Chapter 1333 - 285: The Sealed...

"So?"

Wen Yu squinted his eyes, beginning to understand why the Sea King wanted to meet him.

Because of the miracle...

From what had just transpired, Wen Yu could deduce the birth process of the Sea King Tribe.

They quietly hibernated atop these five Stone Pillars, the infection of Demonic Qi slightly altered their state of existence, but just barely, not even reaching Level 1.

Until one day, a piece of unidentified creature’s flesh fell onto the Stone Pillar, was devoured by these seaweeds, and then changes occurred.

Initially, the Sea King Tribe likely did not appear as they do now, but once the first batch of the Sea King Tribe was born, they experimented with the flesh of different creatures, gradually discovering the state most suitable for their clan’s proliferation.

This was indeed a miracle, the birth process of the Sea King Tribe involved many coincidences, multiple factors overlapping to finally give rise to this powerful clan standing at the pinnacle of mutant creatures. Yet, miracles signify non-replicability.

The birth of the Sea King Tribe was arduous and unique, and because of this, they knew better than other creatures how to value their clan’s destiny, even life and death.

"Therefore... I reveal our clan’s greatest secret to Lord Wen Yu, only to implore for a path of survival from him."

The will just appeared once again, Wen Yu squinted his eyes, looking toward the base of a certain Stone Pillar.

There, a cave existed, and the voice emanated from within.

Wen Yu stepped forward, two members of the Sea King Clan bowed silently, but when Fang Yuqiong wanted to advance, she was blocked by two members of the Sea King Clan.

This was an encounter meant only for Wen Yu and the Sea King.

...

In fact, Wen Yu harbored no intent to harm the Sea King Tribe...

Wen Yu had handed over this matter entirely to Fran—if Fran said fight, Wen Yu would obliterate the Sea King Tribe; if Fran deemed the Sea King Tribe unproblematic, then Wen Yu would refrain.

Should this matter be discussed in a meeting, it would surely be debated for days and nights; the involved intricacies were exceedingly complex, including Level Lock, including the death struggles of the Sea King Tribe, even encompassing the Sea King’s mindset, logical thought processes, the mindset of individual entities within the Sea King Tribe, and attitudes of the sea beast groups affiliated with the Sea King Tribe... and so forth.

There was far too much to consider, enough to exhaust Wen Yu’s desire to ponder.

But refraining from accountability did not mean they did not need to express themselves!

That’s the principle: Wen Yu holds a strong position, holds the initiative, regardless of his thoughts, if you err, you must face consequences.

This was the Sea King’s purpose in seeking Wen Yu—to provide an explanation...

To make Wen Yu aware of the existence of the Ancestral Land of the Sea King Tribe, to see their evolutionary process—this was merely one aspect, and could only be one aspect.

If Wen Yu truly sought compensation from the Sea King Tribe, this alone was far from enough!

...

The cave was small, at most only ten square meters in size.

Internally vacant, only clumps of luminous aquatic plants provided modest lighting to this cave, besides that, only a cluster of vegetation similar to the seaweeds on the Stone Pillars outside.

Perception swept over, but Wen Yu did not discover the Sea King’s true body, yet soon, a clear Spiritual Fluctuation emanated from that cluster of seaweed.

"Greetings, Lord Wen Yu, but please forgive my inconvenience to move,"

The seaweed spoke thus, swaying slightly with the underwater current, as if bowing.

This left Wen Yu amazed.

The Sea King’s existence, similar to Luo Luo, where its true body was an intangible entity born from the fusion of the clan’s consciousness—even whether such an entity was classified as a creature could be debatable.

This also meant that, aside from some unique methods or their intentional appearance, even Wen Yu found it difficult to locate their specific position—just as Cyclops failed to find Spirit’s true body.

This was not about strength but the state of existence.

However, there were subtle differences between the Sea King and Luo Luo.

Wen Yu carefully perceived the seaweed, suddenly coming to a realization.

"You’re..."

"Indeed, just as Lord sees, I have merged with this place, inseparable."

...

All along, the one representing the Sea King Tribe in the outside world was referred to by everyone as "Honorable Sea King", but only a few knew the real Sea King was the clan’s consciousness entity.

Lin Haifeng’s Sea King control plan had failed for this very reason, and conversely, a Demigod exploited this matter against him.

Originally, Wen Yu believed, like Luo Luo, the Sea King could freely navigate among sub-bodies, but today’s observation seemed otherwise.

The true Sea King just resided in this ancestral land... as if...

Sealed...

Wait.

Upon realization, Wen Yu jolted with a shiver, reassessing his surroundings, gradually sensing something amiss.

He did not perceive anything tangible, just an inexplicable intuition.

"It seems, Lord has sensed it..."

The Sea King spoke thus, then the cluster of seaweed harboring the Sea King trembled slightly, following which a dizzying buzzing resonated from below.

Wen Yu’s Perception Ability penetrated every corner, and in the instant Sea King revealed a hint, he fathomed the significance of Sea King remaining here.

It was not a seal...

But an active seal over something...

"This is...!?"

Wen Yu’s face showed perplexity, yet deep within, a sudden hope reignited for certain matters.

...

"I understand, Lord likely came here for matters related to Soul Pet No. 8."

Though the Sea King could not traverse between individual entities, its spiritual connection with those entities remained intact, any information known to the Sea King Tribe would be transmitted into the Sea King’s consciousness entity.

Wen Yu’s profession being Soul Master...

Level 8 Level Lock activated...

Yanjing possesses a wish machine...

Wen Yu’s public recruitment for the eighth soul had, as yet, borne no fruit...

These were tidbits easily obtained, naturally unnoticed by the Sea King, hence when Wen Yu handled Earth’s consciousness and Tang Haofei, the next stop was directly here, deducing Wen Yu’s intentions was elementary.

"Regrettably, the suitable eighth soul for Lord might not be me..."

"Not you, thankfully." Wen Yu silently retorted internally, then Sea King’s voice gently resounded.

"Its name is Ibira..."

"It was the Sea King preceding me..."

"Also, the first to develop self-awareness and act independently in our clan, in strict terms."

Wen Yu slowly narrowed his eyes.

A clan consciousness entity is not born before the clan—like Luo Luo, ants existed in this world before Luo Luo’s birth, and now it seems the same for the Sea King.