"You refused the road to heaven, yet barged through the gate of hell. You two are merely external incarnations, and you dared to trespass into my territory with an ant in tow? Do you truly think I, Zhu Jiu Yin, do not exist?"
The voice that suddenly rose from the depths of the earth was not sinister at all. Instead, it carried an imposing force that made everyone's hearts tremble.
"I came today for only two things. First, to take your dog life. Second, to seize your Time Soul Artifact."
Di Jiang said, gripping a longsword in one hand.
"If your true body had come, I would accept it. But you are merely an external incarnation. What gives you the right?"
Zhu Jiu Yin sneered. The earth shook without pause, trees toppled, yet not a single bird or beast fled from within. The entire mountain was silent as death.
Then rocks and mountains collapsed, and an enormous body burst forth from within.
Its scales were sharp, its horns fierce, and rainbow light flowed through its eyes, comparable to when Ye Tian wielded immortal power.
Before it, the figures of Di Jiang's group seemed utterly insignificant, tiny beyond measure.
"Ye Tian! Release Tu Bo!"
Seeing this, Di Jiang hurriedly urged him through divine sense.
Ye Tian did not dare delay.
"Tu Bo Jiu Yue."
He called softly, and a flicker of divine light flashed across the bracelet in his hand.
It was a terrifying surge of energy.
It was power from the depths of the earth. The huge mountain had already been turned upside down by the appearance of the Candle Dragon, reduced to heaps of rubble.
After Ye Tian's summons, the terrifying energy from deep underground completely ground the mountain flat.
"It seems you came prepared."
The Candle Dragon spoke