Lu Hao did not pay it much mind. After all, the overall situation favored humanity. Moreover, after reaching Rank Nine, energy was still useful, but its uses were limited. What mattered more beyond Rank Nine was the Origin Dao.
After emerging from the ruins, Lu Hao did not hurry back to Hope City. Seeing the Forbidden Sea had reminded him of something: his divine weapon was still only a Rank-Seven divine weapon. It no longer provided him with any meaningful boost, leaving only its hardness. As for the chaotic demon beasts he had killed in King Battle Land, they could not be used at all. Their entire bodies contained chaotic energy, making them unsuitable for forging divine weapons.
Everything he had seized was intact divine weaponry; he had no high-rank demon beast corpses. Looking at the Forbidden Sea before him, Lu Hao thought of the giant octopus he had encountered on his way here. Dealing with that giant octopus now would be effortless. Besides, fighting within the Forbidden Sea meant the disturbances would not spread outside. It was the perfect place to fight. After breaking through to Rank Nine, he could even head deeper into the Forbidden Sea to hunt and accumulate Slaughter Points.
Having made up his mind, Lu Hao activated Stealth and headed toward the Forbidden Sea. Though this was merely a tributary and it was unlikely that a peak demon beast would appear, he still activated Stealth just in case. It would not be too late to deactivate it once he started luring prey below.
After entering the Forbidden Sea, Lu Hao's perception range was compressed to around a hundred meters. This was only possible because his Mental Power had surpassed ten thousand. Before that major breakthrough, his perception range had been less than ten meters. Lu