After comforting Tuan Zi, Lu Chen turned his gaze to the three corpses:
One was a Tier 2 Sawtooth Ray Beast, and the other two were a Tier 1 Giant Tooth Shark and a Human-faced Fish, respectively.
All possessed talents.
Lu Chen's eyes lit up. Ever since he learned that absorbing the same talent could lead to evolution,
he accepted everything, believing the more talents he had, the better.
【Successfully absorbed Sawtooth Ray Beast, obtained Speed Enhancement (E-rank), Agility increased by 6 points】
【Successfully absorbed Giant Tooth Shark, obtained Olfactory Enhancement (F-rank), Agility increased by 2 points】
【Successfully absorbed Human-faced Fish, obtained Auditory Reinforcement (F-rank), Perception increased by 2 points】
Lu Chen already possessed these three talents,
and they immediately all evolved,
【Speed Enhancement evolved into -- Speed Amplification (D-rank)】
【Olfactory Enhancement evolved into -- Olfactory Amplification (E-rank)】
【Auditory Reinforcement evolved into -- Auditory Enhancement (E-rank)】
The appearance of Speed Amplification was undoubtedly a timely help for Lu Chen.
Because among all his current attributes, Agility was the lowest, which undoubtedly lowered his combat power,
but the appearance of Speed Amplification helped him solve this problem.
As for Olfactory Amplification and Auditory Enhancement, although they did not directly increase combat power, as auxiliary talents, their roles could not be underestimated.
There are no useless talents, only useless people.
"Little dumpling, come in, we've arrived."
Lu Chen looked ahead with piercing eyes and said in a deep voice.
"Gu ji~"
Little dumpling obediently responded, then slid into the backpack behind Lu Chen. (Lu Chen specially made it for it using leaves)
...
"Sister Xinyi, do you think that Lu Chen will really come over?"
The speaker was a girl with a baby face,
She was Fan Yingying, ranked 11th, possessing the D-rank Ice Manipulation talent.
At this moment, Fan Yingying sat on the wooden boat, her eyes red-rimmed,
"That ghost ship is too terrifying. Wang Ying and Taotao, they all died in the mouths of those monsters, and our White Horse..."
Fan Yingying's voice trembled, looking like she was still shaken.
Standing next to her was a tall beauty with long, flowing hair,
it was precisely Li Xinyi,
"He's already here."
Li Xinyi spoke slowly, her voice cold and clear.
"Huh?"
Fan Yingying looked in the direction of Li Xinyi's gaze,
only to see a medium-sized wooden boat slowly drifting downstream under the setting sun,
Upon the wooden boat, a handsome young man stood proudly,
A gentle breeze brushed past, lifting the black hair from his forehead,
revealing those black eyes as deep as the starry sky.
"Li Xinyi?"
Lu Chen nodded friendly towards the two women.
"I didn't expect you'd actually come over to sightsee. It seems you have plenty of time to waste like this."
Li Xinyi slightly raised her chin, a hint of subtle arrogance in her words.
Clearly, deep down, she believed Lu Chen could not possibly pose any substantial threat to the ghost ship.
Looking at Li Xinyi's posture, like that of a proud white swan,
Lu Chen's eyebrow twitched slightly, and he silently mused inwardly:
This woman, she just suffered a defeat, how can she still put on such a haughty attitude?
Little did he know,
in Li Xinyi's heart, being able to retreat safely from the pursuit of a Tier 3 ferocious beast was already a proud achievement,
After all, she was only Tier 2.
"Lu Chen, any further ahead is the attack range of the ghost ship. Just take a look, don't risk it."
Fan Yingying wiped the corner of her eye and reminded him.
In the sea area ahead, two of her teammates had perished. She didn't want anyone else to die there.
Lu Chen smiled indifferently, "It's alright, I'll scout ahead first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sea surface suddenly surged, and a massive Giant Tooth Shark slowly emerged from the water.
"Gi.... Giant Tooth Shark!"
Fan Yingying was startled and raised her hand to attack,
"Yingying, don't rush,"
Li Xinyi stopped her in time, "That Giant Tooth Shark is controlled by Lu Chen."
"Ah?"
Fan Yingying covered her mouth in surprise,
Even now, many people still found it difficult to fight a Giant Tooth Shark alone,
However, Lu Chen could actually make a Giant Tooth Shark obey his commands like a pet. Just based on this point, he had already surpassed most Evolutionists.
As Lu Chen's thoughts moved, the Giant Tooth Shark immediately swayed its massive body and swam towards the sea area ahead,
(After the novice wooden boat was upgraded, the power of the Ecological Symbiosis talent was enhanced)
Upon the wooden boat, Lu Chen's black eyes flickered with a faint light. Under the shared vision of the Giant Tooth Shark, the scenery of the sea area ahead was fully visible,
However, the Giant Tooth Shark had not swum far when,
a black creature slowly swam over,
"What is that! Is it a shark?"
Lu Chen frowned. As the two sides gradually approached,
he finally saw clearly that it was indeed a shark, but this shark appeared quite strange,
It actually had a half-rotted body,
Beneath the decaying flesh, the stark white bones were clearly visible,
Those pale eyes were lifeless, clearly not a living creature.
"What the hell is that!"
Lu Chen snorted coldly and immediately controlled the Giant Tooth Shark to open its bloody maw and bite towards the carrion shark.
However, the carrion shark seemed to be completely oblivious,
twisting its body violently, letting the Giant Tooth Shark tear off large chunks of rotten flesh,
Immediately after, it suddenly opened its huge, foul-smelling mouth and fiercely counterattacked,
Don't look at this carrion shark's broken body, but its attacks were exceptionally fierce,
In just a few bites, the Giant Tooth Shark controlled by Lu Chen perished.
"How was it?"
Li Xinyi looked at the frowning Lu Chen and teased,
"Was it a wasted trip?"
She had already warned this Lu Chen, but he actually didn't believe it. Now he's been humbled, right?
Lu Chen did not reply, and activated Ecological Symbiosis again,
A seagull on the wooden boat immediately flapped its wings and flew high.
Since the sea surface didn't work, he would try the air,
First, he had to determine the exact location of that ghost ship.
However, the seagull hadn't flown far when a Carrion Sea Eagle appeared in its field of vision,
This time was even worse,
The seagull didn't even have a chance to fight back before being torn apart by the Carrion Sea Eagle.
However, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.
Just as the seagull was swallowed by darkness, he sharply captured sight of a ship as black as ink, surrounded by strange black mist, faintly visible amidst the waves.
Presumably, that was the so-called ghost ship.
Subsequently, under the astonished gazes of Li Xinyi and Fan Yingying, Lu Chen swung the paddle in his hand,
The small boat instantly sliced through the water, heading towards that unknown terror.
"What are you doing?"
Li Xinyi slightly widened her eyes, full of disbelief.
She had thought that after these two failures, Lu Chen would wisely choose to retreat,
but she never expected that Lu Chen would be so stubborn, preparing to directly force his way in!
"Of course, to kill the monsters on that ghost ship ahead,"
Lu Chen's movements didn't stop, and he glanced sideways at Li Xinyi, "Just because you couldn't do it, doesn't mean I'm also powerless."