"Forbidden Card!"

Everyone couldn't help but look at the big shot with admiration.

This was something that could only be obtained with a small probability in A-rank rifts.

Little Crow raised her hand, lightly rubbed her fingers, and a pitch-black card flashed into existence.

The back of the card showed an upside-down shadow, while the front depicted a flock of crows scattering in panic.

This is... Chen Qi stroked his chin.

'Shadow of Misfortune' skill card!

This was a skill with equally powerful side effects and positive effects.

While providing the learner with formidable power, it would also attract attacks from shadow affinity creatures.

Simultaneously, it would increase the learner's misfortune, making them unlucky.

In terms of strength, it couldn't compare to Dragon-Furnace Body, but the learning conditions were much, much simpler.

Little Crow herself had shadow affinity, and after advancing to the fourth tier, she should be able to digest this skill card.

"Pretty good luck, congratulations~"

Chen Qi couldn't help but marvel at Little Crow's fortune.

Although it was one of the weaker grades of forbidden cards, the probability of drawing a forbidden card with a C+ rating should only be an extremely low one in a thousand.

A true sea god!

"Mmm..."

Little Crow blushed inexplicably upon hearing the praise and nodded.

It was only because she had followed Chen Qi, lingered in the Merchant's Coffin for a while, and completed some tasks that she managed to get a C+ rating.

Otherwise, she wouldn't even have this one-in-a-thousand chance.

Am I being ignored? Fen pouted discontentedly, stepped forward to stand before the two, and like a magician, lightly rubbed her fingers!

Ta-da!

In her hand appeared three legendary skill cards that could only be used by fourth-tier individuals!

Unfortunately, these cards were all ice affinity techniques that required arduous cultivation to practice.

Fen said proudly:

"These three cards are enough for me to trade for the Earth Vine Technique, Desire Flower Scent, and Super Vine Binding that I've been longing for!"

Fen was already a super potion master, but her offensive capabilities were extremely weak.

Without realizing it, in terms of combat strength, she had fallen far behind Chen Qi.

You should know, before it was always her strength that pressed down on Chen Qi.

But now, she was being firmly pressed beneath Chen Qi!

If I don't get stronger soon, I might even become a useless burden... Fen let out a long sigh.

She decided to undergo special training under the Ice Witch's guidance.

Among flower affinity techniques, the fastest offensive moves to master were those that used life magic to stimulate supernatural vines for attack.

She had to quickly master more vine-growing whipping and binding skills as soon as possible.

And these three legendary cards were the beginning of her journey to become a vine flogging master!

With a teacher, my strength will advance by leaps and bounds... Fen straightened her chest and raised her head, putting on a proud little expression as she asked:

"Qi, what did you draw?"

Chen Qi thought for a moment, then using his peripheral vision, showed Fen the Dragon-Furnace Body in his hand!

The evil dragon's back at the center of the Dragon-Furnace Body card immediately frightened Fen!

This dazzling golden light! This scorching aura!

Fen used her arms to block the blinding radiance.

An- another forbidden card!

Everyone took a deep breath, but compared to Little Crow, they didn't feel too surprised.

After all, the Black Hunter had single-handedly defeated the Blizzard Dragon King.

Obtaining a forbidden skill card wasn't an unlikely event for him.

Qi is getting stronger and stronger... Fen bit her tongue.

Catching up to Chen Qi in combat power wouldn't be easy.

I must complete my teacher's special training! Fen thought to herself.

According to her teacher, in the original fate, at this time she would be wearing rose thorn blood garments and capable of taking on two legends alone!

Chen Qi looked around.

With many people and eyes around, it was best not to reveal his sacrifice of the Lord of Condensation.

He moved close to Fen, manipulated his spiritual energy, and secretly told her:

"Besides that, there's also a forbidden weapon."

Forbidden weapon, what forbidden weapon! Fen's eyes were full of shock.

Could it be that Qi got an A rating?

That's impossible - to get an A-rank rating, you'd need to defeat at least one boss of Blizzard Dragon King level.

Boom!

Right at that moment, a surging wave washed over the ghost ship, interrupting the two and splashing countless water droplets.

The spray soaked the Ice Witch's white robe.

She turned her head and coughed twice:

"Fen, mind your elegance."

Elegance... Fen's ears instantly turned bright red.

Only then did she notice that everyone was staring at her and Chen Qi.

Little Crow was also watching the two intently with a deathly expression.

The way they were whispering to each other, they were standing too close!

Seeing Fen's flushed face, the Ice Witch sighed:

"Alright, all crew members attention, we are about to cross the boundary line and return to our homeland!"

"Because the rift is on the verge of collapse, this won't be a pleasant voyage! Everyone must pay attention to balance!"

The moment she finished speaking, a shadow that seemed unreachable appeared in everyone's vision at the edge of the world.

Chen Qi looked up toward the edge of the Great Sea Coffin.

At the rift's edge, an endless massive wave stood like a borderless wall, continuously spreading outward.

This tsunami was a full kilometer high, comparable to a three-hundred-story skyscraper without boundaries!

Collapsing Tsunami!

This was the concrete manifestation of the Great Sea Coffin's disaster - once this tsunami crossed into the Witch Sea, it would signal the beginning of collapse!

Drip drip drop drop!

Cold water droplets fell like a rainstorm onto everyone's faces.

Everyone who had finished counting their gains was extremely excited.

As expected, they would soon see their families, along with interviews from White Pigeon Press ships!

"I'm ready, I'm ready!"

"I hope we don't get surrounded."

"I wonder what will happen in the outside world when they learn about the Ice Witch?"

Everyone was thrilled.

However, the excited expressions on their faces hadn't lasted more than a moment when the Ghost Ship suddenly rocked violently.

"Everyone, we've arrived! Hold onto the handrails!"

And Chen Qi snapped his fingers sharply, activating the Ghost Ship's overload mode!

Boom! Boom!

The Ghost Ship burst into towering green flames, piercing through layer after layer of waves, leaping into the kilometer-high tsunami!

A roaring sound filled everyone's ears.

Amid the sky-filling tsunami, the ghost ship was swept up by the massive waves, continuously rising, thrown high into the air!

Everyone exerted their full strength to grab onto the Ghost Ship's mast.

In that instant, everyone on the ship was lifted into the air!

Everything on the ship was flying about.

Only the elegant Ice Witch demonstrated perfect balance, sitting comfortably on the ship's ropes, swaying her flower tea, like a mermaid in the giant waves.

But despite this, the waves still drenched her clothes, making her appear particularly disheveled.

Seeing this, Fen tried to imitate her teacher's balance.

But soon, due to balance issues, she was attacked by the waves and sent flying diagonally from the Ghost Ship.

Chen Qi also lost his balance as a strong feeling of weightlessness made him grab onto the sail!

Up—

Amid the giant waves, the Ghost Ship took flight!

Chen Qi looked down.

The sea beneath them grew increasingly distant.

[You have left the Great Sea Coffin!]

Right at that moment, a prompt appeared in Chen Qi's mind.

From this height, he could also glimpse the full panorama of the sea at this moment.

He saw this tsunami, like a mountain range, temporarily separating two seas!

At the edge of the Witch Sea, the sea beasts of the Witch Sea and the monsters of the Great Sea Coffin had already descended into madness.

Some were devouring each other, some were attacking one another!

Some sea beasts quickly adapted to the changes, undergoing special mutations!

And the temperature of the Witch Sea was like the extreme winter of the Winter Kingdom.

At the border, hundreds of meteorological monitoring ships from the Beiguo Meteorological Bureau continuously projected wave after wave of spiritual energy ripples.

In the distance, they could also see countless wreckages of warships, sea burial vessels laden with flowers...

While they were inside the Great Sea Coffin, battle after battle had occurred at this border area.

"..."

From this height, Chen Qi's vision was extremely broad, as if he were a free sea pigeon in the sky.

However, this feeling of freedom didn't last long.

After reaching the peak, the Ghost Ship rapidly descended from high altitude!

A strong sense of weightlessness returned!

Chen Qi struggled to stabilize himself.

Amid the giant waves, Chen Qi shouted loudly:

"Everyone, stay calm. Don't be afraid! We won't crash!"

However, despite this, he still heard unimaginable wails.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Cr-cr-crashing!"

"Activate the highest intensity protective shield! Don't worry, our shield is invincible!"

"Our protective shield comes from Steam Hand Workshop! It's them who will break!"

Sounds comparable to groundhog screams reached his ears.

"???"

Chen Qi looked down toward the source of the sound.

Only then did he discover that in the shadow beneath the Ghost Ship's hull, there was also a luxurious meteorological detection ship!

On the ship hung a large white pigeon holding a newspaper in its beak!

The White Pigeon Press's strongest vessel - the White Pigeon Lighthouse.

In the newspapers, it was praised as the fastest medium-sized supernatural ship in the Witch Sea.

Chen Qi was stunned.

Where did you come from?

The White Pigeon Press crew looked completely bewildered.

They had the same question as Chen Qi!

They couldn't understand why a ship burning with ghost flames would fall from the sky!

In that instant, crew members from both sides wailed together!

At the brink of death, a short-haired blonde woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses picked up a camera, aimed it at the Ghost Ship and Chen Qi looking down at them, and pressed the shutter.

"This angle is pretty good—"

She said excitedly.

Snap!

With a boom, the Ghost Ship, along with its protective shield, came crashing down, completely crushing the newspaper ship to pieces!

...

Boom!

The protective shield shattered, and the broken newspaper ship was directly smashed into the seabed.

Thanks to the protection of the shield, the Nether Sea Ghost Ship landed steadily on the sea surface at the last moment.

Did we just sit on and explode a ship belonging to a lamp affinity supernatural organization? Chen Qi stabilized himself.

At this moment, the ship gradually calmed down.

But the crew on the deck was in complete disarray - aside from the Ice Witch, Chen Qi, and Palu, most people hadn't managed to maintain their balance during the tsunami, presenting the sorry sight of their bottoms sticking up.

The tsunami slowly passed over the Ghost Ship, rushing toward more distant cities.

Now, the whole world became bright, with the warm sunlight of day shining in, bathing the three of them.

Chen Qi looked toward the Ice Witch.

Unlike them who often basked in the sun, the Ice Witch had been dormant for too long in the frigid Great Sea Coffin.

The Ice Witch held her teacup, sitting leisurely at the ship's bow.

Under the sunlight, her damp white hair displayed an unusual sense of fragility.

The sea breeze carrying a salty, moist aura gently blew past her, draping her in a hazy veil.

In the sky, one sea pigeon after another flew by.

The Ice Witch extended her right hand, letting a sea pigeon perch on her fingertip:

"Long time no see, my dear Witch Sea."

"I'm back."

The Ice Witch closed her eyes and said softly.

Click! Click!

Chen Qi walked to the ship's bow and looked into the distance.

He saw countless cameras already aimed at them.

After the appearance of the Great Sea Coffin, the border area had long been crowded with ships from various factions.

Besides the Blackfin Crew, Navy, and Meteorological Bureau, this included newspapers from coastal cities!

Unlike previous rifts, the collapse of the Great Sea Coffin would inevitably affect the entire sea.

Among them were even intelligence agencies from the White Pigeon Press and Black Blood Empire.

In the distance, on the Beiguo Meteorological Bureau's largest Disaster Lighthouse ship, Disaster Messenger Rose held a camera, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

"It's true..."

"The Black Hunter and the Witch did it, they really revived that monster..."

"How is that possible? That was an A-rank rift, how did they solve the food problem?"

Disaster Messenger Rose looked with extreme terror at the distant Nether Sea Ghost Ship.

The Ice Witch enjoyed the long-awaited sunlight and air, not paying any mind to the hundreds of ships present.

Whether it was the deep-sea titan Twelve-Tentacles, or the pirate emperor who dominated an era, or the blades of foreign lands, monsters chosen by the Deep Sea Ancient God, or even the Lamp Bearer Apostles of the Witch Sea - all had fallen before her.

These warships were nothing but ants on the ground in the Ice Witch's eyes.

The Black Hunter did it!

They actually managed to clear an A-rank rift!

Disaster Messenger Rose hurriedly used the most advanced Navigator's Eye to transmit this news to Moonstone City.

The Ice Witch turned her head slightly, looking at the noisy crowd on this sea.

The three thousand two hundred people hovering around this sea didn't hesitate for a moment, transmitting the information about the Witch's resurrection at the fastest speed back to their respective organizations!

Imperial Capital, White Tower Federation, Book Tower, Moonstone City, Seashell City, Black Blood Empire Navy Headquarters, Fog Sea, White Pigeon Press, Canary family...

The news of the Ice Witch's resurrection, the Black Hunter's immortality, and the A-rank rift's collapse spread like lightning after lightning across the distant seas!

Within just three short minutes, newspapers, broadcasts, and even street corners in coastal cities had received this bombshell news!

The message exploded like a mountain-sized bomb, creating layer upon layer of waves, continuously spreading, resounding through all coastal cities.

In legends, when the Ice Witch appears, unprecedented disasters would occur.

When she returns, the entire world would tremble with massive upheaval.