Lan Fozi's laughter rang through the deep sea like bells wrapped in flowing water as she spun in circles and chattered away.
She talked about a new coral reef she had recently discovered in the Demonic Whale Sea Region, about all the glowing jellyfish there that she had never seen before, and about wanting to return to see them glow at night.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King listened, occasionally nodding or answering with a quiet "Mm."
His gaze rested on Lan Fozi, watching her swim through the water, watching the pale golden halo that the seabed's eerie blue light cast over her eyes.
But his senses were not truly focused on her.
As he spoke with Lan Fozi, his spiritual energy was spreading in every direction in an exceptionally secretive manner.
That spiritual energy was unobtrusive and carried no detectable energy fluctuations. It was like a layer of invisible ink slowly poured into the sea, spreading along every current, every boundary between water temperatures, and every trail of water stirred by passing fish, reaching toward every corner of the ocean.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's authority was sea's fury, but fury was only his surface.
Beneath that Divine Seat shrouded in rage lay something more fundamental.
The ocean itself.
The connection between the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's senses and the ocean ran deeper than he had anticipated when he first entered the Divine Domain.
He could feel himself forming a connection with every inch of water in this sea region. The undercurrents and whirlpools he had once needed to probe repeatedly to detect now appeared clearly in his consciousness, as though they were extensions of his fingers.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was in no hurry to find Bo Saixi's trail. He was simply feeling.
Feeling