Lightning flashed and thunder boomed through the clouds. Across the shattered earth, thick seawater lay scattered in all directions, looking just like scars across the land.
The corpses of the Spirit-Eating Beasts that had wandered here by mistake were strewn everywhere. The monotony of the life-forms had left the entire land of the Spirit-Eating Seat reeking of the octopuses' corpses.
"Is this the entrance to the Cosmic Destruction Seat? Really? What an incredibly dense cosmic aura..." Di Gou looked utterly unconvinced.
I nodded. "They say this is the cosmic aura deliberately released by some enormous beast to attract the attention of the Spirit-Eating Beasts. You saw it yourselves—the Spirit-Eating Beasts ventured out to hunt and were struck dead by lightning."
Looking at the hundreds of crisscrossing streams of azure water, I could not help frowning. "Now that's biological diversity."
Just then, Yun Heng, who had landed, became bursting with curiosity and actually prepared to go into the water to test its depth. After all, the core region of the Free Star Sea where she came from was rich in mountains and rivers to begin with. The desolation of the Spirit-Eating Seat seemed to vanish entirely upon arriving here, and that alone was enough to make anyone relax somewhat.
There was nothing wrong with wanting to swim and play in the water.
"Wait! Don't go down!" I hurriedly grabbed Yun Heng just as she was about to jump into the water.
She turned around and asked, somewhat displeased, "What? I'm only going to soak in the shallows for a bit. I won't venture into unknown depths. Besides, I saw some places where the water was really clean!"
After releasing her, I flicked a finger through the air. The corpse of a distant Spirit-Eating Beast immediately rolled into the water under my