Dan Xiao sighed, patted her princess dress, and put away the doll. Her playful gaze suddenly changed as she looked at Xing Fan and Yu. "I was born in Human Civilization. That civilization was known as the Third Barrier."
Xing Fan and Yu exchanged a glance but didn't interrupt. They were far too curious about Dan Xiao. How could there be a human in the Bug Nest Civilization?
"Human Civilization of the Third Barrier excels at fighting with cards. Those cards are very strange. They're set with traps based on each person's unique traits, and once you're dragged inside one, whether you live or die is anyone's guess." Dan Xiao raised her hand. A card appeared on her pale, tender palm, glowing with a hazy light.
Xing Fan grew wary. A card.
She had been warned about them. The Supreme God had specifically told her not to go near Dan Xiao's cards. She didn't know how the Supreme God knew about them, but the cards were definitely dangerous.
Dan Xiao gazed at the card with fascination. "The cards of the Third Barrier have many levels, just like cultivation realms. This one of mine is the highest level: an Ancient Card." She looked at Xing Fan and Yu with another beaming smile. "A seven-star Ancient Card—Di Xia. You can die now."
"Fall back!" Xing Fan shouted.
Yu retreated without hesitation. In an instant, they sensed the threat of death. The danger was so overwhelming that it left them stunned, like the shockwave from Chang and Lu Yin's clash of power moments ago—an unstoppable force.
The card rose from Dan Xiao's palm. A hazy figure slowly emerged, clad in an imperial robe. He was so imposing that his aura seemed to cover the heavens and earth.
The instant the figure appeared, countless