Chapter 49: As Cautious as I Am
CREAK.
The damp, slightly rotting floorboards groaned with the sound of age.
Su Ye gripped his Frost Thorn Spear, leading a group of crew members deep into the ship’s hold.
He focused his mind, using his keen spiritual sense to remain vigilant of every movement around them.
"Watch the walls. That Voodoo Corpse has an incredibly tough body, feels no pain, and treats the cabin walls like paper."
"I saw it burst through a wall myself. We were caught completely off guard, and it killed several of our men..."
Such were the warnings from a few crew members who had previously encountered the Voodoo Corpse.
The group proceeded with caution, keeping a safe distance from the cabin walls.
But upon hearing this, a thought suddenly flashed through Su Ye’s mind.
’If the Voodoo Corpse can attack through the walls, then... why can’t it...?’
But before he could finish the thought, his keen spiritual sense suddenly flared with a warning.
His expression hardened as he shouted.
"Watch your feet!!!"
But the crew couldn’t react as quickly as he did!
CRACK.
The sound of splintering wood echoed.
The sound didn’t come from the walls. It came from... the floor!
BOOM!
An ink-black monster burst through the corridor floorboards and charged out!
Its body, caked in blood, rushed toward the crew, reeking of a thick, foul stench!
"ROAR!"
The Voodoo Corpse let out a beast-like roar. Despite its heavy frame, its movements were incredibly fast.
It balled its ink-black, scale-covered arm into a fist and brought it down on a crew member’s head like a sledgehammer!
SPLAT!
It was like smashing a ripe watermelon!
In an instant, a mess of red and white, mixed with bone fragments, splattered across the floor!
Its emotionless gray eyes radiated an intensely inhuman aura, stunning everyone present!
Ferocious and unrelenting, the Voodoo Corpse, having brutally killed one man, was about to continue its killing spree.
But at that moment!
"You’re just a walking corpse, and you still dare act so vicious?!"
Su Ye sneered. His spine aligned, his muscles tensed, and Magical Power surged through his entire body.
WHOOSH!
A flash of silver light glittered brilliantly in the dim hold!
In an instant, the Frost Thorn Spear—imbued with twelve points of killing power and enhanced with Magical Power and Gang Qi—tore through the air with a deafening roar!
BANG.
The Frost Thorn Spear struck the Voodoo Corpse’s right shoulder!
The Voodoo Corpse, which had been about to strike, shuddered as if it had been hit by a large-caliber sniper rifle!
It was knocked off balance, stumbling backward.
The immense kinetic energy from the blow forced it back more than ten steps!
"ROAR..." The Voodoo Corpse let out a shrill, furious howl.
Su Ye looked over.
He saw that the Frost Thorn Spear’s attack had shattered the layers of black scales on the Voodoo Corpse’s right shoulder.
A bloody hole had appeared!
Foul, black blood gushed out from it.
Affected by the blow, the monster’s right arm was now mostly severed from its torso, exposing black, granulated flesh.
The Voodoo Corpse’s body was tough and its scales were resilient, making it difficult for ordinary Magical Artifacts to harm it.
But for Su Ye, its Defense Power was still somewhat lacking!
’If I can break its defense, this will be easy!’
Su Ye remained calm and methodically began directing the crew and laying out his tactics.
"Use slowing Magic to reduce its speed."
"Use your Magical Artifacts to attack its wounds..."
As for him, he continued to drive the Frost Thorn Spear forward, shattering more of the Voodoo Corpse’s scales!
Without that layer of scales, the Voodoo Corpse’s flesh was not immune to the crew’s attacks!
CRACKLE.
A crew member cast a spell, and a layer of ice covered the Voodoo Corpse’s legs, stiffening its movements.
Before it could shatter the ice, a vine shot out and bound it!
Under the influence of numerous control-type Magic, the Voodoo Corpse’s speed inevitably slowed.
This made it even easier for Su Ye to knock it back with his Frost Thorn Spear.
The Voodoo Corpse dodged left and right, occasionally lashing out in a frenzy.
But with Su Ye holding it in check, it achieved very little.
Soon, its torso was covered in wounds, and it was on the verge of collapse!
「In the lower cabins.」
Shu Liande used his Spiritual Eye Skill to watch the battlefield from afar. Seeing the Voodoo Corpse’s condition, his heart sank.
He never imagined that the Voodoo Corpse, with power exceeding that of a typical Late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, would actually be losing.
’That silver spear... could it be a Talismanic Artifact? To have such power... the Luo Family ancestor’s mastery of talismans is truly terrifying...’
A look of fear and gravity appeared on Shu Liande’s face.
With the Voodoo Corpse suppressed, the situation was now extremely unfavorable for them.
’Should I take my men to support the Voodoo Corpse right now?’
Shu Liande glanced at the dozen or so crew members left by his side, all of whom were injured...
Losing the deck and retreating into the hold had not been without cost.
The Loose Cultivator crew members on the Baiye had long since scattered, hiding in their rooms and waiting to surrender.
Now, Shu Liande only had a dozen or so loyal family cultivators left.
And with the limited strength he had on hand, even if he went to support the Voodoo Corpse, he might not be able to turn the tide.
’So...’
’I can only win by outsmarting him!’
Through his Spiritual Eye Skill, Shu Liande shot a cold glance at Su Ye.
’Only by catching him off guard and killing their captain will I have a chance to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat!’
With that, Shu Liande shook a quaint brass bell, sending a command to the Voodoo Corpse.
THUD.
The Voodoo Corpse’s heavy body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!
"We won!" a crew member cheered, his face beaming with joy!
Under Su Ye’s command, the battle had been tense but ultimately without disaster.
Aside from the man who was killed in the initial ambush,
they had slain the Voodoo Corpse at the cost of only two seriously injured and five lightly injured!
This was undoubtedly a commendable victory!
One of the crew members wanted to approach the Voodoo Corpse to get a better look at the hideous monster, but Su Ye held up a hand to stop him.
"Don’t."
The Voodoo Corpse was down.
However, a faint sense of danger still lingered in Su Ye’s mind.
He trusted his spiritual sense completely, so he didn’t let his guard down.
"Profound Nether Needle." Su Ye flicked his finger.
An ice needle shimmering with a ghostly light shot out, striking one of the Voodoo Corpse’s wounds as a test.
There was no reaction.
Su Ye’s gaze lowered slightly as he activated his Frost Thorn Spear and began his usual handiwork—making mincemeat of its brain from a distance.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The Frost Thorn Spear smashed down again and again with immense force, like a pestle grinding grain!
Under this assault, the Voodoo Corpse’s entire head shattered, and a large amount of black, putrid, gelatinous fluid oozed out.
But Shu Liande, watching this through his Spiritual Eye Skill, was not alarmed. In fact, he was delighted.
’Heh... pretty cautious, but the Voodoo Corpse is already dead. Its head isn’t even its weak spot!’
That was right.
The Voodoo Corpse wasn’t dead. It had merely entered a state of feigned death on Shu Liande’s command.
It was waiting for Su Ye to lower his guard before suddenly springing up to deliver a fatal blow!
"Heheheh..." Shu Liande chuckled at the thought.
But soon, the smile on his face abruptly froze.
’Wait... what are you doing?!’
THWACK.
He watched as Su Ye, from a distance, began using the Frost Thorn Spear to dismember the Voodoo Corpse, looking as if he intended to sever all of its limbs?!
’Seriously... is that really necessary?’