Chapter 21: Arcane Cannon

Half an hour later.

Gunie, riding in a carriage, stopped at the entrance of the wealthy villa district in Harutef Harbor.

Getting off the carriage, Gunie checked the address.

After a moment's thought, Gunie did not head straight for the wealthy district but first slipped into the darkness along a secluded, unused path on one side.

About three to five minutes later, Gunie emerged again.

Then, stepping silently under the cover of night, he entered the villa cluster of the wealthy district.

Under the night sky, the villa district was quite tranquil.

Only a few villa estates where parties were being held felt lively.

About ten-odd minutes later.

In a dark corner.

Gunie silently climbed into a tower about twenty meters high.

Then, Gunie looked toward a blue-and-white villa estate not far away that seemed especially warm and natural.

"About two hundred meters away, and the position is just right."

After scanning the blue-and-white villa, Gunie thought to himself.

Then, the intermediate-rank supernatural spell "Eagle Eye," with an incantation syllable count of 8 and source power consumption of 2, was cast upon himself.

Gunie activated his source power vision and dark vision.

The night gradually receded, becoming as bright as day.

The wall of the entire villa facing Gunie gradually faded and became transparent.

At the same time, the field of view rapidly zoomed in; the Eagle Eye spell's vision directly made Gunie feel as if he had come to stand by the window.

"The effect of Eagle Eye is quite good too. I should set it to auto-cultivate sometime, until it reaches level five."

"Things five or six thousand meters away can be seen as if right before my eyes."

Gunie did not immediately form the Dark Inscription Arcane Channel.

As a beginner-rank secret pattern spell, maintaining it for a long time also consumes source power.

Who knew when that Feathered Serpent Edward would arrive.

When he did, Gunie would form it then.

Then Gunie began observing the entire blue-and-white villa.

"Hmm, preparing dinner, quite lavish. Is that Feathered Serpent planning to spend the night here?"

Gunie felt sorry for the wealthy merchant for two seconds.

"You earn the money, someone else lives in your house, eats your food, and sleeps with your wife."

"Maybe, when you've earned enough, this Feathered Serpent will kill you and take all your money."

"And you know what, given the Feathered Serpent's ruthless pirate nature and his bloodthirsty style, that's probably what he's thinking."

"Indeed, in this supernatural world, wealth and strength must be proportional, or you simply can't hold onto so much wealth."

"But today, I'll help you kill this guy, and kill your wife too."

"No need to thank me; I'm just that helpful."

Gunie idly thought to himself.

At the same time, Gunie gradually entered a state of perfect harmony with the surrounding natural world.

In such a state, not even high-rank supernaturals, let alone grandmaster supernaturals, could detect him.

From around five-something in the evening, Gunie waited until nearly eight o'clock.

Finally, a silver steam car slowly stopped in front of the blue-and-white villa.

Three men got out of the car.

Gunie immediately perked up and looked carefully.

If anyone else stared directly for such a long time, it would likely alert the subject.

But Gunie was not afraid.

Others could not feel Gunie's gaze; Gunie had verified this many times before.

The leading man appeared to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

With a handsome face, dark golden curly hair, a tall and sturdy figure, and bright, fiery eyes like burning flames, he looked extremely masculine and handsome.

No wonder that witch had hooked up with this Feathered Serpent Edward.

With the arrival of the three, the villa's hall began this lavish dinner.

Or rather, the last supper for some.

In the dark silence.

Gunie followed the trajectory of the Dark Essence, completely immersed in it.

Gunie was darkness, and darkness was Gunie.

This faint layer of Dark Essence could envelop all the subtle incantations and fluctuations of source power that Gunie stirred up.

Then, wrapped in the Dark Essence, Gunie began to construct his Dark Inscription Arcane Channel using the Witch-Death Staff.

With the ten amplification runes on the Witch-Death Staff, under 100% power amplification, it could ensure that Gunie's incantation power was strong enough.

Gunie himself had fourteen Secret Crossing runes, plus four from the Witch-Death Staff, making eighteen.

A 22-syllable Dark Inscription Arcane Channel could be condensed in one second.

But to make its power even stronger,

Gunie overlapped the repeatable syllables five times.

Taking six seconds and consuming thirty-eight units of source power, a lengthened and thickened version of the Dark Inscription Arcane Channel was condensed by Gunie in the darkness.

This Dark Inscription Arcane Channel at this moment,

three meters long and as thick as Gunie's thigh,

calling it an 'incantation sniper rifle' would be an understatement.

To put it bluntly, this damn thing was entirely a magic cannon.

Although the condensed Dark Inscription Arcane Channel could be suspended in the air using source power manipulation, such suspension would continuously consume source power and mental energy to a large extent.

Gunie's approach was to hang it with four puppet secret threads, so the mental energy consumed was minimal, and the source power consumed was also very little.

Moreover, with the puppet secret threads, Gunie could aim and manipulate more precisely and stably.

Pressing one hand against the Dark Inscription Arcane Channel,

Gunie began to input 'Annihilation Energy' into it, while simultaneously casting the incantation 'Arcane Bullet' to condense the Annihilation Energy into an arcane bullet about the thickness and length of a finger.

Arcane Bullet: 12 incantation syllables, 4 units of source power consumption.

At present, Gunie had no small amount of Annihilation Energy in his body, enough for at least twenty-five or twenty-six shots.

If he conserved energy, this number could double or more.

And as Gunie's understanding of the Dark Essence gradually deepened, the Annihilation Energy would continue to grow.

Having done all this, Gunie did not fire immediately.

If a single blast killed Feathered Serpent Edward but he couldn't retrieve the corpse or the Sea Demon Ship stored in the storage equipment, it would be meaningless.

Gunie had a plan for this long ago.

In the darkness, Gunie began to condense puppet threads.

This time, Gunie's puppet thread was condensed extremely long, fully two hundred and forty meters long.

Then, Gunie infused the other end of the puppet secret thread with a trace of Death Beast energy and finally connected it perfectly to the tail of the arcane bullet.

Thus, while the arcane bullet shot and killed Feathered Serpent Edward,

the puppet secret thread could also touch Feathered Serpent Edward.

And two hundred meters was the limit of Gunie's ability to manipulate the puppet secret thread.

Using the powerful retrieval function of the system,

the moment the puppet thread wrapped around the dead Feathered Serpent Edward, Gunie could retrieve it into his system space.

Then, following the directional teleport scroll that Gunie had already charged and set, Gunie teleported away directly.

Of course, that was the normal script. For abnormal scripts, Gunie had many scenarios in mind and had various countermeasures ready.

With a gentle breath, Gunie cast 'Eagle Eye' on himself again.

With meticulous manipulation,

Gunie, with one hand on the Dark Inscription Arcane Channel, followed the framework trajectory of the World Essence and easily aimed the arcane shot's bullet impact point at Feathered Serpent Edward.

Powerful aiming ability—this was the essence of Arcane Shot.

If it didn't hit, then no matter how strong the power, it was zero.

Then, the Dark Inscription Arcane Channel entered the charging phase, and the peculiar runes on the channel gradually lit up, but were perfectly concealed by the Dark Essence.

Throughout the entire process, the fifth-rank Feathered Serpent Edward did not sense the slightest danger.

With perfect concealment in the darkness and his own fate shackles severed,

everything Gunie did in the darkness would not be perceived by the outside world.

With ample preparation, Gunie was determined today to make Edward and his two powerful deputies suffer no matter what.

Since they chose to be pirates, they must be prepared to be blown away by cannons.