Master Chen, seated cross-legged atop a massive boulder, sensed the aura, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
Without the slightest hesitation, he swiftly rose to his feet. His Mindscape rapidly spread outward, seemingly intending to envelop the spilling Malevolent Qi Flames.
At the same time, he said to Lu Ruici and the others behind him:
"Get everyone out of here. Now!"
Master Chen did not know what had happened in this Fishing Village, nor did he know why it had suddenly appeared out of nowhere again. But he had no time to think about any of that now, because deep within the Malevolent Qi Flames crazily surging out of the Fishing Village, he had sensed an extremely terrifying presence.
That presence was already infinitely close to that of a god.
As the translucent domain gradually shattered, a sea of black Malevolent Qi Flames poured out from the Fishing Village. Master Chen's figure flickered, and he flew directly into the carriage. As the copper bells on the carriage began to chime, it charged toward the sea of flames like lightning.
The Mindscape spread wildly outward with the carriage at its center, sweeping all the flowing Malevolent Qi Flames inside and confining the sea of fire to a fixed area.
The carriage raced through the Malevolent Qi Flame sea, its surface gradually blackening under the scorching heat. Yet the interior was not greatly affected. Master Chen sat behind a small table, holding a teacup, his brows tightly furrowed as he stared solemnly at the towering shadow standing in the distant flames.
"Master Chen, what kind of monster is that?" The book boy sitting across from Master Chen shuddered beneath the giant shadow's pressure and could not help asking.
"...The Black King."
Master Chen naturally recognized these Malevolent Qi Flames. He was the chief