Inner Demon

After noticing that his words had turned into bubbles, Xu Yanwu awkwardly snapped his fingers. After that, his speech returned to normal.

"Hmm... Although I found Chi You, I didn't sense anything wrong with the seal?"

Xu Yanwu swam closer and stood atop the small mound.

Beneath Xu Yanwu's feet was Chi You, whom he had sealed away all those years ago.

After getting closer, Xu Yanwu carefully sensed the seal beneath his feet.

Yet no matter how Xu Yanwu examined it, he found no unusual changes in the seal underfoot.

Instead, Xu Yanwu felt that the increased Honkai Energy in the surrounding seawater had made the seal much sturdier.

"Strange..."

Xu Yanwu scratched at his hair underwater.

His hair drifted in the seawater for a while as Xu Yanwu pondered helplessly.

Since there was nothing wrong with Chi You's seal, what exactly had caused the Honkai Energy in the seawater to rise?

Although eruptions of Honkai Energy generally had no pattern to them, why did one have to occur at such an inconvenient time, just as they were about to launch an expedition against Chi You?

"Looks like... the campaign against Chi You may have to be postponed for a while."

After muttering to himself for a moment, Xu Yanwu shot Chi You beneath his feet a resentful glare. There was not a trace of joy in his heart as he kicked his legs and swam straight toward the surface.

What Xu Yanwu did not know was that the light he emitted had been spotted by the submarine fleet that had just departed.

""What was that?""

Someone asked over the channel.

The voice that had commanded everyone before said, "That was... the God of War."""

"A God of War... like the Venerable Lord."

"The power of those seals came