"—Caitou Kai?"
Hearing this unfamiliar name, Zheng Qing's thoughts stirred. His Legendary consciousness seized upon this True Name and instantly captured vast streams of information stored within the River of Time and Destiny.
A name he had never heard of a second ago.
In the blink of an eye, it became as familiar as an old friend.
The Legends around the round table frowned at almost the same moment.
Caitou Kai was neither a demon nor a fallen one, but a wizard who walked the Starry Sky Path. Having devoured all life in the Scyclotor starfield during cultivation, Caitou Kai had been suppressed in the Black Prison.
Beyond the realm, there was another title.
Vine of Death.
Under normal circumstances, traditional wizards and wizards who walked the Starry Sky Path were two utterly distinct groups. Zheng Qing still clearly remembered the foul aura spreading across his tongue when he first uttered the name "Cthulhu," more evil than canned herring, and the warning his teacher had given him then.
—Stay away from the Starry Sky.
But since this was a prisoner locked up in the Black Prison, everyone present, the Legendary Wizards, was implicated. Even if they wanted to stay away, they could not.
Old Man Ruo Yu's grave, deep voice continued to echo around the round table. "—There are very few Legendary Grade prisoners suppressed in the Black Prison, and nearly all of them are in a state of depleted vitality. In theory, they should have no chance of breaking free from their cages."
Since they could not in theory.
That meant they could in practice.
Zheng Qing easily caught the subtle implication in that wording.
"—But the Black Prison Battle gave them an opportunity... The war that erupted in the Black Prison World had a profound impact on that