[That head lean was so practiced, and Gugu didn't dodge at all. Clearly they snuggle plenty in private.]
[Thank goodness, a magnifying glass! We're saved!]
[Seriously, with all these apocalypse rumors online, how are you still shipping them?! I get so nervous every time I watch the show.]
[Would not shipping them stop the apocalypse? (shrugs)]
[Haven't you heard? Even if you die, you should die well fed. (shrugs)]
[Holy shit, that theory actually makes damn good sense.]
Countless paths branched through the underwater caves, but guided by the beetles' secretions, the two swam smoothly, barely having to backtrack. Finally, after passing through an exceptionally spacious cavern, they came upon a stretch of level ground almost as large as the Sea Lord Temple.
At the center of that level ground, countless hole-riddled rocks stood clustered around a fiery red coral that resembled human blood vessels or a withered tree. It stood proudly, a full five or six meters tall, with the lustrous texture of red jade. Up close, however, countless fist-sized holes were visible in that red jade, presumably for the Four-Claws to inhabit as parasites.
The trail of mucus secreted by the beetles ended here.
Clearly, this was where the Four-Claws had returned after fleeing.
The Sea Lord's true form was this fiery red coral.
Thinking of it that way, it was no wonder it had never shown its true form over all these years, only spreading terrifying rumors.
[Whoa, the Sea Lord is actually worth a fortune! I've never seen coral that big. It's even bigger than the one in Empresses in the Palace.]
[Empresses scholars really are everywhere.]
[You know, this Sea Lord is actually pretty nice-looking.]
[Is it? What if a Four-Claw crawled out of every hole?]
[Ummm, thank you, kind stranger. Instantly lost its