Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Chapter 386 - 339: Source of the Dream Eye, The Final Land (2)

"Hm? They’re actually real people!"

A hint of surprise crossed Hu Qi’s face.

In his line of sight, the corpse of the well-built man quickly softened, becoming like a mass of black liquid that seeped down through the cracks in the ship’s planks.

It vanished on the spot, leaving only a faint black mark on the floor.

But Hu Qi could see a point of light emerge from the corpse, then pass straight through the wall and disappear.

He knew what that was, of course: the Light of the Soul.

Only true living beings possessed it.

He had originally thought these people were just illusions created by some kind of power, but now, it was clear things weren’t so simple.

Moreover, this Light of the Soul was a bit strange; a special power was coiled around it.

"All smoke and mirrors!"

These strange phenomena felt like some kind of puzzle, stirring a trace of impatience in Hu Qi.

He had never been a patient man to begin with.

Especially when he had more than enough power to handle things.

Thinking of this, he pushed open the door and walked straight out.

Perhaps the sound of the door opening attracted the two burly men standing nearby.

The two turned their heads to look.

When they saw Hu Qi walking out, their expressions froze for a moment before they reacted.

Their faces paled.

"How dare you! You actually..."

But just as the two were about to make a move, their heads exploded on the spot like balloons pricked by a needle. Their headless bodies fell to the ground with a THUD.

Then they melted into black liquid and seeped through the ship’s planks.

Hu Qi, however, walked past with an indifferent expression.

It seemed the commotion the two made before dying had disturbed the people in the cabins.

Before long, a large group of people swarmed in from all directions.

「A few seconds later.」

The crowd, which had been alive and kicking just moments before, was reduced to a floor of corpses that melted into black liquid and vanished.

After that, he took a quick walk around the ship.

He killed a few so-called Abnormal Beings.

Those Abnormal Beings were merely Dream Masters who had harnessed the Dream Eye.

However, they didn’t possess the Dream Eye’s main body; it was more like they had been granted Nightmare Power by the Dream Eye.

Devouring their Lights of the Soul yielded no useful information.

Now, the ship was deathly silent, with only the sound of the ocean waves outside.

Hu Qi stood on the deck, gazing into the distance.

The inky night sky hung over the sea like a vast, heavy satin cloth.

In the dead silence, only the waves lapped gently against the hull, creating a rhythmic sound.

The ship swayed slightly as it sailed forward.

’Is that the so-called Immortal Island?’

Hu Qi’s gaze locked onto a position directly ahead.

In the distance, a faint light shone.

If he wasn’t mistaken, that should be the location of the so-called Immortal Island.

He hadn’t seen any sign of Wei Fan on this ship.

’Perhaps he’s on another vessel.’

However, he was more inclined to believe that Wei Fan was already on the island.

He could faintly sense the aura marker he had left on Wei Fan in that direction.

As this world’s Heaven’s Chosen One, he was the true ’protagonist’.

Under normal circumstances, he would need to experience some setbacks before reaching the Peak.

But now, because of Hu Qi’s own existence, the world’s will had likely opened a back door for Wei Fan, allowing him to increase his strength ahead of schedule so he could defeat him.

As for everything he encountered upon waking on the ship, it was merely a way to stall for time and delay his arrival at the island.

"A useless struggle. What could possibly change in such a short amount of time?"

Hu Qi’s expression was calm.

The next second, a golden flame spread out from under his feet, enveloping the entire ship.

In an instant, the ship’s hull seemed to be seized by an invisible giant hand. It paused for a moment, its steady course coming to an abrupt halt as the bow tilted slightly upward.

Immediately after, a translucent, circular Mach ring exploded from the stern.

The ship shot forward like an ignited rocket, its speed instantly breaking the sound barrier.

Only after the ship had vanished from sight did a thunderous ROAR echo across the sea where it had been.

It seemed Hu Qi’s actions had disturbed the very world around him.

The previously mirror-calm surface of the sea was suddenly whipped into a frenzy by a gale.

The wind howled like ten thousand shrieking Evil Ghosts, carrying with it the salty seawater and an icy chill as it swept in with devastating force.

At the same time, in the sky above, dark clouds swirled as if stirred by an invisible giant hand. Amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, dazzling bolts like furious, baring Thunder Dragons struck down at the sea’s surface again and again.

For a moment, they lit up the dark night sky as bright as day, only to plunge it back into darkness an instant later, leaving only the deafening thunder reverberating.

And from within the bottomless, mysterious depths of the sea, enormous tentacles, each tens of meters long, emerged. Like the limbs of an ancient Demon, they rose from the deep, carrying a nauseating slime and the profound chill of the abyss.

They thrashed wildly in the water, each movement stirring up monstrous waves. The waves, like roaring black mountains, surged toward the ship, carrying the power to destroy everything in their path.

However, Hu Qi’s expression remained unchanged in the face of this onslaught.

He stood on the deck with his hands behind his back, his clothes whipping in the wind.

Under the protection of his power, the ship was like an indestructible sword.

Wreathed in golden flames, it shot forward across the surface of the sea.

All obstacles in its path—whether the surging waves, the fierce lightning, or the giant tentacles—were annihilated the instant they touched the ship.