In the boundless sea, a girl with a cold, vacant expression stood aboard a strange black skiff. She sailed against the wind, searching for the next gathering of Evil Spirit Orcas.
Wherever she went, the azure water grew murky, tinged with an ominous red.
The sea breeze stirred her hair, stained by Scarlet Rot, revealing several crimson strands spreading from the roots.
Like the rot itself, the color was ominous yet vivid.
Not far behind her, the Sea Witch rode a Demon Soul Great White Shark. She avoided the reddened water and followed cautiously.
Fear and astonishment deepened on the Sea Witch's face.
As she followed, she watched Dugu Yan use the guidance of the Sea God Examination to find one small group of Evil Spirit Orcas after another.
And then...
The frenzied cannibalism began.
With the extraordinary spiritual power of a Titled Douluo and a member of the Mermaid Clan, the Sea Witch sensed firsthand the strange, horrifying events within each group.
Red seawater carried rotting fish and shrimp through the orcas, infecting them one by one and dragging them into a realm of decay.
Holes pierced their bodies, and strange hardened growths formed on their skin...
The Sea Witch saw every stage of their transformation.
They went from vigorous, healthy Soul Beasts straight into decay, without even passing through death!
How was that possible?
How could creatures so thoroughly rotten still be alive?
Was this power... really something a Soul Master should possess?
A power that made all things rot... It was the enemy of life!
The more the Sea Witch watched, the colder her spine grew.
To her senses, Dugu Yan's Soul Power did not feel particularly strong, though there was something strange about it.
By Soul Power Level alone, she was close to a Soul Emperor.