"Should we go and offer our greetings?"
As Chen Cuo spoke with Hai Xuan Zi, several large ships gathered on the sea in the distance.
Aboard them were elders and cultivators from several of the Great Islands Overseas. Though they had Divine Abilities and could fly through the sky or burrow through the earth, they still had to live with their feet on solid ground.
They had come to express goodwill and learn what had happened. Some also hoped to curry favor and forge connections.
But whatever their intentions, once they arrived and felt the lingering Aura Pressure from the battle, they saw the giant mountain rising out of the sea and piercing the clouds. Rumor had it that two cultivators of Return to Truth and one Longevity Cultivator lay suppressed nearby. No one dared approach rashly.
They stood on their ships like ants on a hot pan, unable to decide whether to advance or retreat. Everyone had an opinion, and no one could agree.
"Why would the Alliance Leader suddenly disappear at a time like this?"
Someone sighed, finally remembering the Islands Alliance Leader.
His words immediately brought another person to a realization.
"Could the Alliance Leader have already appeared? Could he even have met with misfortune?"
"Very likely! Otherwise, he'd have shown himself by now. I wonder if anyone's gone to Scarlet Island to find out what happened."
"Someone went and hasn't returned yet. They said the situation there was shrouded in mystery, though. It seems no one has been in charge for some time."
Above the sea, everyone debated.
At the same time,
beneath the waves, aquatic beings had also gathered, their attention fixed on events from every quarter.
Several Dragon Sons were maintaining order.
Among the aquatic beings were some comparable to great monsters on