"Haah... haah..."
Chu Mi gasped for breath as he turned into a translucent figure, darting left and right through the air with Swift Flight to evade the spell attacks relentlessly pursuing him.
The moment the Sea Race army surrounded the island, he had wanted to flee. But he knew there was no chance of escape.
Ding Jingshan had sent Jiang Wang to break through in such secrecy precisely because he didn't want the others to find out and lose morale.
Chu Mi knew there was more to it, so he had quietly followed. He wanted to hitch a ride to freedom with Jiang Wang, whose origins he believed were extraordinary, and escape the Floating Island together.
After Fu Yanqing caught him, Chu Mi had practically thrown away all dignity just to beg for a chance to live.
He knew very well that Jiang Wang's attempt to break through had to remain strictly secret while the battle was raging. So either he would be punished under military law, or he had to prove he was worth keeping alive.
He chose to help Jiang Wang break through, and he was genuinely committed to helping him.
First, though the attempt was dangerous, his chances of survival were still better than staying on the island to face the Sea Race army.
Second, he truly wanted to make connections with someone as influential as Jiang Wang. Only people of that stature might be able to help him wash away his crimes and free him from this godforsaken Lost Realm.
He really didn't want to stay in the Lost Realm anymore. Not for another day!
Every day here, the first thing he did after waking was check whether he was still alive.
He desperately didn't want to die. But in this godforsaken place, where life hung