From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star

The Siren tribe had internal strife, which led to an unknown direction.

One of the important reasons why Lu Heng was able to promote reconciliation between the Dark Iron Dwarves and the Siren tribe was that the Siren tribe's high priest could see the situation clearly and understood that reconciliation was the best choice to fight the abyss.

Now that Onatu is in power, that's another matter.

In order to prevent the two tribes from reconciling, Onatu even sent his Siren warriors to attack the peace envoys of the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

This behavior has broken the bottom line of order that civilized races should have.

Although Celian signed a reconciliation agreement on behalf of the Siren tribe and the Dark Iron Dwarves, it is hard to say whether this reconciliation agreement is still valid.

With Onatu's style of doing things, he can tear up the agreement at any time.

After thinking about it, Lu Heng looked at Celian, the Siren tribe's tide caller elder, and asked, "What are you going to do now?"

Celian hasn't thought about this question yet.

She only knows that Onatu has successfully seized power and got the Scepter of the Sea God, and the high priest Sona has been placed under house arrest in the temple.

If she goes back now, she will probably be imprisoned in the temple like the high priest.

She wants to contact the high priest and discuss countermeasures, but it is obviously impossible to communicate with the high priest. Onatu casts magic to cut off the channel of information transmission with the high priest.

She has considered taking her siren warriors back to rescue the high priest.

However, the success rate of doing so is not high. After all, Onatu now has the scepter of the sea god, and there are two other siren tribes to assist.

A direct conflict will only lead to internal fratricide among the siren tribe.

"I haven't thought about it yet. The current situation is very tricky. I must see the high priest first to know what to do next. But the high priest is under house arrest in the temple, and Onatu will definitely send heavy troops to guard it." Celian has never experienced this situation, so she can't make up her mind for a while.

Lu Heng thought for a moment and said, "If I just go to see your high priest, I think I should have a way."

Celian frowned and reminded, "I don't mean to attack the temple. I don't want to see our tribes killing each other."

In fact.

The high priest Sona chose to hand over the Sea God's Scepter because she didn't want to see the tribes killing each other.

Otherwise, she might not be without the ability to fight against the siege of the elders and priests of the two tribes of the Tide Siren and the Shallow Siren.

However, if it really develops to the point of fighting for life, even if she wins in the end, the Siren tribe will be seriously injured.

From the perspective of a ruler, this Siren high priest is indeed not decisive enough.

Lu Heng smiled lightly and explained, "I'm not talking about attacking the temple, but finding a way to sneak in."

Celian's eyes suddenly lit up, and she immediately asked, "What method?"

...

One day later.

Lu Heng and his thirteen people returned to the Siren territory with Celian's team.

After arriving at the outskirts of the territory, Celian found an underwater cave and said, "You hide here temporarily. No sirens will come here to patrol."

Since the purpose of returning to the sirens' territory this time is to sneak into the Temple of Vashj to see the high priest Sona, so not too many people can be brought along.

After Celian settled the others, she asked, "What should we do now?"

Lu Heng glanced at her sirens team and said, "You choose a team of sirens to follow, and they must not be recognized by the guards at the entrance of the temple."

"This is easy. Draw the pattern on the face. When the light is dim, you can't recognize it unless you get close." Celian pointed to several sirens without obvious features to follow.

Then, Lu Heng took out the [Shapeshifting Orb], transformed into the appearance of Onatu, and then began to imitate the sirens swimming.

Seeing this, Celian showed a surprised expression on her face: "It's exactly the same."

Lu Heng continued, "I can't speak in the water, so I need your help when necessary."

"Understood." Celian nodded.

After confirming the action plan again, Lu Heng led the team to set off and swam towards the Vashj Temple.

Celian was the tide-calling elder of the Vashj tribe and was familiar with everything here, so he chose a safer route.

The team arrived in front of the temple smoothly.

Celian saw the siren guards in front of the temple and whispered: "The guards have been changed. This team of guards is from the Tide Siren Tribe."

Lu Heng felt more relaxed after hearing this.

If it was the siren guards from the Vashj tribe, he was still worried that they would recognize that he was not the real Onatu.

If it was the guards from other siren tribes, he was not familiar with Onatu, and he could not recognize him even more.

Lu Heng swam over and waved to the siren guards at the door of the temple, signaling them to open the door.

The siren guards in front of the door looked at each other and felt a little strange, after all, Lu Heng did not speak.

Celian behind him immediately shouted: "What are you doing? Didn't you hear what the elder said? Open the door!"

This reprimand carried the pressure of the superior of the Siren Clan, and immediately made several Siren guards bow their heads and obey orders, and opened the door.

Lu Heng led the team in, and after Celian went in, she raised her hand to call for a stream of water and closed the door.

After entering the temple, Celian did not rush in slowly like before, but rushed into the temple at an accelerated speed and found the high priest Sona in the back hall.

Just as she was about to rush in, she suddenly found that there was a layer of magic barrier in the back hall, which sealed the back hall.

High priest Sona also noticed Celian's appearance, with a look of surprise on her face, and stood up and asked: "Why are you back? Are you also locked up?"

Because after she got closer, she saw another siren elder swimming behind Selian, it was "Onatu".

Selian quickly explained: "I was not arrested, I sneaked in to see you."

"But..." High Priest Sona frowned slightly and looked at "Onatu" behind Selian.

Lu Heng canceled the effect of [Transformation Orb], returned to its original appearance, and asked the Siren to put a blister on himself before he could speak: "This is the only way to fool the guard at the door."

Seeing this, High Priest Sona sighed: "It turns out it's you. I thought it was strange at first sight. Onatu's violence is not that little."

Lu Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "So, my acting is not good enough."

High Priest Sona shook her head and replied: "It's very similar. It's really difficult to disguise something like aura."

Lu Heng quickly turned to the topic: "Time is tight now. We don't know how long we can hide our sneaking into the temple. We must arrange things before we are discovered."

Cailian answered: "That's right, let's get you out first."

Sona shook her head, looked at the seal barrier in front of her, and said, "This is the seal released by the Poseidon's Scepter. Unless the Poseidon's Scepter is taken back, it cannot be broken."

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "What is Onatu doing now?"

Sona thought thoughtfully and replied: "He should be going to the Deep Frozen Trench. He wants to unlock the seal of the Deep Frozen Trench and release the Balrog Gross."

Lu Heng was a little surprised when he heard this: "Is there a seal in the deep frozen trench? I didn't seem to see it last time."

The last time I went to see the Deep Frozen Trench, I didn’t see the seal at that time.

Sona explained: "What you see is just the tip of the iceberg, and a lot of Gros embers have fallen into the deep frozen trenches in the past ten years.

“Three years ago, when I discovered the Gros Embers in the deep-frozen trench, I also discovered the seal there.

“That was a magic circle placed by the Dark Iron Dwarves to seal the Embers of Gross, but as the number of Embers of Gross increased, the seal was leaked.

“When I discovered it, I reinforced the seal several times and finally buried it underground.

“So the deep frozen trench you see has actually been buried, and there is a buried area three hundred meters deep below it.

"Onatu took the Poseidon Scepter in order to break the seal and release the Balrog Gross."

Lu Heng frowned and asked, "Why did he release the Flame Demon Gross? This would be of no benefit to the Siren Clan, would it?"

Sona explained: "That's not necessarily the case. According to Onatu, the Flame Demon Gros has promised him that he will immediately leave the Tidal Sea and return to the Crown of Lava after he recovers.

"In other words, after the departure of the demon Gros, the tidal sea can restore its previous ecology."

Lu Heng raised his eyebrows and found that this method could indeed effectively solve the problem of environmental deterioration in the tidal sea.

At least that's how it looks on the surface.

One reason for the deterioration of the tidal sea environment is the increase in sea temperature, which is caused by the Gross Ember.

Even if the surrounding sea area rises by just one or two degrees, it will have a huge impact on marine ecology.

More importantly, once the Balrog Groth recovers and returns to the Lava Crown for revenge, the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom will inevitably decline.

The Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves have been hostile to each other for three years, and there must be hatred between them.

Onatu's doing this was tantamount to taking revenge on the Dark Iron Dwarves.

In terms of motivation, it is in line with the short-term interests and emotional outlet of the Kraken clan.

Lu Heng wanted to understand this and asked in a deep voice: "So does the high priest agree with Onatu's approach?"

High Priest Sona was silent for a moment and replied: "Looking at the overall situation, this approach will not be of much benefit to the long-term development of the tribe, but it can indeed improve the marine environment in the shortest time."

After hearing this, Lu Heng understood what she meant.

She knew that Onatu's approach would not be of much benefit to long-term development, but the short-term benefits were obvious.

In other words, she was opposed to Onatu's approach, but her opposition was not that strong.

Lu Heng's expression became serious and he asked, "Has Onatu gone to the Deep Frozen Trench?"

Sona shook her head and replied, "I'm not sure. I'm sealed here and haven't received any news from the outside for several days."

Selian answered: "Onatu has left the territory. According to the report from my Kraken warriors, the direction they are going is indeed the Deep Frozen Trench."

Lu Heng felt that things had become difficult.

Now Onatu has mastered the power of three Kraken tribes, and has the Poseidon Scepter in his hand.

At this time, it is impossible to stop him from releasing the demon Gros.

The Kraken Tribe itself is the overlord of the sea. Lu Heng may not be able to suppress Onatu, who has the Poseidon Scepter, in the sea, let alone the elders and priests of other Kraken Tribes.

Even if all the human conscripts were dispatched, Onatu might not be able to be stopped.

High Priest Sona sighed and said: "Recruiter, I have tried my best. If the Flame Demon Groth revives, it will also be the cause of the Black Iron Dwarves, and they must bear the consequences."

Lu Heng heard her words and guessed her attitude.

After all, she is the high priest of the Kraken Tribe, and she must be looking at the issue from the Kraken Tribe's perspective.

As for the fate of the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom, it has nothing to do with her, and she is not responsible for the rise and fall of the Dark Iron Dwarves.

What's more, a few days ago, they were still hostile to the Dark Iron Dwarves.

At this time, being able to avoid adding insult to injury is already the kindest treatment.

Lu Heng found that the current situation was very unfavorable to the Black Iron Dwarves.

This recruitment was to help the Kraken Clan solve the pollution in the abyss, but according to the current development of the situation, it seems that it is the Dark Iron Dwarves who are about to be unlucky.

If the Flame Demon Groth really revives, once he returns to the Lava Crown, the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom will fall into a bitter war even if it is not destroyed immediately.

The purpose of this recruitment was originally to find the source of abyss pollution in the Kraken clan, but in the end, it almost destroyed the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

Lu Heng frowned and thought for a moment, raised his head and looked at the high priest Sona with sharp eyes, and asked: "Give me a positive answer, are you willing to fight against the demon Gross?"

In this world, the Sirens are the enemies of the Balrog Gross.

If there is any other race that has the ability to defeat the Balrog Gross, it can only be the Siren race.

Therefore, Lu Heng needed an attitude from the high priest of the Siren Tribe in front of him.

High Priest Sona thought silently for a moment, then shook her head and replied: "I'm afraid there's nothing I can do..."

Lu Heng interrupted her and asked again: "I'm asking about your attitude. Are you willing to fight against the demon Gross?"

Sona looked at the twinkling light in Lu Heng's eyes, and replied after a moment: "If I have this ability, I am willing to try, but it will not be linked to the future of the Sea Monster Clan."

This answer already shows the attitude.

In fact, her attitude exceeded Lu Heng's expectations.

After all, she was the high priest of the Siren Tribe and had no obligation to help the Dark Iron Dwarves fight the Balrog. Being able to agree to take action was already the greatest help.

There was no way she would ruin the Siren Tribe in order to fight against the Balrog Gross.

Lu Heng confirmed her attitude and asked, "What do I need to do to help you get out?"

High Priest Sona was stunned for a moment before replying: "Get the Poseidon Scepter back and I can go out."

Now that the Poseidon's Scepter [Heart of the Tide] is in Onatu's hands, it is not easy to get it back.

When things have reached this point, there is no other choice.

Among the entire Siren Clan, Sona is probably the only one who is willing to fight against the fire demon Gross.

Now Onatu has gone to the deep-frozen trench to lift the seal of Balrog Gross. Once Balrog Gross emerges from the bottom of the sea, the consequences will be unpredictable.

If you want to reverse the situation, you must get back the Poseidon Scepter and let Sona regain power. Only then can the Sirens fight against the Balrog.

No matter what the final result is, a trip to the deep frozen trench is necessary.

…

After meeting Sona, Lu Heng used the [Transformation Orb] to transform into Onato again and left from the main entrance of the temple.

The guard at the entrance of the temple watched Lu Heng's team of "sea monsters" leaving the temple, and said to himself strangely: "Didn't Elder Onatu go to the deep-frozen trench? Why are you back again?"

Lu Heng returned to the submarine cave where the team members were hiding, explained the current situation to everyone, and then discussed countermeasures together.