"Bang!"
Vice Principal Shi Hui's magic did not land on the three Great Demons as she had hoped. A snake tail covered in dark green hexagonal scales suddenly shot out from the Misty Captain's cabin and lightly collided with the witch's fair palm.
The two sides withdrew their power the instant they clashed, but an immense wave of magical energy still swept outward in every direction.
As though a gale had blown across a burning wilderness, the magical wave first whipped the flames among the Wedge-shaped Enclave into an even more frenzied and violent blaze, the fire nearly licking the Misty Captain's railings.
But then, an inexplicable cold rain quietly emerged in the gale's wake and fell soundlessly. The droplets were fine, like spring rain, yet the dampness they carried surpassed even a midsummer downpour.
"This is the power of a legendary being."
Professor Yao had not yet formally entered the fray, so he witnessed the entire scene. He stretched out an arm and opened his palm, feeling that familiar, fine chill in the air, then sighed softly. "...Every movement plucks at the dimensions woven into laws; every breath contains the principles of one's own Great Dao. What an enviable realm."
"If you are willing... hiss... you can comprehend it at every moment... I can even bestow upon you a drop of true blood... hiss... genuine true blood from the peak of legend..."
Along with that fine chill, a cold thought coiled around Professor Yao's wrist, as if a snake's tongue were licking it. Even someone as seasoned as Professor Yao felt a chill run down his back, a little creeped out.
Yet the words conveyed by that thought were filled with temptation, like the venomous serpent in the Garden of Eden that had seduced Eve into eating the