"Is that a god?"
"A god even stronger than Lord Sea God..."
"We... What have we been fighting against?"
They stared at the enormous purple phantom, their legs going weak. They didn't even have the strength to run.
The Demon Soul Great White Shark King trembled all over, cowering in the water and not daring to move.
It suddenly understood something.
That human hadn't killed its kin earlier to make a show of force.
He'd just... done it in passing.
Like someone accidentally crushing an ant underfoot while walking.
That was all.
Luo Yun looked at the terrified faces below and spoke calmly.
"I told you: the Sea God Inheritance must cease to exist in this world from this day onward."
His voice wasn't loud, yet every person heard him clearly.
"You may live."
"Sea God Island may remain."
"But the worship of the Sea God must disappear."
He paused, then raised his hand.
In the sky, the enormous purple palm slowly lifted and hovered above Sea God Island.
The palm was large enough to cover the entire island.
The islanders looked up one after another at the golden palm blotting out the sky, their faces as pale as paper.
"He... What is he going to do?!"
"If that hand comes down, the whole island will be gone!"
"Run! Run to the sea!"
"What's the point of running? Where can we go?!"
The Sea Soul Masters fell into chaos. Some charged toward the shore, others hid in the woods, and some simply slumped to the ground and shut their eyes, waiting to die.
A middle-aged Sea Soul Master dragged his child toward the shore as fast as he could, shouting as he ran, "Hurry! Jump into the sea! Hide on the ocean floor!"
The child looked back at the enormous