Boom...
A Divine Dragon made of flame slammed into the fiery red barrier. The resulting roar sent the Earth Core Magma churning.
The magma surged, but Lie Yan merely waved a hand, and it instantly fell still.
Lie Yan had been born here and had spent countless years in this place. Naturally, she had perfect control over it.
The magma stopped churning, but the Fire Dragon kept battering the barrier, pouring out scorching heat.
Lie Yan barely felt the heat, but sweat ran down Jidong's forehead. "Lie Yan... what's going on? Why did a spatial vortex suddenly appear and send out a flaming Divine Dragon?"
Jidong had seen little of the world, so he was understandably puzzled.
Lie Yan shook her head. "I'm not sure either, but that spatial vortex is anything but ordinary."
Yet as soon as she finished speaking, Lie Yan sensed something wrong and cried, "Watch out!"
The moment she shouted, darkness surged out behind the Fire Dragon. The entire Core World's magma churned, and fiery red energy visibly poured toward the darkness, as though drawn in and devoured by it.
The darkness swallowed more than the surrounding energy. It engulfed the barrier Lie Yan had formed and devoured it in an instant.
Lie Yan stared in shock as the barrier she had made with her magic vanished. "What is that darkness? It can even devour my magic?"
Lie Yan was baffled and shaken. But in that brief moment, the pull of the distorted vortex combined with the darkness and dragged the much weaker Jidong toward it.
Feeling himself lose control, Jidong cried out in terror, "Lie Yan!"
Hearing him, Lie Yan hurriedly turned and reached out to protect him.
From inside the Trash Station, Ren saw it all clearly. Excitement lit up his face. "The perfect