Chapter 865: Chapter 653: Saving Hun Tong
After the Fishman youth comforted the big guy for a few more sentences, he cut off the contact.
His attention returned to the Ocean Nest.
The Undead Master was still constructing the large ritual magic circle.
Due to the damage caused by Qian Xing, the Undead Master began repairing the magic circle right after the battle.
His repair work was completed by the second day. However, he didn’t stop, but continued adding magic runes, constructing new frameworks for the circle.
Every day, thousands of magic runes, a large number of new structures, were designed by the Undead Master and became part of the ritual magic circle.
The densely packed runes and magic lines sketched out a circle that was no longer limited to a flat surface but extended above and below ground.
The Undead Master easily eliminated environmental interference from the dense Water Element, his design and construction skills were surprisingly profound.
The actions of the Undead Master made Zhou Zhang quite nervous.
To prevent the secret union of the Charming Blue Sect and Undead Orthodoxy from leaking, Zhou Zhang had long relocated most of the Charming Blue believers. The latter had already moved to maintain a safe distance from the Golden Level altar.
Cang Xu had already seen that the Charming Blue Sect and Undead Orthodoxy were two forces forced together by external pressure, cooperating but also cautious of each other.
These days, he followed closely by the Undead Master’s side, actively learning. The Undead Master instructed Cang Xu while constructing the circle and ship ghost.
As rumors suggested, the Undead Master loved to teach others and was quite adept at it.
Cang Xu felt both happy and painful.
The happiness was from receiving guidance from a Holy Domain Level mentor. And the Undead Master wasn’t just an ordinary Holy Domain Level as evidenced by his previous battle where he easily startled Qian Xing and Da Han.
"To think I could receive such treatment..."
Cang Xu felt honored yet cautious: "I am favored because of the Holy Domain Bloodline Corpse Hanging Tree in me."
"More accurately, I exhibited the process of Bloodline Mutation, and the concentration of my bloodline will slowly increase over time."
"With this anticipation, the Undead Master favors me more during teaching, looking after me."
"All this is brought to me by the squad leader..."
Cang Xu also felt a pain: he was now heavily monitored by the Undead Master, nearly following him all day, assisting with minor tasks in the circle construction.
Even when occasionally away from the Undead Master, he communicated with the Fishman youth using alchemy tools without feeling at ease.
"The advantage of the Undead Faction largely lies in the mysterious soul connection."
Worried about this, Cang Xu prudently avoided the risk of trying to communicate with the Fishman youth.
"The Tower Spirit recorded everything."
"The squad leader can see all the external changes. He doesn’t need my communication to understand the happenings."
As Cang Xu speculated, the Fishman youth was shocked to see the Undead Master upon awakening.
He had the Tower Spirit summon the magic image and after watching it, immediately understood the cause and effect.
The astonishment on his face lasted a long time.
He hadn’t expected the emergence of such a significant figure as the Undead Master! Nor did he realize the relationship between the Charming Blue Sect and Undead Orthodoxy was as it was revealed.
What surprised the Fishman youth even more was that the special Divine Arts obtained by Cang Xu previously originated from the Undead Master’s design.
Thinking about it, the Fishman youth found it reasonable.
After all, the Undead Master was extraordinary, holding a Divine Artifact [Truth Stone Tablet].
Zhou Zhang’s focus on the Undead Master was far more intense than the Fishman youth’s.
She actively inquired several times about the purpose of the Undead Master’s circle construction.
The Undead Master’s additional circle-building actions were unexpected by Zhou Zhang but covered by the covenant, so she couldn’t stop it.
Zhou Zhang worried immensely because the relationship wasn’t truly solid; if the Undead Master acted openly to disadvantage the Divine Country or Ocean Nest, Zhou Zhang might not notice.
This was often the weak point of a Divine Officer.
Among the three Extraordinary Systems, knowledge accumulation was most emphasized by a mage. Fighters developed their bodies, while Divine Arts practitioners pursued gods, seeking high-grade energy infusion.
Whenever the Undead Master built a circle, Zhou Zhang would almost always come to observe.
Although she couldn’t understand, she wanted to use this close supervision to pressure the Undead Master to prevent tricks.
Zhou Zhang watched the Undead Master, while the Fishman youth watched Zhou Zhang and the Undead Master.
"After finishing the task at hand, I’ll leave here."
"This place can’t be stayed for long!"
The Fishman youth had made up his mind.
Earlier, he deduced from the big guy’s situation that the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps might be in a bad spot. Back then, he had thoughts of retreating.
Later, Cang Xu persuaded him to stay. The Fishman youth thought through a lot, believing Cang Xu’s view wasn’t wrong. If he could rely on the Charming Blue God and promote to Holy Domain Level, many problems could be solved. Thus, he chose to risk staying.
However, the situation changed too rapidly.
The big guy was besieged by the Earth Element army, Tu Ji "Self-sacrifice" aided him, and the Fishman youth’s assistance was crucial yet strained. Ultimately, the big guy narrowly escaped alive.
The Fishman youth reflected afterwards, realizing that the rescue was poorly done, with many traces left and loose ends unresolved, posing a huge danger.
Even more alarming was receiving a Divine Revelation from the Charming Blue God unexpectedly while about to act then.
Following the Divine Revelation, he utilized a Divine Artifact to deceive the Main God of the Earth Element. The cost paid was also severe, with nearly all the Pearl Bubble of the Divine Artifact "Mermaid’s Fairy Tale" consumed!
Every time the Fishman youth thought of that divine revelation, a chill ran through his heart.
"The timeliness and specificity of the divine revelation clearly illustrate one fact."
"And that is everything I have done is under the observation of the gods."
According to the Fishman youth’s previous speculation, the one responding to his prayers wasn’t the true essence of the Charming Blue God, but the Divinity of Charming Blue.
In his understanding, the Divinity is equivalent to a Tower Spirit elevated by many folds.
"My actions must also be recorded by the Divinity."
"Just like how I saw the appearance of the Undead Master through the magic image from the Tower Spirit."
"In the future, if Charming Blue God awakens, how will He regard me? Will He take action against me?"
The Fishman youth privately analyzed that this was very likely.
Because he was not a true Bolang Fishman in the traditional sense; he was mutated through a Blood Core.
His prayers were not born of true faith but were disguised and impersonated by various means. From an apparent act of desecration, could one expect Charming Blue God to have a kindly disposition?
"Regardless of what Charming Blue God’s attitude will be, being in His Divine Country is essentially placing my life at the mercy of another’s whim."
Having witnessed the Main God of the Earth Element take action, the Fishman youth’s perspective had evolved once more.
Another factor prompted the Fishman youth’s urge to leave.
And that is Qian Xing and Da Han.
The safe retreat of these two Holy Domain Level individuals indicated that the Ocean Nest here was completely exposed.
If, in the future, Da Han and Qian Xing were to return, the Fishman youth would be placed in danger once again.
These two Holy Domain pirates didn’t even need to take action themselves; they only needed to present evidence of the Undead Master’s appearance to attract powerful forces like the Blood Light Sanction Court.
In short, the Ocean Nest here was no longer as secret and safe as it was before.
The Fishman youth observed his surroundings for a moment, then refocused his attention.
Divine Arts—Perception of believers.
Divine Arts—Divine Power Channel.
In the next moment, he connected with Dao Hen.
At the instant the Divine Power Channel was established, Dao Hen sensed the gaze of the god, and his heart was incredibly stirred.
"Great Fish God of Group Fog, my Lord, the current situation is as follows." He immediately reported to the Fishman youth.
In fact, there was no need for him to say anything; the Fishman youth directly read his memory and understood the previous situation clearly.
Dao Hen was hiding on the Treasure Chest in Tan Mo.
This Golden Level naval warship was approaching the pirate group led by Cong Mang.
A firefight between both sides was about to occur.
On the surface, it seemed that Tan Mo accidentally intruded and incidentally encountered Cong Mang and his men, but in reality, it was all part of Tan Mo’s plan.
Dao Hen had uncovered this information. The classic combination of Deception and Disguise Skill and Anti-Intelligence Prophecy Skill had forcibly turned a Fishman swordsman into an outstanding spy operative.
Therefore, the Fishman youth also knew Tan Mo’s operational plan and understood that the latter was aiming to place Hun Tong in a deadly situation.
"For the Human Race, for the Empire, Hun Tong is a hero. He expanded territories and made significant contributions."
"And now he is trapped, primarily due to being framed. I’m aware of the secrets regarding Devil’s Coin."
Initially, the Fishman youth didn’t have a good impression of Hun Tong, but after fighting alongside him, his perception of Hun Tong changed.
In comparison to Hun Tong, the Fishman youth had a much worse impression of Tan Mo.
Dao Hen’s main reconnaissance target was Tan Mo, hardly leaving his side. Thus, the Fishman youth, through Tan Mo’s daily actions and conversations, saw his greedy nature, and also through Tan Mo’s repeated intelligence collection on the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, discerned the former’s malicious intent.
"Tan Mo wants to use the pirates, feigning innocence, to eliminate Hun Tong."
"Hun Tong can be saved."
"He shouldn’t die at the hands of a scoundrel. Saving his life could very well help me deal with Tan Mo’s extortion in the future."
The Fishman youth already had a plan arranged.
He didn’t intend to rescue Hun Tong directly.
He wanted to go with the flow, not causing any flaws, allowing Tan Mo to believe that his sinister plan had succeeded. Another crucial point was that he needed Hun Tong to fully realize Tan Mo’s true nature!
"Tan Mo is an investigator among the empire’s spies, someone I need to handle carefully."
"Never thought the day would come when I would save Hun Tong."
The Fishman youth closely monitored the scene, waiting for the battle to begin, when a new face approached the area where the Big guy and the other two were.
"Greetings to the three of you."
"I am an auxiliary staff of the Blood Light Sanction Court, here to assume the position and investigate due to Lord Tu Ji’s accidental death."
The Big guy continued devouring his meal without looking up.
Da Dou paused his drinking motion for a moment, while Hong Zhu’s pupils slightly contracted, stopping her meal immediately and looking at the newcomer.
Though she tried to conceal it, she still revealed a hint of nervousness.