"Otherwise, not only will it fail to win you powerful allies, it'll bring disaster upon the Long Family and wipe out your entire clan!"
"Uncle Liu, surely it won't come to that."
"That man looked familiar to me. Besides, he couldn't be as vicious as you say... could he?"
The Third Young Master felt his steward was exaggerating and was just about to argue.
Then eerie laughter rang out from all around the Treasure Ship.
"I've seen plenty of people escorting cargo, but you're the first to let your strongest fighter leave the ship of his own accord."
As the voice fell, a figure in gleaming silver armor, wielding a gilded spear, burst from the surging Endless Sea below. It blocked the Treasure Ship's path through the air, cutting off its way forward completely.
From its appearance, it was plainly a plump Fish Demon from the Endless Sea.
The instant Uncle Liu saw the trident in the Fish Demon's hand and the gleaming silver armor on its body,
his heart sank. Then, faster than the eye could follow,
he wiped away the worry that had shown when his young master invited the young man aboard and replaced it with an utterly fawning smile.
The creature wore Dragon Palace Fish-Scale Armor and carried an Azure Sea Trident.
It was nothing like the scattered lesser demons of the Endless Sea who called themselves the Endless Sea Aquatic Clans.
This Fish Demon belonged to the true Endless Sea Aquatic Clans, the ones the Human Race feared!
"Old man, you know the rules, don't you?" The Fish Demon gave the Treasure Ship a cursory glance and said no more.
"This old man understands!"
Uncle Liu flashed onto the deck and hurriedly signaled to the anxious cultivators behind him.
At once, they took the Storage