Deep in the Sea of No Light.
The Nightmare Star had transformed into the Twisted Iron Will. Its hull was several times larger, and it descended at an incredible speed.
A closer look would reveal a layer of crystalline mucus covering the hull. This was the effect of the Abyss Potion, which gave the drinker's bodily fluids the ability to ignore water resistance, allowing them to move freely through water, unaffected by changes in water pressure.
This effect could also be applied to other objects simply by coating them in one's bodily fluids, so Yang Yi had ordered the Maw of Gluttony to smear saliva over the entire ship, giving the Nightmare Star a similar effect.
"We're already more than ten thousand meters down, and there's still no sign of it. Could our direction be off?"
Yang Yi was puzzled. The direction the Pioneer Ritual had given him back then was down, but even a slight deviation of one or two degrees could make an enormous difference over a long distance.
Yang Yi's Three Eyes were severely restricted in this pitch-black sea. Their visual range had shrunk, and he even found that it decreased further as they descended.
"The direction should be right. At least we're on a path it once occupied."
Su Na replied while surveying their surroundings, but there was nothing there except seawater.
"That unidentified creature's presence has completely destroyed the ecological balance. Wherever it passes, it can cause widespread ecological extinction, so we should be in the right place. If other fish appear, it'll mean we've veered off course. We can use that to further establish our direction."
She explained the basis for her judgment, and it did make sense.
Judging by the earlier disappearance of the sea monsters, this thing was most likely so terrifying