CHAPTER 525: CHAPTER 91: HUMAN HOLY RUNE, STORAGE PATTERN

The leader of the sky bandits mentioned only one ship, not because he didn’t see the Titan following the Cloud Sailing, but because he considered the strange vessel, which he deemed hardly worthy of being called a ship, merely an Imperial ship’s lifeboat, totally insignificant.

Impersonating Imperial Soldiers, entering Wohua Imperial City, if they are lucky, they might be able to secure a minor official position in the Dragon War Empire. If not, they could still plunder around in the name of the Imperial Military, piloting an Imperial Military Ship.

"Hmm, is there a little one following closely beside the sky sail, a Black Dragon?" the chief of the sky bandits raised his brows slightly.

"It’s just a dragon, last time those two Dragon Knights were almost dealt with by us," the sky bandits did not take a single Imperial Dragon Knight seriously.

"Still, it’s better to be cautious. You guys split up and ambush, I’ll go first to stop them," having said that, it was as if a gust of wind had brushed through the stone forest, and when he looked back, the slender man had already disappeared.

When they left Fengdan County, the spring plowing was also coming to an end, moving further to the northeast of the Empire, the spring breeze was intoxicating.

The Balkan Stone Forest was bathed in a rare warm spring sun.

At a height of over a thousand meters, a majestic sailing ship was leading the way, with clouds hitting the sun-tanned russet hull like ocean waves.

Three black dots approached from a distance, respectively the Cloud Sailing, the Black Sky Winged Dragon, and the deliberately slowed down Titan. After a steady morning flight, the Black Sky Winged Dragon relaxed its vigilance, occasionally folding in flight next to the Titan, flapping its wings at the even more shabby-looking skyship in the clouds, provoking it to speed up.

One day, when the soldiers on the Cloud Sailing relaxed their vigilance, it witnessed firsthand how the Titan effortlessly flew to its front. If it weren’t for the fear of Lord Jin Nuo deducting its dragon feed upon return, it would really challenge the Titan to see who truly owns this blue sky.

The warm wind blew on the Black Beauty, whose skin shimmered with black gemstone luster. Born in the relatively humid and warm eastern lakes of the Empire, the spring breeze made it feel somewhat drowsy.

Now, it could only barely keep its eyelids open, flapping its wings up and down, sandwiched in between the Cloud Sailing and the Titan.

Within the Cloud Sailing, Jin Nuo was listening to the report from the reconnaissance soldiers.

"Lord Jin Nuo, we have entered the Balkan Region. Last time, our forces were ambushed in this area," due to the lack of green vegetation, the ground of the Balkan Region should have been clear at a glance, logically making it easy to spot any ambush early.

However, the reconnaissance soldiers observed the opposite.

Because the ground was covered with grayish-green stones and the sunlight reflected off it, making the ground bright as a mirror, it was actually hard to spot any ambush from the ship.

"Maintain high alert," Jin Nuo ordered solemnly.

Meanwhile, the situation on the Titan was completely different.

The people on the Titan felt no pressure from the imminent attack of the sky bandits. Throughout the journey, the good cooking skills of Chi Xi and the ample supply of fresh beer stored on the Titan by Yue Jinghua made everyone’s daily life enjoyable.

When bored, everyone went to the Cultivation Room to practice, even Lie Rou would often meditate and practice the Zi Gui Technique.

Once by chance, when Yue Jinghua was taking Lie Rou’s pulse, she discovered that Lie Rou had a nearly imperceptible Dark Power inside her body, and her physical condition had improved a lot from before; it seemed the Zi Gui Technique really had some effects.

Out of sheer boredom, Yue Jinghua decided to practice her skills as a Tattoo Master on a few beauties aboard the ship.

"Jing...hua..., are you sure..." Shalman said with wide eyes, as Yue Jinghua was using the Prajnaparamita Needle to tattoo a pattern on her arm.

Since Yue Jinghua sneakily stole the Divine Maiden Sha Xi’s engraving needle, she had been eager to attempt her first real human body tattoo.

Before this, Yue Jinghua had merely experimented with engraving the Crossbow Pattern, inadvertently putting Feng Buhui in a state of wielding a Demon Crossbow.

According to Yun Luo, the Yun Family has individuals who can freely perform tattooing on human bodies.

This time, having seen the storage pattern on Divine Maiden Sha Xi’s arm, Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but entertain the idea of drawing the Holy Rune.

The storage pattern is considered a basic type of pattern, and it is relatively safe.

After using the Prajnaparamita Needle, Yue Jinghua realized the benefits of having a superior set of tattoo needles.

When infusing the Prajnaparamita Needle with Dark Energy, the tip nearly turned transparent. Upon touching Shalman’s delicate skin, she only shivered slightly and didn’t feel any particular pain.

Remembering each stroke of the storage pattern that lit up on Sha Xi’s arm, Yue Jinghua’s needle moved like a pecking chick, constantly thrusting down.

Shalman also eased off from her initial nervousness.

After completing the storage pattern, Yue Jinghua did not stop the needle immediately; she continued to draw a rose pattern.

This girl Shalman loves beauty dearly; if a rose could conceal the storage pattern, she would undoubtedly be overjoyed.

"It’s almost finished," Yue Jinghua silently recited in her mind.

Just then, her fingertips involuntarily pressed harder, and the Dark Energy already infused in the Prajnaparamita Needle dispersed, causing the needle to pierce deeper into Shalman’s pale arm.

"Ouch, it hurts so much," Shalman exclaimed as a red mark appeared on her arm.

The red color instantly spread throughout the whole rose, making it look vivid and all the more enchanting.

Almost at the same time, a flash of golden light passed over the already carved storage pattern, signaling that the storage pattern was complete.

Yue Jinghua leaped up and shouted loudly, "Qian Luo, slow down the Titan."

Qian Luo didn’t understand what exactly happened, but seeing her master’s sudden change in expression, she knew something was ahead; she quickly made her way to the front and rear cabins and stopped the Acceleration Array, causing the Titan to move slowly, propelled only by the wind.

Just now, Yue Jinghua received feedback from the patrolling Giant Winged Mosquito King that the sky ahead was amiss.

The skyship had already entered the Balkan Region; could it be that they were unlucky enough to encounter sky bandits?

She must find a way to notify Jin Nuo, but Yue Jinghua thought, only to realize it was already too late.

Suddenly, a loud uproar sounded from ahead.

Several people looked forward, their faces changing color in unison.

The originally smoothly sailing Cloud Sailing ship suddenly emitted a loud noise from the mast; a mast that would take a person’s two arms to fully embrace, was broken in half.

Yue Jinghua narrowed her eyes, her Divine Sense casting out like a net.

At the break of the Cloud Sailing’s mast, it was flat and smooth, as if it had been cut by an incredibly sharp sword in an instant; and around the sky, it was empty, with neither the assailant nor any dangerous Flying Profound Beasts in sight.