Chapter 455 Fate, the Precursors, and the Silent Lord (Part 2) (6000 Words)

Alber turned his head as quickly as possible.

The deep sea was dark and quiet. As someone who spent years on the Submersible, he was always sensitive to the source of sounds. The crew of the Submersible could use their hearing to discern the location of schools of fish dozens of kilometers away, and Alber's sensitivity was ten times that.

But the overlapping sound, as if it were ringing out from multiple worlds at the same time, seemed to come from the heavens.

"What is that!"

A crew member suddenly exclaimed.

They were massive whales, giant octopi, dozens of meters long each, and countless bizarre deep-sea fish that looked as if the creator had designed them at random.

They were like a dark cloud suddenly emerging from the darkness, dense and packed, filling the entire sea area in an instant.

When they appeared, all the crew members of the Submersible subconsciously looked up, forgetting to breathe. They could clearly see that these were giant sea beasts almost the same size as the giant ship beneath them. The existence of these sea beasts alone created a turbulent vortex of magic in the deep sea, completely sealing off the surrounding waters.

In the center of this cluster of sea beasts, right in the center of the magic vortex, a figure emerged. It was a black-haired youth, but no one could see his face clearly.

And the voice just now came from the mouth of this black-haired youth.

"I'm very interested in the 'Precursors' you mentioned."

"That's none of your business!"

Alber's first reaction was to attack.

He was proficient in combat, having escaped death countless times. Being surrounded by so many sea beasts without realizing it was indeed an unexpectedly bad situation, but if that was all, it wasn't something he couldn't break through.

With a reprimanding roar from the red-haired Sea King, he unhesitatingly raised his hand, his fingers curved into a magic seal. In the next instant, immense magic power rose from the magic furnace of the Submersible, then flowed into Alber's body, causing the light of azure water elements to surround him.

The Submersible was a magic ship that Alber had personally built. It was the strongest weapon he had tailored for himself after fusing the fragments of the Soul of Origin Water. The energy produced in its magic furnace could be completely controlled by Alber, instantly multiplying his strength several times. This was one of the trump cards that allowed him to become the King of Troubled Seas. But this was extremely taxing on the body. If the situation wasn't so urgent, Alber wouldn't want to go all out.

Without the slightest hesitation, feeling the magic power in his body overflowing, Alber activated the divine power he obtained from the 'fragments of the Soul of Origin Water'!

In the Tartarus world, the only official transcendent profession was the Cleric. Besides their own cultivation, Clerics could also receive divine power from the gods, allowing them to advance faster or gain various abilities.

For pirates, as long as they reshaped their bodies and souls through the fragments of the Soul of Origin Water, they could obtain power that could rival or even surpass that of Clerics. And from then on, they would become beings between elemental creatures and normal creatures, gaining extremely powerful abilities related to the water element.

Everyone's abilities were unique, a great power born from the souls and flesh of the transcedent, a root that was condensed according to each person's past life and thoughts.

And the power Alber obtained from the fragments of the Soul of Origin Water was 'strengthening', 'amplification', and 'control'.

Control of water!

In just an instant, azure ripples spread out from Alber, towards the surrounding seawater. They layered upon each other, and where they passed, magic power surged, and the seawater visibly distorted, as if roots made of magic were growing within. This was a symbol that this sea water was under his control.

Then, with a thought from Alber, a water elemental giant as majestic as a mountain appeared in the sea water.

This giant was formed by swirling currents, with an amorphous body and an internal magic structure similar to blood vessels. It was a kilometer tall, and the entire Submersible was just its heart. Gigantic, like a mountain in the sea, every move would cause monstrous waves.

This was the power Alber obtained from the fragments of the Soul of Origin Water, the 'Avatar of the Sea'!

The seawater he controlled would move according to his will, and it had extremely high toughness and impact resistance, like a non-Newtonian fluid, seemingly weak, but actually extremely tough.

Moreover, even if the Avatar of the Sea was broken up, it could quickly absorb seawater to recover. Even bearing the heavy artillery and bombardment of dozens of ships, as well as the attacks of transcendent beings, it wouldn't be bothered by the Avatar of the Sea. In the past, Alber had relied on this trick to defeat the allied forces gathered by the previous King of Troubled Seas.

A cluster of sea beasts? Faced with this Avatar of the Sea, no creature in the sea could resist! Those seemingly numerous schools of fish and sea beasts were just a group of tiny insects in the face of Alber right now.

However, just as Alber had condensed his trump card and was about to wave his amorphous fist of water to eliminate the sea beasts and the strange human in front of him, he suddenly felt a strange sense of floating.

How to say it? It felt like being lifted by something, rising rapidly...

"What?"

The things in front of him changed rapidly. Alber blankly discovered that the black-haired youth in front of him had suddenly disappeared, replaced by increasingly brighter seawater, more dazzling starlight, and the shallow sea fish, the sea surface, and the starry sky reflected on the sea surface...

Bang! A hemispherical water mountain hundreds of meters high suddenly arched up on the sea surface. Then, the water mountain shattered, and a water giant struggling to break free of control broke out of the air, flying directly into the sky.

The waves surged, but quickly calmed down.

Then, Alber, who was struggling, saw himself.

He saw the clear reflection of the huge Avatar of the Sea on the calm, mirror-like sea surface.

"That's...me?"

Before he had time to react, because everything happened within ten seconds, the huge Avatar of the Sea waved its fists in the air, bringing up a gust of wind, but at the same time, it comically scattered a large number of water droplets, splashing on the sea surface like a drizzle, rippling.

—I am now, on the sea surface?

It was not until this moment that he realized the truth, and Alber finally discovered this in shock.

Just now, he himself was directly lifted out of the sea by a inexplicably powerful force without any awareness. Now he was hundreds of meters high in the sky, and the huge Avatar of the Sea was struggling violently like a hamster pinched by the back of its neck, but it was useless.

At this time, Su Zhou, who was stepping on the head of a whale and slowly floating up from the deep sea, was raising a hand, making a 'virtual lifting' motion.

He looked expressionlessly at the Avatar of the Sea, which was a kilometer high, in the sky, and the Submersible at its heart.

Alber's power was already very strong. Such a huge Avatar of the Sea, even without any special abilities, was enough to destroy a city just by existing and walking. Especially since this Avatar of the Sea was extremely tough and not weak in power, even ordinary commanders would probably be helpless against him.

However, for a Overlord, a terrestrial immortal, this was completely meaningless.

Su Zhou simply used half a cycle of his spiritual power, mobilizing the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy, and like catching a chick, he directly grabbed Alber's Avatar of the Sea from the deep sea, then lifted it up along with a piece of surrounding seawater, raising it into the air.

It was as easy and simple as bending down to pick up a dollar.

In the distance, the members of the Wild Boar Pirate Group, including Aimon and Sarah, were so shocked that they couldn't speak. A Pirate King who roamed the Seven Seas, for all of them, was an extremely dangerous and distant figure.

They looked down upon the Seven Seas, and their every word and action could determine the fate of thousands of people, causing all coastal cities to tremble.

But now, such a strong person was no different from a chick in the hands of an adult.

This was...the power of a god.

And until this time, even a moron should understand Su Zhou's origins.

Alber in mid-air slowly knelt on the deck. He stared blankly at Su Zhou, his face sacred and inviolable. His mind couldn't help but recall the words his father, Gro, had told him before.

"The Lord of Judgment has awakened, leave quickly—otherwise it will be too late!"

He shuddered, then murmured, "Lord..."

"It's the Lord of Judgment..."

In the next instant, Alber, who was kneeling on the ground, dispelled the Avatar of the Sea. Immediately, tens of millions of tons of seawater turned into a waterfall, falling towards the sea, making a thunderous roar.

He gave up meaningless resistance.

Soon, Su Zhou arrived on the Submersible, which was still floating in mid-air. The light blue, water-elemental magic ship was like a huge water element condensation formation. Even in mid-air, the ship was filled with extremely humid water vapor.

Finding the pirate ship wasn't difficult. The Sea Demon Whale originally had the ability to find targets through underwater sonar feedback, and with the strengthening of Su Zhou's power and the search network formed by more than a dozen Sea Demon Whales, it only took half an hour to find the Submersible.

The youth could sense that on the entire ship, only the red-haired man who was kneeling dejectedly on the deck had the strength of a transcendent peak. Just now, he had relied on the power of the magic ship to briefly break through to the commander level, and through some kind of wonderful resonance, he mobilized the power of the surrounding seawater to form an Avatar of the Sea that was enough to destroy a city.

And in his body, an extremely pure water spiritual power formed the core of this person's energy.

Without a doubt, the other party was the Light of Gloom Alber that Captain Nide had mentioned.

Su Zhou could see that Alber's body was covered in extremely dark curses, obviously having killed countless innocent and not-so-innocent people, hated by tens of thousands of people.

If this kind of person was in normal times, he would definitely kill him casually.

But not now. Not to mention that Su Zhou originally had many questions about pirates that he wanted to ask him, just the word 'Precursors' that Alber said in the cabin at the end, he wouldn't give the other party a quick death so easily.

[Precursors.]

Speaking like that, Su Zhou's voice penetrated both the current world and the spirit world at the same time. Even the deaf and those who didn't speak the language could clearly hear his words: [I'm very interested.]

[Tell me, what exactly is the matter with the Precursors you mentioned?]

"Lord... of Judgment..."

At first, Alber was planning to remain silent... not because he dared to play deaf and dumb in the face of the Lord of Judgment. On the contrary, it was precisely because it was too blasphemous that the pirate dared not say a word more when facing the black-haired youth who was most likely the true body of the Lord of Judgment.

Especially in the eyes of this great pirate, Su Zhou's whole body was overflowing with sacred and awe-inspiring majesty, like thunder. Facing him, Alber felt that he couldn't even speak smoothly.

But he didn't know that Su Zhou's Heart of Non-Thought was a supernatural power that allowed him to directly hear as long as he 'started thinking'.

"Interesting—you're not a member of the Precursors' family, but you can barely be considered a believer of the Precursors?"

Sensing the various thoughts in Alber's heart, Su Zhou raised his eyebrows. He once again sensed information that might be related to the Great Existence in the Reincarnation World. His tone was a bit solemn, and then he repeated the keywords he had sensed: "Seventeen years ago, the alliance of the Seven Sea Kings, becoming a god, the Soul of Origin Water, a mysterious visitor, the Ascension Plan..."

"Different world, native self, vast and boundless future, endless void, powerful power and infinite future, and—hmm? I can't sense this part, is it shielded by some power?"

Facing Alber, who was kneeling in front of him without saying a word, Su Zhou narrowed his eyes, revealing a curious look.

Although the various details were still unclear, there was no doubt that these pirates in the Reincarnation World did have a big plan.

Among them, just like he had guessed before, finding the Soul of Origin Water and using it to become a god was indeed an extremely important part of this plan, but this plan was not the entirety of it. The most critical parts were concealed by a mysterious force, and even Su Zhou could not see through it.

Moreover, all Su Zhou could know were some keywords. The specific content, like the thoughts in people's hearts, flashed by and were difficult to capture.

But even so, he could guess some things.

"Yala, Silent Lord, has this guy cooperated with a lot of Great Existences in the past?"

"Does that even need to be said?"

Hearing what Su Zhou said, the scarlet snake spirit in the soul space sneered: "He's even cooperated with me, what do you think?"

"I think it's okay."

Hearing this, Su Zhou couldn't help but nod in agreement—indeed, Silent Lord could even cooperate with Yala, let alone other Great Existences?

But Yala's awareness of herself is so clear? It's hard to imagine...

Of course, even without asking Yala, Su Zhou could know that Silent Lord had close contact with Fate in the past. In the myriad worlds, all concepts of Six Paths of Reincarnation and post-mortem fate allocation originated from this.

Therefore, Su Zhou wasn't surprised that the order of the Fire People and the Wind People was so close to the concept of fate.

But the point about the Precursors was quite surprising.

"Mysterious existence, and exploration of different worlds, and the term 'native'..."

Thinking like that, Su Zhou couldn't help but frown slightly: "Could it be the 'Precursor Space'? Has a space explorer come to this world?"

"Has this world also been affected and linked by the Precursor Space?"

If that was really the case, then Su Zhou wouldn't be surprised. After all, with the eruption and sacrifice of the Precursor, all of his family members and believers could freely travel through the Great Seal, and the Reincarnation World would naturally be no exception.

In addition, Su Zhou didn't rule out the possibility that there might be members of the Precursors' family among the pirates. After all, among the free and unrestrained pirates who explored the Seven Seas, it wouldn't be strange if there was someone who desired to explore the unknown.

Just for Alber alone, he had a deep desire for exploration in his heart. And rebelling against the Fire People's commandments, in a sense, was both breaking the existing rules and his desire to go to a new place that was completely different from before.

However, in this case, this small Reincarnation World actually has the forces represented by three Great Existences: Fate, the Precursors, and Silent Lord!

"And you, my Contractor."

And Yala reminded him: "You represent me, the fourth one."

This immediately made Su Zhou's head hurt even more: "The situation in this Reincarnation World is far more complicated than I imagined—tch, the information is still insufficient."

Although he said that, in reality, Su Zhou's heart was indeed piqued.

——The influence of the Great Existences... From now on, I will gradually have to face these enemies.

Thinking like that, while feeling troubled, the youth, feeling a bit of a challenge, also revealed a smile.

Then, finding the target, Su Zhou ended his inner thoughts. He turned his head and looked at Alber on the side.

"Don't try to hide anything from me, pirate. If you honestly tell me everything, I'll let you go to accept the Fire People's judgment and live a few more days. But if you continue to remain silent, then I'll judge you now and let your soul completely dissipate."

Facing evil people, Su Zhou always lacked patience. His tone was cold, his gaze indifferent, and it was obvious that he didn't care much about the information.

If Alber really didn't say anything, he would unhesitatingly turn him into an evil spirit and eat him.

Without a doubt, for the person being interrogated, the interrogator's indifference to the information was simply the worst thing.

Sensing this real and unadulterated malice, Alber's face changed drastically. Of course he knew that Su Zhou wasn't joking, but would really kill him directly.

"I, I'll talk..."

So, after struggling for a while, Alber decided to speak.

For the residents of the Reincarnation World, even pirates, most of them were only 'not following the commandments of the gods', and not disrespecting the gods, not fearing the gods, or not believing in the gods.

It was precisely because they hated those commandments that they were most aware of how much the gods who designed those commandments desired to eliminate the inferior nature of humans in their hearts.

Similarly, they also possessed such great power that they could only leave the continent and go to the sea.

However, at this moment.

Element Calendar, Year 307, June 26, early morning.

A burst of golden radiance suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a violent thunderclap that exploded out of nowhere.

The night sky of Joyful Sea late at night, the bright starlight flickered on the cloudless dome, but the bright golden thunderlight flickered between this vast starry galaxy. They roared in mid-air, and beams of light fell down, like golden bars of a cage, sealing off this world.

The suddenly rising chaotic winds raged, causing the sea surface that had calmed down due to Su Zhou's power to rise again, like a swelling tide—vaguely, one could see the shadow of a huge and majestic dragon appearing in the sky, staring down at Alber directly below it.

Everyone, whether it was the crew of the Submersible or the people on the Wild Boar in the distance who raised their heads to look at the high sky, all raised their heads together and looked at the sky, staring at the shadow in shock.

"What's going on? I didn't show the power of my true body... Wait?"

Even Su Zhou was extremely puzzled at this time, but soon, he reacted: "No, this isn't my power... And Alber was lifted into the air by me, which means that he is now separated from the sea, separated from the sea's mysterious protection..."

The youth widened his eyes, and he suddenly understood: "This is... the Lord of Judgment's divine punishment?"

There was no doubt that this was the case.

Countless golden lightning bolts gathered and condensed into a dazzling ball of light, like an eye of judgment staring at all things in the world, and this eye stared at the greatest blasphemers in this world, one of the seven most evil pirates in this world.

Then, it delivered punishment.

Boom!

The golden lightning was like a sword, like a dividing line that divided the sky and the sea in two—it struck straight at Alber on the Submersible, with an unstoppable momentum and the power to completely destroy the entire magic ship, turning it into dust.

Alber was already in despair. He closed his eyes and waited for death to come.

But a hand stretched out, blocking above his head.

Immense spiritual power gathered, forming a pure white shield. The structure of this shield was like rows of dense dragon scales. When the divine lightning struck this shield, all the power was absorbed by the simulated immortal dragon scales, and could only turn into violently distorted air currents, overflowing in all directions.

After blocking this strike, the lightning punishment did not continue.

On the contrary, the shadow of the golden dragon became even more condensed.

"Interesting, although it's not the first time I've seen it, but as expected, you are the existence in this world that was derived from me?"

In mid-air, the black-haired youth looked up at the sky, staring at the illusory divine dragon shadow, his eyes full of curiosity.

Above the sky, the golden Dragon of Judgment overlooked the world. It stared at the sinners on the Submersible and the youth who was resisting the judgment for the sinners. In its indifferent and ruthless eyes, there was only pure indifference.

And just as Su Zhou was looking at the Dragon of Judgment.

Joyful Sea, on the Wild Boar.

Aimon tightly gripped the Iron Skin Covenant in his hand. He widened his eyes, opened his mouth slightly, and his gaze was dull.

Unlike the Wind People girl Sarah and Captain Nide, who didn't understand the situation at all, this gray-haired priest felt the joy and awe of the power in his body and clearly sensed the two waves coming from above his head.

So, he first trembled and stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, then looked at the sky and let out an almost exhausted groan.

"Two... Lords?!"