"Where?"
The moment he heard that his spirit ring had been accounted for, Ning Bei hurriedly asked.
"Uh, I don't know."
"???? Are you messing with me? Didn't you say you'd encountered it before?"
"I was being hunted at the time. How could I have had the leisure to figure out exactly where I was? I only swept over it with my Spiritual Power."
Ning Bei gave Tian Meng a disdainful look. What a useless bastard—he might as well have said nothing.
Seemingly understanding the look in his eyes, Tian Meng immediately protested indignantly.
"Even though I don't know exactly where it is, Holy Light Sea Urchins often float to the surface to absorb solar energy. And even when it stays on the seabed, it glows on its own."
"You mean it'll be easy to spot?"
"That's right. Just look for a patch of sea that's noticeably brighter than the surrounding waters, and you'll definitely find it."
After hearing Tian Meng's reasoning, Ning Bei nodded, but then sensed something odd.
"A spirit beast that's so easy to find—how did it cultivate to the three-hundred-thousand-year level? Does it have no natural enemies?"
Tian Meng looked at him as if he were an idiot, nearly making Ning Bei lose his temper.
"Leaving aside the fact that ordinary spirit beasts can't even bite through all those spines, even if they can, they have to consider whether they can withstand its poison."
"Huh? It's poisonous too?"
"Obviously. Did you think that just because its name has 'Holy Light' in it, it couldn't possibly be related to poison? It's called a Holy Light Sea Urchin because it can absorb sunlight to raise its cultivation. Every one of its spines is poisonous. Otherwise, why do you think the thing chasing me didn't even spare it a