The Demon Realm was stable, but the void connected to it was unstable, and tiny spatial cracks were bound to form from time to time.
Yet the crack just now had appeared far too abruptly.
Xu Chunniang absolutely did not believe it had been some "accident."
Moreover, there had been quite a few swaying green shadows within that spatial crack.
Though she had only caught a fleeting glimpse, it was enough for her to determine that this was a man-made calamity, not a natural disaster.
Who had been so impatient to make a move against her the moment she left Dark Night City?
Xu Chunniang narrowed her eyes. Could Yan Yu have secretly broken free from the restraints of the Demon God's Oath and decided to eliminate her?
No, the Demon God's Oath was not so easily undone. In merely a year, Yan Yu could never have accomplished it.
If it was not Yan Yu, then who wanted her dead?
As she pondered this, an enormous opening suddenly appeared beneath her and the Phoenix Feather Crow, like a bottomless black abyss.
Accompanied by the powerful suction emanating from the black abyss, dozens of green phantoms twisted wildly as they stretched out from within.
Before Xu Chunniang could act, the Phoenix Feather Crow, sensing danger, hurriedly spread its wings and tried to fly away from the black abyss.
The Phoenix Feather Crow was incredibly fast. With one beat of its wings, it could cross a hundred li.
Yet it flapped furiously for a long while, only to remain directly above the black abyss, firmly held by that pulling force.
In that brief delay, the green vines had already caught up. Avoiding the Phoenix Feather Crow, they wound toward Xu Chunniang.
Several black flames spread from Xu Chunniang's fingertips, meeting the green