Just as Jeming predicted, during their continued descent, they encountered several waves of differently shaped "sentinels."
Some evolved multiple photoreceptive structures like compound eyes, capable of simultaneously monitoring weak light disturbances from multiple directions; some flattened their bodies, sticking to the rock wall like luminous moss and merging with the background energy radiation; some even abandoned their physical form, transforming into a faint light mist lingering in the crevice air, with any physical entity passing through causing abnormal movements in the light mist.
Meanwhile, Anya silently reaped the Life Energy of these sentinels like a death god, her surprise evident in the Spiritual Link:
"The same type of Elemental Creatures can differentiate into so many specialized variants targeting stealth and reconnaissance in such a short time? The speed and direction of this evolution are astonishing."
