The pain of the heart-eating worms burrowing into his wounds was overshadowed by the numerous other injuries all over his body.
As for Tang Haofei's subtle actions, someone of the Sea King's strength wouldn't notice them. In fact, it could be said that no Level 5 life form, except for Wen Yu, could have perceived them!
A simple "accident" concealed the entire conspiracy.
To anyone unaware of the conspiracy, the whole affair looked like a simple assassination attempt; the Sea King's injuries even seemed incidental.
But who could have imagined that the Sea King himself was the true target of this incident!
Those unaware of the conspiracy wouldn't guess this—perhaps not even the Sea King himself.
...
The Sea King grimaced as he stood up, completely unaware that he had been infested by the heart-eating worms. He glanced at the nine members of the Sea King Tribe lying haphazardly behind him.
