At this very moment.
Feeling the aura of the flesh-and-blood puppet before him at close range—an aura even somewhat stronger than Ruibote's.
Though an aura was merely an aura.
This puppet's [Innate Divine Ability] and [Domain] had already been greatly damaged, relying entirely on blood-red crystals to make up for its deficiencies in combat power. Its actual combat strength might not necessarily be greater than Ruibote's.
Still, Ling Wuyuan was quite satisfied with this creation of his.
"Very good~"
"Looks like it will make a fine testing tool..."
That was right.
A testing tool.
Even though this newly created puppet definitely possessed actual combat power at the [Heart Domain Realm] level, enough to qualify as a treasured legacy artifact kept in reserve by many factions.
Ling Wuyuan merely regarded it as a testing tool of sorts.
A testing tool specifically meant to test that Mobile Ancient Ruins.
He did not care much about it at all.
The next moment.
As Ling Wuyuan and his puppet vanished from where they stood and headed into the distance.
The dark gray fog that had blanketed the entire sea also began to thin automatically at a rate visible to the naked eye.
In merely a dozen or so seconds.
The sea of mist that had filled the entire field of vision moments ago was nowhere to be seen.
Only the waves remained...
Seeing this.
No one atop that coastal defensive line dared to lower their guard.
After all, those dense mists had been truly strange in their eyes.
They had come strangely.
And departed even more strangely.
They had no choice but to remain on high alert.
Especially once they noticed that, even though the gray mist tide had receded, the entire sea remained utterly silent.
That sense of unease drove their vigilance soaring