After following Zhu Mangqi through the Blazing Fire Coral region, Shen Luo spotted a stretch of grayish-white sea rock in the distance. It looked vastly different from the surrounding areas, its uneven surface dotted with circular holes of varying sizes.
"That is the settlement of the Water-Devouring Tribe," Zhu Mangqi explained.
"Since it is their settlement, why can't we see a single Water-Devouring Tribesman?" Shen Luo asked in confusion.
"I don't know. When I came last time, the young of the Water-Devouring Tribe were all playing outside." After observing for a moment, Zhu Mangqi wore an equally puzzled expression.
"Something seems off. I can't sense their auras." Shen Luo swept the area with his Divine Sense and found that the settlement appeared to be devoid of living creatures.
"Forget it. Let's not worry about that for now. We should find the Water-Fire Resonance Pills first." Zhu Mangqi stopped Shen Luo, who was about to investigate more closely.
Shen Luo turned back and saw that Zhu Mangqi was drenched in sweat, his lips somewhat bluish-purple. Knowing that he could not hold out underwater for much longer, Shen Luo nodded.
Then, following Zhu Mangqi, he skirted around the Water-Devouring Tribe's settlement and entered another patch of Blazing Fire Coral. Most of the coral here had already died, forming a forest of grayish-white coral reefs.
After winding through it for quite some time, the two finally arrived outside a strait.
"Brother Zhu, you really are something. You could find such a hidden place?" Shen Luo could not help praising him.
Calling it a strait was less accurate than calling it an underwater fissure. At its widest point, it was only a little over ten feet across, tucked into a crack in the earth amid the coral forest. Ordinary people would have found it