A fight?
That was Lord Lihai's fantasy.
Just as Hu Yanbo's Nether Sea Clone was about to step fully through the hatch, he sensed the newcomer's aura. His footsteps paused slightly, and he actually turned his head a little, casting an indifferent glance toward Shadow Bell Demon Lord.
It was that seemingly casual glance-
"Urgh-!"
Caught completely off guard, Shadow Bell Demon Lord let out a short, agonized groan!
The billions of miniature black bell phantoms covering his long hair, the tips of his brows, and his skin abruptly trembled and hummed violently, as though struck simultaneously by invisible giant hammers!
The once-orderly chimes, with their sinister rhythm, instantly turned shrill, like a flock of startled crows all screeching at once!
Fine black secret patterns appeared across the surfaces of those bell phantoms!
Yet even this did nothing to ease the excruciating pain and dizziness assailing his will.
"Run!!!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Shadow Bell Demon Lord made the most instinctive response amid his agony.
His figure became a distorted afterimage as he fled backward at a frantic speed!
When he swept past Lord Lihai's hiding place, he was moving so fast that even the turbulent energy he stirred up affected Lord Lihai.
Lord Lihai: "..."
Lord Chi Liu: ""
The two Skeleton Race Universe Masters froze in place.
Where was the clash of titans they had imagined?
How had-how had Shadow Bell Demon Lord, a veteran Strongest One, fled with his tail between his legs?!
Without even leaving behind a threat?!
This terrified them even more than a fight would have!
"Tsk."
An extremely soft click of the tongue seemed to come from close by, yet also seemed to sound directly within the spectators' hearts.
Its source was the black-robed young man who had already turned back around, one