Suddenly!
True Lord Mingxiang and the others' vision went black, and the scene before them changed.
When they looked again, a figure clad in a five-clawed golden dragon imperial robe, like an ancient emperor, came into their sight.
Indeed, who else could it be but Demon Venerable Nether Sea?
At the same time, Demon Venerable Nether Sea noticed that among the gathered Mortal Cultivators before him, only his own Spirit Transformation Immortal Seedling was missing.
His brows immediately furrowed, only to relax again the next instant.
Yet this fleeting emotion appeared quickly and vanished even faster.
So quickly that not a single Mortal Cultivator from either race, including True Lord Mingxiang, noticed it.
Clearly.
There was naturally a reason Demon Venerable Nether Sea did not erupt at once.
Seeing that Demon Venerable Nether Sea seemed unconcerned by Ao Lei's disappearance, Ancient Shark Half-Venerable and the others also secretly breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After all!
They had no desire to bear a Demon Venerable's wrath.
They did not even want to be caught in the spillover!
But was that truly the case?
Perhaps not!
Immediately after!
As before, Demon Venerable Nether Sea asked calmly:
"Was there any result from this mission?"
At these words.
True Lord Mingxiang stepped forward and said respectfully:
"Reporting to Lord Demon Venerable, there is indeed something wrong with Purgatory Continent!
"Not only was the Blood Baleful Mist shrouding Purgatory Continent far thinner than when this junior saw it years ago!
"Even all the Desolate Beasts within the Forbidden Sea had suddenly vanished.
"During these past days, we did not discover a single Desolate Beast."
"What is most worrying is that Purgatory Continent seems to contain an exceedingly terrifying existence."
The moment these words were spoken.
Demon Venerable Nether Sea recalled that the information gathered