The situation facing Yu Jing was obvious: the ancient underwater city of R'lyeh had been invaded.
The Deep Ones of R'lyeh were no ordinary fiends. Their strength was second only to the Formless Legion under the Demon Lord.
Moreover, they were in an underwater environment and protected by Cthulhu's divinity, making them extraordinarily powerful in battle... Yet now, they had been slaughtered on a massive scale, with barely any signs of fighting at the scene. This showed that the massacre had been completely one-sided.
For Yu Jing, who was also a Deep One but had his supernatural abilities sealed, encountering the invader meant certain death.
"This spear will have to do for now."
Yu Jing removed the spear from the Death Deep One and examined their wounds at the same time.
The examination yielded an astonishing discovery almost immediately.
"The smooth cuts aren't fatal wounds. The brains of all these Deep Ones were removed... And a pale-yellow aura is diffused through the wounds! Could the invader be... Hastur?"
Yu Jing had known for a long time that the relationship between the King in Yellow—Hastur—and the Lord of the Deep Sea—Cthulhu—was extremely poor. They could be considered fated mortal enemies.
That was why, when Lovecraft first met Yu Jing, he had immediately launched an all-out attack.
The reason was now clear. Hastur had actually invaded R'lyeh and hunted down a large number of Deep Ones.
"Entering R'lyeh alone is only slightly less dangerous than Mount of Demons. Hastur wouldn't do something this dangerous for no reason. Both Hastur's and Cthulhu's secret arts are related to souls... Given the ambitions of the young Hastur, he must be coveting the soul treasure hidden deep within R'lyeh!"
Against an ordinary invader, Yu Jing believed he had some ability. If he encountered one head-on, he