Chapter 138: The Ocean Compass of the Ancients

"Then are you two here because of that Father Chelman as well?"

As Edward spoke, he looked around; the fog showed no signs of dissipating at all.

"Half and half, I suppose."

Huoerfu took a new cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and then looked at Edward.

"No need." Edward waved his hand and said, "I quit over a decade ago. I just wanted to strike up a conversation with you, so I smoked one."

"Even for a Transcendental, smoking shouldn't have much effect on the body, right?" Huoerfu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Heh." Edward chuckled softly, not stating the reason.

"Let's continue with the previous topic," he said.

"Fine."

No longer dwelling on the issue, Huoerfu held the cigarette in his mouth and said, "You also came here because of that matter published in the newspaper, didn't you?"

"With such an eye-catching event, how could we possibly not notice it?"

"Sigh," Huoerfu said, sighing, "I didn't expect there to actually be a problem here. Now we're trapped in the fog."

"It's hard even to get out."

He puffed on his cigarette, staring blankly ahead at the street, wondering what he was thinking about.

"This guy, is this his true personality?" Edward thought, looking at Huoerfu with slight confusion.

The demeanor the other party had displayed in front of his subordinates was vastly different from how he was acting now.

It almost made him think the person had been swapped.

Or could it be that this fog affects a person's personality?

Edward began to analyze it groundlessly.

He waited for two minutes, and seeing that Huoerfu was about to light a third cigarette, he spoke up: "Just standing here smoking won't help us get out. Are you going to act with me?"

"Do you have a way to find the exit to this fog?" Hearing Edward's words, Huoerfu turned his head to look at him and asked.

"Regrettably, no."

Edward took an ancient compass from his pocket, and one could see the needle on it spinning continuously in a counter-clockwise direction.

"That is... the Ocean Compass of the Ancients?" Huoerfu looked at the back of the compass, noting the ancient seashell emblem representing the Ocean Sect.

"Just a replica," Edward shook his head and said, "In any case, as you can see, my compass has malfunctioned."

"This means this fog was set up by an entity at least at the Epic level or higher."

"Considering the deity behind that Scarlet Messenger, we might as well think in the worst-case direction."

Edward put the compass back into his vest, looked at Huoerfu, and said, "I don't think you're just sitting here waiting to die. If you have any ideas, you'd better say them now."

"... Huff." Huoerfu silently exhaled a smoke ring and said, "Wait."

"Meiyin possesses the ability of mediumship and has briefly linked with the Lady of the Dark Night. I don't believe the Lady of the Dark Night would be unaware of the situation here."

"Under these premises, Meiyin will certainly be fine, and she will definitely come to us."

"I can understand you saying she will be fine, but why will she definitely come to us?" Edward asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because of you," Huoerfu said, looking at Edward meaningfully.

"This is Fate, I suppose." Ignoring the bewildered Edward at his side, Huoerfu silently lit a cigarette and sighed.

"Bang!"

The blood-stained War Hammer fell heavily, and the Howl of the Blood-thirsty One came to an abrupt end.

Meiyin pulled the War Hammer from the skull of the Blood-thirsty One with a calm expression.

Beside her lay about twenty corpses.

All of them were Bloodline Living Corpses and Blood-thirsty Ones.

And the Leader corpse that had pointed the way first was now also lying quietly on the ground.

On its massive body, the arms were twisted at unnatural angles, and the flesh and bone at the knees were smashed to pieces.

The weapon that caused the fatal blow was the same one that had smashed its arms and knees.

"Rest in peace." Meiyin's originally holy nun's robe was stained red with blood. She hung the War Hammer back at her waist, hiding it under the hem of her robe.

She then took out a Codex recording the regulations of the Dark Night Church.

"I forgive your sins. Now, return to where you belong." The Codex released a dark gray light. In the Ether World, which mortals could not perceive, thick Black Fog drifted out from the corpses.

This was a skill that all nuns of the churches on the continent had to master.

【Rite of Passing for the Dead】

This was a spell capable of eliminating the lingering resentment on the bodies of the wrongfully dead or those who died in accidents.

After such treatment, the possibility of the corpse undergoing a transformation or turning into Undead would be greatly reduced.

But it was only a reduction in possibility.

According to the regulations of the Frost Kingdom, these corpses all needed to be incinerated afterward.

"Hmm?"

A burst of noisy footsteps rang out on the street in the distance.

Meiyin frowned almost subconsciously, her free right hand immediately gripping the handle of the War Hammer at her waist.

"Is the sound coming from here?"

Following the direction from which the Howl came, Yun Mu and the others arrived at a dilapidated fountain that emitted a foul odor and had clearly been out of use for a long time.

"Go this way." The Shadow Guard accompanying her observed the surroundings and quickly found the traces left by a large group of creatures passing through here.

"Mm."

The group followed the traces to continue the pursuit, and soon they heard the Howl of monsters rising from the housing area in the distance.

It's just that this sound... why does it sound like a pig being slaughtered? Yun Mu's expression was strange, and soon, the screaming gradually disappeared.

When they arrived at the street beside this housing area, they saw Meiyin, covered in blood, looking at them with slight wariness.

"Friendly, don't attack!" Upon seeing Meiyin's expression, Yun Mu immediately shouted this.

"Are you Yun Mu?"

Meiyin recognized her identity almost instantly.

Then, she looked at Lucy, who was following beside Yun Mu, the Shadow Guard, and those few 'summons.'

She became even more wary.

"Bad news." Just at this moment, Yun Mu thought of a fact.

She seemed to be a wanted criminal, didn't she?

"Whoosh!"

The sickle blade whistled as it sliced through the air; Elena held the chains and launched an attack while maintaining a distance of about two meters from Natavia.

"Screech."

The friction between the fingernails and the sickle blade made a harsh sound; Natavia flicked the sickle blade away with her Scarlet fingernails, then crouched down and grabbed the neck of Molike, who was lying on the ground.

She lifted Molike up gently, then parted her lips, revealing two sharp fangs.

"Don't you dare!"

Elena thought of the symptoms of the corpses that had died in the Dried Corpse Murder Case and, without a second thought, moved to stop the other party.

She yanked the chains, gripped the handles of the two sickle blades, and her figure instantly surged forward, simultaneously transforming into four shadows to attack Natavia's body!

PS: The incarnation of the storm, the ruler of the ocean, Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea, was born from the last drop of Rain that extinguished the burning stars.

——Affiliated entry: Church of the Ocean.

It is a sect that believes in Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea.

And Samir, Lord of the Deep Sea, is an existence of the same rank as Godwin, King of the Sun, and Lutak, God of Nature.

They are all deities that have existed since the beginning of the world.

——Ocean Compass of the Ancient Ones.

A compass crafted by the original sages, prophets, and seers of the Ocean Sect.

It is capable of guiding the user's path under any circumstances.

But it has long since been lost.

The one in Edward's hand is merely a replica made by the Ocean Sect later on.

(End of chapter)