(Happy New Year!)
"Hm?!"
At that same moment.
In the Main Hall deep within the Dragon Martial Prefecture.
The Dragon Martial Dao Lord, who was in seclusion divining heaven's secrets, abruptly opened his eyes.
An exceedingly rare look of shock and uncertainty flashed through them.
"Vast, pure spiritual energy, and pressure like a prison..."
"It even faintly stirred the Laws of the Great Dao. Who is this?!"
The Dragon Martial Dao Lord sprang to his feet, vanishing from the spot.
The next moment.
He stood ten thousand miles above the Dragon Martial Prefecture, his divine sense spreading like a tide as he scanned heaven and earth in every direction!
"Such might is far beyond that of a Divine Lord in the Spirit Nurturing Realm!"
"But it isn't any of the old monsters I know from the Southern Region..."
"Could a Dao Lord from another region have come here?!"
The Dragon Martial Dao Lord's brows knitted tightly, his expression dark.
His first thought was that an enemy had invaded and deliberately caused this commotion to intimidate him.
Yet strangely.
After his divine sense swept through the entire Dragon Martial Prefecture, he found no trace of any outside powerhouse.
That terrifying aura had been as fleeting as a flower's bloom, vanishing without a trace after its eruption!
"An illusion?"
"No... impossible!"
At his level, there was no possibility of imagining such a thing.
The Dragon Martial Dao Lord swept his gaze over the terraces and towers below, finally resting it on the [Phoenix Perch Pavilion] deep in the inner courtyard, where Long Ling'er and Ye Li were staying.
The formations there were intact, the aura steady.
"It couldn't be him either..."
The Dragon Martial Dao Lord shook his head and could only speculate inwardly:
*Perhaps a passing Dao Lord casually tested my