Lin Mo and "Senior Cao" were not actually all that close.
Back in the Southern Frontier, they had merely been allies, working together to restore its earth veins before finally slaying the Drought Demon and resolving the Desolation Calamity.
It was worth mentioning that Senior Cao was also the only spirit plant Lin Mo had ever met that had attained the Dao. His true body was an algal life-form at the bottom of the deep sea!
"Uncle Cao won't die. He has spore clones. Even if his true body perishes, he can regenerate endlessly..."
Not far from Lin Mo, Hai Beier murmured softly, her eyes already rimmed with red.
That might be true, but who knew what divine abilities the mysterious fiend accompanying the Tai Sui Gate High Priest possessed?
Although spore clones could preserve his life, if his primordial spirit were destroyed, those clones would likely need tens of thousands of years to grow into peak fifth-tier life-forms again!
Moreover, even Hai Beier did not know whether the new life born from them would retain his old memories!
"The Deep Sea Stone Formation has been passed down since Primordial Antiquity. Unless a mighty being descends from the Upper Realm, no one can break it."
After a brief moment of thought, the gaunt old man, Heavenly Sword Mountain's Grand Supreme Elder Yang Fenggu, spoke softly. "Young friend Lin, you come from the Azure Cloud Sect. Everyone in your sect is now under the Sea Tribe's protection, so their safety is assured."
"Those two old turtles have invincible defenses. Even if they're no match for that Old Witch, they can certainly protect themselves. By now, they must have returned to the Spirit Turtle Sect and led their disciples into the deep sea."
"If my guess is correct, that mysterious fiend must