The Demon Emperor Remains and the Struggle for Profound Rock

The waters around Heavenly Pivot Island.

Half a day after Luo Chen left, the weather had been calm and sunny, yet the sea began to surge.

As the water churned violently, figures emerged from the depths.

Compound eyes, white markings, crab claws, and spider silk.

A glance revealed a dense mass of Demon Spider Crabs, over a thousand strong, with scarcely a weak one among them.

The five enormous Demon Spider Crabs at their head were especially striking.

As they emerged from the sea, the thousands of Demon Spider Crabs spread out and completely surrounded the modest-sized Heavenly Pivot Island.

A Demon Spider Crab radiating an aura close to Third Order Completion strode forward. Wherever he passed, the other crabs retreated and submerged reefs shattered.

At last, he stopped on an unremarkable patch of ground.

An aged, raspy voice came from his mouth.

"Is this the place?"

Someone beside him murmured, "It is. It was well hidden, but we've confirmed there's a cave dwelling underneath, built in the style of a Human Race cultivator. It looks to have been in use for at least five years."

Five years?

The Clan Leader of the Demon Spider Crab Clan repeated the words, then nodded slowly.

"That matches the timing of the changes in the Profound Rock Sea Area these past few years."

The Ringed Turtle Clan had once ruled these waters.

But their rule had rested on the presence of a Transformation Stage Demon Emperor.

Back then, the so-called Seven Great Royal Clan Demon Crabs had been nothing more than prey for the Ringed Turtles.

Only when that Demon Emperor's lifespan neared its end over a thousand years ago and he shut himself away did the Demon Crabs gradually rise.

Even so, the Demon Crabs later paid a tremendous price to seize