Remaining Enemies

"You all see that? What is that?" Olina widened her eyes and pointed at the horizon.

"G-good heavens—the sky cracked?!"

"This is an omen of great calamity!"

"Run! This place is about to be hit by disaster!"

Olina was clearly not the only Dragon Girl to notice the bizarre sight—a pillar of light had appeared deep within Baiyao Mountain, shooting straight into the clouds. Roiling flames surged around it, dyeing the entire sky crimson! The sky had been clear just moments ago, yet now it seemed to be burning, set ablaze by that pillar of raging fire.

But that was not even the most incredible part. The pillar had actually torn open a circular hole high in the heavens. It was pitch-black within, standing in stark contrast to the sky around it!

It was no illusion.

With the black hole's appearance, even the sun's light had dimmed somewhat. The afternoon sky abruptly took on the color of approaching dusk, and long shadows stretched beneath the houses and crowds.

Anyone who saw such a celestial phenomenon would cry out in alarm. For the residents of Baili Town at the foot of the mountains, shock and terror rapidly spread through the crowd. Some even fell to their knees and kowtowed ceaselessly toward Baiyao Mountain, as if that would earn them the protection of the gods.

Qian was equally astonished. He had seen the Nine Heavens Heavenly Thunder before, and he knew Xia Fan was capable of stirring celestial phenomena, but tearing a hole in the sky was taking things far too far. That guy... he really is becoming more and more unimaginable...

"That might not have been Xia Fan's doing!" Olina said anxiously. "What if something happened to the Ruins themselves, or the Black Gate Cult caused this strange phenomenon? We should