Deep in Nest No. 2, Kraken maintains the perception of "Spider Web". The invisible web woven with withering Soul Power "sees" the seabed scene with a radius of dozens of miles. "Arrived at the outskirts of the lair, the Sea God Island reconnaissance team, under his clever interference, was running in vain between several preset false signal points like headless flies. Their patience was gradually being worn away, and the efficiency of the search was visibly reduced.
However, what really touched his mind was the increasingly clear and faint ripples on the southwest edge of "Spider Web" with the same origin.
Here she comes.
The speed is very slow, like a seriously injured and dying giant whale trudging through the darkness. Every weak pulse of Soul Power reveals indescribable fatigue and bone-deep pain. The majestic and vast essence of life is swaying like a candle in the wind at this moment.
The other two auras surrounding her were equally weak, but still tenaciously guarding her, like the most loyal shadow guards. The purest and weakest new aura was carefully protected.
Demon Empress, the wife of the former overlord Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, is now dragging her seriously injured body, following the extremely obscure "gap" left by Kraken, which can only be felt by blood, slowly but firmly approaching the reef maze in the darkness.
Her route selection was extremely subtle, cleverly taking advantage of the gaps in the Sea God Island reconnaissance team's search, just like the most experienced stalker. Obviously, during the years of pursuit, she had already ingrained stealth and survival into her instincts.
"Master..." Tieshan's mental fluctuations were accompanied by uncontrollable trembling, which was a mixture of excitement, worry and complex emotions that were almost like a pilgrimage. Even through the thick Rock and the long distance, it could also vaguely feel that the noble and sad aura of the same origin was approaching. Little Moyuan pressed its body tightly against the rock wall, looking at the southwest with its lavender eyes without blinking. The throbbing coming from the depths of its blood made it feel both intimate and uneasy.
"She came, more cautious and weaker than expected." Kraken's voice sounded in their consciousness, calm without any waves, "But the shadow of the pursuers has never completely dissipated. I sense that further away, there is a giant beast hidden under the undercurrent of the deep sea that may pounce at any time."
"Then let's..." Tieshan asked eagerly, with fire burning in its one eye. It wished it could rush out immediately and guard the queen.
"Act as planned." Kraken interrupted, "Keep absolute silence. She needs to find her own way. Any leaked Soul Power fluctuations may become a beacon. Our mission is to ensure that the 'gap' is not discovered by Sea God Island's people, and to provide her with the final cover when she arrives."
He was no longer distracted and focused all his attention on the control of "Spider Web". The homologous pulling force pointing to the nest was controlled more subtly by him, like the only faint starlight visible to a lost traveler in the dark night. At the same time, he mobilized more withered Soul Power, like the most patient painter, to make the already complex and changeable energy field near the entrance of the nest more chaotic and more "natural".
A small team of the reconnaissance team, led by Demon Soul Great White Shark, happened to patrol less than 300 meters away from the path guided by the "gap". The leader, Captain Soul Douluo, frowned, and the detector indicator in his hand trembled slightly, showing extremely complex energy background radiation in the area ahead, mixed with weak but difficult-to-analyze interference signals similar to volcanic sulfur and the metabolism of some anaerobic bacteria. This still caught his attention.
"Captain, the energy readings ahead are abnormal, but the pattern is very... natural, like geothermal activity plus some special microbial communities." A Soul Saint team member who is good at Soul Power detection reported in a low voice.
Captain Soul Douluo stopped and scanned the dark reef area in front of him sharply. The sea water flowed slowly here, and the light almost completely disappeared. Only the faint light from Soul Tool showed the outline of the jagged rocks. He instinctively felt a trace of disharmony, but the feeling was extremely vague, as if it was just the depression caused by the deep sea environment itself.
"Send two 'Sea Dog' over to carefully explore the reef area, especially the points with the highest energy readings." He ordered in a deep voice. Sea Dog is a low-level Sea Soul Beast domesticated by Sea God Island. It is small in size, has a keen sense of smell and Soul Power, and is often used for preliminary exploration of dangerous areas.
Two Soul Beast, which look like sea otters but are covered with fine scales, separated from the group and swam quietly into the darkness ahead. They nimbly shuttled between the rocks, their noses flaring, and their tiny eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly.
Inside the lair, Kraken's "Spider Web" clearly sensed the approach of the two "Sea Dog". They were moving along a carefully disguised path. This path was one of the many misleading paths woven by "Spider Web".
"Little trick." Kraken's heart was cold. His thoughts moved slightly, and a purer and more obscure breath of withering, mixed with a bit of humus-like death breath extracted from the corpse of Sea Soul Beast that he had hunted before, quietly penetrated into a Rock crack that the two "Sea Dog" were about to pass by.
The "Sea Dog" people swam near the crack, and one of them suddenly let out an excited low, swam over quickly, and sniffed the crack with its nose. The other one also came up. Soul Power detection showed that there were weak life reactions and Soul Power residue there, much like the traces of some kind of small cave dweller Soul Beast who stayed not long ago.
"What did you find?" Captain Soul Douluo asked the team member controlling "Sea Dog" through the mental connection.
"Reporting to the captain, it is the residual smell and a small amount of fresh secretions from the nest of 'Grey Rock Hagfish'. It may have just left not long ago. The abnormal energy readings should be caused by its activities and the sulfur deposition in the area itself." The team member quickly made a judgment. Grey Rock Hagfish is a low-level Soul Beast commonly found in deep sea rock crevices. It is harmless, but its secretions can indeed interfere with the detection of some Soul Tool.
Captain Soul Douluo's brows relaxed slightly. Hagfish... That makes sense. This Soul Beast's habits and secretions can indeed cause similar interference. He took one last look at the seemingly peaceful reef area, but actually hid mysteries, and waved his hand.
"Continue to move forward and expand the search sector. This is marked as 'Checked out, there is interference from low-level Soul Beast activities', leaving it for subsequent secondary verification."
The reconnaissance team slowly circled the area and continued to explore further. Unknown to them, at the moment they turned around and left, a huge, weak, but majestic and sad shadow slid silently past the edge of the reef area they had just given up exploring. Following the undetectable pull from the same source that only she could sense, it sank into a seemingly naturally formed narrow gap in the depths of the reef that was cleverly covered by currents and shadows.
At the moment when Demon Empress's huge body finally sank into the gap, Kraken controlled "Spider Web" to quietly "erase" the "gap" of the guide, and guided a weak but natural undersea undercurrent, rolling up some sediment and gently covering the almost imperceptible trace of water flow left by Demon Whale Empress when it entered.
The whole process happened silently and under the eyes of the reconnaissance team, but it cleverly took advantage of their blind spots in thinking and their reliance on "natural phenomena".
Inside the entrance to the nest, it was pitch black. There was only the faint sound of the slowly flowing sea water.
After a moment of dead silence, a mental wave that was extremely weak but seemed to carry a huge weight, like a tired sigh, gently rippled through the darkness.
"Is it... here? The aura of the same race..."
Along with this mental fluctuation, a silver body that was so huge that it almost filled the entire entrance passage slowly stopped moving. Her body was covered with criss-crossing horrific wounds, and bones shining with dim silver light could almost be seen in the deepest parts. The silver skin that was originally as gorgeous as the moonlight became dull, Even large pieces peeled off, revealing the burnt black or pale flesh underneath. The most terrifying thing was the crack on her head that almost penetrated the skull. The silver blood had long solidified, but there were still traces of Sisi Mental Power escaping uncontrollably from the crack.
Behind her were two huge Demon Whale Guardss that were scarred and sluggish, but still maintained a vigilant attitude. Under the protection of the shadow of her huge body, a little Demon Whale, which was only more than ten meters long and had a dreamy silver halo flowing all over its body, was timidly looking at this unfamiliar darkness with a pair of pure and sad blue eyes.
Demon Empress, finally arrived at this last haven of hope or despair.
Behind her, the cleverly avoided Sea God Island reconnaissance team, and further away, the cold will of Sea Dragon Douluo staring at the sea like an abyss, are still like a hanging sword, never far away.
Kraken took back most of the perceptions of "Spider Web" and focused entirely on the weak but still exuding invisible pressure at the entrance.