A shrill laugh rang out from the air. A mass of black flames surged up from underground, and a middle-aged man stepped out of them with a sinister smile. His face was deathly pale, and though he was tall and broad, he had scarcely any flesh on his body; he was hollow all over, like a skeleton draped in skin.
After giving Lin Qi a long look, the middle-aged man said in a low voice, "We wouldn't dare set foot in the Dragon Mountain Empire's territory? Hmph, you truly underestimate the Fallen God Temple! I came here to announce that your lives are now in my hands!"
Lin Qi frowned and said deeply, "Anyone can talk big, but whether they can make it happen..."
The middle-aged man stared fixedly at Lin Qi and said unhurriedly, "You ruined my affairs! You ruined my plans! You ruined my arrangements! According to my original plan, my status and authority within the Fallen God Temple would have risen enormously. I might even have become the next master of the Fallen God Temple!"
"But now? Because of your Longshan Family's wanton actions, because of your sabotage, because of your attacks, we suffered such catastrophic losses! And all of it has become my crime, my fault!"
"I have no desire to become a sacrifice to the Fallen God Temple's dreadful punishments. So while I still have enough authority, I came!"
The middle-aged man let out a deep sigh. Raising his head to look at the cloud-choked sky, he muttered to himself, "What a beautiful world, yet I am about to bid it farewell forever! Whose fault is that? Why did you have to ruin my string of operations? What a perfect plan it had been!"
Shaking his head, the middle-aged man clapped his hands.
The black-clad