Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 181 The Plan to Seduce the Sea God

"This disguise... it feels like a Deepsea Mutual Aid Society outpost?"

Celia looked at the stone wall in front of her, full of doubt.

"It might even be a stronghold of the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Society," Ross said with a slight smile.

Celia stepped forward, placed her hand against the stone wall, and her mage hand pierced through the stone wall, revealing the magic array patterns inside.

"This disguise array looks so familiar..."

This time, she didn't even need Ross's help. Celia used her mage's hand to activate the magic circle inside and easily opened the door.

She didn't go in immediately, but continued to try to delve deeper into the magic circle with her mage's hand to see if this magic circle had any similarities to the ones she had encountered before.

After a long while, Celia withdrew her hand.

"I understand completely now!"

The girl smiled, quickly used a disguise spell to disguise herself, and then entered the cave.

"What a pity, the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association's magic circle doesn't have an attack module, only self-destruct."

Very sorry.

Ross said, "This stronghold is guarded by a fourth-level strategist, but don't worry, he is currently presiding over a prayer. As for the Puppet Heart I mentioned, it is located at the core of the magic circle. It serves as a spiritual object for collecting faith, so you can just go there directly."

Celia nodded, a look of excitement flashing in her eyes.

The last time I faced a fourth-tier opponent was at the Twilight Cult's stronghold.

Even when the entire magic circle was used to fight her, she was still able to forcefully break free. In the end, the magic circle trapped her and then exploded, but it did not kill her, leaving a very deep impression on Celia.

Although the Blue Winged Seahorse that lost its lighthouse is very strong, in reality, apart from its physical body, it does not reach the level of the fourth rank in other aspects. It is still at the limit of the third rank, and it will reveal its true form when it encounters a real fourth rank.

This left a very deep impression on Celia regarding the power of the fourth tier.

This time, it seems she's going to face off against a fourth-tier opponent again, and she's very excited.

Or rather, nervous.

If we're accidentally discovered by that fourth-tier mage, then we're doomed.

However, Celia also knew that with Ross around, it was unlikely that he would find her. Moreover, she was taking a different route, a secret passage leading directly to the core of the magic circle. This secret passage was known only to the magic circle maintenance personnel and the stronghold leader.

This secret passage is located outside the base, not inside it, and therefore does not require contact with the heretics.

The disguise was merely a subconscious act on Celia's part.

The girl couldn't help but glance at Ross in front of her.

She sensed that Ross was in a hurry today.

“In the past, Lord Ross would definitely send someone to the stronghold to deal with the heretics, but today the purpose is very clear... Is there anything special about that Puppet Heart?”

Lacking a large amount of crucial information, Celia was also unsure what was so special about it.

Thus, the two successfully entered the secret passage and arrived at the core of the magic array, inside a stone house of the same design.

On the stone table in the middle of the stone house, a puppet heart lay quietly at the center of the magic circle runes, absorbing the power of faith generated by the prayers of all the heretics in the prayer hall.

This puppet heart is similar in color to the puppet heart that Celia is currently using; it is sea blue.

A very strong fluctuation of water element energy emanated from above.

Faced with this Puppet Heart, Celia felt that her own Puppet Heart, which she had fused with once, was like the worst quality artificial Puppet Heart.

"Wow, such a powerful Puppet Heart!" Celia's eyes widened in shock as she stared at the azure Puppet Heart on the table. "Is there really such a huge difference between Puppet Hearts?"

"The gap is bigger than you imagine," Ross said calmly. "This Puppet Heart is only one-tenth of the complete Puppet Heart. If you can find the other parts and fuse them with this Puppet Heart, even if you become a god, you can still use it, and it will be very powerful."

"How much money would I get if I sold this?" Celia couldn't help but imagine.

Ross said irritably, "Sell? If you sell, I'll possess you and take you back in the next second. Then you can stay in the mental space and I'll help you cultivate and take care of your life."

Celia made a face and didn't dare to speak. Ross looked at the fragment of the Sea God's divine essence in front of him and said, "The power of this Puppet Heart is too strong, so strong that it cannot be compatible with non-water attribute mages. Using it lightly will very likely result in being influenced by the consciousness within the Puppet Heart, thus usurping its power and causing you to be controlled by the Puppet Heart in return."

"That terrifying?" Celia looked at the Puppet Heart as if it were a colossal creature from the abyss.

Ross nodded: "Since you're ice-type, the most suitable weapon for you is the ice-type Puppet Heart. As for this Puppet Heart, you can use a portion of its power to strengthen it to the limit you can handle, and the rest..."

"The rest?"

Ross didn't speak, he just looked up at the sky.

The remainder was returned to the Celestial Tree—after obtaining full divinity.

The entire world's power system relies on the Star Spirit Tree for its existence. The fact that there are very few sixth-tier beings in all of humanity now, and seventh-tier beings are legendary, is inextricably linked to the Star Spirit Tree.

Perhaps it's because the Star Spirit Tree hasn't grown up yet, or perhaps it's because the gods were too harsh in stripping away the previous generation, causing the rules to be changed in this generation.

Whatever the reason, Ross is determined to continue the main quest he never finished.

Defeat the twelve main gods, return their divine status to the Star Spirit Tree, and usher in the final ending.

This can be considered an obsession.

“The heretics are praying right now, so we can’t just take the Puppet Heart directly. First, modify the magic circle of the entire stronghold to block out the sound produced by the self-destruct rune, then activate the self-destruct rune, set a countdown, and then take the Puppet Heart and run away.”

Ross gave Celia the battle plan.

As she carefully began to modify the runes, Ross also began to examine the fragment of divinity in front of him.

"The sea god is so cautious, running away as soon as things go wrong. It's really troublesome. If we keep chasing him, who knows when we'll catch him. I need to think of a way to lure him to come to me."

Ross fell into deep thought.

After a long time, a vague but feasible plan slowly emerged in my mind.

He looked at Celia, who was carefully modifying the runes of the magic circle.

"We still need to use Celia as bait."

Celia felt a chill run down her spine. She turned around and saw Ross looking at her. She smiled and asked, "Lord Ross, what's wrong?"

Ross shook his head. "It's okay, you go about your business."

"Oh."

Celia nodded and continued modifying the magic circle.

After a long time, the modifications to the magic circle came to an end.

The girl fly rubbed her hands together and whispered, "Activate the self-destruct rune!"

One of the runes instantly turned red and began to flicker.

As the countdown began to appear, Celia immediately felt the urgency of time.