Was Xi He Nuozu's real name?
Xu Xiaoshou watched helplessly as Nuozu, who had been in a violent frenzy just moments ago, calmed down after that single sentence from the jade-faced scholar, Kong Yuhen.
"I was fixated..."
Nuozu lowered His head and muttered, pain coloring His voice.
Then, as though recalling something, He hurriedly raised a hand to touch His face. Only after feeling the Nuoyi Mask upon it did He let out a sigh of relief.
"It's still here."
As Time Ancestor watched Him adjust the Nuoyi Mask, His body gradually returned to a normal human size along with the motion. With a sigh, He said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared come back to see you."
What did that mean? Xu Xiaoshou was greatly alarmed.
Could it be that the Nuoyi Mask was also a seal, suppressing Nuozu's strength and frenzy? No way...
If that were true, then Dian Nuo was far too powerful! When He had gone mad just now, Time Ancestor had split into myriad incarnations, and His condition had already become rather unstable.
Yet His complete inability to fight back only highlighted how terrifying Dian Nuo was—Xu Xiaoshou had thought that was all of Him, never expecting that He had still been "restricted" at the time. How much did this restriction suppress?
"Did the Nuoyi Mask seal one-tenth of His power, or nine-tenths?"
From the wariness in Time Ancestor's tone, it was most likely not the former. But if it was the latter, that was somewhat beyond comprehension.
Still, recalling the white-smoke scene from before, Dian Nuo had radiated utter pride in Himself and absolute confidence in His own strength with every gesture, along with that declaration of "I will not yield the foremost place to anyone."
Beneath the great calamity, Name Ancestor had chosen a