Endless Ocean: Survival Begins with a Dugout Canoe-Chapter 97 - 94: "This S-Rank Skill Is Fated to Be Mine!

Chapter 97: Chapter 94: "This S-Rank Skill Is Fated to Be Mine!

Shi Ming was extremely frustrated.

He felt he wasn’t a qualified Ocean Hunter—

[Congratulations on killing the B-rank sea beast, the Moonfall Stingray. All energy from its blood has been devoured, granting the B-rank skill "Moonfall"! Activating the skill Moonfall has a 40% chance to pull an enemy into a Virtual Illusion Realm for 30 seconds...]

["Moonfall" is too low-level and has been devoured, converting into 4 Attack Power and 5 Spiritual Power.]

...

’You’re too good for a B-rank skill?’

’I think it’s great!’

’Do I really have to go kill an A-rank sea beast?’

...

[Congratulations on killing the D-rank sea beast! Steel Pincers Crab... Skill is too low-level and has been devoured, converting into 2 Endurance.]

[Congratulations on killing the D-rank sea beast! Singer of the Sea... Skill is too low-level and has been devoured, converting into 2 Defense Power.]

[Attack Power: 56]

[Physical Strength: 66]

[Endurance: 74]

[Defense Power: 112]

[Spiritual Power: Unknown]

Looking at his stats, he shook his head helplessly.

His Right Arm Red Pattern and Black Tortoise Shield were like a pair of well-coordinated robbers!

After killing a sea beast, it was inevitable that he would be spattered with its blood. As soon as a sea beast died, if Shi Ming came into contact with its body, his "Right Arm Red Pattern" would act like a starving wolf spotting food, forcibly draining all the energy from its blood.

And the Black Tortoise Shield would then immediately devour the skill.

The two worked in perfect concert, leaving no spoils for him.

Only by killing a sea beast of a species he had already absorbed before could he possibly obtain its energy-rich blood.

"How am I supposed to complete missions like this?"

Shi Ming was very disappointed.

He had even accepted a bounty for B-rank Sea Beast Blood! That was a big job worth 30 Qiong Crystals!

"Forget it. I’ll just have to physically isolate myself! I’ll go rummage through the warehouse and see if there’s any rubber clothing. If I wrap myself up tightly enough, I should be able to prevent this from happening!"

It wasn’t that the stat increases were bad.

Of course, improving his own strength was a good thing.

But right now, he desperately needed to make money.

And selling Sea Beast Blood was the best way to do that.

"Captain, the rubber clothes are here."

"Excellent!"

"On to the next coordinates!"

"This time, I have to complete the mission!"

Within a single day, Shi Ming used the coordinates from the Map of the Endless Sea to kill one B-rank sea beast, and he hunted down two D-rank sea beasts along the way.

The crew had already grown immune to their captain’s power. After witnessing him slay three sea beasts in a row, they were in complete awe of him. Now, they just wanted to quickly accumulate enough Contribution Points to become true Awakened.

And finally, when they encountered the fourth sea beast,

thanks to the barrier provided by the rubber clothing, he finally managed to perfectly obtain the corpse of a B-rank sea beast, along with its energy-filled Sea Beast Blood.

The blood—or rather, the bodily fluids—of a B-rank sea beast, the Dream Jellyfish.

"I can finally turn in the mission."

The Right Arm Red Pattern stirred restlessly, growing scorching hot as if in complaint.

"Don’t be hasty. Once I turn in the mission and make some money, there will be plenty of benefits for you."

"Let’s head back!"

The Great Fortune, carrying four sea beast corpses, sped toward the Twelve Stars.

The blood was for the mission. The Employer’s designated delivery point was the Dinglan Field on the Twelve Stars.

Shi Ming was also quite satisfied with this location. The security there was good, and illegal activities like forced sales or outright robbery and murder wouldn’t occur. It was a good place for a transaction.

He had also found a buyer for the sea beast corpses.

Their price was much cheaper than the blood.

The body of a B-rank sea beast would only sell for 5 Qiong Crystals.

It wasn’t much, but it was better than nothing.

On the way back to the Twelve Stars, Shi Ming finally had some free time. He used his Brain of Creation to upgrade the "Qiong Crystal Extraction Device" he had obtained from the Huangshi three levels in a row.

[Qiong Crystal Extraction Device]

[Level: 4]

[Can keenly capture special energy within the ocean, deconstructing and re-condensing it into energy-rich Crystal Stones. The purity of the Crystal Stones is unstable, but they are still rare Energy Stones. The vast energy they contain is 60-90 times that of a High-Level Sea Crystal Stone. The daily extraction efficiency can reach 10 units. In areas with abnormally high concentrations of Sea Crystal Stones, this efficiency will be slightly increased.]

[Upgrade Requirements: Qiong Crystal x100, Iron Ore x100, Sky Net Intelligence Chip x1]

It could now produce 10 Qiong Crystals a day, which was a considerable income.

As for today’s intelligence report?

He had been a bit cunning. During the Great Fortune’s return journey, he had taken a small detour. Only when he was near the Original Northern Greece Sea Area did he use his precious chance to gather intelligence.

The ruins of the Temple of All Gods were nearby.

This was a clever exploitation of the Eye of Intelligence’s characteristics, designed to obtain specifically targeted, useful information.

When the great catastrophe struck, not all the land was submerged.

Some continental plates collapsed and sank, and this sea area was one such case. The peak of Mount Olympus, also known as the Pantheon, had sunk beneath this part of the sea. The original Mount Olympus, with a peak altitude of 3,000 meters, now lay at a depth of only 1,000 meters below sea level. However, the deepest point here could reach 8,000 meters.

The S-rank sea beast, the "Deep Sea Titan," was hidden in the depths of the seabed here.

"Eye of Intelligence, acquire intelligence!"

[BEEP~ BEEP~]

[Organizing intelligence...]

[Searching.]

[Confirming host’s detailed coordinates... Search successful. Summarizing intelligence...]

[Intelligence generated: Deep Sea Titan!]

’As expected!’

’I guessed right!’ 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

He continued reading the report.

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you can make foolproof preparations.

[Deep Sea Titan: Has inherited a portion of the power of the Ancient Twelve Titans. Its bloodline is ancient and violent!]

[Any Awakened below A-rank who touches it will die instantly!]

[The Deep Sea Titan does not possess any skills of its own in the true sense. It can stimulate the Ancient Divine Power within its bloodline to obtain the power of its ancestors. However, even with its immensely powerful physical body, it can only bear the response of a single Ancient Titan’s bloodline at a time.]

[The probability of a response from an Ancient Titan Bloodline varies. Depending on their tier, the response probabilities are 2% (for one bloodline), 4% (for two bloodlines), and 10% (for nine bloodlines).]

[When the Deep Sea Titan is on the brink of life and death, it will transform into a phantom of the Twelve Titans, temporarily gaining the bloodline power of all the Titan Gods!]

That was it.

Shi Ming carefully analyzed the intelligence report.

’The skill of this S-rank sea beast must be the previously known [Descent of the Titan]. It’s called a single skill, but it’s actually like getting one skill out of twelve random ones.’

’A new experience every time.’

’And the probability of getting each of the 12 skills isn’t the same. One of them only has a 2% chance.’

’It’s like a gacha game, bringing endless joy.’

’And as long as I can bathe in its blood, I’ll be able to awaken the S-rank skill "Descent of the Titan" myself.’

’It’s ranked 66th, a full thirty places higher than my own [To Die and Be Reborn].’

...

Shi Ming looked at the deep sea before him.

The Great Fortune was already returning at full speed, preparing to leave this sea area.

Although he couldn’t see the Divine Hall ruins in the depths, he could clearly feel that he was "destined" to be connected to this patch of sea.

’Since we’re bound by fate,’

’I’ll be back.’

’Just you wait.’

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Deep Sea Titan: ???