Lu Mingfei's vision blurred. When he looked again, he found himself alone on the rooftop, the setting sun blood-red. The two people who had been confronting each other moments ago had vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.
At the same time, on another level of Spirit Vision.
The scene abruptly changed.
A bone-piercing chill rushed at them. As far as the eye could see was an endless expanse of white, beneath a low, leaden-gray sky that seemed within reach. Thick snow covered the ground beneath their feet, crunching with every step.
Straight ahead lay a vast lake, its surface sealed beneath solid ice. The ice was a deep, shadowy blue, like an enormous flawless gemstone reflecting the pale daylight. Everything was silent, save for the source-less cold wind sweeping ice crystals across the frozen lake with a mournful howl.
Amon and Lu Mingze stood at the edge of the frozen lake, facing one another.
"I've heard that every Dragon King has Twins, sharing the throne and its authority," Amon said first. "You and Lu Mingfei... you aren't some pair of Dragon Kings who haven't awakened yet, are you? Which one are you? Sky and Wind? Ocean and Water? Or... Bronze and Fire?"
He had revealed a little of what he knew. The secret knowledge that a Dragon King's throne was occupied by a pair of Twins was beyond the reach of ordinary Hybrids, yet he had stated it outright. That proved there was some presence behind him.
And by suspecting Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze of being Sky and Wind, Ocean and Water, or Bronze and Fire while skipping over Earth and Mountains, he had practically made it clear that King of Earth and Mountains stood behind him.
Of course, Amon had guessed that Lu Mingze