Kraken's mental fluctuations echoed in the core of the lair, with a calm determination that instantly calmed the restlessness and uneasiness in the hearts of Tieshan and Mo Yuan.
"Mo Yuan is right." He said slowly, and the movement of the tips of his arms and legs stopped. The spreading withering Soul Power did not retract, but quietly penetrated into the periphery of the nest as if it were alive. Every inch of rock wall and every ray of sea water slowly merges with the existing natural hidden force field, as if weaving an invisible large net. "If we get rid of them and completely expose the position, we may not only face these small fish and shrimps."
He raised his "eyes" slightly, as if he could penetrate the thick rock formations and see the Poseidon Island soul masters who were carefully exploring in the distance.
"Sea Dragon Douluo... and other holy pillars." There wasn't much emotion in his voice, but when he mentioned this name, the sea water in the lair seemed to freeze for a moment. He knew very well that in the battle with Sea Spear, he had won miserably. He had caught the other party's carelessness, and he had taken advantage of the information gap that the other party did not know about his poison. If he faced an opponent like Shanghai Dragon, who was level 98, experienced, and was probably wary of him, the outcome of victory or defeat would be unpredictable.
"Those small characters..." Kraken said with a hint of cold indifference in his tone, "Killing them will expose our existence, and may even make them alert in advance and gather stronger power. The gain is not worth the loss."
He looked at Mo Yuan, with a flash of approval in his eyes. "It's good that you can think of this. Knowing when to be patient and when to explode is the way to survive."
Little Moyuan felt Kraken's approval, his lavender eyes lit up, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly, conveying a mental wave of "understanding".
Tieshan's huge head also lowered slightly, indicating that it accepted this decision. Its previous worries were more out of instinctive anxiety about the safety of the group. Kraken's calm analysis also made it realize that forbearance at this moment was indeed the best choice.
"Then we... just let them wander outside now?" Tieshan was still a little aggrieved. It was unbearable to have such a weak existence wandering around the door of the house.
"Of course not." Kraken's mental fluctuations brought a strange, almost hunter-like patience and playfulness, "If they want to find it, let them find it slowly. But this is my lair, not their back garden."
His huge body slowly stretched out, and a more obscure and subtle power extended and spread outward along the Soul Power that had been integrated into the environment.
"Tieshan, Mo Yuan, restrain all your Soul Power fluctuations, especially the blood aura. From now on, the entire nest will enter the deepest state of 'silence'. Without my permission, no existence shall actively leak a trace of aura, and shall not have any Soul Power interaction with the outside world."
Tieshan and Mo Yuan immediately followed suit. Tieshan's huge body seemed to have turned into a rock on the seabed, and even his breathing became imperceptible. Mo Yuan also clung to a piece of Rock, using its natural hiding properties to blend his light blue figure with Rock.
Kraken himself also fell completely silent. The seven arms and legs and Scorpion Tail seemed to have lost their vitality and drooped softly. The ice blue eyes were completely closed, and all the outward aura was restrained to the extreme. He seemed to have turned into a real ancient reef full of cracks, lifeless.
But inside his body, an invisible and huge "Spider Web" based on withering, mixed with his own poisonous characteristics and subtle perception of life energy, is quietly opening.
This "Spider Web" is not used for attack or defense. Its function is to sense, guide, and... confuse.
Kraken integrates his spirit, like the tiniest thread, into this network of withering Soul Power. The nodes of the network are the naturally formed energy vortices, geothermal vents, Rock cracks outside the lair, as well as the obscure Soul Power that he quietly laid out, containing the withering.
Through this net, he can "feel" the energy flow in the vast sea outside the lair, the strength of the breath of life, and... the movements of those uninvited guests in an extremely vague way, but the coverage range far exceeds his own Soul Power direct perception.
He "saw" that the Soul Masters of Sea God Island, led by Demon Soul Great White Shark, were divided into several teams, conducting methodical net-like searches along the complex seabed terrain. The detectors in their hands emitted a faint light, and their actions were cautious and professional. They kept in contact with each other through specific Soul Power fluctuations or gestures.
"Sure enough, they are well-trained... They are elite reconnaissance units." Kraken thought to himself. He did not "touch" or interfere with these scouts, but quietly, like the most advanced lurker, observed their every move, analyzing their search patterns, detection ranges, distances between each other, and reaction speeds.
At the same time, he controlled the invisible "Spider Web" and began to make extremely subtle adjustments. He did not directly obscure the existence of the nest - doing so would cause a strong reaction from the detector. He just cleverly guided the natural flow of the surrounding sea currents, allowing them to more "naturally" bypass the complex reef area where the entrance to the nest is located, forming a "blind spot" in terms of vision and energy perception.
A few miles away from the nest entrance, in a trench area with relatively chaotic energy and complex terrain, Kraken used "Spider Web" to quietly "project" an extremely weak Soul Power wave that imitated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's unconscious emission after being injured, and allowed it to slowly spread, attenuate, and finally dissipate in the turbulence of the trench.
He also selected several Rock gaps or hot spring mouths that looked suspicious but were actually safe, and through Soul Power interference, the energy readings there showed subtle and unstable fluctuations under detection.
These operations are extremely subtle, and the Soul Power consumed is insignificant to the current Kraken, but the effects are gradually apparent.
Outside, Sea God Island's reconnaissance team began to have some confusion.
"Captain, an abnormal Soul Power residue was detected in area three. It's very weak, but... it feels like a high-level Sea Soul Beast, and may be injured!" A Soul Saint reported to the team leader Soul Douluo.
Captain Soul Douluo immediately led the team there. After a careful search, they only found a trench with chaotic energy. The remaining Soul Power fluctuations had almost dissipated and could not be traced.
"Report, the energy reading of the No. 7 hot spring mouth is unstable, and there are signs of short-term life reaction!" A message came from another team.
After searching, they found nothing but boiling hot water and the smell of sulfur.
Similar "false signals" began to appear sporadically, disrupting the originally orderly search rhythm of the reconnaissance team. They had to allocate more energy to investigate these suspicious points, and the search progress was virtually slowed down. More importantly, the frequent "crying wolves" made some team members begin to feel tired and doubtful, and their vigilance decreased unconsciously.
The real target - the entrance of Moyuan Nest, under the clever disguise and guidance of the invisible "Spider Web", seemed to blend into the background, "coincidentally" evading the most careful detection of the reconnaissance team again and again. Occasionally, detection fluctuations swept across the entrance area, but they were also disturbed by the adjusted, seemingly "natural" energy flow and background radiation, and failed to attract enough attention.
Time passed slowly in a strange game of silence and darkness.
In the nest, although Tieshan and Mo Yuan cannot perceive the outside world as clearly as Kraken, they can feel the deep and quiet control that permeates the nest. The threats from the outside seem to be separated by an invisible barrier. Although they have not disappeared, they are no longer as suffocating as before. Their awe and trust in Kraken have unknowingly deepened.
Kraken is like the most patient spider, dormant in the center of the web, calmly observing every move in the outside world through the extended "spider thread", evaluating the opponent, and perfecting his disguise.