Rescue
As the flames burned away the bone-chilling, sinister aura, they also incinerated the final obstruction within the Space Tunnel. A tall figure emerged amid the silver-gray passage, causing Zi Yan, who had only just arrived, to freeze in astonishment.
Zi Yan had naturally prepared herself for the worst.
If necessary, she could have used herself as the price to forcibly wield the plane-level power of Dou Qi Continent and directly expel the uninvited guest from this plane.
Yet with her strength alone, mobilizing the power of the entire plane was undoubtedly as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Even as a Dragon Phoenix, she had no idea what price she would have to pay to accomplish such a thing.
But it would still have been better than allowing Dou Qi Continent to continue suffering under the ravages of the evil race.
That had been her plan, yet what unfolded before the Space Tunnel was completely beyond her expectations, leaving her momentarily dazed.
Had she accidentally started dreaming in broad daylight?
Or was this some illusion-like Dou Technique of theirs?
"Sorry, I came back late."
Only when Xiao Yan spoke did intense disbelief well up in those violet-gold eyes.
"Xiao Yan...? You... you're back?"
It seemed to take Zi Yan a long while to realize what had happened, and her question came out somewhat blank and stunned.
Seeing her expression, Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Yes... We wanted to come back and take a look, but we never expected to find the demonic aura around us so dense when we were almost back at Dou Qi Continent. That was when we guessed something must have happened here."
"What a coincidence...?"
Zi Yan let out a soft gasp, unable to help finding it strange.
"Sometimes, things really do work out that