Chapter 3662: Exploration |
Fang Heng quickly found the Sea God Island priests’ area based on his memory from the daytime.
The ritual site was located deep within the island, in a large cavern.
Outside the cavern, many Sea God Island guards stood watch 24 hours a day. However, these ordinary guards did not possess the ability to see through soul bodies. They only felt a cold wind pass by, shrank their necks, and cautiously looked around.
Everything was calm.
The guards continued their watch duty.
Fang Heng entered the cavern.
Inside, it was very spacious, and candles illuminated the entire cave.
Gods?
Following the passage, Fang Heng entered the prayer hall. On the front wall of the hall, there were carved recesses, each holding a divine statue.
Fang Heng shifted his gaze toward a narrow passage leading behind the prayer hall.
There was a stronger resonance of faith power there.
Fang Heng continued forward and followed the passage into the depths.
Huh?
Soon, his path was blocked by a massive stone wall.
A faint dark-red glow lingered on the stone.
Fang Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.
Interesting!
This was a fusion of faith power, fire elemental energy, and some psychic force.
It was undoubtedly divine power.
No, there was also spatial science involved.
Behind the wall was very likely a specially constructed hidden space.
Fang Heng frowned slightly.
The faith power on the wall was stronger than the divine statue they had seen on the ship earlier.
Based on this, Sea God Island likely possessed higher-tier divine statues.
And they were hidden within that special space behind the rock wall?
With his current strength, he could easily break through the barrier, but doing so would cause the entire special space to collapse, and he would not be able to obtain the divinity hidden inside.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Heng decided to temporarily give up.
He would come back and check again tomorrow.
Fang Heng withdrew his gaze, no longer hesitating, and directly returned to his residence.
Just as he returned, he saw High Priest Darcy and Raygynold arriving with a group of guards.
Darcy instinctively felt that this matter was related to Fang Heng’s group.
But deep down, he was unwilling to believe it.
Impossible!
No one could disrupt his ritual!
Even more impossible for anyone to destroy a divine statue in such a short time.
Perhaps the divine statue’s destruction was just an accident caused by sea monsters?
Darcy gritted his teeth.
He thought this explanation was even more ridiculous.
Unable to resist Raygynold’s repeated demands, Darcy could only bring him over to investigate.
"Priest."
The guards stationed outside the residence nodded in greeting upon seeing them.
Darcy looked toward the house where Fang Heng and the others were staying and asked, "Did they make any movements tonight?"
The guards replied, "Earlier, during the sea monster tide, they requested to go out and look, but we rejected them. After that, they never left again."
Darcy frowned and asked, "Are you certain?"
"Yes."
Raygynold said, "What are you waiting for? Just go in and check!"
"You stay here. I will go in and take a look."
"No! I am going too! I want to see for myself whether they are inside!"
Darcy frowned slightly and looked at Raygynold, saying in a deep voice, "Are you trying to escalate the conflict?"
Raygynold gritted his teeth and watched as Darcy entered the house with his men.
Three minutes later, Darcy returned with his group.
Raygynold hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
"You were wrong," Darcy shook his head. "I saw them myself. All five of them were inside."
"That’s impossible!"
...
Lyman Empire.
Even though it was already late at night, the council hall was still brightly lit.
The king’s expression was as dark as if water could drip from it.
Although they had roughly guessed the situation, the truth still shocked everyone.
According to recent intelligence from Oz Empire spies, a merchant ship that had newly joined the Imperial Chamber of Commerce had arrived at Pulau Island today and encountered an attack from Commander Belmonte’s fleet.
No one had expected that the owner of this merchant ship possessed the power to summon terrifying undead creatures.
This ship had wiped out the entire Oz Empire fleet by itself.
What? A merchant ship?
It annihilated Commander Belmonte’s entire fleet?
The Minister of Military Affairs initially suspected that the intelligence was wrong.
But after cross-checking two reports, everyone fell into silence again.
There was no mistake.
It was indeed a merchant ship.
A merchant ship capable of summoning undead Bone Dragons.
A Bone Dragon! That was a legendary creature!
If that was true, then wiping out Belmonte’s fleet would not be surprising at all.
But how had they done it?
Summoning a Bone Dragon?
If that merchant ship truly possessed such power, what would happen if it attacked the Oz Empire?
As everyone pondered, a minister suddenly frowned and said, "I remember that earlier today, the Third Prince also encountered an Oz Empire merchant ship at Sea God Island. Could it be..."
The same ship?
Instantly, everyone thought of this, and their expressions changed.
If they remembered correctly, that merchant ship had also used undead-type power.
It must be the same one!
A god with undead power had never been seen before. How could two such divine statues suddenly appear?
At that moment, a guard entered the hall and reported, "A new letter from the Third Prince has arrived."
"Bring it."
The king took the letter, quickly scanned it, and his expression turned grave.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
"Raygynold attempted to use the Siren Song’s divine power to deal with the Oz Empire merchant ship. For some unknown reason, the Siren Song god suffered backlash, and the sea monster tide was enraged and attacked Sea God Island."
The king paused and looked around the ministers, continuing, "In the end, the Oz Empire merchant ship only suffered minor damage from the sea monster tide, while our three warships completely sank. Even the divine statues on board were shattered."
What?
The ministers began whispering among themselves.
It sounded like the Third Prince had set a trap for that merchant ship, but the trap failed, and instead they suffered heavy losses.
They even lost the divine statue obtained with great difficulty from Sea God Island?
The Minister of Military Affairs frowned and asked, "Can we confirm it was that merchant ship’s doing?"
"I don’t know," the king shook his head slightly. "Sea God Island cannot determine whether this was an accident or external interference. But we can confirm one thing: the ship’s owner is Fang Heng—the same one who repelled the Imperial fleet at Pulau Island today."
The entire council hall fell silent again.
Everyone was shocked.
Just how terrifying was this person?
Could he influence Sea God Island’s divine operations without anyone noticing?
"Your Majesty, this person must be guarded against," An elder who had not spoken stepped forward and said, "We should borrow Sea God Island’s power to test his true strength. If he is beyond human ability to oppose, we can adjust our plans quickly."
"Mm." The king thought for a moment, a cold light appearing in his eyes. He raised his head and said, "Contact Sea God Island. The Oz Empire is willing to pay any price, as long as they can eliminate that ship and everyone on board."
"Yes."
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