Inside the Night Raven Mask, in the void.
Huo Xiaohei toyed with a gilded Black Dragon Card between his fingertips. Di Tian lay sealed inside it, fast asleep.
The playful smile in his eyes vanished. He flicked his wrist.
Clang!
The gilded Black Dragon Card tore through the air and slammed into a rift in the void. The dragon pattern on its surface flared with dazzling golden light.
"Go on, Di Tian. It's time for your part in the script."
Huo Xiaohei clasped his hands behind his back. His youthful voice was light and teasing, full of his usual abandon.
The next instant, golden light exploded from the card. Dark-gold dragon eyes snapped open in the Void.
Di Tian gathered into the phantom form of a black dragon and coiled in the void, his gaze cold as frost. "Huo Xiaohei, I don't need you telling me what to do."
"Remember your promise." Di Tian's deep dragon voice carried a threat that brooked no argument. "If so much as a hair on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is harmed in the Star Dou Great Forest, I will unleash a beast tide at once..."
Huo Xiaohei was not the least bit afraid. Instead, he grinned. "I know. Why else would I go to all this trouble?"
He had brought Di Tian into the game precisely to check the Evil Soul Masters causing trouble in the shadows and protect the Fortune Auspicious Beast.
The game needed to be lively, and there needed to be plenty of fun—but it absolutely could not fall apart!
Di Tian's gaze darkened. After a moment's silence, he said no more.
"I will see this script through."
With that, the vast black dragon phantom dissolved into flecks of golden light and slipped deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, lying