Chapter 323: Sea God's Scepter

The azure-blue light in the eyes of the old priest who had devoured Kavitua's flesh and blood blazed brilliantly, and his already swollen abdomen rose even higher, as if the thing inside was about to burst forth at any moment!

Ooo!

A mournful wailing sound came from within his body, like a howling gale, instantly covering the entire ruin.

This sound was like a nightingale singing, exceedingly beautiful and melodious, graceful and serene, as if piercing through flesh and blood, eerily acting upon the soul.

Rekton's mind grew dazed for an instant; the next instant, a layer of gold spread around him, dispelling all negative effects.

The already maddened priest's body suddenly swelled, and wet, slick, sticky tentacles emerged from beneath his priestly robes.

Rekton ignored him entirely, leaning back, arms spread wide, as if embracing the sun.

A grand and pure blazing pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping the entire hall. The seawater swirling within the hall instantly boiled, tinged with a faint gold, and a vast sun aura instantly permeated the entire hall.

Ooo~ah!

For a moment, all the Sea God's believers in the entire hall let out mournful screams.

Their bodies were entwined by pale-golden chains, unable to evade, and could only let the boiling seawater continuously erode and dissolve their bodies.

That aged Sea God priest had already become a mass of tentacles wearing priestly robes. Under the blazing radiance, the tentacles on its body continually withered, layers of skin drying and cracking off, revealing the crimson flesh beneath.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Klein simulated the sound of gunfire, creating air bullets one after another that rippled through the pale-golden seawater, continuously striking the tentacles trying to lash their way over, blocking them all.

In a matter of moments, throughout the entire hall, apart from that Sea God priest who had become a mass of tentacles, the other monsters transformed from devouring Kavitua's flesh and blood gradually evaporated under the blazing light, merging into one with the seawater.

Sizzle~ sizzle~

Silver-white electricity crackled from the tentacles that had shed their outer skin; seemingly sensing danger, these tentacles lashed even more frantically toward Rekton and Klein.

Crack!

The tentacles crackling with silver-white lightning struck down viciously, whipping against a layer of light barrier with booming sounds, churning the surrounding seawater violently and sending up layers of light waves.

"The 'Sacred Armor' of the Uncorrupted is a very useful extraordinary ability, and the secret arts developed from it are equally so."

Rekton chuckled and offered an explanation.

As he spoke, pale-blue light lingered in his eyes, and both hands pushed forcefully forward.

The light barrier that had been blocking the space between them and the mutated, out-of-control Sea God priest accordingly disintegrated, turning into diamond-shaped patches of light that swiftly pushed forward, surrounding the Sea God priest and trapping it within.

The characteristics of the Readers seemed even more pronounced on him — was it because of his advancement to Prophet?

While pondering, Klein gave a slight nod and said in an even tone:

"You're quite familiar with the extraordinary abilities of the Sun pathway?"

Rekton raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a hint of suspicion:

"Most of this comes from knowledge collected by the Church of Knowledge — perhaps from the God of Knowledge, or perhaps the Church itself possesses angels or Sealed Artifacts of the Sun pathway."

"Knowledge... do the extraordinary knowledges you analyze and master need to be submitted to the Church of Knowledge?"

Klein murmured a question.

If it were another church, he would not have such a thought. For the Church of Knowledge, which loved to teach and believed knowledge was power, compiling and spreading knowledge should be something they were very willing to do.

"It's not mandatory, but as long as the information doesn't involve secrets or carry intense corruption, we generally submit a copy to the Church. This can accumulate contributions and be exchanged for other knowledge or items we haven't yet mastered."

"However, such opportunities are actually not many. Through long periods of accumulation, the Church of Knowledge has already mastered a considerable body of knowledge — it's just that, due to classification levels and similar reasons, most people are unaware of it."

Rekton nodded gently and gave a reply.

As he spoke, he raised his right hand high, radiance accumulating upon it, gradually condensing into a spear of utmost purity and blazing whiteness, as if composed of pure sunlight.

The next moment, he hurled the blazing-white spear in his hand, piercing through the cage formed by patches of light, landing upon the Sea God priest that had already lost control and gone mad.

The blazing-white spear instantly expanded, forming a miniature sun of extreme blazing whiteness.

The entire hall was swallowed by blinding white. Klein subconsciously closed his eyes; this intense light and concentrated sun aura made his spirit body feel extremely uncomfortable.

It was as if he were gradually evaporating, dissipating bit by bit into the surrounding seawater.

No, this isn't my feeling — my spirit body is truly being evaporated... A flash of understanding crossed Klein's mind, and he immediately spread out his spirituality, wrapping himself in it, attempting to resist this ceaseless evaporation.

A sensation of coldness surfaced around him, blocking off most of the concentrated sun aura and blinding light.

Klein exhaled in relief and reopened his eyes.

What met his gaze was a sheet of thick ice crystals dyed with colors as rich as graffiti. These ice crystals were not bone-chillingly cold; instead, they gave a feeling that even settled his spirit body.

A moment later, the ice crystals melted away in the blazing radiance.

However, the blinding white that had covered the entire hall had also faded. The seawater originally in the hall had been entirely evaporated, without even a trace of vapor left behind.

The surrounding stone pillars and walls were severely damaged. Only the corpse of a giant sea serpent, as if scorched by fire, remained, its color having changed from azure-blue to charred black, and it was rapidly crumbling.

On the floor before the two of them, there was also a scatter of ashes. At the very center, like twisted, coiling sea serpents, specks of azure-blue light continuously welled forth.

Together with the specks of light separating from Kavitua's body all around, they slowly flowed into that enormous tooth.

From the positions where those Sea God believers had been melted by the blazing radiance, specks of light — some azure-blue, some pitch-black, some bright as dawn — also separated out.

These specks of light, together with the points of radiance separating from Kavitua's corpse all around, slowly merged into that enormous tooth. The originally curved tooth was gradually straightening, its color gradually turning to a luminous white.

"Wait a moment — the characteristics here still need some time to converge."

As he spoke, layers of starlight ripples emanated around Rekton, dispersing the intense sun aura within the hall.

"Alright."

Klein, whose spirit body had already recovered, nodded gently.

His gaze swept around the hall in a full circle, confirming there was no remaining danger. The danger I divined earlier didn't come from this ruin? Is it that "Sea King" from the Storm Church who's about to arrive?

While pondering, the entire hall was once again tinged with a layer of pale gold.

Klein was just about to turn his head to ask when he saw the azure-blue light permeating the surroundings suddenly accelerate, transforming into a hurricane that surged toward that enormous pale-white tooth.

The rate of Kavitua's body crumbling accelerated. Its flesh rapidly softened and rotted, emitting a putrid stench, becoming like a pool of sludge.

A moment later, all the azure-blue light had surged into that enormous tooth. As the radiance subsided, the tooth that had been larger than an adult's arm had already vanished, leaving only a short staff whose tip was inserted into a stone pillar.

The top of the short staff was inlaid with densely set azure-blue gemstones, some of which were tinged with pitch-black and dawn.

Don't take it yet.

Lekton spoke up to remind Klein, who wanted to get closer.

He slightly raised his hand, scattering specks of starlight; these lights wrapped around the short staff, moving it out, and quickly condensed around it into a layer of translucent amber, enveloping the staff as it flew into Klein's hand.

It is closely tied to the followers of the Sea God; below demigod level, or if one's spirit isn't strong enough, it easily collapses and loses control, so try not to use it outside the gray fog.

Lekton gave a reminder.

After looking around, all the extraordinary characteristics were wrapped together and fused into this Sea God scepter; there was nothing useful left in this hall.

Klein lightly nodded and said:

I know, how should the spoils be divided?

He had thought that besides Cavituwa's characteristics, there would be other gains here, but in the end, all the characteristics in this hall had gathered together.

As for the Sea God's treasure, he didn't think that Cavituwa, mixed like this, could still have any treasure.

After all, he is also a Sea God; how could he be so poor? Klein silently sighed in his heart.

Lekton's gaze fell on the Sea God scepter wrapped in translucent amber, and he responded lightly:

Just let me analyze this scepter; it's a Sequence 3 extraordinary ability, still the Storm pathway, so I finally don't have to constantly simulate the Sun domain's abilities.

I thought you preferred the Sun domain's extraordinary abilities.

Klein turned his head and casually answered.

After all, it's golden and flashy.

Lekton glanced at Klein and spoke out what he hadn't finished saying in his heart.

"Eh" Klein froze for a moment. It's really annoying that thoughts are easily sensed in the spirit world.

The Sun domain's extraordinary abilities have a restraining effect on all evil, fallen, etc., domains.

In battle, you don't have to worry too much about accidentally harming allies; it's indeed very convenient to use.

After a brief explanation, Lekton stepped toward the back of the hall.

(End of chapter)