Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 273 Cohen: You can even blow bubbles, could you really be a little fish?

The time is almost up, Cohen said to everyone:
“Get ready. Once the clan leader and I succeed, I’ll give you a signal.

I'll stay down there and wait for you.

The patriarch will go up and join Mr. Modo, His Excellency the Lord of Sequence, Flint and this sharkman friend to deal with the three banshees.

When the time comes, Flint, you take action first, and the rest of you hide in the dark. Once the three banshees come out, you can catch them all in one fell swoop!"

"it is good!"

Cohen finally looked at Belmoody and said softly:

"Sister Bei, you are the strongest. I leave everything to you."

Belmodi nodded and replied:

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch over the pirates for you.

You should be more careful yourself!"

After explaining the matter, Cohen said to Claire:

"Let's go, Patriarch, wish us all the best!"

Claire nodded slightly, and the two of them jumped into the sea together and swam towards the Weeping Trench.

Before leaving, Claire's ears moved slightly. It was a message from Belmoody -

Take good care of him!

……

In the ocean, Claire led the way in front, and Coen followed closely behind.

In order to avoid alerting the banshees in the Weeping Trench, the location where Scarlet Island was teleported was quite far away from the Weeping Trench.

Cohen originally thought that diving should not be a big problem, but after experiencing it himself, he realized that something was wrong.

Every time I went to the sea before, I was either protected by Mr. Modo or Flint, so I didn't notice anything.

This time, following Claire, without the help of a legendary level player, he actually felt a little tired.

The water in the Endless Sea is obviously very different from ordinary seawater, and the deeper you dive, the greater the burden on your body and magic power.

If we continue like this, we'll run out of magic power before we even reach the Weeping Trench.

Cohen stopped and said to Claire in front of him:

"How about we take a break first?"

Cohen was too embarrassed to ask Claire to help him directly.

Seeing this, Claire quickly understood Cohen's predicament and smiled slightly:
"We're less than halfway through the journey, let's hurry up."

After saying that, her red lips opened slightly, and she spit out a string of crystal clear bubbles, emitting colorful light.

Then he waved his hand gently, and the bubble flew towards Cohen, spinning and intertwining around Cohen. In the blink of an eye, a larger bubble was formed, wrapping Cohen completely.

In an instant, Cohen felt that all the pressure on his body disappeared, and even his breathing became smoother.

Cohen sniffed gently and found the bubble had a clear sense of the ocean and a natural fragrance, which was similar to Claire's body odor.

Seeing Cohen's actions, Claire's face turned slightly red. She glared at Cohen and made a gesture to hurry up.

Cohen stopped teasing Claire and the two of them swam quickly downwards.

With the help of Claire's bubbles, both of them increased their speed this time. In less than half an hour, they were almost diving more than 10,000 meters to the bottom of the sea, not far from the Weeping Trench.

Claire paused and whispered:

"There should be Banshee's spies ahead. We'll be too conspicuous if we go over there like this."

Cohen frowned slightly and asked:
"How long until we get to where the conch is stored?"

Claire estimated:
"About two or three hours."

Cohen said thoughtfully:

“It takes five or six hours to go back and forth.

If I enter the shadow plane now, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."

If it were just Cohen, the energy consumption of escaping into the shadow plane would be very small.

But now, if he were to bring a legendary transcendent in, the magic power consumed would be several times more than when he was alone.

Cohen wasn't too sure.

Claire thought for a moment, then glanced at Cohen shyly, and suddenly warned:
"What happened here is that you are not allowed to tell anyone after you get out!"

Cohen was still wondering why Claire suddenly said that, but soon he was amazed by the scene before him.

Claire was surrounded by a soft blue light, like a flowing galaxy.

He closed his eyes lightly, frowned slightly, and his whole body began to change, which surprised Cohen greatly.

The seaweed-like long hair sparkled with tiny rays of light, then slowly became shorter, transforming into pieces of golden and red scales, as if she was wearing an exquisite crown.

The two slender jade legs radiated layers of ripple-like light, gradually turning into two small and powerful tentacles.

Then the whole person turned into a pink ball of light, and when he appeared again, he had turned into an extremely cute pink jellyfish!

If Claire's eyes hadn't looked familiar, Cohen would have found it hard to believe how such a beautiful woman could have turned into such a small and cute jellyfish.

Cohen's mind suddenly popped up the heroine of a cartoon in his previous life - Xiao Meimei from "The Adventures of Little Carp"!

Claire's changing image at this moment is not only somewhat similar to Xiao Meimei, but at least this cute and adorable look is really enough to melt people's hearts.

Cohen called out tentatively:
"Chief Claire?"

Claire glared at Cohen and said unhappily:

"it's me!"

Cohen couldn't help but reach out to touch Claire's head, but Claire's pink tentacle slapped his hand and he said angrily:

"What?"

But the voice was too childish, and it sounded like she was just acting coquettishly.

Cohen quickly put his thoughts aside and said seriously:

"then what do I do?"

Claire chuckled and said:

“What do you want to become?
How about I turn you into a turtle!"

Cohen shook his head quickly:

"No, no, no, the turtle is too slow and can't catch up with you!"

Claire snorted:
"Your hands are not honest, so I will turn you into a big turtle!"

……

Cohen swung his newly born golden fishtail, feeling the strange flexibility of his spine, and felt an indescribable novelty.

Claire, transformed into a pink jellyfish, was floating on the right side, staring at Cohen and saying uncertainly:
"How does it feel? This is also my first time helping someone transform."

Cohen uttered a childish voice:

"It's okay, it feels good."

Claire didn't turn Cohen into an ugly little turtle after all. Of course, it might also be because if a turtle swims as fast as a jellyfish, it will always arouse suspicion.

Therefore, at Cohen's strong suggestion, he was transformed into a golden carp.

"Once you're acclimated, leave now. My transformation won't last long."

Cohen responded, and the two of them swam towards the depths of the trench together.

As we go deeper, the surrounding light becomes dimmer and the water temperature gradually drops. Huge kelp, like a soft python, extends from the depths of the trench, with no bottom in sight.

Bubble and Xiao Meimei... No, Cohen and Claire moved carefully among them, and soon they noticed something strange from those huge kelp.

The two looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.

There was a faint smell of siren in the kelp, which was obviously an extraordinary siren that had already gained intelligence!
This should be the sentinel of the Weeping Banshee!
Their movements were more natural and harmonious, like ordinary goldfish and jellyfish, trying not to touch the kelp and continuing to swim towards the depths of the trench.

Soon, their eyes lit up as schools of lantern fish flashed strange lights, swimming past the two of them like a flowing sea of stars.

At the same time, it also illuminates the dark sea not far away.

It was a breathtaking sight. The trench, ten thousand meters deep, was like the deepest crack in the endless sea, extending infinitely under the icy water.

The cliffs on both sides of the trench have left countless lines under the erosion of time and sea water.

Undercurrents of deep blue and inky black surged through the seabed rifts, occasionally flashing strange lights.

Deep in the trench, hydrothermal vents can be vaguely seen. Boiling hot water gushes out from cracks in the seabed and instantly merges with the cold sea water, forming a huge temperature difference and creating a unique ecosystem.

The area was swarming with white tube worms, giant clams, and strange creatures whose names I couldn't place.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is those pale bodies and phantoms.

Weeping Banshee!

The dark blue undercurrent carried the banshee's pale body slowly down, its blue-gray scales reflecting a cold light in the depths of the trench, and its curled knuckles scraped across the reefs where the giant tube worms lived, making a harsh and unpleasant sound.

Cohen whispered to Claire:

"We should have entered the Weeping Trench."

Claire replied softly:
"It should be in the lower middle section. That banshee is probably silver level, so my Transfiguration can still hide it.

When I encounter a golden-level banshee, I'll probably hide in your shadow plane."

"it is good."

The two then swam towards the depths of the trench.

After a narrow escape, I passed this silver-level banshee.

After diving for another half a while, suddenly, a series of intermittent wailing sounds came from not far away.

Feeling the powerful magic contained in the wailing, the two of them changed their expressions slightly.

Legendary level!
There is a legendary banshee not far away!

Seeing this, Cohen no longer hesitated. He swung his fish tail and placed it on the tentacles of the jellyfish that Claire had transformed into. His figure flashed and disappeared on the spot.

Not long after, an overwhelming extraordinary aura came, and a legendary weeping banshee appeared with a patrol guard where Cohen and the others passed!
In the shadow plane, Cohen breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand.

In the inky darkness of the void, a mysterious and strange silver crack suddenly appeared.

The gap gradually expanded to about half a meter, and then a dazzling light shot through the gap into the shadow plane.

It was exactly the scene where the two of them were before.

Cohen looked at Claire, who had transformed back into human form, with a slight regret. Then, in Claire's astonished eyes, he said:

“This is the Shadow Channel, which is equivalent to the place connecting two planes.

Walking on this plane is equivalent to moving in the main plane. However, you have to be careful, because there are many places in the Shadow Plane that I have never been to, and the danger is no greater than that in the main plane.

If you really reach a place you can't get through, you can only enter the main plane, go around it, and then return to the shadow plane."

Claire nodded thoughtfully.

Then the two of them looked at the legendary banshee in the main plane and observed her movements.

The banshee was just on a routine patrol and didn't stay for long, so she went back soon.

Cohen asked:

"Can you sense the exact location of the conch? Should we catch a live one and ask?"

Claire shook her head and said:

“No need, just follow this legendary banshee.

To ensure the timely deployment of the Wailing Field in the event of a surprise attack, the living conch shells are stored near the Legendary Banshees."

"it is good.

Let’s follow her!”

……

The banshee's pale hair floated like jellyfish tentacles, and the bronze bells around her waist made muffled sounds as she swam, the sound waves stinging the eardrums.

The wailing that the two of them heard just now came from this bell.

The Banshee's figure was looming in the darkness, and her speed was very fast. The two followed closely in the shadow passage. Fortunately, they were guided by the sound of the bell and did not lose her.

I don’t know how long I dived, but the front suddenly opened up and a huge underwater cave appeared.

From time to time, low-level banshees would greet the legendary banshee at the entrance of the cave. It seemed that this was their gathering area.

From time to time, bursts of low roars and sharp howls could be heard from the depths of the cave, intertwined together, bringing a creepy and uncomfortable feeling.

However, this distorted sound was like heavenly music to the banshees, and each of them seemed to be immersed in this wailing.

Claire's eyes narrowed, and she whispered:

"The living conch that stores the Sorrow Field makes a similar sound when breathing. It's likely that the source of the sound is right there!"

Cohen also seemed very excited. The two of them sensed the sound carefully again and quickly determined the direction from which the sound came. Without wasting any more time here, they rushed directly to the source of the sound.

The two of them shuttled through the intricate caves, where the stone walls were covered with slippery seaweed and occasionally sharp stalactites protruded from the ground.

After passing through several forks in the road, a group of strange deep-sea fish shaped like bats swam over.

Claire's eyes lit up:
"Batfish, live conch feeds on bream, so they should be around here."

After passing through the school of fish, a huge cave soon appeared not far away, surrounded by a mysterious blue light.

Two Weeping Banshees are guarding the cave entrance.

Claire sensed it slightly and said affirmatively:
“Golden level, both are weeping banshees of the Golden level.

It's guarded by a golden tier, so there must be a living conch inside!"

The two of them no longer hesitated, sped up, and followed the shadow passage into the cave.

Not long after entering the cave, six tall stone pillars appeared before the two.

On each stone pillar is placed a huge living conch, the shell of which is crystal clear and emits a faint glow in the darkness.

Cohen's figure flashed and he took Claire out of the shadow plane.

As soon as Claire appeared, she immediately blocked out the smell in the cave.

After waiting for a while, they found that everything was normal outside, and then they began to carefully observe the situation inside the cave.

The six stone pillars are arranged in a regular hexagon, with strange patterns etched on the surface, and there is a groove on the top of each pillar.

The light blue living conch fits perfectly into the groove of the stone pillar.

The cold flame pouring out from the conch mouth flows between the grooves of the column, flashing with dreamy and beautiful colors.

As the snail contracts and the shell opens and closes, these cold flames will also rise and fall with the frequency, like the lungs of a giant beast swallowing and exhaling the galaxy.

Cohen retracted his gaze, with an exclamation on his face, and asked:

"Can we use live conch?"

Claire raised her eyebrows, thought for a moment, and replied:
"Any Legendary Transcendent can use a living conch to deploy a wailing field.

The point is that we don't have that many Weeping Banshees to create sonic resonance walls in the Wailing Realm, unless you can control them..."

Claire was stunned for a moment before she finished speaking. She turned back to look at Cohen, a hint of understanding in her eyes.

After a pause, he asked:

"You mean to use the Abyssal Wrath Gem from Poseidon's Trident to control these banshees?"

Cohen nodded:

"Anyway, we only need the eyeballs of the gold-level banshees. There's no need to kill all these low-level banshees. What do you think?"

Claire nodded:
"That's a good idea. We can even place the Scarlet Island base near the Weeping Trench.

When under attack, you can summon these banshees to help build a sonic resonance wall for defense."

Cohen snapped his fingers:
"That's what I thought too."

Cohen decided that it would be better not to completely wipe out this group of banshees.

It's almost time, Claire said:

“I’m going to start casting a spell. Once they are hypnotized, those legendary banshees will be the first to notice any movement.

You have to be careful. "

Cohen's expression turned serious, and he took a deep breath, ready to run away at any time.

Claire took a deep breath, a soft light emanating from her body. She chanted a spell softly, and the invisible power turned into six rays of light and shot towards the six conchs.

After coming into contact with this mysterious light, the original blue cold light turned into dark red. The conch, which had been opening and closing at a certain frequency, twitched and shook like a puppet with its strings pulled, and the tentacles and spikes at the shell began to swing in an uncoordinated manner.

Then, they all made an unpleasant and hoarse sound, and the entire shell closed completely. The light disappeared, and the entire cave fell into complete darkness.

Just as darkness fell, three teeth-grinding, earth-shattering wails rang out from not far away.

Claire panted slightly and spoke quickly:
"Hurry up, they're coming!"

Without Claire's reminder, Cohen could feel three earth-shaking auras rushing towards their location.

Without saying a word, Cohen grabbed Claire's hand, and the two of them flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Not even a minute had passed before three blood-red tears tore open the cave, and a female figure appeared in each tear.

The banshee on the left has half of her face made of a skull, and glowing jellyfish are parasitic in her eye sockets.

The one in the middle wore a melted gold mask, with brain-like substance oozing from the cracks.

The one on the right is even more terrifying, as if countless faces were forced together, and every face was sobbing.

As soon as the three banshees appeared, the air in the entire cave seemed to stagnate.

The three of them looked at the living conch on the stone pillar at the same time, shock and anger flashing in their eyes.

The banshee in the middle wearing a golden mask said coldly:
“The conchs are all hypnotized, that’s the way those mermaid bitches are doing it!

At least a legendary mermaid. Strange, how could she come here without making any noise? "

The banshee on the left closed her eyes and sensed for a moment, then said in a deep voice:
“There seems to be a human aura. She is indeed a shameless bitch, even hooking up with humans!
They shouldn't have gone far, should we chase them?"

The banshee in the middle decisively ordered:
"Everyone, be on alert. Check all underwater creatures closely. Those bitches are proficient in transfiguration. Don't let them escape!"

"Yes!"

In the shadow plane, Cohen heard the conversation outside, put away the communication stone, and said:

“They have been notified. According to the time calculation, the attack can be launched in an hour.

By the way, why does the Weeping Banshee have such a strong hatred towards you mermaids?
If it was just because they failed to seize the holy object, there would be no need to be so shameless."

Hearing the three banshees calling each other a bitch and a slut, Cohen felt a little confused. It stands to reason that how could a dignified legendary transcendent speak so uncivilized, lacking even the most basic manners.

Claire's beautiful face became even colder and she was in a very bad mood.

If Cohen hadn't been around, given Miss Claire's temper, she would have rushed out to compete with them long ago.

After hearing Cohen's question, Claire let out a mocking smile:
“They just don’t have the ability.

In addition to the sacred objects, the mermaids and the sirens have always had a grudge against each other.

Don't you also know the identity of the first Weeping Banshee?"

Cohen replied:

"The abandoned concubine of the first sea god Poseidon, is the relationship between the banshee and your mermaids related to this?"

Claire nodded:
"Legend has it that the first generation of banshees was abandoned by Poseidon because he had a new love."

Cohen couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and he thought of a possibility.

That new love is most likely one of the ancestors of the mermaid clan!

No wonder these banshees call the mermaids bitches. So, there is such a long history between the two tribes.

Cohen's eyes immediately became strange. If that was the case, then the current Sea God Octavian was able to be successfully deified because of the blessing of his ancestors?

The mermaid tribe's inherited sacred object, the "Tears of Eternity", is similar to the "Tears of the Sky" in the trident of Poseidon, which makes sense.

After all this time, it turns out that the ancestor of the mermaid tribe relied on a mistress to get to the top. No wonder the Weeping Banshee is so resentful towards you.

Noticing Cohen's strange gaze, Claire could obviously guess what he was thinking.

She was not surprised. Everyone who knew the history of the mermaids would have such an association, even Claire herself had thought so.

But not being surprised doesn't mean being acceptable. Claire glared at Cohen and warned him:
"Don't let your imagination run wild. We mermaids are all good girls who keep ourselves clean. There's no way we would become someone's lover or mistress!

If you want to harm our mermaid girls, give up the idea as soon as possible."

Look at you, you're anxious again.

I haven't even opened my mouth to say anything yet, how come you're talking about finding a mermaid girl like you as a lover?

Cohen thought, if you want to find me, first find this beautiful clan leader in front of me.

Cohen collected his thoughts and said softly:

"It's just curiosity, there's no need for malicious speculation. Let's leave.

It won't be long before Flint and his men begin their attack."

Claire stopped dwelling on this matter and asked:

"Are you sure you don't want to come up with me?"

Cohen shook his head:
"No, I've already sensed the opportunity for a breakthrough. I want to use this attack on the Banshee to break through to the sixth level!"

(End of this chapter)