Very soon.
The sea breeze gradually began to change.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
At first, it was merely the sound of an ordinary wind.
Cheng Han murmured, "It's here!"
Water Lotus reacted at once and asked, "Venerable One, are you referring to Ghost Wind?"
Cheng Han nodded lightly.
After a while.
"Woooo! Woooo!"
The wind turned into a shrill, mournful howl.
It did not merely ring beside their ears.
It pierced straight into the depths of their souls.
Although Lan Jiayao was a powerhouse at the Mystic Master level, she still felt a faint unease and said softly, "There's something wrong with this sound!"
Water Lotus appropriately displayed a trace of the smug superiority of knowing more. "Mystic Master Lan, Ghost Wind can exert pressure on the soul. That's why you feel this way."
Lan Jiayao frowned and pressed further. "Why is that?"
Water Lotus let out an "Uh" and was immediately stumped.
She only knew what it was, not why it was so.
Cheng Han smiled slightly and interjected at the right moment. "The birth of Ghost Wind draws upon the negative power within souls. It can slowly erode the soul."
That was only a brief explanation; he did not go into too much detail.
Lan Jiayao looked thoughtful.
Water Lotus habitually let out a "Yiya" and echoed, "The Venerable One is right. That's exactly it!"
Cheng Han's gaze shifted imperceptibly toward a Halo floating nearby.
The image at its center.
Clearly displayed a scene from the deep sea.
It was a huge pile of bones.
Its diameter actually exceeded a kilometer. No one knew how many Sea Monster corpses it was made of, yet it floated silently in the vast seawater.
Most shocking of all, enormous squid Tentacles, seeming both real and illusory, covered the surface of the bone pile.