As his voice faded, the entire expanse of mist shrouding the outside of the First Domain changed.
Madison and Sima Ji were still fighting, but the inverted black city and the several snow mountains around them were now all enveloped in white mist.
Sima Ji's gaze sharpened. "What's going on?!"
Madison likewise knitted his brows, then understood a moment later.
He shook his head with a smile. "Duke Henry, it seems your father fooled us all. You were the Domain Master all along. That's rather ungentlemanly."
Duke Henry's voice came from within the white mist. "Marquis Madison, this was a trump card I had never used, but against today's enemies, I have no choice."
"Please rest assured, I greatly admire your gentlemanly conduct. That is why I had always planned to choose somewhere far from the First Domain for our decisive battle. I would never be so shameless as to use deception and concealment to gain an advantage over you in the contest for Star Lord."
After hearing that, Marquis Madison glanced at the frozen corpses of Count Taylor and Viscount Frank beside him, then at Sima Ji in the distance, and sighed.
"Thank you for your recognition, Duke Henry. However, I do not know whether I will still be able to keep our appointment. I wish you every success."
Qin Siyang had still been standing before the Ironclad Army's shattered position, where the fierce combined attack had blasted away the surrounding white mist.
But in the blink of an eye, white mist appeared out of nowhere again, enveloping the entire area.
This time, the white mist was denser than before. With his eyes alone, Qin Siyang could not even make out anything ten meters away. The others felt as though they had been stripped of their sight altogether.
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