Bo Saixi gazed at Lin Qingmo before her.
She did not brush aside the young man's thanks, merely nodding lightly in acknowledgment.
The brief calm did not make the High Priestess of Sea God Island lower her guard.
Her gaze sharpened slightly as she looked toward the spot where the spatial rift had torn open, her brows tightly furrowed.
"What exactly was that thing chasing you just now?" Bo Saixi asked in a cool voice.
That power had been too evil, too pure.
It was certainly not something an ordinary soul beast or Evil Soul Master could possess.
Even the memory of that oppressive presence, which Sea God's Light itself had recoiled from, still left her shaken.
Lin Qingmo's expression grew unusually solemn.
Looking straight into Bo Saixi's eyes, he said, enunciating every word, "Senior, his name is Wue."
Bo Saixi did not interrupt him, waiting for him to continue.
"He is the ruler of the Burial Sea."
Bo Saixi narrowed her eyes, and the gem atop the Sea God Scepter flickered almost imperceptibly.
She knew that place.
The god-forsaken land, the Burial Sea!
It was a forbidden region sealed by Lord Sea God himself, the darkest, filthiest prison in the entire ocean.
As the Sea God's representative in the mortal world, she had also heard the name "Wue."
He was an evil soul beast!
"You actually went to a place like that and came out alive." Bo Saixi drew a deep breath, calming the turmoil in her heart.
The monster that had nearly emerged from the spatial passage was actually that legendary, peerlessly vicious beast sealed away by Lord Sea God himself!
Had Wue truly descended upon these waters, all of Sea God Island-and even the entire ocean-would surely have faced utter devastation.
"Just luck."
Lin Qingmo did not