"Roar..."
Just then, Little Black, standing on Su Yueli's shoulder, let out a low growl.
As it looked at the primordial behemoth that blotted out the sky and sun, the confusion in its eyes was gradually replaced by familiarity and trembling that arose from the depths of its bloodline.
It seemed to be a faint sensation from kin of the same origin.
Little Black leaped from Su Yueli's shoulder, its body growing slightly larger as it wagged its tail and ran toward the inky claws.
As though desperately trying to express its joy at their reunion, it nuzzled the enormous scales with its little head.
However, the next moment!
"Bang!"
The primordial behemoth's scarlet, blood-moon eyes abruptly turned icy. Its sky-covering claw swung down, slapping Little Black away!
Little Black was swatted away like a cannonball. It crashed through several towering ruined walls in the distance and rolled into the yellow sand and rubble, whimpering in grievance and pain.
The behemoth looked down upon Little Black and spoke coldly. "Trash!"
Its ancient, weathered voice echoed through the underground ruins.
"I am the progenitor of the Primordial Ink Qilin clan! Supreme Primordial Divine Blood flows through your body, yet you willingly became the servant of a human ant. You even refined your own divine soul into a mundane weapon and became its artifact spirit?! This is a disgrace unprecedented in our clan throughout the ages!"
The behemoth's voice boomed like a great bell, every word carrying thunderous pressure that made the entire underground ruin rumble.
In the distant pile of ruins, Little Black shook its little head and crawled out. Its large eyes were glistening with tears, filled with the grievance of having suffered a tremendous injustice. Its ears drooped as it whimpered incessantly.
It had clearly only sensed the aura