Interlacing branches and leaves obscured almost the entire sky. Only scattered moonlight spilled through the gaps, casting mottled light and shadow across the ground.
"Sea God Island really does have great greenery."
Long Yue said this, but unfortunately, no one answered him.
Tong Yu said nothing, while the Sea Soul Masters simply wanted to find their superior quickly and get this trouble off their hands.
After they passed through the woods, the terrain suddenly opened up. What appeared before Long Yue and Tong Yu was a pool that resembled a sea within the sea.
At the very center of the pool stood a triangular platform, upon which towered a massive Sea Horse Stone Pillar.
Seated beneath the stone pillar was a black-clad Sea Soul Master who almost blended into the darkness-Sea Horse Douluo.
The Patrol Team Captain stopped, bowed toward the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, and said solemnly, "Reporting to Lord Sea Horse: two foreign Soul Masters have come to pay their respects on behalf of the Divine Realm Empire."
"Land-dwelling Soul Masters wish to pay their respects to His Majesty the Sea God? Only by crossing the Sea Within the Sea and reaching the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar will you qualify to undergo a trial."
Sea Horse Douluo spoke, his voice traveling strangely through the waves to reach Long Yue and Tong Yu's ears.
"Uh, haven't you misunderstood something?" After listening, Long Yue shouted, "Your Eminence Sea Horse Douluo! We're here to establish
diplomatic relations with Sea God Island, not to undergo the Sea God's trials and stay on Sea God Island!"
There was a world of difference between the two.
Long Yue continued shouting, "I remember that Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, the two brothers from the Clear Sky Sect, once came to deliver a letter to the