Chapter 75: Promotion to Hidden

"Plop-Plop--"

Listening to the strange heartbeat in his ear, Li Feng opened his eyes and began to observe his surroundings.

This is a room with strange dark red light everywhere.

Moreover, the area of ​​this room is very large. Li Feng judged that it should be composed of many rooms with partitions removed.

Judging from the sound of water outside and the windowless walls, Li Feng believed that this room should be on the bottom floor of the cabin.

And now, he was tied to the corner of the room where corpses were piled up by vines.

Li Feng turned his head slightly and looked down. There were still many corpses piled under him.

Some of those corpses looked like merchant ship crews who were attacked before their death, and some were soldiers of Fengxi Castle who had just boarded the ship.

Like Li Feng, those corpses were also wrapped with vines as thick as intestines.

Before, I didn't have time to pay attention to it on the upper level of the cabin, but now Li Feng can finally see it clearly.

On the surface of those vines, there is a layer of mucous membrane, and under the mucous membrane, there are clearly visible thin blood vessels.

Li Feng thought of something in his mind, and he looked at these winding "vines".

Finally, in the center of this large room, Li Feng finally saw a "heart" more than three meters high and full of hyperplastic tumors.

This heart seemed to grow on a ship. Those hyperplasias flowing with mucus were like tumors magnified by viruses. They just stuck to the bulkhead and drilled into the wooden boards.

And now, the heart is beating regularly.

"Plop-plop-"

As the heart beats again and again, a large amount of blood is transported to the "vines".

And the "vines" rolled up the corpses one by one and sent them to the open space in the center of the room.

There, there were two dark green skinned, pointed ears, and demon-like monsters, pouring black thick water into the mouths of the corpses.

Once the thick water was poured in, the corpses seemed to come alive.

Then their bodies began to mutate, the proliferating tumors burst through their clothes, their hands began to turn into sharp claws, and their soles became thicker and larger, becoming a shape that was more conducive to jumping and running.

Looking at everything in front of him, Li Feng now completely understood.

Although he didn't know what affected this pirate ship, in short, it had become a living thing.

And the moss they saw in the upper cabin before was the skin of this ship.

Those vines were tentacles.

They always felt that they were being watched before, that is, this heart was using the skin to sense their status, and then using the tentacles to deal with them.

And not only that, this heart also has two demon minions that look like evil spirits as assistants.

They infused the corpses captured by the pirate ship with inferior demon essence, turning those corpses into demon puppets, which were used by the pirate ship to kill those who dared to board the ship.

Li Feng had a general understanding of the true situation of the pirate ship, the Mist.

Although the situation was critical, Li Feng still wanted to laugh in his heart.

Because as soon as he opened his eyes, he found a small pile of papers pressed by ink bottles on the long table not far in front of him.

Looking at the pile of papers, Li Feng felt palpitations for some reason, and also a little excited for some reason.

At the same time, the whisper of "Faraniel" sounded in his ears again.

A slight cool feeling rushed to his head, and Li Feng saw the information on the pile of papers.

[The fragment of the notes of the alchemist Faranil]

‘So, Lafanil in the whisper is actually a person's name, and he is also an alchemist. ’

‘And the series of coincidences I just experienced, are they arranged by the existence behind the Moon Shadow Potion? ’

‘Oh, but how can He be sure that I can definitely defeat this big heart in front of me? ’

Thinking in his mind, Li Feng's hands did not stop.

Because he is a player, he has a system backpack.

So when he was just bound by the "vines", he was more careful and put the dragon blood dagger into his backpack to avoid being taken away by the "vines" in case of emergency.

And the fact is just as he expected.

Now, Li Feng's mind moved slightly, and a sharp dagger appeared in his hand.

"Swish."

The vine-like tentacles tied to his body were cut off, and Li Feng immediately drank the primary defense potion and primary agility potion prepared in advance.

Because the tentacles were connected to the heart, as soon as the tentacles were cut off, the heart stopped for a moment, "turned" around, and stared at Li Feng.

It didn't really turn around, of course, but Li Feng really felt its gaze.

And this feeling of being watched was a hundred times and a thousand times stronger than before in the upper cabin.

At this moment.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, Li Feng threw something at the heart and the two demon minions.

Along with the clinking sound of the glass bottle falling to the ground, a long string of flames suddenly erupted in the cabin.

In the spacious room with dark red blood everywhere, a fire broke out.

With the help of the firelight, Li Feng rolled to the table where the notebook was placed.

Similarly, when he was about to cut off the tentacles, Li Feng thought that these tentacles were connected to the heart. As long as he cut the tentacles, the heart would definitely notice it.

So Li Feng had already prepared the dragon flame given by Xia in advance. No matter what, it is always good to set a fire in the face of these filthy spells.

And this fire is the dragon flame, which has a good restraining effect on dark spells.

With the firelight rising in front of him, Li Feng picked up the pile of paper on the table, which was the fragment of Faranir's alchemy notes, and put it into his backpack.

At the same time, his eyes fell on the bottle of ink that originally held down the pages of the book.

Out of nowhere, a mysterious feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart.

There was no time to think about this weird feeling, so Li Feng conveniently put the bottle of ink into his backpack.

[You have obtained 10 pages of Faranir’s alchemy notes]

[You get a bottle of shadow to be ground]

'shadow? Shadow to be ground, that's not...'

Looking at the prompts in front of him, Li Feng suddenly thought about the mission given to him by Stranger in the Rise of One of the Seven Gods.

[Grind a portion of the shadow and drink it, I will lead you to the real world and become my believer. 】

This is what makes him a hidden person.

Although Li Feng learned from the system that "shadow" was related to alchemy.

But during the time he was ashore, Li Feng did not find any alchemical knowledge about "shadow" from books or clues anywhere.

Unexpectedly, I found it on the Mist pirate ship.

"Swish."

There was an urgent sound in my ears.

In the firelight, the big heart had begun to control the vine-like tentacles to fight back.

Li Feng was in a great mood after discovering the clues to Faranir and the "Shadow".

He raised the flint and fired at the tentacles and the demon puppets running toward him.

‘Since the existence behind the Moon Shadow Potion brought me here, let me find the remaining pages of the note.

Well, as long as He wants me to continue searching for the remaining notes, it's best not to let me die. ’

Very shameless thoughts appeared in Li Feng's head.

But it was this thought that gave him a little more confidence.

More bottles containing dragon flames were thrown out, and the originally spacious cabin was filled with scorching tongues of fire.

No longer stingy with mithril bullets, Li Feng accurately shot every monster that attacked him.

But this time, the hunter's hit rate didn't joke with him anymore.

Moreover, with the help of the lucky potion, two other potions, and the dragon's flames, Li Feng used the demon's flint that he already hated, and almost every shot could cause substantial damage to the opponent.

[You kill the new low-level demon puppet, the flint fusion progress +3%]

…

[You kill the low-level demon minions, the flint fusion progress +10%]

【You killed...】

…

[Overall fusion progress: 70%]

[You have successfully been promoted to the first level and seventh level hunter]

…

[Overall fusion progress: 90%]

[You have successfully been promoted to the first level and ninth level hunter]

As the mithril bullets shot out rapidly, a cloud of black mucus splashed. When the last demon puppet reached the ground, Li Feng had 90% fused the secret treasure flint.

And he himself was successfully promoted to the first level and ninth level.

Throwing a bottle of flames to repel the tentacles attacking him, Li Feng took the opportunity to take out the remaining mithril bullets from his backpack.

It's a pity that only the last 10 bullets are left.

Take a few and put them in the revolver, and put the rest away.

Gu Tuan

Li Feng shot at the weird huge heart.

Worry slowly rose in my heart.

According to the current situation, 10 bullets will definitely not kill that heart.

So now, it's time to find a way out on your own.

But what to do?

Li Feng quickly glanced at the cabin wall.

Because of this heart, the walls of the cabin are now covered with tentacles that are winding and intricate.

These tentacles stretched out from this room one by one, leading to other rooms in a zigzag manner.

And because there are so many tentacles, the walls of the cabin now seem to have a thick layer of skin.

While fighting the weird heart and its tentacles, Li Feng retreated to the cabin wall in a roundabout way, trying to find an exit.

However, at this moment, there seemed to be a huge force slamming into the hull.

Suddenly, the entire pirate ship shook violently.

"Ouch——"

As the ship's hull shook violently, the weird heart let out a piercing howl.

The howling sound instantly caused Li Feng's ears to bleed.

But it also reminded him of the howl that came from the depths of the ship when Benjamin slashed the cabin with his dagger to mark it.

Could it be that someone attacked the ship from outside?

By the way, Li Feng remembered it at this time.

Long before they boarded the ship, Kestrel had requested support from other Earth Ring members in nearby waters, and support should have arrived now.

'Huh, is this also because of the lucky potion...'

Before Li Feng could finish the messy thoughts in his mind, the Mist Horn began to shake violently again.

Now, that weird big heart seemed to no longer care about Li Feng.

It stretched out all its tentacles, as if it was going to attack the enemies outside with all its strength.

Li Feng took the opportunity to wipe the blood flowing from his ears, and he could take this opportunity to breathe.

As the Mist shook violently, Li Feng inserted a dagger into the bulkhead to maintain his balance.

He looked at the huge weird heart and felt a little hard to make a decision.

As long as the heart dies, he will definitely fish out good things from there.

But staying here and waiting for the Earth Ring people to kill this heart doesn't seem to be a good idea.

After all, he is now in the same room with the strange heart. It would be bad if the fish pond is affected.

But when Li Feng was hesitating, he felt a huge and irresistible extraordinary power, forcibly flowing back into the strange heart from those tentacles.

This... Is it the counterattack of the Earth Ring? They use those tentacles...

"Boom!"

The next moment.

Li Feng only felt that the world in front of him was completely shattered, like a mirror that cracked in an instant, with pus, blood, and broken meat flying in the lens, as well as wooden boards and sea water, all of which pressed towards him.

In the endless darkness, a faint light fell from the top of his head.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Feng opened his eyes.

Where is this?

He seemed to appear in a space he had never seen before. There was nothing around him, only darkness.

'Where is this? '

Li Feng looked up at the top of his head along the light source. It was a huge circular exit.

And at the exit, there seemed to be... a rope to tie his mouth?

A bizarre idea appeared in Li Feng's mind, and he continued to try to look at the exit.

The edge of the exit seemed to be hemmed, and on the hemming, there were patterns with elegant colored silk threads.

Moreover, the patterns looked very familiar.

‘It is indeed a dragon bag, how did I get into it? ’

When Li Feng was asking this question in his mind, the system’s subtitle prompt suddenly appeared in front of him.

[You have discovered the hidden use of the dragon bag]

[When you encounter a crisis, you have a chance to enter the bag to avoid disaster (can be upgraded with magic silk threads)]

Li Feng: “…”

It turns out that the dragon bag has this use, but this function seems to be very face-dependent.

However, the following “can be upgraded with magic silk threads” seems to indicate that it has room for improvement.

But now is not the time to consider this.

Following the light above, Li Feng looked at his feet.

And the next moment, the thing under his feet really scared him.

It was a meat ball that was nearly half a meter long, wide and high, and there were some blood vessels around the meat ball.

Looking closely, isn’t this the weird heart on the ship just now?

But how did it follow me in here?

He carefully checked it.

Fortunately, through the efforts of the Ring of Earth, the heart was completely dead.

Moreover, after it was completely dead, it had shrunk from more than three meters to half a meter.

After observing from a distance for a while, seeing that there was really no change, Li Feng took out the fishing rod and started fishing.

[You got the alchemical formula: a shadow to be ground]

[You got the alchemical formula: grinding shadow]

[You got the relic: non-existent dolphin]

[You got endurance enhancement +8% (total +16%)]

[You got strength enhancement +10% (total +23%)]

[You got knowledge: demon language]

With the prompts line by line, Li Feng felt that there was a lot more information in his mind.

After a little digestion, Li Feng's thoughts touched the alchemical formula about shadows.

[One Shadow to be Grinded: 20 ml of Red Water Snake Blood, 50 g of Real Gold, 1 Wind Grass, 5 ml of Sea Oil, 100 g of Purple Glass Powder, Imp Cup...]

[Grinding Shadow: 10 drops of the Maker's Blood, One Shadow to be Grinded]

Li Feng looked at the recipe for one shadow to be grinded and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This requires too many things.

Fortunately, Li Feng happened to get this thing from the pirate ship.

Take out something like an ink glass bottle from the backpack, this is "one shadow to be grinded".

Now, just use 10 more drops of your own blood.

Let's go fishing first.

[You got 1 ml of Red Water Snake Blood]

[You got Maple Leaf Grass Powder]

Well... only a little bit of material.

No longer caring, Li Feng unscrewed the bottle cap, cut his finger with a dagger, and dripped 10 drops of blood into it.

The blood instantly melted into the black liquid in the glass bottle, and then a prompt appeared in front of Li Feng:

[You get a ground shadow]

[You complete the trigger task (1/2): The response of the stranger in the shadow]

[Get the ground shadow (completed)]

[Drink it (uncompleted)]

Looking at the prompt of the system in front of him, Li Feng was quite sure.

There was nothing wrong with the potion he picked up halfway and made by dropping a few drops of blood.

So now.

"Gudong."

The ground shadow tasted tasteless, and it even went straight into Li Feng's stomach.

There was a sound of wind in his ears, and fog appeared in front of his eyes.

A slight chill came over him, and Li Feng felt as if he had entered a strange black and white space.

In a place like a cold morning and full of fog, he seemed to see...

...

Shaoqing, the system prompted in front of him:

[You have successfully promoted to a first-level hidden person]