After an unknown amount of time, the entire sea finally began to settle.
The Crawlers' Giant Ship had been lucky enough to avoid a direct hit from the enormous waterspout. Although the black sludge coating it had thinned considerably, its hull was still more or less intact.
Of course, even its so-called intact state was a ramshackle mess.
As soon as the Crawlers sensed that the sea had calmed, they spread the black sludge out again, covering the surrounding waters.
But Lin Yuan was nowhere to be seen.
After a moment of silence aboard the battered ship, that voice whose age and gender were impossible to discern rang out, seemingly speaking to someone:
"Elder, I have bad news and worse news. Which would you like to hear first?"
"Retainer 9527, spare me the pointless suspense. I'm keeping track of matters in several Paradises at once. Get to the point." The indifferent voice that had spoken to him before rang out again.
"The bad news is that I caught up with the lucky fellow who obtained Jazz's legacy, but an Ocean Current Explosion let him escape."
"An Ocean Current Explosion? That wasn't your fault. Jazz's line of succession was severed long ago. A few things he left behind won't amount to much. Let him go and continue with the original plan."
"Not so fast. You haven't heard the worse news yet. The worse news is that I sensed that boy summoning Jazz's power earlier. It was probably some sort of legacy."
"That's good news. He probably used a Sanctum Strike Scroll. Given Jazz's condition back then, there could have been no more than one such scroll. Without it, he can no longer threaten our plans."
"Elder, I haven't told you who he used that power against."
"What does whoever he attacked