Black clouds roiled across the sky, and streak after streak of black lightning flickered in and out like flood dragons, weaving through the clouds. This Sovereign Huang Dao truly had some skill. Such Laws were fearsome indeed. If they had been ordinary Laws, anyone struck by that black divine thunder would probably have been blasted into oblivion.
I couldn't help feeling shocked as well. That fellow had probably comprehended some high-level Dao-proving Laws, such as the Laws of Thunder. I had no idea who the next bolt would strike.
"Fairy Baihua has always disrespected her elders and feared no law, yet her vile temperament has left her with few followers. She should hardly have been able to stir up such a drastic upheaval. So you were the one fanning the flames, child, weren't you?"
Sovereign Huang Dao's voice continued to descend from the clouds. I swallowed, clutching the gourd containing the mother bug, and was terrified that he might ignore all reason and strike me with a bolt of lightning. If I were truly burned to a crisp, my body could be reconstituted, but my luck would be another matter entirely.
"Senior! This junior did not do it willingly. I was forced by Young Mistress Baihua! Everyone here knows how things came to this! If you don't believe me, Senior, you can ask them!" I hurriedly explained. I had long expected Sovereign Huang Dao not to spare the one who had led the troublemaking, which was why I had kept enduring Fairy Baihua's antics and let her take the blame at the critical moment. As expected, Sovereign Huang Dao had really been summoned.
"That's right! Yuchen was forced by Fairy Baihua as well! He is our disciple, and he happened to obtain a treasure. That's what caused such a huge