At this moment, Xu Zimo quietly stepped back, trying not to draw too much attention.
After all, there were too many eyes and ears here. If he stood out too much, his disguise would be easily exposed.
Xu Zimo was not even certain.
In the eyes of the old madam and the others, had they seen through his disguise or not?
But having already come this far, Xu Zimo could not afford to think too much.
At worst, they would just have a fight.
When had he ever been afraid?
After arriving before the flaming palace,
Jiang Zhuoshi began forming hand seals, murmuring under his breath.
He shouted softly, "Shadow, now that we have arrived, why have you not opened the palace gates?"
Only then did the black shadow behind the flaming palace slowly emerge.
The shadow had no facial features. Its entire face was pitch-black.
The instant she saw the black shadow, the old madam narrowed her eyes slightly, her slender lashes resembling the sharp edge of a blade.
The old madam said,
"This is an Old Universe visualization art?"
"That is correct. The Old Universe's visualization arts do have some merit. We specifically studied them," Jiang Zhuoshi replied with a smile.
This was merely a small display of his skills.
One must not underestimate this black shadow.
After all, visualization arts could manifest life. Though difficult, many people could accomplish it.
However, the manifested existence constantly consumed one's power.
Thus, the existence of a visualization construct was time-limited.
Yet the black shadow before them clearly did not belong to that category.
It had neither a time limit nor, seemingly, any other limitations.
It was as though it had visualized a genuine living creature.
It was so concrete and real.
"Interesting," the old madam said.
"Are its life