He had heard it, all right.
A cold curve lifted the corner of Konghai's mouth as he casually erased the message, without the slightest intention of replying.
With his own survival in question, how could he possibly go rescue Mingdeng?
That old fellow had managed to stay hidden until now, so he surely had something else up his sleeve. Konghai had no need to worry about him.
Had it been his senior brother Kongwen in danger, he would have hesitated.
But Senior Brother Kongwen practiced the Mind-Illuminating, Seeing-Nature Dharma and could glimpse the future. How could he let himself fall into such danger?
If there really were danger, he would have fled long ago.
Konghai closed his eyes and continued refining the last remnants of demonic energy in his body.
Around him lay bone ruins that had been smashed to pieces.
Overhead, the black mist pressed lower and lower.
In the distance stood a White Bone Bodhisattva that was awakening.
In the sky floated a city emanating the aura of an axe blade.
And he sat alone among the ruins, golden flames burning around him, like a bomb about to detonate.
Seated on the raised platform in the Core Control Room, Yang Yong activated most of the Curio array beneath Mechanical City.
Pillars of energy lit up deep underground, extending in every direction along the intricate network of array patterns.
Supernatural power surged rapidly through the channels with a low hum, and every inch of Mechanical City's metal framework trembled faintly.
Only now could Yang Yong finally spare a sliver of attention to look outside.
One glance left him stunned.
Bone City had changed.
The black mist, which had originally shrouded only the central region, had now swallowed all of Bone City.
The densely packed bone buildings, the jagged,