Fu Hongzhang thought for a moment before saying, "The family head believes Blood Nightmare may have carried a portion of Grand Elder Blood Sea's power within him. That power probably broke free during the battle and spiraled out of control. Otherwise, it's hard to explain why Ascendant Li had to intervene personally."

Luo Chen fell silent. Indeed, if an Ascendant had been required to contain it, then the power could only have belonged to the same level. Blood Hermit had been renowned across the Northern Sea for countless years, yet someone of his stature had died just like that. And Blood Nightmare, with whom Luo Chen still held an unsettled grudge and from whom he had only recovered a fraction of what he was owed… had he also perished in that same battle? 

His thoughts returned to the enormous shadow he had glimpsed under the sea of blood while...