"Darkness... can something like that have a master?"
"Little girl, then I'll have to tell you a thing or two."
"About what?"
"A story about my big brother."
"Your big brother?"
"Yep, I work under someone too. It's just that my boss is pretty powerful."
The moment this thought appeared in his mind, the will of darkness began to touch him.
Xu Le froze slightly.
Was this... a warning from Night Fiend?
Was he being told not to tell ordinary people like Bai Jing too much about the power of darkness?
No, that wasn't right. The power of darkness should be spread so that Night Fiend, its source, could grow stronger.
"That doesn't make sense."
Just as Xu Le was puzzling over this, the power of darkness actually began pouring endlessly out of his own body.
It was so dense that it could practically be described as tangible.
The dark mist enveloped him completely, and at that moment, Xu Le...
Black mist, stillness, and an air of majesty-he was like a monarch seated upon a dark throne, surrounded and supported by darkness.
To Bai Jing, Xu Le's bewildered expression looked aloof and amused.
Watching the billowing black mist around them and Xu Le surrounded by darkness at its center, Bai Jing felt an inexplicable sense of submission rise within her.
"The Lord of Darkness..."
"No..."
Xu Le wanted to explain what had just happened. That hadn't been some theatrical effect he'd produced at all. It was all his big brother's fault!
But when he saw the submission in Bai Jing's eyes, he suddenly felt that this seemed pretty good too.
"Is this what my big brother intended...?"
Bai Jing had no idea how confused Xu Le was at that moment. She had already settled on one fact.
Even if Xu