Would swearing a deadly oath really bring down five thunderbolts from the heavens?
No.
That wasn't some thundercloud of Heaven's Punishment.
The aura spilling from the clouds made people uneasy!
It was a storm cloud laced with the turbulence of space and time. That aura felt familiar to Li Yan.
"An old acquaintance?"
Li Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at a human face appearing inside the cloud.
Ghost-faced Dragon Nightmare!
He remembered how Xing Mu, the seven-colored jellyfish and one of the Four Evils, had sent Ghost-faced Dragon Nightmare away.
And now the storm of space and time hanging above everyone was none other than Ghost-faced Dragon Nightmare, who had escaped death back then.
That familiar voice rang through the sky again, dark and dripping with smug triumph.
"Li Yan, Ao Jiao, I really have to thank you!"
"If you hadn't driven me to the brink, I never would've leaped through the Dragon Gate."
A gigantic face emerged from the cloud. It was Ghost-faced Dragon Nightmare, Ao Yan, the one who had been sent into the Chaos Rift.
At the same time, the Ancient Dragon King's voice rang out in Li Yan's mind.
"Candle Dragon transformation?"
"My unfilial descendant has actually awakened his hidden bloodline and begun to wield some of the Candle Dragon's power."
"Li Yan, be careful. He can bypass the laws of the Abyss of the Netherworld and forcibly alter time!"
At the Ancient Dragon King's warning, Li Yan immediately realized what was happening.
"Everyone, fall back into the Abyss of the Netherworld!"
As Li Yan led the people of the Old Heavenly Court in retreat, Ghost-faced Dragon Nightmare leisurely raised a claw.
"Since you've opened a passage connected to the Abyss of the Netherworld, there's no need to rush off."
In an instant, Ghost-faced Dragon