"This is bad... That puppet is likely the doing of the Dragon Fish Island's Island Master!"
Within Zhan Tu's Sea of Consciousness, an old ghost's cackle came through, seemingly taking pleasure in the misfortune.
Zhan Tu's scalp went numb, but he soon calmed down, "No matter... We'll just wait."
...
Before long, a blue rainbow flashed across the southern sky with astonishing speed.
The Escape Light converged, and Fang Xi's figure appeared, looking at Zhan Tu with a hearty smile on his face, "Fellow Zhan... long time no see. To think that you've advanced to the Jiandan Middle Phase, truly a joyous occasion worth celebrating."
"I can't compare to the Island Master whose Core Formation Late Phase shook three nations."
Zhan Tu felt overpowered by his momentum, but still spoke with neither servility nor overbearance.
"Not bad, not bad, when you left Dragon Fish Island, I already knew you were not ordinary, certainly not someone who would remain in obscurity..."
