Chapter 335 [Ember Shelter] [Mysterious Ice Coffin]

"...Only the power of gods can fight against gods?"

Xia En repeated Jane's words with a slightly strange expression.

Theoretically, he didn't really believe in any god.

Whether it was [Lord of Brilliance] or [Lord of the Deep], they were only related by chance.

As for the conventional beliefs of the Seven Seas, such as [Goddess of Storms] and [God of Steam and Steel], Xia En had only come into contact with them from his own crew.

So...

The "power of gods" that Jane mentioned refers to [Great Dark Sky] itself?

But this kind of power was clearly obtained by Xia En through his own efforts. How could it be related to gods?

Or, the "gods" that Jane mentioned refer to...

Xia En shook his head and dispelled the absurd idea in his heart.

Next to him, Joey heard Jane's words and thought: "The power of gods? Let me try."

After that, Joey chanted the mysterious ancient spell softly.

At the same time, her divine temperament became more and more obvious, and her fair face was faintly radiant with holy light.

"Hmm? This kind of breath..."

Lewis and Nana from the [Dragon Pirates] couldn't help but change their faces.

As pirates who ventured on the sea, they certainly had contact with the Deep Sea Church that believed in the Goddess of Storms.

Basically, before going out to sea every time, Lewis would go to the church of the Deep Sea Church to pray.

It can be said that they are all potential believers of the Goddess of Storms, at least hoping to return safely under the protection of the Goddess of Storms.

However, at this time, as Joey continued to chant, the expression on his face became more and more similar to the statue of the Goddess of Storms.

Standing in front of her, Lewis even had a feeling of... standing in front of the statue of the Goddess of Storms!

"Is she the ship's chaplain on the [Black Swan]?"

"By the way, her voice... the singing before was also her work!"

Lewis suddenly recalled the singing just now, and couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

The [Dragon Pirates] are now weak, but they had a heyday in the past, and even produced legendary strongmen.

Therefore, as the current leader of the [Dragon Pirates], Lewis is still a little proud.

After seeing his colleague [Black Swan], Lewis inevitably had some comparative thoughts.

However, the little girl Xian Ge who appeared earlier surprised Lewis.

Joey at the moment showed extraordinary means and temperament.

As for the rational and wise old woman wearing a black gauze skirt next to him, Lewis couldn't see through it at all!

"There are indeed crouching tigers and hidden dragons on the [Black Swan]..."

Lewis sighed in his heart, looked at his sister with some concern, and was a little pessimistic about her idea.

Nana is already a gifted person in the [Dragon Pirates], and her strength has improved very quickly.

But if she goes to the [Black Swan], she will probably be mediocre.

But at this time, Nana didn't think so much at all. She just watched Joey's casting process with surprise.

There seemed to be an invisible wave in the air, rushing towards the ice crystal monster that had lost its ability to move.

At the moment of contact with the invisible waves, the body of the ice crystal monster suddenly stiffened.

Visible to the naked eye, the aggregation speed of the broken ice crystals began to slow down.

Not only that, a strange change occurred on the smooth face of the ice crystal monster.

Those ice crystals changed and squirmed like flesh and blood, and finally a human face emerged.

"Huh?"

Shane frowned and stared at the face.

It can be seen that this is an ordinary-looking adult man, with facial features made of ice crystals twisted together, looking extremely hideous.

Then, it opened its empty mouth and let out a silent wail.

Despair and pain intertwined on its face.

Just by looking at this scene, everyone seemed to understand the torment he had endured for thousands of years.

"These monsters are actually transformed from the residents of [Dayan Country]!"

Daisy opened her eyes wide and murmured: "This kind of torture is more cruel than any torture."

Alessio also showed a trace of pity in his eyes, and said indignantly.

"Why did that person do such a thing? It is really unforgivable!"

Unfortunately, it was not a human who did such a thing, but a god!

Xian silently buried this sentence in his heart, and at the same time observed the changes of the ice crystal monster more carefully.

In his perception, as it came into contact with Joey's divine power, the filthy secret power in the ice crystal monster seemed to be decreasing.

Obviously, that was the manifestation of the elimination of the power of [Humiliation].

Jane's words "The power of gods can fight against gods" probably mean this.

I think if Feiya was here, he could also purify this filthy power with the steam magic blessed by [God of Steam and Steel].

Although [Humiliation] is an alien god from [Secret Sea], his status seems to be slightly higher than that of local gods.

But this is the [Seven Seas World] after all, and the local gods should be able to fight each other in the confrontation of secret power.

However, it will obviously take some time for Joey to completely eliminate the power of [Evil God] and kill this ice crystal monster.

This is in stark contrast to the situation where Shane crushed them to death easily before.

Realizing this, Shane once again became very curious about whether he could completely kill the ice crystal monster.

Suddenly.

An idea popped into Shane's mind.

After all, what is the difference between the power of gods and the power of ordinary mystics?

When Xia En thought about it, the difference between the two probably lies in... level!

The level of the power of the gods is far higher than that of the ordinary secret power, so at the same level, the ordinary secret power cannot compete with the power of the gods.

An inappropriate metaphor.

If we say that ordinary secret power can break a big stone and change its physical properties.

Then the secret power of the gods can directly turn a big rock into a pile of ice cubes, and directly change a thing on a smaller level.

This is the difference between the two!

This is why ice crystal monsters that are shattered by fists, kicks or ordinary spells will be reborn again and again.

Because ordinary secret power cannot destroy the filthy divine power in the monster's body, only the outer body is destroyed.

The fundamental reason why Xia En was able to kill them is obviously...

[Secret Power of the Void]!

In the last promotion ritual, the test that Xia En underwent was to complete the transformation of his secret power and thereby break through the [World Barrier] around him.

That promotion can be said to be Xia En's most dangerous experience.

Fortunately, in the end, Xia En was successfully promoted and mastered the powerful and unique power of [Secret Power of the Void].

Able to imitate and assimilate most secret powers in the world;

Faintly transcending the world of the Seven Seas;

Even if you are lurking in the enemy's body, you won't notice...

These characteristics have already proven the extraordinary power of [Secret Power of the Void].

It can even be said that [Secret Power of the Void] already has the prototype of the power of a god!

Only this can compete with the filthy divine power.

After thinking about this, Xia En suddenly became enlightened and many of his doubts were answered.

He thought of another question——

Since the level of the god's secret power must be higher than the ordinary secret power.

So, does it mean that the sublimation of secret power is also one of the prerequisites for becoming a god? Before Xia En could continue to think deeply, the ice crystal figure in front of him changed again.

As the filthy secret power dissipated, the face of the ice crystal humanoid became more concrete, and some human emotions finally appeared on that face.

It was as if the rationality that had been lost for many years finally returned to this body temporarily.

Seeing this, Nana was surprised and said: "He seems to want to say something!"

The ice-crystallized man opened his mouth. Although he didn't make any sound, everyone could vaguely understand his words through lip reading.

He is saying...

[Please...kill me! 】

Everyone couldn't help but fell silent.

For these souls imprisoned in the bodies of ice crystal monsters, the long years have long caused alienation between their minds and bodies.

Even if the remaining filthy secret power is eliminated, they cannot return to normal.

In other words, the souls of these people have long been integrated with the filthy secret power, and they are no longer distinguishable from each other.

Only death can bring them true relief.

However, with Joey's use of the power of the storm, he cannot directly kill this ice crystal monster in a short time.

So, Xia En took a step forward and gently tapped the man's forehead.

[Secret Power of the Void] easily seeped into the cracked ice crystals and quickly spread throughout the man's body, erasing the remaining filthy secret power along with his soul.

Click... click...

As the ice crystals shattered, the man's face showed a look of relief and relief.

He opened his mouth again and mouthed the words.

"Thanks……"

The next moment.

The ice crystals were scattered all over the place and showed no signs of coming together again.

However, instead of becoming relaxed, the atmosphere among everyone became even heavier.

People are vaguely aware that the truth and blood and tears buried under this ruin may be beyond their expectations.

After a while, it was Xia En who spoke first.

"let's go."

Led by Xia En, the group began to walk deeper into the ruins.

After taking a closer look inside the building, Xia En discovered that its structure was very different from what he had previously thought.

The building does take on the shape of a tall tower, but it is an inverted spire.

The area becomes narrower as you go down, and the whole thing looks like a wedge embedded in the ice.

This structure is actually very unreasonable. It is difficult to imagine how it would stand on the ground without ice.

But with the ice layer made of solid ice, the inverted spire is firmly embedded in the ice layer.

"Could it be that... when they were building this kind of spire, they thought that there would be a freezing event?"

A guess suddenly popped up in Xia En's mind and he thought to himself.

"In other words, this place is actually a shelter prepared by [Great Yan Kingdom] for civilians?"

"But why did the people in this shelter turn into such ice crystal monsters?"

Soon, as the group moved forward, what they saw along the way confirmed Xia En's guess.

The walls and ceiling of the lower level of the ruins are actually very similar to the materials Xia En saw in the [Ember Treasure], also known as the [Ember Shelter].

It also reveals an indescribable sense of technology.

"What kind of material is this wall made of? I'm curious..."

Daisy touched the silver-gray wall next to her in surprise. The touch from her fingertips was cold and hard, which seemed to contain a unique secret power. She couldn't help but sigh.

"...It simply doesn't look like a product of our world."

The knowledgeable Jian explained: "It is said that the Xin King of that year seemed to have obtained a very rich legacy from another [Secret Realm] with a very high level of technology."

"It made the technological level of the entire [Great Yan Kingdom] grow rapidly, far exceeding other kingdoms at that time."

"This special wall should be the product of that advanced technology."

Hearing this, Xia En was also a little surprised.

An old ship is like a treasure!

Secrets like this are not so easy to know unless Xia En personally reads the books in the [Federal Library].

On second thought, since Jian knows the transmission rituals between [Secret Realms], the federal officials have also found the entrances to other [Secret Realms].

This shows that the secret pathers have begun to study and explore the [Secret Realm] since a long time ago.

It is not particularly strange that the Xin King can get the legacy of a [Secret Realm] by chance.

And this also happens to explain why [Great Yan Kingdom] can become the world's number one power in just a few decades.

"So that's how it is."

Alessio nodded, but soon his eyes were attracted by a nearby room with an open door.

"This is..."

Shayne and others looked into the room and were slightly surprised.

The inside of the room was a fairly spacious space, with a large piece of land that looked like a farmland covered by a glass cover.

Those fields should have been planted with various crops, but now there was only a cold wasteland.

Seeing this scene, Shane suddenly understood.

Unlike the [Ember Shelter], this shelter also has fields for self-sufficiency.

It can be seen that this shelter is probably more functional than the [Ember Shelter].

It's a pity that they didn't seem to play their due role in the end.

What he saw and heard afterwards also illustrates this point.

In addition to the "planting room", Shane also saw a place for entertainment and fitness, and a room for storing books.

All this shows that this shelter was designed to be prepared for long-term survival inside.

Compared to this place, the former [Ember Shelter] seemed like a half-finished product hastily built.

On the way, everyone encountered some ice crystal monsters again.

But with Shane present, these monsters were not too threatening.

Shane gave them merciful relief.

"Do you feel that it seems to be getting colder around here?"

At this time, Joey exhaled a breath of white air and asked in a strange way.

"Indeed..."

Daisy nodded: "And for some reason, I always feel uneasy."

Not only them, Shane also noticed that there seemed to be something dangerous in the depths of this spire.

And soon, when they came to the last floor of the inverted spire.

In front of everyone, a smooth and hard ice coffin appeared.

A beautiful woman was lying peacefully in the ice coffin...