After absorbing the essence of flesh and blood, the man's aura surged, climbing all the way to the Divinity Transformation Realm in the blink of an eye.
Above the sea, the clouds for a thousand li around turned heavy and dark. The man looked up with a faint smile, and with a flicker of his body, he vanished.
Farther away, a Divinity Transformation Sea Beast that had existed for countless millennia sensed the strange phenomenon. Its body, the size of an island, began to tremble. To the desperate cries of the creatures living upon its back, the beast dove into the depths of the sea and swam toward a specific location.
When the sea beast reached a certain location, it let out a long, far-reaching cry. A moment later, three other consciousnesses responded.
"I have detected the birth of something malevolent. It has devoured some of my offspring. I can sense that its very existence is a threat to all of us."
