Dim and oppressive beneath the Black Lock.
The remaining Rule Power mixed with cold blood, transforming in the wind that blew from nowhere into dark-red clouds like willow catkins.
With Lin An's departure, the entire battlefield seemed to return to peace, like clouds slowly unfurling after a storm, as though the sun were about to shine again.
Yet everyone knew that there would probably be no more calm.
Lin An of the Third Party faction seemed like an invincible existence, a massive mountain pressing down on them until they could barely breathe.
"Black Emperor."
"That one has left."
"He just flew back like that?"
Flapping his scale-covered dragon wings like a bat's, the Chimera Emperor turned both heads toward two directions.
One ahead and one behind, watching Lin An disappear into the distance and Black Emperor remain silent.
"Mm."
Apparently unwilling to pay attention to what the Chimera Emperor wanted to say, Black Emperor seemed to have aged considerably. He merely nodded with dim eyes.
He knew what the Chimera Emperor wanted to say.
Lin An had not used the Space Rule to return, so their earlier guess might have been correct.
But—
So what?
He was already too tired to keep guessing.
His repeated misjudgments had made him afraid to trust his own judgment again. After all, who knew whether that person was "toying" with them again?
Although the questions seemed to be increasing, Lin An's displayed strength had also become increasingly beyond his imagination.
No, it should be said that—
"Black Emperor, the one who self-destructed just now should have been the Void Bug Queen. I smelled that creature's scent."
"She was frightened to death."
Seeing how heavy Black Emperor's mood was, the Chimera Emperor could only give up on what he had originally wanted to say.
It