Chapter 835: Chapter 623: The Young Man Advances
White Hair Sea Trench.
In front of the Golden Altar.
The Charming Blue Archbishop, Octopus Zhou Zhang, led many believers in a new round of Transmission Blood Sacrifice.
She loudly prayed:
"Great Charming Blue God, our Lord, our Mother."
"In this sacred ceremony of the deep sea valley, we gather before Your altar to offer our praise of blood and soul to You."
"Charming Blue God, You are the Lord of Thousand Faces, the Weaver of Deception."
"Your power flows in the roaring sea, your secret wisdom watches over the turmoil of the mind."
"Please accept our blood, awaken the sacred instinct within us. Let our eyes be filled with enchanting light, winning the praise of fate through deceit and wisdom."
"We kneel and worship here, forever honoring and praising You, forever submitting to Your will."
...
Zhou Zhang finished the prayer and officially started the Transmission Blood Sacrifice.
The believers were zealous and expectant.
A large number of onlookers were nearby, including the ship ghost.
He looked serious, concentrating on the Fin Spirit, occasionally shifting his focus to Cang Xu.
This time, there was a noticeable difference in the Transmission Blood Sacrifice.
That was, in the offerings, besides the large number of sea beasts before, many Undead Lives were also mixed in.
These Undead Lives were carefully selected by Cang Xu using the Undead Bloodline Detection Skill, matching his Corpse Hanging Tree Bloodline.
The grand array activated, with the brilliance of Divine Texts and Magic Runes interweaving.
Space fluctuations arose, abruptly causing believers and offerings to disappear due to the transmission.
"They’ve arrived!" Cang Xu focused completely, the first to react from the transmission.
The Fishman youth, who had been waiting for a long time, had already started moving.
Under the effects of Deception and Disguise Skill and other Divine Arts, they were more efficient and stable than before.
The Holy Beast Snow Pear Octopus was once again deceived by them.
Those Undead Lives were offerings to begin with, unable to move, naturally absorbed by the Fishman youth using the Blood Core with ease.
The Fin Spirit was captured and imprisoned in the Long-Horned Cage.
In addition, there was a Silver Level pirate named Gum Man.
"I found Lan Zao. You surely can’t guess where he is!" The Fishman youth informed Zhu Zhang about his recent assistance to Lan Zao.
A few days ago, Cang Xu had already learned that the Fishman youth was promoted to a substitute Divine Walker and helped the Big guy.
Upon hearing about Lan Zao, he was still amazed.
"The God of Duels?"
"Such a god does not exist in the Ice Carved Kingdom."
"This indicates that the God of Duels is not an official deity of the Ice Carved Kingdom, and their sect has not yet received permission to proselytize."
"However, following the development pattern of gods and sects, they are sure to move from behind the scenes to the forefront. It’s just that currently, they are relatively weak and in a phase of secret development."
The Fishman youth: "They are not weak. Many of the names on the tombstone at the top of Anqiu I have seen in intelligence."
"They are all Golden Level."
"Therefore, I speculate that some other names I don’t recognize are probably also Golden Level."
"To have a tombstone and engraved name at the top of Anqiu, they must all be Holy Fighters of the God of Duels. So far, I can confirm Teng Donglang, Gudong, and Mei Lin. All three without exception are Golden Level."
Cang Xu nodded, furrowing his brow: "This indeed defies logic."
"The normal development of a sect always goes from small to large, from weak to strong."
"But the duel sect has no grassroots personnel, just having many Golden Levels."
"However, this must have been caused by a special environment."
"The atmosphere in the Ice Carved Kingdom, squad leader, you must have felt it deeply. There, duels are prevalent, and the whole nation has a strong enthusiasm for participating in and watching duels, and many are willing to abide by the rules of duels to resolve everyday life, major conflicts, and other disputes."
"From this point of view, there is naturally a solid foundation of duel believers among the populace."
"It’s just that the duel sect has not yet come to the forefront, gaining permission to proselytize. Once they do, and start proselytizing, I believe they can form a huge scale in a short time from the top down. Instantly, it is entirely possible to grow to a large sect."
The Fishman youth agreed with Cang Xu’s analysis.
He revealed: "I thought about it afterwards as well."
The reason the God of Duels could develop secretly is that there is no God of War among the official gods of the Ice Carved Kingdom."
"If there were a God of Battle, they likely would have already reaped the duel divine office, and not now, allowing the faith in duels to produce a new god."
The Fishman youth’s understanding of sects was even deeper than Cang Xu’s.
He knew that many deities are birthed from abundant and strong bases of faith.
Cang Xu said, "Lan Zao gained your help, establishing himself among the remnants of the Saber Gang and gaining trust."
"I truly didn’t expect his fortune to be like this."
"Squad leader, your promotion to substitute Divine Walker is incredible. Your choices and actions are very appropriate."
The Fishman Dao Hen still remained on Treasure Chest at Tan Mo, gathering firsthand enemy intelligence for the survivors.
Lan Zao settled in the Divine Country of Anqiu, continually probing the Divine Country and the situation of Mei Lin and other Holy Fighters.
Finally, it’s the Big Guy.
Since the Snowbird Port branch suffered a raid, he’s not suitable to return to the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, so he stays on Magnetic Island for cultivation.
Under the manipulation of the Fishman youth, the Golden Level giant Magic Chef becomes the Big Guy’s slave. It’s believed that the former can effectively help the Big Guy grow.
The two talk as they walk, entering the cabin.
Cang Xu, watched by the Fishman youth, steps into the Bloodline Purification Array once again.
The Fishman youth agitates the demon energy within the Blood Core, officially activating the Magic Array.
Moments later, Cang Xu walked out of the Magic Array, barely concealing his excitement: "My Corpse Hanging Tree bloodline concentration reached 7%!"
The Fishman youth, whose Bolang Fishman bloodline concentration has already surpassed 90%, slightly frowns.
From Cang Xu, he sees the true difficulty of pure bloodline refinement.
Cang Xu was exhausted, casting countless Bloodline Detection Skills, only to manage to select these Undead Life forms.
Using Zhou Zhang as a platform, he gained benefits for himself.
After all this trouble, he only managed to raise the Holy Domain bloodline concentration to 7%.
The Fishman youth looks at Cang Xu and ponders: "Purifying the Corpse Hanging Tree bloodline is even more challenging than ordinary bloodlines."
"This time you borrowed the power of Zhou Zhang, consuming the accumulated efforts of the ship ghost, Fin Spirit, and Little Prince."
"In the Main Plane, it’s quite rare to encounter so many Undead Lives."
Cang Xu sighs: "I’ve already considered this point."
"The place with the most Undead Lives is naturally the Netherworld. But our strength is still not enough to explore it."
Cang Xu has been to the Netherworld, where even Golden Level individuals face daily life-or-death struggles, peril at every step. Only Holy Domain Level have the purchasing qualification to explore.
"Thus, maintaining contact with the Undead Orthodoxy for trades is an important channel."
Led by You Can, the Undead Orthodoxy controls the most Undead cultivation resources in the Main Plane. Their Twelve Saints are almost all Holy Domain Level, exploring the Netherworld year-round, collecting resources everywhere.
"If we engage in trading, we can select more suitable Undead Life forms. The closer their position on the Bloodline Map to the Corpse Hanging Tree, the better."
"Considering this, I feel it’s better to let the ship ghost be free."
The Fin Spirit Mage has already been captured.
The small group that the ship ghost painstakingly maintained is now down to only him as a solitary commander.
According to the current strength and arrangements of the Fishman youth and Cang Xu, there’s quite a high chance they could capture the ship ghost!
Catching a Golden Level Mage, especially an Undead Mage, is quite challenging. However, currently, the Fishman youth has become a Golden Level Divine Officer and also a proxy Divine Traveler, mastering several hundred Divine Arts, with only a small portion of high-level Divine Arts lacking practical experience and true mastery.
Capture is possible, but Cang Xu does not recommend doing so.
Instead of capturing the ship ghost, it’s better to let him go. By doing so, Cang Xu can continue to leverage the ship ghost to contact other Undead Orthodoxy. With his current identity as an elder of the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce, he can completely reestablish trade channels.
Of course, they also considered capturing the ship ghost first, making adjustments on him, and then releasing him.
But after careful thought, it’s safer to just let him go directly.
While both are confident in their Deception and Disguise Skill, considering You Can, the Legendary Mage known worldwide, the founding father of the Undead Faction, they think it’s safer to let him go directly.
Deception and Disguise Skill was developed by the War Merchant, a refinement of the Charming Blue Divine Skill, referencing the Charming Blue Divine Artifact [Mermaid’s Fairy Tale].
The War Merchant is a Legendary Mage, but in terms of influence, achievements, etc., he’s not comparable to You Can.
The Fishman youth responds to Cang Xu, and if there’s no accident, he’d adopt Cang Xu’s suggestion. Then, if the ship ghost can’t manage alone, the Fishman youth would secretly assist, without letting him find out.
With the ship ghost captured, at most, survivors would gain another captive. And they have deeply offended the Undead Orthodoxy.
But releasing him could leverage connections with the Undead Orthodoxy, resulting in considerably more benefits later.
"Next, let’s proceed with our new round of blasphemy prayer experiment."
The Fishman youth enters a specialized prayer cabin.
He prays loudly, specifying this time’s request, which is all sorts of experience using high-end Divine Arts, especially Divine Country Descent Technique.
The Fishman youth is likely relying on it for quietly escaping the Ocean Nest.
Boom!
As before, just as the Fishman youth’s carefully prepared prayer words were not finished, a Divine Power pillar descended.
After the pillar slowly dissipates, the Fishman youth slowly stands up, no longer kneeling.
"Golden Level fighter..."
"Furthermore, Bolang Fishman bloodline concentration also reached Divine Level standard."
"Divine Grace is abundant again, back to twenty thousand."
But the Fishman youth is not happy.
Because what he most wanted was not acquired.
Leaving the cabin, after going through recognition procedures with Cang Xu, Cang Xu also looks gloomy upon learning the specific situation of the Fishman youth.
"Last time praying, your situation, squad leader, was just like this."
"Although the prayer clearly specified the request and used Divine Grace for orientation, the content of the Divine Blessing was not what we wanted."
"Why is it like this? This situation is different from before!"
"Squad leader, do you think the Charming Blue Goddess has awakened?"