Before Gongsun Haoyue could react, Jiang Liu's figure flickered and flew toward the ships sailing this way.
Soon, Jiang Liu appeared above the ship.
Jiang Liu sensed the situation and discovered that this small ship actually carried four Grandmasters. This had to be the ship they were looking for.
Then, as Jiang Liu revealed himself, he used his Divine Sense to lock onto everyone aboard the ship.
At that moment, one of the Grandmasters aboard the ship, Dongyang Hu, felt increasingly uneasy ever since they had approached this strait.
Suddenly, he looked up and saw someone appear in midair.
His heart sank at once, because he realized that the person who had appeared in midair was Jiang Liu.
As the person who had been stationed on the mainland the longest to gather intelligence, he had an extremely deep understanding of Jiang Liu, the current ruler of the Star Cloud Holy Dynasty.
The reason they had wanted to flee this time was that they had heard rumors Jiang Liu was about to advance to the Saint Realm, so they had wanted to return and report it.
In truth, he had also wanted to flee the mainland for good and had no intention of returning.
After all, he did not want to provoke the might of a Saint Realm martial artist.
However, it seemed that his wish was about to fall through.
After locking onto everyone aboard the ship, Jiang Liu's figure shot rapidly toward the vessel.
Just as Jiang Liu was about to reach the ship, the other three Grandmasters aboard finally noticed him as well, and one after another, they flew out.
Each held a weapon in hand and attacked Jiang Liu.
Dongyang Hu, however, was clearly lagging behind, seemingly plotting something.
Jiang Liu reached out with one hand, and