A brief moment later, the ice mountain was gone, along with the tsunami. The ice shards covering the water surface were the only things silently narrating the incredibly precarious situation they were in just now.
“T-the tsunami is gone?”
Dazed and disoriented, the people were totally stunned. Farren was the only one whooping in joy. “Yay! Big Brother Galen has succeeded!”
“He’s succeeded! Big Brother Galen has succeeded!” Helen, whose pretty face was all red, was breathing heavily. She couldn’t be any more excited, as if she had been the one who had averted the tsunami disaster.
“T-that was too impressive!”
“Galen’s so impressive!”
“Is that what a Saint Domain is like?”
It was only then that the people finally regained their senses. They were so excited that they couldn’t help but cheer loudly. However, Galen, who was standing proudly above the ocean, didn’t turn around—because that low, deep booming wasn’t totally gone yet.
“What’s that sound?”
“Everyone, quieten down! Quieten down!”
“Listen, what’s that sound?”
The cheering masses quietened down one after another. A deep, low, and resounding rumbling traveled over from somewhere. Right on the heels of it, the Blue Afterglow Island started to shake lightly underneath their feet.
“Why are you shaking, Old Jack?”
“I... I’m not! Why say that about me when you yourself are also shaking?!”
“An earthquake! It’s an earthquake!”
The two old men exchanged a look. At once, they cried out in shock and horror, their countenances filled with extreme fear and panic!
“An earthquake?”
Everyone else’s countenances also changed upon hearing their outcry. True enough, they indeed discovered that the entire Blue Afterglow Island was shaking lightly. In fact, even the surface of the ocean nearby was also shaking vigorously.
Boom!!
Blue Afterglow Island began to shake more and more intensely. Rocks rolled off mountains as trees and vegetation started to sway forcefully. People on the island stumbled back and forth, almost unable to stand stably on their feet anymore.
Boom!
Suddenly, as though a nuclear warhead had gone off, a great, deafening explosion rang out. At the same time, the mountain in the center of Blue Afterglow Island was instantly blasted right up into the sky.
The next moment, incredibly thick smoke burst into the sky, reaching all the way into the clouds in an instant with large amounts of dust and falling rocks meshed in between.
“This, this...”
A shocked Old Jack exclaimed, “It’s a volcanic eruption!”
Then, he hastily shouted at the top of his lungs, “Hurry! Get onto the boat! The volcano is about to erupt! It’ll be too late if we stay any longer!”
It was as if his words had snapped everyone out of their daze, and they dashed toward their own respective boats. Old Jack, his son, and his daughter-in-law also followed behind the crowd and rushed toward their boat.
Boom!
Another thunderous explosion rang out right at this point. The lava flow that looked as if it were formed from boiling soup rushed into the sky and shot right into the clouds high up above.
Upon reaching the highest point, the lava flow instantly burst and spread into the surroundings as though celestial maidens scattering flowers from the sky!
Splatter, splatter, splatter!
Large amounts of boiling lava, together with scorching-hot rocks, splattered down onto every corner of the little island. Some crashed into the trees, causing them to instantly burst into flames, while some crashed onto the ground, smashing large pits into it.
At the same time, an overwhelming amount of volcanic ash also spewed forth from the volcano, spreading into the surroundings at speed as high as 400 kilometers per hour. Everywhere that the volcanic ash enveloped turned deep and dark, with the sun nowhere in sight as if the very depths of hell itself.
“Run!”
“Hurry and run!”
“We can’t! We can’t get away at all!”
How could mere humans contend against the wrath of nature?
Everyone lost all hope as they watched the boiling lava wantonly splattering everywhere and the volcanic ash surging toward them. Even if they had boarded their boats, how far could they flee?
They couldn’t escape! Not at all!
There was no way he could get away at all!
“Big Brother Galen! S-save me!”
Farren suddenly screamed at the top of his lungs at this point. Although drowned out by the rumbling, booming explosions, his sharp, shrill voice was nevertheless still a reminder to everyone else.
Oh yes, there’s still Galen!
“Galen!”
“Help!”
“Big Brother Galen!”
Helen also looked toward Galen.
Whoosh!
A light breeze blew past them, and someone was already right above them—it was Galen.
“Don’t worry, no one’s going to die!”
Galen smiled at everyone. A chilly current shot forth from his fingertip with a casual point of his finger, freezing all the volcanic ash as it spread into the surroundings.
A brief moment later, a gigantic “ice flower” appeared in the sky. Whatever color the volcanic ash was, was exactly the color of the ice flower. The sight was exceptionally elegant and beautiful.
As Galen blew at it casually, the gigantic ice flower then shattered into expansive ice shards that descended from above as though endless amounts of floating snowflakes, forming a breathtakingly beautiful sight.
“It’s gorgeous!”
Helen couldn’t help but gasp in admiration. The beautiful sight also captured everyone else, and they couldn’t help but let out several exclamations of astonishment.
With a smile, Galen then shot toward the erupting volcano with a flash!
It was as if the boiling lava and lethal volcanic ash were non-existent to Galen.
With a leap, he jumped right into the erupting volcano opening and disappeared from sight.
“Big Brother Galen!”
Helen was so frightened that she almost jumped right up, her heart leaping into her mouth right away.
The others were also awfully nervous. Jumping straight into
