"Squawk!"
"Squawk!"
The seabirds' piercing cries carried over the ocean as several birds wheeled overhead in formation.
Now and then they plunged toward the water, hooked a fish with their sharp claws, and stabbed with pointed beaks. When they rose again, a large fish hung from each mouth.
Some had already eaten their fill. They caught large fish, pecked them dead, then tossed them back into the sea instead of eating them.
Blood spread through the water, drawing in bloodthirsty sea beasts.
These Tier 1 seabirds were having the time of their lives.
Then a violent gust tore through, scattering their formation in all directions.
The seabirds stared ahead in bewilderment. A kite-shaped figure had flashed past.
"Senior Han, I really must thank you this time."
"It's nothing. It was only a Nascent Soul Early Stage Puppet. Losing it is no great matter. Besides, didn't you promise to give me Flying Cloud Child's body?"
Luo Chen stood on the Wooden Kite with his hands behind his back.
Sang Jinghe sat cross-legged upon it, his face deathly pale. Even with the Mana shield Luo Chen had set around him, their breakneck speed left him struggling to breathe.
He was doing his utmost to circulate his spiritual power and dispel the discomfort.
Luo Chen glanced at him, then continued speaking with Han Zhan inside the Soul-Nurturing Plaque.
The Nascent Soul Early Stage Puppet that had blown itself up on Purple Spirit Island was the very Spiritwood Puppet Han Zhan had previously inhabited.
What made Han Zhan willing to part with such a treasure was, clearly, Flying Cloud Child's body.
Back in Cloud Sea Plaza in Bright Decree Heaven, Flying Cloud Child had shed his body like a cicada casting off its shell and escaped with his Nascent Soul.
Luo Chen had crushed