Chapter 445: The Sudden Attack of the Fallen Mother Goddess
Someone had intruded on the island, and naturally, Bernadette was aware of it. However, she did not intervene. As for how the Storm Church wanted to act, she would not interfere either.
When that mysterious entity leaped onto the island, the Lamp Genie laughed sinisterly beside her, saying it was a powerful being sent by the Stars to investigate the island's situation and advised her not to obstruct it to avoid ruining the Stars' plan.
As for the identity of that powerful being, the Lamp Genie did not clarify, only looking towards the island with a face full of disdain and schadenfreude.
Was that person also a believer of the Stars?
Bernadette's reverence for the Stars deepened.
Unlike the everNight Goddess CHURCH and the Storm Church, which generally only had two Sequence 2 angels, she had already sensed more than two angels among the Stars' apostles, at least three or more.
This made her very curious about the extraordinary path of the Stars. Could it really have so many Sequence 2s capable of promotion?
"Don't speculate about the Stars. Instead, look forward to whether this investigation can find out your father's current situation."
The Lamp Genie shook the wishing lamp excitedly, "This is the first confrontation between the Stars and the Fallen Mother Goddess. It's really something to look forward to."
Hearing the Lamp Genie's words, Bernadette also began to harbor hope, despite the Stars always warning her that now was not the time.
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In the Hall of Stars, Hastur's gaze followed the perspective of the Primordial Hunger as it landed on the island hiding Roselle's last tomb.
As soon as it landed, the Primordial Hunger charged towards the direction of the tomb at an astonishing speed.
With a three-meter-tall body and the momentum of a high-speed run, it looked like a heavily armored tank crushing everything in its path.
There were originally many extraordinary creatures living on the island, but under the intimidating momentum of the Primordial Hunger, they were all too scared to come out, even prostrating on the ground.
This allowed the Primordial Hunger to reach the outskirts of Roselle's tomb unimpeded.
As the Primordial Hunger arrived, Hastur could clearly see the aura of the Fallen Mother Goddess growing stronger.
When the Primordial Hunger smashed the tomb door of Roselle's tomb with a single powerful strike, a pillar of pitch-black light shot straight into the sky.
This was not purely black light but a thick, viscous black liquid, like a dense slurry.
More accurately, it was a type of black, corruption-filled micro-organism.
It began to proliferate and spread infinitely, turning into black, slimy tentacles that gradually covered the entire sky.
Hastur, in the Hall of Stars, saw his field of vision gradually being squeezed, barely able to see the scene in front of the Primordial Hunger.
This should be a method deliberately created by the Fallen Mother Goddess to obscure his view.
Unfortunately, to his disappointment, the first person to set foot on this island was neither the Stars nor Bernadette, but the Primordial Hunger.
"No! Why are these black tentacles still growing!"
Hastur stared for a moment and sharply sensed that something was wrong.
These black tentacles were not just trying to obscure his vision; they had other purposes!
The commotion on the island attracted the attention of Bernadette, the Storm Church, and many pirate groups.
In their view, the entire island seemed to come alive, with black tentacles stretching from the ground, growing thicker and extending towards the sky, like black mountain ranges rising from the ground.
The crimson moon in the sky looked so delicate, as if the next moment, it would be bound by the black tentacles and forcibly pulled down from the sky.
When the black tentacles completely obscured the crimson moon and the light of the Stars, the tentacles began to strike down horizontally, like black mountains collapsing, crushing the ships in the nearby sea.
Or rather, they were launching indiscriminate attacks on all the ships in the nearby sea!
Some ships were directly crushed, some were engulfed by waves caused by the falling tentacles, and some were destroyed with just a brush, resulting in shipwrecks and deaths.
The black rain formed by the black liquid was equally deadly.
In an instant, a large number of ships in the nearby sea were cleared out.
The Hope, where Hastur and Audrey were, was also within the range of the black tentacles' attack.
Hastur had been very cautious in observing this event from across the sea, deliberately having the Hope stay on the outermost edge to avoid the impact of the island's sudden changes.
But it still couldn't completely escape the range of the black tentacles' attack. They were simply too long and thick, slashing down like a giant black sword cutting through the sea!
Facing such power, Hastur quickly descended onto the Star Vessel, appearing on the bow deck. His right hand transformed into a solar light shield supporting the entire Hope, while his left hand opened a portal for escape.
The butcher and maid on the ship also realized the situation was dire and hurriedly turned the ship's direction, trying to steer the Hope through the portal standing in the sea and leave this extremely dangerous area.
As for Audrey, Fors, and Hugh, they could only watch from a distance at the back of the Star Vessel, holding a shield in one hand and opening a portal in the other.
Before the black tentacle even reached, drops of black liquid rained down like a heavy downpour.
Drip, drip.
The pollution, the black pollution began to spread from this.
When the black tentacle struck the solar light shield, it made a sound like muffled thunder.
The violent shock caused ordinary crew members on the ship to explode on the spot, while Audrey, Fors, and others spat out a mouthful of blood, with blood constantly flowing from their ears and noses.
Susie, with the most sensitive hearing, truly felt the stimulation of thunder exploding beside her ears.
Her eyes instantly became dull, her whole body limp, convulsing, and foaming at the mouth.
"Susie!"
Audrey wanted to call out, but her voice was completely drowned out at this moment.
The only fortunate thing was that the solar light shield supported by the Star Vessel did not shatter, and the Hope was not crushed.
However, the black tentacle, having failed in its first strike, clung to the solar light shield, splitting open to reveal dark red mouths, like a giant black fissure, attempting to devour the entire Hope!
Zzz!
The sound of corrosion came from the black liquid constantly dripping onto the solar light shield.
The black liquid, like a heavy rain, continuously polluted and corroded the surface of the solar light shield, making its holy light dimmer.
Moreover, in this night without the crimson moon and the light of the Stars, the solar light shield supported by the Star Vessel was like the brightest lighthouse, attracting the attention of other black tentacles.
In an instant, six black tentacles struck from different directions.
Hastur could feel their eagerness and greed.
This was the will of the Fallen Mother Goddess. She expanded the attack range to cover the entire nearby sea to find the anomaly.
She knew that the incarnation of the Stars was also here, so she wanted to find it through this method.
This was a strategy of rather killing a thousand by mistake than letting one go.
What Hastur couldn't understand was how the Fallen Mother Goddess could exert such terrifying power through the initial barrier tonight.
The disaster and momentum she caused clearly exceeded Sequence 1, almost at the level of an Angel King.
Even though Mr. Door and Roselle, the mediums, couldn't be truly used by her temporarily.
Unless, another Outer God helped her!
"God said, let there be light!"
Hastur didn't think for too long, fully exerting the extraordinary ability of the Eternal Blazing Sun's authority through the Star Vessel!
Sequence 2 Light Chaser!
Endless light radiated from the Star Vessel, spreading outward and penetrating the dark regions.
The extremely bright light, with the ability to purify pollution from the Sun pathway, dispelled the polluted sea and the black liquid falling from the night sky!
At the same time, a small hole that could introduce the light of the crimson moon and the Stars was pierced in the sky covered by the black tentacles.
The falling starlight and sunlight reflected each other, constantly expanding that small hole.
Boom!
The Storm Brother, though late, finally arrived!
The cloud ring on the outskirts of the island began to gather, eventually forming a storm group capable of brewing fierce thunder.
Golden lightning, like the sun, crazily poured in through the hole opened by the Star Vessel!
Each golden lightning bolt precisely struck the black tentacles!
For a moment, the golden lightning controlled the sea that should belong to it, burning and shattering the black tentacles into pieces that fell from the sky, causing tsunamis.
Unfortunately, the only flaw was that the Storm Lord's support was just one strike and couldn't completely solve all the black tentacles, only temporarily easing Hastur's pressure.
The pirate corpses in the sea, the unpurified blood, and the endless resentment before death became supplements to nourish the Fallen Mother Goddess's power again.
Fresh red tentacles, dripping with blood, shot out from the depths of the sea, continuing to crazily surge towards the Hope where the Star Vessel was located.
Regardless of anything, the frenzied surging appearance made one's scalp tingle.
At this moment, the Hope was breaking free from the previous tentacle's devouring, with half of the ship already entering the portal, while the other half was tightly wrapped by the blood-red tentacles.
"Heh, it's a pity, still a bit short."
The Star Vessel stepped to the stern, throwing a previously made fate charm with the hand of fate.
Time Reset Talisman!
The power of time erupted at this moment, resetting everything around the Time Reset Talisman to zero!
The blood-red tentacles binding the stern disappeared out of thin air, their existence time reset to zero!
The butcher and maid at the helm felt the ship's resistance disappear and fully steered the Hope, carrying Hastur's true body into the portal, disappearing far away.
The Star Vessel did not leave with them. Its gaze looked towards the black world that had been covered again, glancing at the three Time Reset Talismans in its hand.
Just at the moment of time zero, the Fallen Mother Goddess's power clearly weakened.
This meant that the power the Fallen Mother Goddess erupted tonight was borrowed temporarily!