Shane had his doubts.

But since we are all here, there is no reason to back down.

After stopping for a moment, Xia En watched the monkey monster disappear, and then cautiously moved towards the depths of the lake.

The blood-colored lake is not deep, but it is unrealistic to walk across it on foot.

Xia En simply used the "Secret Technique of Blood Shaping" in the "Power of Blood" to create a medium-sized blood raft, and then rowed it towards the center of the lake.

Being on the blood lake, Xia En could more clearly sense the filthy smell of blasphemy.

If he guessed correctly, it was the water from this blood lake that flowed down the mountain and polluted the water sources of nearby mountains, causing the creatures on the island to mutate.

In fact, there are many dangerous dragon-shaped creatures hidden not only under the mountains, but also in the blood lake.

Xia En could sense that there were many malicious peeks coming from all directions.

But this time, Xian Ge was reliable for the first time in a long time.

The majesty of the ancient dragon exuded made those dragon-shaped creatures dare not approach.

Not long after, they rode a raft to the center of the lake, where there was a small platform.

An exceptionally tall goddess statue is located on a high platform.

And from her body, there was deep red blood dripping down the hem of her skirt and falling into the lake below.

The blood came from the palm of the goddess statue.

There, lying a huge, still beating heart!

"This is?"

Xia En was shocked, but he still hadn't figured out the reason behind it.

next moment.

Joey beside him had already walked under the statue of the goddess, and the illusory and vague sound of the waves came from very far away.

A sacred, non-mortal gaze fell on the girl!