While Lu Mouren was still fretting over Cat Cat's chaotic brawl, the island where he had set out from, located in the south of that continent, quietly welcomed its most distinguished guest.
He had come alone, without attendants, without prior notice, and without even using transportation.
When he stepped onto that heavily guarded island, whose outer defenses were lax while its inner defenses were tight, he alerted no one.
"Akul." A single hoarse, deep voice echoed through the forest.
"Chief King." Akul, the deity who wandered the continent, had his name called the instant he entered that forest.
"Yo, old senior, I've come to visit." He greeted him with a smile instead.
This time, the forest's Big Trees did not part to make way, because the visitor had no need for a path.
With one light step of his massive body, the master crossed the limits of space and arrived at the small lake Lu PingAn had once reached.
There, unlike when Lu PingAn had come, an enormous "Shadow Big Face" emerged beneath the water.
The island in the center of the lake was merely a portion of his pupils. The vast shadow resembled a phantom beast within an illusion, as though it might break through the constraints of the physical universe at any moment.
As his will manifested, the earth began to tremble faintly. Then, a huge face formed from the "world" itself appeared in place.
Old Mr. Liu truly had not lied. It had been a long time since he had communicated in a "human" form.
The reason he had previously appeared before Lu PingAn in a "normal human form" might have been to avoid frightening a junior, or because he feared Lu PingAn could not withstand that "truth."
But perhaps there was another possibility: he had wanted