The speaker wore a purple-gold ceremonial robe and a golden ghost-head mask over his face.
Faint flames surged around him like tidal waves, swaying in tandem with the azure glimmer of the seawater. His aura was immensely powerful and bizarre.
Not far in front of him stood another figure.
This figure was extraordinarily tall and humanoid in shape, with an enormous green fish head, crimson wings on his back, and layers of scales covering his body. His bearing was incomparably wild.
He gave the ghost-masked man a slight bow, his black-and-white fish eyes brimming with confidence.
"Rest assured, Overseer. Everything is under control!"
"Everything is ready. We only await Empress Profound Ice to walk into the net herself!"
The ghost-masked man let out an amused laugh.
"Empress Profound Ice is not so easily dealt with!"
"Of course!" The merman nodded. "To kill her in one stroke this time, I have gathered all the finest military strategists in the eastern sea region. They will pool their wits and lay out every step with the utmost care!"
The ghost-masked man seemed unmoved as he casually asked,
"And then?"
The merman continued, "The whole world knows that Empress Profound Ice loves her people as though they were her own children. As long as we pose a fatal threat to her subjects, she will never stand idly by!"
"With her forceful and domineering nature, once our troops appear, she will certainly find a way to wipe us out completely!"
"Moreover, our clan's Heavenly Punishment Hidden Annihilation Array is the foremost killing array of the aquatic races. It is also the only terrifying array among the ten great ancient killing arrays that can suppress cultivation, divine sense, cultivation techniques, and even souls in every aspect, like heavenly punishment itself!"
"Just imagine it. Once Empress Profound