Dragon Bear felt fear. Though it was not its true body, it still sensed an instinctive terror from the black-robed man before it, and its originally overbearing aura instantly weakened.
But in the very next moment, a sudden change erupted!
A pitch-black flame, profound beyond measure, surged from the void without warning. It carried no trace of heat; instead, it exuded a chilling cold that made hearts tremble. As the Black Flame roiled, it instantly transformed into an enormous black vortex. The vortex existed for only an instant—so briefly that many weaker onlookers merely saw a flash of black before their eyes and had no time even to catch its aura.
Then, everything returned to calm!
Complete calm!
Whether it was the Dragon Bear that had been trampling everything in its path or the other magical beasts that had charged into Tianlan City, all of them vanished!
No one had any idea what had happened. They had only seen vortex after vortex appear, after which those magical beasts disappeared as though they had been completely erased!
The five Dou Zun experts in the sky were in slightly better condition. They more or less understood what had just happened.
"Could that just now... have been the legendary devouring ability?"
"It must have been. What a terrifying ability, swallowing a Dou Saint-level magical beast in an instant!"
"And that speed, that range of coverage... this person must also be a Dou Saint expert."
He Kui, the Slayer Hand and a Dou Zun elder of the Gold Alliance Chamber of Commerce in the Northwest Region, stared fixedly at the black-robed figure that had suddenly appeared below. His gaze was somewhat unfocused, and his lips trembled slightly. "He is..."
Unlike He Kui, who was still hesitating, Xu Yingwu immediately struggled up from the ground