In the time it took for the gods of the Divine Realm to exchange a few words, more than a month had already passed on the Douluo Continent.
No one had expected that the Pinnacle Tournament, which they thought would be filled with tension and confrontation, would last a full month before concluding.
Although the number of Title Douluo who came here could not compare to the participants of the Elite Tournament.
The battles between experts would not be as simple as those between children. A single exchange could easily last half a day or even a full day. Even after a month, some people still felt unsatisfied.
The experts from the various sects did not discuss the matter of forming the Soul Alliance too much, but after the Pinnacle Tournament ended, they unanimously agreed to it without prior arrangement.
Perhaps, from the very first day, they already had the answer in their hearts.
Apart from the personnel left in Ming City to handle the Soul Alliance matters, the people from the various sects left one after another after the Pinnacle Tournament concluded.
"Your Majesty, the one hundred and twenty representatives from the various sects have all been arranged. Some smaller sects only left a name here and did not station anyone in Ming City."
Ju Zi listened to the report from the person beside her and nodded slightly. "You all have worked hard these past few days. Previously, I asked you to send a copy to the Netherworld Cult as well. Did anyone go over?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, we have already delivered the list, but the National Teacher is not in the cult."
"Not in the cult?" Ju Zi stood up upon hearing this. After a moment of pause, she could only let out a slow sigh.
At this moment, Lin Xiao was indeed not in Ming City. His figure was already above the vast sea.
Looking around, there was nothing but endless seawater in sight. Not even the shadow of a small island could be seen.
"Cult Master, do you really want to help me find traces of my mother?" Li Ya looked at Lin Xiao beside her and asked with some uncertainty.
After spending some time in the Netherworld Cult, she had also started calling him Cult Master along with the other disciples.
Lin Xiao nodded slightly. "I already told you before. I'm not only helping you. After this matter, I need your clan to help me find something."
"Mm." Li Ya nodded heavily. "I also know that after so much time has passed, no one can say clearly what my mother's current situation is. Even if…"
Li Ya paused slightly. "Even if we can't find my mother, I will still help the Cult Master find that item."
Lin Xiao shook his head slightly. The thing he wanted to find was only known to be somewhere in the sea. Even with one more Li Ya, how much could she really help him?
He wanted to help Li Ya once. Even if they ultimately couldn't find the Sea Princess, with Li Ya's identity as the mermaid princess, it would be very easy to gather the scattered mermaid clan that was currently fleeing everywhere again.
With the mermaid clan, there was even the possibility of contacting other sea soul beasts in the ocean to help each other. This was the result he wanted.
Moreover, if the "great terror" mentioned by those Holy Spirit Cult disciples earlier was related to the mermaid clan's encounter, then perhaps after finding the Sea Princess, they might also encounter news related to the divine sense fragment of Electrolux.
"Let's go."
Putting away his thoughts, Lin Xiao's figure flashed and leaped into the sea. For him, he could breathe normally underwater as well. Traveling through the water would not be slower, and he could also hide his figure to avoid a lot of trouble.
Li Ya followed right after, transforming into her original mermaid form. She turned her head to look at Lin Xiao again. Until now, she still couldn't figure out how Lin Xiao could breathe underwater just like sea soul beasts.
Lin Xiao was not deliberately hiding it, but the ability he obtained relied on the mermaid clan's soul bone. In front of Li Ya, it was better to mention this matter as little as possible.
"Let's go to the place where you encountered that soul beast first and take a look." Lin Xiao looked ahead. In this sea with no references at all, even he, who had been to the mermaid royal palace once before, could not determine the exact location of the mermaid clan for the time being.
"Mm." Li Ya nodded. It seemed that mentioning this matter reminded her of the Sea Princess, so she was unwilling to speak much. She only lightly swayed her fish tail and swam forward.
Besides Li Ya, the aura of the mermaid clan on her body covered Lin Xiao's own presence. Along the way, other sea soul beasts even slowly approached, only to sense Lin Xiao's existence up close and hurriedly leave.
Unfortunately, neither Li Ya nor Lin Xiao had much interest in paying attention to these interesting sea soul beasts.
Li Ya was wholeheartedly thinking about the Sea Princess, and Lin Xiao did not relax for a moment, his spiritual power sweeping around from time to time.
Although he knew that trying to find the divine sense fragment of Electrolux in this way was no different from a pipe dream, what if? Trying wouldn't hurt.
After the two of them swam for a long time, each lost in their own thoughts, Li Ya suddenly stopped.
Lin Xiao stopped with her, his brows slightly furrowed.
Even before getting close, his spiritual power had already discovered this place. A rich blood-fiend aura lingered without any sign of dissipating, even after so much time.
And now that they had arrived, the seawater in sight carried a faint red tint. Clearly, even the seawater could not completely wash away the traces left here.
"I remember now. The soul beast that attacked us carried exactly this kind of rich blood-fiend aura." Li Ya looked at the scene before her and opened her mouth. "I originally thought it had such an aura because it had devoured too many sea soul beasts…"
"Now it seems that soul beast probably passed through here." Lin Xiao finished the second half of what Li Ya had left unsaid.
With that, he suddenly swam up to the surface, identified the direction, and looked around from afar.
When he returned to the seabed, the traces there had long been smoothed out by the seawater's erosion, leaving only a few shallow, messy marks.
Lin Xiao's mind stirred. He lightly chanted a spell and reached out to grab, but his palm was empty.
"Teacher?" Lin Xiao called out in his heart.
"Mm, your spell was not wrong. There is indeed not a single remnant soul left here." Electrolux knew what Lin Xiao wanted to ask.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao's brows furrowed even deeper.
If the aura here had been left by an ordinary creature or a sea soul beast with relatively low cultivation, then this aura would not have lasted so long.
And a sea soul beast capable of leaving behind such an aura—how could it possibly leave behind not even a single remnant soul?
Either the soul beast that left the traces here had not died, or there was a sea soul beast that also possessed soul-related abilities.
Li Ya also slowly swam over from the side. Lin Xiao's search yielded no results, so he shook his head slightly.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, I just wanted to see if there were any clues from the traces left here, but I didn't find anything."
"However, the soul beast that attacked you back then also passed through here. The place where you were shouldn't be too far away, right?"
"Mm." Li Ya nodded. "It's not far ahead. We should arrive in less than half a day."
Lin Xiao looked back once more, memorized the location behind him, and then continued swimming forward with Li Ya.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the chapters for today (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
"Don't forget there are chapters available on Patreon."
"From Douluo to Godhood by Defy 30 Advance chapters."
"Douluo: Far North Invincibledo 30 Advance chapters."
"Douluo Peerless: Living as an Evil Soul Master the novel is already finished on Patreon."
"Douluo Dalu 2:Peerless Tang Sect Dawn of Sun and Moon the novel is already finished on Patreon."
[email protected]/facficmax10--------(@→a)