Chapter 132: Killing and looting? I love it!

There's a problem!

As a Spirit Refining cultivator, Chen Shicheng's Divine attribute was already his most outstanding trait; plus the system-rewarded elixir, his Divine Perception far surpassed what ordinary players could imagine.

So this malicious glare is definitely not his imagination!

Thinking this, Chen Shicheng didn't make a fuss, continuing to approach the fishing boat inconspicuously and asked about the boarding price.

"Going out to sea, you can go to nearby islands or other cities; the price is uniformly four taels of gold, but you need to prepay one tael, with the rest paid upon arrival."

The fishing boat owner said this to Chen Shicheng; it was obvious he had already made a deal with that Level 6 player earlier.

Chen Shicheng didn't refuse, directly tossing over one tael of gold.

"The money's received, let's board and set off!"

Chen Shicheng didn't use a lightness technique to board; like that Level 6 player, he clumsily scrambled aboard with hands and feet, while the boat owner lowered the sail and prepared to set sail.

Soon, under the sea wind's effect, the fishing boat began to move slowly, then faster and faster, and within just a dozen seconds it had flung the coastline far behind.

Curiously, Chen Shicheng used the Eye of Bai Ze to appraise it; the fishing boat itself had nothing special, but that sail was actually a piece of equipment.

【Wenlin Sea Sail: Made from exotic beast hide, it can generate wind from void; with the wind, ship speed +500%; against the wind, ship speed +200%】.

Sitting in the cabin, Chen Shicheng and that Level 6 player said nothing to each other, and the atmosphere grew somewhat dull.

But soon the boat owner came in with some food and drink, saying, "The journey is long, there's little entertainment on board; you two might as well drink a little to pass the time."

As he spoke, the boat owner's eyes kept flickering, occasionally glancing at the two of them; the greed in his gaze was almost impossible to conceal.

Looking at the food and drink in his hand, Chen Shicheng immediately recalled this man's skill "Myriad Toxins True Classic (Remnant)"; the food being served was surely laced, apparently intending to reveal his hand.

The reason Chen Shicheng knew something was off and still boarded this boat was because he had taken a liking to the boat! If the owner were just doing honest small business, he'd feel bad about using force, but if the man harbored ill intentions, then no qualms—under the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, all beings are equal.

Moreover, he had a "Goblin Underwater Breather" on hand; even if the owner injured the enemy eight hundred while losing a thousand himself and sank the ship at sea, he could dive in anytime, completely unfazed.

Taking the drink from the boat owner's hand, Chen Shicheng subtly used the Eye of Bai Ze to cast an appraisal.

【Flesh-Rotting Bone Poison: Refined from demonic beast deadly toxin; any cultivator below Golden Core Stage who touches it dies, and even contact means death.】

Indeed, the food and drink were problematic; even if Chen Shicheng didn't notice, he would end up dead and gone.

He gave a cold snort inwardly, immediately slowing his hand movements, not acting right away.

Mainly because that Level 6 player would be hard to deal with—you can't just kill an innocent person to seize the boat—so it's better to leave the chance to the boat owner; otherwise, it would waste the poison he painstakingly prepared.

That Level 6 player lacked Chen Shicheng's appraisal gear or skill; after taking the cup, he thanked the boat owner and drank it down without any caution.

"Um, why aren't you drinking? This is my prized fine wine I've kept for a long time."

Seeing the Level 6 player about to drink the poisoned wine, the boat owner impatiently urged the motionless Chen Shicheng, his face somewhat anxious.

And in that brief delay, the Level 6 player obviously also received a negative buff notification on his system panel, leaping up to demand, "You put the poison in the wine—" the same as described: contact means death, touch means death.

Before he could finish speaking, his flesh and blood quickly dissolved like being corroded by aqua regia, turning into a puddle of black blood like a melting candle, not even his bones lasting another second.

Moreover, that black blood retained deadly poison, dripping onto the cabin deck and emitting a "hiss" of corrosion, about to seep down to the lower level.

The boat owner glanced at the empty space before him, muttered "poor ghost" under his breath, then waved his hand; a wave of water rose, scooping up the blood on the deck and flying it out the window into the endless sea.

Then he spread his right hand, a trident appearing in his grip, aimed at the calm Chen Shicheng, ready for battle: "I originally wanted you to die painlessly, but since you refuse my kindness, I'll have you experience death by being pierced a few times."

"I have a question!"

Chen Shicheng raised his right hand like a primary-school student asking a question, and earnestly inquired, "You're not controlling the boat now, yet it's still sailing normally—does that mean the boat has an autopilot function?"

The boat owner instinctively nodded, then immediately realized it was wrong, silently cursing his own foolishness; the trident trembled, water swirling around it, and he thrust it at Chen Shicheng.

Chen Shicheng, who had slain even a Golden Core great demon, how could he possibly be hurt by a mere Level 11 ordinary player?

Facing the boat owner's strike, which he thought would surely land, he even had time to set the drink aside, remained motionless, and merely flicked a finger; an invisible sword qi directly deflected the trident.

The shock from the massive impact made the boat owner's hand go numb, almost losing his grip on the trident, and his body involuntarily staggered to the side.

"Impossible!"

The boat owner strained to steady his stance, then abruptly lifted his head to look at Chen Shicheng.

But as soon as he lifted his head, a hand suddenly grabbed his head; before he could react, Chen Shicheng appeared before him in a flash like teleportation, and as the boat owner's True Essence ebbed and flowed, his shocked expression instantly froze on his face.

"Quite likely."

As his flat words fell, a red circle suddenly appeared around the boat owner's neck; Chen Shicheng casually plucked it off, and the owner's head and body instantly separated.

The next moment, he flung the head out of the cabin with his right hand, while his left hand swiftly grabbed the limp, headless corpse and threw it out; all this happened in a flash, before blood could even spray, leaving him the sole living person on board.

【Slain Lv. 11 Wave White Stripe (Huo Qi), gained 0.0001 Experience Points, obtained Flesh-Rotting Bone Poison ×15.】

【Slain the murder-and-loot fishing boat owner; Stealing Heaven Pendant effect triggered—extract this round's 7 Merit Points? (Remaining uses: 3/3)】

"Job done, knock off!"

Chen Shicheng glanced at the poison stored in a porcelain bottle in his storage, then went to the helm.

As if sensing his approach, a simple control panel appeared, with an abstract sea map in the upper right corner noting the surrounding terrain, seemingly recording the previous captain's frequently sailed route.

(End of chapter)