Beneath the deep, dark sea, a nether light sped along, seeming slow yet moving swiftly.
The surging currents had no effect on its master. Instead, they quickened his pace.
Now and then, the nether light stopped and looked up at the sky.
The sky appeared empty, but under his gaze, a man and a bird were clearly visible.
Though the gull flew fast, the nether light followed with its pattern of starts and stops, keeping pace.
Any Human Race cultivator with a keen eye would have recognized the famed Five Elements Escape Technique he was using: the Water Escape Technique!
Among the Five Elements Escape Techniques, only the Earth Escape Technique was harder to learn than the Water Escape Technique.
With the right manual, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could learn it.
Even a few exceptionally gifted Qi Refinement Cultivators had a chance of mastering it.
But like the Earth Escape Technique, it was easy to learn and hard to perfect.
For speed in flight, it could not match the Gold Escape Technique. For explosive power, it fell short of the Fire Escape Technique. For concealment, it was inferior to the Wood Escape Technique.
Clearly, though, its user had cultivated it to the point where he could wield it at will, a stage that could be called perfection.
And out on the boundless sea, he was like a fish in water, traveling at tremendous speed.
Even the Heavenly Pivot Gull, famed for its flight speed, could not shake him.
As he watched the Heavenly Pivot Gull, thoughts rose and fell in his mind.
If I've found the right man, he must be the mastermind behind Heavenly Pivot Island.
*Not only did he run wild in the Profound Rock Sea Area, he even had the gall to take part in the battle