"What?" The elders cried out, their expressions changing drastically. Among them, Li Xiaoya's divine sense cultivation was the highest, already at the early Spirit Communion Stage. Naturally, he was the first to sense the many demon beasts approaching the treasure ship from beneath the sea, and he immediately warned everyone.
"Protect the treasure ship! Raise it into the air!" Li Xiaoya shouted.
"Junior Brother Li, fire the cannons at those demon beasts first!" Elder Wang called out.
"No! I have to conserve my Spirit Stone Set. There are a lot of demon beasts coming!" Li Xiaoya shouted. Seeing that the treasure ship still had not risen, he bellowed angrily, "What's going on? Get the flying boat into the air!"
"Quick! Get the flying boat airborne!" Elder Wang shouted.
Rumble! Rumble! Only after Elder Wang called out did the flying boat slowly flap the azure wings around its hull and ascend. Li Xiaoya froze, then immediately understood. The elder controlling the flying boat was a Nascent Soul Realm elder like himself, making them equals in rank. Worse, that elder belonged to Snow Jade Peak rather than Li Xiaoya's own peak, so Li Xiaoya could not order him around. Fortunately, Elder Wang had issued the command in time. Li Xiaoya felt a flicker of anger, but there was nothing he could do.
In fact, the elder controlling the flying boat was already beginning to regret his actions. Li Xiaoya would clearly become one of the Heavenly Dao Sect's leaders in the future, yet that moment of hesitation had kept him from obeying Li Xiaoya.
Rumble! Rumble! Just then, enormous demon beasts burst out of the sea. Seeing the Supreme Flying Boat slowly ascending, they paused, then roared at the heavens. Their gigantic bodies shot skyward, and hundreds upon hundreds of demon beasts