As the Sea Seekers wept bitterly, a surging black tide suddenly burst through the surface of the sea, and in an instant, the mighty waves engulfed the Heavenly Gods.
Pained wails echoed incessantly from within the tide.
Natidak hastened to summon the Sea God Trident and as he grasped the divine weapon, he channeled all of his Magic Power into it, hacking fiercely at the tide.
Regrettably, the wave that trapped the Sea Seekers didn’t budge, sweeping the eighteen seekers away rapidly toward the far east.
"Lend your strength, we must not let him succeed!" Natidak bellowed, and at his call, all the sea creatures, including the Naga Queen, poured their Magic Power into Natidak’s body, providing the energy to propel the Trident.
As the Trident erupted with divine radiance, it transford into a thousand-zhang long weapon and once again slashed towards the black waves.
This ti, a crack appeared in the tide, revealing the Sea Seekers’ bodies, corrupted and decomposed.
But the torn gap quickly healed itself, and the Sea Seekers missed their chance to escape to safety.
Natidak’s face was ashen, but he had to continue; now that the Sea God lded with the sea, if the eighteen Sea-Seeking Gods were to suffer any mishap, the sea creatures would truly lose their Heavenly God pillar and be completely cast down into the dust.
"Once more!"
With Natidak’s roar, Magic Power surged from all directions, infusing into him and the Trident.
By then, Lu Hong had also taken action; since the previous strike lacked power, they needed another attempt, still more potent Magic Power to assist.
As Bloodthirst activated, the blood on the battlefield transford into a deluge and flowed into Lu Hong.
"Do not resist my power, accept it!" Lu Hong lifted the blood-red sun condensed from Bloodthirst and hurled it at Natidak.
Sensing the astonishing aura emanating from this blood sun, Natidak laughed heartily, "Many thanks, Brother Xiao for the help!"
When Lu Hong’s blood and energy were absorbed by the Trident, the Sea God Trident appeared to break through a threshold, its divine light intensified, exuding a strong radiance.
Locked onto the fleeing black waves, Natidak’s Trident once again descended.
This ti, the combined might of Lu Hong and the Trident struck the black tide not as if repelled, but as if it hit sothing tangible. In an instant, the tide cracked open, and the eighteen unconscious Sea Seekers fell to the seabed.
The Naga Queen hurried to their side to check on them.
Lu Hong and the other powerful sea creatures followed closely behind, and upon seeing the Naga Queen’s pale face, they understood the gravity of the situation.
"Your Majesty, how are my masters?" After several uses of the Trident, Natidak was greatly burdened, looking extrely weary and drained, he was helped to the Queen’s side.
The Naga Queen took a deep breath, "The God of Raging Waves... must be killed!"
"What?!" Natidak was startled and quickly looked towards the lying form of the God of Raging Waves.
He saw that the other’s body was covered with black corruption, devoid of any trace of divinity.
Apart from the God of Raging Waves, six other Sea-Seeking Gods had been thoroughly corrupted, and all the sea creatures knew that once fully corrupted, there was no chance of salvation. So, they must be killed! Only through death cos redemption!
"Perhaps... you should step aside!" Although it broke her heart, the Naga Queen had to be strong now. If the corrupted gods were to awaken, they would beco utterly mad, causing slaughter and chaos, and spreading the corruption.
"No." Natidak refused the Naga Queen’s suggestion, laboriously lifting the Trident, he approached the God of Raging Waves, "He is my master; it is my duty to pick up his dignity and honor."
Watching Natidak raise the Trident high, all the mighty sea creatures knelt, uttering abstruse phrases, as if performing a prayer-like ritual.
Natidak held back tears as he wielded the Trident in his hands, thrusting it into the brain of the God of Raging Waves.
A piercing, heart-wrenching scream resounded thunderously.
It was the voice of the Chaos God; it turned out he had attacked the Sea Seekers to plant his own divine seed within them, attempting to resurrect himself through their bodies.
And as the God of Raging Waves died, the seed of chaos withered completely, purified by the pure seawater, leaving no trace behind.
After half an hour of ceremonial prayer, seven completely contaminated Sea Seekers left this world for good, and although the remaining Sea Seekers bore nurous contaminated marks on their bodies, being Heavenly Gods, they would be able to suppress the contamination once they awoke, sparing them from paying with their lives.
The will of the Sea God persisted after the sea transformation, it was just that at the beginning of the transformation, the will was not fully accustod, so it couldn’t take any action.
Now, having taken full control of the mariti domain, the will first cleansed the Sea tribe with pure Water Elents, aiding their recovery from injuries. Then, it wielded an invisible force to help the unconscious Sea Seekers suppress the chaotic pollution, and finally, mobilizing all its power, it erected a transparent barrier, sealing off the black depths and eternally sealing the Sea of Chaos to the east of the divine palace.
Having done all this, the Sea God seed to have exhausted all of its strength, sinking completely into silence alongside a slight flutter of the Naga Queen’s hair.
For months in history, a major upheaval among the Sea tribe was unfolding unknown to all until its conclusion.
Owing to Lu Hong’s heroic display during this great battle, he gained the unanimous approval of the Sea tribe, especially his final blow that provided assistance to Natidak. Without his intervention, the chaos deity might have succeeded, spiriting away eighteen Sea Seekers one by one, corrupting them for a resurgence to annihilate the Sea tribe.
Lu Hong, whose contributions were indispensable, was formally invited by the Naga Queen to reside within the divine palace.
Countless beautiful won of the Sea tribe flocked to serve the human who rescued their race.
However, Lu Hong politely declined them, leaving them to return disappointed.
After a fortnight of recuperation, the Naga Queen and the remaining twelve Sea Seekers invited Lu Hong to a grand celebration of the Sea tribe.
Natidak personally welcod him, and with Lu Hong’s arrival, the Sea tribe’s celebration fully spiraled into a frenzy.
Sitting beside the Naga Queen, Lu Hong attracted much attention.
Seeing Lu Hong reject each enthusiastic Sea tribe woman, the Naga Queen asked with a smile, "They are all inviting you, don’t you fancy even one of them?"
Lu Hong shook his head slightly, "It’s not that I don’t fancy them, but I have a ’tiger’ at ho and I’m afraid of getting beaten if she finds out."
The Naga Queen pursed her lips in a smile, aware that Lu Hong’s words were untrue, but she did not expose him and continued, "You saved our Sea tribe this ti. If you have any requests, just speak up; we will repay your kindness."
This ti entering the mariti domain was to seek a breakthrough, but after a roundabout journey, aside from helping save the lives of the Sea Seekers, he showed no signs of any breakthrough.
After pondering for a mont, Lu Hong said, "I only hope the Sea tribe would magnanimously release the suppressed deities of the Human Race in the North Ocean."
The Naga Queen nodded and then glanced toward the Sea Seekers seated beside her.
The most senior among them, the Sea-Seeking Heavenly God, pondered for a mont before replying, "That can be done. However, I am very concerned that once released, they might retaliate and cause destruction in our mariti domain. You know, our power is now weakened, and though those Human Race Heavenly Gods are not strong, they are nurous. If they have the will, our Sea tribe cannot bear such a risk."
"This..." Lu Hong was truly unsure.
Besides the War God Lei Sai, Lu Hong was unfamiliar with the other ascended Human Race Heavenly Gods. If they were like the God of Light, then the worries of the Sea-Seeking God might indeed co to pass.
Seeing Lu Hong unable to provide a definite guarantee, the Sea-Seeking God continued, "I trust only you. If this is not the case, once you ascend to the Heavenly God Realm, then I will release them. What do you think?"
"Wait for my ascension to Heavenly God... Okay!" Lu Hong thought over it again and again, as there was no other choice at present, "But you can first release one Heavenly God. His na is War God Lei Sai. I am very familiar with him and can guarantee with my life that he will not retaliate against the Sea tribe."
The Sea-Seeking God nodded, "Alright, I will bring him to et you in seven days."
As the two sides concluded their negotiations, the Naga Queen shifted the conversation, and everyone rged back into the festivities.
After a few cups of fine wine, Lu Hong suddenly asked the Naga Queen, "Your Majesty, if in the future soone who looks exactly like soone from your past appears, but he is not the person from the past, and there arises a battle between you two, a matter of life and death, how would you handle it?"
Although puzzled by the sudden question from Lu Hong, the Naga Queen still answered truthfully, "I would fight with all my might. Since it is only the appearance that is the sa and not the person from the past, why should I hesitate?"
Lu Hong paused, realizing her words made sense.
Nodding, he raised his cup and toasted to the Naga Queen, "I hope you rember what you said today."
"Of course!" The Naga Queen also raised her cup, responding to Lu Hong’s toast.
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