Chapter 3692: Clues |
Lyanna said coldly without speaking, and simply walked into the tower.
The guards exchanged glances.
Strange.
They had not received permission for Lyanna to enter the Tower of Oracle.
However, Lyanna held a respected status on the island, and they did not dare to stop her.
Only when they saw Fang Heng also stepping forward did the guards move to block him.
"Move aside."
Lyanna stopped, glanced back at the group of guards, then turned and entered the tower.
After thinking for a moment, the guards still made way.
Fang Heng followed Lyanna upward to the upper floors.
From the tenth floor upward, many high-tier divine statues were placed casually on the shelves inside the tower.
Fang Heng glanced at the divine statues, and a flash of greed briefly appeared in his eyes.
Protective restrictions were set around the divine statues.
There was no need to rush.
He could return later and refine them all in one go.
Fang Heng continued following Lyanna upward floor by floor until they reached a study on the top level.
The layout of the study was simple: three large bookshelves along the wall, a few wooden chairs, and several low tables facing the window.
Fang Heng walked to the bookshelf and casually picked up a book to browse.
"Omen of Egaron."
Fang Heng said softly as he flipped through a few pages.
The book contained records about the main god Egeron worshipped on this Sea God Island, including details of its preferences and its priests.
It was of no real use.
Fang Heng looked at Lyanna and asked, "Have you read all the books here?"
"I have only read a few."
Fang Heng nodded slightly, then turned his wrist and scattered over a dozen sealing rune papers.
Zombie clones crawled out from the sealing rune papers and rapidly split in place.
In an instant, hundreds of zombie clones filled the entire tower, each picking up books from the shelves and reading rapidly.
Immediately, a massive flow of information entered Fang Heng’s mind.
As his mental strength greatly increased, Fang Heng’s ability to absorb information also rose significantly, allowing him to simultaneously process the reading data from hundreds of zombie clones.
However, this greatly drained his mental strength.
After a while, Fang Heng found records related to gods in a book and became somewhat interested.
The god-level Sea God deity.
There was only one such existence in this world.
Fang Heng looked at Lyanna and asked, "Has the highest-tier Sea God deity reached god level? Where is it located?"
"In the main island of the Tide of Eternal Night Sea God Island."
"Its controlling faith is Nethys. It is said that this deity was granted by Nethys, but because its power was too strong, the believers alone could not activate it. Therefore, the divine statue is jointly managed by the three main islands."
"Hundreds of years ago, during a sea monster invasion, the three Sea God Islands jointly activated the power of this god-level divine statue to repel the monsters. However, the statue was also damaged and has since been unusable, remaining stored on Sea God Island."
"Knock knock knock..."
As they were speaking, the door to the hall room was knocked.
"Go ahead."
"Yes."
Lyanna walked out of the room and briefly spoke with the two guards outside before returning.
"What is it?"
"Your Majesty, we have obtained information. The Black Castle has gone to the Black Sea. They reached an agreement with the Sea God Island of the Tide of Eternal Night and obtained permission to enter the Black Sea. It is said they successfully entered the deep-sea world, were originally expected to return within three months, but the time has already exceeded, and the Black Castle people are missing."
Fang Heng nodded silently.
He had guessed correctly. The Black Castle was likely also following the main storyline.
However, unlike him, they had formed relations with the Sea God Island’s main island, obtained recognition of a demigod-level deity through its power, and entered the Black Sea, eventually reaching the underwater world.
Meanwhile, his current mission path had taken a different route.
To complete the mission, he first needed to advance to god core, then upgrade the divine statue in his possession.
What he lacked now was a method to advance to god core.
Fang Heng pondered while continuing to control his zombie clones to search through the books.
He found it.
According to the books, advancing a false god required at least five hundred believers praying simultaneously, as well as obtaining a special item called the Heartfire Seed.
Unfortunately, the method to obtain the Heartfire Seed was not recorded.
Fang Heng scratched his hair, feeling increasingly irritated.
Continue!
He kept searching for more clues.
Lyanna stood respectfully aside and waited.
Hundreds of zombie clones flipped through books at once, increasing the speed by several hundred times.
After more than half an hour, most of the upper-level bookshelves had been thoroughly examined.
Huh?
Suddenly, Fang Heng noticed something and stood up, walking to one zombie clone and taking a worn ancient book from its hands.
He flipped to a page and stared at the contents, as if seeing something strange, his brows tightly furrowed as he fell into brief silence.
Lyanna noticed the book in Fang Heng’s hand and stepped closer, saying, "Your Majesty, this is the image of the Three Sea Gods."
Fang Heng pointed at one of the illustrations and asked, "Who is she?"
"Aeonia, one of the Three Sea Gods."
"I see..."
A smile appeared on Fang Heng’s face.
This person.
He had seen her before.
"Lyanna, you stay here. I will leave for a moment."
"Yes."
A slowly rotating magic array appeared beneath Fang Heng’s feet.
Sea tides surged out from the magic array, enveloping Fang Heng’s entire body and transporting him away from the spot.
Fang Heng returned to the real world, then immediately took out a dimensional world token and teleported to the Martial Apex Tournament.
Sea God Aeonia?
Perhaps she also had another name.
The Sea Siren Empress-Feng Tiya!
In the Martial Apex Tournament, Feng Tiya was his first-round opponent.
Fang Heng never expected that he would see Feng Tiya’s appearance in an illustration.
After going around in circles in the Black Sea world, it turned out the breakthrough point had been at the very beginning all along.
If he had known earlier, he should have directly asked Feng Tiya for clues from the start.
But thinking again, the dimensional world was outside the game world, while the Sea God world was within the game world. He had never connected the two.
Fang Heng entered the dimensional world again and immediately went to meet the Realm Venerable to inquire about Feng Tiya’s clues.
Tiger Venerable remained in his usual lazy posture, half-lying in a chair. After hearing Fang Heng’s question, he frowned and said, "Oh? Feng Tiya? I remember she returned after you defeated her in the Martial Apex Tournament. She wasn’t invited by me, so I can’t find her."
Tiger Venerable thought Fang Heng had found some cultivation path, but after several days of wandering around, he couldn’t help but remind him, "You brat, you’re always wandering around outside doing who knows what. The next round of matches will begin soon. Don’t waste your time on meaningless things."
"I understand. I need to find her for something important. It will greatly help my strength."
"Oh? The power of god core?"
"Yes. Does Tiger Venerable know about it?"
"I don’t. That kind of power is nothing special. I’m not interested in wasting time on it." Tiger Venerable curled his lips and said, "I remember Feng Tiya was invited by the Dimensional Emperor. Fine, I’ll try to look into it for you, but the Dimensional Emperor is elusive, so I can’t guarantee when there will be results."
"Thank you, Tiger Venerable."