Chapter 814: Chapter 602: Saving Dao Hen
The Fishman youth felt strange, “Why is Dao Hen here?”
He remembered clearly that Dao Hen, once an enemy of Twin Eyes Island, had become a prisoner after the war. How could he be here?
While pondering, the Fishman youth also concentrated his attention.
The first layer of attention led him to discover Dao Hen.
The second layer of attention revealed Dao Hen’s fear of death and his prayers deep in his heart.
The third layer of attention made him understand Dao Hen’s strength, current condition, and so on.
The fourth layer of attention couldn’t be added.
But the Fishman youth had already guessed, and he swiftly invoked Divine Arts—Divine Power Channel!
When the mystical channel constructed of Divine Power was set up, he formed a real-time channel across space with Dao Hen.
Dao Hen felt a difference and couldn’t help trembling with excitement.
“God, I felt the gaze of the god!”
“Oh my, a god truly responded to me!!”
Dao Hen had an ordinary belief usually; to be exact, he was a general believer, broadly believing in the mainstream deity of the Fishmen.
“Which great existence responded to me?” Dao Hen felt many doubts in his heart upon sensing the Fishman youth’s image.
It was an ocean whirlpool, and in the depths of the ocean was a massive shadow like a mountain, revealing a magnificent, vast divine aura.
Normally, because the Divine Power Channel connected them, Dao Hen would see the appearance of the Fishman youth.
Of course, the Fishman youth wouldn’t reveal his own appearance; he adopted a strategy used when communicating with the Big guy, actively changing his image.
The reason for this image was material he took from a nightmare that had always haunted him.
“Is there such an existence among the deities of the Fishmen?” Dao Hen, both amazed and reverent, received an answer from deep within.
This was, of course, information transmitted by the Fishman youth.
“The Fish God, it’s the Fish God!!” Dao Hen’s doubts vanished instantly, “Indeed, there is such a deity among the Fishmen! His divine name is Group Fog.”
Dao Hen guessed that the Fishman god sending forth its gaze might be the most mainstream of the three.
They were respectively the Ocean Guardian Block Shell, the Eight-Cornered Crown Ink Queen, and the Deep-Sea Wisdom Come-and-Go Poem.
Before becoming a god, Ocean Guardian Block Shell was a Fishman with Giant Bloodline. Therefore, his body was huge, and his scales shone. Block Shell held Sea God, Guardian God, and Fishman God as his divine offices. On one hand, he could stir up tsunamis and huge waves; on the other, he protected various life forms in the ocean from harm.
The Fishman Shamans of Block Shell’s sect were very skilled at using protective Divine Arts.
Eight-Cornered Crown Ink Queen was a squid Magic Beast turned god. She possessed Fishman God, Beast Mastery, Concealment, and Water Quality as her divine offices. The Fishman Shamans of this sect excelled at controlling sea beasts, spraying ink for cover, and altering water quality, both purifying and polluting the water.
Deep-Sea Wisdom Come-and-Go Poem was a mermaid who, before becoming a god, was a bard. She had gray scales and transparent eyes that could see through the ocean’s secrets and convey them to other creatures. She was also a wise one in the deep sea, often imparting survival wisdom applicable to the deep sea to other life forms, and she would rescue some adventurers venturing into the deep.
Come-and-Go Poem mastered all kinds of knowledge about the ocean, including the behavior and habits of deep-sea creatures, the growth patterns of coral reefs, etc. She could also use the energy of the deep sea to heal injured marine creatures and guide lost ones through the deep sea’s maze.
“I didn’t expect the Fish God Group Fog to respond to me.”
Dao Hen exhausted all efforts to dredge up his knowledge of Group Fog from his memory.
“The Fish God Group Fog has a mysterious background; some say he was a giant fish Magic Beast in the sea that became a god, others say it was a group of deep-sea piranhas that accidentally consumed a part of a divine body, gained divinity, and became a god by chance.”
In Dao Hen’s impression, the Fish God Group Fog mainly preached to fish Magic Beasts that had gained wisdom. Of course, there were Fishmen who believed in Group Fog; they were mostly mysterious, cruel, and hidden in the shadows.
“However, Group Fog indeed favors strong beings. Fishmen who believe in him are generally strong and unconventional.”
Dao Hen found a reason for this divine gaze.
“From now on, I, Dao Hen, will devote everything to serving you, my Lord, the great Fish God Group Fog…”
Dao Hen began praying once again.
Before, he prayed without much hope, simply treating a dead horse as if it were alive.
Now, upon receiving the divine gaze, he realized that his escape might be right in front of him! In a burst of ecstasy, he immediately changed his prayer, directing it solely to Group Fog.
This time, the prayer was not directed at all the Fishman gods, but specifically at Group Fog, making the Fishman youth instantly feel the difference.
In the dimension of the Divine Arts’ perception, the brightness of Dao Hen’s faith began to increase, and the Divine Power Channel became more stable.
Regarding why it was not Mei Lan God but Fish God Group Fog…
The Fishman youth understood at the moment he became the god’s emissary.
Mei Lan God possessed four divine offices: Deception, Fishman God, Water Phenomenon, and Fish Catch.
The four divine offices corresponded to his multiple divine names.
The Deception divine office corresponded to the divine name Mei Lan.
The racial divine office Fishman God corresponded to Fish God Group Fog.
The Water Phenomenon divine office had the most corresponding divine names: Tranquil Haven God, Wave Striking God, Water Blossom God.
The Fish Catch divine office corresponded to the Net Goddess.
Some gods have only one divine name, so why does Mei Lan God have multiple divine names? The setting of more divine names leads to consumption during the transfer. It’s also not conducive to unifying all believers, as disagreements and unnecessary internal conflict can arise between believers under different divine names.
The Fishman youth also knew the reason here.
“The Meilan God was besieged, fell into slumber, and is in a poor state, desperately needing to maintain faith to heal and restore power. Faith is extremely important to Him, so Zhou Zhang took the risk to perform a blood sacrifice.”
“For the same reason, she dispersed divine offices and established multiple divine names. If there were a unified sect, it would easily become a target for attacks. Once extinguished, the loss would be too severe. But under different divine names, believers don’t know each other, doing their utmost to keep secrets. Even if one sect is discovered in the future, the others will continue to exist.”
In short, Meilan God would rather consume some returns during the transfer process to operate dispersedly and reduce risks.
“Huh? I seem to remember, among the gods believed by Lan Zao, there is the Goddess of Fishing Net.”
“He was born and raised in a fishing village, so he worshipped the Goddess of Fishing Net.”
“Perhaps, I can find him through this?”
The Fishman youth suddenly thought of a point.
He still didn’t know that Lan Zao had returned to Ice Sculpture Island. The Fishman youth had just explored it once and found no faith of Lan Zao.
This is because Lan Zao is within the Divine Country of Anqiu, himself concealed.
After applying the Divine Power Channel, the Fishman youth focused his attention again, and indeed reached the fourth level.
“I guessed right.”
“The simple divine art [Believer Perception] has an attention limit of three levels. But with the divine art [Divine Power Channel], the attention limit is more than three levels.”
The fourth level of attention allows the Fishman youth to learn the memory of believers.
The Fishman youth quickly read Dao Hen’s memory.
Dao Hen’s memories are straightforward, besides being tortured and interrogated during confinement, the focus is on him being turned by the Eye Abnormality Sect and Tan Mo using him to frame Hun Tong.
The Fishman youth understood the cause, and his face became somewhat grave.
“Tan Mo, Navy Rear Admiral, is also an investigator in the Imperial Spy Organization.”
“Tu Ji, from the Blood Light Sanction Court!”
These two at the Golden Level alerted the Fishman youth, while also letting him secretly take a breath of relief.
“Fortunately, they came because of Twin Eyes Island, not Mysterious Monster Island.”
“The secret of Mysterious Monster Island has not been exposed.”
In the battle of Twin Eyes Island, Cang Xu exposed the identity of an Undead Mage, triggering a series of subsequent events.
So, Blood Light Sanction Court only dispatched Tu Ji, a Golden level. And Tan Mo came to investigate Hun Tong’s mutiny.
“If the Empire gets wind of what happened on Mysterious Monster Island…”
The Fishman youth dared not think deeper.
Whether it is the war merchant’s tremendously valuable heritage, or having secretly killed the King of Flame Dragon, a legendary existence, both would lead to a flood of forces sweeping over to hunt them down like a tidal wave.
The Fishman youth gathered his thoughts, pondering on how to handle the current situation.
Dao Hen must be saved.
This is not difficult for the Fishman youth.
But how to handle it specifically needs careful consideration.
The Fishman youth thought deeply and made a decision.
He directly delivered a resounding voice to the depths of Dao Hen’s heart: “Dao Hen, you fight for the fishmen, you should not perish in conspiracy and scheming. There is still your unfinished journey in the sea.”
“Under my protection, you will be invisible. Take the opportunity to leave the cage, like a clever little fish, without causing unnecessary splashes of blood.”
The Fishman youth changed his tone and told Dao Hen a general plan of action to follow.
After speaking, he performed multiple divine arts.
First was the Deception and Disguise Skill.
Then the Anti-Intelligence Prophecy Skill.
The Fishman youth, being both a Divine Officer and a mage, smoothly executed this set of spells. The spell’s brilliance immediately followed the Divine Power Channel, blessing Dao Hen.
The most wonderful aspect is that all fluctuations of the spell were on the Fishman youth’s side, while at Dao Hen’s side, things happened silently.
Dao Hen disappeared, disguising himself as a burst of transparent air.
Divine arts were continually cast.
The chains binding Dao Hen were opened, the magic array paused its operation, yet under another Deception and Disguise Skill, no one noticed.
Restorative divine arts fell continuously, Dao Hen’s state swiftly recovered to his peak.
“My God!”
“Great Fish God Group Fog, You are my Lord, You gave me a second life.”
“Your compassion has etched deeply into my bones, I, Dao Hen, in this life, will only worship You!!”
Having received help and regained freedom, Dao Hen shouted in his heart.
Having been saved from despair, an immense gratitude rapidly elevated his faith. From general believers to ordinary, then to devout!