Disturbance in the Sea

"Why is there a mission like this?"

Xu Yanwu frowned. "Isn't it because of Chi You?"

"Of course it isn't just because of Chi You."

Wraith shook her head. "If it were about Chi You, Schicksal wouldn't be making preparations like this."

"However, Schicksal recently discovered another situation here in the Pacific."

Wraith continued, "Although Schicksal has been busy with Chi You lately, it discovered that the Honkai Energy readings in the sea near the Pacific have been steadily rising."

"So Schicksal currently suspects that Chi You's imminent revival is what has caused this increase in Honkai Energy."

"Impossible!!"

The moment Xu Yanwu heard Wraith's words, he blurted out, "Chi You's revival is absolutely impossible!!"

"The seal I placed back then cannot be undone so easily!"

"This rise in Honkai Energy cannot possibly be because of Chi You!"

Xu Yanwu spoke with absolute certainty.

After hearing Xu Yanwu, Wraith shrugged. "Who knows what the cause is? But the concentration of Honkai Energy in the sea has indeed risen abnormally."

"Maybe a new Herrscher will be born in the sea or something?"

Wraith said it like a joke, but what she had said earlier made Xu Yanwu frown deeply.

A Herrscher being born?

What kind of joke was that? How could that be possible? Where would they find humans in the sea who met the conditions for a Herrscher to be born?

And the Fourth Herrscher was clearly Wendy, the Herrscher of Wind.

But that was still a long way off!

Right now, they were only fighting Chi You, and there should not have been any problems with his seal on Chi You. Then what exactly had caused the Honkai Energy concentration in the sea to rise?

I can't figure it out.

Xu Yanwu sank into thought. Wraith, beside him, said,