Zhang Shiqing's sudden question caught Qin Jishi off guard.
"Shiqing... Shiqing... I'm Qin Jishi..."
"..."
Qin Jishi?
Zhang Shiqing's willow-leaf brows furrowed again.
She kept searching her mind for him, yet found no information at all.
Qin Jishi?
Qin Jishi?
Zhang Shiqing murmured the name. It felt as though she had heard it somewhere before.
But!!
The moment Zhang Shiqing tried hard to recall it, pain immediately surged through her mind.
The excruciating pain twisted Zhang Shiqing's face.
"Shiqing, what's wrong?"
"..."
Qin Jishi's expression changed. He reached out, intending to pull her.
"Don't come over!"
"..."
Zhang Shiqing instinctively retreated, widening the distance between herself and Qin Jishi.
Although Qin Jishi felt both unfamiliar and strangely familiar to her.
Still!!
Zhang Shiqing remained wary of the man before her.
"Shiqing... I'm Qin Jishi... Qin Jishi... Have you forgotten?"
"Black and White Domain!"
"..."
Zhang Shiqing looked at Qin Jishi's anxious expression and shook her head blankly.
"Do we really know each other?"
"..."
When he heard that, black lines appeared across Qin Jishi's forehead.
What the hell?!
What was going on?
Could it be?
All at once, Qin Jishi seemed to think of a possibility, and his expression shifted involuntarily.
She had lost her memories?
Otherwise, how could Zhang Shiqing possibly have forgotten him?
Just as those thoughts surfaced in Qin Jishi's mind.
Roar!!
The Nine-headed Black Serpent's furious roar interrupted his thoughts.
Qin Jishi abruptly looked up and saw that the Nine-headed Black Serpent had finished gathering its strength.
Strange light radiated from the Nine-headed Black Serpent's heads.
From those lights, Qin Jishi could tell that each of its nine heads represented an elemental energy.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth!
Light!
Darkness!
Lightning!
Poison mist!
The Nine-headed Black Serpent possessed nine kinds of energy. If they erupted all