Chapter 457 - 142: Two Moms! Here Comes a Big Job

Chapter 457: Chapter 142: Two Moms! Here Comes a Big Job

Annabella pulled Siren into the air with her, explaining the plan with a series of gestures. After listening, Siren pondered for a moment, then asked a few more questions. Once she received her answers, she nodded and flew off to the side.

Seeing this, Annabella flicked her wrist, and a bag of high-grade Negative Energy Crystals appeared in her hand, along with several black metal plates inscribed with ancient runes.

In a flash, she appeared above the Tier-3 battleship, the Shield of Strength. Then, she formed a hand seal, and threads of black energy shot from her fingertips, landing precisely on various corners of the ship’s hull.

"Thirty-six Fish Scale Level frigates, on my command! Assume a hexagram formation with the Shield of Strength at the center."

Annabella’s voice, amplified by Magic, carried clearly into the ears of every frigate captain.

Soon, the thirty-six Fish Scale Level frigates signaled that they had received their orders and began to move slowly across the sea.

Before long, they had precisely found their positions on the churning sea, forming a massive hexagram pattern that encircled the Shield of Strength at its core.

"Activate the Array!"

With a soft cry from Annabella, the Negative Energy Crystals in her hand instantly shattered, transforming into a dense black mist that spread outward.

Siren Wolf, who had already drawn her Magic Staff and was prepared, acted at the same moment. Streaks of aquamarine magical light shot from her hands, intertwining with the black mist to form a colossal energy vortex.

Under their coordinated direction and arrangement, the Array quickly took shape.

Instantly, the Demonic Qi erupting from the Abyssal Rift seemed to be drawn by some unseen force. It began to slowly rotate and condense, forming a funnel-shaped vortex in the sky that converged upon the Shield of Strength, the eye of the Array.

A few moments later, at the Array’s focal point on the deck of the Shield of Strength, a Crystal Stone as black as ink slowly coalesced. Then, with a CLINK, it dropped into a specially prepared storage container.

The Crystal Stone was about the size of a baby’s fist and radiated an ominous aura.

"It’s finally done!"

Watching this unfold from the captain’s cabin, Gabriel couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.

’If Lynch were here, he would have recognized that the principles of this grand Magic Array were somewhat similar to the "Gathering Evil and Returning to the Origin Array" he had learned from the Death Codex. It was just far more spectacular when cast by his mentor.’

However, before Gabriel could even catch his breath, disaster struck.

BOOOOM—!!!

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the Abyssal Rift, as if some ancient behemoth were bellowing in fury.

At the same time, the Demonic Qi vortex, which had just stabilized, began to tremble violently. The newly formed Black Crystal Stone also cracked with a CRACK.

"This is bad!" Annabella’s expression changed drastically. "That thing has woken up!"

Before her words had even faded, a surge of Abyssal Demonic Qi, thick as ink, gushed from the Abyssal Rift. Vague outlines of massive tentacles could be seen writhing madly within it.

Each of those tentacles was as thick as a small boat, its surface covered with suckers and barbs. More horrifyingly, the tentacles were densely packed with eyes.

Just as everyone looked over, all of those eyes snapped open at once, staring intently at the fleet on the sea. The sight was both bizarre and terrifying.

"It’s [The Lord of a Thousand Tendrils, Moragis]!" Chief Mage Siren Wolf’s face turned pale as she cried out, her voice filled with unconcealable fear. "It... It’s trying to break the seal!"

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!

Muffled impacts sounded from within the rift, as if some colossal creature were frantically ramming its body against the crumbling seal.

Each impact triggered earth-shattering waves on the sea. Giant waves, over ten meters high, rose one after another, crashing toward the fleet like city walls.

The Shield of Strength rocked violently in the massive waves. The Demonic Qi vortex above began to destabilize, and the newly formed Negative Energy Crystal on the deck rapidly disintegrated.

Seeing this, Annabella and Siren immediately acted together, channeling streams of magical light into the Array in an attempt to stabilize the raging Demonic Qi vortex.

But the monster’s power was simply too terrifying. Countless tentacles shot out from the rift, whipping wildly through the air and throwing the world into turmoil.

The dark clouds in the sky gathered into a massive whirlpool, and purple lightning slithered through them like giant pythons.

"We can’t hold on for long like this." Annabella gritted her teeth, fine beads of sweat forming on her forehead. "Once the Array collapses, the seal will most likely be completely broken. When Moragis fully descends... the entire East Sea coast will become a living hell!"

Gabriel’s face was ashen. He spun around and roared at his adjutant, "Contact Silver Moon Port immediately! Tell them if they don’t want to see the Free City States turned to ruins, they’d better dispatch every reinforcement they can muster! Now! Immediately!"

"Yes, sir!"

The adjutant scrambled to activate the Magic Mailbox. A moment later, however, his expression turned grim. "Corps Commander, Silver Moon Port has replied... Their main fleet is currently engaged in suppressing the Blood Sail Pirates and cannot break away. The government of the Free City States is already mustering a fleet in an emergency, but... it will take at least six or seven days for reinforcements to arrive!"

"Six or seven days!?" Gabriel Corps Commander’s expression grew cold. "By then, it’ll be too late!"

Just then, another message arrived from Silver Moon Port. The adjutant quickly added, "Gabriel Corps Commander, the tri-school joint examination is being held on Silent Island. Archmage Buddy and other High-Tier experts are all there. They are less than a two-day voyage from the Shattered Star Sea! If we could..."