Lin Qiye waved his hand lightly, and a bank of clouds surged up from beneath their feet, carrying everyone as it sped toward the coastline!
Dawn tore through the island's night. The howling wind swept past Lin Qiye's ears as he looked down, only to find the entire island deathly silent.
It was as if the commanders-in-chief had all vanished. Even though their intention in leaving had been so obvious, no one came out to stop them.
"Could it be the commanders have come around? Are they just going to let us leave?" Cao Yuan asked suspiciously.
"Impossible." Lin Qiye shook his head. "I thought it through carefully last night. To persuade the commanders-in-chief of every generation and General Huo to place us under house arrest here, it couldn't have been Commander Zuo alone pushing for it... Great Xia God, and perhaps even the Celestial Venerable, must be involved behind this."
"Come to think of it, it was strange for the Celestial Venerable to suddenly descend upon this island before. If he was merely delivering medicine, there was no need for him to come in person, right?"
"If that's really the case, then the commanders truly can't let us go," Jiang Er said after some thought. "Otherwise, there'd be no way to explain it to the Heavenly Court."
"If I'm not mistaken, they should be preparing to intercept us, hoping to crush our desire to leave once and for all."
Lin Qiye fixed his gaze on the distant coastline, his eyes narrowing slightly.
As the Somersault Cloud swept past the edge of the island and shot toward the sea, a deep rumble suddenly rose from the waters below!
BOOM—!!
The heavy seawater seemed to be drawn upward by some force, surging rapidly into the sky. White spray scattered down like