The instant Huben sensed danger, his enormous body abruptly shrank, and a burly man appeared in his place. Sea Spear Douluo's attack missed.
With his strike missing its mark, Sea Spear Douluo twisted in midair, and the silver spear in his hand blazed with dazzling light once more. The spiral patterns along its shaft spun wildly, drawing the surrounding seawater into a massive vortex that swept toward Huben, who had just assumed human form.
Yet Huben, still under Sea Star Douluo's control, did not struggle. Instead, an eerie smile curved his lips. He slowly brought his hands together before him, palms facing each other, his fingers slightly spread.
As though drawn by an invisible force, the seawater within a thousand feet of him rapidly condensed into crystalline mirrors. Layer upon layer, like countless enormous crystal shields, they enclosed his entire body.
The silver vortex raised by Sea Spear Douluo's spear slammed into the mirrored barrier. The mirrors shattered, their fragments dissolving into specks of light in the seawater.
Freed from control, Huben stood unharmed. His cold gaze swept over Sea Star Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo, and his voice carried a hint of mockery. "So, you two Sacred Pillars intend to betray Sea God Island."
An uproar immediately swept through the South Sea force.
Ao Can hurried forward a few steps and placed himself between the two sides. "Honored Sacred Pillars! Sacred Beast! Could there be some misunderstanding? We're all on the same side. Why turn our blades against one another?"
Huben sneered, his gaze sharp as a knife. "A misunderstanding? How is openly attacking Sea God Island's Sacred Beast anything but betrayal? Seize them!"
At his command, the nine hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the South Sea force exchanged glances, then slowly spread out, surrounding Sea Star Douluo and Sea