Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

Chen Qi lowered her head and looked at the black-haired girl on her chest, tugging at the tuft of hair sticking up on her head.

Her friend, who usually loved reading books on dissection and studying sea beasts, suddenly spoke such forceful words.

There was no reason for it...

Chen Qi suddenly had a bold idea—was the black-haired girl in her arms trying to insult her by claiming her prey?

Chen Qi leaned down and whispered in the black-haired girl's ear:

"Do you want to dissect him~"

The Black-eyed Captain felt a chill in his heart and immediately intervened to smooth things over:

"Guest, this is a famous chef hired for our ship, a chef from the Water Elf dining boat, not a crew member, so unfortunately we can't..."

Chen Qi was the chef he had hired, not a professionally trained 'night companion.'

The Black-eyed Captain tried to speak up for Chen Qi, but his voice grew fainter and fainter, as if he was shrinking into the ground.

Although he was a somewhat famous captain, he held no sway in front of the two esteemed third-tier Transcendents.

"No way..."

Chen Qi looked into the black-haired girl's eyes, feeling an ominous sensation.

At that moment, the black-haired girl tried to hide her excitement as she spoke to Chen Qi:

"You must be a Transcendent of the 'Shadow Cup' phase. I mean no offense; I just want you to come to my room to finalize a deal involving Skill Cards."

The black-haired girl put away the Skill Card she was holding, stood up, and straightened her skirt.

A Skill Card transaction that needed to be done in a room?

It smelled of lies... Chen Qi looked around.

On this boat, apart from Chen Qi, the old man in the cloak on the ground could very well be one of their group.

Three third-tier Transcendents—if he flatly refused, it would only make things more complicated. Stay connected with empire

And, if there truly was trouble, escaping on the way might be the better choice.

To make sure Chen Qi would agree to come, the black-haired girl added:

"Don't worry, you won't be disappointed by this deal. The Skill Cards you get from me will be thirty percent cheaper than the market price."

Thirty percent cheaper? Why? Chen Qi shook his head.

He had no choice but to follow the black-haired girl, leaving the banquet hall and passing through the narrow corridor.

Even through the thick shipboards, he could still feel the howling of the wind and the rainstorm.

However, at that moment, Chen Qi focused all his attention on the footsteps of the girl ahead.

Tap, tap, tap—

Most people were in the banquet hall. Despite the storm outside, the corridor felt eerily quiet.

Chen Qi discreetly took a beast-hunting pistol from his backpack card and hid it under his clothes, ready to fight if needed.

"Miss, may I ask what you are doing?"

"Trading cards, while also confirming something."

Confirming something? No way... Chen Qi looked at the person in front of him, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

The black-haired girl stopped walking.

They had reached her room.

"Follow me."

She used a key to open the door; inside was a small single room with just a simple bed and a desk.

Chen Qi took a deep breath and walked into the room.

Bang!

The door closed behind them.

Just as the black-haired girl was about to take off her shoes and bend down...

Whoosh!

She suddenly twisted to the side and turned around with both hands reaching out, aiming to grab Chen Qi's head!

An ambush!

Her technique was a controlling move, not intended to kill, but it implied absolute confidence in her strength.

Although it was not meant to harm, it was still incredibly fast!

Chen Qi instinctively stepped back to dodge the grab.

Bang!

The black-haired girl's hands missed their target, and her bloodshot eyes filled with shock.

He had actually anticipated the ambush!

"Is it really not so..."

She turned her hands and said softly:

"I just needed to confirm one thing, which requires a look at your back. Please cooperate."

The agility of the person in front of him was strong, but his movements were reckless—nothing yet unmanageable.

Besides, this voice was different from what he had heard back in the banquet hall.

Look at my back?

His back bore the pattern of the Sea Beast's disease…

Chen Qi, puzzled, knew that only a few people were aware of the disease on his back.

Besides, the voice he had heard earlier in the banquet hall was a disguised one.

This voice, it sounds like Little Crow…

Little Crow!

Chen Qi's pupils suddenly narrowed, his mind roiling tumultuously.

The face before him differed significantly from that of Little Crow as he remembered.

Moreover, encountering someone on a cruise ship who knew his secret was truly beyond Chen Qi's expectations.

The other party gave him no chance to think.

"A truly skilled second-order Transcendent shouldn't be like this…"

Little Crow shifted her stance and threw a fierce high kick, her right leg shooting straight like a sharp scalpel toward Chen Qi's chin.

Boom! Chen Qi mobilized his Qi Power, blocking the kick with his hand in advance, neutralizing the strike.

Third-tier Cup Phase, experimental subject of the potion!

Though she looked like a frail young girl from her external appearance, her strength as a Cup Phase professional could compare to that of a bear!

And that was just her strength in her normal state without any potion.

Unfortunately, her way of attacking had too many flaws; she wasn't skilled in combat, and she had no desire to kill. The moment Chen Qi resisted that strike, he grabbed her foot and leveraged a twist.

"!"

Little Crow immediately retracted her leg, stabilizing her stance.

Chen Qi pursued his advantage, fiercely unleashing another savage kick, this time targeting her abdomen.

The speed was so great that it produced a sharp sonic boom in the air!

Boom!

The kick landed heavily on her abdomen.

Caught off guard, Little Crow was slammed against the room's wall.

The entire room seemed to shudder violently for a moment, and a noticeable crack appeared on the wall.

Struck in the abdomen, yet not even a scream was issued; such was the defense of a third-order Transcendent.

Although the blow did not cause actual damage, it successfully created distance, putting Chen Qi in a safer position.

At the same time, it also managed to calm the frenzied Little Crow.

Normally, Little Crow wouldn't be so reckless as to suddenly use a control skill to forcefully inspect Chen Qi's back.

Little Crow looked at Chen Qi, her face filled with disbelief that her attack had been blocked.

Without taking any potions, her combat power was still too weak.

A second-order Transcendent with very quick reactions...

"Could such a huge change really happen in such a short time? Could it be that it's just a resemblance?"

Little Crow muttered to herself; when she first saw Chen Qi, she thought she had seen the assistant who had disappeared into the sea.

More than ten days ago, Little Crow had believed Chen Qi was dead, with only the Black-eyed Captain still desperately searching.

A person supposed to be dead, suddenly appearing before her with a new identity.

The impact of this event was immensely huge!

Therefore, she uncharacteristically abandoned her usual composure.

However, it wasn't uncommon for two people to look very similar.

Additionally, Chen Qi had changed his clothes, his nutrition had improved, and he had undergone two Transcendent advancements.

Chen Qi's current state, compared to his impoverished appearance when he first went to sea, was completely different.

Not to mention, memories could be deceiving.

But that pattern on the back would not lie.

That's why she wanted to lure Chen Qi to her room, to check his back and confirm the matter.

Yet, to her surprise, the Transcendent before her, whether in terms of reactions or combat skills, resembled a Transcendent who had been trained from a young age.

Could it be? Was he really a genuine second-order Transcendent, not her weak assistant infected by the Sea Beast?

Did I recognize the wrong person?

Little Crow felt a bit dizzy, unsure of what to think.

The blocked Little Crow took a deep breath, attempting to remain calm.

Just to confirm his identity, she had forcibly pulled him to her room and attacked him.

How was this different from that perverted Siren!

What am I really doing...

Now, she needed to think of a way to resolve this... Little Crow took another deep breath, thinking rapidly.

Could it be that she would have to knock him out and use the Physical Memory Erasure Technique?

However, in the next second, her pupils suddenly contracted, her entire body shuddered.

She saw that underneath his clothes, a Collector's Gun was already aimed at her chest.

Chen Qi took a deep breath:

"Sister Crow, long time no see."