Chapter 2904: Curse Approaching

Before long, the hold at the stern of the ship became quiet. Su Xiao didn't care about that side. He successfully awakened the Misfortune, but the situation of the Misfortune at this time was somewhat special.

*Crack~*

A piece of rotten wooden plank fell off the Misfortune, and the whole ship seemed to come alive. All the ship planks unfolded, and two masts quickly turned into fluid, disappearing into the hull.

The volume of the Misfortune was shrinking, changing from a super-large sailing ship to a medium-sized sailing ship.

Su Xiao had just used 【Sands of Misfortune】 to let the Misfortune break free, and at the same time, to a certain extent, temporarily lifted the seal of the Demon Sea. That was why the Misfortune was so strong.

Right now, the follow-up effect of 【Sands of Misfortune】 was about to disappear, and the seal of the Demon Sea was coming again.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the mast of the Misfortune. He already understood why he would be cursed by the Demon Sea. This was inevitable. As long as he became the captain of the Misfortune, he couldn't avoid this point, because the Misfortune was also being cursed.

The captain and the ship are together—this sentence is not just talk.

Su Xiao took off the Black King Armguard and looked at his left hand. At this time, black lines could be vaguely seen on his fingertips. This was the curse of the Demon Sea.

Starting from his left fingertips, this curse would spread bit by bit until black lines appeared all over his body. By then, he would be swallowed into the Demon Sea and pressed to the seabed with the Misfortune. In this process, Su Xiao would not become undead or immortal. This represented one thing: once pressed to the seabed, he would eventually drown there, it was just a matter of time.

The Green Steel Shadow energy in Su Xiao's body curbed the curse of the Demon Sea from invading his body, but this curse power was too huge. Hard-clashing with it was equivalent to confronting the entire Demon Sea. This led to the curse of the Demon Sea always clinging to Su Xiao's body surface, gradually spreading. The only good news was that it couldn't affect his body.

How long this time was, Su Xiao didn't know yet, but the time wouldn't be too short. And he had already thought of a way to lift the curse.

First of all, he suffered this curse because of the identity of the captain of the Misfortune. If he thought about it from another perspective, lifting the curse of the Misfortune would also make the curse he suffered disappear.

Destroying the Misfortune might be feasible, but there was also a worse possibility: after the Misfortune was destroyed, all the curse power on it would be transferred to Su Xiao, giving him a super curse gift package.

【Hint: You have activated Main Quest: First Ring.】

【Main Quest: Notorious (First Ring)】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 72

Quest Information: Capture Shipwreck Island and obtain the 'Bern Family' heirloom.

Hint: Shipwreck Island is a pirate island with a relatively high danger level.

Quest Deadline: 12 days.

Quest Reward: Growth-type equipment treasure chest.

Quest Penalty: Forced execution.

Seeing this first ring of the main quest, Su Xiao felt somewhat bad. Based on his experience, the first ring of the main quest was the simplest, and the quest difficulty was low, such as joining a certain faction or arriving at a designated location.

This time, the main quest asked him to attack a pirate island right from the start. What was even more fatal was that there was an unknown enemy on that pirate island.

The difficulty of capturing Shipwreck Island was very high. According to Jinke, that was the territory of the Duke, one of the four great pirates.

Although capturing Shipwreck Island was not a direct confrontation with the Duke, it would completely offend the other party. This was a matter of interests and face.

If Su Xiao took Bubu Wang and Baha to kill on Shipwreck Island, the possibility of capturing it was very low. This was an Eighth Tier world, and the strength of the low-level pirates was not weak, not to mention the elite pirates under the Duke.

Su Xiao squatted down and pressed one hand on the deck of the Misfortune. This ship was the possibility for him to capture Shipwreck Island. Although many of the Misfortune's abilities were sealed, the three-masted Misfortune was still very strong.

【Misfortune】

Owner: Su Xiao

Specification: Three-masted ship

First-stage seal: Not lifted (After lifting the first-stage seal, the Misfortune will grow into a four-masted sailing ship and restore corresponding abilities. Lifting this seal requires the power of the Demon Sea to assimilate and eliminate the seal. This seal has a total of three stages.)

Health: 47500 points.

Defense: 162 points.

Durability: 217/260 points (After durability is lower than 100 points, sailing speed is reduced; after durability is lower than 25 points, it will not be able to continue sailing).

Basic bonus: Sailing speed increased by 140%.

Crew quantity: 37 (Every time a seal of the Misfortune is lifted, the Misfortune can awaken more crew members, and the comprehensive combat power of the crew is improved.)

Ability 1: Ship Hunter (Passive), can swallow other ships or creatures to restore the damage to the Misfortune's hull (restore durability) and store the obtained energy in the hull.

Current stored active energy: 0 points.

Ability 2: Underwater Navigation (Passive), the Misfortune can dive into the water, sailing speed reduced by 20%.

Ability 3: This ability is sealed.

Ability 4: This ability is sealed.

Ability 5: This ability is sealed, this is the ultimate ability.

The initial ability of the Misfortune was very simple: swallow other ships or creatures to restore the ship's hull damage, and underwater navigation.

The crew quantity was 37, which were the cursed people who could be used for combat right now. To increase the number of cursed people, it was necessary to lift the seal of the Misfortune.

There were three seals in total. Every time one was lifted, the Misfortune could become stronger. Su Xiao felt that even if the third seal was lifted, having thousands of crew members would be the limit.

It was not that the Misfortune was weak. Even for great pirates, the number of elite pirates under their command was thousands. As for low-level pirates, one cursed person could beat ten.

These cursed people had individual consciousness. They were between life and death, but there was one point: they couldn't resist the captain's orders. They were enslaved by the Misfortune.

The cursed people right now were not in their strongest state, only having part of the combat ability they had during their lifetime.

As the three seals of the Misfortune were gradually lifted, not only would the number of cursed people increase, but their strength would also become stronger. What was even more rare was that their thinking would become much clearer, reaching the level of ordinary people—just relatively cruel and ruthless. Whoever had been pressed to the seabed for so many years wouldn't be normal.

The number of crew members was too small to trigger the bonus of the War Lord title, but this was not completely impossible. The cursed people were the main force of combat. Although their number had an upper limit, Su Xiao could get some other types of "soldier-type units" to trigger the effect of the War Lord title, allowing the cursed people to enjoy this effect.

Prioritize lifting the seal of the Misfortune to increase the number of crew members, followed by finding ways to get more "soldier-type units." Combat power being garbage didn't matter; a large quantity was fine, used to trigger the bonus of the War Lord.

How to lift the seal of the Misfortune, Su Xiao already had some clues. The thing he needed to do right now was very simple: develop. After developing to a certain extent, go and meet the enemy on Shipwreck Island.

The specific identity of the enemy was unknown. Where they came from, Su Xiao had roughly guessed. Gray Gentleman, Priest, Arcane Eternal Star—these were the three parties hostile to Su Xiao at this stage.

Gray Gentleman and Priest wouldn't do such a rash thing, so only Arcane Eternal Star remained.

In fact, in Su Xiao's view, it was unlikely that Arcane Eternal Star would deal with him in this way. It was too direct and reckless.

Assuming it was really Arcane Eternal Star, the Supreme Being would pay an extremely painful price to first obtain the entry qualification for this world, and then send spellcasters to slaughter all living things in this world. After that, it would be an ambush. The moment Su Xiao entered the Demon Sea, what would greet him would be an encirclement lineup of countless high-level spellcasters, any one of whom was stronger than him.

This was the style of Arcane Eternal Star and the Supreme Being. If they didn't move, they wouldn't move. If they moved, the world would collapse.

As for Sage of Arcane Sephiroth, she was somewhat petty, always sending an assassin or a disciple to kill Su Xiao, and then giving away free kills.

Su Xiao had read the notes of Green Gillian and knew the reason. That female law-breaker with a bad personality had toyed with and abandoned the young Sephiroth. Sephiroth not being broken already counted as having good psychological quality.

Su Xiao didn't worry about Arcane Eternal Star. It was basically impossible for Void races to obtain the entry qualification for a native world, unless it was a situation like the Strongest Contest, where the Tree of Void performed teleportation to enter a native world notarized by the Tree of Void.

Don't consider this aspect for now. Thinking of ways to improve the Misfortune was the thing that should be done right now.

【Hint: The Hunter has re-owned the 'Misfortune', you have successfully formed a faction, and have triggered the legend leaderboard of this world, which is notarized by the Tree of Void.】

Seeing this hint, Su Xiao recalled the Dragon Hunter Set that had just been scrapped, which made his heart ache. ===== CHAPTER 2905 =====

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao recalled the Dragon Hunter set that had just been scrapped, which made his heart ache.