Chapter 144: Huge Harvest (Part 2)
Chapter 144: Huge Harvest (Part 2)
The attack power of this sea spear weapon was really insane!
It was also a Level 20 Purple Weapon, but it had nearly a hundred points more in maximum base attack power than the Heavy Crossbow. It was comparable to Xue Ye Hua’s Windshadow Greatsword.
However, Xue Ye Hua’s Windshadow Greatsword was very special. It had high base attack power but no Strength attribute bonus. On the other hand, Chen Mo’s Sea Stone Bone Spear also gave 45 points of Strength!
The two additional special effects were only useful under special circumstances, so they weren’t very practical. But that didn’t matter—the weapon was already powerful enough.
Chen Mo hadn’t learned the Seaspear Proficiency skill yet, so he couldn’t equip the sea spear weapon for now. He could only admire it in his backpack. But once he left the shipwreck, he would be able to equip it.
There was one more treasure chest. He would open it and then leave!
Chen Mo walked to the last treasure chest and reached out to open it.
System Notification: You obtained the skill book “Powerful Throw”!
“Powerful Throw”: A Hunter skill book. Requires Level 20 or above. Only players who have mastered the Seaspear Proficiency skill can learn it.
Wow, his luck was unbelievable!
It was like picking up a complete set of treasures!
Talent proficiency! A weapon! A skill!
If he wanted to, he could quickly equip the Sea Stone Bone Spear and show off!
Although he wasn’t very familiar with the various racial talents and skills, as a Hunter, Chen Mo knew quite a bit about the sea spear talent and its skills, which were often discussed by players.
The talent alone was something many non-Sea Clan Hunters wanted to obtain. As for sea spear skills, they were even rarer. Even many Sea Clan Hunters greatly desired them.
Sea spear skills were very unique in the game.
Because of their slow attack speed and high damage, there were very few sea spear skills. Currently, among Sea Clan Hunters, only a handful of players had mastered three sea spear skills. Most had only one. These skills were several times rarer than sea spear weapons.
Level 20!
He needed to reach Level 20 as soon as possible!
All the treasure chests had been opened, and many great items were waiting for him to reach Level 20. Chen Mo immediately wanted to return to land and level up!
“Mermaid Form!”
Before returning, Chen Mo had Sesshylow transform into Mermaid Form. He wanted to see what was special about Sesshylow’s Mermaid Form. Otherwise, once he was on land, he wouldn’t be able to see it anymore.
Sesshylow (Mermaid Form)
Level: 23
Attributes:
HP: 100,000
MP: 12,000
Physical Attack Power: 280–700
Magic Attack Power: 280–700
Physical Defense: 80
Magic Defense: 120
Movement Speed: 10–25
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In Mermaid Form, Sesshylow’s HP and Physical Defense decreased, but her Magic Defense increased. Her movement speed, in particular, had increased a lot.
However, Mermaid Form could only be activated in water environments, and this speed was her speed in water.
As for skills, Chen Mo glanced at them.
The five skills he had taught Sesshylow through Potions—Heavy Blow, Critical Strike, Hurricane, Extreme Speed, and Skin Hardening—were all still there. However, the unique skills from Sesshylow’s Elemental Body state, such as Mimicry, Twin Slash Recall, Elemental Body, and Elemental Traits, were all gone.
Instead, in Mermaid Form, Sesshylow had new skills.
Water Snake Arrow: Shoots a special water arrow in water that can chase enemies like a water snake.
Inspiring Harp Melody: Plays the harp to increase the attack and movement speed of nearby allies, and slightly boost attack power.
Intimidating Harp Melody: Plays the harp to frighten nearby monsters, preventing them from approaching, or reduce the attack power of nearby monsters.
Could she use two types of weapons: a bow and a harp?
Chen Mo found it a bit strange. After taking a closer look at Sesshylow, he realized that in Mermaid Form, she had a weapon equipment slot where she could equip one weapon.
However, her weapon slot was currently empty. She had neither a harp nor a bow. If Chen Mo hadn’t taught her a few skills, she would have no skills to use at all. The three skills she naturally possessed couldn’t be used without a weapon.
But never mind. In Mermaid Form, Sesshylow was very fast. Combined with the Extreme Speed skill, she was incredibly quick for moving and escaping in water.
After transforming into Mermaid Form, Sesshylow’s legs turned into a long tail. Her upper body was almost naked, with her breasts covered by two blue shells, though they didn’t seem to cover much.
Sesshylow herself was also very curious about her Mermaid Form. Her eyes scanned her own body up and down. She flicked her tail and swiftly circled around Chen Mo a few times. Her speed was astonishing.
This speed was simply insane—much faster than he could swim himself!
“Stop. Take me back to the surface,” Chen Mo thought and said to Sesshylow.
Hearing this, Sesshylow stopped in front of Chen Mo, swishing her tail.
Hehehe, it seemed like Sesshylow in Mermaid Form could serve as a water mount!
However, there was no obvious place to sit on this water mount. If he had to sit, he could only sit between Sesshylow’s small buttocks and slender waist.
Luckily, Sesshylow’s size had increased quite a bit after transforming into Mermaid Form. Otherwise, Chen Mo wouldn’t have had a place to sit.
Sitting on Sesshylow’s back, Chen Mo felt like he was being carried by her. Once Chen Mo was seated, Sesshylow flicked her tail, and their speed skyrocketed!
Strong water resistance hit Chen Mo, and he almost fell off. He quickly leaned forward and hugged Sesshylow’s neck.
Darn, this position wasn’t graceful at all. If it wasn’t necessary, he’d rather swim by himself next time.
However, Sesshylow’s skin was smooth and very comfortable.
Sesshylow carried Chen Mo and swiftly swam out of the broken ship cabin with a whoosh.
Not long after Chen Mo and Sesshylow left, the blue-haired Sea Clan female NPC from earlier appeared in the Great Hall of the shipwreck through another broken section.
Staring at the direction where Chen Mo had left, she muttered to herself after a long time, “Sesshylow, it really is Sesshylow. I never expected she would end up in the hands of a Human Adventurer. But it’s better for her to be with a Human Adventurer than with those old men of the Human Race. This Human Adventurer is not ordinary either. He managed to get Sesshylow and also carries some familiar aura. It’s unlikely I can persuade him to join the Sea Clan. However, since he took the items from the treasure chest, even if he isn’t from the Sea Clan, his threat to the Sea Clan is greatly reduced. If we can eliminate a powerful future opponent for the Sea Clan, the small cost was worth it. Besides, back then, Sesshylow was considered half Sea Clan.”
As early as when she transformed into her sea snake form and Sesshylow attacked her, she had noticed Sesshylow. But the current Sesshylow was far from what she used to be. In the past, Sesshylow was even stronger than her.
The Mermaid’s Tear was just something she casually placed in the treasure chest to lure Human Adventurers into a trap. She never expected it would attract Sesshylow.
When she learned that Sesshylow was in that Human Adventurer’s hands, she considered showing herself and persuading the adventurer to join the Sea Clan. However, she detected a once-familiar scent on the adventurer and realized that this Human Adventurer was unlikely to join the Sea Clan.
After learning that this Human Adventurer could move freely underwater, she decided to place some items in those treasure chests that wouldn’t normally appear, to reduce his threat to the Sea Clan.
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Whoosh!
Sesshylow carried Chen Mo all the way from the deep sea to the surface. Chen Mo finally took a deep breath. Then, to his horror, he discovered that the sea surface was surrounded by large numbers of sea beasts. As soon as these sea beasts saw him, a Human Adventurer, they swarmed toward him madly.
“Run!” Chen Mo quickly told Sesshylow to escape first.
No matter how powerful Sesshylow and he were, once they were entangled by these endless sea beasts in the water, they would surely die.
“Something really did go wrong!”
Sesshylow dove back underwater with Chen Mo and swam toward the shore.
Chen Mo thought of the Sea Clan NPC in the shipwreck and what she had said. He wasn’t surprised that the area was full of sea beasts.
The game had been running for over a month, and no major events had occurred until now. It was actually a bit late for something to happen.
Sesshylow carried Chen Mo back to the coast. Chen Mo put Sesshylow away, quickly activated Camouflage, and ran toward Eastern Sea City.
Monster Siege!
The sieging monsters were Sea Clan monsters and sea beasts!
This was undoubtedly a major event related to the Sea Clan. Luckily, he hadn’t rushed to learn Seaspear Proficiency. Otherwise, during the Sea Clan monsters’ siege, his combat power would have been greatly reduced.
He hadn’t reached Level 20 yet. If his attack and defense were further reduced by 30%, he would have to rely entirely on Sesshylow.
There were no Players in sight along the coast, and the same was true on the road. Only when Chen Mo got close to Eastern Sea City did he see many Players fighting monsters outside.
Chen Mo had been to Eastern Sea City before. While leveling up, he had returned to Eastern Sea City twice to restock supplies.
Eastern Sea City, like Shadow City, looked quite old and worn. However, unlike Shadow City, Eastern Sea City had some unique coconut trees planted inside.
But the area outside the city was very different from Shadow City. Shadow City had those towering giant trees outside—it was unclear if there was another place like it in the entire game. Outside Eastern Sea City, it was just a vast sandy beach.
He returned to the warehouse NPC and stored all the valuable items he couldn’t use yet. Only then did Chen Mo breathe a sigh of relief.
If he lost any of these valuable items, he would be very upset.
Then Chen Mo noticed that there were fewer Players in Eastern Sea City. Logically, a Monster Siege should be very lively.
He checked the long-unvisited Forum and found out that it wasn’t just Eastern Sea City. All three major cities were experiencing Monster Sieges, and Eastern Sea City was hit more severely. Inside the shipwreck, over ten thousand Players above Level 18 were trapped and killed. They would only resurrect after six hours.
These ten thousand-plus Players above Level 18 were the most elite part of Eastern Sea City. Lower-level Players couldn’t handle the monsters outside, and higher-level Players were still fighting in distant areas. This resulted in far fewer Players in Eastern Sea City fighting the monsters compared to the other two cities.
However, the news of the Monster Siege had already spread. Chen Mo believed it wouldn’t be long before Eastern Sea City became crowded again.
“Hmm, there really is a city defense quest!”
Then, Chen Mo saw a post on the Forum saying that you could accept a city defense quest from the City Lord. For every monster killed, you would earn a certain number of Points. These Points could be exchanged for Experience Points and a series of other valuable items.