In the end, Li Bai still could not break through his defenses, so he conceded.
Ning Fengzhi told everyone to work on their teamwork, and they spent some time getting to know one another's abilities.
Waves lapped at the sandy shore. Wings swept across the sunset.
An orange-red sun was about to sink beneath the sea. It should have been a beautiful sight, but against the screams, it looked like the last glow of lives about to end.
"Aaaah!"
Blades sliced through flesh, scattering beads of blood.
This was a Small Island dozens of kilometers from Sea God Island. Pirates were attacking it.
The irony was bitter.
No one cared about the Angel God, who had swept Evil Soul Masters from the mainland. Yet the Sea God, who had left countless pirates and Sea Soul Beasts that disrupted the ocean's balance unchecked, was still worshipped by every Sea Soul Master and ordinary fisherman.
"Lord Sea God, please save your people!" With nowhere left to flee, the fishermen fell to their knees inside a particularly grand little building in the village.
Within stood a towering Sea God Statue. The whole village had pooled its money to commission a Sea Soul Master from Sea God Island to carve it.
Now they all knelt before the statue and prayed, hoping that the great, merciful Lord Sea God they had worshipped for years would save the Small Island from disaster.
"Lord Sea God, please protect us!"
"What are you doing?" The island's only Soul Master staggered in, battered by the pirates, and fell to the floor.
He had come to see whether the villagers had found somewhere to hide. Instead, he found them here.
His eyes widened in disbelief. After awakening his Martial Soul, he had traveled the mainland rather than going