A Genuine Fox

Lin Jun landed at the center of the Stone Stele, completely entering the energy that contained the Heavenly Tribulation.

He felt the surging, frenzied energy around him. It resembled the Sea Demons' energy so closely that it seemed to have been extracted directly from them.

Without a doubt, this energy was the source of power for all the Sea Demons throughout the Desolate Sea—the foundation of their rapid recovery.

This was bait.

Lin Jun had nearly instantly understood Su Ming's intentions. Without question, Su Ming was not here. This lair had merely been fashioned as a temporary construct.

It could also be said that Su Ming had directly abandoned this place. He had even left behind this Heavenly Tribulation energy solely to prevent Lin Jun from pursuing him.

It seemed Su Ming truly had been gravely wounded, to the point of cutting off his tail to survive.

This was not a trap so much as a choice Su Ming had placed before Lin Jun.

If he accepted this Heavenly Tribulation energy, then given how utterly incompatible Lin Jun's constitution was with it, absorbing it would take at least several years—and that was already an optimistic estimate.

That would give Su Ming the chance to recuperate.

But if Lin Jun abandoned this energy, the Sea Demons outside would completely come back to life. And with the addition of this Sea Demon Heavenly Tribulation energy, they would be utterly unlike what they had been before.

The kind of move Lin Jun had used last time, wiping out every Sea Demon with a single strike, would be impossible against this new wave of Sea Demons.

Should he first deal with the Sea Demons that were about to revive, or pursue Su Ming? It was a dilemma.

And honestly, it could hardly even be