"What should I do?"
Xiao Ying racked his brains, but beneath the scrutiny of the emperors filling the sky-especially the white-haired young man and the Biqiong Sea Emperor, whose gazes plainly held meaning and warning-he neither dared nor was able to stir up more trouble. Plans surfaced one after another, only to be swiftly rejected!
In the end, Xiao Ying considered two options reasonably viable:
First, gamble on luck. If nothing was found, all the better; if they were discovered, he would simply hand over Misty Rain and her companion. Although the forces assembled by the Sky-Supporting Tribe certainly could not withstand the people from Mysterious Emperor Island, they would not be easily annihilated either. Their combined strength rivaled that of two or three Sea Emperors. Moreover, this was Heavenfall Island, with countless cultivators serving as "hostages." Its eight emperors would likely mediate. Otherwise, even if the Sky-Supporting Tribe lost, the fighting would engulf countless cultivators and might even shatter Heavenfall Island.
Second, also gamble on luck. Even if the women were discovered, he could simply keep the Startled Cloud Sea Emperor inside the Heaven-Earth Bell as a "hostage," or hold out to the bitter end and reveal the identities of Misty Rain and her companion, drawing Heavenfall Island's cultivators into the affair in hopes of buying time for Empress Island to arrive. Both islands were dominant powers of the Endless Sea; since Mysterious Emperor Island had arrived so quickly, Empress Island had no reason to lag far behind. If Empress Island learned that Heavenfall Island's cultivators had watched the two women be captured or killed, its retaliation would be all too predictable. Even Mysterious Emperor Island would not dare kill them in public!
Xiao Ying had also considered breaking out, but quickly rejected it. That was the worst possible