Bo Saixi's deep blue eyes gazed beyond the dome of the great hall, though no one knew what she was looking at.
A long time passed.
"Ah..."
An almost inaudible sigh drifted through the empty corners of the hall.
"Sea Dragon."
Bo Saixi finally spoke. "You did the right thing back at the shore."
Sea Dragon Douluo froze for a moment.
He looked up at her in bewilderment.
The right thing?
Did she mean bowing and scraping before that boy, even lowering himself enough to say "please"?
As the foremost of Sea God Island's Seven Sacred Pillars, he had immense pride of his own.
Bowing to an outsider, a mere boy, had been a reluctant choice driven by instinct. He had still felt stifled resentment over it.
Bo Saixi turned around, her gaze sweeping down over her seven trusted subordinates.
Her eyes, usually as still as an ancient well, now held a tangle of emotions.
"Remember what I tell you."
"Do not, under any circumstances, try to test him."
"And do not try to bind him with Sea God Island's so-called rules."
With every word Bo Saixi uttered, the pressure within the hall grew heavier, until even the air around them seemed to thicken.
"In those few seconds when our eyes met from afar earlier, I discerned that his actual level was Level 90."
"But I also sensed something quite distinct."
Bo Saixi paused, then continued gravely, "Danger."
"Utterly lethal danger."
"!!!"
All seven guardians of Sea God Island's Seven Sacred Pillars drew sharp breaths.
Only heavy, rapid breathing remained in the vast temple.
"Danger?!"
Sea Dragon Douluo's head buzzed, and even his voice changed pitch.
"Great Enshrined, you're a Level 99 Peerless Douluo!"
"On this ocean, you're invincible! Even if Qian Daoliu himself came here, he couldn't gain the