The Clan Leader of the Blazing Yao Clan split off countless flame avatars.
Those avatars poured into every corner of the Crystal Sea Area like a sky full of fiery rain, densely packed as they searched for Jiang Ping An.
Yet after years of searching, the avatars had scoured almost every inch of the sea without finding a trace of him.
During that time, his avatars had repeatedly disturbed the dominant creatures inside the Crystal Conches.
Those Crystal Conches, each as massive as a star, were extremely sensitive to intruders. The moment they detected one, they attacked fiercely, trying to devour it.
The Clan Leader's avatars had been forced to retreat again and again. Several had even been turned to crystal by the dominant conches before being swallowed.
"Could that Jiang Ping An have already left these waters?"
After another fruitless, carpet-like sweep, the Clan Leader of the Blazing Yao Clan finally suspended his search and slowly withdrew from the heart of the Crystal Sea Area.
But he did not truly leave. He concealed himself in a crevice of the void at the sea's edge, intending to ambush Jiang Ping An.
As long as Jiang Ping An emerged, there was no way he would escape the Clan Leader's senses.
And so the Clan Leader suppressed every trace of his aura and waited bitterly in the void for more than ten years.
Still, there was no sign of Jiang Ping An.
As Clan Leader of the Blazing Yao Clan, he had countless affairs to manage and simply could not keep wasting time here.
After several more years of searching turned up nothing, he could only leave with a heart full of frustration.
Deep beneath the Crystal Sea Area, all was deathly still.
Inside a gigantic Crystal Conch.
Jiang Ping An had