Li Ziran slowly turned around. Before his eyes stood an old man in a red mage's robe, wearing a tall round hat that could not conceal his grizzled beard. Yet the most unforgettable thing was that strange smile, laced with an eerie pressure.
Years of experience with organs allowed Li Ziran to judge with precision that the other man must have a special Elemental Gland within him. At such close range, he could clearly hear that Elemental Gland rumbling and trembling.
This was a sign of forbidden magic.
"You know me?" Li Ziran asked softly. He was certain he had never met this person before.
"Of course. You're the Organ Master. Who on the Red Soil Continent doesn't know you now?" The old man smiled faintly, but there was not a trace of respect in his voice.
He involuntarily took a step toward Li Ziran. In an instant, strange fire patterns spread from beneath his feet, swiftly forming a magic array. Light flared from the formation, taking the shape of flaming chains.
The chains lashed out and bound straight toward Li Ziran.
The attack came abruptly, but from the moment he saw this man, Li Ziran had already raised his guard to the utmost. His body paused slightly and transformed into an emerald-green frog. He sprang up in an instant, about to escape through the dense chains.
He could transform at any time.
But just as he reached the apex of his jump, the sky suddenly changed color. Sharp blades fell vertically, sealing every route of escape like hailstones and forcing Li Ziran to the ground. At the same time, the earth hummed and shook. A bizarre pulling force spread from underground, gravity increasing severalfold in an instant, while the Spatial Elements around him compressed like prisms, seemingly about to