"Abyssal Star Puffer?" Xia Ming's gaze swept over its highly distinctive features.
Especially the single eye and the star map across its back. His brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
In a low voice, he named a species that had long vanished, mentioned only occasionally in a handful of legends.
Relevant information flashed rapidly through his memory.
It was an apex predator that had lived in an era even more ancient than the present Deep Sea Demon Whale clan.
Legend had it that they could draw upon the power of the stars and resonate with the tides of the deep sea. They had once competed with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at the height of his power for the title of overlord.
For unknown reasons, they had ultimately vanished completely into the river of history and were believed to have gone extinct long ago.
Feeling the viscous, heavy pressure emanating from the other party, as tangible as substance itself, Xia Ming silently assessed:
"Far stronger than the four Limit Douluo-level Sea Soul Beasts I killed outside Sea God Island back then...
"Even more dangerous than the Beast Lord overlords I subdued in the deep sea these past days.
"Its cultivation must be at least eight hundred thousand years—perhaps it has even crossed the threshold of nine hundred thousand years."
This was a terrifying existence on the level of a living fossil, one that had truly survived from ancient times, remained hidden from the world, and only emerged now.
Yet Xia Ming's gaze did not linger long on this Abyssal Star Puffer, one capable of shaking the entire Soul Master world of Douluo Continent.
His eyes instantly pierced through the oppressive presence of its enormous body.
They fell upon the comparatively "small" yet familiar figure floating quietly behind and to the side