In the battle that destroyed everything, Lu Cang's core was destroyed countless times.
And regenerated just as many times.
Fortunately, none of these attacks had been aimed at Lu Cang or specifically targeted his "core," so even after its destruction, there was still plenty of time for it to regenerate.
Although the "core" was the entirety of who he was,
it was not entirely him.
Lu Cang could alter his core to a certain extent, making it better suited to survive in its environment.
As for the "core" beneath the Sea Abyss,
Lu Cang was observing it as well.
He could see monsters emerging from fissures in the Sea Abyss. They were fissures in the dungeons.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to call them lairs.
Monsters emerged from the lairs, but they were completely unlike the monsters he had known before. The ones now appearing from the Sea Abyss didn't have towering bodies.
Nor did they have complicated forms.
They were almost indistinguishable from ordinary people, as if they were simply humans with some monstrous features.
As he watched,
Lu Cang felt his talent activate.
"Deepest Truth" had been triggered.
When a "female" monster with empty eyes emerged from a lair, Lu Cang felt his consciousness sink into a trance for an instant.
But the next moment,
his talent dispelled the trance completely.
As the trance lifted, Lu Cang understood what was happening...
Wherever it appeared, it created a hallucinatory space. Anyone within its range would see illusions.
This was a ninth-tier monster.
Could it be the legendary Lair Lord?
Every lair had a master.
According to popular speculation, the strongest monster in a legendary lair was the ninth-tier Lair Lord.
As for reliable records...
Heh. There were none.
Even the existence of "lairs" was little more than a