Danger Arises at Close Quarters

When Meng Nishang made the Karmic Oath, True Lord Six-Eared had been wholly focused on fending off the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Needle, so he had not heard most of it clearly. Yet from the scattered words he had caught, he could still infer its general terms: nothing more than, "After helping us, you will surely release your companion."

Candle Dragon was a born divine beast. Even without awakened intelligence, it could instinctively judge the truth and efficacy of such an oath. Since a path to survival had appeared, it naturally would not choose the dead end of perishing together.

True Lord Six-Eared understood at once, and his teeth itched with hatred.

After the Ruyi Heaven-Reaching Staff was struck by the Flame of Time, its dazzling golden body seemed unable to withstand the erosion of the years. It rapidly dimmed, becoming mottled in patches, and the speed of its strikes slowed. Fortunately, relying on sheer force, it forcibly extinguished the Flame of Time and finally broke free. Still, this natal Spirit Treasure of True Lord Six-Eared had suffered considerable damage.

True Lord Six-Eared had no time to care about that. The two Ruyi Heaven-Reaching Staffs wielded by his other four arms swept outward with a momentum capable of smashing everything apart. Space collapsed and sound shattered; the bizarre Time Cages had only just emerged before being smashed to pieces.

He had explored this Time Secret Cave for thousands of years. How could he not understand that Candle Dragon's power to manipulate time was its most troublesome and terrifying ability? Thus, the instant they exchanged blows, he had been on full alert, his innate ears catching the sound of time's strange fluctuations.

Once Shi Xuan broke free from beneath True Lord Six-Eared's Ruyi Heaven-Reaching Staff, five streaks of crimson,