"How did the Southern Sea end up like this?"
Li Qing was somewhat stunned. Shadow Paper Dolls spread out from beneath his feet and swiftly headed into the ocean.
Strands of abnormal black aura surfaced over the sea. The seawater itself looked exceedingly gloomy, with countless shadows reflected across the seabed along with the waves.
The Shadow Paper Dolls quickly passed through the sunlit shallows and headed toward the deep-sea region.
Yet after descending less than ten zhang, the seawater had already become incomparably dim, with barely any light remaining.
Li Qing observed the seabed through the Shadow Paper Dolls, his expression growing increasingly grave.
The ocean floor was steeped in deathly stillness. A few fish could still be seen in the shallows, but once they reached this slightly deeper region, there was nothing to be seen at all.
Several shells appeared in his sight, but when he examined them closely, he was startled.
Every one of those shells had undergone some abnormal change. Twisted tentacles extended from within them.
Deep inside the shells were pairs of dark green eyes.
The tentacles constantly writhed along the seabed, even fighting one another.
A ferocious head suddenly thrust out from one shell, abruptly doubling in size in the water before biting another shell cleanly in half.
Crack.
With a crisp sound, wriggling flesh could be seen where the shell had broken. The flesh was covered in countless growths, densely packed and minuscule beyond measure.
New tentacles were constantly sprouting from the broken section as well.
That horrifying sight made even Li Qing's scalp tingle slightly.
"Has this mutation spread across the entire seabed?"
"What's the situation with the Dragon Palaces of the four directions?"
"Could it be that the Dragon Palaces have been completely wiped out?!"
At that thought, his expression changed