A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 991 - 977: The Legendary Ship Arrives

The effect of this was significant.

Very soon, the leader of the Hermit Order couldn't hold it in any longer.

His eyes blazed with anger, and the previously elegant and composed demeanor vanished entirely. His face twisted fiercely as he looked at Baiyu, wishing he could swallow him whole and tear him apart.

"This time you got me, kid, let's see who's laughing last."

The leader of the Hermit Order, an old hand at this for many years, realized he had been caught off guard. Knowing the situation had turned against him, continuing to fight would only lead to his demise, so he immediately sacrificed an arm, cutting off the one Baiyu had grabbed.

Then he suppressed the rampant Golden Power within his body and vanished from Baiyu's sight at an extremely fast speed.

In their level of confrontation,

even the slightest mistake could lead to eternal damnation.

That's why he acted so decisively.

Baiyu held the empty arm, furrowing his brow, momentarily unable to react.

This was too unbelievable.

"Is that it?"

He stared for a few seconds in disbelief.

He tossed the arm aside, and the originally flesh-filled arm instantly turned into a withered skeleton. The skeleton quickly blackened, collapsed, decomposed, and eventually turned into a pile of black ash blown away by the wind, dissipating into the air.

With quick reflexes, Baiyu grabbed a handful of ashes and put them on himself.

Just in case the guy could reassemble himself and reattach the arm, he wouldn't want to lose out.

Don't say it's impossible.

In this bizarre world, all sorts of oddities are countless—reconnecting a severed arm across the air is nothing.

Baiyu instinctively relied on his crisis awareness, using Golden Power to completely evaporate the ashes from existence before turning his attention to the entire herb garden.

After the Hermit Order's leader escaped with his arm severed,

no one in this herb garden could rival him anymore.

Baiyu didn't waste any time, knowing that the further he went in, the more martial artists would appear within the Seven Coiling Hall. The great families of the Free Federation, many independent martial artists, and even major forces from neighboring countries would send people here.

Now, with fewer people around, it was the perfect time to gather herbs.

Baiyu didn't have time to identify each of these elixirs, so he carelessly stomped them down and threw them into his Scholar Space.

Under the Tai Mai Ancient Tree.

That small Spirit Pool was perfect for storing these elixirs to keep them from losing their spirituality.

After all, it was filled with Spiritual Water, liquefied from Spiritual Qi.

Just harvesting the elixirs from the whole herb garden took Baiyu a full hour, filling the entire pool with the collected elixirs.

The water level in the pool rose significantly.

Such a large harvest.

Baiyu was in a great mood, hurried away from the herb garden, the scene of the incident, ready to start the next round of looting.

But just at this moment.

A large number of screams came from outside.

Baiyu followed the sound to an open space inside the hall, that resembled the courtyard center of a quadrangle, with no ceiling above. Looking up, you could see the sky of the Seven Coiling Hall.

The screams came from people in this open space.

Baiyu looked up.

And immediately saw the scene in the sky outside the Seven Coiling Hall.

However.

Besides the Black Moon in the sky, a colossal object appeared.

A Legendary Ship.

This is unique to the East Prosperity Imperial, a famous weapon of war in the world.

The Legendary Ship was massive, with a steel-dark hull, countless Superconductive Cannons on either side, giant propeller wings moving up and down, and steam spurting out, resembling a massive volcano eruption, white steam spreading all around.

From afar,

this immense steel monstrosity looked like it was swimming in the mist.

Even the Deep Sea Demon Whale previously traversed by War Frenzy Lawrence was like a shrimp encountering a shark compared to this Legendary Ship.

What was even more puzzling was that,

the sides of this gigantic Legendary Ship were adorned with various cartoon-style patterns.

But no matter what,

a terrifying Legendary Ship appearing in the Aerial Garden was definitely not a good thing. Regardless of the ship's intent, it indicated another major force had entered the scene.

The East Prosperity Imperial!

The Seven Coil ruins were like a piece of bloody flesh thrown into the sea.

The sharks that caught the scent would swim over one by one, ravenously devouring the morsel.

Nevertheless.

When Baiyu saw this Legendary Ship, his expression turned exceptionally intriguing.

This Legendary Ship did not belong to the East Prosperity Imperial.

Of course.

Technically, all Legendary Ships belong to the East Prosperity Imperial, but after years of warfare, many have gone missing in the Spirit Realm.

Currently, nobody knows the exact size of the Spirit Realm.

Nor how many alien races dwell there is unknown.

Not even humans fully understand this, nor do demons.

The alien races they can control number just over a hundred, and after years of battles with humans, over thirty of those races have been completely wiped out, with their population reduced to below four digits.

Compared to humans' ability to quickly replenish forces,

these alien races are evidently of a different caliber.

Even continual involvement from the demons in the warfare still left the battle situation fifty-fifty. Without intervention from deities, the side likely to win in the end is humanity.

But the disadvantage in higher powers

has prevented humans from truly winning the battle completely.

Over the years, many Legendary Ships have sailed deep into the Spirit Realm, never to return, and nobody knows their fate.

The Legendary Ship now before us,

was the one from the East Prosperity Imperial that disappeared years ago, a discovery Baiyu made by accident during a Spirit Realm tidal event, entering its interior through a stroke of luck!

Cai.

Is the name of the Ship Spirit of the Legendary Ship.

As the captain of the Legendary Ship lay dying, he used extraordinary abilities to transfer his daughter's consciousness into the Ship Spirit, allowing her to live and die with the Legendary Ship, becoming a unique human free from lifespan limitations.

So when Cai took over as the Ship Spirit of the Legendary Ship, becoming the new Ship Spirit,

the Legendary Ship bore her name.

"Cai is here?"

Baiyu squinted his eyes.

He wasn't sure if, after all this time, the other party still recognized him as an old friend.

Of course.

For a Legendary Ship, one or two years likely made no difference compared to one or two days.

After observing for a moment,

noting that the Legendary Ship hovered motionless in mid-air,

Baiyu ceased his observation and prepared to continue exploring the Seven Coiling Hall. Not knowing Cai's intentions made worrying pointless.

Retreating from the open space,

Baiyu was traversing the various rooms of the Seven Coiling Hall when suddenly he heard voices from the next room.

"Don't worry, there's no escape. As for distribution, you want the Dragon Bead, I want the person. When we strip the items, we'll leave the Seven Coiling Hall directly."

This voice was very familiar.

Baiyu instantly recognized the voice's owner, Mike Tea!