"Who is it?"
Xi Yan and the other two looked at the figure who had suddenly emerged from the spatial vortex, unable to recognize him at first.
Instead, he recognized them first.
"Principal, what a coincidence. You're still here."
"Z-Zhou Fan?!" Xi Yan finally got a clear look at him. His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
Indeed, the person who had emerged from the spatial vortex was Zhou Fan!
"Principal, I'm back." Zhou Fan smiled faintly.
After he emerged, the distorted spatial vortex gradually settled down, returning to stillness.
"Zhou Fan, it really is you!"
Xi Yan rubbed his eyes in disbelief, making sure he wasn't seeing things.
"Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, Principal. It's me. Surprised? Didn't see that coming, did you?"
Lin Ya and Jiang Lei were equally shocked.
Zhou Fan had actually returned?
Hadn't he fallen into the dark space?
That was a place that mercilessly devoured even sixth-tier Espers. Probably only seventh-tier Espers had any chance of escaping it.
Yet Zhou Fan had emerged completely unscathed!
"Zhou Fan, how did you get out? What happened to you in there?" Xi Yan hurriedly asked.
This was simply too shocking.
He had already given up hope and accepted reality.
Then Zhou Fan had suddenly popped out.
"It's a long story, so I'll keep it short."
Zhou Fan briefly explained what had happened.
He also told them about the Nightmare Lord.
"The Nightmare Lord? He's still alive??"
All three of them were deeply shocked to hear this.
The Nightmare Lord had been one of the previous generation of Xia Country's Ten Great Strong Ones, a senior to them all.
When the Nightmare Lord was at his peak, they had only just started out and had heard many legends about him.
But later, the Nightmare Lord