Joining Forces to Hunt the Shark, Changheng Seizes the Corpse! The Main Nascent Soul Ingredient Secured, Layers of Conspiracy Emerge

It was the dead of night.

In the outer waters of the Azure Abyss Sea, the weather changed abruptly.

A moment ago, the night sky had held a bright moon and scattered stars. In an instant, clouds black as thick ink swallowed it whole. Fierce winds rose, howling in from every direction and whipping up towering waves, churning the sea into a boiling cauldron.

Rain poured down, its drops dense as arrows. The howls of demon beasts rose one after another in the distance-some shrill, some savage, some eerie-echoing across the water, as though the entire Demon-Monster Sea had awakened at that moment.

Whoosh!

A streak of deep-blue escape light shot over the sea, piercing the curtain of rain as it sped onward. A thick barrier of magical power enveloped the figure within, smashing the oncoming wind and rain to pieces.

That figure was none other than Master Cao, tall and gaunt-faced, with a lotus crown atop his head.

His expression was grave, his gaze sharp. His divine sense spread out, continually sweeping the sea ahead through the rain, as though searching for something.

Behind him, however, a shadow like a ripple in water followed soundlessly, neither too close nor too far. Even with his powerful divine sense extended, Master Cao remained utterly unaware.

It was exceedingly strange.

Over this sea, amid the rain and surging moisture, Lin Chang's fire arts were somewhat suppressed. But with the Water-Shadow Stealth Demonic Art, Water-Control Monster Art, Water-Repelling Demonic Art, and so many other water-attribute demonic arts at his disposal, was this not another way of being a fish in water?

With the Breath-Concealment Demonic Art and his perfected Mirage-Tower Illusion Concealment Art supporting him, his concealment was all the more complete.

His aura was restrained to its utmost. There was no spiritual