"Given how adeptly you use Mental Power, you can't be some mindless, lowly creature."
Reilo taunted the creature that lay motionless before him.
"So you're pretending. You're afraid. What secret could make you so terrified that you won't even communicate?"
Reilo reached out and touched the many-legged creature as if petting a lamb. Then, with casual ease, he lifted it up and examined it closely.
To the other creatures, Reilo's gaze was truly terrifying.
He wasn't looking at it like a living being, but like a piece of rock. After studying countless biological specimens, nearly every high-ranking scholar had developed the ability to discern a creature's physiology and evolutionary traits at a glance. Under such an invasive, penetrating gaze, it felt as though every private detail was laid bare before the scholar's eyes, as if the sharpest scalpel were tracing the finest contours of its muscles.
"You're not Eternal Darkness? Enough..."
Unable to bear the fear any longer, the many-legged creature roared through its Mental Power, resisting Reilo's invasive gaze.
At last, Reilo received the response he wanted. A satisfied smile touched his lips.
"Tell me everything."
These creatures, which resembled many-legged sea worms, were called Haiyou. They had once been native to a certain stretch of ocean.
After observing Nason Island for a long time, they discovered that it flew over their waters along a fixed route once every three years. They came to worship the sky island as a totem, dreaming of reaching the so-called paradise above.
Over the years, they had repeatedly tried to conquer the sky island, but its fearsome guardians had always defeated them.
Until one day.
A being named Hongguang found them and bestowed upon them a powerful ability: Superbody Transformation.
With Hongguang leading them, they defeated the guardians and became the island's rulers.