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Salin shook the bone mace and quickly put it away. They were only moving 500 meters underwater. If they were on the water, the people on the island would have already noticed the power in the bone mace. Salin had fought with the Dread Angel before. Its powerful attacks could intimidate all the pests within a dozen miles. If the creatures in the sea went berserk, the people on the water would definitely notice.
Putting away the bone mace, there were no longer any harassing creatures nearby. Salin's body was like a fish, sticking to the reef. To be precise, this was no longer a reef. The area 500 meters underwater was also a few miles wide. If it was alone on the sea, it would be considered a small island.
However, this place was very close to the Iron Duke's island. In comparison, it was only a few dozen meters above the water. Of course, it couldn't be considered an island.
Salin swam up close to the reef, revealing his head slightly above the water. He saw the large island a few miles away, then climbed onto the reef and let the people behind him follow.
Even without Salin's orders, Zola had never been more than 10 meters away from him, even after entering the water. Even though he was now a Gold Sword Saint, and the range of his control was similar to that of a Magic Shooter, Zola was still used to safety. He could only rest assured with protection within 10 meters.
Zola had seen Salin's elemental creatures before. Salin had specially let Zola fight them, even summoning the leader of the elemental creatures to let Zola experience the power of a level-10 creature.
Zola could easily defeat a level-9 elemental creature, even if Salin personally commanded it. But the leader of a level-10 elemental creature, without Salin's command, Zola had a hard time winning. Gold Sword Saints were strong, but the difference of one rank was too big. This wasn't a small rank, but a big rank between level-9 and level-10.
Level-10 elemental creatures had intelligence and rich battle experience. Sooner or later, a Gold Sword Saint like Zola wouldn't be its match. Salin had the Elemental Badge, so Zola knew that it would be very easy for him to protect Salin in the future. He followed closely out of habit.
Nicholas, on the other hand, kept his distance. There were a dozen or so Desolate Warriors protecting him. This fallen priest had decided to place his future on Salin and was even more cautious. He knew what his role was. It wasn't his turn to kill. He followed Salin here to heal.
The four Demons had been captured, and no one knew what they would be like when they were rescued. Salin couldn't carry them and run. The healing was immediate. Otherwise, Salin wouldn't have brought him.
The twenty or so people climbed onto the reef. Salin used his elemental eyes to observe the island. His Elemental Eye was an ability he had evolved and was much more powerful than the Elemental Eye of a 9th Rank High Mage. Not only did he observe from a long distance, but he could also observe for a ridiculously long time.
A 9th Rank High Mage could only maintain an Elemental Eye for a bit over an hour, depending on the size of the High Mage's Magic String. Salin, Salin. can Salin't need. Salin.
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Salin's fleet had stopped at this island before, but it was completely different now. A huge palace was built on the island. The cloud-like palace reached the top of the mountain, and there were even more ancient-style buildings. They were all built on steep cliffs.
Unless a huge warship approached, there was no place on the coast to deploy large equipment to attack the palace. Salin still remembered Liang City. The palace itself was a battle fortress. The Iron Duke's palace was even sturdier than Liang City's palace, and it occupied a larger area.
A Duke couldn't have a palace of this scale. This Iron Duke didn't care about the Cloud Flow Royal Family at all!
Salin's Elemental Eyes couldn't see the entire view of the palace, but he estimated that the palace had covered the entire island. Apart from the beach, there was no place that was empty. Even the tall peaks on the island were not missed. Salin even saw that watchtowers had been carved on the three tallest peaks, and there might even be weapons like magic stone cannons installed in them.
This place was only five thousand kilometers from Cloud City. With the speed of the Cloud Flow Battleship, they could reach it in two days. Salin thought back. Although the Desolate Battleship was only a guard ship, its huge body couldn't stop at a normal port. On the sea, the Desolate Battleship was abnormally stable. Even the wind and waves couldn't do anything to it.
The Iron Duke treated the Desolate Battleship as a fortress on the sea. His other ships must have docked around it. When necessary, they could even use steel cables to defend against the storm.
Seeing Salin's careful observation, Zola whispered, "Master, why don't you attack?"
"The Iron Duke also has an Desolate Battleship with tens of thousands of Desolate Warriors. The people of Cloud Flow have a way to control the Desolate Warriors. Although their combat power is lower, they can control more than me. "
"If that's the case …" Zola didn't continue. He wanted to say that he wouldn't care even if there were thirty or fifty of them, but when he thought of the Tainted Blood Armor's insane defense, he didn't lie. No matter how weak the Desolate Warriors were, they were still Rank Nine Warriors. They were completely different from Rank Eight Silver Sword Saints.
When training with Salin's Desolate Warriors, he had held back and couldn't really kill them. However, even if he went all out, he would be exhausted after killing twenty-four Desolate Warriors. After all, he hadn't been at Rank Nine for long. He was only a Gold Sword Saint.
"Plus, if we attack directly, what about Trish and the others?" Salin glared at Zola. The other three Demons were fine, but Trish had been seriously injured to save Eleanor. She had almost lost her rank and would never be able to return. Salin was very sensitive to such things. This time, he had come to save Trish. Even if he lost a few Desolate Warriors, he wouldn't care.
Zola was very familiar with Salin and knew what Salin was implying. He could only endure it and dive back into the water with Salin. This distance of five miles was too short for a Gold Sword Saint. Within a hundred miles, even a Rank Nine Magic Shooter would have to admit defeat. Even someone like Salin, who had a strange flying skill, couldn't fly faster than Zola.
Zola had a carefree personality. When Salin wasn't around, he could still act willfully. However, when Salin was personally in charge of the operation, he had to obediently listen to the arrangements.
Salin and the others dove past the distance of five miles. Their speed wasn't much slower than flying. The Ironblood Duke's island couldn't compare to Salin's Metatlin City. There weren't any alarms set up underwater, and there weren't even many detection magic arrays. Salin was at Rank Nine, so it was very easy for him to deal with the scattered intermediate magic arrays. Without triggering any magic alarms, Salin led his team to the island.
This island was about fifty miles wide. Setting up such a huge palace was almost equivalent to building a huge city. Especially since there were mountains on the island, it was extremely difficult to set up. Salin now believed that the Ironblood Duke had more than a thousand Mages under his command. It was impossible to build so many buildings in a short time with craftsmen alone.
The periphery of the island was a circle of roads. A few hundred meters in, the terrain suddenly rose. The Ironblood Duke built huge stones to form a natural defense line. This defense line wasn't a city wall, but a defense against amphibious monsters. The Ironblood Duke didn't want his men to be eaten by monsters for no reason.
It was evening, and the setting sun stretched the sharp stone pillars on the edge of the coast, spreading their shadows on the road. Salin and the others hid between the huge stone pillars, waiting for the sky to turn dark. Patrolling soldiers passed by the road from time to time. Salin could easily tell that these patrolling soldiers were in teams of a hundred, and the leader was at least a senior swordsman.
Mages weren't weak. Salin's current physical quality was comparable to a Sword Saint. If both sides didn't have weapons, Salin might be able to beat this senior swordsman with just his fists. However, if something happened to the patrolling team, the island would immediately be alerted. Salin could only wait for an opportunity to enter the range of the palace.
He knew that there was a Magic Tower hidden in the middle of the island, and there would definitely be a no-fly zone above the island, so he didn't want to try flying over. A group of level-nine professionals would be even harder to guard against if they sneaked in.
Salin had managed Metatlin City himself, so of course he knew that even if there were magic arrays, night was the best time to sneak in. However, before the sun could set, the sea suddenly became covered in fog. Salin was overjoyed. When the fog spread to the island, he released his Cloud Walk spell. Now that the spell covered a large area, all twenty-four Desolate Warriors followed Salin to the island in the fog.
The fog created by Salin's Cloud Walk spell couldn't be detected even with magic detection, unless it was a Magic Shooter of the same level. Now that he was hidden in the real fog, the patrolling soldiers with magic lanterns couldn't find any trace of him.
The group quickly passed through the road and climbed over the huge stone defense line inside the island. There was indeed a small fortress a hundred meters behind the huge stone. This kind of fortress could only hold five soldiers, and the conditions were harsh. Mages definitely wouldn't be inside.
Salin led the group through this defense line easily. Just a hundred meters behind the defense line was the real fortress. It was a tall, metal watchtower. The two floors below the watchtower were the battle fortresses for hiding soldiers. However, the exterior was beautifully built, and it didn't seem to conflict with the style of the palace.
Hmph, spending energy on such meaningless things, Cloud Flow people are Cloud Flow people after all!
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