While Cheng Yu was bickering with the system, deep beneath the sea...
An enormous figure locked onto the location of the Wings of Hope, where Cheng Yu was. He had thick, rough, catfish-like skin, small winglike fins, webbed feet, and a long snout.
He was the Sea of Death, one of the nine Weird Kings of San Lorenzo World.
What most people did not know, however, was that the Sea of Death preferred another name: the Death Herald.
When General Evil Shadow shattered Night World and drained away all its world power, every Weird King sensed it, and Xiao Ge Ruan was no exception.
As the Weird King with the largest inner world, Xiao Ge Ruan watched over all the creatures of Saint Lorenzo.
Within his personal inner world, the Sea of Dreamlands, Xiao Ge Ruan monitored every creature's dreams, because creatures did not lie in their dreams.
Xiao Ge Ruan was also one of the more low-profile Weird Kings, apart from choosing the location for his weird city when he first descended and triggering the recent specter tide in Sea City.
There were virtually no records of Xiao Ge Ruan harming humans, not because he was "kind," but because, in his eyes, he knew everything about Saint Lorenzo and thus had no further desires.
Nor was his weird city devoid of other Weird beings. Sea Ghosts, a unique type of Weird, were Xiao Ge Ruan's creations.
The sea was his domain as well, so whether in the inner world or the material world, Xiao Ge Ruan was the Weird King with the largest territory!
And just last night, he had sensed it. Though it was only an insignificant trace, he had still caught a wisp of a Weird King's presence-Evil Shadow's presence.
Following that trace, Xiao Ge Ruan decided