CHAPTER 450: CHAPTER 450: OMINOUS SIGN...?

Upon hearing the disciple’s report, True Man Yuanhe’s eyes widened instantly: "What?!"

Meanwhile, Yu Sheng was still pondering what a "strange demon" was—after two seconds, his mind finally linked it to a crazy snake...

Immediately, the reporting disciple quickly explained the situation at the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower—halfway through, True Man Yuanling could no longer remain still: "The Omen Wandering Star has suddenly gone berserk? Let’s hurry over!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, quickly turned his head and cupped his hands towards Yu Sheng: "Ahem, there’s been an unexpected change in the Demon Suppression Tower, I need to go take a look, truly..."

"No problem, no problem—I’ll go with you," Yu Sheng waved his hand before the other could finish, "I just have some things I want to talk to that ’Omen Wandering Star’ about too."

True Man Yuanling nodded, saying nothing more, and raised his hand, ready to ride the clouds and set off.

However, just as he raised his hand halfway, he saw Yu Sheng open a door casually opposite him, leading to the Demon Suppression Tower...

"...I forgot you had that trick," Yuanling blinked, clapping his hands, "That’s fine, quicker this way, let’s go!"

At the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower, within the enormous cavern directly connecting to the earth’s spiritual spring, the glowing streaming light intertwined with the red glow of subterranean magma and the eerie spiritual light from the surrounding earth’s veins. Above the vast platform at the center of the vein flow, the lingering restless thunder light remained, but the Demon Suppression Stone Pillars surrounding the platform had returned to silence—between the pillars, the crisscrossing rune chains tightly bound the gigantic stone sphere with a terrifying face; the latter remained unmoving, as if in a deep slumber.

Upon arriving, Yu Sheng immediately noticed the faint traces of static electricity in the air. Turning his head, he saw Hu Li all puffed up—both the demon fox girl’s tail and ears had fluffed up due to static. She curiously drew a tail from behind and rubbed it in her hands, causing it to crackle instantly.

The sparks illuminated the fox girl’s glistening eyes, and she happily rubbed her tail against Yu Sheng’s arm: "Savior! There’s static electricity!"

Yu Sheng was shocked immediately, quickly backing away: "Stop, stop, stop! Keep your distance from me—go stay with Luna."

Luna tilted her head in confusion.

Yu Sheng casually explained, "You’re metallic, grounded all over..."

Luna nodded: "Yes, right."

Hu Li sheepishly retracted her tail, letting one droop to the ground as a ground wire, and then sniffed: "What’s that smell?"

"Burnt," Yu Sheng sighed, pointing to the edge of the platform.

A straight giant snake lay unconsciously between two Demon Suppression Stone Pillars, with some Tower Guard Disciples nearby looking nervously. That snake was the Snake Princess, knocked unconscious by lightning—now, sparks occasionally flicker between her different heads, her body twitching now and then, her scales charred with a scent of grilled meat.

Fortunately, she was a Great Demon, only fainting despite such a miserable state.

True Man Yuanhe stepped forward with a subtle expression, signaling the disciples to leave temporarily, then bent down to check on the Snake Princess’s condition, finally sighing in relief: "Just some surface injuries, but a few lightning strikes hit her heads, causing her to faint."

Erin sat on Yu Sheng’s shoulder: "Which head?"

"Human head," True Man Yuanhe replied casually, "She mainly uses that head for thinking... although her thoughts are usually all over the place."

As soon as he stopped talking, the Snake Princess on the ground seemed to hear the sound, her body twitching slightly as she struggled to open her eyes, her breath weak: "Yuanhe, you damn thief... you damn..."

True Man Yuanhe immediately retreated two steps, while Yuanling had to step forward with courage: "Snake Princess, what exactly happened?"

"What happened... you darn old priests dare to ask!" The human head of the Snake Princess glared widely, but her body remained rigid due to spasms, her tone almost tearful, "You damn people feed that ball shit, once it’s fed it gets triggered, when it gets triggered I get struck by lightning, when I’m struck I curse, I curse it curses back, it curses I get fed shit, it gets fed shit it gets triggered, when it gets triggered..."

The Snake Princess was obviously deeply wronged, launching into a rant without stopping, Yuanling had to quickly interrupt: "Stop, stop, stop! Alright, I’ve understood completely, no need for such detail."

Erin poked Yu Sheng’s head: "Hey, hey, Yu Sheng, this girl talks cruder than I do, doesn’t she?"

Yu Sheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something but it got stuck in his throat, unable to express himself—a silver lining was, he now roughly understood the situation at hand...

At this moment, Yuan Hao’s attention was on the unmoving gigantic stone sphere in the platform’s center.

"...Omen Wandering Star has always been well-behaved these years, why suddenly cause havoc today? Even triggering the suppression array," Handsome Yuan wrinkled his brow, turning to the snake, "Snake Princess, what did Omen Wandering Star say before going mad? Any unusual signs these past few days?"

"It’s been mumbling, how would I know," the Snake Princess retorted immediately, but after seeing Yuan Hao pull a brick from his sleeve, she instantly switched tactics, showcasing snake adaptability, "I, I just heard it say something about Taixu Spirit Hub facing catastrophe over the past few days and then earlier it snapped, saying something about omens vanishing, impossible this and that, also... oh, and ’only the Omen Goddess has the right’ to something, and it mentioned being abandoned—I really don’t understand it!"

Yu Sheng listened nearby, subconsciously muttering: "Catastrophe... Omen Goddess?"

He lifted his head, just in time to meet True Man Yuanling’s serious gaze.

"The Omen Wandering Star has some ability to predict disasters. When it mentions ’overwhelming disaster’, it’s not hard to connect it to the current ’Inference Star Body’ disaster," True Man Yuanling spoke solemnly, "But... I have no idea what ’Omen Goddess’ means. I’ve never heard it say this name before."

Yu Sheng looked at the well-informed Master Yuan Hao, but he too shook his head, "I’ve never heard of it either."

"Anyway, it doesn’t sound like anything good," Erin sat on Yu Sheng’s shoulder, swaying her body back and forth while mumbling, "Calling it a ’goddess’, it must be some kind of evil deity."

"Don’t move around, you’ll fall off if you keep shaking," Yu Sheng reached out to steady the wobbly little puppet, his gaze thoughtful as he looked at Yuanling, "Leaving aside the name ’Omen Goddess’ for now, the key is... does a ’ball’ like the Omen Wandering Star even have ’belief’?!

"...That is indeed suspicious." Yuanling furrowed his brows, mumbling as he stepped to the center of the platform, looking up at the terrifying "stone sphere."

The stone sphere, with a horrifying face, was tightly bound to the ground by chains. It seemed to have fallen into slumber due to the backlash from the previous Demon Suppression Array, with reddish scorch marks left by the Immortal Thunder still on its gray-white shell.

The Omen Wandering Star showed no reaction to True Man Yuanling’s approach.

Yu Sheng, carrying Erin, also came to the side of the stone sphere, and they both looked up at the thing together.

The little puppet, stroking her chin, thought for a long time before blurting out, "I can’t imagine what the ’goddess’ would look like from the perspective of this ball... maybe it’s also a sphere?"

"Maybe it’s pink," Hu Li wandered over, analyzing with great seriousness.

"I like black," Erin said with her hands on her hips, "Black is mysterious!"

Yu Sheng did not participate in this pointless discussion. After silently pondering for a moment, he suddenly stepped forward and raised his hand.

Erin was startled instantly, "Ah, Yu Sheng, what are you doing?!"

"Just going through the usual routine." Yu Sheng didn’t even lift his head.

The next second, a shadow flashed by swiftly, a hand rising, blade falling.

Yu Sheng was momentarily stunned, turning to see the Holy Lady gracefully retracting the Fingertip Blade, standing elegantly, "I hadn’t even said anything yet."

Luna replied slowly, "Knight, with the Lord, the mind should be connected."

Yu Sheng wanted to remind the Holy Lady that this usage of "mind connected" wasn’t right, but before he could speak, he noticed the cut on his hand was already healing, so he quickly swallowed his words, pressing his hand on the surface of the Omen Wandering Star, focusing his concentration to control the flow and connection of his blood.

— Actually, he wasn’t sure if this would be of any use; after all, the Omen Wandering Star looked extremely sinister, not like a human, not like a solid object, and certainly not like an Angel. God knows what effect a bit of blood would have on it. But Yu Sheng had one trait: when trying something out, he never considered those extraneous thoughts. Thinking broadly, if this thing weren’t a rock, he’d at least try to scrape some fragments off to taste the salinity...

Previously, when the Omen Wandering Star was active, it didn’t seem likely to cooperate patiently, so Yu Sheng didn’t dare act. But now that it seemed to have passed out, of course, he’d seize the opportunity to "give it a try."

The blood was absorbed by the stone sphere almost instantaneously.

Yu Sheng appeared slightly dazed, blinking his eyes.

The absorption was so fast, it didn’t even give him a chance to react—instead of the blood "pervading" and "soaking" into the creature, it seemed like the Omen Wandering Star was actively drawing the blood inside.

"...What is this?" Even Erin was taken aback, blinking her eyes and mumbling, "Aren’t the targets usually slow to absorb during the first contact?"

Yu Sheng also furrowed his brows. After a moment of hesitation, he pressed his palm on the surface of the Omen Wandering Star again, slightly closing his eyes.

He didn’t sense a connection being established through the blood—but he directly "saw" a chaotic curtain.

The curtain seemed to be constructed from layers of intricate mesh, very near yet untouchable, very far but seemingly just enveloping everything in front of him. Somewhere deep within the curtain, something colossal was slowly moving. Horrifying illusions appeared from a distance, stirring with long limbs and disturbing the edges of the chaos.

He attempted to extend his hand forward—but in the next instant, Erin’s voice directly "pulled" him out.

"Why are you calling me?" The little puppet on his shoulder glared with her crimson eyes, casting a puzzled look.

Yu Sheng, "...Huh?"