The next moment!
"By this venerable one's command..."
A voice, cold and authoritative, so familiar that it made the demons' souls tremble, boomed in the ears of the several Half Venerable elders of the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan stationed in the four directions, like thunder from the highest heavens!
"...The army will march out and return home!"
"All matters will be discussed after this venerable one returns to the clan!"
The voice was not loud, yet it carried an unquestionable will, an absolute command over all things.
"Understood!"
"We respectfully obey Your Venerable's decree!"
"Understood!"
"..."
No matter what they had been doing, the Half Venerable elders of the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan stationed in the four directions all shuddered. Without the slightest hesitation, they bowed in unison toward a certain point in the void, lowering their heads in the utmost respect as they replied.
Their voices were filled with awe and excitement that came from the depths of their souls.
When the several Half Venerable elders cautiously raised their heads again...
The towering figure that had stood in the highest heavens for but a moment, yet seemed to suppress the entire world, had vanished without a trace. No one knew where he had gone.
He had not even left behind the slightest trace of his departure.
At this sight!
The several Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan elders exchanged glances, excitement and understanding mingling in their eyes.
They no longer hesitated. At once, they circulated their magical power and sent their solemn voices throughout the armies under their command:
"Your Venerable has issued an order!"
"The army will march out—follow me back to the Ancestral Sea!"
"Return!"
"Return to the Ancestral Sea!"
"..."
The command spread like a tide.
After years of war, the Black Spirit Tiger Shark