The towering shadow slowly straightened beneath the restraints of the chains, threw back its head, and let out a howling roar toward the sky!
ROAR—!!!
A deafening blast erupted from its center. Visible soundwaves whipped the sea along the shore into violent waves. The black Malevolent Qi Flames covering its face dispersed slightly, revealing a pale and vaguely familiar visage.
"That is..."
Shen Qingzhu's pupils suddenly contracted when he saw the face of the giant shadow standing amid the black sea of fire.
It was a hideous, terrifying face without pupils, as though it had crawled out of hell, sinister and horrifying... Though it had been magnified countless times and its skin was pale and distorted, Shen Qingzhu could still recognize it. It was Cao Yuan's face.
How had Cao Yuan become like this?
After lingering for only a moment, Shen Qingzhu came back to his senses. He forcibly suppressed the fear and agitation in his heart, then continued approaching the edge of the Fishing Village with Jiang Er and Baili Pangpang.
At the center of the black sea of fire.
The towering shadow standing above the ruined Fishing Village gazed down at the surrounding land. Its pupil-less, pallid eyes narrowed as it opened its mouth and roared toward the sky, its voice rumbling through the heavens like rolling thunder.
It took a step, seemingly intending to move forward slightly, but the black chains wrapped around the holes in its knees abruptly tightened. They clanked dully, firmly restricting its movement.
This was where Cao Yuan had died, and where the "prison" confining it was located...
It could not leave this place.
The giant shadow lowered its head and looked at the black chains. Its pale eyes narrowed slightly, revealing neither joy nor anger, only an eerie and chilling aura.