"While Lord Abyss Bone was wiping out the remaining blessed lands in the East China Sea, he sensed an immensely terrifying formation fluctuation deep inland! And a few days ago, America's fleet was annihilated in the East China Sea. The humans used some method capable of unleashing thunderstorms across heaven and earth. Even the king ordered us to get to the bottom of it."
Ao Lie swung his massive body, accelerating again.
"Humans may have frail bodies, but they always manage to cobble together strange sources of external power. Until we've figured out that mysterious force, we must not reveal our presence on land."
"Then where are we going now?" the giant crab asked.
"West, along this freshwater artery called the Yangtze River." Ao Lie took out a faintly glowing jade disk.
An extremely faint red dot flickered on its surface.
"This is the Demon-Seeking Compass Lord Abyss Bone bestowed upon us. Within a range of five hundred li, no creature possessing the Demon Tribe's bloodline can escape its detection."
Ao Lie stared at the jade disk, his voice chilling.
"The king has spoken. Find the trail of that surviving Demon Prince and capture him alive. Bring him back to the deep sea. If he dares resist, devour him on the spot."
"If those human cultivators hiding inside inland formations get in our way, kill them too."
The three Core Formation sea beasts fell silent.
Like three black arrows loosed from bowstrings, they swam swiftly along the broad riverbed toward the depths of the mainland.
Above them, an unmanned patrol boat swept its searchlight across the river. It found nothing.
An undercurrent was silently drawing closer.
Several hundred kilometers upstream along the Yangtze River lay a major tributary called the Han River.
Following the Han River would lead straight to