Beneath a clear blue sea and bright sky, a distant island appeared on the horizon. A flock of large birds approached, gradually lowering their altitude as they swooped toward it.
These were none other than the cultivators from various kingdoms who had pursued the Four Seas forces all the way after leaving Tiandu Peak.
Of the seven kingdoms, everyone was here except Yan Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom.
They had chased their quarry off the mainland and all the way into the waters of the East Sea. Just as they were about to catch up, that pack of demons and monsters plunged into the sea and vanished without a trace.
The pursuit forces from the five kingdoms refused to let the matter rest. They had launched a slaughter across the East Sea, sweeping through island after island and killing any overseas cultivator they encountered, plainly intending to force the Four Seas people out.
The island ahead was clearly their next target.
Boom! Columns of seawater suddenly erupted from the surface, shooting skyward and striking at the flock of large birds.
The birds shrieked in terror and scattered wildly. Fortunately, their riders were no pushovers either, slashing out streams of magical force that shattered the incoming water columns.
"Roar..."
A heaven-shaking roar rolled into the skies, its sound waves leaving heads dizzy and eardrums aching.
The cultivators could use spells to defend themselves, but the shrieking birds could not endure it. The cultivators of the five kingdoms immediately released the birds to fly high and away, while they themselves descended from the sky, wheeling broadly through the air as they glided toward the sea.
At the center of their circling formation, a colossal and ferocious sea beast surfaced. Its enormous body resembled an island, its neck rose like a mountain, and each