"It's right up ahead. There's an underwater ruin there, but it's actually where the native creatures live. We investigated it before and discovered three Mermaid Clan experts at the second-stage Supreme Tenth Heaven, along with over a hundred Mermaid Clan members at the first-stage Supreme Tenth Heaven."
An Shaomu pointed toward a spot in the distance and spoke.
Mu Qing looked over and indeed saw an underwater ruin in the distance, shrouded by a Barrier. Yet it was obvious that the Barrier had been damaged by some external force. It was dim and dull, with a massive hole torn through it.
"Death qi."
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes. From the breach in the Barrier, he could sense wisps of death qi drifting out.
He could even clearly sense that this death qi was distinctly far more advanced than what he had encountered before.
The power of death on Wu Mu and his group had been utterly restrained by Mu Qing's Eternal Life Scripture and was exceedingly frail.
Yet from the death qi merely lingering on this shattered Barrier, Mu Qing could tell that its quality was immensely high—fully comparable to the power of life he had cultivated through the Eternal Life Scripture.
"Looks like someone got in before us," Mu Qing said in a deep voice.
He glanced at An Shaomu beside him. "Why don't you wait outside? I'll go in and see what's going on."
The other man's injuries had yet to recover. Mu Qing did not think he would be of any help if he followed along, and he might even become a burden.
An Shaomu understood the situation as well. After hesitating briefly, he said, "If you cannot defeat E Hun, retreat at once. I can use a secret art to take you away with me. Not