Searching without results, Lin Xiao turned back to look at Dongyang City, whose outline was already indistinct, and stopped pursuing. He turned around and flew toward the city.
However, just as he approached Dongyang City, his expression suddenly changed, and his figure immediately halted in mid-air.
"Teacher."
"Disciple."
Lin Xiao and Electrolux's voices rang out one after another in his spiritual sea.
"Teacher, you felt it too."
"Yes." Electrolux's tone shifted slightly. "This feeling… there's no mistake, this is…"
"The third piece of divine consciousness fragment." Lin Xiao and Electrolux spoke in unison.
The first piece of divine consciousness fragment was when Lin Xiao, relying on his memories from his previous life, actively entered the Star Dou Great Forest and seized it while Huo Yuhao was absorbing the million-year soul ring.
And that time had completely changed his destiny.
The second piece of the divine consciousness fragment was unexpectedly obtained from the Saint Emperor statue in the Holy Spirit Cult.
Lin Xiao could not say whether that matter was good or bad, but in the end, it allowed him to obtain the second soul ring of Electrolux's martial soul, and he had walked all the way to this point.
And now, beneath this sea surface, he had actually sensed the aura of another piece of a divine consciousness fragment.
Had it fallen onto some sea soul beast? Or had it been buried deep in the seabed and only been unearthed because of this sea soul beast riot…
Lin Xiao had no way of knowing any of this, but he knew that he absolutely could not sit idly by at this moment.
With a slight movement of his expression, Lin Xiao's figure suddenly shot into the sky. His entire aura was completely unrestrained, black, black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red, as nine soul rings rose one after another.
That soul ring configuration, which completely exceeded ordinary people's understanding, attracted everyone's attention the moment it appeared.
"Cease the attack!"
On the city wall, the officer also looked up toward the sky. His voice, amplified by the sound-transmitting soul tool, rang out from every attack position.
Lin Xiao paid no attention to Dongyang City's actions. He simply spread his arms, his soul power vibrating within his body as his spiritual sea and the plane of the dead in his dantian resonated faintly.
He did not seem to use any soul power, yet the heavens and earth around him seemed to tremble slightly along with his power.
For a moment, everything within the surrounding heavens and earth fell silent. The surging waves on the sea surface stopped moving, remaining suspended motionless in the air, with the shape of every single drop of seawater becoming clearly visible at this moment.
The heavens and earth were all under Lin Xiao's control. His spiritual power spread to the depths of the seabed in an instant, sweeping past every sea soul beast.
On the walls of Dongyang City, almost all the soldiers had their mouths slightly open as they watched that figure, which seemed to be the heavens and earth themselves.
Ninety-seventh rank? Ninety-eighth rank?
With their cultivations, they could not judge at all what kind of realm was capable of achieving such power. Only those soldiers who had once witnessed the clash of Limit Douluo outside Heaven Dou City could barely compare the figure before them to those Limit Douluo.
For a moment, they felt that the figure in front of them did not seem much different from the Limit Douluo of that time.
"Report to the City Lord—"
"How is it? Have the sea soul beasts stopped attacking?" In the City Lord's Mansion, the Dongyang City Lord heard the commotion outside and paused, asking very slowly.
"No, it's the National Master." The messenger was breathing slightly heavily. "The National Master has taken action."
"National Master?" The Dongyang City Lord's eyes brightened as he suddenly remembered Lin Xiao, who had come here to search for the traces of evil soul masters. "The National Master has not left yet?"
"Quick, quick, follow me to the city wall to meet the National Master."
As the Dongyang City Lord spoke, he no longer arranged any city affairs and hurriedly led people toward the city wall.
Although the sea soul beasts outside had not retreated, there was no longer any panic in his heart. He knew that there was no need to arrange anything else at this moment; Dongyang City would definitely be safe and sound.
After all, that was the number one person on the Douluo Continent right now.
Outside Dongyang City, some residents who had not gone far suddenly heard the sound of the sea waves behind them cease. Someone subconsciously turned their head to look, and with just one glance, they saw the figure high in the sky.
Although it was not tall, and from an ordinary person's eyesight, it even looked somewhat blurry from afar, for some reason, the moment they saw that figure, everyone's hearts suddenly felt at ease.
The few disciples of the Holy Spirit Cult who were mixed in the crowd also turned their heads to look behind them.
Afterward, a few of them looked at each other with some surprise.
Although they could not clearly see the figure's appearance, that outfit was the same as the one the Eighth Elder had just encountered earlier.
"Big brother, that person is…"
The former Eighth Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult had appeared before everyone's eyes, yet not a single person around showed any disgust toward evil soul masters. This left the few disciples somewhat astonished.
"You don't even know this lord?" The elder who was asked by them showed a look of surprise. "That is the Cult Master of the Tongming Cult, the current National Master of the Sun Moon Empire."
"Ah?"
High in the sky, Lin Xiao was unaware of the crowd's thoughts. Only some faint, almost imperceptible auras quietly arrived and merged into his body, yet it seemed as if there had been no change at all.
At this moment, Lin Xiao had no mind to pay attention to any of this. His spiritual power swept past one sea soul beast after another, and finally detected the aura of the divine consciousness fragment on a sea soul beast that resembled a shark.
Found it!
With a shift of his gaze, time in the heavens and earth seemed to begin flowing again at this moment. The seawater fell once more, splashing up many droplets on the sea surface.
Countless sea soul beasts that had been charging toward Dongyang City with all their might the previous instant now stopped their actions one after another.
With their level of intelligence, they indeed could not yet realize the terror of soul tools, but the aura released by Lin Xiao had made them walk right on the edge of death.
One was the danger brought by other sea soul beasts from the depths of the ocean, and the other was the aura of death right before their eyes.
Although their intelligence was not high, at this moment, their survival instinct still made them make a choice in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, the sea soul beasts beneath the sea surface no longer dared to charge toward Dongyang City and headed in the direction away from it.
Only one was an exception.
Lin Xiao glanced down in the direction of Dongyang City and did not bother with the City Lord, who was hurriedly ascending the city wall. His figure flashed and disappeared, leaving only shouts coming from the city wall and outside the city.
Beneath the sea surface, a sea soul beast that resembled a shark remained motionless, watching helplessly as other soul beasts passed by it. None of them stopped or even glanced at it, as if someone had stripped it away from this world.
In the next instant, a figure appeared beside it. It was clearly a human, yet it could breathe freely underwater just like a sea soul beast.
"Teacher, the aura of the divine consciousness fragment is indeed coming from it, but it is not here."
"That should be the case. Otherwise, the aura we could sense would not be so weak."
Lin Xiao nodded upon hearing this and reached out toward the soul beast. "Don't be nervous. I just want to see what exactly you have experienced."
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