Dario, chairman of the Tidal Council, swiftly calmed himself and shouted, "Don't panic! Do not leave the formation without authorization!"
As he spoke, he fiercely flung an object from his right hand.
It was an azure star chart rippling with water, its surface covered in over a hundred azure stars of varying sizes that slowly moved according to some mysterious pattern. It looked remarkably similar to the dome of the Transmission Hall.
As Dario madly poured Mana into it, the star chart expanded with the wind until it was hundreds of zhang wide.
The blue stars on its surface swiftly transformed into countless phantoms, as though embedded in the air. They flickered with starlight, and in an instant, it was as if a starry night had descended.
The next moment, countless star phantoms fell, crashing toward Ning Fa and the other two.
Before they even drew near, the star phantoms connected according to an enigmatic pattern, forming enormous star prisons that trapped Ning Fa and the others within.
Although violent booms erupted from the prisons, shaking the star cages fiercely, even more star phantoms descended from above, making the cages solid once more.
This was the Sea Race's supreme treasure—the Sea-Returning Star-Capturing Diagram.
Yet Dario's face had gone pale. Ning Fa and the others were simply too powerful; maintaining this treasure consumed an unimaginable amount of energy.
He swiftly took out a medicinal pill wreathed in the phantom of a sea dragon and swallowed it. At the same time, he shouted, "The star chart cannot hold them for long! Stop hesitating! Everyone, quickly burn your life force and help my lord condense his Sea Soul True Body at once!"
As he spoke, Dario formed a strange Hand Seal with both hands. Strands of peculiar blue aura immediately flowed from his