Beneath the turbulent sea lay a tranquility that the Jade Chamber's occupants had never anticipated.
Osial, as always, lay dormant at the bottom of the sea. He had returned to his state before Yu Jin arrived.
Simply put, he was incredibly bored.
If he weren't deep underwater, Osial figured he might have already started growing Mushrooms.
Feeling the faint Current brush past his body, Osial yawned. It seemed today would be another ordinary day.
Just as he was contemplating what to watch that evening, the previously unchanging Current suddenly showed some fluctuation.
"Fluctuation?" Osial's body tensed abruptly. This was the lightless deep sea, and it was also blessed with Morax's seal. The Current had always been constant.
But now the Current had changed. And it was very noticeable.
"Could it be..." Osial's body began to emit a faint blue light due to excitement. He remembered what Yu Jin had told him last time.
Yu Jin said that his seal might be lifted soon.
"Bang!"
One of Osial's heads shot a blue laser, which streaked into the distance.
"Buzz—"
The jade shield, which had not appeared for a long time, reappeared before Osial's eyes. However, this time, its color was much dimmer.
Moreover, it seemed there was still some external force continuously suppressing the seal's divine power. The seal's strength was visibly weakening.
"With a crack like this, the old me should have been able to project my image," Osial said with shock, feeling the rift torn in the seal.
He hadn't expected Yu Jin to actually find a way to break Morax's seal. Once he got out, he would definitely have to thank him properly!
"Hurry up! Bigger! Bigger!" On the seabed, Osial muttered to himself while feeling the seal weaken.
As if his encouragement could accelerate the suppression of the seal.
The bright jade shield flickered on and off, but just as Osial looked at it hopefully, wishing it would continue to dim, the seal suddenly stopped changing.
"Are you kidding me? It stopped at the last moment?" Osial looked at the incredibly dim jade shield, anxiously rolling around.
Although the seal was very weak now, that was only in comparison to the former Osial.
As for now... "Ouch!"
Osial's entire body was splayed across the jade shield. His barbaric charge had clearly failed.
Even the Current seal was not something he, having lost most of his power, could break.
"Hey..., can anyone hear me? Can you give it a little more strength?" Osial raised his five snake heads and shouted loudly.
What did it mean to break half the seal? Was he supposed to tear open the other half himself?
Osial's voice did not summon new power, but something else responded to his call.
"Click!"
The sound of falling stones rang out. Osial looked back and saw four "stone fragments" on the reef, rapidly moving towards the distant seal.
Osial suddenly remembered that Yu Jin seemed to have grown four new arms in front of him to pinch his five heads and one tail.
After nearly strangling him to death, he then removed the four arms he had grown and "planted" them at the bottom of the sea.
However, Osial found the four extra arms at the bottom of the sea a bit creepy, so he asked Yu Jin to change their appearance.
The result was that they were too inconspicuous, causing Osial to completely forget about their existence.
Under Osial's puzzled gaze, the four "stone fragments" attached themselves to the seal, and then began to reveal their original forms.
They were four masses of crimson flesh. The flesh attached itself to the jade shield, and then began to grow continuously. As for nourishment, it was naturally the power of the seal.
"???"
Osial nearly popped his eyeballs out. These masses of flesh were different from the external force just now.
That previous power was familiar yet mottled, like it was released by countless of Morax's subordinates gathered together, which allowed it to briefly shake the seal's strength.
These masses of flesh, however, were truly absorbing the seal's power. They were eliminating the seal, not temporarily weakening it.
"Hahaha! I knew Yu Jin had a backup plan!" In his excitement, Osial burst into laughter.
He was already thinking about what he would do once he got out.
However, Osial sadly realized that he couldn't do anything. He had no followers, his power was exhausted, and he was still burdened with the title of a defeated God.
Being universally reviled was the least of his worries; if he were discovered by the Heavenly Principles, his life would be forfeit.
"Am I destined to just follow Yu Jin?" Osial thought with a touch of sadness. Although Yu Jin was a good person, Osial felt his little heart wouldn't be able to handle following him.
"The restraints are getting smaller and smaller." Osial looked up. The limitations Morax had placed on him had completely disappeared.
In his line of sight, the jade shield was gone, replaced by four enormous walls of flesh.
The walls of flesh obscured the Sky, and for a moment Osial couldn't tell whether the jade shield made him more uncomfortable or if these walls of flesh were more suffocating.
But this seemed far more creepy than four arms, didn't it?
Osial involuntarily took a few steps back. He suddenly felt as if he was being watched by something.
Osial stiffly looked at the wall of flesh. The flesh inside pulsed, as if something was brewing.
A bad feeling rose in Osial's heart. He immediately twisted his body and swam towards the distant sea.
Then Osial found his tail caught by a tentacle. The fleshy tentacle contracted forcefully, and Osial was uncontrollably pulled towards the wall of flesh.
"Gurgle..."
"Yu Jin, I #@$&..."
Amidst the creeping of flesh, faint, miniaturized curses could be heard, indicating that the individual within was terribly ill-mannered... "Ningguang, why hasn't the Vortex God emerged yet?" Keqing walked over to Ningguang, asking with a worried expression.
Both Adepti and ordinary people were quietly waiting for the God from the seabed to appear, but apart from the gloomy Sky and the constantly churning sea, there was no sign of any God.
The power gap between them and the God was already immense. If the Vortex God was a cautious God who had a chance at freedom right before him yet remained unperturbed, then the Jade Chamber might be completely annihilated.
"I don't know. Who can understand the thoughts of a defeated God?" Ningguang was equally uneasy. Something seemed to be brewing in the deep sea.
Looking at the Guizhong Ballista that had been assembled for a long time, Ningguang's brow relaxed slightly. With these three Guizhong Ballista, they should, perhaps, possibly... blast the Vortex God back.
"Thoughts?" Yu Jin muttered to himself. Osial either slept or daydreamed all day. What thoughts could the Rascal Snake have?
"Oh? Yu Jin, do you know what Osial is thinking?" His words attracted everyone's attention.
Ningguang looked at Yu Jin, who was gazing at the sea not far away, his eyes half-eager, half-wary.
If Yu Jin was an ancient God, then many of the questions about him could be explained.
Although that would lead to even more questions.
"Everyone, Senior is not a God." Xiao stood his Primordial Jade Winged-Spear on the ground, saying faintly.
"Actually, even if he were a God, there's nothing to be afraid of," Yu Jin said with a smile, resting his chin on Xiao's head.
"As for Osial, you don't need to be so nervous. In fact, he and I have a very good relationship."
Yu Jin said with some pride, then he turned his head and pointed at the distant sea: "If you don't believe me, ask him yourselves."
"Boom!"
The towering waves of the sea were suddenly broken by something even larger. Five snake heads, like colossal pillars reaching the Sky, burst from the seabed. Their immense figures even dwarfed the mountains.
"Osial, how do you like your new skin? Doesn't Beisht suit you well!" Yu Jin looked at the crimson Osial, greeting him warmly.
Red and blue, invincible!
Osial: "Aminos!"
-------------------------------
I've already uploaded 70 chapters of this story on Patreon!
If you enjoy it, come check out the latest chapters in advance.
Here's the link:
[patreon.com/Greyhounds]
Thank you so much for your support!!
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"