His booming voice rang out amid rolling thunder, as though it could churn the sea itself. Fierce winds swept across the island, bending the trees low. Bolt after bolt of lightning lit the island even brighter, revealing the stunned faces of its many inhabitants.
"What's going on?"
"Enemy attack!!"
"Who dares act so brazenly? Charging straight onto Holy Island and insulting the leader?!"
"It's... it's Huang Tian! He's back!"
"Wasn't he always afraid to return because he might be confined or even killed? Why has he come back now, and why is he acting so arrogantly?"
"Prepare to defend the island! He must have something to back up this arrogance. Don't let your guard down."
"Where's the leader?"
"..."
Nearly two thousand people lived on the island, all members of Glimmer. Every one of them looked up in shock at the figure in the sky, talking among themselves.
Soon, three streaks of light shot into the air. Each of the three was at least Fourth Stage, but none was Guvalon. Guvalon stood on the balcony of a villa with his hands behind his back, his face indifferent.
In midair, a man in golden armor frowned deeply. "Huang Tian, did you come back just to cause trouble? Our leader is broad-minded enough to overlook a few provocative words, but we aren't. Come down at once and accompany us to apologize to him." A brown-haired woman wreathed in frost sneered. "Why waste so many words? Just capture him!"
As she spoke, a swirling glow of ice appeared in her palm, ready to shoot out at any moment.
Huang Tian glanced over the three of them. They were among the first war orphans Morian had taken in, and all had reached the peak of Fourth Stage. Lowering his gaze, he asked coldly, "Tell