Inside the Flame Azure Dragon were two figures whose postures had frozen, almost completely motionless...
Ryushiki remarked, "The time around us has been burned to the point of near-total stillness. What impressive flames..."
Only then did Tian Dou snap out of his daze. "My Reto was ineffective against him!?"
"If it had been Diamond Body at ninety percent power... you should have died. You've grown stronger, Tiansha Dou. I mean it."
After saying that with a straight face, Ryushiki's fist struck Tian Dou in the abdomen.
Thud!
Tian Dou's already rolled-back eyes immediately lost focus. The flames of the Gate of Death dispersed, and time, which had nearly stopped, began to flow again.
Whoosh! Ryushiki seized Tian Dou by the collar... and threw him toward Yu.
Smack!
Yu caught the barely living Tian Dou. "You deliberately threw him to me because you want me to sever the causal link of certain death from the Eight Gates for him? You can't bear to kill your former close friend...?"
A layer of gloom clouded Ryushiki's young face. "Don't try to test my limits. This is my final warning to you... You should know very well that if I wanted to, I could easily find and erase those humans you hid in Mitsuki Country!"
"How terrifying..." Yu replied meaningfully as he used Causal Severance to cut away the causal link of certain death from Tian Dou's Eight Gates.
Once he was done, Yu looked up at Ryushiki and said seriously, "May I take what you just said as a condition for negotiation? As long as I don't release Tian Dou again, even if you win this battle, you won't lay a hand on those humans."
Ryushiki lowered his gaze. "Provided... they aren't foolish enough to become enemies of my clan!"
"Fine, it's a