Just then, someone on one of the ships shouted:
"People on the shore have spotted us! A ship is approaching us."
Hearing this, Tai Yi looked toward a port along the coastline and saw a large ship sailing toward his fleet under a single person's command.
There was no sign of fear from that ship as it headed directly toward the Sea God Ship, one of the leading vessels.
Even upon seeing that more than a dozen Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were pulling the ships, the man showed no fear, as though this were only natural.
Seeing this, Tai Yi went to the bow. Since the Martial Soul was adjacent to the Sea God Ship, once the vessel drew close, Tai Yi, standing aboard the Martial Soul, immediately saw that there was a Soul Saint aboard it.
He was a middle-aged man. Though he was a Soul Saint, Tai Yi could see from his expression that he was utterly exhausted—an expression a Soul Saint should not have worn.
At that moment, the man on the ship called toward the Sea God Ship:
"Has High Priest Bo Saixi brought the people of Sea God Island to rescue our Starlight Empire?"
"Wang Xing respectfully requests an audience with an elder of Sea God Island."
Wang Xing said this because, in his view of the world, Sea God Island was the only force on the sea that might still bring so many people to support them. Besides, wasn't the Sea God Ship at the front the finest vessel of Sea God Island?
Moreover, in Wang Xing's mind, aside from Sea God Island, what other force on the sea could command so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to pull ships?
Hearing Wang Xing's words, Tai Yi was surprised. He had not expected that although the Sun