At this point, many things suddenly became clear.
In Lin Xiao's memory, the original Huo Yuhao had eliminated quite a few high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Cult, but the Holy Spirit Cult had not been destroyed because of it. Powerful experts like the Great Elder had still survived.
Even ten thousand years later, the Holy Spirit Cult still existed, and it had gained quite a few more experts.
Now, learning that the Great Elder had this additional identity, some matters immediately became clear.
It wasn't that the Holy Spirit Cult had been lucky enough that after the Great Elder and his group left, they found experts capable of supporting the Holy Spirit Cult. Rather, the Great Elder had originally been working for someone else.
Last time, the Great Elder had used the mermaid clan's blood sacrifice to elevate his cultivation and face his heavenly tribulation, probably as an experiment for the person behind him to see if this method was feasible.
Now, it seemed the result was already there.
Moreover, according to Electrolux's words, the origin of this blood sacrifice technique was probably related to necromantic magic.
It was just unknown which sea soul beasts the soul beast had set its sights on after leaving this place.
While Lin Xiao was pondering, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked back.
Light barely reached the deep sea, yet Lin Xiao's gaze seemed able to pierce through the darkness of the seabed, pointing straight into the depths of the ocean.
Just now, he had suddenly felt a sensation of being spied upon, and the source of that spying was in that direction.
He stretched out a finger, and several souls separated from his body and drifted forward.
For some reason, however, the other party seemed to have completely merged with the seawater. Even with the special vision granted by his soul state, he could not detect the other party's presence.
Lin Xiao turned back to look at Liya. She had already slowed her movements, her face filled with an indelible sorrow. She had clearly already guessed the Sea Princess's whereabouts.
"Liya, something feels off here. Let's leave this place first."
Upon hearing this, Liya raised her head to look at Lin Xiao, then turned back somewhat unwillingly toward the area where the mermaid had once lived.
Even though she felt a thousand reluctances in her heart, she also understood that this was not the time to remain here. She swam toward Lin Xiao's side with three steps back for every one forward.
Lin Xiao glanced at her, reached out to grab her arm, and then headed toward the surface of the sea.
Only when they could already see sunlight shining into the water did Lin Xiao leap up, breaking through the surface and standing in the air.
His eyes narrowed slightly as his gaze continuously scanned back and forth across the sea surface, searching for the trace of that aura from earlier.
Although he didn't know who the other party was, from the brief contact just now, Lin Xiao had already sensed that the other party's adaptation to the ocean far surpassed his own.
If the other party truly was the sea soul beast that had attacked the mermaid clan, even if he could breathe underwater, fighting beneath the sea surface would still be disadvantageous to him.
"Sect Master?"
Liya glanced at Lin Xiao beside her. Her fish tail had not even had time to retract, and her scales sparkled with specks of light under the sunlight.
"Shh." Lin Xiao frowned and signaled Liya to be quiet. Several souls had already been released once more.
Time passed minute by minute. The sea surface remained calm, with only a gentle breeze coming from nowhere stirring up ripples.
Lin Xiao suddenly widened his eyes. The six black and three red soul rings around him abruptly rose, and his entire aura surged upward. As the first soul ring lit up, dense red streams of light shot toward the sea surface like raindrops.
Before the seeds of the other shore could even fall, Lin Xiao's third soul ring flashed again. Those streams of light instantly exploded, stirring up several-zhang-high waves on the sea surface.
Beneath his outer clothes, the River of the Underworld's Embrace had already lit up with an interwoven red and blue glow. Just as Lin Xiao's attack was about to land, a voice finally rang out.
"Wait! Hold your hand!"
As soon as the words were spoken, Lin Xiao abruptly withdrew his power, but the glow on the River of the Underworld's Embrace did not dissipate for a long time.
Under his gaze, the seawater that had just been splashed up seemed to come to life, gathering toward one spot before slowly coalescing into a human shape.
Soon, the figure formed from seawater gradually solidified, turning into a real human. He looked quite young, with a somewhat pale complexion, as if lacking a bit of blood color.
Lin Xiao's brows furrowed tightly, his heart full of vigilance.
There was no other reason, the person before him was the fourth Limit Douluo he had seen besides Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui, and he was quite young.
Although Lin Xiao's strength was not bad, in front of a Limit Douluo, he did not dare to be too careless.
"Who are you? Why were you secretly spying on me?"
"Sir, you misunderstand." The Limit Douluo before him also had an unpleasant expression, seemingly not having expected that Lin Xiao, whose soul power rank was inferior to his, could still force him to reveal himself.
Moreover, just from the soul rings on Lin Xiao's body, he did not dare to underestimate him.
"I did not intentionally spy on you. I simply did not expect that there would still be other members of the mermaid clan alive."
As the Limit Douluo spoke, he glanced at Liya beside Lin Xiao. "If I'm not mistaken, she should be the princess of the mermaid clan."
Hearing the other party's words, Lin Xiao instantly caught the other meaning within them. "You have seen other mermaid?"
The Limit Douluo seemed to pause slightly. "That's right."
Liya's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. Her body leaned forward slightly as she was about to speak, but then, as if thinking of something, she turned her head to look at Lin Xiao.
"Where are they?"
Lin Xiao understood Liya's meaning and asked accordingly.
"Before answering you, may I know what the relationship between the two of you is?" The Limit Douluo did not rush to answer. "I wonder if this mermaid beside you is your servant… or your companion…"
"Oh, don't misunderstand. Many people have such thoughts because the mermaid clan is mostly beautiful. I only asked because I saw that the relationship between the two of you seemed unusual."
Lin Xiao turned his head slightly to glance at Liya. "You're overthinking it. She is neither my servant nor my companion. I only had a few encounters with her and accompanied her here to look for someone."
"So that's how it is." The Limit Douluo seemed to have a "sudden realization," and a trace of a smile appeared on his face. "Just a few encounters, yet you accompanied her to the dangerous depths of the Ice Sea. Sir, you truly are a person of great righteousness."
Although the words sounded like praise, how could Lin Xiao not hear the sarcasm within them? "What does this have to do with you?"
The Limit Douluo did not speak. He glanced at Lin Xiao, then shifted his gaze to Liya and carefully observed her for a long while.
Liya felt the somewhat unkind gaze and slightly shifted her body to hide behind Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao had originally wanted to ask about the whereabouts of the other mermaid, but seeing the other party's behavior, he lost his patience for a moment. His soul rings shone as soul power accumulated within his body.
However, in the next instant, the Limit Douluo before him suddenly cupped his fists and slightly bowed toward him.
"Forgive my rudeness. I only saw that the relationship between the two of you was unusual, so I tested you with that question."
This action from the man instead caused Lin Xiao to stop his hand. "Who exactly are you?"
"Sigh." The Limit Douluo let out a light sigh. "This one is Chen Haisheng. Please forgive my earlier discourtesy."
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