Void Heavenly Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze fixed on the endless void. "After becoming Dou Di, they left the Douqi Continent. The reason they were able to act just now was mainly because they had left behind contingencies for the entire continent. They feared that one day, the Douqi Continent might be affected by other planes, while they would be unable to return in time. As you saw, without them, the Douqi Continent would likely have faced great trouble today."
Xiao Yan could not help nodding. Void Heavenly Emperor was not exaggerating in the slightest.
The expert pursuing him had been Nihility Devouring Flame, a nine-star Dou Saint. Along the way, Nihility Devouring Flame had seemed almost invincible. Even when faced with Xiao Xuan's deliberate scheme and the self-destruction of the entire Heavenly Tomb, he had not completely lost his combat strength and had remained immensely formidable. Xiao Yan had been forced to seek Qing Lin's help, asking her to destroy his body in order to protect himself. At that time, Xiao Yan had completely lost control of his body and had been unable even to self-destruct.
Yet before that bizarre and unfathomable black-mist creature, even someone as powerful as Nihility Devouring Flame had been like a lamb awaiting slaughter. He had been captured without the slightest ability to resist, without even room to struggle.
If even Nihility Devouring Flame had performed like this, Xiao Yan felt that even Soul Heavenly Emperor or Gu Yuan, both at the peak of the nine-star Dou Saint realm, would likely gain no advantage against the black mist. Only a Dou Di could contend with the power of a Dou Di. This made Xiao Yan yearn even more for that legendary realm.
"You are one of them as