Chapter 578: Palace

Lato Giaro, who had become Simon by relying on a "Reader" pathway sealed object, saw the illusory starlight permeating the surroundings like seawater encountering a whirlpool, all pouring in, forming a giant funnel.

And the source of the whirlpool was precisely that humanoid sealed object they had gone to great lengths to "abduct" from the "Eternal Blazing Sun" church!

After being exposed within the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society," and after "Loki" and "I Have a Friend" were killed one after another, one using up a precious resurrection chance and one dying completely, they modified the original sea sacrifice plan and started the backup plan to deal with the possible interference of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society."

You know, according to the hint from the resurrected "Loki," the vice president of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society," "Hela," should have already advanced to Sequence 4, becoming a demigod, and had transferred from the "Death" pathway to the "Night" pathway. Relying solely on "Ultraman," "Bard," and "Mad Lady," even if the plan was exquisite, they would be crushed by absolute strength.

Of course, if it were just "Hela," they would still have enough confidence, but if that president "Gandalf," whose depth they couldn't see, also came, and other vice presidents came, and other troublesome research society members all came, then the problem wouldn't be something they could solve now.

Starlight surged, and everyone on the ceremony ship saw that sorrowful woman wearing a black nun's habit, only feeling that her body was like a giant magnet, trying to absorb everything around her.

This was like a large number of items originally placed on a taut fishing net, but at this moment, a heavy iron ball dropped in the center, causing the things there to fall suddenly and pulling the surrounding fishing net to follow. In this situation, the originally stationary items would naturally slide over.

The most affected were Beyonders with rich ocean bloodlines and powerful ocean power. Juan Oro, who was fully resisting the ocean's fury, naturally produced a feeling of space being inverted, with front and back becoming up and down, and he was like a person who had lost his footing above an abyss, involuntarily "falling" toward the bottom, faster and faster.

That bottom was precisely the woman wearing the black nun's habit.

The assistant priests other than Lu Mian seemed to be dragged by invisible hands, stumbling and struggling to move closer to that humanoid sealed object. The ocean power in their bodies was also affected, all "rushing" to the surface, making them highlight patches of crystal-bright star scales, approaching loss of control.

The "Sea Maidens" and the sailors on the ship swayed in place, struggling to resist that terrifying suction force. Some of their skin gradually became slippery, some scales appeared and disappeared in their flesh, and some of their footsteps shifted from time to time.

Lu Mian was relatively better off, only needing to use great strength to avoid being pulled.

At the same time, as a "Monk," he vaguely saw that the fate rivers of everyone present also showed a trend of rushing toward that humanoid sealed object. The tributaries about the future gradually narrowed and constantly converged. It shouldn't be long before only one possibility remained, and that was death.

At this moment, Lu Mian roughly understood why that humanoid sealed object could curse people to death with words.

Lato Giaro reached out and grabbed the ship's railing to resist the invisible pull from that woman.

His gaze swept over the people on the ship who were sliding involuntarily and cast it back toward the seabed.

The ceremony ship had fallen a distance, and the surroundings were translucent walls composed of azure seawater. Various marine creatures continued to swim inside as if they hadn't noticed the abnormality, and the spindle-shaped silver-gray giant object on the seabed with its tip inserted into gravel and stones could be seen from afar.

Lato Giaro controlled the emotions in his heart, not letting a smile appear on his face.

He was close to his destination.

Those idiots in the Fishery Guild, those ignorant guys in the "Mother Goddess of Depravity" church, might never imagine what exactly was sealed on the seabed here.

That wasn't a so-called "palace"; that was a spaceship!

A spaceship that had sneaked in during the Fourth Epoch!

It had a sci-fi side, being a collection of many advanced technologies, and it had a mystical side involving the supernatural, which was even the core of the entire spaceship.

It was a locator, a culture dish, a breeding box, a key component of the "Star Gate," and the place where a certain supernatural object slept.

The "Sea Queen's Ring" manufactured by the ocean kin was the "key" to the spaceship. Only when the external seal was at its weakest every year could it, by stimulating the power inside the spaceship, combine with it to open a crack in the core seal!

Lato Giaro's gaze looked at the vaguely visible silver-gray massive object, gradually becoming greedy.

His goal was to become the true "Sea Viceroy," which was the master of that spaceship, and not just obtain temporary authority.

In that way, he could not only obtain powerful strength but also use the spaceship to accomplish many incredible things.

Azure seawater with a bit of emerald surrounded the entire ceremony ship, as if seeing them off into the ocean's palace.

Seeing the ocean's fury interrupted by the woman who appeared inexplicably, and that she had become the most dangerous thing on the scene, Juan Oro didn't hesitate and let himself combine more deeply with this sea area.

At this moment, he temporarily became the "Sea Viceroy."

He resisted that terrifying suction force.

Abruptly, that humanoid sealed object "left" the ceremony ship and came into a void of darkness.

Above, below, left, and right of her, brilliant stars twinkled. In front of her was Juan Oro, who was covered in starlight scales, had deep eyes, and whose hair had turned completely white.

Juan Oro raised his right hand and pointed and drew.

One by one, "stars" dragged flaming tails and fell, bringing up clusters of waves.

On the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship, everyone suddenly lost the trend of rushing to the same place, but the power they had already used couldn't be withdrawn, so they fell in the opposite direction out of inertia.

Lato Giaro also pretended to be in a similar state and hit the bow of the ship heavily.

He saw that the silver-gray massive object had become close enough, and joy rose in his heart. He was about to chant a passage of words whose specific meaning he didn't understand but knew had some effect.

That was a password-style command to make the spaceship's gate open completely, establish an energy channel, and let himself enter the interior while under protection!

"April Fool's" had been established for several years. The reason they waited until last year to have designs on the Sea Prayer Ritual was because the other sounds Lato Giaro heard during sea sacrifices, collected from various "Sea Viceroys," "Sea Maidens," and certain ocean kin, were finally cracked, allowing them to grasp the significance of the three most important passages.

"'Oh Sea, I will marry you...'" was one of them, and the true meaning was to inject energy into the manufactured key and input the password. The second passage Lato Giaro was about to chant now, and there was another passage that was the command to start the spaceship.

That passage, he and the "Bard" originally wanted to trick that silly woman Noerfei into chanting, trying to avoid danger as much as possible. Anyway, they didn't really trick her. Once the spaceship started and left this sea area, the Sea Prayer Ritual would naturally end, and there couldn't be any follow-up. As for this not being a self-destruction problem, they had achieved their most essential goal, so why care about this?

Later, the situation had huge changes, especially after the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society" learned about the Sea Prayer Ritual from a peripheral member of "April Fool's." "Ultraman" and "Bard" had to modify the plan multiple times, not only introducing "foreign aid" but also reducing Noerfei's role, eventually discovering that she could be used as bait to lead Lu Mian Li and "Sleeve Sword" astray.

Lato Giaro opened his mouth and chanted a passage of words in a gibberish manner.

Once the words fell, he looked at the spaceship on the seabed with anticipation.

But nothing happened!

How could this be? Lato Giaro felt a tightness in his heart and suddenly had a strong sense of danger.

He woke up with a start and saw everything around him shatter and disappear like soap bubbles.

And Lu Mian, who had turned into Brian, had arrived near him at some point.

A dream!

He had just had a dream!

After Juan Oro pulled the humanoid sealed object into the "Void Starry Sky," he had been dreaming!

"Hela!" Such a name flashed through Lato Giaro's mind.

He had clearly paid attention to whether other ships were lurking around!

As thoughts raced, invisible hands seemed to appear around Lato Giaro, pushing Lu Mian far away.

Then, he saw that beside the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship, in a void surrounded by seawater, a sailing ship that was clearly behind the times was outlined rapidly. Its sails were attached with shadows, corpses stood on the observation deck, and the deck was full of undead creatures that were either rotting or already bones.

And at the bow of the ship, a woman dressed as a black widow stood quietly.

"Hela"!

Less than four hours ago, Seeing Fu Lan Ka, disguised as Chaneimu, signaled Noerfei and Batner to wait in place for further arrangements, returned to the cabin, entered the captain's room, and said to "Hela," who was standing by the window:

"I've roughly guessed who 'Ultraman' is, but I'm still not sure."

"I've guessed it too." "Hela" had just overheard the conversation between Seeing Fu Lan Ka and Noerfei.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka gritted her teeth and said:

"If it really is Lato Giaro, there will definitely be variables on the ship. I must quickly summon Lu Mian's messenger and tell him our guess."

"Wait a while longer, calculate the time, and send the message when the assistant priests leave the 'Sea Viceroy's' mansion but haven't boarded the ceremony ship yet." "Hela" reminded.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka said "Mm":

"I understand."

She saw "Hela," with her light golden hair draped naturally and deep black eyes, drinking wine while engraving patterns and placing items on the desk in the captain's room, and asked curiously:

"What is this for?"

"Setting up a ritual to completely hide the entire ship so that no one can discover it." "Hela" explained simply, "Relying on my own strength, I can't accomplish this matter. I can only pray for the god's help, and He should be very willing."

After saying this, Hela took off the pure silver ring inlaid with a black diamond-like stone on her right hand and placed it in the center of the altar.

On the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship, Lu Mian looked at Lato Giaro, his body trembling slightly with excitement.

He didn't understand how the other party managed to make the Sea Prayer Ritual fail again. After all, he had been watching this "old friend" the whole time and still didn't see him change the ring.

But it didn't matter. A good plan is definitely not a fragile thing where one mistake leads to total failure; it must have enough fault tolerance!

Lato Giaro also didn't understand how "Hela" and that ship managed to approach without him noticing.

But it didn't matter. If they hadn't been prepared to face the interference of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society" and face "Hela," they wouldn't have acted this time at all.

Lato Giaro's eyes suddenly became deep, and dots of starlight lit up.

The surrounding azure seawater solidified once again.

Here, he would be more powerful than that old immortal Juan Oro; he had long since accumulated the power to temporarily become the "Viceroy of the Sea"!

For the next period of time, he would be the god of this sea area!

(End of chapter)