Chapter 3718: Pure Black Pearl
Chapter 3718: Pure Black Pearl
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After a moment, Fang Heng withdrew his mental strength.
The barrier before them should have been an accidental byproduct.
Originally, the sealed barrier had been a standard one-way passage structure.
Its purpose was aimed at life forms attempting to escape from inside the barrier.
This design logic was easy enough to understand.
The original intention of the Sea Abyss seal had been to seal ancient sea monsters. If the seal were ever broken, the outer seal could continue holding for a while longer while simultaneously detonating the outer spatial turbulence, using the power of the spatial turbulence to destroy most of the Sea Abyss giant monsters.
Therefore, the barrier’s defenses were mainly directed toward the inside.
Due to a series of coincidences, Charlene and the others had accidentally triggered spatial fluctuations, causing the Sea Abyss spatial undercurrents to surge and unexpectedly fuse with the defensive barrier, leading to a further mutation of the barrier.
Forcefully breaking it open would result in spatial collapse.
The safest method would still be to start from the core drive of the sealing magic array and locate the core node controlling the barrier’s direction of passage. Only then would it be possible to open an exit from the inside.
"Fang Heng, how is it?"
"Victor was right. Forcibly destroying the seal from the outer layer is far too dangerous. I want to go inside and take a look."
"Inside?"
Victor’s expression immediately changed upon hearing this, and he hurriedly said, "How can that work? Once you enter, you’ll be trapped inside just like them. If you can’t find a way to解除 the seal from within, won’t all of you just be throwing your lives away? Lord Kandal’s order was for us to assist in the rescue, not to follow you all into death."
Fang Heng said, "Relax, I know what I’m doing."
"Th-this..."
Victor was momentarily speechless.
Feng Tiya raised the Sea God’s Trident, her voice calm, "Fang Heng, I’ll go in with you."
"Alright."
Victor instantly became anxious upon hearing this and tried persuading her. "Your Majesty, if anything happens to you, how are we supposed to explain it to Lord Sea God..."
Feng Tiya merely coldly replied, "Then enter the seal together with me."
Huh?
Victor’s face immediately became bitter.
Good grief, so if they were going to die, they would all die together?
Wait.
Victor suddenly realized something else. Since the seal was still intact, how exactly were they supposed to enter the barrier?
With the spatial barrier complete, entering it would not be so simple.
While his thoughts were in chaos, Victor suddenly saw Fang Heng approach the spatial defensive barrier and lightly extend a hand toward it.
Eh!?
"Buzz..."
The outermost layer of the barrier’s spatial fluctuation layer actually began slowly flowing under Fang Heng’s palm hovering over it, opening a gap outward.
What the hell?!
It really opened?
How did he do that?
Looking closely, Fang Heng had only opened the outer spatial fluctuation layer. The inner sealed barrier remained, resembling a thick membrane of water.
"Let’s go!"
Feng Tiya lightly nodded and took the lead, flashing through the breach and entering the spatial barrier.
The accompanying Sea God priests quickly followed through the barrier as well.
Fang Heng cast one final glance at Victor and the others still standing there blankly before flashing into the spatial barrier himself.
"No... th-this..."
It really opened just like that?
That easily?
"Move!"
Seeing that the breach in the barrier ahead was rapidly shrinking, Victor gritted his teeth and could only follow the guards into the opened spatial barrier.
A strange power wrapped around his entire body. Victor felt as though he were being pushed inward while wrapped in a sticky layer of water membrane. Immediately afterward, his body lightened, and his feet landed on solid ground.
The group successfully entered the sealed area and reunited with the trapped Black Castle group.
"Fang Heng."
Charlene looked at Fang Heng and the others, who had ignored her warning and forcibly passed through the barrier to become trapped together with them. A trace of helplessness flickered in her eyes.
She did not believe someone with Fang Heng’s abilities would fail to understand her warning.
Perhaps Fang Heng had some other plan.
Fang Heng looked toward Charlene and raised a hand, saying, "Long time no see. Finding you took quite a bit of effort."
"You specifically came to find me?"
Charlene felt puzzled.
Black Castle had not revealed a single bit of information about their expedition into the Sea Abyss. So how had Fang Heng known?
In truth, Charlene knew Fang Heng possessed considerable achievements in alchemy magic arrays. Before the operation, she had even considered inviting Fang Heng to help.
However, after considering how terrifying the enemies they would face were, and worrying about dragging Fang Heng into it as well, she had ultimately abandoned the idea after much thought.
She had not expected Fang Heng to come looking for them himself.
For some reason, upon seeing Fang Heng at this moment, Charlene felt a sense of relief in her heart.
At the very least, she no longer had to face the current predicament entirely alone.
Suddenly, Charlene sharply sensed something and raised her head, her gaze shifting toward Feng Tiya nearby.
Feng Tiya merely stood there while the power of ocean tides faintly formed a barrier around her body. An invisible pressure overflowed from her presence.
Charlene cautiously looked toward the newcomer and asked, "And this is?"
"Let me introduce her. This is Feng Tiya, Empress of the Dark Tide. And this is Charlene, my friend."
The pupils of the Black Castle group suddenly contracted as their gazes were all drawn toward Feng Tiya, their eyes filled with shock.
Feng Tiya!
One of the three great Sea Gods of the deep sea!
Feng Tiya gestured toward the group and said, "Kandal has already informed me of the details. Furthermore, Fang Heng is also my friend. I hope I can be of help."
Friend?
The members of Black Castle exchanged glances, their expressions becoming even stranger.
In their eyes, Sea Gods were myth-like beings who had already transcended ordinary game worlds.
From the moment they entered the Sea God world until they finally met Sea God Kandal, they had spent more than ten years of effort, along with immeasurable manpower and resources.
Yet Fang Heng had somehow developed such a good relationship with a Sea God, even bringing one along to help complete the mission?
Upon further thought, everyone immediately felt more encouraged.
With a Sea God helping them, the chances of completing this mission had increased considerably.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Fang Heng did not beat around the bush. He looked directly at Charlene and asked, "Charlene, I actually came specifically to ask you about something extremely important."
"Mhm, go ahead."
Fang Heng raised his hand, gesturing the approximate size of the black orb from the illusion. "I’m looking for a black orb. Do you know where it is?"
Upon hearing this, Charlene’s expression changed several times.
Several accompanying core members of Black Castle also changed expressions, and some even subconsciously tightened their grips on their weapons.
The Pure Black Orb!
This was Black Castle’s greatest secret!
How did Fang Heng know about it?
When had the information leaked? And from where had it leaked out?!
Victor noticed the reactions of the Black Castle group, and his hand moved toward the curved blades at his waist.
Feng Tiya, on the other hand, remained calm. She merely kept her gaze firmly fixed on Charlene.
In her eyes, the strength of the Black Castle group was weak. The only person worthy of caution was Charlene alone.
After thinking for a moment, Charlene said, "If my guess is correct, what you are looking for should be the Pure Black Orb. How did you learn about the Pure Black Orb?"