Leng Qingsong was afraid, so he had raced back from the Extreme Eastern Land without stopping.
He feared no enemy in this world. Even amid a thousand hardships and ten thousand dangers, he would dare to draw his sword.
But what he did fear was his elder brother scheming against him.
Being schemed against was no great matter. His elder brother would never harm him. The only thing Leng Qingsong found frightening was this.
His elder brother actually hadn't told him!
Just what sort of matter could make even his elder brother keep it from him?
If he dared to hide things from him today, couldn't his elder brother disappear before his eyes tomorrow?
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed; the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed; the more he thought about it, the more his heart pounded.
Leng Qingsong turned and flew back the way he had come without looking back, no longer even bothering with the strange Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar before him.
After Leng Qingsong left, a lively voice rang out in his mind: "Hey, what are you running for, lad? I haven't come out yet!"
Though he didn't know who it was, Leng Qingsong had no time whatsoever to pay attention to the owner of the voice in his mind.
Whoever you are, I don't care. No one can stop me from leaving now!
Sonic booms whipped up enormous waves as Leng Qingsong vanished beyond the horizon in the blink of an eye.
A faint green glow lit up inside the Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar behind him. A Phantom stared in the direction Leng Qingsong had gone, his face utterly bewildered.
Wait, what?
The Black-Clothed Lad was just throwing away this tremendous opportunity?
*Even if he was in a hurry,