The nobleman gave way, and Liu Zhi led Videnina from the pier's walkway out onto the sea.
As a Corpse Soul Naga, Videnina could certainly walk on the surface and swim underwater. Once they entered the sea, she dived beneath the waves and began swimming swiftly.
Liu Zhi didn't fly, either. He simply stood on the water and walked across it as he had before.
Watching Liu Zhi walk freely across the surface, the nobleman's expression changed. At last, he understood why Liu Zhi had been able to reach this place without a ship. He also realized that his attempt to scheme against Liu Zhi had missed the mark.
Liu Zhi could go out to sea just as easily without a ship.
But the nobleman wasn't going to let it go. After watching Liu Zhi depart, he immediately released a dove made of white points of light.
Liu Zhi had seen what the nobleman did. There was no way he would let those people scheme against him without doing anything.
He watched the white dove fly away and fixed his gaze on its direction. At first, he kept walking across the water, but then he simply dived beneath the waves and pursued the dove underwater.
Following the dove, Liu Zhi swiftly swam through a current and traveled dozens of miles. Far ahead, he spotted a place that couldn't be detected from an ordinary vantage point.
The place was strange. It was clearly out on the open sea, yet unless you approached from just the right direction, you couldn't see that such a vast expanse of water lay there.
More than half of the ships that had been docked at the pier were moored here.
Several Mythic-grade ships were clustered together. It was clear that they were the flagships of this