"Huh? Captain, why are you staring at me like that?"
Jack turned around and found Lu Chen squinting, looking at him with a thoughtful expression, his right hand unconsciously stroking his chin.
"Heh...hehe...Captain, please don't look at me like that, it's making me feel uneasy..."
Jack unconsciously took a step back and chuckled awkwardly,
Looking at Lu Chen's expression, Jack suddenly had a bad feeling.
As expected,
"Jack, go eat that dark marrow."
Lu Chen's words made Jack stiffen suddenly, his body almost turning to Petrification,
He forced out a smile uglier than crying,
"Captain... If I eat this thing, I'll go crazy. When that happens, I'll attack anyone indiscriminately. I think it's better not to..."
"Eat it when I tell you to, what are you talking about!"
Lu Chen raised an eyebrow and said irritably, "It's understandable for others to go crazy after eating it, but you can revive, what are you afraid of!"
"That's right!"
Jack was stunned for a moment, then reacted,
"I can revive, what am I afraid of? Even if I go crazy, one death and one revival, all negative states will be gone!"
(After a creature dies, all negative states on its body will be cleared)
Realizing this, Jack's face instantly showed an excited expression,
"Captain, you're still the best. Thinking about it this way, isn't this dark marrow a great tonic for me?"
"Stop talking nonsense, eat it quickly!"
"Hehe, alrighty~"
Without another word, Jack picked up the dark marrow and stuffed it into his mouth,
"Woo~ Captain~ Be careful, I'll definitely attack you after eating this thing. Oh, this thing is a bit hard to swallow~"
...
As the dark marrow entered his stomach,
Jack's aura instantly became chaotic and disordered, and an ominous premonition permeated the air.
"Uh—ah—"
His neck twisted strangely, as if an evil and terrifying power was Awakening within him, stirring restlessly.
"Goo~ chi~"
Little dumpling looked at Jack, tugging at Lu Chen's clothes with a tentacle,
His big eyes were full of worry,
As they had been together for the past two days,
Little dumpling also liked Jack very much,
Seeing Jack's strange appearance, he couldn't help but worry.
"Little dumpling, it's okay, Jack will be back to normal soon."
Lu Chen held Little dumpling in his arms, gently patting his back, but his eyes were fixed on Jack.
Just then,
The dark energy within Jack suddenly erupted, unstoppable like a volcanic eruption.
"Whoosh—ha—"
He let out beast-like gasps, his limbs began to twist and deform uncontrollably,
His eyes were also gradually swallowed by pure darkness, losing their former color.
Clearly, the evil power of the dark marrow was completely changing him.
"Hehehe..."
Jack's shoulders shrugged violently, letting out a chilling and terrifying laugh,
The sound seemed to come from the depths of hell, sending shivers down one's spine.
"Kill...kill...I want to kill everything!"
Suddenly, Jack's eyes snapped open, filled with tyranny and a thirst for blood.
He stomped his right foot heavily on the ground,
His entire body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, with astonishing speed.
Jack's face was twisted into a hideous fiend,
A large amount of black crystals condensed on his right hand, forming a sharp demonic claw,
With a piercing scream that tore through the air, it fiercely clawed towards Lu Chen's chest!
"Good speed!"
Lu Chen nodded slightly, raised his right hand, and snapped his fingers crisply.
In an instant,
Jack's twisted and hideous face,
Like a shattered pottery jar, suddenly exploded!
"Pfft—!"
Accompanied by a low popping sound,
Flesh and blood splattered like fine rain,
Jack's headless body stumbled forward two steps due to inertia, and finally collapsed to the ground.
No matter how powerful Jack became after mutating,
He was ultimately just Lu Chen's subordinate,
Lu Chen could decide his life and death with a single thought!
Lu Chen's gaze fell on Jack's attribute panel,
He saw that the panel was completely new:
【Undead: Cursed Captain - Demonic Jack (Boss-level creature)】
【Traits: Extremely fast, no pain, gets stronger the more he fights, high intelligence, cunning, tyrannical, bloodthirsty】
【Talent: Undead Curse (B-rank)】
【Skills: Dark Magic Sword (B-rank)】
【Combat Assessment: Fifth-order (A fifth-order Boss-level Undead is enough to cause a disaster)】
Indeed, after absorbing the dark marrow,
Jack also became a Boss-level creature,
However, unlike Gorgon who focused on defense,
Jack should be focused on speed,
With the Boss template,
Jack will undoubtedly become an extremely sharp sword in Lu Chen's hand, relieving him of many burdens.
"Compared to Demonic Gorgon, I wonder which one is more powerful?"
Lu Chen's mouth curled into a smile, thinking to himself.
Mentioning Gorgon, Lu Chen suddenly remembered something,
"Oh right, where is that little mermaid named Fu Yao?"
During the battle with Gorgon, Fu Yao showed great goodwill towards Lu Chen,
Especially that seashell,
It helped Lu Chen a lot,
Lu Chen has always been clear about gratitude and grudges,
Having received her kindness this time, he should at least express his thanks,
However, when he looked around, wanting to find Fu Yao's figure,
He found that only rolling waves remained on the sea surface, and there was no sign of her anywhere?
"Forget it, I'll express my thanks to her when we meet again in the future, if fate allows.
Lu Chen shook his head and stopped paying attention,
After all, this was just a small interlude.
Afterwards, he began to clean up the battlefield,
Collecting the scattered Giant Rock Armored Lizard corpses into his storage ring one by one, feeling a slight regret.
The large group of Giant Rock Armored Lizards that originally lived here,
After witnessing their leader Gorgon being killed by Lu Chen's single strike,
They were instantly terrified and panicked, fleeing into the sea, disappearing without a trace.
Otherwise,
Just those Giant Rock Armored Lizards could have provided Lu Chen with a large amount of life energy.
Then, Lu Chen whistled,
Immediately, a pure white seagull swooped down from the sky,
Through the seagull's shared vision, Lu Chen was like having a pair of eyes overlooking the whole situation, carefully examining every inch of Giant Lizard Island,
Before leaving,
Let's see if there are any good things on this island,
Lu Chen still remembered that last time on the Goblin island, he found a large patch of bone strengthening grass.
However,
On Giant Lizard Island, the rocks were rugged, and the vegetation was sparse,
It seemed that no rare herbs were hidden there,
Just then, an unusual color attracted his attention,
In a crack in a rock wall eroded by wind and rain,
A brass-like luster shimmered faintly.
"This is... copper ore?"
Lu Chen's heart was filled with joy,
He quickly stepped forward and examined it carefully,
"It really is copper ore!"
Copper ore is not a rare item on Blue Star,
However,
Its value is different on the vast sea,
Especially,
Upgrading a High-grade Novice Wooden Raft to a Primary Single-masted sailing ships requires 5 units of copper ingots as a key material!
(Materials required for upgrading High-grade Novice Wooden Raft: 8th-order Crystal Core*1, Copper Ingot*5, Wood*80, Fiber*20, Iron Ingot*10)