The next day, once everyone from the Ye Family had assembled, without needing anyone from the Heavenly Rain Palace to urge them on, the Ye Family immediately headed to that mining site for the handover. The person in charge of the site handed it over with exceptional cheerfulness. With the war still unsettled, it was not only the Heavenly Rain Palace that would send people into the territories of the two factions to destroy mining sites—the two factions would do the same. If these spirit crystals could not be transported away in advance, they might fall into enemy hands.
Having taken over the spirit crystals, everyone from the Ye Family could not help drawing a deep breath, because they all knew exactly what this meant.
The Ye Family group acted as though they knew nothing, breaking through the sea surface and flying rapidly toward the Heavenly Rain Palace.
Suddenly, above an endless stretch of sea, the wind was still and the waves calm, as though nothing were amiss. Yet everyone stopped.
It was precisely because the sea was so calm that it was most strange. Out on the ocean, calm winds and placid waves often foretold that something was about to happen.
"Stop!" Ye Qiong waved his hand, the fan in his hand repeatedly tapping against his palm. "Whichever friends are lying in ambush here for Ye, come out and meet me!"
"Hahaha, Ye Qiong, your reputation is well deserved. You truly are one of the Ye Family's most formidable Five Tyrants!" Along with a hearty laugh, a group of several dozen people appeared in the void. All of them were top experts of the Cold Whale Clan, and the man leading them was precisely the Cold Whale Clan's top expert Ye Xiwen had seen that day.
Though they had