As Keith slowly recounted his experience supporting the Roland Plane, Ye Chen's expression grew increasingly solemn. The threat posed by the ghost ship was far more serious than he had imagined.
The interplane war that Keith participated in was no less massive than the current Demon Flame Plane war, and perhaps even more so. That interplane war activated thirty-six sources of darkness, yet the lords of the Roland Plane still managed to withstand it and even launch a counterattack.
In the final moments of the interdimensional war, a large number of ghost ships emerged from various sources of darkness. Their bizarre abilities caused heavy losses to the lord's army, turning their favorable situation into a predicament. Ultimately, due to the excessive losses, they had to retreat, banishing the entire plane from the world.
Banishing an entire plane is a last resort, because the banished plane will be beyond saving. At the same time, because it is mired in darkness, it will become a source of strength for dark creatures, a cradle for their growth, and may even make the dark creatures that appear later even more powerful.
Of course, if that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. After all, darkness spreads infinitely, and no one knows how many planes they have devoured. But the most important point is that these planes record their coordinates and then return through these coordinates at every point in time. What they bring with them is a terrifying army of dark creatures.
While the lords of Earth haven't encountered such things, they have indeed happened in the legends of lords in other planes, especially some new generation lord planes. Their knowledge of lordship is not comprehensive, and when faced with an invincible enemy, they often choose to give up easily. Exiling planes, a low-cost and high-efficiency behavior, often becomes their first choice. But one day they will have to pay the price for their actions.
"So, besides the alluring voice, the Ghost Ship's most important abilities are mirroring, etherealization, imprisonment, corruption, and immortality, right?" Ye Chen asked slowly.
“That’s right. If this ghost ship is the same as the one I saw in that dimension, then these are the five known strange abilities. Of course, we should also add the ability to lure creatures within a certain range towards the ghost ship!” Keith nodded and said.
Ye Chen nodded. Although he didn't know if what the other party said was true or false, at least the first few points were correct. The abilities of temptation and mirror image had been confirmed by the angel Lambert. The remaining four strange effects, namely, etherealization, imprisonment, corruption, and immortality, were things he hadn't expected.
Like the Candle Dragon, the Ghost Ship possesses the ability to move through the void and freely shift between reality and illusion. Therefore, it is practically impossible to destroy the Ghost Ship using the high-energy cannons on the starship. The only option is to clear out the dark creatures outside.
Ye Chen had a deep understanding of how difficult it was to deal with the interplay of illusion and reality. The fact that the Candle Dragon could move freely in and out of the army of dark creatures as if they were nothing made it impossible for the Ghost Ship to destroy it.
Not to mention, when combined with the effect of immortality, there is no possibility of destroying it.
While the effect of immortality is not as powerful as the transformation between reality and illusion, it is more practical and is an effect possessed by almost all tools of the Dark Civilization, enabling ghost ships to prevent decay.
It sounds simple, but you should know that when you destroy any part of the ghost ship, even a plank on the deck, it can recover in a short time and even be immune to many types of attacks, so you won't think this effect is simple.
Immortality, eternal decay, and everlasting glory... This is the most powerful ability that darkness has bestowed upon the tools of dark civilization.
In addition, the abilities of imprisonment and corruption are also unusual. The former is a passive effect. Only when dark creatures enter the corresponding location will they be imprisoned in a pre-set trap. Then, through the erosion and incubation of dark energy, the imprisoned creatures will be continuously corrupted and transformed into pure dark creatures.
Therefore, exploring ghost ships is by no means an easy task, which is one of the reasons why the vast majority of lords are not optimistic about Ye Chen. You should know that even when Keith went to support the Roland Plane back then, no one could prove that they had ever repelled a ghost ship.
"Thank you very much for the news. This is just a small token of my appreciation!" Ye Chen said, and asked Ye Zhen to send the gift he had prepared to Keith. It was something insignificant to him, but it was a considerable fortune for a mid-level lord like Keith.
"Thank you so much! Please feel free to ask me anything else you want to know, and I will answer to the best of my ability!" Keith said excitedly. Just providing some information was enough to earn him such a large reward, which would allow him to develop his territory for a long time.
"That's all for now. I'll contact you again if anything unexpected happens!" Ye Chen shook his head and dialed the communicator to send a message to Zhulong and the others, informing them of the possible situation inside.
After a day, Zhulong and the others had arrived at the outer perimeter of the ghost ship, waiting for Ye Chen's instructions while also monitoring the ghost ship's movements.
When Ye Chen revealed the message he had sent from Keith, everyone's expression immediately turned serious. All they knew so far were the Mirror Image and the Demon Language, but no one had expected that there would be so many more abilities, which made them quite at a loss.
"However, the master said that as long as we are careful, we should have enough strength to deal with the remaining three energies: imprisonment, etherealization, and corruption. The main task is still to find a way to destroy the ghost ship!" Zhulong said.
Although he was accompanied by five demigods, he was the strongest and most senior among them, and everyone naturally followed his advice.
"But this journey is fraught with danger, we must be extra careful!" Fuxi looked at the dim stars and abandoned meteorites in the sky, his face showing worry.
"What is without risk? The best way to become strong is to forge ahead!" said Ye Jun from Group Three of the Golden Crows.
"Tools of the Dark Civilization! I never thought that when I was still a dark creature, I wouldn't have the chance to study them. Now that I'm just a lowly lackey of the lords, I'll actually have the opportunity to study tools of the Dark Civilization!" Noah chuckled softly. He was the only one among the lords who could laugh. The pursuit of truth and the unknown was ingrained in his very bones.
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