"Cult Master, what are these things?" Abomination looked toward the side.
Lin Xiao similarly turned his head, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate the body of the thing inside the cage and see its true essence within.
"Have you ever paid attention to how ants move?"
Instead of answering directly, Lin Xiao spoke of something completely unrelated.
"I have."
To Lin Xiao's slight surprise, Abomination actually nodded.
After a pause, he continued, "Then you should know that when ants go out to search for food, they first extend their antennae to sense the environment."
"And these are the antennae that some entity has extended into our world. Their true essence is not like this; they've merely put on some disguise."
"Antennae?" Abomination scratched his head, understanding Lin Xiao's words. "Cult Master means that outside our world, something is coming?"
"Yes, it's coming." Lin Xiao looked toward the north and slightly raised his head. "Although it's a bit faster than I expected, it's not entirely surprising."
Retracting his gaze, Lin Xiao glanced at Abomination. "Keep this thing locked up in the cult for now. Watch it carefully. If it escapes, even if you have to kill it, do not let it run to other places."
"Understood." Abomination nodded. "What about you, Cult Master?"
"Since you saw something similar in the north, there might not be just these two. I'll go to the extreme northern lands to take a look."
"After all, I promised someone to look after the extreme northern lands for her."
"Discuss this matter with Wu Yun and inform the cult disciples as appropriate. If they encounter these things normally, handle them as best they can. If they're no match, don't force a fight."
"I understand, Cult Master."
"Mm." Lin Xiao nodded. The next moment, his figure was already standing on the snowy plain.
"It seems you're not as relaxed as you appear."
The Snow Empress's figure appeared beside Lin Xiao. Her white clothes fluttered in the wind.
"Abyssal creatures…" Lin Xiao spoke in a low voice.
"What did you say?"
"I mean, they are indeed not easy to deal with." Lin Xiao raised his head and looked forward, searching for any traces of those things. "They are actually also called abyssal creatures."
In his memories from his previous life, these abyssal creatures were something that would only appear ten thousand years later.
The him from his previous life did not know much about what happened ten thousand years in the future. He only roughly knew that the abyssal plane was something the people of the Douluo Continent spent a very long time resolving, and that even divine beings had taken action in the process.
For abyssal creatures to appear now, far earlier than he had anticipated, and with many preparations still incomplete, the outcome was truly difficult to predict.
In the end, perhaps…
Lin Xiao slightly raised his head and glanced at the sky, then quickly lowered his gaze again.
Upon hearing this, the Snow Empress frowned slightly. Having been by Lin Xiao's side for so many years, she naturally understood his abilities. For even him to say this, those things called abyssal creatures were probably truly not easy to deal with.
While she was pondering, the Eternal Tower had already appeared in their field of vision.
Over these years, the number of evil soul masters inside the Eternal Tower had only increased. Among them, an unknown number harbored hatred toward Lin Xiao and the Tongming Cult. However, the daily dangers they faced would soon completely bury those feelings of hatred.
With no way out, an ever-growing population, and extremely limited food, the only way to survive was to constantly kill one another.
For evil soul masters who were addicted to violence and took pleasure in slaughter, this was probably the life they loved the most.
With all kinds of negative emotions concentrated here, the Eternal Tower appeared even more ethereal. Compared to when it was first created, it even seemed faintly taller, and the aura of the dead it emitted spread even farther.
Lin Xiao stood at the top of the tower, feeling the thick, bloody aura inside it. He looked around in a circle but did not see any traces of abyssal creatures nearby.
Logically speaking, this should be the place most capable of attracting abyssal creatures, yet there was nothing unusual in the vicinity…
Just as Lin Xiao was deep in thought, the Snow Empress beside him suddenly raised her head and looked in a certain direction.
"Another discovery?" Lin Xiao also sensed something and followed the Snow Empress's gaze into the distance.
"Mm, it's by the sea." The Snow Empress nodded. Her original cultivation had never been low, and on this snowy plain, she could sense abnormalities in the extreme northern lands even better than Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao said no more. With a tap of his foot, his figure shot forward once again.
Before long, Lin Xiao's figure had already appeared near the icy sea coast.
On the floating ice floes in the distance, some soul beasts that had come up from underwater for air seemed to sense Lin Xiao's presence. They moved their round, plump bodies, flopped to the edge of the ice, and leaped into the water, splashing up a spray of water.
Lin Xiao scanned the area. His gaze suddenly landed on a sea soul beast that looked like a walrus. With a flash, he was already beside the "walrus."
The "walrus" clearly sensed something was wrong and whipped its tail toward Lin Xiao. However, Lin Xiao neither dodged nor avoided it, allowing the tail to land on his body.
Sure enough, with a crisp sound, the "walrus's" attack left no injury on Lin Xiao. Instead, it brought an uncomfortable aura.
"If it weren't for the wrong aura on its body, its appearance would be no different from a sea soul beast." The Snow Empress floated to the side, examining the "soul beast" in front of them.
"Yes, they are constantly integrating into our world, exploring the situation here." Lin Xiao reached out and grasped the walrus-like creature in his hand.
He knew these were merely scouts sent by the abyssal plane to probe the reality of the Douluo Continent. It would probably still take some time before the abyssal plane truly arrived. This period was also the final preparation time left for the Douluo Continent.
He glanced at the Snow Empress again. Seeing that she had no other discoveries, Lin Xiao was about to head back when his figure suddenly paused.
He touched the storage soul tool on his body and took out a round, smooth pearl from one of them.
At this moment, the pearl was covered with strands of golden patterns. In just a few breaths, it completely turned into a golden bead.
Rich spiritual power spread across it, fluctuating gently as if breathing.
Lin Xiao frowned slightly. This pearl was, of course, not ordinary. It was the item left to him by the mermaid princess Liya after he had sent her away back then.
However, with his current spiritual power, even the Mermaid Clan's Tears of the Mermaid no longer provided much improvement to him.
Therefore, he had kept this pearl only as a memento. Several years had passed, and he had almost forgotten its existence.
Yet now, it suddenly showed an anomaly. The golden light it emitted was not dazzling, but it still displayed its special nature.
Looking at the Tears of the Mermaid in his hand, which was still emitting spiritual power, Lin Xiao's expression suddenly stirred. He looked toward the sea.
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