As the flames burned away the sinister, bone-chilling aura, they also incinerated the last obstruction in the Space Tunnel. Within the silver-gray Space Tunnel, the tall figure revealed there made Zi Yan, who had only just arrived, freeze in surprise.
Zi Yan had naturally already prepared herself for the worst.
If it came to that, using herself as the price, she could forcibly drive the plane-level power of the Dou Qi Continent and directly expel that uninvited guest from this plane. It was not impossible.
It was just that with her strength alone, trying to mobilize the power of the entire plane was obviously as hard as climbing to the heavens.
Even as a Dragon Phoenix, if she wanted to do such a thing, she had no idea what kind of price she would have to pay.
But in the end, it was still better than letting the Dou Qi Continent continue to be trampled by the evil race.
That was what she had planned. Yet before the Space Tunnel, everything happening before her eyes was not at all what she had expected, leaving her momentarily dazed despite herself.
Had she accidentally started daydreaming?
Or was this some Dou Technique of the other side, something like an illusion?
"Sorry. I'm late."
Only when Xiao Yan spoke did thick astonishment involuntarily well up in those purple-gold eyes.
"Xiao Yan...? You're... back?"
It seemed to take her a very long time to realize what exactly was happening before her, making Zi Yan's question sound somewhat blank and stunned.
Seeing Zi Yan's expression at this moment, Xiao Yan immediately nodded and said, "Mm... Because we wanted to come back and take a look, but we never expected that when we were about to reach the Dou Qi Continent, we'd find the Demonic Qi