"Elsa!"
When Gu Ding and the others saw what had just happened, they could not help crying out in alarm.
A hand stretched from the Awakening Pool and forcibly dragged Elsa, who had been about to leave it, back into the pool. After that, Elsa went completely still. Once it had swallowed Elsa, the surface of the entire Awakening Pool returned to perfect calm.
"Sea Emperor, can you see what's happening to Elsa?" Gu Ding turned to ask Sea Emperor.
Sea Emperor shook his head helplessly. "No. This Awakening Pool is like a mirror, completely isolating all methods of detection. What I can see is no different from what you can see."
Earlier, everyone had been able to see the wounds on Elsa's body while she was submerged because the water of the Awakening Pool was fairly clear. They could see two or three meters below the surface with their eyes, but that was all.
Now, they could still only see two or three meters down. Beyond that was complete darkness, a place their eyes could no longer reach.
"What about Lily?"
Gu Ding looked toward Liliath again. Though he did not hold out much hope when asking the question, he still expected Liliath might give a different answer.
"My Pupil Power can't work on this pool of water either. I can see no farther than you can." Liliath shook her head helplessly as well.
Gu Ding's brows furrowed tightly, and anxiety showed on his face.
At that moment, Barien suddenly appeared.
"What happened? Where's Elsa?!"
Barien had just sensed a disturbance from the Awakening Pool. He had rushed over immediately, and upon seeing that no one was in the pool, he promptly questioned Gu Ding and the others.
"She was dragged into the Awakening Pool by a hand made