Xu Qing froze for a moment and looked at all the fruit. Especially noteworthy was that the pile included several very large apples. Xu Qing had to wonder why this Seazombie would have so many things like that stuffed into his robe.

The white-robed Seazombie had been in the process of retreating at full speed. But now he also froze in place. As he did, the hood of his robe shifted, and though it didn’t reveal his face, it did cause some of his hair to fall out into the open. At the same time, he looked down at the fruit.

The two of them looked back up, and their gazes locked. Xu Qing stood there quietly. The white-robed Seazombie also stood there quietly.

Then, the ground quaked, and the surface of the sea beyond the shores of the island exploded into motion. Off in the distance, a rumbling sound echoed out that could shake heaven and earth, like the roar of a god.

A violet light appeared off in the distance, like a violet sea, spreading out rapidly. Looking at it closely, it was possible to see that the source of that rumbling, and the light, was the Merfolk Isles. This had to be the Seven Blood Eyes Formation’s tideflow power that was mentioned in the mission description.

As the sea of light expanded, the Seazombie’s ability to suppress the teleportation...