Chapter 632: Father Save Me
The next moment, the water surged violently, and the light and shadow dissipated.
The scene before Da Han and Qian Xing's eyes changed dramatically. The true form was revealed.
Battle skill and divine spell collided, creating a torrential current.
Da Han and Qian Xing each stumbled back half a step, while Zhou Zhang retreated a full step.
“Heh heh heh, indeed the divine magic of the Charming Blue Goddess!” Da Han sneered coldly.
They had obtained crucial intelligence before the battle and came prepared. However, the divine magic imbued upon them and the equipment they wore were only sufficient for the two of them.
To prevent the Charming Blue Church's deceptive divine magic from inflicting heavy casualties among his forces, Da Han hadn't even brought a single ship!
Zhou Zhang's face was as still as water.
Her Opportunistic Deception had been countered. Against opponents of the same level, it clearly no longer held the same potency. Especially this time, as she had simultaneously deceived two saint levels.
Zhou Zhang stared at Qian Xing and Da Han, declaring: "Human saints, the deep sea is not your territory. We don't welcome you here!"
“Leave this place, or you shall pay a price beyond your imagination.”
Zhou Zhang knew their intentions were hostile. Since they had prepared targeted defenses, they were likely here specifically for her. Still, she made one final attempt.
Da Han's expression remained calm, his tone detached: “This is the Charming Blue Church. I have come precisely for you.”
“I have a proposal to save us both time, hand over all your possessions immediately, and I'll turn tail and leave.”
Qian Xing added from the side, “Oh and Ba Qi. He's a member of our Fire Beard Pirates. Hand him over too.”
“Heh heh heh.” Zhou Zhang laughed in anger, about to speak.
Da Han raised his hand. “Enough talk. I understand.”
“Let's save time. Cut the nonsense.”
“Fight!”
Zhou Zhang's face darkened as she slowly retreated, water ripples swirling around her before fading away.
Da Han and Qian Xing exchanged a glance, then charged forward regardless of Zhou Zhang's location.
They split left and right, a tactical maneuver!
Zhou Zhang's heart sank.
Alone, she could only intercept one of them.
Their tactic clearly aimed to exploit numerical superiority.
Zhou Zhang gritted her teeth, hesitated briefly, then chose to intercept Da Han.
After all, Da Han was a sorcerer, a spellcasting combat class. In terms of slaughter efficiency alone, he surpassed a fighter like Qian Xing.
As for Qian Xing...
“We're going in!” The remaining gold level individuals, led by Zhang Yu Wan and Jiu Hua Bi, charged forward with gritted teeth.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Zhou Zhang clashed with Da Han. divine spells and magic spells collided, instantly igniting a series of violent explosions.
The blast sent surrounding currents surging wildly, terrifying sonic waves echoing through the ocean trench.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yu Wan, Jiu Hua Bi, and the others launched a formidable assault on Qian Xing.
“I'll play along for now,” Qian Xing remarked with a mocking smile. His form darted like lightning, moving with blinding speed as he weaved freely among the gold level foes.
As the two sides fought, the ripples of the battlefield soon spread and implicated the White Hair Trench.
Thunderous explosions could not be concealed, and from time to time, underwater mountains and seabed shook.
“What's happening?” Cang Xu, mid-ceremony guiding a fishman to faith, halted abruptly, his face etched with shock and disbelief.
The surrounding Charming Blue believers were already in utter chaos.
Every single one was stunned and terrified.
Though they outnumbered their foes, the attackers were saint level!
Before such powerhouses, they were nothing but lambs awaiting slaughter.
No reconnaissance was needed, the aura of a saint level being was so conspicuous that nearly every transcendent could sense it.
“Where is Lord Zhou Zhang?”
“That distinct aura of the saint level, it's clearly Lord Zhou Zhang!”
“And Jiu Hua Bi, Zhang Yu Wan, and the rest! All the gold level experts have gone into battle!”
Cries erupted from the crowd, venting their panic.
A heavy weight pressed down on Cang Xu's heart, especially as he realized one of the battle groups was drawing ever closer.
“Why would two saint level attackers suddenly appear?”
“Could this be why Charming Blue Goddess deliberately cultivated the Commander?”
“No, it makes no sense to provoke two saint level enemies simultaneously.”
Cang Xu gritted his teeth, silencing the relentless questions in his mind, and immediately began secretly contacting the fishman youngster.
The fishman youngster did not respond.
Cang Xu could only wait anxiously.
Their communication tool wasn't real-time messaging; it was more like writing letters or leaving messages.
“Hurry up and see this! Respond to me, Commander!”
“The Ocean Mother Nest is no longer safe.”
Yet the fishman youngster hadn't received Cang Xu's message. He was currently concentrating intensely, channeling divine magic.
Divine spell - Believer Perception!
The fishman youngster's heart-pounding dread grew ever more intense, even interfering with his current tasks.
Confused and alarmed, he could only begin checking everywhere.
First, he inspected the Deep Sea Monster Fish and questioned the tower spirit, finding nothing unusual aboard the ship or within the Ocean Mother Nest.
He then observed the surroundings outside the Ocean Mother Nest. As the battle had not yet begun, everything appeared normal.
The fishman youngster then attempted to use Believer Perception to check on the others.
Lan Zao was thriving in the Dueling Divine Domain, having earned trust.
Dao Hen was carrying out surveillance duties aboard Tan Mo's Treasure Chest, undetected.
But the big guy...
“Oh no! What's happening to Xiao Guai?”
The fishman youngster realized Xiao Guai was in grave peril. Carried by Da Dou, they were desperately weaving through the earth elemental army, yet every attempt to break through failed.
Da Dou's vitality was fading, his body drenched in blood.
Hong Zhu had also sustained significant injuries.
Only the big guy remained well-protected by Da Dou, flailing his limbs and wailing loudly. The perilous situation had pushed him to the brink of madness.
The fishman youngster was stunned by the danger.
He never imagined that the big guy would be surrounded and attacked by the earth elemental army.
What grudge did they have? What enmity was there?
Even if he destroyed an entire earth elemental tribe, this seemed excessive.
Without hesitation, the fishman youngster cast the divine spell [Divine Power Channel]. The moment the channel opened, the big guy sensed it.
“Fa... Father!”
“Bad guys! So many bad guys!”
The big guy screamed for help in his mind.
“Xiao Guai, don't be afraid.”
“Father sees you. You'll be safe.”
The fishman youngster comforted the big guy while focusing his attention, sifting through his memories.
The big guy's memories didn't provide the answer—why they were being subjected to such treatment by the earth elementals.
But the fishman youngster discovered something: the recent divine intervention by the Main Earth Elemental God.
His heart jolted violently: "The Main Earth Elemental God?
"Why would He pay attention to this place? Why intervene personally?"
"And these earth elementals, they're all shouting about a divine war. Is this a divine war?"
This was an utterly devastating piece of news.
Another piece of devastating news was Tu Ji.
The fishman youngster discovered that this member of the Blood Light Punishment Institution had also appeared and joined the battle.
“This guy should have landed on Feng Awakening Island. Why did he show up so quickly in the Magnet Archipelago?”
“He must be after Hong Zhu!”
The fishman youngster had been warned by Cang Xu earlier. Through the big guy's network, he'd already issued orders for the Crimson Orb to go into hiding.
But Tu Ji's arrival at the Magnet Archipelago was too covert, too swift, Hong Zhu hadn't had time to conceal herself.
“What should I do now?”
The fishman youngster hesitated, feeling utterly stumped.
He could now employ various divine spells, even Divine Descent, to aid the big guy in breaking through the siege.
But doing so would inevitably reveal the most critical information.
Even if Tu Ji from the Blood Light Punishment Institution was deceived and failed to recognize the divine power's origin, once he learned of this, he would surely take the big guy seriously and investigate further in the future.
If he or the Blood Light Punishment Institution discovered it was Charming Blue Goddess, it would spell disaster.
Charming Blue Goddess had been gravely wounded and now lay dormant precisely because the Empire's deities held sway.
“I cannot recklessly use the Charming Blue Goddess's magic. For it cannot see the light of day!”
The fishman youngster had harbored these fears before.
Now, this flaw is laid bare.
Though Charming Blue divine spells proved effective, the fishman youngster dared not wield them freely, fearing discovery.
Truthfully, had only Tu Ji been present, he might have acted.
After all, Tu Ji was merely a gold level being.
But the Main Earth Elemental God clearly watched over this place, a deity of a major pantheon. Such a presence left the fishman youngster with no confidence to take risks.
Undoubtedly, the Main Earth Elemental God's power far surpassed that of the Charming Blue Goddess.
“Why is He watching this place?”
“Could it be that I angered Him by deceiving Him and destroying His altar, prompting this retaliation?”
“Or perhaps the Earth Elemental Chieftain I killed was His bloodline descendant?”
“Is he waiting for me to make my move, then follow the trail?”
On the battlefield, Tu Ji charged relentlessly forward.
But he couldn't break through.
His situation now was different from before.
He was under siege by nearly ten gold level opponents!
Several gold level magnetic earth elementals continuously cast magnetizing racial magic, severely restricting Tu Ji's movements.
What Tu Ji truly feared, however, was the stone-tipped mace wielded by one of the earth elementals.
It was a petrifying weapon!
Capable of transforming the flesh of struck enemies into stone.
Time and again, this gold level weapon had intercepted Tu Ji, thwarting his attempts to reach Hong Zhu.
This time was no different.
Just as Tu Ji was about to break through the encirclement, the stone mace swept across.
If he dodged, he would lose his chance to strike and fall back into the trap.
“Screw it!”
A fierce glint flashed in Tu Ji's eyes as he swung his left arm to block.
The next instant, his left arm was shattered clean off by the mace. Not only that, but its surface rapidly changed, transforming into stone.
But Tu Ji had anticipated this, erupting his battle qi directly at the edge of his shoulder.
Bam!
Blood spurted everywhere.
Tu Ji used his battle qi to sever his own arm!
Battle skill - Blood Light Shockwave.
The next instant, the severed arm, not yet fully petrified, erupted in a violent explosion.
Blood spattered everywhere, striking the gold level earth elementals. Every one of them screamed in agony, tumbling to the ground.
At the cost of his left arm, Tu Ji finally broke through, carving a bloody path through the earth elemental army to reach Da Dou and the others.
“Follow me!” Tu Ji bellowed fiercely.