Indeed!
Although the Sea Cow Emperor had failed to stop the fleeing Li Xiaoya in time, his divine sense had picked up everything clearly. Li Xiaoya's aura was weaker than even a Mighty One Stage cultivator's. He was clearly injured...
That stood to reason...
The Demon-Magic Emperor was one of the Inner Sea Four Emperors, a figure at the very peak of late-stage great perfection in the Mighty One Stage. Even if Li Xiaoya had managed to defeat him through sheer luck, there was no way he could have emerged unscathed...
Although he did not know exactly what had happened, wasn't this precisely why the Sea Cow Emperor had hidden himself for so long?
Even if the Demon-Magic Emperor died, it hardly mattered. What mattered was breaking through the formations quickly while Li Xiaoya was injured...
"Roar! Everyone, follow me!" The thought filled the Sea Cow Emperor with excitement. He roared at the demon beasts and charged in that direction...
"Roar!" Most of the demon beasts here were the Sea Cow Emperor's subordinates. At his command, their auras surged, and they followed him with howling roars...
The few remaining subordinates of the Demon-Magic Emperor hesitated before following as well... To put it bluntly, these Mighty Ones followed whoever offered them benefits. Storming that island would yield plenty of spoils, so naturally, they could not miss out...
The other demon beasts had much the same thing in mind...
Breaking through to the Immortal Tribulation Stage isn't that easy. There's still plenty of time! the Sea Cow Emperor thought...
Meanwhile!
Whoosh! Spiritual light flashed around Li Xiaoya, and he appeared in midair, immediately unleashing a torrent of curses. "Damn it! Damn it! One of these days, I'm going to kill that Turtle-Snake Emperor!"
It was no wonder Li Xiaoya was so