"When have I ever been sneaking around!" Yang Kai said, somewhat displeased.
"Then why won't you show yourself!" Beilimuo snorted coldly. As long as Yang Kai didn't reveal himself, she couldn't shake the feeling that this fellow was up to something, and she had to stay on guard at all times.
"Inconvenient!" Yang Kai replied bluntly. He could use his intimate connection with the Mysterious Realm Pearl to send Beilimuo straight in, but if he entered himself, there'd be no one keeping watch outside. What if something unexpected happened?
Beilimuo seethed with frustration, though there was nothing she could do about Yang Kai. Her face was as cold as a slab of ice.
Overhearing their exchange, Changtian looked on with an expression of keen interest from the side. If it were Yu Rumeng in Beilimuo's place, he could understand—after all, everyone in the entire Demon Realm knew that Yu Rumeng had a special regard for Yang Kai. But the problem was, this was Beilimuo!
Yang Kai's attitude was so atrocious, and yet Beilimuo could actually tolerate it? Moreover, what method had Yang Kai used to bring Beilimuo here as well? Could it be that she had no wariness toward him at all? What exactly was the relationship between these two?
Changtian suddenly realized that he couldn't see through Yang Kai at all. He had initially thought him to be nothing more than a high-rank Demon Lord who carried Dragon Clan bloodline, hoping he could serve as his successor and protect the Hundred Spirit Continent in the future. Who would have thought that Yang Kai was shrouded in a layer of impenetrable mist…
While Changtian was lost in thought, Beilimuo also noticed the strange nature of this world—enormous spatial rifts everywhere, and from those rifts, fragments of continents were constantly being swallowed in and dissolving into nothingness. Occasionally, one or two cities would come tumbling down, embedding themselves firmly in the earth. Countless demons flew through the sky in a state of utter panic.
Without even needing to think, Beilimuo knew that those demons were the inhabitants of the Tianwu Continent, and those consumed fragments were pieces of the Tianwu Continent.
Recalling everything she had witnessed before, Beilimuo's expression turned grave: "What exactly is this place?"
From the moment she had entered, an invisible force had been binding her like shackles, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. Besides, the impression this place gave her was like the Demon Realm—and yet not the Demon Realm.
"This is a great world!" Yang Kai's voice drifted down from the sky.
Beilimuo scoffed immediately: "What a joke. What kind of half-baked great world is this?"
The Demon Realm was a great world, and so was the Star Realm. Although she had never visited the Star Realm, she knew that since it could produce beings as powerful as Great Emperors, the laws of heaven and earth there could not be inferior to those of the Demon Realm. The two worlds were on the same level.
But this world she now found herself in was completely incomparable to the Demon Realm or the Star Realm. Its laws of heaven and earth were flimsy, and the ambient energy was thin. If a place like this could be called a great world, then what were the Demon Realm and the Star Realm? Super-great worlds?
"This world isn't complete yet, but one day, it will be."
Beilimuo furrowed her brow: "One day? When exactly is that?"
"Patience! Watch and wait!"
After those eight words, no matter how Beilimuo called out, Yang Kai didn't respond at all—nearly blowing her top with rage. Changtian's expression grew all the more intriguing. Had he not witnessed it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that Yang Kai dared to treat a Demon Saint this way.
After cursing for a while longer and seeing that Yang Kai truly wasn't going to pay her any attention, Beilimuo glared at Changtian through gritted teeth, hoping to get some information out of him. But the infuriating thing was, the bastard actually had his back turned to her, hands clasped behind him, looking for all the world like he was serenely riding the wind—almost making Beilimuo shatter her silver teeth from clenching so hard.
Behind the two of them, Huo Lun trembled like a quail in the dead of winter…
Time trickled by. The anomalies in the sky never ceased for a single moment. At one point, Changtian—ever the picture of composure—suddenly showed a flicker of expression, and even Beilimuo, who had been sulking, let out a soft exclamation.
Changtian turned his head and looked at her.
Their eyes met, and both saw the shock reflected in the other's gaze.
Now was no longer the time for petty grudges against Changtian or Yang Kai. Beilimuo stepped forward two paces to stand shoulder to shoulder with Changtian. The mountain breeze swept across her face, sending her snow-white silver hair streaming in the wind.
"You felt it too?" Changtian asked, his voice heavy.
Beilimuo gave a slight nod: "It seems my senses weren't mistaken."
Changtian's face was a picture of disbelief. He slowly shook his head: "Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed such a thing could exist in this world. If that's the case, then that boy Yang Kai's plan might actually have a chance of working."
"What exactly is his plan? Why destroy my continent for no reason?" Beilimuo followed up on his words.
Changtian said: "That piece being swallowed in—that's a continent from your territory?"