"This looks like a Dragon Fish!"
"A Dragon Fish? No, no. I've heard Dragon Fish are golden all over, with golden scales and dragon horns. Strange phenomena often accompany their appearance, too. Their bloodline is incredibly powerful; Demonic Qi wouldn't infect them so easily..."
"Could it be a Demonic Dragon Carp, then? Fish and carp differ by only one word, but differences in the strength of their bloodlines could still produce different appearances."
"It doesn't look like one of those, either..."
A group of Puppet Masters gathered around the demon, discussing it.
Li Chen took just one look and also felt that the creature resembled a Dragon Fish, but he said with certainty, "This isn't a Dragon Fish."
Li Chongyang asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Li, how can you tell?"
The others were still only speculating. Li Chen's tone seemed a little too categorically firm.
Li Chen smiled without answering. Was he supposed to tell Li Chongyang that he had seen Dragon Fish before, and had even caught two in one go? Even if he said it, someone would have to believe him!
After all, this was not the Vast Sea. The Twin Fish Master Artisan's reputation had yet to reach this place.
"Dragon Fish have unusual, archaic features, with dragon whiskers, scales, and horns..."
He briefly described the Dragon Fish's features, only to suddenly feel an inexplicable stirring in his bloodline, as though some indescribable pressure weighed upon him.
The disturbance came from his Kun Blood Essence. His combat body had been created through the biological weapon modification methods of the Kun Blood Warriors, giving it powerful cosmic Dao instincts. It could even perform the cosmic Dao technique, Heaven and Earth in the Palm.
Others might have struggled to notice, but he vaguely sensed the surrounding world barrier contracting. An