In the small courtyard, Sophia forcefully suppressed her anger. Su Xiao had agreed readily enough, but he was lying back in the recliner without even making a move to get up.
"Doctor Byakuya, are you looking down on the authority of the Sea God?"
"Yes. So?"
Su Xiao glanced at Sophia, straightened his upper body, and lit a cigarette.
Sophia was startled by his reply. She scrutinized Su Xiao again, then reined in the smile on her face, dragged over a chair, and sat down. Her entire air abruptly changed, becoming languid.
"Actually, I don't care much about the Sea God's authority either. When all's said and done, Aos Atlantis is merely stronger than us. So what if he's a god-system existence? As long as we're stronger than him, we can kill him all the same."
Sophia rubbed her sore shoulder. Her burden was too great, and shoulder pain was an old problem for her. As an ordinary person among countless Transcendents, Sophia was an anomaly. She was the Sea God's eldest daughter, yet she wasn't a Transcendent. This left many people dumbfounded, to the point that she couldn't even publicly claim to be the eldest daughter of the Sea God, Aos Atlantis.
"Sophia, I'll be frank with you. My boss has a relationship with Polosi, which is why he stayed here. Otherwise, he would've gone to the Sand Painting World long ago. The environment there is better than this place."
Baja spoke up. Sophia wasn't surprised by this. A small number of people possessed a "traversal constitution" that allowed them to freely enter and leave different Inner Painting Worlds. The Old Knight, Donkey Bro, the Blazing Sun Monarch, and the King of Nightmares were all like that.
"What do you mean?"
"By my calculation, my boss, me, and Bubut