Upon hearing Chuck’s response, Ronan didn’t say anything more, he only spoke softly, "You’ll make it back alive, Chuck... I promise."
Chuck bowed respectfully to Ronan, then retreated to a corner and began to apply the potion given to him by the black-haired Wizard, bit by bit, onto himself.
The magic airship continued forward, with Ronan standing at the bow, controlling the direction of the airship while playing with the two beautiful shells.
After a short study, the tiny beauties inside the shells fainted due to their singing fatigue and fear, so Ronan had to temporarily put them away to let them rest properly.
The airship sailed on for a while longer, gradually reaching the depths of the Green Luminous Sea Abyss.
Although not much time had passed, the moonlight and starlight overhead had become very dim.
The vast sea seemed to be shrouded in a layer of dark green ink, and the atmosphere gradually turned eerie and sinister.
Chuck, having finished his rest, stood up on his own and cast a questioning glance to Ronan.
Ronan nodded and cautioned, "Be careful."
Without saying anything, Chuck removed most of his clothing and took out a bone-handled dagger, forcefully cutting wounds all over his body, as red tinged with green fresh blood quickly flowed down.
After everything was done, Chuck leaped from the airship and plunged into the sea with a splash.
Ronan stood coldly at the bow of the airship, spreading his spiritual power to firmly monitor Chuck and the movements in the surrounding seas.
Soaking in the icy seawater, Chuck tried hard to spread his blood-tainted water outward, while continuing to cut more wounds on his body.
Noticing Chuck’s increasingly pale complexion, Ronan tossed him a healing potion and collected some of his blood, thinking to use it for research later.
Time ticked by, and suddenly, an eerie sea wind arose above the sea.
A sound like baby cries, yet also resembling the whistle of a conch, drifted over from afar.
Ronan’s spiritual power detected several black shadows rapidly approaching Chuck in the water, he calmly raised his hand, using spiritual power to directly fish Chuck out of the sea.
Having taken the healing potion, Chuck’s state was actually alright, and after landing back on the deck, his first words were, "Master, you’re too hasty, to catch them, it’s best to let me continue..."
Ronan stepped off the airship, with his magic robe flapping as he descended toward the sea.
His main purpose was to uncover the secret behind the life force explosion of the Ghost Cry Fish to refine his technique for compressing the Life Light Ball; capturing the Ghost Cry Fish itself was not important to him.
Ronan’s shoe tip lightly touched the sea surface, and a faint golden spiritual field immediately spread out from within him.
The entire sea surface beneath him pressed downward instantly, stacking up huge waves under the terrifying exertion of spiritual power, while the void twisted layer upon layer.
No need for any spell, simply with spiritual power, those Ghost Cry Fish attracted by Chuck’s fresh blood had already been "captured" by Ronan’s spiritual power, lifted from the sea and hovering in the air.
They resembled the Roaring Fish he first obtained, whose appearance is similar to a piranha with human-like limbs.
As soon as Ronan’s spiritual power grasped them, the Ghost Cry Fish began to struggle violently, Ronan clearly "saw" intense life energy rapidly coalescing within their bodies, like a lit fuse about to detonate an explosive.
In a second, the Ghost Cry Fish’s unique terrifying sonic attack was expected.
Ronan didn’t dodge, instead using the opportunity to quickly infiltrate his spiritual power into the bodies of several Ghost Cry Fish.
Under Ronan’s examination, the intricate structure inside the small fish bodies became vividly apparent....
Terrifying sound waves suddenly exploded in the night sky, with the void ripples they created swiftly being forcibly smoothed by Ronan’s spiritual field, causing him no harm, although below, massive splashes erupted on the sea surface...
When everything calmed down, the few Ghost Cry Fish that had released their life force hovered stiffly in mid-air, seeming completely lifeless.
At this moment, an extraordinary light sparkled in Ronan’s eyes.
In that fleeting moment, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of the Ghost Cry Fish’s secret.
Inside every Ghost Cry Fish that underwent a life force explosion, he saw....
A peculiarly shaped, tiny—conch!