An entire day of waiting!
The Heavenly Dragon Trading Company martial artists maintaining the Jade Cage Array were already seeing stars from exhaustion. The surrounding onlookers also felt their physical strength severely depleted.
Some simply took out food and pills from their storage rings to replenish their energy.
Yet the Jade Cage Array remained perfectly calm, showing no sign of breaking.
Zhang Tiande suddenly stood up and chuckled, “Representative Yan, I think the time is about right. Even if that Ling Xiao is a supreme monster, after being trapped in the Jade Cage Array for so long, he should be nearing his limit. How about we open the array together?”
Representative Yan was about to speak when a whistling sound came from the sky. Another flying wheel ship descended.
This vessel was larger than the One-Eyed Pirate Crew’s and landed directly on top of civilian houses, crushing countless homes.
Many martial artists who failed to escape in time were crushed to death beneath the ship.
“Biwave Island! That’s the Heavenly Water Flying Wheel Ship of Biwave Island! Both its size and quality far surpass the ironclad ship of the One-Eyed Pirate Crew!”
A cry of alarm rose from the crowd.
Many people did not understand why Biwave Island had come.
Of course, plenty knew the reason.
“Ling Xiao killed Mo Shaoyou in the Black Wind Tower. That was the young island lord of Biwave Island. How could Biwave Island not send someone for revenge?”
“With this, Ling Xiao is definitely finished. He has offended the Water God Temple, the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company, and now Biwave Island too. This kid really knows how to make enemies.”
“No nonsense. If you refuse to bow your head, you’re bound to offend people. Ling Xiao must have long anticipated this outcome. I’m actually very curious to see how he plans to face these three powerful forces.”
As the people from Biwave Island arrived, a torrential rain suddenly poured from the sky.
It was as if the heavens themselves wept for Mo Shaoyou.
“Biwave Island has come for vengeance. All unrelated persons get lost. You have thirty breaths!”
Standing at the bow of the ship was a man clad in black armour, heroic and imposing.
Though his hair was dishevelled, no one dared to underestimate him.
This man was truly overbearing. He cared not who was nearby and simply told everyone to scram. A true expert of Biwave Island.
The watching martial artists dared not disobey and retreated even farther away. In any case, as martial artists, they could still see the action clearly from a greater distance.
A cold glint flashed in Representative Yan’s eyes. He rose to speak but was stopped by Zhang Tiande.
“Representative Yan, let me handle this persuasion. He and I are old acquaintances!”
“Very well.”
Representative Yan nodded.
Zhang Tiande stood and called out to the man on the ship, “Old friend, since you’re here, why not come down for a chat? We share the same target: that kid Ling Xiao. It would be unwise to fight amongst ourselves.”
“Zhang Tiande?”
“Indeed, it is I.”
“Good. For your sake, I’ll come down.”
The man leapt from the ship. A height of over twenty metres posed no threat at all to a martial artist; it was as if he were stepping onto flat ground.
“Hahaha, it really is you, Venerable Poison Soul!”
Zhang Tiande laughed heartily.
Venerable Poison Soul!
Hearing that title, many onlookers instinctively retreated several more steps.
This Venerable Poison Soul was an inner elder of Biwave Island!
A Cavern Heaven realm expert!
Most terrifying of all, he was a mass murderer who wielded poison with dreadful skill. Whether innocent or enemy, once he grew angry, he spared no one.
Venerable Poison Soul was the fourth most important figure on Biwave Island. Aside from the island lord and the two vice-island lords, he ranked next.
With the island lord currently in secluded cultivation and the two vice-island lords unable to leave the island, it naturally fell to this fourth-ranked person to avenge Mo Shaoyou.
Otherwise, when the island lord emerged from seclusion, they would all be punished, or even killed in his anger.
“Zhang Tiande, you and this Water God Temple representative should stay out of it. That kid Ling Xiao and I have an irreconcilable grudge. He once nearly destroyed my sect, and now he has killed the island lord’s son. I must personally exterminate him to vent the hatred in my heart.”
Venerable Poison Soul looked at Zhang Tiande and Representative Yan as he spoke.
“Heh heh, I have heard something about that. You were once the sect master of the Poison King Sect on the Heavenly Dragon Continent. Becoming an inner elder on Biwave Island is hardly an insult to you.”
Zhang Tiande smiled.
“Hmph. How can that compare to the freedom of being the master of my own sect!”
Although he was the fourth-ranked figure on Biwave Island, Venerable Poison Soul still had to obey the orders of the three above him.
His status was high, but he was ultimately someone else’s subordinate.
Back when he led the Poison King Sect, he had been the boss. Everything was decided by him. It was naturally different from now.
Because of this, he hated Ling Xiao. He blamed all the changes in his status, all his tragedies, on the rise of this fellow Ling Xiao!
If not for Ling Xiao, his Poison King Sect would never have fallen so low!
If not for Ling Xiao, he could have continued lording it over others in the True Demon Empire. As a traitor to his nation, his beautiful dream had been shattered by Ling Xiao.
After the True Demon Empire fell, he fled in panic to Biwave Island. Though called an elder, he was little more than a free thug for others.
He hated Ling Xiao.
It was Ling Xiao who had reduced him to scurrying around like a rat.
“Since we share the same goal, why quarrel over trivialities? Venerable Poison Soul, you hate that kid so much; I’ll help you open the Jade Cage Array and kill him.”
Zhang Tiande said with a smile.
“I want that kid to wish for death but be unable to die. If he dies too easily, I won’t be satisfied.”
Venerable Poison Soul replied coldly.
“Then I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed!”
An indifferent voice rang out from within the Jade Cage Array. The energy storms began rapidly subsiding, and the situation inside grew clearer and clearer.
Ling Xiao still sat there, spotless as ever.
Beside him stood Leng Mei, Feng Ming Piaoxue, and Princess Yun Ya, their expressions somewhat grave.
Only Ling Xiao wore a sunny smile, as if nothing in the world could make him afraid.
“Impossible!”
Atop the Black Wind Tower, Hua Fuguang stared at Ling Xiao in shock.
After being trapped in the Jade Cage Array for so long, he showed no sign of weakness at all. On the contrary, his face glowed with vitality; his strength had clearly advanced again.
“Nothing is impossible, sister. Listen to my advice. Ling Xiao is no ordinary man. If he were so easy to kill, he wouldn’t be standing here today. Make your decision quickly: choose him, or choose the Water God Temple?”
Hua Lueying said with a smile.
“Silence! No matter what, our Twin Flowers Pirate Crew cannot get involved in this kind of conflict. I admit I underestimated Ling Xiao, but do you really think he can escape the attacks of any one of those three: Venerable Poison Soul, Zhang Tiande, or Representative Yan?”
Hua Fuguang shouted agitatedly.
