Chapter 810

It is impossible to directly confront the demon corpse.

Fang Yue's realm is, at best, Mid-Level Human.

His actual combat power can reach Peak Human, nearing Cloud Level. If he adds the parchment, he can briefly achieve Night Rain Level combat power.

But against the demon corpse, even Night Rain Level experts would be useless.

Haven't you seen how the Helmsman calmly faces a Night Rain Level black-robed figure, yet turns pale at the demon corpse chasing from behind?

This demon corpse must be far more powerful than any Night Rain Level expert.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yue couldn't help asking.

"Parchment, is there any way we can escape this danger?"

【Accelerate the Han Jiang giant ship—our distance to the demon corpse is shrinking. At this speed, I can already foresee your death, and the details are growing clearer!】

【Fang Yue, act now! Make the ship move!】

The parchment once said that her foresight becomes clearer, revealing more details, the closer Fang Yue is to death.

Now that the parchment says this, it means he is not far from death.

Heart in his throat, Fang Yue rushed back to the bow and roared: "Accelerate! Helmsman, we're still closing in on that thing behind us!"

"This is my top speed! We need your help!"

The Helmsman also looked extremely tense and shouted back.

The chaos on the ship soon drew Lin Ling and others over.

"Xiao Ye, what's going on?"

"What's happening? Ye Ge, why is the ship suddenly speeding? Is this some version of Qiuming Mountain—Qiuming Sea? This speed, this G-force—I feel like I'm shrimp-hunting on the ocean!"

Lin Ling was fine, just asking for the situation; Jing Yan clearly seemed off.

This guy, with gills on both cheeks, had them pulsing as he spoke, looking utterly bizarre.

No time to explain—the Helmsman roared: "Get them down to row! Provide power! It's accelerating—we have ten seconds before it catches us! If you don't want to die, move!!"

The Helmsman screamed until veins bulged, spittle flying, but Jing Yan and Lin Ling stared blankly, glancing between him and Fang Yue, clearly still confused.

"Follow me!"

Seeing this, Yese Liming led them both down into the cabin, while Fang Yue noticed the Han Jiang giant ship's speed had stabilized—it had reached the Helmsman's maximum control limit.

The ship moved swiftly across the Han Jiang's surface; the wind howled fiercely against Fang Yue's face, stinging his cheeks, the relentless whooshing sound piercing his ears.

"Helmsman, I have more Ghost Stones—can you go any faster?"

"No more! This isn't about Ghost Stones—it's the Han Jiang giant ship's absolute top speed! We're done… we're all done… Why did we run into that thing?! I've always only dared to glance from afar, never even approach, let alone provoke it—why is it targeting me now?! Could it be because of…?"

The Helmsman muttered to himself, while Fang Yue's face darkened.

He felt a terrifying, suffocating pressure sweeping over them from behind, overwhelming and all-encompassing.

That oppressive, horrifying sensation nearly choked him—he couldn't breathe.

Fang Yue couldn't help turning back—but saw nothing.

【It's approaching rapidly beneath the water!】

【Fang Yue, it's almost caught up! Prepare to abandon ship and jump into the river—use Time Reversal to burn your lifespan, restore your condition, and flee swiftly through the Han Jiang!】

【This may be our only chance to escape!】

【My foresight is becoming clearer by the second—if we don't act now, it's truly beyond saving!】

I escape—what about the others?

【Fang Yue, if you don't run, they'll die in the demon corpse's hands. If you run, there's still a sliver of hope. A gentleman seeks revenge after ten years—so long as…】

In his mind, the once-angry cute girl now screamed at him in desperation, as if pleading with someone utterly stubborn, tears welling in her eyes.

Tick-tock!

When it rains, it pours.

At this moment of life-or-death crisis, the black ring above them opened again, and Night Rain fell.

Night Rain landed on Fang Yue's face; he stared up blankly, then suddenly remembered something and smacked his thigh.

Ghost Value—burn it!

The black wheel on his back suddenly shot out countless black silk strands, sticking to the surroundings of the Han Jiang giant ship.

As the black silk twisted and reshaped, they became like yacht propulsion oars—circular, with blades in the center—spinning at high speed, powered by Ghost Value.

Wuuu! Wuuuuuu! Wuuuuuuuuuuuu!

With nearly a hundred propulsion sources spinning rapidly around the Han Jiang giant ship.

Immense thrust generated powerful momentum, hurling the Han Jiang giant ship forward wildly!

The Helmsman, who had already reached his maximum speed, broke through his limit under this external force—forcing a gap between them and the terrifying entity behind!

"What did you do?! The distance is growing! It—it's falling behind us!"

Feeling the terrifying presence receding, the Helmsman exclaimed in excitement.

Yet if viewed from above, one could see a vast dark shadow behind the speeding Han Jiang giant ship—still relentlessly pursuing it!

That massive shadow was slightly larger than the Han Jiang giant ship, resembling some colossal sea monster.

"Well done! Yese Liming, keep accelerating—we'll shake it off once and for all!"

He said that, but this speed was already Fang Yue's limit—controlling so many black silk strands, reshaping them, and maximizing thrust to push the entire Han Jiang giant ship was draining him utterly.

"Are we safe now? I'll go check what's chasing us from the stern."

Tian Ruichi finally spoke.

Though he hadn't understood what was happening, seeing how tense the Helmsman and Fang Yue were—as if they'd all drown in the river any second—he'd dared not interfere.

Now that things seemed temporarily safe, he couldn't help asking.

But the moment Tian Ruichi finished speaking, Fang Yue and the Helmsman spoke almost simultaneously.

"Don't go!"

"You can't go!"

The two of them reacting in unison left Tian Ruichi stunned for a moment.

"Don't worry, I'll just take a look from far away, confirm the distance between us and that unknown anomaly—I won't be reckless enough to engage it."

As he spoke, Tian Ruichi was still trying to walk toward the stern when Fang Yue grabbed him and pulled him back.

On his end, going all-out to control the 【Ghost Ring】's deformation was already nearly frying his own brain; splitting his focus like this had given him a splitting headache.

And now he still had to stop Tian Ruichi from doing something stupid, so inevitably his tone came out a bit heavier.

(End of chapter)