Sikong Jing took a deep breath and said, "Crescent Moon Continent is currently controlled by the 'Straight Wind Lineage' you mentioned, right?"
After Ling Mi'er nodded in confirmation, Sikong Jing explained softly...
"Then there's no problem. Ling Dongwei sent the Straight Wind Lineage to kill the Crescent Moon Lineage, so Crescent Moon Continent must be left defenseless, with no powerful experts."
"When the time comes, we'll strike straight into the depths of Crescent Moon Continent."
"Then we'll use the people the Straight Wind Lineage left behind on Crescent Moon Continent to threaten their main force."
As his words fell, Ling Mi'er's eyes widened slightly. After her mind raced for a moment, she immediately understood.
The Straight Wind Lineage's main force had gone to kill the Crescent Moon Lineage...
Their main base would be left empty, and they would strike directly at the Straight Wind Lineage's headquarters.
Put plainly, the Straight Wind Lineage would be holding Ling Mi'er's parents then, while Cousin Sikong and she would be holding all the relatives of the Straight Wind Lineage's main-force experts. That would allow them to negotiate and exchange hostages.
"The prerequisite is that we seize the spatial transmission array first!" Sikong Jing's voice was exceedingly low.
As he spoke, Sikong Jing suddenly caught a scent...
At once, he took Ling Mi'er and flashed into the seawater, taking on the aura of a small sea beast.
Not long after they entered the sea, a massive rift suddenly tore open in the space above the surface. A powerful group appeared exactly where they had just been.
They were unmistakably dressed as members of the Mysterious Xiao Sect.
Having transformed their auras into those of sea beasts, Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er looked up from beneath the sea toward the sky above the surface...
A cold,