As everyone knew, the deeper the sea, the greater the water pressure. Nanuke's previous' Whalebone Harpoon 'was concocted with a secret potion concocted with dark magic.
This secret potion was exceedingly malicious. Once it dissolved into the blood of a creature, it wouldn't flare up during normal times to avoid alerting the enemy. However, once the water pressure intensified, blood would spurt out from the creature's body. The stronger the water pressure, the faster the blood spurt out!
If a legendary creature wished to preserve its life, it had to surface. Otherwise, its blood would be drained dry before the enemy could strike.
Witnessing the Chupacabra submerging into the water, the blind old man stepped in. Rubbing his flushed red nose, he quickly pointed towards the west. In the aspect of sensing legendary creatures, this old man was considered an authority. Even Nanuke and Shawen could only concede defeat to him! Especially when dealing with a wounded legendary creature, this old man was ten times more precise than underwater sonar.
"West, 150 metres. Swimming speed: 9 knots. Depth: 130 metres."
After reporting this information, the blind old man returned to his cabin, and hugged his wine bottle as he fell into a drunken slumber. At present, the bow of the ship was facing east. One could tell how crafty the Chupacabra was. It appeared that after it dived into the water, it had swam towards the east and escaped far away. After diving deep to avoid the vision of the others, it actually swam back from beneath the Dingyuan and swam towards the west. Then, it followed behind the ship from afar!
This kind of behavior was almost no different from that of a human.
After hearing the data reported by the blind old man, Philip immediately issued a series of commands. The Dingyuan drew an extremely steady arc across the ocean. Such steadiness was akin to a farmer dragging a hoe deep into the ground. When the ship's bow swung back, the lookout shouted loudly from the lookout.
"There are bloodstains on the surface of the sea ahead!"
"Coordinates: xxx, xxx."
At this moment, Red Beard had already waved his red flag and silently issued his order. Four powerful high-firing cannons had already furiously sprayed out flames. Of the four cannonballs, only three splashed out water pillars. Without a doubt, the remaining cannonball had successfully struck its target.
Even a legendary creature with coarse skin and thick flesh would find it difficult to withstand the direct bombardment of a heavy cannon that could sink a ship. After the Chupacabra received another heavy blow, its blood dyed the surrounding seawater red. Furthermore, it was unable to submerge into the deep sea to evade. Although it still had the strength to swim, its blood would eventually run dry. Moreover, the pursuing Dingyuan was a manmade freak that didn't know fatigue and could traverse 3000 nautical miles!
Therefore, the outcome was needless to say. The Dingyuan unhurriedly chased after it, and when its blood was about to run dry, a Whalebone Harpoon exploded its skull. Following that, at least 30 pirates leapt into the sea, yelling their battle cries as they fished up this unlucky beast.
Sheyan then retrieved the black iron staff, the Baladine Bloodsail, and deeply embedded it into the convulsing skull of the Chupacabra. After a brief moment, he pulled it out. Although the sun was shining brightly, the surrounding pirates could still sense the oppressive aura of the iron staff. They couldn't help but retreat several steps back.
At present, one could observe that the bottom of the originally pure black iron staff had a fingernail-sized blob of blood redness. According to Shawn's explanation, when the blood-red hue extended to the middle of the steel rod, the vengeful spirits of humans and legendary creatures would reach a balance. The resulting buoyancy would be sufficient to offset the Dingyuan's extraordinary weight!
Presently, Sheyan had only slain three legendary creatures, and had obtained a certain effect. Now, when he placed the Baladine Bloodsail on the keel, Sheyan realized that the ship's original 30% reduction in speed had been reduced to 28%.
Nevertheless, Shawn informed Sheyan that the further they progressed, the higher the requirement of absorbing the legendary creature's soul. For example, the souls of the three Chupacabras could reduce the ship's speed from 30% to 28%. However, it was absolutely impossible to reduce the ship's speed from 28% to 25%.
It was like pressing a spring. Initially, pressing the spring down by a centimeter was as easy as pie. However, when the spring was compressed to its limit, even a millimeter of compression would require a herculean effort.
After the Chupacabra was slain, its corpse was placed on the deck. After the Dingyuan fused with the tendons of the Sea Giant, it could automatically absorb the spirit energy and flesh of the dead sea creatures, and augment its regenerative capabilities. The greenish black protruding vessels on the ship's hull squirmed incessantly, as the legendary creature was swiftly sucked into a ghastly white skeleton.
Following that, the trio continued hunting legendary creatures in the nearby seas. However, they soon encountered a conundrum. Although they now possessed sufficient strength to hunt down these creatures, the most embarrassing aspect was – they couldn't find enough legendary creatures to slay.
One must understand, legendary creatures like the Chupacabras that lived in groups weren't plentiful. Under normal circumstances, other legendary creatures were like tigers; unless it was mating season, they would seek out a treasured location to reside alone. Other legendary creatures weren't allowed to exist in the vicinity. Therefore, after slaying a humongous Seaweed Hawksbill Turtle and a ferocious Straight-Toothed Killer Whale, Nanuke and Old Blindee regretfully expressed that all the legendary creatures in the nearby several thousand nautical miles had been wiped clean.
Apart from that, the closest legendary creatures to this area should be those century-old freaks of the merfolk clan. However, with their current prowess, they still didn't possess the strength to contend against that clan. Although the merfolk weren't physically strong, their singing voices were the nightmare of sailors. Without sufficient priests who could cast 'Spirit Immunity' spells, they couldn't hope to hunt down ordinary merfolk on a large scale, let alone legendary creatures.
After this round of hunting, the trio reaped several benefits. Firstly, the trio acquired the title 'Fearless'. Equipping this title would grant an additional 5% HP. Secondly, the five legendary creatures dropped two silver storyline grade equipments, three black grade equipments, and one horcrux. It was definitely worth the money.
Amongst the two silver storyline grade equipments, one was a non-combat type glove. Its property was rather peculiar – it merely increased the crafting ability by 5 points. This item was of great use to Reef, hence, he took it.
The other Silver Storyline grade equipment was taken by Sheyan. Its properties were as follows:
[Deformed Thick Scale (Glove)]
[Origin: Any world with an ocean]
[Equipment rarity: Silver storyline grade]
[Durability: 80/80]
[Equipment position: Hand]
[Material: Chitin, sea spirit energy]
[Addons: Gem socket]
[Optimal environment: Ocean]
[Weakest environment: Any place lacking water source]
[Weight: 111 g]
[Equipment usage requirements: Strength/Agility/Physique 20 points and above]
[Durability doubled]
[Details: Swimming speed increases by 15%]
[Passive ability 'Tidal Impact': When engaging in close combat with an enemy, there is a fixed probability of absorbing moisture from the surrounding air to attack the enemy. Depending on the environment, damage (50 – 130) will be dealt. Simultaneously, a bubble will form around the enemy's body. Before the bubble bursts, the encircled enemy will be suffocated and suffer an abnormal status of 80% movement speed reduction. Bubble HP = damage dealt by 'Tidal Impact']
[Glove type equipment passive effect: Nimble lvl 4] [In combat state, the probability of 'Perfect Parry' (Directly blocking an enemy's attack without losing HP) will increase with the passage of time. The probability of 'Perfect Parry' will increase by 1% every second, up to a maximum of 50%.]
[Details: After a 'Perfect Parry' occurs, the additional parry probability will disappear and reset to zero.]
[Details: Once a 'Perfect Parry' occurs, the durability of the glove will plummet.]
[Details: Movement speed reduction by 4%]
[Details: When the wearer is in water, explosive strike rate increases by 4%. When the wearer is in other environments, explosive strike rate decreases by 2%]
[Details: This scale has been growing on the body of a Hawksbill Turtle for over a hundred years. When hunting or fighting, this Hawksbill Turtle likes to use this scale to welcome the attacks of its enemies. Hence, this scale has become deformed. Its sturdiness and thickness are unquestionable. Even if it is separated from its massive and valiant body, it can still display a formidable effect]
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As for the other three black grade equipments, they were either magic type equipments, or weren't as good as the trio's. Hence, they directly sacrificed them to the great god Odin, in hopes of upgrading 'Flesh Explosion' to an'S 'rank ability. Instead, the utility and potential points required to do so were simply jaw-dropping.
Ultimately, only Sheyan managed to upgrade 'Flesh Explosion' to lvl 2, where the additional true damage value increased from 5-15 to 7-18. As for Brother Black and Reef, they were extremely unlucky and didn't succeed. The only good thing was that they still had their utility and potential points, and only required to continue sacrificing equipments.
For the sake of satisfying Shawen's request, Sheyan could only make a trip to Tortuga. That place could also be considered as the 'capital' of the pirates. Though the defeat of Chevalle's pirate fleet inevitably caused Tortuga's economy to deteriorate slightly, the shipyard here was still second to none.
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