Chapter 255: Transforming the Magic Ship

Originally, this ghost ship was powered by negative energy by a legendary lich. In the eyes of Donald, the master alchemist, the magical runes on it were quite crude, so he erased them all and redesigned them. He created an elemental pool in the cabin and arranged arcane arrays throughout the ship’s structure. He also used some magical materials he carried to reinforce the hull.

Finally, he connected the arcane arrays to the energy core to form an energy circuit, greatly enhancing the ship’s defense capabilities. He further transformed the massive piece of sunken wood from the God of Thorns to a powerful magic artifact, which he embedded at the bow as the ship’s strongest offensive tool.

After staying on the Island of the Dead for half a month, Donald worked alone until he finally transformed the ghost ship into a magic vessel powered by the elemental pool, equipped with numerous arcane arrays, and boasting significantly improved defense and offensive capabilities.

Before starting the transformation, Donald had already converted the divine power within the legendary lich’s crystalline skull into fragments of divinity. Since the lich had not succeeded in becoming a god, Donald had to expend considerable divine power to create these fragments. As a result, a large amount of the faith energy drawn from the lich’s skull was also consumed—energy that the legendary lich had accumulated in his pursuit of divinity, enough to yield at least 2,000 drops of divine power.

Fortunately, the two powerful domains mastered by the legendary lich—Death and Arcane—made Donald’s efforts worthwhile. While Death was not the power he favored, he stored it temporarily in the Codex of Gods, thinking it might be useful in the future. However, Arcane was undoubtedly the most suitable domain for a mage.

The existence of an Arcane domain filled Donald with great joy. Mages’ spells and warlocks’ spell-like abilities could all be classified under the Arcane domain. There was also a term familiar from his past life: the Magic Domain.

Broadly speaking, “arcane” and “magic” describe the same thing. Arcane refers to high-level core principles and supernatural forces that arise from the study of these principles, whereas magic encompasses all types of supernatural forces at various levels. Literally, magic covers a wider range of aspects, but the term “arcane” implies deeper significance.

The divine fragment bearing the mark of the Arcane Domain was naturally given to Donald, the only mage among the five. Although the Female Sword Saint was somewhat disappointed, she had no complaints. After all, Donald had been fair throughout, and this distribution followed their prior agreement; perhaps the next fragment would be suitable for her!

Donald, however, wasn’t holding out much hope. The swordsmanship-related domain desired by the Female Sword Saint was essentially a very rare category.

While constructing the magic ship, Donald also took the time to place the Eternal Water Bottle, the secondary divine artifact he had exchanged for earlier, at the core of energy accumulation on the Island of the Dead—where the lich had built an altar to achieve divinity.

The Eternal Water Bottle, with its ability to gather energy, immediately came into play. Starting from the edges of the Island of the Dead, signs of the negative energy fading appeared. It was estimated that within a month, all the negative energy gathered there would be absorbed by the secondary divine artifact. Negative energy, being a form of energy, could also be used to transform divine power. By sacrificing a portion of it as a cost, it could be converted into energy reserves of other attributes.

Moreover, this action purified the natural environment there, preventing the emergence of any more undead creatures.

On the day the magic ship was completed and tested, Donald and his companions prepared to leave the Island of the Dead and continue their journey.

The Island of the Dead could no longer be called that. The effect of the Eternal Water Bottle, the secondary divine artifact, was far better than Donald had expected. In just half a month, it had absorbed almost all the negative energy there, along with some water element energy. Now, the mist over the island had disappeared, and the land had regained its vitality. It was believed that soon, with the seeds of plants brought by seabirds and sea winds taking root, the island would once again become a thriving haven for animals and plants.

“Donald, it’s time to move forward with our plan and deal with that God of Iron Clanks! I can’t wait any longer!” After fighting against peers of equal strength, Carlisle had gained a much better understanding of his own abilities, so he was eager for more battles to hone himself further.

These days, as he had been busy modifying the magic ship, progress on integrating the divine fragment had been slow—only initially stored in his consciousness space. But with the advantages of his divine bloodline and the Book of Truth, Donald believed he would be able to wield greater divine power than others.

So he nodded calmly and said, “It’s time to deal with God of Iron Clang. I wonder what kind of agreement this legendary lich has reached with him. If things drag on too long and he notices something amiss, that would be troublesome!” The two individuals who had merged divine fragments had seen steady growth in strength. Vincent, the Sword Saint of Storms, was just one step away from reaching the legendary realm. Such progress might take decades or even centuries in the main world, and it wasn’t guaranteed that one could truly break through and reach that level. Over 99% of those at this golden strength level remained stuck, with only less than 1% having the opportunity and talent to ascend to the legendary realm! This was also why every country had several golden strength warriors, with one or two more possibly emerging every ten or eight years, yet even a hundred years might not guarantee the emergence of a single legendary warrior. The transformed magic ship retained the original ghost ship’s invisibility ability. Donald also installed illusion magic arrays and mist barriers on the ship’s hull, improving its speed instead of reducing it. Boarding the magic ship, Donald and the others moved like sea ghosts, reaching the waters dozens of miles away from Island of Iron Clang in less than an hour. They stopped the magic ship there, with Donald going out to investigate Island of Iron Clang while the others waited on board for news. With this magic ship, which could move freely and conceal their presence at will, they abandoned their previous hiding places. On Island of Iron Clang, God of Iron Clang had been uneasy these past few days, anxiously awaiting news from his accomplice. He had previously learned that a fleet of cargo ships from the Spear Tribe would pass through the waters of the Three Fish Islands next month and head south. God of Iron Clang had a complicated and embarrassing feud with the tribe’s guardian god, God of the Spear. But God of the Spear was already a powerful legendary totem god, backed by his own father, the powerful demi-god totem god God of War Hammers. Thus, God of Iron Clang neither felt comfortable nor had the ability to take revenge, so he secretly contacted Carterfi, the most notorious undead pirate lich in the southwestern seas of the continent, hoping that this immortal lich would raid the cargo ships and cause God of the Spear to suffer a setback, relieving his own resentment. As for that complicated feud, it had originated just a few years after God of Iron Clang became a god.