Forcing itself to turn away, Dangross returned to Angel’s side.
While passing by the yellow sand prison, it noticed that Arnott was also scrutinizing the silver white flying fish, his gaze never wavering, seemingly very curious about it.
"You seem to know it?"
Arnott shook his head, "I don’t know it. I’ve never seen it, it’s just..."
Arnott suddenly paused and turned to Angel, "Can I take a closer look at it?"
Angel nodded, placing the silver white flying fish directly beside the yellow sand prison.
Arnott carefully observed this silver white flying fish, remaining silent for a long time.
"Is there something wrong with it?" Angel also looked at the silver white flying fish. In his eyes, this flying fish had no significant difference compared to the white dove next to it and Arnott. All were composed of wind elements, though there might be subtle internal structural differences.
Arnott pondered for a moment, ultimately shaking his head.
Angel didn’t know what Arnott was thinking, but since it was unwilling to speak, he didn’t press further.
The Gondola continued through, and with time, the surrounding wind grew stronger. But under the protection of Earl Mi’s wind force field, the Gondola remained stable.
During this time, Angel encountered several more wind spirits. They varied in form and flew quite freely amidst the storm.
Some wind spirits would voluntarily distance themselves upon seeing the Gondola, while others would curiously approach. For the wind spirits that came close, he captured them into the Gondola and controlled them with the illusionary realm; as for those that kept their distance, Angel left them alone, knowing that they were nearing Wind Island and once its situation was resolved, these wind spirits would naturally receive protection from the returning wind elemental creatures.
The number of wind spirits on the Gondola had now reached six, but Angel noticed that Arnott paid little attention to the other wind elemental spirits. Only the silver white flying fish occasionally caught its glance, revealing its inner concern.
After about half an hour.
Arnott suddenly said, "We are very close to Wind Island now... Also, I can feel extremely active wind elemental energy around us."
Since they entered the Cloud Sea, the wind’s force had always been very lively. Arnott emphasizing it now was not to indicate that the surrounding wind had strengthened but to inform them that wind elemental creatures were here.
Arnott certainly wouldn’t intentionally remind them about ordinary wind spirits. Therefore, only mature wind elemental creatures could be nearby.
As Angel contemplated this, a massive shadowy outline suddenly manifested within a dark cloud ahead.
Being thousands of meters above the ground, Angel hadn’t heard of any such tall mountains on the Green Plains. So upon seeing this huge outline, he immediately realized that it was likely the wind elemental creature Arnott was referring to.
Angel controlled the Gondola to come to a halt.
Although he had Arnott as a "command baton" and had heard that the gentle breeze Urano was a mild monarch, he was still unaware of what might have happened at Wind Island. To avoid any unexpected occurrences or conflicts, he chose to pause and assess the situation, hoping to engage with the entity if possible.
The Gondola stopped, but the murky shadowy silhouette in the mist grew larger, indicating that the other party was approaching them.
Seconds later, the massive shadowy outline burst out of the cloud.
Its form was so colossal that even after emerging from the mist, it was difficult to discern exactly what it was. However, Angel saw its eyes.
Azure pupils, resembling large bronze bells.
A tremendous oppressive force accompanied its opened eyes.
Under this oppressive force, almost all the elemental sprites on the Gondola showed discomfort, especially the wind elemental spirits, including Arnott, and even the few elemental sprites trapped in the illusionary realm were slightly trembling.
Angel frowned slightly, gently tapping his fingers on the table. An imperceptible ripple instantly enveloped the Gondola, dissipating the oppressive sensation from the other elemental spirits.
Earl Mi, hanging on the drapery, after catching his breath, said to Angel, "This wind elemental creature is a bit strange."
Angel didn’t reply, his gaze fixed on the large black shadow in the distance. From the moment the other party released its oppressive force, he sensed something was amiss.
To Angel, directly releasing pressure was already considered a hostile signal.
Before this, whether in the Wild Stone Wasteland or the Baya Desert, the initial encounters with those Keepers never involved an intentional release of oppression.
Yet upon arriving at the reputedly most gentle Wind Island, such a situation emerged.
Angel didn’t understand the other party’s intention, but as he sought an audience with the gentle breeze Urano, even despite the adversary’s hostile signal, he decided to initially attempt a conciliatory approach.
He reached out his index finger and tapped the air, causing a ball of light to manifest before him and gently drift towards the distance. The light ball was extremely soft, containing his greetings.
This was Angel’s communication signal sent to the shadow.
However, just as the light ball neared that mountainous shadow, the adversary suddenly projected a cyan hurricane from its mouth, tearing the light ball into fragments of light.
Simultaneously, it opened its mouth again, a terrorizing wind pressure rapidly forming. A gleam of brutal intent flickered in its azure pupils.
"Be careful! Something is very wrong with the wind inside it!" Arnott in the yellow sand prison seemed to sense something and shouted to Angel.
As the words fell, a tiny whirlwind emerged from the shadow’s mouth.
The whirlwind was small, but its contained energy was terrifyingly immense. Once it appeared, it swept up the surrounding clouds, absorbing all wind force within dozens of miles into itself.
In the blink of an eye, the whirlwind transformed into a massive tornado, enough to blot out the sky and obscure the sun.
Countless wind blades sliced outward from the whirlwind.
And this whirlwind directly charged towards the Gondola!