In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
During that time, the Asura Domain never launched another large-scale operation outside its borders.
The resources brought back from the Ancient Ruins in the Rocky Mountains were delivered to the various research areas in succession. Rule metal, ancient talismans, Divine Domain-grade materials, and ancient weapons of unknown purpose were all being analyzed little by little.
The Twelve Blood Envoys likewise entered an extended period of cultivation.
Mo Yuan and Yun Mo continued refining their own rules, while Agula, Jiang Chen, Chu Hanjiang, and the others used the resources left by the Ancient Ruins to continually hone their respective paths.
On the surface, the entire Asura Domain was much quieter than before.
But that peace did not last long.
One day, several months later, something unusual happened in the East Sea.
At first, there was only a sudden increase in the number of Eerie in the nearby waters.
Some Eerie creatures that had previously appeared only in the deep sea began frequently approaching the coast.
The East Sea Paranormal Bureau initially paid little attention, since such occurrences were not uncommon after the Eerie Revival.
But as time passed, things began to seem wrong.
In just half a month, seven fishing boats went missing in the nearby waters.
When rescue personnel arrived, they found only large quantities of shattered planks floating on the sea, but never found any bodies.
Then a ten-thousand-ton freighter was attacked at night.
Some force tore the entire ship straight down the middle, leaving several enormous claw marks over ten meters long across its hull.
None of the more than sixty people aboard survived.
What truly put the East Sea Paranormal Bureau on alert was the extremely dense Eerie aura they detected at the scene.
Judging by the residual