From its location, this place should be a hollow stone layer situated between the bottom of the Demon Sea and the deeper ocean.
At the same time, a message appeared in his mind:[You have arrived at Shipwreck Bend, the final resting place of a band of pirate renegades.]
"So it really is here..."
Mu You clambered onto land, wielding his magic wand and surveyed his surroundings.
There was air in this space and quite a few luminous aquatic plants growing, which illuminated the area.
The ground was covered with quicksand and various fish skeletons. The colossal stones around him, like the fingers of the Grim Reaper, blocked other directions and isolated an evident path in this space.
Mu You followed the path, stepping on the dry bones.
After passing through a stone archway, Mu You caught sight of a huge ship moored in the sand in the distance.
It was a ship with two masts, nearly a hundred meters in length, and its masts almost reached the ceiling of the rock layer above.
However, this majestic ship had been snapped in two, which was a pity to behold.
Mu You, though, didn’t have time to lament the ship’s fate. As he approached, ghostly figures started to pour out of the ship’s hull.
The ghosts were indeed all dressed like pirates, brandishing firearms and swords. Watching Mu You from afar, like a pack of beasts that had discovered fresh meat, they all rushed towards him with gleeful laughter.
The levels of these pirate ghosts were higher than those at the sea bottom, usually between levels 5 and 10, and appeared to have considerable intelligence, coordinating their actions!
Mu You dealt with a few pirate ghosts using the vampire claws, but the problem was that there were too many of them. He had to revert to ghost form and retreat to the shore he had just left.
Luckily, these ghosts were bound to the earth and could not stray too far from the ship, so they couldn’t chase him to the entrance for now.
Standing at a distance, Mu You took stock of the situation. There were at least four hundred pirate ghosts here.
If there were enough time, Mu You wouldn’t mind gradually wearing down these ghosts, but the problem was that his time was running out. It was already close to eight o’clock at night, and he had only two hours left.
Under these circumstances, it seemed they could only count on the Shadow Ghost...
Mu You first opened his backpack and called out Vivian to ask her if the Shadow Ghost could deal with ghosts.
"Of course, Shadow Ghosts belong to a semi-spiritual body type, and they can attack ghosts directly without even possessing them," Vivian said.
Hearing that possession was not necessary, Mu You instantly felt a lot more relaxed. If it were otherwise, in this place where resurrection is impossible, it would be quite tricky to utilize the Shadow Ghost safely.
Taking out the Shadow Ghost Box, Mu You rushed back to the pirate ship, threw the box into the middle of the souls, and then quickly retreated back before the ghosts could surround him.
Vivian had already remotely used magic to open the box and release the Shadow Ghost, then using a Flying Spell to call the box back.
Upon its appearance, the Shadow Ghost usually tries to possess a person. However, upon seeing the countless ghosts surrounding it, it became enraged and tore the nearest two souls to shreds with its claws.
Seeing their comrades being killed, the other pirate ghosts were instantly filled with hostility towards the Shadow Ghost. They snarled and surged towards it, biting it from all directions.
However, these low-level souls couldn’t possibly stand up to the Shadow Ghost.
Mu You and Vivian were watching from the distant shore.
This was the first time Mu You had witnessed the Shadow Ghost fight in person, allowing him to understand what real ferocity meant.
Like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep, the Shadow Ghost began a massacre among the group of ghosts. Every ghost didn’t last two rounds under its claws. Once caught, they were torn apart and consumed, becoming a part of the Shadow Ghost itself.
After killing over a hundred ghosts, the other pirate ghosts finally wimped out, no longer daring to approach, finally retreating fearfully back into the ship, out of sight.
The Shadow Ghost wanted to pursue, but at that moment, a loud roar came from within the ship.
A soul in the shape of a skeleton, more than ten times larger than the other ghosts, wearing a crown on its head, a captain’s cloak on its back, and gripping a sword, slowly emerged from the ship.
The height of more than ten meters, contrasted with the slender form of the Shadow Ghost, formed a stark contrast.
At this moment, Mu You felt the lantern in his backpack start to shake violently. Taking a look, Vieri had appeared in the lantern, his eyes red as he stared at the skeleton ghost in the distance, excitedly said, "It’s him, my first mate, Victor, leader of the traitors, the instigator of all this! As long as you help me defeat him, the ghost ship is yours!"
Mu You looked over, and the Omniscient Crystal reflected the attributes of the giant ghost.
[Level 30 Pirate Ghost Leader, Attack Power 300-400, HP 45200, magic power 12000...]
Mu You stunned, wondering if he had read wrong.
How could there be a ghost of such a high level? Furthermore, with such power, he could have been invincible in the Star Spirit World, why bother being a pirate when he was alive?
"Because he has always been absorbing the power of other spirits."
Vivian explained without surprise: "This kind of setting where earthbound ghosts are concentrated, is like rearing poisonous insects, making it easy to cultivate high level large ghosts."
"No wonder the other ghosts at the bottom of the sea are so weak..."
Mu You nodded, looking again at the battlefield in the distance.
At this point, the Shadow Ghost and the giant ghost were engaged in combat. Both had fiery temperaments and once they started fighting, they wouldn’t stop. They were both using every means possible, tearing at each other furiously.
Mu You originally thought the Shadow Ghost would easily win. In his perception, the Shadow Ghost was an invincible being. Could it lose in a one-on-one?
But after watching for a while, he suddenly realized that something was wrong: against this level 30 monster, the Shadow Ghost seemed to be under pressure!
"Could it be that it can’t win?" Mu You’s eyelid twitched a few times.
If it were to lose, he would be at a great loss, the task would be left incomplete, not to mention the loss of a Shadow Ghost.