Chapter 581: Energy Channel

On the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship, that humanoid sealed object floated up, stepped into the air, and walked step by step toward that sailing ship.

She was like a heavy stone ball, pressing part of the surrounding space to bend, letting the target ship slide over automatically, and the two sides got closer and closer.

At the same time, the hollow and bewildered eyes of this humanoid sealed object wearing a black nun's habit suddenly became stained with madness and chaos. Tiny blood vessels protruded within the whites of her eyes, rapidly connecting into a patch.

Along with her "onset," the "Sea Maidens," assistant priests, and sailors on the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship who didn't understand what had happened stood still in place, with bewildered expressions and hollow eyes, becoming the same as the humanoid sealed object's previous state.

Just at this moment, on the sailing ship that leaped across the void to approach the source of the madness, within the remaining sacred light, a patch of light suddenly disappeared, vanished, and was swallowed by the deepest darkness.

From the darkness, a peaceful and tranquil voice came out, as if chanting a beautiful poem.

The expression of the humanoid sealed object wearing the black nun's habit softened significantly, the chaos and madness in her eyes faded bit by bit, and her forward steps became sluggish.

The other personnel on the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship also entered a state of peace of mind and drowsiness, while Juan Oro felt the "invisible giant hand" suppressing his body instantly withdraw.

He straightened his body abruptly and cast his gaze full of anger toward Simon Giaro at the bow of the ship.

This president of the Fishery Guild had already roughly guessed who the other party was. After all, there weren't many people who understood the complete process of the Sea Prayer Ritual and grasped the details of the "Sea Queen's Ring." Plus the condition of belonging to the same family as Simon Giaro, the answer only left one:

Lato Giaro!

"You traitor!" Even the distant chanting coming from the darkness couldn't soothe the anger in Juan Oro's heart. Although he was no longer the temporary "Sea Viceroy," he still possessed good strength and could be called powerful at sea.

Splash!

The seawater supporting the bottom of the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship surged upward violently, part of it wanting to throw everyone here back to the sea surface, and part of it growing into mountain peaks, smashing down heavily, smashing toward Lato Giaro, who was wearing Simon Giaro's appearance.

Lato suddenly half-turned his body and looked at Juan Oro.

That azure "mountain peak" that was smashing down heavily on him instantly solidified in mid-air, no longer going down, and the water flow that was trying to push the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship out of this area also stopped its "attempt."

Lato Giaro's eyes reflected Juan Oro's figure, while the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, stating a fact in a calm tone:

"I am the 'Sea Viceroy' now."

Those abilities of yours, especially the ability to influence this sea area, are all completely suppressed by me and can't exert any effect at all!

—The distant chanting coming from the darkness was aimed at that humanoid sealed object, and the others were just incidental. Although Lato Giaro, as the temporary "Sea Viceroy," also inevitably received influence, thanks to the feedback and sharing of the "Sea," the degree wasn't deep, only becoming relatively peaceful and lacking the desire for intense fighting and direct killing.

Compared to Juan Oro, he cared more about whether there was "Gandalf" on that sailing ship besides "Hela," and cared more about whether "Mad Lady" had opened the spaceship's channel in time.

Looking at the azure giant waves that solidified in mid-air and couldn't smash down, looking at Lato Giaro, whose eyes were contemptuous and didn't care about him at all, Juan Oro's heart slowly sank.

At this time, Lato turned to look at "Mad Lady," who had turned back into a human shape, and said to his companion, whose blood-colored dress was unusually flamboyant:

"Hurry up."

"Mad Lady" wasn't tall, a little over one meter sixty. Her dark golden hair was disheveled, and influenced by the "heaviness" effect, not a single strand was flying wantonly; they all pointed toward the seabed.

Her face was interspersed with a large amount of pure flesh, making it impossible to see what she originally looked like, while her left and right hands each wore a ring:

The one on her left hand had a pink-gold base, inlaid with a gemstone as red as blood, and the one on her right hand was a simple and plain pure silver ring.

"Mad Lady" smiled and responded to Lato Giaro:

"So you also have times when you're anxious."

Only then did she cast her gaze toward the silver-gray massive object inserted into the seabed, which was not too far away.

This lunatic... Lato Giaro cursed inwardly.

If "I Have a Friend" had an extremely bad personality and only suffered from mental illness and moved into a mental hospital because of other things later, then "Mad Lady" had shown a side of her mental state not being normal from the beginning. Before, she could barely maintain it by relying on "I Have a Friend's" regular treatment, but now she was getting crazier and crazier.

Lato Giaro took a deep breath and listened to the strange sounds coming from inside the spaceship, using this to resist the distant chanting echoing in the darkness.

He quickly regained a bit of desire to fight, cast his gaze back toward that sailing ship, and raised his right arm.

Juan Oro saw this scene and became increasingly desperate.

This old man, whose hair and beard had all turned white, clenched his fists tightly and smashed them heavily against his chest.

In the sound of cracking, his sternum broke, his flesh split, and a large amount of fresh blood surged out, dyeing his body red and dyeing the deck of the Colorful Flower Ceremony Ship red.

Along with the massive loss of life, Juan Oro's white hair overcame the influence of the "heaviness" effect and all floated up.

His feet became heavy. Every step he took forward was like a mountain peak stepping on the earth.

Lato Giaro, who was about to let the surrounding seawater pour in and drown that sailing ship, suddenly discovered that this sea area wasn't listening to his "words" so much anymore.

His position as "Sea Viceroy" was tottering.

Lato Giaro turned his head again and looked at Juan Oro, who was covered in fresh blood, narrowing his eyes slightly.

"You traitor, the sea will punish you!" Juan Oro's eyes condensed ghostly green and blue light, shooting out a ray of light respectively.

Along with such an attack, he also made Lato Giaro heavy, unable to move normally.

Two rays fell on Lato Giaro simultaneously, penetrated through, and disappeared into the seawater.

Lato Giaro's aura only weakened a bit and didn't suffer serious injuries as Juan Oro thought.

Within this core member of "April Fool's" codenamed "Ultraman," rays of sunlight burst out, clearing away the residual power that was corroding and changing his body structure.

He raised his chin slightly and chanted three words with unusually strange pronunciations:

"%%&（"

This also belonged to that set of language for opening the spaceship, meaning roughly to grant me a certain authority, equivalent to opening a crack in the seal, so that I can obtain a certain "Sea Viceroy" power without combining with this sea area. Lato Giaro used it now to help himself snatch all the authority back from Juan Oro.

Hmph, stupid guy, stupid group of people. For so many years, they haven't studied the sounds heard during each sea sacrifice well. They guard the treasure but don't know how to dig!

Sacrificing life, right? Sacrificing yourself, right?

This has no meaning!

Brains and power are the foundation!

Juan Oro, who still had fresh blood flowing from his chest, was stunned to find that the authority of the "Sea Viceroy" had shifted again. He looked at Lato Giaro, both bewildered and terrified, as if looking at a real devil:

Why? Why does the sea favor him more?

Why does the sea love this traitorous guy more?

At this time, "Mad Lady" on the other side of the bow also finished chanting that gibberish-style command.

The silver-gray massive object on the seabed trembled slightly violently, and the amplitude became larger and larger, bringing the entire seabed and all the seawater to shake.

Inside it, strands of pure light condensed and converged, emitted from the opened entrance, and landed on the edge of the colorful ceremonial ship, forming a transparent tunnel-like energy passage.

"Mad Lady" didn't jump into those pure rays immediately.

She knew that as the flying boat opened further and started, the power accumulated in the depths of the seal for unknown years would explode. Everyone here, except the "Sea Viceroy," would be torn to pieces.

But it didn't matter. She had a way to deal with it. The plain silver ring on her right hand came from the "Bard," and it was attached with a gift obtained after truly "Paying Respects to Ancestors," which could steal that power and scatter it, letting everyone here, letting all the "Children of the Sea" in the entire Sangtagang bear it together.

Of course, those present would definitely accept more. Whether they could hold on and not turn into monsters would depend on their individual fate.

At that time, those people in the Fishery Guild would think the Sea Prayer Ritual had succeeded, cheering and jumping, but the actual situation was that their "Sea" had been stolen. This was truly a great irony, making one think of it and feel very happy.

"Mad Lady" was about to use that ring when she suddenly had a strong premonition of danger.

Her figure disappeared from the spot and appeared a few steps away.

A patch of shadow surged up from the deck where she had originally stood but failed to envelop her.

"Mad Lady" then saw Mr. K wearing a blood-colored cloak and a blood-colored hood, and saw Lu Mian Li, who was wearing the "Lying" earring but hadn't changed back to his original appearance.

Sangtagang, inside the "Sea Viceroy's" mansion.

The "Bard" stood by the window, admiring the weeds outside, calculating the time, and waiting for the Sea Prayer Ritual to have further development.

If the sea's "gift" descended after a delay, and the people of Milo Village began to cheer, he would walk out of here openly and leave this group of people who had been fooled.

At that time, everyone who blocked him should have been torn to pieces by the sea's power.

If there was no group-based, delayed "gift," but the sky and ocean changed, as if a disaster was coming, he could wait for the spaceship or "Mad Lady" to come and pick him up.

Of course, he wouldn't wait forever. Within ten minutes, if the Sea Prayer Ritual still didn't have further changes, he would use his ability to forcibly break out of here, change positions, and hide.

—The "Thief" pathway's early-stage abilities weren't strong. The "Bard" had long since developed a cautious habit during his step-by-step advancement.

Looking at the weeds swaying in the bright sunshine and the not-so-strong wind, the "Bard" suddenly heard slight footsteps.

Those footsteps came from the corridor outside, so slight that it felt like his hallucination.

(End of chapter)