The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse
Chapter 688

Chapter 688: Chapter 556, Carrion Giant Shark Chapter 688: Chapter 556, Carrion Giant Shark “We're approaching the location marked on the map. We call it the 'Eye of the Furious Dragon.' It looks like an eye when viewed from above. Not sure if the stone coffin you're talking about is down there,”

Philippa said as she slid down the mast.

Wu Heng stood at the bow, looking ahead.

He saw the sea below was pitch black, starkly different from the color of the surrounding waters.

As for whether it looked like an eye, that was less clear; it seemed more like ink had stained this patch of water black.

“Any dangers?” Wu Heng asked.

“The sea beasts here are rather fierce. Anyone who falls in will attract an attack,” Philippa glanced at the skelenton on the ship. “Even if they go down there, I reckon they'll be attacked.”

“Wait a minute, let's not get any closer just yet,” Wu Heng said.

Philippa nodded and turned to pass on the orders.

The ship circled the area for a while, and then 'Glenda,' who had been sent out to scout, zipped back from beneath the waves, diving directly into Wu Heng's body to share the underwater imagery.

The waters around the Eye of the Furious Dragon were pitch dark, and even though the sun was overhead, it only penetrated a little bit, casting a dim light.

As Glenda descended, she saw three large sharks circling below the ship.

Like underwater guards, they snapped any marine creatures that came too close, tearing them apart and swallowing them whole.

Going deeper, there was a stone coffin half-buried in the silt, carved with dense runes and decorations.

A sea turtle, ripped apart, bled out slowly toward the stone coffin.

And all around were human skeletons and a myriad of fish bones.

It was like an underwater graveyard.

The shared imagery ended there.

Wu Heng then released Glenda again, who went invisible and floated nearby.

From that earlier scene,

The three grotesquely large sharks were probably the fierce sea beasts Philippa mentioned.

“We've circled around quite a few times!” Philippa came over.

Wu Heng said, “There are three large sharks below that seem pretty ferocious. Do you have any way to kill them?”

“Just three of them?”

“Three, and they've noticed our ship; they're right beneath us.”

Philippa raised an eyebrow, rolled up her sleeves, and said, “I have a way, we're having shark meat tonight.”

With that, she moved aside and started issuing commands to some skeletons.

Soon enough, several barrels full of gutted and open fish were carried over and…

…tossed overboard to one side of the ship.

The barrels floated on the surface, the bloody water staining the sea red around them.

Quickly, huge shadows became clearer under the water, thrashing about.

Three menacing sharks broke the surface, fighting over the floating barrels.

“Fish spears!” Philippa ordered.

Click-clack-clang~!

Amidst the mechanical sounds, the ballistae adjusted their angles and, with the twang of the crossbow strings…

…huge crossbow spears with chains attached whooshed out.

They instantly pinned the three sharks' bodies.

The sharks struggled violently, pulling on the chains and causing the ship to sway violently.

“Fire, kill them!” Wu Heng, holding onto the railing, also issued the command.

Bang-bang-bang~!

The skeletons on the edge of the deck pulled their triggers, and a deluge of bullets rained down on the thrashing sharks.

In the blink of an eye, the sharks were engulfed in bullets.

The gunfire stopped, and the sea surface was littered with three dead sharks, connected by the crossbow spears, being dragged behind the ship.

“That was awesome, your kind of weapon is so efficient,” Philippa said with excitement on her face.

“Retrieve the coffin first, deal with the sharks later,” Wu Heng said, and then to the skeletons nearby, “Go down, make sure the stone coffin below is securely tied up.”

Splash-splash~!

Several skeletons plunged off the deck, pulling chains as they swam towards the seabed.

When they resurfaced, Wu Heng ordered the ship to pull up the stone coffin.

The coffin buried in the silt was yanked out and gradually hoisted onto the deck.

Wu Heng and Philippa both looked at the stone coffin.

It was a yellowish-brown stone with complex patterns carved on it, and though it was muddy, there wasn't anything like barnacles sticking to it.

“Are we taking it back?” Philippa asked.

Wu Heng recalled the content of Lilith's letter and became more convinced of what the other party wanted him to do.

He said, “We're not taking it back. Let's check the status of the exile inside.”

With a slight wave of his hand, the surrounding skeletons gathered, their guns pointed towards the location of the stone coffin.

Then, he had the skeletons attempt to pry open the stone coffin.

Prying bars and chisels were all employed, but the gap in the coffin remained shut, showing no sign of loosening.

“Go carry the coffin to the front of the ship,” he instructed.

The skeletons carried the stone coffin to the bow, and Wu Heng took out his machine cannon.

Boom~!

The machine cannon fired, striking the center of the stone coffin.

Smoke and dust filled the air as the stone coffin blasted open.

The sea breeze dispersed the smoke and dust, revealing a woman with a deathly pale complexion, sunken brow bones, and collapsed cheekbones.

Her long hair cascaded down her back, and she was dressed in a black gown with brightly embroidered red collars and cuffs.

Her originally magnificent appearance was marred by the machine cannon fire, covered in blood.

The next second, the woman's eyes snapped open, a bloodthirsty red light flashing through them.

Ah~!

The scorching sunlight made her howl in pain, her wide sleeves covering her head as she scanned her surroundings, her gaze falling on the skeletons.

Her eyes swiftly moving, her voice hoarse, “Necromancer, save me, and you will be rewarded with great wealth.”

“Fire~!”

Bang, bang, bang~!

Several sniper rifles behind her, as well as the surrounding rifles, fired simultaneously.

Bullets pierced through her skull and body.

The Blood Clan woman, her eyes filled with horror, fell to the ground, dead in an instant.

Then, a White Bone Cage shot up from the ground, trapping the escaping ghost, and amidst its struggles and curses, it was collected into the Demon Soul Pot.

Wu Heng pulled out a roll of straw mat, “Wrap up the body.”

Skeletons stepped forward and wrapped the body in the straw mat.

Wu Heng then directly deposited it into his Space Ring.

Philippa, with a parrot perched on her shoulder, came over, “These sharks are smashed up, there's not much edible left.”

“Don't eat them, eat whatever you want once we return to the island. These shall be turned into skeletons to escort you out at sea,” Wu Heng said as he looked at the shark corpses being towed beside the ship.

The smell of blood filled the sea, attracting some small schools of fish.

If the delay continued, it might attract sharks or other ferocious Sea Beasts.

Hearing that she would have an escort,

Philippa's eyes lit up, “The mage is really clever. But can these fish skeletons swim? Won't they be carried away by the stronger currents?”

Er…

This made Wu Heng, who was just about to cast a spell, pause in his action.

That's a good point.

Ordinary land creatures have limbs that remain after transformation, but sea creatures… turned into skeletons, wouldn't it just leave the fish bones behind? Whether the 'tail fins' would be retained was also uncertain.

“Can you accept a carrion?” Wu Heng asked.

“I don't mind, as long as it's useful,” Philippa replied.

Wu Heng nodded and released the Corpse Manipulation Skill. The wounds on the shark corpses began to scab over, turning into the appearance of carrion with shrunken muscles and exposed Shark Teeth.

Carrion Giant Shark (Level 9)

The level wasn't too low.

Just a little more and it would reach level 10 and progress to the next phase.

“Follow the fleet!”

Wu Heng gave the order, and then said to Philippa, “Let's go, onto the next location.”

Philippa shouted loudly, and the ship once again set off towards the next marked spot on the map.

The second location was under a strait.

“Is it here?” Philippa asked.

Marquis compared it to the map, “It should be right here.”

Soon, two ghosts returned from scouting.

The shared images clearly showed traces of the original position of the stone gate.

But where it once was, only an empty space and traces of its existence remained now.

Wu Heng's heart tightened–time had erased it.

Either someone had taken the officer ahead of time, or the Exile trapped inside had escaped.

Either way, it wasn't good news for the entire Emerald Sea.

According to the memories of the last Blood Clan killed, the exiled Blood Clan were cruel and brutal Vampires who treated living beings as food, and each of them was extremely powerful. If they had truly escaped, the surrounding regions would hardly be spared.

“Let's move on to the next place.”

Everyone got back on the ship, hurrying to the next location.

Deep into the night,

the ship arrived at the second location.

In a hidden cave,

after the ghosts had scouted,

Philippa stayed with the ship while Wu Heng and the skeletons went straight to the scene.

The Dancing Light Skill was cast, illuminating the entire cave.

At the far end, an opened Stone Coffin stood in the middle, with visible remnants of rituals on the surrounding ground.

“It escaped,” Xiao Xiao appeared by the side.

“No, someone rescued it. It's not possible to perform rituals trapped inside a Stone Coffin,” Glenda said.

Xiao Xiao flew over, circling the Stone Coffin, “Auntie's got a point.”

Wu Heng also walked over and took a look, “It seems we're a step late. The ritual was conducted recently. Look around for any bodies.”

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