The keel of the Black Bone Ship scraped dryly against the heavy river water.
Barefoot, Chu Qing stood atop the highest section of the Gods and Demons Spine.
He lowered his head and looked at his hands.
The Dark Gold patterns beneath his flesh had completely faded, replaced by a jade-like translucence. Purple True Blood flowed steadily through his veins, without the slightest ripple.
Within his sea of consciousness, the deep-purple Profession Column trembled faintly.
[Permission: Karma Simplification.] [Effect: Skip deduction, skip process, proceed directly to the fixed outcome.]
"Phew—"
Chu Qing exhaled a breath of turbid air.
A faint cold fragrance rose in his throat.
Ahead, the Gray Fog suddenly tore open along a fissure.
A Hunter World Ship stretching a thousand zhang long rammed toward them at an angle. Its hull was covered in rusted barbed hooks, and each hook had a world's shattered origin strung upon it.
They were the "hyenas" of the Chaos Sea.
"Is that... the Black Bone Ship?"
"We've struck it rich! There's living karma aboard that ship!"
Excited howls rang out from the World Ship. Dense masses of creatures on its deck waved black-red weapons.
Chu Qing did not move.
He did not even raise a hand. He merely stared calmly at that World Ship.
(Motive): This ship was too noisy, too much of an eyesore.
(Action): An exceedingly simple thought flashed through his mind.
"Sink."
Chu Qing murmured.
His voice was soft, swept away in an instant by the winds of the Chaos Sea.
No spiritual power erupted.
No divine ability cast its light or shadow.
Not even a tremor stirred the air.
One hundredth of a second before the Hunter World Ship crashed into the black ship, it vanished.
It had not been shattered.
It had not