Chapter 3661: Shattered
Chapter 3661: Shattered
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the midst of chaos, no one had noticed that Fang Heng had already arrived at the bow of the Lyman Empire flagship.
Fang Heng looked at the divine statue at the ship’s bow, narrowed his eyes, and reached out to press against it.
Game prompts quickly flashed across his retina.
[Hint: The player had discovered a grandmaster-level divine statue- associated deity (unknown).]
[Hint: The player’s fleet could bind to this divine statue.]
[Hint: After installation, the player’s fleet would receive godly buffs.]
"Pa."
With a soft sound, the moment Fang Heng’s right hand touched the statue, a scorching power rapidly flowed from his palm into his sea of consciousness.
Fang Heng raised his brows.
It had arrived!
This one was slightly more intense than the previous ones.
Boom!
The power of hell within his sea of consciousness instantly erupted, tearing the invading force apart in an instant, then counterattacking and invading the ship’s bow divine statue.
"Boom!!!"
In just a moment, the bow divine statue exploded.
"Tch..."
Fang Heng clicked his tongue in mild annoyance.
It was too weak.
The power of hell he had cultivated had already reached super-god level, and dealing with the residual energy inside a divine statue was simply overwhelming.
It might not even be good news.
Fang Heng felt somewhat helpless.
Being too strong was also a problem.
Even a grandmaster-level divine statue could not withstand the power of hell, meaning he might need a super-god-level divine statue to satisfy his requirements.
At this rate, when would he ever complete the first main storyline step?
Fang Heng shook his head and looked around.
Since he was already here, he might as well take advantage of the chaos on Sea God Island and check out the ritual site in advance.
If he went there openly tomorrow, accidentally destroying the ritual’s divine statue would be troublesome.
Go!
Take a look!
Fang Heng decided and disappeared again in his soul body state and headed toward the ritual area.
Meanwhile, on the eastern coast.
Raygynold had already led his subordinates to search the entire merchant ship from top to bottom, but they still could not find the hidden divine statue.
What was going on?
Were the people of the Oz Empire that good at hiding things?
A named guard observed the situation along the coastline and reminded, "The number of sea monsters is rapidly decreasing. Once they finish clearing the remaining sea monsters, they will immediately board the merchant ship for inspection. By then, we will likely encounter them head-on."
"So fast?"
Raygynold was stunned. As he looked outside, he saw that coastal forces were indeed beginning to clear the remaining sea monsters.
"Who ordered them to stop?" Raygynold turned back to the two accompanying priests and questioned them coldly.
The two priests were also confused.
Logically, the sea monster tide should not have ended so quickly.
It was just that Raygynold’s attitude made them even more displeased, and they immediately retorted coldly, "The tide of sea monsters was controlled by Sir Darcy. He must have his reasons for doing this. Your Highness, this operation is over. We should leave now."
Raygynold clenched his fists tightly and cursed in a low voice, "That Darcy bastard! What the hell is he doing!"
He had originally thought that even if they could not find the divine statue, he would let Darcy control the sea monsters to destroy the entire ship fleet!
If he could not obtain the god’s power, then no one else should be able to either!
But in the end...
After putting in so much effort, it had all come to nothing?
The more Raygynold thought about it, the angrier he became. Just as Howell began gathering his men to return to the merchant ship, Raygynold, under the urging of the guards, he could only leave the vessel.
Just as they carefully exited the merchant ship from the right side and had not yet returned, two guards hurried forward to report, "Your Highness."
Raygynold snapped impatiently, "What is it!"
The two guards said anxiously, "Our ships have been attacked."
"What? Who? Who dares attack us?"
"It was sea monsters."
Raygynold froze on the spot.
Sea monsters?
Was this a joke?
"The defensive barriers of all three ships have completely shattered. They could sink at any moment."
What?
How did the ships suddenly begin to sink when he turned around?!
Raygynold immediately became extremely nervous. Without waiting to ask further, he shouted, "Quick! Take me there to see!"
By the time Raygynold hurried to the southern coastline, the entire shore had already been occupied by densely packed sea monsters. The three Lyman Empire ships had also been firmly surrounded by sea monsters, with more than half of them already submerged, leaving only their bows above the water surface.
"D*mn it! Who can tell me what the hell is going on!"
The person who had been controlling the tide of sea monsters was supposed to be them, so how had things ended up with them gaining nothing, while his ships were destroyed instead?
No one spoke.
The Imperial soldiers also did not know what had happened.
They had only been ordered to protect the ships.
Then the sea monsters came, and they could only run.
Not long after they ran, their ships sank.
Seeing this, Raygynold became even more furious, "Speak! Are you all mute?!"
The soldiers were still somewhat confused from start to finish. The deputy captain slowly came to his senses and looked toward the right coastline.
Raygynold followed his gaze and saw Darcy arriving with a group of Sea God Island priests, standing far away at the shore, looking toward the direction of the sinking ships with grave expressions.
"Darcy!"
Raygynold cursed angrily. Clenching his fists tightly, his eyes filled with rage, he led a group of soldiers toward Darcy and his group.
"Priest Darcy! What exactly did you do?! Are you still not sending people to rescue them?! Do you want to watch my ships sink with your own eyes?!"
Facing Raygynold’s questioning, Darcy shook his head and took a deep breath.
"It was already too late."
"Too late? What do you mean, too late? What are you trying to say!"
Darcy had just suffered a mental backlash, and his spirit was extremely poor. He looked toward the ships ahead and said, "On our way here, we sensed that the power of the god was being suppressed and was about to collapse. Unfortunately, we arrived one step too late."
The divine statue was destroyed?
"Huh?"
Raygynold turned around and looked at the bow of his ship.
As Darcy had said, the divine statue on the ship’s bow was gone!
Had it shattered?
They had activated the Siren Song to summon the tide of sea monsters, originally intending to seize the powerful divine statue of the Oz Empire’s merchant guild.
And now?
Now he was being told that not only had they failed to find the Oz Empire merchant guild’s divine statue, but his own three ships had sunk, and even the god on board had shattered?!
Raygynold could no longer suppress his rage. He strode forward, grabbed Darcy by the collar, and stared at him fiercely.
"Darcy! What exactly happened today?! You must give me an explanation!"
Darcy also felt a faint surge of anger inside him. He believed this was no ordinary coincidence and that some unknown force was controlling everything behind the scenes.
But could there really be such a power capable of doing all this?
If there truly was someone behind it, were they even someone they could deal with?
Darcy took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, broke Raygynold’s grip on his collar, and said word by word: "We will investigate it clearly."