Soul Master

9.7 million against 2 million, how to lose?

Yang Dai was a little proud and even a little excited.

Never before has such a rich battle been fought!

How spectacular is a battle of tens of millions of people?

It would be great if Deep Domain could record videos, how majestic and pretentious it would be.

Yang Dai sighed silently, and Zhou Yu said, "If it is 9 million...that's really stable."

Zhou Yu suddenly began to look forward to where Yang Dai would go.

Before that, he had never been in contact with aliens, he had little contact with aliens, and he did not understand the existence of deep domain talent, so Yang Dai's talent shocked him a lot, not to mention Yang Dai, when the sun god and goddess descended from the sky It shocked him, he was still wondering what kind of exercises this person was practicing.

"How long will it be?"

Yang Dai closed his eyes and asked casually.

Zhou Yu replied: "Three days. Their sect's territory is too large. If we go to their base camp, we need to travel for two days, and we will be constantly blocked along the way."

Yang Dai said: "Then leave it to Chenhaigu to clean up the monks along the way."

"As ordered."

Zhou Yu took orders to leave.

Yang Dai twisted his neck and got up.

...

When he was about to approach the target sphere of influence, Yang Dai took the time to go offline. He has not been offline for a month, so he should pay attention to the reality.

Back in the room, he immediately released a batch of Yin people, and then lay on the sofa and took out his mobile phone.

Sure enough, dozens of missed calls were displayed on the phone screen.

Yang Dai first called her family back, and it was not Yang Teng who answered the phone, but Yang's mother.

Mother Yang was concerned about Yang Dai's recent situation, and she became happy when she learned that everything was fine. After Yang Dai became the first in the world to step into the virtual world, the whole world was excited, which led to a leap in the status of Yang Teng's family in Hanxi Province. The executives of the department visited them one after another. No matter where they went, there were special personnel to protect them secretly, and the treatment was full, giving them a sense of security.

Yang Dai smiled and said, "Let Yang Chao and Yang Yan prepare well, and I will send them to the Longjiang Secret Realm to practice. Mom, you can follow along too, so that you will be more sure of surviving in the deep realm in the future."

Hearing this, Mother Yang was moved, but she still asked, "I heard that the number of places is limited, so it's not easy to grab it, right?"

"It's hard for others to grab it, but your son will be hard to grab?"

"All right……"

Mother Yang should come down, and she really wants to go to the deep domain. Since Yang Teng entered the deep domain, he has spent most of the time in the deep domain, blowing up what he has seen and heard in the deep domain, and arrogantly, making her hate it. Itchy teeth.

If you don't go in again, this guy might come up with some shit.

The mother and son chatted for a while, and Yang Dai called back the chief of the combat bureau, who quickly answered the call.

Tsk tsk, why has he been in reality and not cultivating?

Yang Dai complained in his heart.

"Hey, Chief, what's the matter?"

"Hahaha, of course, congratulations on stepping into the Void Realm. How are you doing recently? Is it going well?"

"Okay, ready to start a war."

"Oh, what war? Let's talk about it."

"I'm overseas, and I'm going to attack the Great Sect. They have two million disciples."

"Most of the overseas sects are very strong, are you sure?"

"To be honest, only 50% sure."

"Then you have to be careful. For the sake of the Xia Kingdom and for the sake of all mankind, you have worked really hard."

"Well, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of races. By the way, I want to recommend my mother, my brother, and my sister to the Longjiang Mystery Realm, okay?"

"Of course you can. Four positions have been reserved for you, and the remaining one is your future girlfriend."

"No need, I have no idea of ​​finding a girlfriend."

The two chatted for a long time, and after hanging up the call, Yang Dai called the others back, and it took half an hour to end.

Ji Yunyan held the mobile phone, and while buttoning the words, he said: "Meng Dadi, Shasha Shasha has become stronger so fast, it is said that they can join forces to hunt the demon king, many people are expecting them to be the next you, right? , I also joined the group through Samsara, and now there are three newcomers with SS-level talent in the group."

Yang Dai smiled while surfing the Internet: "Not bad, it has evolved into an elite group."

"Yes, Wang Xiang has given up the position of the group leader, and now the group leader is Xiaodie."

"Oh? Is he willing?"

"He was killing Sha Sha Sha Sha with yin and yang, but it was real. Sha Sha Sha Sha let him transfer the group owner before letting him go."

"Then why not kill kill kill kill?"

"Maybe kill kill kill like her."

Yang Dai stopped talking after hearing this, and Xiaodie occasionally chatted with him privately, but he didn't reply. Now that the two were estranged, he didn't care much about Xiaodie.

So far, Yang Dai has not really met a woman who is in love with him. He feels that real love must be impulsive, not just looks.

Yang Dai was browsing the secret web. He accidentally discovered that there was a lot of overseas intelligence in the secret web. In addition to overseas, there were continents on the other side of the wild land, and some people even drew maps. The big dynasty is like a small place, too small.

Yang Dai found that he still underestimated human execution.

He also saw a post saying that countries are preparing to jointly explore the deep area, draw a super large map of the deep area, and realize the unity of all human beings in the deep area.

This plan is not bad, the more aliens, the stronger the power.

Since it is a family, it should be condensed together instead of fighting each other.

There are a lot of information and posts on the secret network that make Yang Dai feel good, and there are even analysis posts of dual talents. There are dual talents in all countries, but most of them are of average level.

Many people are looking forward to the emergence of double SS-level talents in Xia Guo.

It's ridiculous, but it's not impossible!

A few hours later, Yang Dai was back online.

Guiyuan Shenglou continues to move forward. All 9.71 million Yin people are practicing in the space inside the building. Most of the newly added Yin people are human races, and their body size is not large, so the space in the building can still be tolerated, but it is about to reach The limit, after all, the yin people can't practice next to their bodies, and it is easy for the spiritual energy to become disordered, causing the spiritual energy to scramble.

In the hall on the top floor, Zhou Yu was introducing the next goal.

"Tianhaimen has been established for two thousand years. The sect master and three deputy sect masters have the cultivation base of Tianyuan entering the Silence Realm. There are more than two million disciples. They are absolutely hard bones. Our sects have to make offerings on time and cannot challenge their authority. , It is said that there may be other forces behind Tianhaimen, and it is difficult to judge whether it is true."

The underworlders whispered after listening.

How can there be so many independent existences of overseas great sects? Yang Dai will sooner or later encounter an existence with a backer, as long as it is not too scary. Zhou Yu guessed that Tianhaimen is only colluding with the interests of the big forces, and it should not have much to do with it, after all For thousands of years, he hadn't heard of it.

After half a day.

Guiyuan Shenglou entered the sphere of influence of Tianhaimen, and a group of monks flew out from the islands, trying to intercept Guiyuan Shenglou.

According to Zhou Yu, to enter the sphere of influence of Tianhaimen, you need to pay the spirit stone.

The gate of the fourth floor of the Guiyuan Holy Building opened, and the endless stream of dusty sea valleys rushed out, and the sun god descended from the sky and directly sank an island.

This guy likes fighting too much. He has to participate in almost every war, no matter how big or small, so his popularity is the best. After all, the forces of the underworld are different every time. If it fails, it will be too embarrassing. , their war became easy.

In the hall, Yang Dai was holding a scroll on one side, which was seized from the Deep Sea Divine Sect. Listening to its sect master, there is a great opportunity hidden in this scroll, and it takes someone with a destiny to see it through.

Yang Dai is very interested, since he usually has time anyway.

After the scroll is opened, it looks like a map with stories marked beside it, all of which are short, and most of them are legends of myths and monsters.

Ji Yunyan leaned beside Yang Dai and watched with him.

"Is this a treasure map?" Ji Yunyan asked curiously.

Yang Dai said: "Maybe, but there is no label on the map at all. It is estimated that the answer is in the story, and there may be a location in the story, and then follow the map to find opportunities."

He said so, but he didn't have a clue for the time being.

These stories seem to be incompatible, and there are so many directional locations that it is difficult to judge.

The booklet has more than one page. The map on each page is the same, but the stories are different. Yang Dai calculated that there are at least 500 stories.

After a stick of incense, the battle was over, corpses were sent into the hall, and Yang Dai began to suck souls.

Guiyuan Shenglou did not move forward immediately, Bao Xie led people to start scraping the resources on each island.

Locust transit, nothing more than this.

After a while, Guiyuan Shenglou continued to move forward.

For the next two days, Yang Dai continued to absorb the Yin crowd.

Finally, they came to the main island of Tianhaimen. This island was bigger than the island they had encountered before. It was like a continent. At this moment, countless monks were already waiting on the edge of the island, and the sea outside the island even raised an array. Law.

Obviously, Tianhaimen has noticed their arrival.

Yang Dai walked out of the hall with the core Yin congregation, came to the guardrail, and looked into the distance.

The sun god first rushed over the sea of ​​clouds and began to absorb the power of the sun.

The doors and windows of each floor of the Guiyuan Holy Building were opened one after another, and the endless crowds flew out like locust swarms.

Yang Dai held the Yuan lightsaber in his hand, and said softly, "Kill, let each sect become an army, and crush them directly!"

His voice resounded in the hearts of all the underworld.

Nether Clan, Celestial Clan, Demon Clan, Ghost Clan, Guiyuanfeng, Ghost and Spiritual Hall, Scarlet Blood Sect, Jue Xinmen, Chenhai Valley, Deep Sea God Sect, Qi Sect, etc. The Yin clans are distributed according to their forces, nine hundred and seven The gathering of 110,000 yin people is so spectacular, it can be said to cover the sky and cover the sky and cover the earth.

This scene saw the faces of the Tianhaimen disciples on the island change dramatically.

"how is this possible!"

"So many ghosts?"

"What a terrifying aura, so many heart-wrenching realms and spirit-illuminating realms!"

"Not only that, there are hundreds of people in the Soul Refinement Realm!"

"What kind of power is this, why haven't you heard of it?"

Tianhaimen quickly expanded the island protection formation, and attacked by more than nine million people from the underworld.

Zhenkui Shengjun, Tian Jue, the Sect Master of the Scarlet Blood Sect, Murong Changan, Jue Wutian, etc., all opened their mouths to command.

Xing Sheng stood on the top of the building, holding the evil spirit. Only Si Xingdao, Sword Burial Fairy, Ji Yunyan were left beside Yang Dai, and everyone else went to fight.

He wants a crushing victory.

boom--

There was a deafening roar in the sky, and the Tianhaimen disciples looked up and saw a huge fireball hit quickly, like a meteor from outside the sky.

It is the sun god!

The sun god unstoppably slammed into the formation of the main island of Tianhaimen, the terrifying force shook the sea, and the main island trembled, but the formation was not immediately shattered.

The 9.7 million yin people cast spells together, and the mana gathered into a vast torrent of various colors and hit the island protection formation!

After a loud bang, the formation directly shattered.

"Kill ah-"

Jiantu held a giant sword and roared hoarsely, all the Yin people rushed forward one after another, and Yang Dai was so frightened by the momentum.

cool!

Si Xingdao said with emotion: "The momentum has been achieved, it is unstoppable."

Yang Dai smiled proudly and said, "Can the human race have such a scale back then?"

Si Xingdao replied: "Yes, and the human race was generally stronger ten thousand years ago, because of the great pressure to survive."

Yang Dai raised his eyebrows. Although it makes sense, can you cooperate with me?

Ji Yunyan said: "Ten years from now, you will be able to make the human race unmatched ten thousand years ago."

Si Xingdao thought it made sense and nodded slightly.

Yang Dai's growth rate is indeed terrifying, he can't understand it anyway.

Yang Dai glanced at Ji Yunyan, sensible.

Fairy Buried Sword said: "This island is not simple, there is a faint sword energy, it is very special, it is estimated that there is a peerless sword in it."

Yang Dai smiled and said, "When I get to level them, I will bring the sword to you."

Ji Yunyan pouted.

The Sword Burial Fairy said, "This sword is extraordinary, are you sure you want to give it to me?"

Yang Dai looked ahead and said, "I will give it to you if you say it. People are more important than swords."

Anyway, his reliance on magic weapons is not high, this sword can't be stronger than the ghost, right?

It's better to send some treasures, so that Fairy Buried Sword can be a thug for him.

More than nine million Yin people rushed into the main island of Tianhaimen, and the scene was extremely chaotic. The four Tianyuan masters in Tianhaimen took action one after another, but they were shocked to find that there were more Tianyuan masters on the opposite side!

[Congratulations to the tester 'Huo Wangting' in the Xia Kingdom for becoming the third SSS-level talent tester in the Xia Kingdom]

A message suddenly appeared in front of Yang Dai's eyes, making him stunned.

good guy!

SSS level talent!

The most important thing is that this time he and Tiandao can't hide!

Yang Dai sighed in his heart, but he didn't think much about it. Right now, he still had to care about the battle ahead.

Tianhaimen is indeed powerful. Facing the crushing of the number of people in various realms, they withstood the pressure, but unfortunately it was only for a while.

"Hahaha, can you be patient with this?"

The sun god was laughing wildly in the sky, and the four Tianyuan enemies who entered the silence realm were all restrained by his teammates, so that he could wreak havoc on the low realm enemies.

At this moment, he thought of a certain game, and the unparalleled refreshing feeling filled his heart.

The scorching high temperature caused the sea to boil, and corpses fell one by one, dyeing the waters near the main island red. The main island was bombarded by various spells, and the dust was flying like scorched smoke. come together.

The yin clan did not use the formation technique. They used the sect as the formation, and they were like a broken bamboo. There were many disciples in Tianhaimen, but they did not form a team with the number of hundreds of thousands. They were caught by surprise and were in disarray.

The total number of crushing, the crushing of the number of realms, how did Yang Dai lose?

Looking at the heroic battle ahead, Yang Dai smiled and said, "Someday, I will traverse the ocean with 100 million Yin people, who can stop me?"

Si Xingdao did not refute this time, the number of 100 million was indeed exaggerated.

There was no accident. After half an hour, the war ended. Except for a few Tianhaimen disciples who escaped, most of them died here.

Yang Dai began to suck the soul, Bao Jie led two million Yin people to start to scrape the main island, and Liu Junjie also went. Yang Dai specifically said about the sword, and Liu Junjie took it down.

After his talent was upgraded to a super star, Yang Dai's soul-sucking speed was very fast, and the soul-sucking was over in less than an hour. During this period, he also waited for the yin to transport the corpse.

After the soul-absorbing, Yang Dai's cultivation level successfully broke through to the fourth floor of the Void Stepping Realm.

He obtained 2,210,000 Tianhaimen disciples, among them, four Tianyuan entered the silence realm, twenty-seven stepped into the virtual realm, one hundred and twenty soul-refining realms, four thousand emptiness and no realm, and one hundred thousand spirit illumination realms. The bottom is full of heart spin.

scary!

Aside from the sacrificed yin, the total number of Yang Dai's yin has reached 11,890,000!

Historic breakthrough!

The yin people who practiced the longevity art began to frantically absorb flesh and blood. After this time, they estimated that the weakest could reach the soul refining realm!

On the way, millions of flesh and blood have been divided up by several people. Can they grow faster?

Among them, Shilong is the fastest. In addition to the longevity formula, there is also the talent of Yin generals. The Yin people who once belonged to the bottom grew rapidly under the training of Yang Dai, and gradually caught up with the leading troops.

Yang Dai returned to Guiyuan Shenglou and began to soak in the medicine pool.

This wave of soul-sucking is a little dizzy, although it is not serious, but anyway, it is all waiting, it is better to take a bath.

It took two full days before everything was sorted out, and Yang Dai immediately left with the yin crowd.

Inside the main hall, Bao Jie was counting the storage bags, and the storage bags were piled up into hills.

Liu Junjie stood beside the Sword Burial Fairy and smiled proudly: "Is this the sword?"

Fairy Buried Sword is holding a long sword with a silver-white blade in her hand. This sword exudes a cold air that is visible to the naked eye.

"This is a soul treasure that surpasses the first-grade magic treasure. It has infinite power. Are you sure you want to give it to me?" Fairy Buried Sword looked up at Yang Dai and asked seriously.

Yang Dai's heart twitched, and he said impatiently, "Hurry up and accept it, don't wipe my face in front of my hands."

The Sword Burial Fairy was silent for a moment, then walked aside and began to recognize her as her master.

Chen Tianhai, the sect master of Tianhaimen, said, "This treasure is really amazing. We have been refining it with the formation method for decades, but it has not yet succeeded."

The implication is that it is not that simple to conquer this treasure!

Yang Dai asked, "Do you have a backer at Tianhaimen?"

Chen Tianhai replied: "No, but it does have a connection with the Holy Land. This sea area is called the Thunder God Sea, and the most powerful force is the Holy Land, the Thunder God Tower, and Tianhaimen. Every ten years, Tianhaimen will make offerings, falsely claiming to have a backer. "

"When Haimen was destroyed that day, will the Thunder God Tower take action?"

"It is bound to be investigated, but the shot is not necessarily. There are countless sects in the Thunder God Sea. The rise and fall of one sect will lead to the Holy Land's shot."

"What about the five doors?"

Zhou Yu couldn't help but interjected and asked, Chen Tianhai was silent.

After counting the breaths, Chen Tianhai said: "Let's avoid the limelight. The strength of the Thunder God Tower is unimaginable, and it is not the number that can make up the gap."

Yang Dai said: "Then you will manipulate Guiyuan Shenglou and take us to a suitable place."

It just so happened that Guiyuan Shenglou could not accommodate the new Yin people, so they could find a place to practice for a while.

"it is good!"

Chen Tianhai responded.

Jue Wutian secretly envy, Chen Tianhai is Tianyuan's perfect cultivation base in the Silence Realm, and the treatment he receives is different.

To deal with Chen Tianhai, Shengjun Zhenkui joined forces with two experts in Tianyuan into the Silence Realm, and they succeeded in killing him, almost letting him escape.

The small realms of the three realms of Tianyuan are no longer divided into nine layers, but the initial stage, the middle stage, the later stage, and the consummation. The difference between the small realms is larger than the previous realm.

"Master, this gourd is amazing. The space inside is still large, and it is a world of its own."

Feng Xunhuan said excitedly, he was helping to count the treasures, and Chen Tianhai couldn't bear to watch it. It was really uncomfortable to watch others count his belongings.

Yang Dai took the gourd and probed into it, it was really big.

He started the ban on refining the gourd. This gourd looked ordinary, with a vine wrapped around it. It was actually a rare treasure. He asked Chen Tianhai and learned that the gourd was called Xiaotongtian gourd, and he got it by accident. .

After half an hour, the refining was successful, and the small Tongtian Gourd became his magic weapon. He immediately put the disciples of Tianhaimen into the small Tongtian Gourd.

Yang Dai threw the small open gourd out, and the small open gourd quickly flew to the top of the Guiyuan Shenglou, and began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, forming a spectacular cyclone.

He is not afraid of being stolen, but the Tianhaimen is hidden inside, and the three leaders of Tianyuan enter the Silence Realm, and whoever robs them will die.

If he didn't die, Yang Dai couldn't beat him either.

Yang Dai's eyes turned to Shi Long. Shi Long's cultivation had reached the ninth level of Soul Refining Realm, and he was only one step away from Stepping Void Realm. Among the Yin generals, only he and Murong Changan had practiced the Longevity Art. The increase is naturally exaggerated.

Shi Long usually does not need to practice, and he specializes in practicing spells and combat experience with the masters of Tianyuan and Void Stepping Realm.

Everyone can feel Yang Dai's preference for him, so they dare not hide their secrets when teaching.

Yang Dai is also looking forward to the day when his first yin congregation will shine.

In addition to Shilong, Murong Changan's growth is also very rapid, and there is hope that he will enter the realm of loneliness before the race is eliminated.

The longevity formula can save him the need for medicinal pills. As long as he is given a lot of flesh and blood, he can forcibly break through.

"Now my subordinates are like a cloud of fierce generals."

Yang Dai thought silently, but in terms of think tanks, he was still lacking.

Although these headmasters have rich experience, they did not show the talent that surprised Yang Dai. It was normal. If they had a strategy against the sky, they would not be easily won by Yang Dai. They still need to work hard to find such talents.

Five days later.

Guiyuan Sacred Tower was parked on an island, and there was thick fog in a radius of a million miles, so Chen Tianhai was able to find this island, which seemed to be his secret base.

After landing on the island, Yang Dai first asked the yin to check the island and the surrounding waters. After a few hours, after confirming that there was no danger, he went offline.

The Sword Burial Fairy stayed on the island and began to study how to conquer the sword in her hand.

Back in reality, Yang Dai's mobile phone was a bunch of missed calls again. He sat on the sofa and reported them one by one.

Everyone is wondering if he is an SSS-level talent!

The birth of Huo Wangting shocked the whole world. Xia Guo actually hides two SSS-level talents!

Everyone thinks that Overlord is no match for Jiang and Tiandao, especially Overlord is no match for Jiang. That talent really doesn't look like SS-level talent. If Overlord is no match for Jiang Neng concealed the announcement of upgrading his talent, then the super-star talent is likely to be him!

At this point, Yang Dai didn't have anything to hide. He generously admitted that he didn't say how to upgrade his talent. No one dared to ask him. Those who can call him are basically people in power and have a sense of proportion.

"Huo Wangting is really hot. His talent is very exaggerated. He has already summoned Huo Qubing, Guan Yu, and Xue Rengui to summon the ancient ancestors of the Xia Kingdom." Ji Yunyan held the mobile phone and said in amazement.

This is a parallel world, but the history is very similar to Yang Dai's previous life, and there are ancient characters.

Yang Dai asked curiously, "Aren't these famous historical generals also ordinary people, have they strengthened their strength?"

Ji Yunyan said: "It's really strengthened. A few days after landing, Huo Wangting relied on Guan Yu to kill the master of Xinxuanjing. The strength of the ancient spirit is not clear for the time being, and Huo Wangting has not fully explained it."

Yang Dai nodded, SSS-level talent is definitely not that simple.

The appearance of Huo Wangting directly made the Earth Humans overtake the Celestial Race on the luck list, but the Earth Humans' luck is still 3 yuan.

"I hope there will be more SSS-level talents, after all, the race has been eliminated more than once."

Looking at the interview on TV, Xionglie said with emotion that Huo Wangting was more pretentious than Yang Dai at the time, and he had already started to be interviewed, mainly because he was not afraid of exposure.

The most obvious point of SSS-level talent is real-time combat power. Once the talent is turned on, it has power that is unmatched by ordinary people, so there are not so many scruples, you can refer to the sun god.

On TV, Huo Wangting looked only eighteen years old, with a stern face and a childish look between his brows. His eyes were yellowish-brown, and he didn't look like a mortal. It was probably due to talent.

Huo Wangting is indeed popular, even more popular than Yang Dai at the beginning. The reason is that his summoning spirit itself has its own traffic, and TV stations in various provinces are reporting on him, which is even bigger than Yang Dai's original momentum.

Yang Dai was not jealous, and even looked forward to Huo Wangting's performance.

six hours later.

Yang Dai went online again, released more than 1,100,000 Yin people, and began to practice.

Liu Junjie applied to go to the nearby treasure hunt, and Yang Dai nodded in agreement.

A total of 11,890,000 Yin people cultivated together, and the increase in spiritual power was really exaggerated, and Yang Dai felt like he was about to float.

The cultivation base is simply hanging up!

So refreshing!

Yang Dai thought happily.

He plans to stay here for the next period of time.

Half a month later, Murong Changan crossed the calamity in the sea and successfully stepped into the Tianyuan and entered the state of loneliness. The calamity caused by the longevity art was extremely terrifying. Yang Dai used three million Yin people to cast a formation to help him successfully overcome the calamity.

At this point, there are eleven Tian Yuan in Yang Dai's hands who have entered the Silence Realm, plus the Sun God and Xing Sheng, that's thirteen!

After Murong Changan survived the calamity, he fell into a trance, feeling like he was in a dream.

Before he became a Yin public, his cultivation had stagnated. He did not expect to become a Yin public for less than a year, and he successively achieved the Void Stepping Realm and the Tianyuan Realm that he had never thought of before.

"All this is given by the master, and I must not fail him!"

Murong Changan looked at Yang Dai who was fishing on the seashore in the distance and thought silently.

Yang Dai was complaining to Ji Yunyan and scolded: "Why are there no fish?"

Ji Yunyan said helplessly: "There is no fish in this area, even the demons can't see it."

Yang Dai pouted and said, "I don't believe it, I will definitely be able to catch it. What I use is a treasure of heaven and earth."

As soon as he finished speaking, his fishing rod began to move, and something was dragging his hook in the sea.

Yang Dai was suddenly pleasantly surprised, and Ji Yunyan showed an incredible look.

Can you really catch it?

"Haha, did you see it, this is the power of krypton gold!"

Yang Dai said with a smug smile, the expression of Si Xingdao next to him changed, Murong Changan suddenly appeared in front of Yang Dai, and the two stared at the sea.