CHAPTER 681: CHAPTER 406: CHURCH ANGEL, ANOTHER RACE RECRUITED

"Seal!!"

The deep voice echoed within the ocean, as the incoming storm lightning suddenly erupted with majestic grandeur.

Della and others felt their souls shudder, and the surviving Merfolk also looked astonished.

Upon steadying their gaze, a towering tornado carried silvery snakes, penetrating directly into the Abyssal Sea’s eye.

Within, silhouettes appeared, compressing all strength.

Buzz!!

In an instant, the invisible seal above the sea eye seemed to receive some supplement, suddenly bursting with a rainbow-like dazzling light!

"This is...."

Della and others’ bodies trembled, feeling that the light was as scorching as the sun and as brilliant as life.

It seemed like endless tornado hurricanes formed, with patterns of flames and frost appearing simultaneously.

"This is reinforcing the seal!"

"It’s the Storm Church’s angel!"

Instantly enlightened, Della and the others visibly saw someone sitting cross-legged within the dazzling light, clearly maintaining a powerful force’s resurrection and descent.

Within the Abyssal Sea’s eye, a creature seemed to emit giant roars of anger, but as the five-colored light curtain reinforced, the struggle and resistance inside gradually weakened.

The trembling and shaking seabed rocks thus began to halt the spread of cracks, and the rippling seal and seawater began to gradually calm the ripples.

"Pseudo angel?"

Chen Feng squinted at the silhouette visible in the seal’s light curtain, revealing the other’s true form after the storm dispersed.

A silver church robe adorned with patterns of storms and lightning.

Graying hair, a rugged face, goat whiskers, resembling a person in their sixties.

At this moment, his eyes were firmly shut, with powerful pressure continuously emanating from him, flowing into the seal.

In a trance, Chen Feng felt a gaze crossing the sky and ocean, invisibly watching.

It seemed a storm raged, with thunder and lightning.

Besides having no malice, the feeling he received was oddly akin to the two-fold similarity with the Snake God’s gaze once encountered in the Snake Spirit World.

Swoosh Swoosh Swoosh!!

Just then, more sounds of breaking seawater reached them.

That was a small tornado, rapidly moving, swirling the water and coming towards them.

Upon nearing, four silhouettes became visible within the tornado.

Three Fifth Rank, plus a Church Saint, emanating spiritual glow, sitting cross-legged on a circular compass.

The so-called tornado was merely a Transcendent effect, quickly seeing those arriving retract the compass, defensively sealing the surroundings, guarding by the Church’s pseudo angel’s side, and looking at Chen Feng and others.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, the Storm Church’s individuals’ gaze paused, all landing on Chen Feng.

Surprise, doubt, curiosity....

Various emotions were subtly captured by perception, and Chen Feng even sensed a hint of special affinity in their eyes.

Rising suspicion, though feeling inexplicable, he didn’t speak to interrupt, merely watched the seal reinforcement with Della and others.

The large dark sea eye lay with no further movement, dense black energy forcibly isolated by the glowing invisible barrier.

Finally, all calmed.

The silhouette sitting cross-legged slowly opened their eyes, storm ripples spread out in circles, carrying waves of seawater.

"Lord Gali."

The four Storm Church people hurriedly approached, their tone filled with reverence.

With a gentle nod, the individual seemed exhausted, their complexion slightly pale.

Their eyes seemed to hold storms and thunder, though somewhat dimmed, yet still exuding a strong presence.

Buzz!

Immediately, the seawater trembled.

The individual slowly stood up, looking at Chen Feng.

The gaze also fleetingly revealed a hint of surprise and doubt, then actively broke the silence by speaking.

"Which angel has descended?"

"I am Gali, the Archbishop of the Storm Church...."

His tone was respectful, yet the words spoken caused Lei Long and others’ expressions to shake.

Tornado Gali!

One of the Storm Church’s three archbishops, suspected to be beyond Saint Level.

One of the True God Church’s highest core, truly standing at the pinnacle of the Fertile Continent.

Sensing the reverent expression from Lei Long and others, Chen Feng guessed the other’s identity was not low.

"Feng Chen."

He said softly, not overly explaining his origin.

The elder named Gali’s gaze subtly shifted, seemingly recalling and pondering.

No angel is a nameless individual.

The doubt in his eyes deepened, for before this, he hadn’t heard of this name.

However....

"It seems you should have received our church’s God’s blessing."

"No wonder we received enlightenment and happened to arrive smoothly at this place."

He said with a smile, releasing as much goodwill and respect as possible.

Chen Feng was slightly startled, somewhat surprised by the mention of divine blessings.

Could it be because of Storm Fury?

He remembered that upon receiving that talent, information about the blessing from the Storm God appeared.

Instantly, the doubts dispersed.

He finally understood why the eyes of these church people, besides reverence, carried a hint of closeness...

Soon, understanding the situation, confirming the arrivals bore no ill intent.

Chen Feng briefly chatted with them, spontaneously inquired about the seal’s situation.

"This seal had shown signs of loosening earlier. Presumably, the Evil God Angel and Ghost Sea’s pollution affected the Merfolk here."

"Previously, our church received a secret message, discovering rampant maritime plundering, suspected of some blood sacrifice ritual presence...Hindered by the two great kingdoms’ war and ocean tides influence, they couldn’t intervene promptly."

"It seems this is the reason why the Fishman Tribe has consecutively birthed several Saints."

Gali treated Chen Feng with exceptional warmth, proactively explaining many doubts to him without needing to be prompted.

"No wonder."

Della breathed a sigh of relief beside them; she had truly thought that the Fishman Clan was under the protection of a certain True God, hence the consecutive birth of several Saints.

"And what about this seal?" Chen Feng asked.

"It has been temporarily reinforced, but additional means are needed to supplement it later."

Gali’s consumption seemed to be slowly recovering; as he spoke, his eyes harbored a storm as he looked at the hundreds of meters of seal light screen.

"Although the nine True Gods are of one accord, a special ritual is needed to awaken the residual divine power of other gods to repair the seal."

"Speaking of which, we must thank you for your previous actions in slaying those Fishman Saints who were polluted by several influences... Otherwise, this seal might not have been so smoothly fortified..."

Chen Feng heard these words and looked deeply at the other.

He could vaguely perceive that the other possessed some sort of powerful trump card, likely of the same origin as the force that previously reinforced the seal, containing a hidden, strong pressure.

Therefore, even without his intervention, this person named Gali could handle the Fishman Clan.

As for the shadowy figure, although it seemed somewhat like a weakened version of Angel Power, the force was actually only Peak Sixth Order.

It seemed to be restricted by the sealed Rule Power, and he even suspected that without the Divine Attribute Fragment’s blessing, the entity might have been unable to pass through the seal’s gap.

For a while, during the idle chat, Chen Feng scrutinized the elder named Gali twice.

The other’s trump card, the so-called divine blessing item, might it also be a Divine Attribute Fragment?

The thought flashed by, but Perception was hindered by an invisible force.

Shaking his head, Chen Feng finally suppressed the relevant thoughts and looked along with the other at the Fishman Tribe.

Thousands upon thousands of fishmen, mostly with expressions of Fear, had their scarlet color recede and kneeled in place, not daring to get up.

A small portion still had scarlet eyes, wanting to resist, but were quickly resolved by Jia Ta with ease.

"Your sea beast is somewhat extraordinary."

Bishop Gali couldn’t help but remark, as sea beasts reaching Saint Level were extremely rare.

Chen Feng neither affirmed nor denied, then saw the other wave his hand.

A Saint from the Storm Church stepped forward, carrying a portable kerosene lamp, to the front.

Intricate runes adorned the carved glass, inside which a small flame burned, appearing like faint light.

Buzz!!

Soon, accompanied by the Church Saint inspiring Spirituality.

The flame inside the carved glass suddenly surged, spreading light.

The Rift Valley Strait seemed to be illuminated by a mini-sun, with constant sizzling sounds echoing.

Black gas, visible to the naked eye, floated up from within the fishmen, dissolving rapidly as if meeting Fiery Sun.

"This is the church’s Extraordinary item, Fiery Sun Fire, capable of dispelling most evils and pollution in the world."

"These fishmen have regained their sanity; I wonder what your plan is for them afterward?"

Bishop Gali asked, stroking his gray-white goatee.

Seemingly inquiring, but Chen Feng heard another meaning in his words.

"How do you wish to proceed?"

"Although my church can send people to guard the seal, it is difficult to be further distracted by this..."

He worried that Chen Feng might unleash a slaughter, urging tactfully, hoping to leave some fishmen to continue guarding this place.

Reinforcing the seal didn’t mean absolute security; if other sea beasts inadvertently entered this location, it would still have some impact.

"Okay."

Chen Feng pondered and nodded; he hadn’t initially planned to annihilate the Fishman Tribe completely.

However.

Gazing at the thousands of fishmen, perceiving the few Fifth Orders among them, and the dozen or more Fourth Order existences.

His eyes flashed, birthing a new idea in Chen Feng’s mind.

"I have a condition."

"Oh?"

Bishop Gali felt puzzled, then saw Chen Feng looking at Jia Ta.

"Shaa!!"

The link of Soul Fire communicated his intent to them, soon waving a hand and swimming above the heads of many fishmen.

Saint Level presence slowly rose, seemingly with a floating blue flame atop the giant octopus’s head.

Promptly, amidst the astonished gazes of Della and others.

The flame scattered, dispersing into countless blue sparks, appearing before each powerful fishman of at least Fourth Order.

"Swear by the Soul Fire, submit to me, and you may live."

Chen Feng stated calmly, eyes flashing amongst numerous fishmen.

Beside him, Bishop Gali raised an eyebrow, recognizing this as the rarely seen method of Soul Fire subjugation; if they agree, their lives would be inextricably bound.

Several from the Storm Church had varied expressions, but none spoke to counter.

Until finally.

"I, Bodis, am willing to submit to you!"

A tiger whale fishman with scars on his face made a choice, his voice deep and resonant, his presence at the Fifth Order level.

As he opened his mind, the blue Soul Fire successfully rushed to his forehead, leaving a mark.

"Shaa!!"

Jia Ta responded vocally, seemingly cheering, feeling the success of Soul Fire subjugation.

As though it were a beginning, more fishmen made the same decision.

Chen Feng remained silent, witnessing it all, while taking in Della’s complex expression.

This was a special method belonging to Jia Ta, even he, the owner, hadn’t mastered it.

The fishmen, after all, unlike the Mermaid Clan, were forcibly conquered by him.

Without applying special means to prevent betrayal, it was always a source of unease.

Following this battle, these capable fishmen could indeed be considered his favored ones, their lives indirectly held at the mercy of his thoughts.

"With this... unite and consolidate these tribal forces."

"If in the future, combined with the Sea Gate, they might be able to counter some sudden outbreaks of Black Tide?"