“What species is this?” Xu Qing said as he continued backing up.

“The Revered Ancient mainland is too big and there are too many species there,” the Captain replied, looking a bit confused as he also backed up. “It looks like a variant type of Threadwyrm. I vaguely remember reading a file back in the Intelligence Division which mentioned them. Let me think.”

Seeing Xu Qing and the Captain backing away, the nonhuman which had emerged from the Seastar chieftain grinned and blurred into motion.

Xu Qing’s expression turned grim, and the Captain’s pupils constricted. Unfortunately, neither of them was fast enough to flee from someone in the Nascent Soul level. Xu Qing’s vision swam as something slammed into him, and he was sent flying back, blood spraying out of his mouth. The same thing happened to the Captain.

Thanks to the shield created by the pendant, though Xu Qing was thrown backward 300 meters, he wasn’t injured. That said, his organs vibrated painfully, and he could tell that if this fight kept going, the pendant would eventually stop working.

The nonhuman was about to launch into another...