"What exactly are you trying to say?"
A darkness shot skyward in reply.
The lights across all of Shangyuan City seemed to dim by several degrees.
Everyone soon realized it was not an illusion—an enormous black curtain rose from the center of the square and rapidly spread outward. Even more incredible, it was no phantom but a tangible entity. As it expanded, the black curtain crashed through and trampled several buildings.
"Is that... Xia Fan?" Li could not help murmuring.
It was her first time seeing such a sight.
Let alone the familiar companion she knew, she could scarcely connect the thing before her with the word "human."
The only certainty was that this curtain was some kind of living creature. Its edges were in fact composed of countless tentacles, while traces of biological tissue flowing could be seen across its surface. If she had to describe it, it was like a gigantic carpet of algae spread across the sky.
But Li quickly discarded that thought.
In less than a few seconds, the black curtain had already grown beyond several thousand kilometers in both width and length—and showed no sign of stopping!
"Of course he is Xia Fan." An revealed an admiring look. "If by Xia Fan, you mean the one who possesses the memories of being with you."
Then she winked at the black curtain. "How does it feel to cross the boundary?"
"Indescribable, but... not bad."
Xia Fan's familiar accent made every defender of the city breathe a sigh of relief.
And he was not merely comforting them—before his eyes, the world had become something entirely different. On one hand, he still retained human senses and could clearly look down from the sky upon his full form: his body now occupied roughly half of the Sanctuary, or a