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Under Edwina's command, the Golden Dream quickly changed course, sailing head-on towards the Death Announcer that was to its front and side.
Leyton left two light yellow paper figures for Edwina, and his figure once again blurred and disappeared.
On the afternoon sea, the Golden Dream reflected a golden-yellow color under the sunlight, and it was sailing forward at a steady speed.
The Death Announcer, with its black paint, showed no signs of slowing down; it was like a giant black scimitar, cutting through the sea, heading straight for the Golden Dream.
In the more distant waters around them, scattered ships could still be seen hovering, like schools of fish that had smelled blood in the ocean, hovering around the battlefield, waiting for their share of the corpses.
A small, light yellow paper figure, adorned with the symbol of the Eyes of Mystery Prying, hung like a pendant from the monocular telescope in Edwina's hand.
Leyton's voice came from the small paper figure:
"Slightly alter the course and brush past the Death Announcer directly. I have cast some illusions on the Golden Dream; it won't be noticed."
The navigator beside her turned to Edwina, seeking her opinion.
"Execute," Edwina nodded lightly.
Receiving the captain's order, the navigator began to turn the rudder.
On the Death Announcer, Senor, wearing an old tricorn hat, with a gaunt face, seemed to be listening intently to something.
His expression was slightly distorted, and his deep black eyes held an intense malice that he tried his best to restrain but could not conceal.
After a while, his expression became very pained, with a slight struggle, as if he was fighting against some invisible force.
But soon, his expression softened, and a rather sinister smile pulled at the corner of his mouth:
"Is this the Vice Admiral Iceberg's trump card?"
"Ha~ haha! The flesh and soul of a demigod containing divinity are the best sacrifices!"
He did not need to give orders; the Death Announcer surged forward at an extremely fast speed, like a blood-scented hyena.
On the sea, the Golden Dream's change of course left no trace; it was still sailing straight ahead.
It and the Death Announcer were getting closer and closer, close enough to enter each other's cannon range, close enough to see various details of the huge sailboat opposite, and even the people on it.
An invisible fluctuation emanated from the Death Announcer, strangely tugging at the emotions and desires of the surrounding creatures, and panic and terror spread throughout the Golden Dream.
The next moment, a substantial blackness surged from the Death Announcer's hull, enveloping the entire ship.
It suddenly accelerated, crashing head-on into the Golden Dream, which had no time to react.
Agalito saw the panicked expressions on the faces of every crew member opposite, and he saw their urgent movements to adjust the cannons.
The Death Announcer, like a giant black scimitar, struck the Golden Dream, which reflected golden-yellow in the sunlight.
The impact, the sound of shattering, and the attack from the demigod opposite that Agalito had anticipated all failed to materialize, and his gaunt face showed a somewhat distorted expression.
Under the sunlight, the Golden Dream suddenly became transparent, then illusory, turning into a pile of bubbles.
These bubbles, illuminated by the light, reflected a dreamlike array of colors, drifting everywhere and vanishing in an instant.
The Golden Dream reappeared less than two hundred meters to the side and quickly sailed towards the stern of the Death Announcer.
In the original position of the Golden Dream, a huge pure orb of light, wrapped in countless sacred flames, appeared out of nowhere, emitting a blazing and sacred radiance, like a miniature Sun.
Golden flames continuously shot up around it, and the blazing, pure light spread outwards in layers and beams.
The moment it approached the Death Announcer, it suddenly expanded outwards, like a violent explosion, and intense light and fire enveloped the entire Death Announcer.
The light and fire, imbued with a strong Sun aura, could cause immense damage to the Death Announcer, which belonged to the "Filth" and "Fallen" domains.
The substantial blackness that had emerged on the surface of the Death Announcer was instantly ignited and engulfed. The light and fire penetrated the barrier, piercing into the hull and shining on every crew member; everything showed signs of being melted.
Black mist continuously surged from the Death Announcer, constantly condensing into a slightly viscous black liquid, resisting the light and fire imbued with a strong Sun aura.
High in the sky, an invisible concealment layer, like a thin veil, descended, and Leyton's figure became prominent.
Around him, specks of starlight revolved, steadily holding his body aloft in the air.
He watched the place surrounded by light and fire with a serious gaze, pulled at the corner of his mouth, and murmured:
"The power of Concealment is indeed useful; even the Death Announcer, at Sequence 3, was deceived to some extent."
After confirming the plan with Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina, he found an opportunity to pray to the Hidden Sage, asking for a portion of Concealment to conceal the dangerous characteristics within himself.
Any divination or premonition directed at him would only yield the result that he was merely a weaker demigod.
It was originally prepared for Senor, but the Death Announcer crashed into it on its own.
In his contemplation, his gaze pierced through the lingering light and fire, seeing the black shadow that had plunged into the sea.
He had no intention of pursuing it; without exposing too many of his trump cards, he did not have much confidence in keeping this King of Immortality and the Death Announcer.
The next moment, his surroundings showed a tendency towards Abyssification, a layer of blackness appeared around him, and at the same time, he felt his body, and even his thoughts, stiffen for a moment.
Leyton's body suddenly became thin and brittle, turning into a crudely cut light yellow paper figure.
The surface of the paper figure was covered in mottled red rust, and then quickly coated with a slightly viscous black liquid, burning with sulfur-smelling flames, turning into Fallen black mist.
Leyton's figure emerged from the other side of the high sky, specks of starlight coalescing around him, carrying him rapidly through the air to avoid being locked by the magical abilities of the Blatherer's words.
Illusory, ethereal voices penetrated the starlight barrier, ringing in his ears, and voices full of filth and Degeneration echoed in his mind.
These voices gradually made him irritable, and various emotions and desires began to surge within him.
His eyes instantly glowed with a faint blue light, and his body was dyed golden, spreading outwards layer by layer, preventing all Fallen and filthy powers from approaching.
Rationality suppressed his emotions and desires to the extreme, and he coldly scanned the shadows floating beneath the sea.
The next moment, light condensed in his hand, and a spear of extreme purity, extreme blazing white, seemingly composed of pure sunlight, rapidly formed.
He did not rely on his own spirituality to lock onto the target, as this would establish a connection between himself and the Death Announcer, which was a very dangerous act in front of a Blatherer.
He directly relied on the powerful calculation and analysis abilities brought by the Reader Pathway to infer the most suitable position and threw the Unshadowed Spear in his hand.
Suddenly, pale blue flames, emitting a strong smell of sulfur, ignited on the sea surface. The blazing white Unshadowed Spear fell into a "cage," solidifying in the pale blue flames.
The next moment, a miniature Sun, blazing white to the extreme, bright enough to illuminate a City, appeared on the sea.
The surrounding seawater was continuously evaporated, without even forming rising steam.
Leyton, constantly moving in the air, suddenly felt his body sink, his movements slowing down, pressed towards the sea surface by an invisible force.
A Demon, nearly 4 meters tall, with curved goat horns and a pair of giant wings, leaped out of the sea.
He held his claw-like right hand in a phantom grip, and with a dragging motion, an exaggerated greatsword composed of crimson magma and pale blue flames rapidly formed, and he fiercely slashed at Leyton's falling body.
The two curved Demon horns on his head burned with strange, colorful flames, and Leyton's mind instantly became dazed; the various emotions and desires that had been suppressed by rationality began to break free.
The moment before being struck by the magma sword, Leyton's body, out of his control, snapped his fingers.
He was then split in half by the magma sword, but instead of the corpse Agalito had expected, there was a dense, continuous sea of golden flames.
The demonized Agalito screamed in pain as he was scorched by the light of the Sun domain.
"In front of a Prophet, any conspiracy or trap is futile."
A slightly mocking voice came from high in the sky, and at the same time, a scorching, dazzling ray of light descended.
The ray penetrated the dense, continuous light of the Sun and the barrier of the seawater, striking the illusory, viscous black liquid beneath the sea.
Agalito's screams came from within, passing through the seawater and layers of flames, reaching Leyton's ears, bringing with them a wave of Pride, triumph, and excitement.
Leyton frowned slightly. He continuously raised his body higher, moving away from the Death Announcer beneath the sea.
Facing a Demon, even in a state of rationality, his emotions and desires were still difficult to control, and he constantly heard the Blatherer's whispers from the Death Announcer, which severely increased his burden.
As he raised his height, Edwina's voice came from a paper figure clipped inside his collar:
"The Death Announcer is rapidly approaching beneath the sea. It seems to also possess the ability to sense malice, and the Purification Cannon cannot lock onto it."
Leyton frowned slightly. His gaze shifted downwards, confirming that the suspected Death Announcer beneath the sea on his side was still there.
A clone-like ability? Does this ship still retain unique abilities from the Demon stage?
After a brief moment of thought, he said in a deep voice:
"Prepare for an attack. I also have a Death Announcer here; it will take some time to distinguish between them."
"Add more Sun domain magical abilities to the Golden Dream to prevent the crew from being corrupted by the power from the Abyss."
"Be careful not to establish a connection with it through mystical means. A Blatherer can influence a target through established connections, and that ship still retains this characteristic."
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