When Hai Tongtian and the other Elder arrived in pursuit, the looks on their faces were a sight to behold, as if they had just swallowed flies. Enraged, Hai Tongtian roared at the sky and slammed his palm into the water. With that single strike, the great river—dozens of meters wide and over ten meters deep—was blasted in two!
A curtain of water shot into the sky, instantly drenching them in what felt like a torrential downpour. The river, roiled by Hai Tongtian's blow, sent monstrous waves crashing wildly against both banks.
Hai Tongtian and the Elder beside him instantly retreated a great distance to escape the storm of their own making, their faces filled with frustration and rage.
The Elder beside Hai Tongtian said hatefully, "The Paradise River is filled with mature Aquatic Spirit Beasts. That brat is courting death by jumping in here! If we follow the river downstream, we might still catch him!"
