This was the terrifying aspect of the Fire of the Great Way.
It could ignore distance.
Even though what had appeared in the Divine Continent was merely a wisp of Mad Dragon's consciousness,
to Mad Dragon, it might not have mattered even if that wisp of consciousness had been destroyed.
His true body would not have suffered much damage.
But he had never expected Xu Zimo's Fire of the Great Way to cross two worlds and, through a trace of lingering consciousness, burn directly onto his true body.
The fear still lingered in his heart.
Although the state within his body was terrible at the moment, at least his life had been preserved.
As long as one was alive, that was more important than anything else.
At this moment, the Old Man who had just saved him spoke and asked, "What happened?"
"The negotiations fell apart," Mad Dragon replied.
"What? They refused the conditions we proposed?" The Old Man frowned slightly.
"It was more than refusal. They had no intention of cooperating with us at all."
Mad Dragon shook his head and said,
"It seems my unannounced arrival made them deeply wary."
"How has the investigation into that world gone?" the Old Man asked again.
Since they were unwilling to cooperate, they could only become enemies.
But even if they became enemies, they still needed to understand the other side's true strength.
Moreover, battles between large worlds were actually rare.
At most, there would be small-scale clashes.
After all, there were other worlds in the universe. If two large worlds fought like a snipe and a clam, they would only let others reap the fisherman's profit.
Unless one possessed absolute strength and confidence—enough to destroy the other side and still withstand the covetous gazes of the other worlds.
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