The fog over the sea grew thicker and thicker, almost condensing into something solid.
Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui had been flying for three full days. During that time, they encountered several more deep-sea beasts, but none were as powerful as that Deep Sea Demonic Dragon, and he slew them with ease.
Yin Ruoshui's injuries had basically healed. Color had returned to her face, and her aura had stabilized considerably.
"Young Master Lin, the Black Heaven Bead's reaction is growing stronger and stronger." Yin Ruoshui looked at the black bead in her palm. The bead's body was faintly hot, emitting a dim glow as it pointed toward the southeast.
"The ruins should be not far from here."
Lin Langtian nodded, his gaze turning into the distance.
There, a massive shadowy outline could be vaguely seen, like an island, yet also like a continent.
The sea fog was too thick to make it out clearly, but he could sense the human presence coming from that island... many powerful figures had gathered there.
"There are people," Lin Langtian said.
Yin Ruoshui sensed it as well, and her brows drew together slightly. "News of the ruins leaked? That shouldn't be possible. The Black Heaven Bead has been in my hands all along. How could outsiders know the location of the ruins?"
Lin Langtian did not answer. He merely sped up, sweeping toward that island.
It was a massive island.
When Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui passed through the last stretch of sea fog, the sight before them made them both freeze.
The island's size far exceeded Lin Langtian's imagination. It would not have been an exaggeration to call it a small continent.
As far as the eye could see, there were unbroken mountain ranges, dense forests, and orderly clusters of buildings.
And