The sea breeze carried the sound of waves crashing against the reefs.
The entire place fell deathly silent.
Apart from the roar of the waves, nothing could be heard.
The Seven Sacred Pillars hardly dared to breathe. The seven Titled Douluo stood rooted to the spot.
No one dared speak at a time like this.
Nor had anyone imagined Lin Qing would dare speak to the High Priest that way.
As they saw it,
there was only one fate for anyone who challenged the High Priest's authority: being crushed to dust by the boundless power of the sea.
They all waited.
Waited for the High Priest's thunderous wrath to fall.
Bo Saixi said nothing. She simply gazed deep into his eyes for several seconds.
To the Seven Sacred Pillars, those seconds felt like centuries.
The pressure of Soul Power in the air had stretched taut to its limit.
Even a falling needle seemed capable of setting off an explosion.
At last.
Bo Saixi parted her lips and uttered a single word. "Granted."
As soon as she spoke, blue light flashed around her, and her figure faded into the sea breeze.
The churning sea settled with her departure, its fury smoothed away as calm returned.
The Seven Sacred Pillars exchanged looks.
The High Priest... had just left?
Without even one more word of warning.
What did that mean?
It meant that, in the High Priest's eyes, this young man named Lin Qing already possessed strength equal to her own!
The rules of Sea God Island were made for the weak.
For a monster whose growth defied all reason, even the High Priest had chosen to grant him an exception.
Sea Dragon Douluo was the head of the Seven Sacred Pillars for good reason. The steadiest of them all, he was the