Bexia returned from the ventilation duct, but what made him confused was that the return journey seemed to be a bit far, completely beyond the feeling he had from the fourth floor to the third floor.
As it turned out, when he came out of the ventilation duct, he found himself directly on the deck, and Ruger was just five or six meters away from him. Before he could react, a dark arm suddenly popped out from under the deck and grabbed him fiercely.
"What's going on?!" Bexia had no time to react to the sudden attack. When he felt the force on his fingers, he realized that his space had appeared in Ruger's hand. He also felt that he had lost control of the space ring. At this moment, Ruger had a smug smile on his face.
"I never thought you actually managed to steal the Elixir of Immortality!" Ruger emptied everything from Bexia's ring and burst into laughter at the medicines that Bexia had initially stored.
"Boom!" Suddenly, a huge burst of magical power came from under the deck. Bexia felt a strong gust of wind hitting his face, stinging it. At the same time, a figure flew out from the thick ship deck. It turned out to be Black Blade.
Followed closely behind was the majestic sea monster, Mold. As soon as he appeared, his gaze locked onto Ruger, especially the medicines, which enraged him even more. Without saying a word, he rushed towards Ruger to kill him.
"What do you think I've been doing all these years?!" Ruger's face showed a fierce expression as his magical power swept across the medicines on the ground. The powerful magical power gushed out from the medicines, even condensing into thick magical mist.
"I didn't know how long I prepared for this day. Do you think I will fail?" The medicines released by Ruger were attracted by the magic circle he created, forming a huge magic circle with a diameter of over twenty meters. At the moment it took shape, the immense magical power actually knocked the full-strength sea monster Mold away.
"Even if you become a king, it won't change your fate today!" Mold said angrily. He had already decided to use his ultimate move, even if it meant sacrificing his life, to kill all of them today.
"Master, run!" Bexia, who was pushed away by the magic circle, suddenly heard Christine's voice. He immediately reacted, but suddenly realized that he was now on the sea, how could he run? Where could he go?
"Right, the Eight Extremes Cloud Umbrella!" Without hesitation, Bexia took out the umbrella he cherished, even Christine saw its true power for the first time.
Opening the Eight Extremes Cloud Umbrella, he felt like the world had suddenly become distorted. This feeling was similar to when he last tried it, the effect of the umbrella folding space to hide him within.
Although he could still see and hear everything around him, he couldn't touch anything, and others couldn't detect him either. Even if someone walked past him, because of the different spaces, they would pass through each other instead of colliding.
It could be said that Bexia was in another layer of space now. Whatever happened around him would not affect him unless someone had the power to break through the constraints of space and attack him.
Bexia disappeared without a trace, not even a trace of magical fluctuations. However, there were still some traces, just that they were not detected by the king who discovered the traces of space.
"Do you really think my goal is to become a king?" Ruger, shrouded in the magic circle, burst into laughter, attracting the attention of everyone.
Not aiming to become a king?! Then what is the goal? Could it be that he wants to ascend to the monarch realm only possessed by the ancient special race?
Although it was unbelievable, Mold's expression showed surprise because with each magic circle absorbed by Ruger, his own power became stronger and a momentum that surpassed Mold emanated from Ruger.
"Do you know why I can become a Manipulator?" Ruger laughed, and his words caught everyone's attention.
"Do you really think my goal is to become a king?" Ruger, shrouded in the magic circle, burst into laughter, attracting the attention of everyone.
Not aiming to become a king?! Then what is the goal? Could it be that he wants to ascend to the monarch realm only possessed by the ancient special race?
Although it was unbelievable, Mold's expression showed surprise because with each magic circle absorbed by Ruger, his own power became stronger and a momentum that surpassed Mold emanated from Ruger.
"Do you know why I can become a Manipulator?" Ruger laughed, and his words caught everyone's attention.
"That's because my talent unintentionally controlled and fused with a 'Devouring Evil Spirit'," Ruger continued. "And I obtained its abilities. As long as I have enough power to devour, I can surpass the restrictions of a king and reach that supreme realm."
"But your magic seems insufficient, isn't it?!" Mord felt that Ruge's power growth was slowing down and the magic array was almost disappearing. Now Ruge's strength was only slightly stronger than him. How much distance was there between him and becoming a sovereign?
"Oh, really?!" Ruge sneered, and another extremely complex magic array appeared above his head. A pitch-black coffin slowly emerged, emitting a strong smell of blood.
"Do you really think I'm unprepared?" Ruge said as the coffin on top of his head slowly opened, and a thick, blood-like liquid slowly dripped down. The rich magic made people feel an extremely sinister sensation.
"If it wasn't for getting the elixir of eternal life from you and recreating my body, I would have tried to break through the sovereign long ago!" Ruge's figure floated in mid-air, and his momentum quickly grew stronger as the bloody liquid fell. At the same time, a pitch-black phantom appeared behind him, which was the devouring phantom that Ruge called.
"Why did I become a pirate back then? It was all for plundering resources. Otherwise, with my strength, how could I not receive preferential treatment!"
"But then I didn't expect that you would interrupt my plan... But fortunately, I broke free from your control over my soul. I also learned about the elixir's secrets. However, my strength is still inferior to yours, so I have been waiting for an opportunity!"
"Every time the ghost ship appears, I deliberately lure people onto the ship, storing their treasures and extracting their essence to inject into the blood coffin, all for this moment!"
"Hahaha!" Ruge laughed heartily, his scheme sending shivers down people's spines. Looking at the blood-colored liquid in the coffin, a hair-raising feeling emerged, because all of it was made up of human flesh and blood essence. Only someone truly evil like Ruge would do such things.
"Damn it!" The sea monster realized that he had actually been tricked by a mere ant in his eyes, and a great anger surged within him. However, sensing the rapidly increasing power of Ruge, he also knew that he was no match for him in his current state, especially since he had lost all the elixir of eternal life. It meant that his life would no longer be extended, not even a bit.
Although he had consumed the elixir of eternal life, he had found other ways to use it to help himself. Otherwise, he would have died several decades ago. It was impossible for him to still be alive now. It should be noted that he was already over 1,200 years old, which greatly exceeded the lifespan of a sea monster of the same level.
