Chapter 289: WE SHALL EVENTUALLY ARRIVE

"I'm a bit tired, so I'll go rest first." Lucy waved her hand, looking somewhat exhausted, then controlled her body to lie back into the stone coffin.

Uh, even though she knew the reason, watching her crawl into the stone coffin and lie down still made Yun Mu feel a bit strange.

Are you looking for a place to sleep, too? Thinking this, Yun Mu latched the lid of the stone coffin and then tossed it back into the space of the Divine Blood Pendant.

"Lucy, do you intend to use your original body to refine this thing?"

After putting away the stone coffin, Yun Mu held the core of the Extreme Cold Ice Element Lord and asked Lucy, who had just left her body.

"Mm." Hearing Yun Mu's words, Lucy nodded: "Materials of this quality are rare, so of course I have to cherish them."

"However, I can no longer control my body for today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Brenna, who had been listening to their conversation from the side, looked surprised. She looked at Yun Mu: "The Dark Night Church actually gave Miss Lucy's body to you?"

"It wasn't the Dark Night Church, it was Lady Dark Night who sent it over~" Yun Mu smiled triumphantly and then explained to her: "Lucy and Lady Dark Night know each other, so She sent it over very generously."

"Is that so?" Brenna looked at Lucy with a surprised expression: "Although I had guessed that Miss Lucy's identity was unusual, I didn't expect that even Lady Dark Night would..."

"Ahem, that's just an old story, not worth mentioning." Lucy coughed lightly and said sternly: "Now is not the time to relax."

"Just now, when I defeated that Element Lord, I felt something very dangerous approaching. We need to leave here as soon as possible!"

"Something very dangerous?" Yun Mu and Brenna exchanged a glance; both of them thought of what Lucy was referring to at almost the same time.

"Looking at your expressions, you have an idea, right?" Lucy asked softly upon seeing their faces.

"Mm." Yun Mu nodded, then walked toward the ship's helm.

"Lucy is right, now is not the time to relax."

"I'll explain the details later, we need to get out of this blizzard as soon as possible!"

That very dangerous thing must refer to the Extreme Cold Core, and even this blizzard was likely triggered by its approach.

Just being in the blizzard was enough to give birth to a Fifth Rank Champion-level Element Lord; Yun Mu didn't even dare to imagine what would happen once the thing actually got close!

Who knows if that guy has any ill intentions? In any case, it's best to leave here as soon as possible! Standing before the helm of the Xiangyang, Yun Mu moved her mind, and the sails of the Xiangyang automatically lowered.

She had previously burned the surrounding sea surface with Ghost Fire, and the melted ice was enough for the Xiangyang to make a turning maneuver.

It's just that with only this much space, it clearly couldn't sail on the sea, so... "Miss Brenna, do you still have money?" Yun Mu smiled a bit embarrassedly, using an honorific unconsciously in her speech.

"Uh, I still have some..." Looking at her smile, Brenna suddenly had an ominous premonition.

She knew the capabilities of the Xiangyang as a Ghost Ship, so before setting sail, she had specifically stored some Gold Frost Coins in the cabin—but knowing was one thing, and actually needing to use them still made her heart ache!

"Having some is fine, I don't intend to use much." Hearing Brenna's reply, Yun Mu chuckled: "Let's just burn a few hundred Gold Frost for now!"

"Eh!?? A few hundred Gold Frost!?" Brenna's breath hitched: "Isn't there any other way?"

"Now is not the time to save money." Yun Mu looked at the sky full of snow and didn't give Brenna a chance to reply: "Get ready, we're setting off!"

"Boom!"

Ghost-green flames ignited from the ship's hull. Bathed in Ghost Fire, the Xiangyang sailed straight through the frozen ice surface toward the distance.

This is another way to use the Ghost Fire. When the hull of the Xiangyang is burning with raging flames, it enters a so-called ghost state, thereby ignoring physical collisions as it moves! This ability is quite powerful, but the consumption of Gold Frost Coins is actually less compared to using them to strengthen cannonball attacks.

Probably about two hundred Gold Frost Coins per hour... well, okay, it's still very expensive! Although it was all Brenna's money being spent, wasn't Brenna's money equivalent to her own money!? Even the Ghost Ship acknowledged this point; otherwise, the Xiangyang wouldn't be able to burn assets that she couldn't freely control!

So... those who know, know.

"Which way should we sail?" Yun Mu asked Brenna, who was standing beside her.

Folaka Town was definitely no longer habitable, and the townspeople in the cabin needed to find a place to settle down.

"Let's go back to Frostfall City." Brenna pondered for a moment and said: "That is the closest town to here that has a seaport."

"The matter of the Extreme Cold Core leaving the poles must be reported. Besides, after destroying Folaka Town, whether that thing will continue to advance is an unknown."

Brenna frowned tightly: "Once that kind of terrifying moving disaster enters the heart of the Kingdom, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"Relax a bit, Lady Dark Night should step in, right?" Yun Mu comforted her at this moment.

"... You're right, Lady Dark Night should step in." Brenna was silent for a moment, then added: "It's just that I don't really like this feeling of having to rely on gods to resolve crises."

"It was like this last time when facing the Scarlet..."

"I understand what you mean, but there's really no other way, is there?" Yun Mu said with a helpless tone: "After all, the opponents both times were gods."

Dad once said that only magic can deal with magic. In this world, Yun Mu felt that it was probably that only gods can deal with gods.

It is normal for humans to feel powerless when facing disasters caused by such gods.

But what do those gods, who were originally human and then ascended to godhood, think? Yun Mu suddenly thought of the God of Decay and Necromancy, Fen Yege; that person had ascended to godhood from being a human.

If the Orc Federation, or His original homeland, the Heling Empire, were to suffer a crisis, would this God of Necromancy step in?

If He did step in, would it count as the power of humans themselves, or the power of a god?

Probably the latter; after all, power that cannot be controlled cannot be considered one's own.

Since that's the case... "I just need to become a god." Thinking of this, Yun Mu spoke up.

"Become... a god?" Hearing her words, both Brenna and Lucy were slightly stunned.

"That's right." Yun Mu nodded affirmatively: "Whether it's becoming a god or mastering power that can rival a god, as long as it's one's own power, one won't feel powerless anymore, right?"

"Becoming a god, huh... Miss Yun's ambition is truly grand." Lucy laughed softly. As a Transcendental who had ascended to the Epic rank before her death, she knew very well how difficult it was to become a god.

Hmph, if you aren't ambitious, can you even call yourself a young person?

Hearing Lucy's words, Yun Mu couldn't help but think in her heart.

Not to mention, she also had a Golden Finger!

"If you don't try hard, how would you know if it's possible?" Yun Mu said casually while steering the helm.

That's not something you can achieve just by working hard.

Lucy had wanted to say this, but seeing the smile on Yun Mu's face, she silently kept the words to herself.

And while Lucy didn't speak, Brenna, who was on the side, was somewhat speechless: "It's not that simple... there isn't a single Epic-rank Transcendental in the world right now." But immediately after, her tone shifted: "However, I think Miss Yun is right; if you don't try, how would you know if it's possible?"

"Besides..."

"Although I don't know why, I feel like Miss Yun will be able to succeed." She said with a smile.

"My Lord, they have left."

High above the sea surface 800 kilometers away from Folaka Town, the Extreme Cold Core gazed at the sea nearly a thousand kilometers away, at the ship sailing rapidly away from the Blizzard, and spoke.

"Do you need me to pursue them?"

"No need, this is fine."

A male voice, sounding like solid ice, rang out in its mind, and the Extreme Cold Core immediately became extremely respectful.

"Then, the item you had me send over..."

"Keep it with you for now."

"Heh." The voice inside the Extreme Cold Core's mind suddenly chuckled: "Her current strength is too weak; wait until at least after she becomes a Champion before giving it to her."

After a pause, the voice added: "Come back now. Driving away the residents of that small town this time can be considered as completely severing those humans' thoughts of exploring the North Pole."

"Those things hidden beneath the glaciers are not something humans can pry into."

"Yes, my Lord."

The Extreme Cold Core responded respectfully, then flew rapidly back along the path it had come.

And as the Extreme Cold Core departed, the Blizzard also began to shift backward.

Yun Mu, of course, would not know what had happened on the other side of the sea; she was currently piloting the Xiangyang, returning along the path they had come toward Frostfall City.

Who would have thought, only three days into the voyage, Yun Mu hadn't even forgotten the look of Frostfall Port before being forced back by the Blizzard from the Extreme Cold Core.

This is truly something to sigh about; the world is ever-changing.

"Huh, has the Blizzard gotten a bit smaller?"

Ghost Fire of a ghostly green color burned on the hull of the Xiangyang, melting the snow piled up on the deck one after another, only for it to be evaporated into water vapor that drifted into the sky, then frozen again by the Blizzard.

This resulted in the temperature on the deck actually being quite comfortable, and for a moment, Yun Mu couldn't judge whether the Blizzard getting smaller was just her imagination.

Come to think of it, this feeling of burning flames amidst a blizzard reminded her of things from her childhood, before she transmigrated.

She was quite mischievous back then, liked to play and make trouble with the kids in the same residential compound; she remembered one winter, the water in the compound's pool had been drained, and it was filled with accumulated snow.

Yun Mu and her little partners sat huddled together at night under the stone bridge of the pool, using snow to pile up the shape of a volcano, then threw the trash they had picked up and unwanted waste paper into the 'volcano' to ignite it.

It was snowing at that time, and she and her little partners would huddle around the fire to keep warm, and some mischievous ones would throw those very cheap firecrackers they bought into the fire.

Bang, bang, bang—a series of explosions.

What felt most magical at that time was that even though the fire burned very large, the volcano piled up with snow did not melt.

It was just a pity that they didn't play for long before the compound's security guard came over and chased them away.

When Yun Mu went back the next day, the fire had already gone out, the snow mountain was still there, but she no longer had the thought of burning it again.

As for what happened later, because the memory was too distant, she really couldn't remember, but she found it very hard to forget the experience of sitting together around the fire that day.

This was probably because she didn't have many friends after growing up, so she missed the time spent playing with a bunch of little partners when she was young. 【【God of the Ice Flame Polar Circle — Afum-Zah lv??? (Myth)】 has followed you and casually gave you a like.】 A snowflake strangely did not melt from the intense flames, even passing through the shield of the Earth Dragon Scale Armor, landing gently on Yun Mu's shoulder, then melting into a water droplet, leaving only a small water stain.

Yun Mu's hand gripping the ship's wheel trembled violently after seeing the notification from the Game Panel.

It was fortunate that the Xiangyang's wheel was sturdy; otherwise, if this had been an ordinary sailing ship, the wheel might have been pulled right off by Yun Mu.

However, this was not the end; the Game Panel's notifications continued to pop up.

【The progress of your title 【Favorite of the Gods】 +1】 【You have obtained a new status 【Ice Flame Possession】】 【Ice Flame Possession: Your 【Qi】 gains 【Ice】 and 【Dark】 attributes, your resistance to Ice Elements increases by 40%, your resistance to Dark Elements increases by 30%, and when you release Ice-attribute or Dark-attribute skills, the skill effects are enhanced.】

【Your current status bar is: Blessing of the Night, Ghost Sea Oath, Ice Flame Possession】 "Hoo!"

A wisp of purple-blue flame burned out of thin air in Yun Mu's heart; before she could react, the Qi Strength within her body became tainted with these flames, gaining a bit of purple-blue.

Yun Mu only felt a chill in her heart, then this coldness rapidly spread to her limbs, making her shiver uncontrollably.

But soon, this icy feeling dissipated like a receding tide, and in its place was a sense of refreshment and pleasure.

Yun Mu turned her head to look, and as expected, Lucy had already run off.

This person... Yun Mu suspected that she might also have a system, as every time she was one step faster than her in sensing the aura of a god and running away.

But then again, the gods related to Lucy should only be the Scarlet Pumelas and the Lady of the Dark Night, Dailianna.

Why did she hide every time she sensed a god approaching? Could it be... to prevent those gods from seeing her abnormality? Yun Mu suddenly remembered that the Lady of the Dark Night had once told her that she had seen through the fact that Lucy was not a Heroic Spirit.

Not a Heroic Spirit, yet able to summon the dead... This kind of method, if discovered by other gods, would indeed be a rather troublesome matter.

If those gods were to realize the existence of the Game Panel... not all gods were as easy to talk to as Eve.

"Miss Yun, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh, where is Miss Lucy?"

Brenna noticed Yun Mu's abnormality at this time and asked.

"Lucy went back to rest; as for me, it's actually nothing."

Yun Mu shook her head and said: "Just feeling a bit emotional, wondering when we will arrive at the Orc Federation."

"It will still take three days to return this time," she said.

"Mm, that is correct." Brenna didn't look too well either, but she still smiled and encouraged her: "It's okay, as long as we don't give up, we will eventually reach our destination."

"Mm, that's right, we will eventually reach..."

(End of this chapter)