Published: September 2, 2025
Chapter 522: Peeping
Seven years later, above a certain sea area in the outer star sea, a group of a dozen or so cultivators of varying cultivation bases were flying slowly at low altitude, frequently looking left and right, seemingly searching for something.
Most of these cultivators were foundation establishment stage cultivators, with only three core formation stage cultivators leading them.
One was mid foundation formation, and two were early foundation formation.
“Brother Qiu, is that sixth-level demonic beast really nearby? We've been searching this sea area for several days already, and the search range keeps expanding. Could the intelligence be wrong?” A middle-aged cultivator with a pale golden face asked impatiently.
The person he was addressing was a pigeon-faced elder with a grim expression standing beside him.
The elder was the highest-ranked core formation stage cultivator among them.
“Fellow Daoist Min, there’s no need to be anxious! The information we received was only about the approximate location. A few days of deviation is normal. This is still better than running around blindly in other sea areas. I believe the guy who gave me the intelligence would not dare to deceive me,” the elder said calmly, his expression unchanged.
“Could the demonic beast have already left this sea area, or maybe this isn’t even its nest?” Another burly man with a fierce face suddenly spoke up.
“No, this is a rare Glazed Beast. We just used our spiritual awareness to scan the nearby seabed; below is covered with the tricolor algae that this beast loves to eat. Its nest can’t be far from here,” the pigeon-faced elder replied confidently and calmly.
It seemed the pigeon-faced elder had considerable prestige among the three. After hearing this, the other two fell silent and continued to expand their spiritual awareness to search the surroundings.
As for the foundation establishment stage cultivators behind them, most were their nephews and disciples, naturally no one spoke out of turn.
Under the leadership of the three, the team searched the sea area for half a day, but unfortunately, they found nothing.
Even the pigeon-faced elder's brow furrowed slightly this time.
“Cough! Originally, it was good staying in the Abyss. Although we couldn’t say we had gains every month, it was still possible to obtain three or four high-level demonic beast cores a year. But now, since leaving there, in two years, we have only caught two high-level demonic beasts in total. We can’t even ensure one demonic beast core for each person,” the cultivator surnamed Min with the pale golden face complained again, as if full of pent-up frustration.
“Enough. Brother Min, you know the current situation in the Abyss. Now going there is not about hunting demonic beasts but seeking death.”
“It really is strange! The original Abyss wasn’t exactly safe, but as long as you were careful and didn’t wander into the central area, you could live comfortably. But since that demonic beast riot two years ago, the entire Abyss has become a forbidden zone. Any advanced-stage cultivator who ventured inside almost never returned. Last year, several old nascent soul cultivators teamed up and rushed into the central area to investigate. Nobody knows what level of demonic beast they encountered, but they fled in terror. Of the four masters among them, only one who was a nascent soul survived. It seems we can no longer stay long on Strange Abyss Island,” the fierce-looking burly man said with lingering fear, his face pale.
“Fellow Daoist Xuan makes a good point. Although the demonic beasts in the Abyss have been relatively docile and haven’t ventured outside, who knows if one day they’ll go berserk and suddenly surge out. It’s not impossible. We really must remain vigilant!” The pigeon-faced elder fell silent for a moment after hearing this, then his face twitched as he spoke.
It seemed the elder was also deeply disturbed by the situation with the Abyss demonic beasts.