With the help of the hazy blue light far away, Natasha observed the surroundings carefully. On one side was the spherical hollow, and on the other side was the deep, oppressive dark water and all kinds of weird deep-sea "monsters". The two sides were clearly separated without the slightest mixing.
"That part of the seawater seems to have been pushed out by the uniqueness of the Blue Gate. There is not the slightest air inside at all. It will be barely possible to fool Harex's senses." She made her own judgment.
With Lucien's grasp on the weird spells, it should've been easy for him to sneak to the Blue Gate without attracting any attention. However, according to the intelligence of Doris and the priest earlier, Harex was right before the Blue Gate. With his strength at the peak of legendary and his corresponding senses, it would've been very difficult for him to approach it without the cover of seawater, fish, sea monsters, microbes, and deep-sea plants.
Lucien nodded his head and observed the environment again. His body was heavy, and he sank to the bottom of the ocean, stepping on the "ground" that had abundant minerals.
"You stay here. I'll sneak in and take a look first." Lucien had an idea.
Without any hesitation, Natasha nodded her head. "Alright. If anything happens, I'll fly over immediately."
She knew very well that there was an unimaginable gap between her and a legendary sorcerer in terms of investigation and stealth. The spells that were too weird to be understood were the most suitable choices at such a moment. Therefore, if she insisted on going there, she would've been a burden to Lucien if anything unexpected happened. For example, he would have to cast two spells to cover his traces.
Of course, it did not mean that a sorcerer was necessarily better at stealth and investigation than a Knight. It was just that the bloodline of the Sword of Truth, which focused on brute force, was not capable of such delicate work. Other special bloodlines that were good at such things might not necessarily be worse than a sorcerer.
Seeing that Natasha agreed, Lucien smiled and activated the magic model in his soul. The reason why he fell in love with Natasha was probably because she was a straightforward person who knew how to weigh the pros and cons. She would not let her emotions get the better of her, but she would not give up her fundamental beliefs either.
Lucien's body was enveloped in a layer of yellowish-brown light. With the help of Supreme Magical Skill, the magical waves were so faint that they were almost undetectable.
In the yellow and brown light, Lucien's body was suddenly softened. All the items including the Robe of Grand Arcanists turned into mud together with his body!
"Sludge Monster?" In the telepathic bond, Natasha's voice came in confusion. She had never seen such a strange spell before and could only make a guess.
Lucien's body that was as soft as mud wriggled and melted with the undersea soil. His spiritual power seemed to have turned into countless tentacles that extended in all directions, constituting a 'giant net of spiritual power' and taking the land nearby into his control.
"No, it's a rarely-seen ninth-circle spell, 'Underground Lord'. 'Blue Gate' only pushes away the seawater but does not sink the bottom of the sea. So, it comes in handy." Lucien explained for Natasha. "In any case, this is' underground 'after all."
Natasha did not ask further. Holding the Sword of Truth, she was ready for an assault. Lucien, on the other hand, sank deeper into the ground and snuck toward the Blue Gate.
Compared to the darkness in the deep ocean, the darkness below the ground was even more oppressive, making one feel that they would be buried here at any moment. Although Lucien could perceive the situation nearby through the tentacles of spiritual power that extended to the ground, he also had the illusion that time and space were chaotic and that he did not know what year it was.
After moving forward three hundred kilometers, the projection of the Host Star of Destiny inside Lucien's soul suddenly shivered. The spiritual power that extended to the ground was retracted abruptly, and he came to an abrupt halt. He crouched below the ground in a weird state.
He could not go any further. Up ahead was the range of Harex, the Master of the Boundless Ocean's' Absolute Defense '!
The so-called 'Absolute Defense' was the range that a top legend almost had absolute control over. It varied according to their strengths and specialties, but without exception, nobody could sneak into the range without raising their wariness, not even demigods.
Therefore, most of the cases of ambushing top legends were launched outside of the range, or they hid in the cover of other targets in advance. Therefore, when the elven queen ambushed the previous Prince of Demons, she did it with the help of the altar that the Demogorgon of Darkness set up in person. Therefore, before the Demogorgon of Darkness swallowed the previous Prince of Demons, he had surrendered and worked for it. That was why Lucien thought that if there were other deep-sea fish, he could hide himself among them. That way, it would be possible for him to fool Harex's "Absolute Senses", provided that he was distracted by other things.
Although Lucien's spiritual power that looked like tentacles had been greatly retracted and was quite a distance away from the ground, there were still a lot of tiny holes among the sand and rocks. They were essentially the auxiliary eyes of the Master of the Underground World, allowing Lucien to vaguely 'see' the situation outside.
Not far away, there was a splendid palace that did not have walls but was entirely supported by enormous stone pillars.
The palace was not as magnificent as the Temple of Spirits at all. It was only equal to a Nekso Palace. Also, the stone pillars were mottled and old, with traces of fractures and collapses visible now and then. It was like a primeval city that had been drowned by the seawater.
The palace was in the shape of a circle. At the center was an open-air altar, and above the altar was a vague blue gate. The gate gave Lucien a weird sense of familiarity because, just like the Furnace of Souls, it was beyond the mortal world. It was right in front of his eyes yet so far away that he could never touch or approach it.
"They are indeed similar …" From Doris' description, Lucien sensed that the Blue Gate and the Furnace of Souls were somewhat similar to each other. Also, it was identical to the changeable, high and mighty 'brilliance of godhood', too. "Perhaps, they are the different manifestations of the truth of the world. That's why they give me a similar feeling."
"The Blue Gate is not very compatible with the altar and the palace. I cannot sense the traces of time from it at all, but the altar and the palace are engraved with the mottled traces of time. The Chamber of Immortality, the Pathway of Immortality, the Furnace of Souls, and the Temple of Spirits are much more compatible …" Lucien identified the anomaly of the environment and made a preliminary inference. "It must've been built by an expert of the sea clans who controlled this place after the Blue Gate was discovered in order to set off the position of the Blue Gate. However, the latecomers did not pay much attention to the extra things. That's why it feels desolate and old."
The altar was much more intact than the palace that was full of debris. Also, some new and obscure symbols had been added near the Blue Gate and on the eight sides of the altar. Even a knowledgeable grand arcanist like Lucien could barely tell what they were. He only felt that every symbol and pattern was simple and seemed to contain infinite mysteries.
"Are they the words that Harex and the other experts who controlled the Blue Gate created based on the uniqueness of the Blue Gate that are similar to the Dark Language?" Lucien speculated, but in any case, the influence of the fundamental "transcendent words" on the environment was revealing their function, allowing Lucien to slowly analyze the meaning of every word and the effect of the magic circle.
Below the eight sides of the altar were the magic circles of blood sacrifice that Lucien was familiar with. Inside them were many sea elves, Gipps, Kuo-toans, mutated seahorses, venomous jellyfish, and deep-sea dragons.
By the time Lucien noticed them, the magic circles of blood sacrifice had already been activated. Those poor creatures had completely lost their lives and stood where they were like dry corpses. Intense blood and ivory brilliance were condensed around them, brimming with pain, hatred, desperation, and other feelings that were almost tangible.
On the altar, in front of the Blue Gate, two strange creatures were standing. One of them was a tall murloc that was as brawny as a frost giant. The scales on his body were no longer silver or emitted blood. Instead, they were as blue and translucent as gems.
He was wearing a blue crown that covered the upper half of his face in a strange shadow. Only a pair of crimson, cold eyes could be seen. Together with the tough lips on the lower half of his face, they left a deep impression. Also, his limbs were not as shriveled as those of other murlocs. Instead, they were strong and vigorous. He was holding a gold trident in his right hand. At the bottom of the trident, there was a gem that was as blue as an eye that carried vague space waves.
He was Harex, the Master of the Boundless Ocean and the emperor of the Kuo-toans.
Next to him was an even weirder creature. Its entire body seemed to be made of transparent, soft materials that were twisting and floating nonstop. Sometimes, it bloomed like a flower, and sometimes it unfolded like a tentacle. In the meantime, the creature did not have eyes, nose, or mouth. It was like a transparent bag that was filled with water.
"The 'Dark Jellyfish' that ranks second among the Seven Sea Generals?" Lucien thought to himself.
Looking at the activation of the blood sacrifice magic circle around, Harex said in a voice that sounded like metal colliding, "After we open the Blue Gate, we will be blessed by the ocean. I will be restored to the strongest state, and you will get legendary materials that are as good as the Blue Key."
"Can the Blue Gate be opened in advance by sacrificing tens of thousands of lives?" Tyers, the Dark Jellyfish, asked, shaking the void around.
"Of course. However, we have to work together to activate the remaining extraordinary circles, or the power of the blood sacrifice alone will not be enough." Harex stepped into the center of the magic circle on the left side of the Blue Gate, and Tyers, the Dark Jellyfish, stepped into the right side.
Looking at this scene, Lucien had some doubts in his heart, so he continued to observe.
The weird symbols and patterns glowed at the same time. The deep blue brilliance and the blue gate were reflecting each other.
Very soon, a complicated and mysterious three-dimensional magic circle was formed, like a palace of water that covered the altar. From the eight blood sacrifice magic circles on the sides, intense feelings of desperation, pain, and hatred flowed to Tyers, the Dark Jellyfish!
"You!"
Tyers sensed that something was wrong. He unfolded his body in shock and fury, and the dark bubbles blocked the negative feelings and blood that flooded in.
Harex raised his trident and said indifferently, "Don't blame me. You've seen how strong Aglaea is. If I don't find a way to improve myself, I will be left behind by her, and the sea clans will be doomed."
"Hehe. Then why don't you sacrifice yourself for me?" The Dark Jellyfish Tyers squeezed out countless black liquids.
"This again …" Lucien thought helplessly from afar, but he immediately became interested. It was the first time that he had seen such a scene in person. They were rarely-seen "experiment subjects"!
Therefore, he opened the magic notebook in the Library of the Soul and recorded the symbols, patterns, the activation process, and every detail.
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