Chapter 334: Section 121: What is the Divine Son Doing to His Goddess?!
The ship ghost floated swiftly forward through the cabin of the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
All the cabin doors of the Deep Sea Monster Fish were tightly shut, but this did not hinder the ship ghost.
“Who would have thought this big fish turned out to be an Alchemy Ship!”
“The creator is incredibly skilled, the alchemy techniques are top-notch!”
“What a pity that even the imperial capital struggles to defend against Undead Magic, haha.”
The ship ghost specialized in Undead Magic, doubled as a Desecration Priest, and also dabbled in alchemy. His greatest skill was crafting Soul Crystals, which he sold to satisfy his extensive need for resources for his own training.
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With his limited alchemy knowledge, he could sense the high-end nature of the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
While shaking inside, he felt extremely fortunate and proud.
Undead Magic, a newly emerging discipline, was hard to defend against with conventional means.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish, despite being made by a War Merchant, lacked understanding of Undead Magic, thus allowing the ghost ship ghost to stealthily infiltrate without detection.
This way, the ghost ship infiltrated deeper.
“We’re close, getting closer, I can feel it… there are several Soul Crystals hidden inside.”
The ship ghost reached a cabin door.
But this time, when he tried to pass through the door, he failed.
“Eh?”
The ship ghost immediately began to look for another route, but to his disappointment, not only was the door well-defended, but the walls of the entire cabin were enveloped in powerful forces.
“This is power emanating from an Array…” the ship ghost studied for a while and became disheartened. “It’s not specifically targeted at me, but the level of this Array is very high. With my current strength, I simply cannot break through!”
“What should I do?”
The ship ghost passed through other cabins, searching for vulnerabilities, but unfortunately found none.
“Damn it!”
“The Soul Crystals are right here, but I’m stuck at the final hurdle.”
The ship ghost was infuriated.
In the coveted cabin, the Array continued to operate, with the Green Jade Gold Coffin quietly positioned at its center. Inside the coffin, a beautiful young girl, Zi Di, lay in slumber.
After some time, the ship ghost finally gave up.
“Forcing my way through won’t work.”
“It seems I need to find the control valve that operates this cabin door.”
“Captain’s quarters…”
“It must be in the Captain’s quarters!”
“I must go there, risk another adventure…”
The ship ghost began to search for the location of the Captain’s room.
He knew there were definitely people in the Captain’s room, but there was no choice, he was worried that the Alchemy Ship couldn’t hold out.
Even with the Tower Spirit in control, the Deep Sea Monster Fish clearly couldn’t withstand the Cold Shadow Giant.
After all, the latter was at the Holy Domain Level.
If it weren’t for the Divine Incarnation and the High Priest heavily restraining Zhao Ya’s physical form, the combat power of the Cold Shadow Giant would be even stronger.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish tried its best to move around, using long-range attacks against the Cold Shadow Giant.
If it came to close combat, the advantage of the Cold Shadow Giant was enormous, as evidenced by the breaks and dents on the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
Zhao Ya furrowed his brows, the Cold Shadow Giant roared, and suddenly underwent a dramatic transformation.
His arms stretched out fiercely, like a python shooting forth, wrapping around the unsuspecting Deep Sea Monster Fish.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish struggled violently and easily broke free from the Cold Shadow Python.
But in reality, this was exactly what the Cold Shadow Giant intended to do.
The Cold Shadow Python shattered into over a dozen segments, each quickly transformed into individual Cold Shadow Claw Beasts.
These humanoid Claw Beasts, running swiftly on all fours, were agile. Their hands and feet could morph into sharp, robust claws, making their attacks fierce.
These dozen or so Cold Shadow Claw Beasts, through the breaches on the Deep Sea Monster Fish, drilled into the cabins, and began breaking through everywhere.
At the same time, the significantly smaller Cold Shadow Giant continued to charge at the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
For a moment, the Deep Sea Monster Fish found itself in a dire situation, only able to retreat steadily!
Through several layers of Subspace Barriers, the Divine Incarnation vaguely saw this scene, extremely anxious, and immediately intensified the assault to its maximum, bombarding Zhao Ya’s physical form with various Divine Arts, Spells, and Combat Skills.
The High Priest lay down within the shell-shaped divine seat, her lower body already vanished, her waist and abdomen also gradually dissipating. This was the price of forcibly ascending to the divine seat.
She collaborated with the Divine Incarnation, disregarding her own injuries, causing significant trouble for Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya sat cross-legged in Subspace, directing the lesser Cold Shadows around him, holding the fort.
The longer the defense, the greater the loss; he sustained several bombardments.
His injuries multiplied, his complexion turned a golden purple tone, with blood continuously flowing from the corners of his mouth, nostrils, and ears.
Yet he chuckled lightly, his fighting spirit unyielding, “The ultimate victor of this battle will be me!”
Zhao Ya became increasingly confident as the battle progressed.
Both parties were actually engaging in attacking where the enemy must rescue.
However, the difference lay in the fact that this Subspace was temporarily created by him, giving him a substantial geographical advantage.
Zhao Ya was actively employing the tactic of attacking where the enemy must rescue, specifically targeting Mei Lan’s true form. But the Divine Incarnation and the High Priest were passively employing this tactic as they and the Fishman youth were far apart, separated by many Subspace Barriers.
The structure of this Subspace was like a beehive. Zhao Ya, the Divine Incarnation, and the High Priest were all at the top, while the Cold Shadow Giant and the Deep Sea Monster Fish were at the bottom.
Inside the Deep Sea Monster Fish, the Fishman youth was already facing a Cold Shadow Claw Beast.
He had no choice, he had to come forward to fight, and he couldn’t watch these clawed monsters damage the Deep Sea Monster Fish from within.
But the combat skills of the Fishman youth inflicted very limited damage on the clawed monsters.
And the Fishman youth could only mainly dodge the attacks of the clawed monsters.
Each Cold Shadow Clawed Monster possessed Golden Level strength, and dealing with one was already a struggle for the Fishman youth. Now with more than a dozen clawed monsters breaching the Deep Sea Monster Fish, the disparity in combat power was too great.
However, fortunately, there were some defensive measures within the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
With these defensive measures, for the time being, the Cold Shadow Clawed Monsters couldn’t reach the vital and core parts.
But this was only temporary.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish, although also at the Golden Level, was ultimately still an inanimate object. When the War Merchant originally created it, he hadn’t focused on internal defenses.
With legends like the War Merchant on this ship, who needed internal defenses?
“No choice, everything now relies on you, my lord!” The Fishman youth, driven to desperation, had to risk using the true body of Mei Lan he harbored.
The Cold Shadow Clawed Monster attacked.
This time, the Fishman youth did not dodge but instead charged in the opposite direction.
In the moment of clashing, the Fishman youth bravely… raised the Goddess Mei Lan in his hands.
He used the Goddess Mei Lan as a shield.
The claws of the Cold Shadow struck the divine body of the goddess but only sparked a faint ripple of rainbow light.
The Fishman youth was unharmed, whereas the clawed monster withdrew its claws tremblingly. Its claws, originally ferocious and robust, had, upon the rebound of divine light, half completely vanished.
Normally, a combat specialty of the Cold Shadow Clawed Monsters was to rapidly regenerate bodily losses. The cost was its own volume of shadow essence, which externally appeared as a reduction in size.
However now, despite its efforts, the half-claw lost to the shock of divine light couldn’t be regenerated.
“Good job, indeed worthy of my lord Mei Lan!” The Fishman youth’s eyes glittered, and he became excited.
He hadn’t noticed that, at the moment of the claws striking the true body of the Goddess Mei Lan, the goddess grimaced severely.
“Although I am only Silver, unable to fight against the Golden Level monsters before me, in my hands lies a Goddess!”
The Fishman youth saw hope in this desperate situation.
He began his counterattack!
As the clawed monster pounced, he easily blocked any assault using the goddess as a shield.
“What’s going on with this guy?!” The ship ghost, attracted by the noise of the fierce battle, saw this and was dumbfounded.
“Isn’t he a Divine Son?”
“What is he doing to his goddess?!”
Unbelievable!
“He is actually using the Goddess Mei Lan as a weapon!!!”
The ship ghost was as if he had seen a ghost.
“Sinful to the heavens!”
“A massive betrayal!!!”
“Desecration, this is a great desecration to the deity!”
“How dare you?”
“Are you still a Divine Son?!”
“If the Fishmen outside see this, they’ll tear you apart first!”
The ship ghost was horrified; he was proud of being a part-time Desecration Priest, but at this moment, his pride shrunk to an all-time low.
Because he had witnessed a man audaciously using a deity as a weapon!
The Fishman youth didn’t notice the ghost Ship Ghost; indeed, on the battlefield, neither did Zhao Ya notice the latter’s presence.
Because he was inside the Deep Sea Monster Fish and unseen by outsiders, the Fishman youth was unrestrained and grew increasingly fierce in the fight.
The combat ability of the Cold Shadow Clawed Monster was mighty, but it lacked intelligence, following beast-like combat instincts instead.
The attacks of the clawed monster on the goddess’s body soon disabled it, without the ability to rapidly recover.
Seizing the opportunity, the Fishman youth grabbed Mei Lan’s fish tail with one hand and blocked her waist with the other, using the goddess’s beautiful face like a long spear, stabbing fiercely at the clawed monster.
The clawed monster was pierced through directly.
It was a deadly strike!
It screamed in agony and dissipated into nothingness.
After achieving victory, the youth burst out laughing, unaware that at the moment the clawed monster was pierced, the goddess’s corner of the eye twitched, showing a frown.
The ship ghost, watching from the sidelines, noticed this subtle anomaly.
“This guy is playing with fire!”
“How easily can a deity be manipulated?”
“Though the Goddess Mei Lan is in poor shape, fallen into slumber, with such frequent stimulation, she will surely awaken quickly.”
“That slight change in expression was the clearest sign!”
“Finished! Finished!”
“Once the goddess awakens, the entirety of the seas might become a graveyard. I must withdraw before the goddess awakens and leave this place!”
But to leave, the current state of the ship ghost was clearly inadequate.
He needed to absorb a Soul Crystal first to stabilize his soul.
“Captain’s cabin, captain’s cabin…”
The ship ghost mentally repeated, swiftly withdrawing, leaving behind the unforgettable Fishman youth, and began to focus on finding his own escape route.