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Fortunately, the circumstances this time had been unusual. The enemy already had a Greater Divine Power holding the fort and formidable forces besides. When they stumbled upon Tang Changsheng and the others, they had rushed out in full strength.
It had never occurred to them that a band of Eastern Glory Loose Immortals, each only on par with Feeble Divine Power, would turn the tables and kill them.
As a result, they had not even left themselves a last-resort safeguard.
Of course, if Tang Changsheng and the others had arrived a little later, the Nightmare Shell's consciousness would have escaped its seal. By then, it would have fled without a trace, and there was no chance it would have fallen into Tang Changsheng's hands.
All he could say was that they had been lucky!
"But why is this Shuttle Snail actually called the Nightmare Shell?"
Tang Changsheng was puzzled. Names could be chosen at random, but a name—or rather, a title—that represented power could not possibly have been chosen carelessly!
Never mind that. Escape the danger first!
Tang Changsheng had not forgotten that storms were raging throughout the Chaos Sea. If they did not get away quickly, who knew what danger might befall them?
He especially suspected that what was happening had much to do with the appearance of the Cinnamon Osmanthus.
The thought kept a sense of crisis burning in him!
"If I plant this fragment of my spirit deep in the Nightmare Shell's consciousness as a Heavenly Heart Seed, it should be enough to control it!"
As soon as the thought struck him, Tang Changsheng acted. His fragment of consciousness took the