Wilbur looked around, and the ind was awfully quiet, making him feel helpless.


    In all honesty, Wilbur knew they were in a special formation the moment the Azure Dragon Spear formed a dragon figure.


    Wilbur thought they could break the formation by working together, but it seemed like the formation had a mind of its own. It wanted to separate them.


    Symon and Aisha must be somewhere else, and they might be in a different formation or another dimension. However, the formation chose to make Wilbur stay for some reason.


    It seemed like the only way to get answers was to move forward. Wilbur assumed that Symon and Aisha were alive because of their capabilities. Since the formation wanted to separate them, they would be separated again no matter how hard he tried to find them.


    The formation must have given them three different tests, and it was up to them whether they passed or failed. Wilbur did not worry too much about Symon and Aisha because they were only allies for this one mission, so he went back to the beach and hopped onto the boat, making his way toward Kook Ind.


    The boat soon approached Kook Ind, and Wilbur realized the Light Gloves he had on were emitting a faint light. The gloves shined brighter as the boat neared Kook Ind, which meant there was a special energy on Kook Ind.


    Moreover, that energy must be extremely powerful. Otherwise, the Light Gloves would not be glowing like this. Wilbur looked at Kook Ind and said, "It seems the formation''s core is hidden on Kook Ind."


    The sea was initially calm, then the water moved as soon as he spoke. Suddenly, a vortex appeared. Wilbur''s boat was pulled into it, and it quickly spun around the edge of the vortex.


    The boat kept swaying as it moved forward. Wilbur flinched from surprise, then he quickly manipted his dragon aura to nullify the vortex.


    The boat spun around the vortex twice, and Wilbur noticed that it was getting nearer the center of the spiral, so he calcted and took aim. He abruptly surged with his dragon aura when the boat was at the outer edge of the vortex, and the boat instantly shot away like an arrow.


    Wilbur controlled his force perfectly, so the boat managed to escape from the vortex while remaining intact. However, the vortex suddenly doubled in size just when Wilbur thought he sessfully escaped.


    There was a huge dark hole in the sea, and the seawater was flowing into the center of the dark hole. Wilbur was about to reach the edge of the spiral, but the sudden change caused him to be pulled back to the center.


    The boat was less than a hundred meters away from the hole. The boat quickly approached the center of the spiral because of the pulling force from the vortex. He was pulled in for thirty meters in the blink of an eye.


    Wilbur flinched and a surge of powerful dragon aura instantly surrounded the boat. The dragon aura formed a storm around the boat, which gradually became stronger, and it quickly canceled out the power from the vortex.


    The boat gradually slowed down as the storm grew stronger. However, the boat was still approaching the dark hole regardless. It went from seventy meters to fifty meters. Then, it got close to thirty meters away, and finally to ten meters!


    The boat finally stopped when it was ten meters away from the dark hole at the center of the vortex. It gradually moved forward with the help of the storm and slowly distanced itself from the dark hole.


    Twenty meters, thirty meters, fifty meters...