Circling in place.
Zhang Yuan's brows drew together slightly. Instinctively, he felt that was impossible.
Though he did not keep his divine sense spread over the Magic Ship at all times, he checked their course with it now and then. If the Magic Ship really had been circling in place, it could not possibly have escaped his Celestial Person perception.
Yet when Zhang Yuan released his divine sense and investigated, he discovered to his astonishment that the Magic Ship had not moved at all. It had been sitting on the sea for quite some time.
A chill crawled up his spine to his head.
His calm gaze instantly darkened.
Despite his late Celestial Person divine sense and his Talent, [Immaculate Primordial Spirit], his perception had still been deceived. All of this pointed to a True Lord's handiwork.
He had only been at sea for half a day, and a True Lord had already set their sights on him!
Zhang Yuan broke out in a cold sweat, but soon sensed something was wrong.
Something did not add up. Aside from the means used to deceive his divine sense, the souls and mist were far too low-level, and they had discovered the problem far too early. If a True Lord were laying a trap, their methods would never be so limited that Qin Tianyi alone could handle them. Nor would a True Lord let them discover it so soon.
Besides, at this stage, the South Sea Dragon Clan's Dragon Lord could not intervene personally. Deceiving a Celestial Person's divine sense counted as intervention too. Surely the East Sea Dragon Lord would not fail to detect even that.
"It isn't a True Lord acting, but these True Lord methods are undeniably real..." Zhang Yuan murmured.
Rather than a True Lord taking action, what