Chapter 719 (2/2)

just as they started to make their escape, they seemed to be caught in a net and were abruptly immobilized, struggling desperately to find a way out but utterly unable to escape.

Seeing this, Lin Jing immediately thought of the Divine Sense application he had learned from the elder.

This, it seemed, was the application of Divine Sense.

He condensed his Divine Sense into a net to trap the Jade Soul Algae.

Bound by the net, the Jade Soul Algae thrashed left and right with astonishing speed within that confined area.

However, they were never able to break free.

At this moment, within the Ice Crystal Coffin, the black-robed elder finally opened his eyes.

After opening his eyes, a smile lingered on the lips of the black-robed elder as he looked at the two pieces of Jade Soul Algae.

Following that,

the black-robed elder gathered his Spiritual Power to cover his entire body, then opened the coffin and stepped out.

As the black-robed elder emerged from the coffin, the area in which the two pieces of Jade Soul Algae could move grew increasingly smaller.

Clearly,

this was the black-robed elder retracting his Divine Sense.

Before long, the two pieces of Jade Soul Algae could no longer move at all.

At that moment, the black-robed elder reached out and grasped the two pieces of Jade Soul Algae in his hand.

Then, he put away the Ice Crystal Coffin, took the two pieces of Jade Soul Algae, left the seafloor, and flew upwards.

The black-robed elder was very fast; in just a few moments, he had left the sea and appeared above the surface.

After the black-robed elder emerged from the sea,

the two deep green pieces of Jade Soul Algae in his hand rapidly changed, turning into emerald green in an instant.

Lin Jing knew about the color change of the Jade Soul Algae.

This indicated that the spirit within the Jade Soul Algae rapidly dissipated upon exposure to the outside world after leaving the sea and merged into the whole body in a moment.

At this point, the Jade Soul Algae could be considered dead.

It could also be said that only now had they truly become Jade Soul Algae, and only this type of emerald green Jade Soul Algae could enhance the Soul Spirit.

Capturing two pieces of Jade Soul Algae on his first attempt, the black-robed elder was evidently very pleased.

He constantly and carefully observed the two pieces in his hand.

It was only after a good while that the black-robed elder finally stowed the two pieces of Jade Soul Algae away.

After putting away the Jade Soul Algae, the black-robed elder looked down at the sea below, then frowned and muttered to himself,

“Strange…”

“Why did the Jade Soul Algae only appear after two days this time?”

“Could it be that someone had been here the day before?”

Having said this, the black-robed elder turned his head and swept his gaze around once more.

After surveying the area, the black-robed elder did not notice anything unusual, then he again muttered to himself,

“This place, only I can enter.”

“Perhaps it was my poor choice of location that resulted in not encountering Jade Soul Algae for the first two days.”

“Well, never mind that for now.”

“Fortunately, my luck wasn’t too bad this time; capturing two pieces of Jade Soul Algae on my first attempt, I might catch even more this time out.”

“I can’t waste such good fortune; I’d better continue to search for other locations and keep capturing Jade Soul Algae.”

Having said that, the black-robed elder looked towards another location, then flew straight there.

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Having changed locations, the black-robed elder, needless to say, was also followed by Lin Jing, who continued his observations.

And with the black-robed elder changing locations, naturally moving further from the original spot, the distance for Lin Jing’s Observation Mode was insufficient.

Being a practitioner in the Solidifying Body stage, and to avoid being detected by the black-robed elder, Lin Jing was even more cautious, constantly using Fixed Point Teleportation to change the initial position in the System Space.

It was in this manner that Lin Jing continually extended the distance of Observation Mode.

Moreover,

since there was no fog here to provide cover, making it easy to be exposed, Lin Jing made sure that the location where he teleported using Fixed Point Teleportation was always below on the seafloor.

At the same time, he dared not get too close to the black-robed elder.

Although this place also suppressed Divine Sense,

the black-robed elder, after all, was a practitioner in the Solidifying Body stage, a major realm higher than himself, and his range of Divine Sense was probably much broader than Lin Jing’s.

Therefore,

even when using Fixed Point Teleportation, Lin Jing was particularly careful not to teleport too close to him, for fear of being detected.

Luckily, although the area within this mist boundary was not small, it was still limited, and Lin Jing was not likely to lose track of him.

Until they reached another suitable area, the black-robed elder once again took out the Ice Crystal Coffin.

Then, just like the first time, he lay down inside the coffin, sealed it up, and let it freely fall, directly sinking to the seabottom.

After the black-robed elder sank to the seafloor, Lin Jing once again entered Observation Mode and began his careful observation.

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Thus, Lin Jing followed the black-robed elder, observing him for a full ten days.

During these ten days, Lin Jing remained in Observation Mode, never leaving System Space.

And the black-robed elder, just like at the beginning, repeatedly used the same method.

After these ten days of continuous observation, Lin Jing finally derived some insights from the black-robed elder’s actions…