The two water fairies entered the Sea God's Ruins one after the other, and the altar, which had been somewhat dim, gradually became bright. The octopus presiding over the ceremony began to put various types of magic cores into it.
Countless sea creatures gathered here, watching the large rock continuously emit light, which gradually began to envelop the area.
The light grew louder and louder, and under the eager gazes of all the sea creatures, the large stone on the altar shone brightly, officially opening the mystical sea realm.
Luo Fan had no idea that many sea beasts were following behind him. At this moment, he had already entered the Sea God's Ruins by following the spatial traces he had left behind.
In a very large hall, the water fairy was kneeling in the center with her eyes closed.
Inside the main hall were various kinds of sea beast statues, so lifelike they seemed real. In the very center sat a humanoid sea beast holding a trident, its eyes fixed on the water fairy in the room.
"This is the Temple of Poseidon? Why does it feel so strange?"
Luo Fan led his group inside and immediately felt a terrifying pressure. Strangely, however, Luo Fan didn't sense any power of laws within this pressure.
Luo Fan sensed it for a moment, then directly retorted. The hall, which had been filled with statues, suddenly became empty, and even Xianxian and the others beside him disappeared at the same time.
"Another illusion? Patty, what did you see?"
"No, I feel like it's some kind of spell or magic!"
Luo Fan opened his divine sense and sensed Xiao Xue's location, discovering that she was not far away, but was always moving away rapidly.
"Break!"
Countless spatial blades danced wildly, and the fragile barrier quickly shattered. A group of sea beasts appeared in front of Luo Fan, looking just like the guys who had sold goods before.
"Has the ceremony already begun?"
Luo Fan disappeared again, chasing after the direction Xiao Xue had vanished in. After the barrier shattered, only a simple palace remained. The sea beasts seemed oblivious to his presence, wandering around the vicinity.
Only a few magic circles on the ground were still active, making it impossible to see who was behind this mischief.
"Your Excellency King Slime, what are you trying to do by trespassing on my territory?"
Luo Fan was getting closer and closer to Xiao Xue and the others when a dignified voice came from all directions, carrying a hint of reproach.
"Fuck you!"
Realizing it was all the array's doing, Luo Fan no longer hesitated and began wreaking havoc. How dare they kidnap my companion! Luo Fan had no intention of giving them a chance to negotiate.
Immediately afterwards, it seemed that the statues from before came to life and attacked him directly.
They were all around level 120, their different domains overlapping, attempting to block Luo Fan's offensive. But faced with his exorcism domain and spacetime power, those guys were quickly annihilated, leaving not a single corpse behind.
Immediately afterwards, the slain sea beasts reappeared and launched a fearless charge.
"Master, this seems to be some kind of projection array; those guys are unkillable!"
Patty reminded him in his mind, and Luo Fan also noticed that something was protecting them, so he immediately flew towards the direction he sensed.
Luo Fan recognized the scepter-like object with a pattern that resembled something he had seen long ago in the ruins of the Temple of Poseidon in the Royal Secret Realm.
Could this place also be part of the Temple of Poseidon?
After the space containing the scepter was isolated and the connections were severed, the endless stream of illusory sea beasts slowly disappeared.
"Master, I sense human presence nearby!"
Luo Fan unleashed his full aura and finally discovered a rather secluded palace complex not far away. The space there was distinctly different from the outside, and it was covered by a water-ripple array.
The last traces of Xiaoxue and Xianxian faded somewhat within that palace.
Immediately afterward, the moment Luo Fan approached, a figure resembling a sea god appeared outside the formation, wielding a trident and coldly staring at the approaching Luo Fan.
"Hand over my companions, or else~" Luo Fan spoke first, but his hands did not stop moving.
Several spatial blades swept towards the formation, but they were all blocked by that guy. That trident actually contained the power of laws.
As for this so-called sea god, Luo Fan had already seen through it and realized that it was a human in disguise, with only the strength of a Saint Magister.
"Foolish wretch, you have angered me! Die!"
Unaware that his identity had been exposed, the other party activated the weapon, sealing off the surrounding waters and rendering Luo Fan's exorcism domain ineffective.
Luo Fan's figure was frozen in place, the power of the law completely enveloped him, and with heavy pressure, it tried to crush him into powder.
However, the spacetime blade that Luo Fan conjured struck directly at that layer of law. After breaking free, he reappeared before the human, countless blades following the phantom, slashing fiercely at the human's body.
This guy's power of law is far weaker than that of the previous blood python.
In an instant, the human, along with his weapon, turned into water droplets and disappeared into the formation below.
"Trying to run?"
Without pausing, Luo Fan leaped in, sealing the splash of water within his own space, cutting off the guy's escape route, and even heard cries for help.
"King Slime, have mercy!"
Luo Fan ignored it; he had already sensed that another array had been activated here, and the surrounding elements, including the space itself, had become dreamlike.
After easily eliminating the guy, Luo Fan pulled out his trident and slashed fiercely at him.
With a clang, the shell of an old tortoise appeared, blocking the attack, and the weapon shattered into pieces. Immediately afterward, a blood shark rushed over and swallowed Luo Fan whole.
"Did it swallow it?" a human voice came from afar. But then, the blood shark suddenly split in two, and blood spread in the seawater.
At the same time, Luo Fan also spotted Xianxian and the others, who were walking towards the depths of the palace alongside a guy who looked exactly like him.
"Little Bell, Little Snow, wake up!"
But they seemed to be possessed, as if they couldn't hear Luo Fan's telepathic messages at all. Luo Fan quickly realized that this was not Xiao Xue's true form.
"I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly!" The "Luo Fan" remained in that form, looking seriously at the suddenly appearing Luo Fan. "They've all been poisoned by me. If you want them to live,"
Luo Fan ignored him and quickly disappeared, heading straight to the deepest part of the palace.
The first two to arrive, Narcissus and Fairy, stood within two separate formations, seemingly performing some kind of ritual. In front of the formations, a human body was immersed in a pool of blood, with streaks of blood constantly seeping in from the outside.
From this person, Luo Fan sensed some power of laws, exactly the same as those on the trident from before.
"Playing tricks!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Fan launched an attack on the man, slashing fiercely at the blood pool with the spatial blade in his hand.
Luo Fan had absolutely no liking for this kind of ritual that was against nature and morality.
Patty's explanation just now revealed that the core of the problem is this blood pool, which is the most crucial element of this secret realm. The only question is what its specific function is.
The man in the pool was not the so-called sea god, but a false god who borrowed a divine artifact; he didn't even have any inscriptions.
How do you know they're all fake?
The man drew his real trident, blocked Luo Fan's attack, and roared, looking visibly disheveled.
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