CHAPTER 312: CHAPTER 312: SPLENDID COLORS

The dark figure sensed a fluctuation, eyes flickering, heart burning with urgency.

It had never encountered someone like this before.

A Tier Eight Martial Artist with Blood Qi recovery speed faster than a Tier Six Martial Artist, terrifying!

A single breath amounting to a thousand units of Blood Qi.

Simply monstrous.

No Martial Artist of this level could endure the erosion from Pollution Level; upon contact with her silhouette, they would definitely break down.

Mental disorder would be the least concern.

It had seen countless prodigies over the years, and anyone who tried to touch the silhouette eventually went insane and distorted.

The access to the ancient castle was restricted by levels.

Unless Tier Four or above Martial Artists, Extraordinary individuals entered, others touching the silhouette had basically no way to survive.

Of course.

It had seen some monsters able to withstand the silhouette three or four times without distortion, but never someone who could complete the assembly of Seven-Colored Crystal Stones.

Let alone.

Filling up to activate it, simply like cheating.

Just activating the stones required the Blood Qi of at least seven Tier Eight Martial Artists.

A single small crystal stone per person.

Thus, gathering the stones for activation was extremely difficult, practically impossible.

But...

Now, it saw with its own eyes.

Someone taking this step recklessly right in front of it, and almost succeeding!

No way!

It must be stopped!

The dark figure lost its previous calmness, let out a roar, its whole body enveloped in black aura. But as it was about to make a move, the entire castle surged with an even more powerful aura.

The aura it had just raised was swiftly suppressed.

The entire castle seemed to come alive, a terrifying aura pressed down on it, black blood continuously seeping from its body.

The castle had its own rules and will!

Anyone who defied the rules would be restricted by the castle’s power.

Baiyu watched this without any surprise. Though the opponent could manipulate some of the ancient castle’s power, in the face of its rules and will, they were no different.

Crack...

As the Blood Qi poured in endlessly.

The Seven-Colored Crystals began cracking, then burst instantly, streams of light shooting across the castle like waterfalls.

The castle started trembling.

The black sky began to reveal different colors.

The entire castle’s environment transformed from an ink painting into a vivid oil painting.

Withered vegetation began to rejuvenate.

The fractured ground reassembled.

The mottled walls became brand new.

Then...

The ground split, stones crumbled.

The entire castle started to ascend, its edges collapsing continuously.

Revealing beneath it a giant seven-colored creature.

"Indeed..."

Baiyu watched the seven-colored creature resembling a primordial beast, and seeing its metallic sheen, exhaled a sigh of relief.

The earlier crystal had reminded him of Erza’s Heart of the Dance.

Now it was clear.

The castle itself was a Legendary Ship.

A brief scan revealed this Legendary Ship was much larger than Erza’s, and it was painted with vibrant seven colors, adorned with numerous structures.

Forests, buildings, castle.

All were on the Legendary Ship’s deck.

This was like a continent floating in the sky, imposing and magnificent.

Baiyu and Duan Yiren were enveloped by the seven-colored light before they could react, disappearing from where they stood.

...

At the castle’s center.

A space completely woven from various colors.

The Seven-Colored Crystal Stone hovered quietly mid-air, in front, a little girl sat on a throne crafted from gold, diamonds, and jewelry.

Her eyes were a rainbow of colors.

"Legendary Ship... The Kaleidoscope."

Duan Yiren gazed at the little girl’s seven-colored eyes, momentarily dazed.

"You know?"

Baiyu turned to look at her.

Being a member of the royal family, she surely knew more about the Legendary Ships than ordinary people, and this Legendary Ship’s condition was quite peculiar, leaving him puzzled.

Judging by the little girl’s silhouette.

She clearly used to be a person.

Yet now, she had become the Ship Spirit of a Legendary Ship.

From the memories of the seven silhouettes, Baiyu knew only that the little girl’s father had brought her to the Spirit Realm and this abandoned ancient castle.

Afterward.

Her father used the Forbidden Spirit Technique, forcibly tearing apart her spirit, dividing it into seven pieces, each stored within the small crystals Baiyu acquired.

This method was beyond extraordinary.

The opponent expended such efforts merely to save his daughter’s life.

The silhouette of the little girl possessed a congenital distortion, uncurable, so the man could only use this method to keep his daughter alive and rational, hoping someday she could be reborn.

With the protection of the Legendary Ship.

The little girl’s safety was well guarded.

As for revival methods.

Gathering all seven crystal stones would allow her spirit to reunite and come back to life, but the current situation left Baiyu a bit confused.

"The Kaleidoscope, one of the top ten Legendary Ships of the Imperial, lost over a century ago. At the time, it was under the control of Sea Whale City’s City Lord. Going to explore the Spirit Realm, he never returned."

Duan Yiren recalled reading this history in royal archives.

The whereabouts of every Legendary Ship were highly classified by the Imperial.

Especially those that entered the Spirit Realm without returning, these were top-level secrets.

A matter of the Imperial’s strength.

"The Imperial has fifty Legendary Ships, how many are left now?"

Baiyu suddenly asked.

Duan Yiren hesitated for a moment and said, "Seventeen... including Qiong’s Erza."

Seventeen.

This figure was much less than Baiyu had anticipated.

Yet also showcased the formidable deterrence of the Legendary Ships.

The East Prosperity Imperial remained one of the strongest in its vicinity, suppressing small countries while waging war against the Demon Race and Ghost-faced Race...

Here was another Legendary Ship.

"Thank you, my name is Chroma."

At this moment.

The little girl bent down, bowing deeply to Baiyu.

Baiyu said, "The dark figure outside, won’t you deal with that?"

The little girl glanced over, seeing the dark figure roaring above the castle, which was actually on the deck of the Legendary Ship, naturally, this deck was frighteningly large.

"He was once the Ship Spirit of the Legendary Ship..."

The little girl looked at the dark figure, murmured, "Back then, to save me, my father forcibly extracted him from the heart of the Legendary Ship.

Of course.

When we encountered the Legendary Ship, he had nearly vanished in a battle within the Spirit Realm, his will almost obliterated.

Over the years, he had yearned to reclaim his status.

During my sleep, my will could merge and assimilate with the Legendary Ship... back then he intended to awaken me from my slumber, but according to my father’s game rules, awakening me was extremely difficult.

Later he changed his mind.

To annihilate anyone entering here, trying to awaken me through participation in the game.

For as time went on.

My mental will would wholly integrate with the Legendary Ship, allowing him to live as a ’human’ instead."