Volume 3 Messenger 093, What is Reincarnation?

  "That's the Wind Chaser, a rare and difficult-to-make material. To make it successful is also very challenging. With a single Wind Dance Charm, it can create a divine space, driven by high-level air elemental magic, allowing people to fly. It's an extremely precious artifact, probably given by the great Songlie God of Magic to his disciples for self-protection."

  "Suppose we have such a Wind Chaser Flying Dart, can you also take me flying?"

  Ammon nodded: "Yes, I also know the high-level air element divine technique. My magical power is not weaker than Huarui Te's. If there is a wind flying arrow, of course, I can take you to fly."

  Mei Dangzuo's face showed a look of longing: "How much does it cost per piece? I don't know if there's anywhere to sell it?"

  Amun smiled wryly, "I've never heard of anyone selling this kind of thing. Only a powerful temple with rich accumulation can possess it. If you can gather enough materials, you might be able to try making one yourself."

  Medli leaned in and asked, "Almighty Ammon, will you craft it? I wouldn't mind taking Link to gather various materials and make this flying arrow. What kind of price would we have to pay?"

  He glanced at him and replied slowly, "It requires a Wind Charm Dance as the core of the artifact, which is worth 500 divine stones, but it's not certain if you can buy one. I do have a Wind Charm Dance, but it has already been made into a space artifact and cannot be used to make the Wind Flight Shuttle again. Even if you can collect all the materials including the Wind Charm Dance and understand the method of refining the artifact, there is no guarantee of success. Even outstanding artifact masters may fail, so consider the cost yourself."

  Mei Danzuo didn't respond for half a day, and Ah Meng continued: "If you really have the heart, when we arrive at Link's tribe, I will teach you the diagrams and crafting methods of several divine artifacts. Whether you can gather materials and successfully craft them depends on yourselves. Link is more skilled at crafting magical equipment than you, you can ask for his help, even if you can't make the Wind Flying Arrow, you can make something else."

  Maidanzuo's eyes sparkled with excitement: "In my heart, you have always been an all-knowing and all-powerful god!"

  Amun waved his staff: "Stop flattering me, we've rested enough. Let's hurry up and leave this place."

  After many days of hard work, Medanzo regained his spirit and traversed the desert. The scorpion king's promise seemed to be true, as they didn't encounter another scorpion attack. This encounter made Medanzo very excited, and he couldn't help but bring it up again on the road, saying to Armon: "Huarui and Lafielle didn't escape in the first place, maybe not entirely because of their sense of justice. With the scorpion king's skills, they might not have been able to ride the wind and fly away in the first place."

  Amon thought for a moment and shook his head, "It's indeed very difficult to escape, but if we use the flying dart at the same time as using an intermediate-level divine scroll 'Spatial Lock' as cover, it might be possible. They probably have such scrolls in their hands. Scorpion King can try his best to block it, but the cost is too great and not worth it."

  As they walked, Meidanzuo suddenly muttered to himself again: "It's really flavorful, it's really exciting, it's really enticing, and the figure is great!"

  Ammon turned his head: "Your expression is so strange, who are you talking about?"

  Medanzo: "Ice Scorpion and Fire Scorpion, Ahmose God, don't you think so?"

  Amon's expression was also a bit strange: "After all, it's a demon, transformed into a human appearance but came out without wearing clothes. How did you think of them and moved your heart for women again?"

  "Men, after all, it's normal to have a little impulse sometimes, but I wouldn't dare touch that kind of woman, she's got a scorpion's tail with poison needle, what if she stings me in bed?"

  Ammon: "On the bed? Where's the scorpion? How did you think of the bed?"

  Mei Danzuo giggled and said: "You can't think about this kind of thing in bed, where do you want me to think? That Scorpion King is really lucky!"

  Amon and Medanzo chatted while Wyatt and Raphael discussed the perilous encounter they had just experienced. They had arrived at the southern part of the Syrian Desert, were about to part ways, and the Wind Dancer was resting between two sand dunes.

  Raphael said, "I didn't expect to run into Scorpion King this time and make that kind of promise. You made a deal with Scorpion King on behalf of the City-State of Syria, which is a good thing, Master will definitely be happy, hurry back and announce the news."

  Hua Laiwu thought for a moment: "Scorpion King is not stupid, such an agreement does no harm to him, so he will agree on the spot. The most unexpected thing this time was meeting that A Luo. I have a feeling that Scorpion King did not make a move because he feared him, otherwise it would not be possible to talk about making a contract and oath."

  Raphael also furrowed his brow: "A sixth-level divine spellcaster, how can he make the Scorpion King Si Shui afraid? He may have grasped some kind of secret, a special trick to restrain the Scorpion King. It's said that those monsters all have unknown weaknesses."

  "What's more, I'm surprised by the oath he made with Scorpion King. If broken, one can never become a god and the other will always be human, doesn't that mean it's meaningless? And yet they both look serious, Scorpion King wouldn't joke around, there must be some deeper meaning."

  Raphael nodded in agreement: "I don't understand either, that Aro is really mysterious, but he's indeed our friend."

  "I had already secretly recorded everything that happened with my Informative Divine Technique, including every word everyone said. Go back and have the teacher take a closer look, maybe they can find some secrets. It's getting late, let's part ways here, you go to Uruk City-State, be careful with everything."

  Ah Mon didn't know that Hua Lai Te had secretly recorded their encounter with the scorpion king and planned to give it to Ge Lie for analysis. He continued on his way with Mai Dan Zuo, the sparse grass in the desert gradually becoming denser and forming a meadow, and they could even see the shadows of wild oxen; ahead of them appeared a huge inland lake.

  Amun: "Take a good rest tonight, meditation can help you recover your magic. Tomorrow, how do we proceed, do we go around the lake shore or cross directly?"

  "Maybe there are monsters in the lake, but there are also monsters on the shore. It's about the same wherever we go. In fact, crossing the lake directly is the shortest route and has the least chance of encountering danger. The problem is that we don't have a boat, and if we rely on water elemental magic to swim across, it would be even more troublesome if we encounter monsters in the water."

  Amun smiled and said: "There is indeed a boat, and it's very sturdy and safe. It can also cover us, making it more secure than traveling on land."

  "Where is the boat?" exclaimed Medanzer. "Oh Amun, you are truly amazing!"

  Just then, Xue Ding suddenly poked his head out of the skin bag, stretched out a pair of front paws in a lazy stretch, let out a long yawn, and looked like he had just woken up from a good dream. In the past few days when they encountered danger in the desert, Ah Meng and Mei Dan Zuo had not yet realized that this cat would cry out in advance, but today when they encountered such a powerful enemy as the Scorpion King, it did not make a sound.

  Perhaps due to the Scorpion King's strength, Xue Dingyuan felt that it didn't matter whether he reminded him or not, or maybe he just didn't want to show up in front of Hualeite and Raphael. It was like disappearing, hiding motionless in his pocket until now when it finally came out.

  Mei Danzuo was almost startled by it and half-jokingly greeted: "Kitty, long time no see!"

  Xue Dingyuan was too lazy to pay attention to him, and he jumped down to the ground, found a comfortable grass nest and lay down. Ah Mon smiled: "Xue Dingyuan is tired, let's camp here today and cross the lake tomorrow morning. Mei Dansuo, there may be monsters in the lake, you have to prepare for another fierce battle."

  Xue Dingyuan chose a good campsite, and after eating and resting, they had a peaceful night. The next morning, the two of them and the cat continued on their journey, and soon they arrived at the place where Ah Meng had escaped from the underworld. At that time, Xue Dingyuan had used his incredible powers to guide him, and the cat was also exhausted and fainted for many days.

  Now, revisiting the old place, he and the cat are both in high spirits, far from the desperate situation at that time. Thinking again about the destination of this trip, the disappeared Duketown and the cave-dwelling savage tribe deep in the mountains, where he and Xue Dingyuan used to live. Today, they have to go back, everything has changed too much, making people feel infinite nostalgia.

  He is still the lonely traveler Amun, although he has lost his hometown, but in his heart he still owns everything before. The experience of traveling across the continent has also given him more connotation. Life can't go back, just like the same scenery can always be lingered, it depends on whether you can read more meaning into it.

  Arriving at the lake, Amun threw out the bones and unfolded a huge invisible ship. The ship was empty, with all their belongings stored in the Wind Charm Dance. Xue Dingyuan jumped onto the ship lightly and crouched at the front, while Amun also boarded the ship with his iron branch staff. This scene was so familiar, as if time had reversed, and they were back to the day when they set out to find Belle's whereabouts.

  Ammon was a bit distracted and stood there for half a day before realizing that someone was missing on the boat. He turned around and shouted, "Mei Danzuo, what are you doing? Why haven't you boarded the ship yet?"

  Mei Dianzuo was stunned, standing there for half a day unable to speak, even forgetting to open his mouth. He only came back to his senses when he heard Ah Mon's call and exclaimed: "My god! What kind of magical artifact is this? It's even more astonishing than the Wind-Chasing Flying Dart!"

  "Never mind what it's called, to me it's just the passage of life. Come on up and take hold of your staff, today you're in charge of navigating this boat across the lake."

  Maidanzo jumped onto the ship, carefully waving his staff to control this invisible space. As early as when Amun was still a third-level magician, he could control the invisible large ship very stably. Now that Maidanzo has reached the pinnacle of fifth-level achievement, he quickly grasped the trick, and this invisible large ship is very easy to control, it's simply the most magical instrument in the world, sliding on the lake surface like a flying fish attached to the water surface.

  Maidanzuo drove it and gradually felt refreshed, and shouted excitedly to Ah Meng: "My god! Can this life ferry fly?"

  "In theory, it can fly and is easier to control than the Wind Blade, but its minimum deployment space is so vast that it requires a tremendous amount of spatial law power to operate. With my current strength, it's still difficult for me to make it fly."

  "Ah, I can already feel it taking off! This feeling of riding the wind and waves is exhilarating!" He deliberately manipulated the boat to glide across the water's surface, tracing out various curved paths as if flying like a bird.

  Amon also thought it was quite fun and smiled as he reminded him: "Be careful, there may be water monsters in the lake."

  An invisible boat sailed across the azure lake, leaving ripples that spread out in circles. The water was crystal clear, and various large and small fish could be seen from time to time. The wind was not strong, and a few white clouds floated in the sky like cotton balls. In the distance were grasslands and mountains. Actually, the mountains were very far away, hundreds of miles beyond the lake, and climbing up those distant mountains would lead to the majestic Assyrian Plateau. The grasslands only surrounded the lake, while further away were unseen marshes and forests where monsters roamed.

  When they walked to the center of the lake, they could feel that the deep water was obviously colder, and there were almost no fish swimming around. Mei Dansuo exclaimed: "Why aren't there any monsters in this lake? I wanted to manipulate this magical boat and show off my skills!"

  Before the words had fallen, Xue Dingyuan lazily called out. Then several large fish, a few feet long, jumped out of the lake and splashed up a big wave, escaping in panic to a distant place. Ah Meng struck his staff and said: "As you wish, get ready to show off your skills!"

  Mai Dianzuo also sensed a powerful force emerging ahead, and as he raised his staff, a white line appeared on the water's surface. A massive long tail suddenly flew out, with scales as black as ink and as thick as a person. It swiftly swung out of the water without creating much of a splash, and a sharp humming noise echoed through the air as it instantly drew to the top of the invisible great ship.

  This scene was very familiar to Armon, who had encountered it before on the Yu Di River. He whispered, "These are the descendants of Hong Ba Ba, be extra careful!"

  Without Amun's order, Maidanzo had already made his move. The giant tail was blocked in mid-air and stopped for a moment, emitting a sound like shattering glass. Suddenly, a huge semi-transparent ice shield condensed in mid-air, but it immediately collapsed under the powerful impact. Indeed worthy of being Amun's disciple, just like when Amun first used this defensive technique on the surface of the Yuboti River, condensing an ice shield on the water was the fastest method.

  The ice shield shattered, and Maidanzo's right hand had already drawn out a long sword that leapt into the air and slashed out. This reaction was the same as Armon's at first, except that Armon used an iron branch staff, while Maidanzo switched to a warrior's sword. The sword's blade chopped solidly onto the snake's tail, and the power of this one sword strike could split even the hardest stone in two.

  But the snake's body only shed a few palm-sized scales, with a yellow glow rippling along its body like a wave, and actually dissipated and withstood a full-force slash from a fifth-level warrior. The two massive forces collided in mid-air, sending Mei Dansuo crashing down, the entire invisible warship suddenly sinking downwards, splitting the water's surface and creating a huge splash, being carried by this force drifting backwards for nearly a hundred feet.

  Amon drank again: "I told you, this is the descendant of Hong Baba, who is invincible in water and cannot be resisted."

  "Is it also a monstrous snake with nine heads? Its tail can't be cut off, and it's really not easy to cut off the nine heads."

  "Amon said: "It's just a giant snake with nine heads, that's Hongba Ba. If I met him, would you dare to show off? Body technique for defense, divine technique for attacking the enemy! Let me see how well you've cultivated your dual powers!"

  That huge tail has been withdrawn underwater, and a loud, strange noise is coming from the depths of the lake, like muffled thunder or the bellowing of an ox. Then, more than 100 feet away, waves are churning and foaming like boiling water. Two large, ugly heads have emerged from the surface of the water, their huge mouths open wide enough to swallow a full-grown person with ease. The purple fins look like blood-stained chains, and the bowl-sized eyes are filled with furious anger, clearly showing that Medan's previous sword strike had also caused it immense pain.

  "Ah Mon God!" Mei Danzuo exclaimed, "There are two of them!"

  "Ah Mon shouted: "It's not two, it's a double-headed snake!"

  "Ah, didn't you just say there was only one head?"

  "Cut the crap! You're no match for me in the water, hurry up and get ashore if you want to be serious!"

  Mai Dangzo had no other problem, just being talkative. At this time, he still had the mood to chat with Ah Meng. While talking, his hands were not idle either. As soon as the snake's head appeared, he quickly retreated by driving an invisible big ship. Their position was in the center of the lake, and it made no difference which direction they escaped in.

  But as soon as the boat started, a huge commotion appeared in the rear, and the water surface surged up like small hills, with countless giant ice blocks falling from the waves. Mei Dansuo shouted loudly and swung his staff to the left, and the turbulent lake surface was instantly smoothed out by a giant hand, and the boat slid hundreds of feet to one side, avoiding being directly swept into the lake bottom by the huge waves.

  The edge of the giant ice slab still swept across the invisible large ship, making a loud rumbling sound. Fortunately, this was a spatial divine artifact; if it were a real ship, it would have been smashed to pieces long ago. The intense shaking of the ship's body caused Xue Dingyuan, who was crouching at the bow, to bounce up several times. He turned his head and glared at Mei Dānzuō with great dissatisfaction, as if blaming this kid for being too incompetent.

  Look at this cat's appearance, it doesn't seem afraid at all.

  Mai Dangzuo didn't have the mood to bother with the cat, and before he could even speak, a huge wave surged up, and the thick snake tail reappeared on the surface. The body of this two-headed serpent was enormous, its head was over 100 feet away in front, but its tail circled around from underwater to launch a sudden sneak attack from behind.

  Another strike missed, the monstrous snake let out a furious roar, and a massive arc-shaped wave appeared on the surface of the lake. The snake's entire body floated up, forming a circle around the invisible large ship, rapidly spinning and shrinking. Seeing that Amun and others were in an invisible space that was quite strange, it wanted to directly use its massive body to entwine and strangle them to pieces.

  Moyin Zha Ke didn't dare let the intangible giant ship be entwined by the snake's body, so he shouted loudly and swung his staff with all his might. The water surface below quickly surged up like a small mountain, then this huge wave tossed the ship into the air. The ship flew out, while the huge wave fell down and covered the blocking part of the snake's body, instantly turning it into a hard layer of ice, temporarily freezing that section of the snake's body.

  The invisible giant ship flew over the snake's encirclement and landed on the water surface with a loud splash, causing Xue Dingrui to roll several times due to the intense shock. Mei Danzuo didn't care about stability anymore, waving his staff continuously, creating strong gusts of wind on the lake surface, as the invisible giant ship shot towards the lakeshore like an arrow.