At Fang Qianyuan's command, the fleet sped up, as though intent on forging ahead without a care for anything else.
This made things difficult for Si Yuanjin and Blacktooth Shark, who were following behind. Their original plan had been for Fang Qianyuan to be enraged by the earlier attack, turn toward Shelter Island, and seek out Blacktooth Shark for revenge, launching into a fierce battle.
Yet, contrary to their expectations, he had no intention of doing so.
Si Yuanjin did grasp something of his thinking. "He never took it to heart at all. He's simply ignoring the whole affair!"
Hearing this, Sha Jiao was also speechless.
Although being ignored felt unpleasant, for some reason, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Their warships are formidable. At full speed, they'll be hard to catch. What should we do next?"
Si Yuanjin said, "No matter. They'll head to that place sooner or later. We need only wait for Qunyao to react, then seize an opportunity to support him."
Seize an opportunity. Again with seizing an opportunity!
Sha Jiao frowned slightly, but seeing Si Yuanjin gazing out at the sea, seemingly unwilling to discuss it further, he could say little more. He could only withdraw in silence to reassure his subordinates.
Meanwhile, deep in the Eastern Sea, hundreds of thousands of li beyond the route Fang Qianyuan and his companions were taking, stood Nameless Island amid the boundless ocean.
A handsome middle-aged cultivator dressed in green, exuding an air of sinister allure, walked along a wooden walkway through the island's Mountain Ridge.
He was none other than Qunyao, one of the Five Demon Generals under Wu Lianyi, whom the Flying Immortal Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect had long sought in vain and yearned to eliminate.
What neither the Flying Immortal Sect nor