The distant thunderstorm flashed, and the lightning lit up the whole sky, too bright to look at. Only after the brief flash came the deafening rumble of thunder.
Several figures appeared at the abandoned docks as the thunder crashed. The Sages who had rushed here split between the abandoned ships and the air above the sea, hovering with Wind Riding Technique. In unspoken agreement, they all looked toward the two people sitting on the docks.
Mei Chengyu rose to his feet and stepped in front of Yu Sui, blocking everyone's view of her.
The first to land was an old man in white robes. The raging sea wind stirred his long white beard. Lightning flashed again, bright as day, and in that instant illuminated his kindly face.
One of the Taiyi Twenty-Four Saints, one of Water Vessel's leading Saints, and a School of Names Sage: Sun Heng.
This wasn't the first time Yu Sui had seen him. At Undersea Mechanism Island, Sun Heng and Wei Xizhen had arrived and dealt with the Sea Fire spreading through North Kun City.
At the time, Sun Heng had said Water Vessel was researching the sea eyes and reproducing strange fire within them.
The sea eye that had appeared on Mechanism Island last time must have been an accident caused by Water Vessel's research spiraling out of control, which had injured North Kun City.
After the lightning flashed, Skyfire kindled all around them, one flame after another.
The firelight revealed a string of familiar yet unfamiliar faces.
The Sages from the academy stood on the abandoned ships. Zou Qian and Wu Huaiwei each looked up at the Sages from Water Vessel across from them.
All the other Taiyi Saints had arrived, with Sun Heng at their head.
The man and woman standing closest to