The cold pool was crystal clear.
The male Water Sprite leaped into it.
Its limbs moved in unison, as if it were a fish in water.
Tang Wen's vision was not obstructed.
The male Water Sprite slowly descended.
The Mutated Beasts that had jumped in earlier appeared in a dark mass directly below it.
Tang Wen's temples throbbed slightly.
His mental energy was nearly depleted.
Tang Wen detached from the Water Sprite's perspective and closed his eyes to meditate and restore his spirit.
His robust mental energy, as long as it wasn't completely drained, could quickly recover to a certain level through meditation.
The brown-tailed crow left the tree trunk.
It flew toward the valley where the icy spring was located.
The sky was clear and unobstructed.
The distance of over twenty miles was covered in an instant.
Tang Wen finished his meditation and connected to the crow's perspective.
Fear, unease, and other intense emotions were transmitted from the brown-tailed crow to Tang Wen.
It circled in the sky, far from the direction shrouded in white mist, refusing to approach.
Earlier, the male Water Sprite and other Mutated Beasts had also stopped here, unwilling to go further.
Only after consuming large amounts of stimulant potions did they continue forward.
It seemed this was the Mutated Beasts' instinctive sense of danger.
Fortunately, the brown-tailed crow had excellent eyesight.
It could clearly see the areas around the cold pool not obscured by the white mist.
What instantly caught Tang Wen's attention was a figure in a black robe.
To be precise, it was the robe itself.
The black fabric, seemingly alive, flowed continuously on the surface of the robe.
It resembled the ocean currents on a weather map, moving back and forth within a small area.
A rare artifact?
A term he had only heard of, sparking deep curiosity within him.
A piece of clothing that seemed alive.
Though he didn't know its exact function, its appearance alone was enough to earn the title of "rare artifact."
Whoosh!
The black-robed figure seemed to sense something and raised his head.
He looked toward the sky.
Toward the direction of the brown-tailed crow.
Their eyes met.
Flap, flap.
Tang Wen's connection was severed instantly.
The brown-tailed crow plummeted from the sky like a dragonfly with broken wings.
Buzz.
Tang Wen's head spun.
He groaned and covered his ears.
At that moment, he felt like someone prone to seasickness who had just endured three days and nights of a storm at sea.
He was utterly disoriented.
"Is this the power of the Divine Martial Realm?"
Though he couldn't see the face, it was easy to guess who had cast that glance—the Gang Lord.
The Gang Lord of the Blackwater Gang, whose mental energy had materialized!
Aside from this fifth-grade Divine Martial Realm expert, no one else, not even the Queen at the peak of the Astral Martial Realm, could intimidate Tang Wen's spirit with just a glance.
Tang Wen's current mental energy was on par with that of a seasoned Transcendent.
Only a Divine Martial Realm expert, a full realm above him, could exert such pressure.
No one else possessed such power.
The brown-tailed crow's fate was unknown.
After several attempts, Tang Wen couldn't re-establish a connection with it.
What a pity!
Brown-tailed crows were rare.
If developed into a flock, they could monitor an entire airspace.
Their utility was immense.
But Tang Wen had no intention of going to check on it.
Though the brown-tailed crow was valuable, his life was even more so.
After meditating for a while, Tang Wen reconnected his mental energy to the male Water Sprite underwater.
Fear, loss of control, madness.
It was as if his vision was smeared with thick paste.
The emotions transmitted by the male Water Sprite were intensely negative.
Countless bubbles filled his vision.
Not only was the male Water Sprite struggling, but all the Mutated Beasts were frantically flailing their limbs.
Like drowning men, they desperately tried to swim upward, but their bodies were dragged relentlessly downward.
Tang Wen severed his connection with the male Water Sprite.
He then borrowed the vision of other Mutated Beasts one by one.
The emotions and scenes fed back were largely consistent.
It seems he had thought too simply before.
How could he have easily uncovered the details when the Gang Lord of the Blackwater Gang personally took action?
Now it appears that these Mutated Beasts play a minor role.
They might just be the "catalyst."
The real effort likely comes from the Gang Lord.
He wondered what the purpose of the ambushing black-clad men was.
What feasible plans did they have?
After severing the connection, Tang Wen focused on meditation to restore his energy.
After a while.
"Caw!"
A rough cry sounded.
Tang Wen opened his eyes, revealing a look of pleasant surprise.
The brown-tailed crow had returned.
"Caw..."
A weak cry.
Its wings were trembling.
Tang Wen quickly picked it up and placed it on his lap.
He rolled the Extraordinary Blood Essence pills into the size of mung beans and fed three in a row.
He dared not feed more.
No matter how clever the brown-tailed crow was, it was still just a Mid-level Exotic Beast.
The Extraordinary Blood Essence was too potent and nourishing for it.
Soon, the effects were immediate.
The brown-tailed crow perked up.
It flew again towards the direction of the cold pool.
Tang Wen was surprised: "This little crow is quite bold."
It actively flew over to act as his eyes.
There was no reason not to use it.
As the brown-tailed crow approached its destination, it landed a few miles away.
There were no trees around.
It landed directly on the ground.
The excitement in Tang Wen's eyes faded.
From this angle, he could only see a group of people in the distance.
What these people were specifically doing.
What actions they were taking.
What changes were happening in the icy spring.
He couldn't see any of it.
"Fly up!"
"Fly up a little."
Tang Wen sent the command.
The brown-tailed crow pretended not to hear.
He couldn't force it. After watching for a while, he saw nothing useful.
He had to switch his vision again.
The next second, the male Water Sprite's vision was filled with a bloody red.
He couldn't see anything clearly.
This was due to the immense water pressure, which had burst the tiny blood vessels in its eyes.
However, there was good news: the male Water Sprite had calmed down.
The emotions transmitted from its mind were all fear, a trembling from the depths of its soul.
The fear was so intense.
That even Tang Wen, hiding twenty miles away, felt unsafe nearby.
He looked around suspiciously for a while before finally feeling at ease.
Time passed bit by bit.
The Superior Exotic Beast's robust physique allowed it to regain some vision.
It could barely make out the underwater scene through the haze.
Below the male Water Sprite, one after another, Mutated Beasts were in free fall in the water.
Suddenly, it saw something and used all four limbs to paddle downward.
It passed by several Mutated Beasts and reached out, grabbing the arm of a young male Water Sprite.
The young Water Sprite was completely unconscious.
Fortunately, breathing underwater was its instinct.
Otherwise, it might have already drowned.
Not just it, but all the other Mid-level Exotic Beasts were also unconscious.
The pool seemed bottomless.
They didn't know how deep they had descended and were still going down.
Sss!
Under Tang Wen's command, the male Water Sprite used its claws to grab onto the rock wall of the pool.
Years of water erosion had made the rock wall slippery.
The male Water Sprite struggled to climb upward.
It had to slowly descend.
The rock wall had a small, shallow cave at one point.
Tang Wen immediately controlled them to barely squeeze inside.
Sss!
The water flow rapidly disturbed.
The Mutated Beasts below were pushed upward by the upward current.
The male Water Sprite anxiously peeked out.
Before his eyes was a massive scale.
Densely packed, silvery-white scales!
A body so thick it would take several people to encircle it.
Pupils of a deep, icy blue.
The moment those pupils fell upon him.
Instantly, his thoughts froze.
Within those enormous pupils, there was nothing but coldness and madness.
The male Water Sprite collapsed straight onto the cave floor.
The mental link severed, and Tang Wen felt a warmth in his nasal cavity as blood began to drip down.
Yet, he seemed oblivious, lost in the memory of the colossal creature he had just witnessed.
Could it be—a Frost Drake?
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