A streak of gray light shot southward.
Inside it was Beaumont.
Liewen's sword strike had shattered half his divine body. Fortunately, he had dodged in time and avoided a blow to the head. Otherwise, he would already have fallen.
Beaumont had already used divine power to restore his divine body, but his heart was filled with resentment and hatred.
The refinement of the Soul Golden Pearl had reached its final stage. It had nearly succeeded, only for Liewen and Linley to ruin it. How could he not be furious?
What Beaumont did not know was that the Grand Wizard had long since refined a Soul Golden Pearl and planned to absorb it himself without telling Beaumont. Now, that Soul Golden Pearl had fallen into Linley's hands.
Beaumont flew south all the way. Though he wanted revenge, Liewen's sword strike had frightened him as well. He planned to hide in the vast South Sea first, then make further plans.
Beaumont flew over the Yulan Empire and entered the Sunset Mountain Range. Beyond the range to the south lay the South Sea.
Boom! Boom!
Beaumont halted. He had heard strange rumbling sounds.
He released his divine sense to investigate, and when he discovered the source of the sounds, his expression immediately changed.
The source was a shattered stone platform, upon which faint traces of magical formations could still be seen.
The rumbling grew increasingly rapid, like drumbeats, like raindrops.
It was as though someone were attacking continuously, with the frequency growing faster and faster.
Ripples appeared in the space around the stone platform. At last, upon reaching a certain limit, space tore open like paper, forming a crack.
Two men crawled out of the crack.
The two looked completely different.
One was tall and slender, with an alluringly handsome face, dressed in