Those pitch-black, icy eyes carried the chill of a beast, yet also a strange quality that did not belong to any beast. They looked utterly terrifying.
The instant the eyes appeared, Dog Bro reacted. He first called out, "Big Dragon?"
But the moment the words left his mouth, he realized something was wrong.
The eyes' unique shape was almost identical to Big Dragon's, and the beauty of their pupils made it impossible to look away. But Big Dragon's eyes weren't black—they were emerald—and they weren't this cold.
Big Dragon's eyes were noble and beautiful, like the most dazzling pearls in the world. Yet they carried a warm radiance, a vigorous force born of life, and an innate affinity that made living creatures feel close to them.
But this eye was completely different. Though equally beautiful, it gave off an intensely gloomy chill, as if one would plummet into the abyss just by looking at it...
"You're not Big Dragon..." Dog Bro shook his head repeatedly. "Who are you?"
There was no answer. Only a trace of mockery glimmered in that eye...
Boom!
The Headmaster beside them activated the compass in his hand without hesitation. The spread-out spell formation instantly sprang to life. In the blink of an eye, the energy that had long been stored inside the crystal transformed into countless nerve-ending-like tendrils and spread toward the Teleportation Array!
Seeing those filament-thin energy constructs, LuLu's eyes immediately lit up. To process energy with the delicacy and agility of biological nerves was clearly the work of a high-level energy-shaping master. This old man wasn't merely a Space Department warlock—his attainments in energy shaping were extraordinary as well!
As a temporary teammate, he was quite reliable!
But that sense of relief didn't last long. The instant the elemental constructs touched the Teleportation