After listening to Su Hao's explanation, Chen Leyao understood. She immediately infused her Soul Power into the Soul Tool and contacted Kong Deming.
Elsewhere, all kinds of metal were piled around the Imperial Palace. An old man in a black robe patterned with Silver Moon Patterns sat at a workbench, intently carving a piece of metal in his hand.
Suddenly, as though he had sensed something, the carving knife in his hand trembled, causing the Soul Tool Pattern to go crooked. However, Kong Deming paid no attention to the metal. Instead, he swiftly took out a Soul Tool identical in appearance to the one Chen Leyao held.
After sensing it briefly, he looked in Su Hao's direction and muttered:
"Leyao, I thought I would never see you again. I never expected that after seven years, you would take the initiative to contact me again.
Why did you run away back then? As long as I was still around, the royal family could never have driven you to the brink.
Since you contacted me of your own accord, I can't let you run away again this time. Not even the royal family can stop me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Deming immediately left the room and turned into a streak of silver light, flying toward the rooftop where Su Hao and the others were.
At that moment, the Destruction God King and the Life Goddess both stirred and looked in a certain direction. Then they returned to their previous states without paying it any mind. Su Hao, however, suddenly said:
"He's here."
Before Chen Leyao could understand what he meant, she saw a gleam of light rapidly flying toward them from the distant horizon. In less than three seconds, the gleam transformed into an old man wearing a