Mo Lin sat down cross-legged and adjusted his breathing.
"Your Excellency Gengchen, I am ready."
Gengchen did not respond, but a phantom image of the Winged Dragon gradually rose from the statue and began circling through the air, radiating waves of dazzling golden light. Sitting so close, Mo Lin could not see what the Winged Dragon phantom was doing through the glare. He closed his eyes and let the Winged Dragon do as it pleased with his body. Soon after, a powerful energy spread out from the center of the island. After being washed over by this energy, every soul beast on the island fell prone and bowed toward the island's very center.
The Mo Family and members of the other families at the island's edge also felt as though they had been struck by something. Soul Masters below Soul Douluo rank and ordinary people alike involuntarily knelt toward the center of the island. Only those above Soul Douluo rank could barely remain standing. Yet unlike the soul beasts, who knelt before a higher life-form due to bloodline suppression, these people knelt more out of reverence for the strong. This power left them unable to summon even the slightest thought of resistance.
Mo Teng barely managed to leap onto a rooftop and looked toward the center of the island, deep in thought. The Mo Family's eldest and second sons, Mo Wen and Mo Wu, also climbed onto the roof. Staring at the golden light in the island's center, Mo Wen asked his father, "Father, such a phenomenon has appeared on the island, but Xiao Lin still hasn't returned. Should we go look for him?"
Mo Teng gestured that there was no need. "No. Although powerful energy has erupted from the island's center, it isn't violent, nor does it carry any