Two powerful surges of magic power clashed violently inside the narrow office.
On the surface, the confrontation between White Lion and Xing Yao looked evenly matched, but in reality, Xing Yao held a slight edge.
In terms of strength, Xing Yao might not be a match for Black Dragon, but White Lion was another matter entirely.
Only by drawing the Ice King Sword could White Lion stand a chance against Xing Yao.
Using ordinary blades would result in him being utterly crushed.
However, the two of them didn’t actually fight.
They were simply engaging in the purest form of magical power bombardment.
“Hey! You only know how to bully a junior like me! You’re going too far!”
White Lion’s magic power supply was growing weaker and weaker.
He could only rely on some verbal jabs to buy himself a little more time.
With the amount of magic power released earlier, that guy Black Dragon must have sensed it.
He just needed to hold on until he arrived.
“You still dare call yourself a junior? Aren’t you ashamed? How about throwing away that Ice King Sword before saying something like that?!”
Xing Yao gave a teasing smile and immediately threw out a provocation.
“As if! Why do I feel like all you high-level guys are a bunch of old schemers?!”
White Lion shot back, feeling a wave of discomfort rise in his chest.
How should he put it?
The more he looked at Xing Yao, the more he felt this guy was way too similar to Black Dragon.
Just that extremely smug expression made him want to punch the man right in the face.
There was no other reason—the way this guy annoyed people was exactly the same as Black Dragon.
The only difference was that when Black Dragon faced him, he mostly dodged and rarely confronted him directly, while this Xing Yao showed him zero mercy.
White Lion knew that Xing Yao and Black Dragon were powerhouses on the same level.
Although Xing Yao was slightly weaker than Black Dragon, there was no denying that he was absolutely no match for this old monster.
What was even worse was that while White Lion’s magic power output continued to weaken, Xing Yao’s was slowly increasing.
This old bastard hadn’t used his full strength from the very beginning! He was clearly just playing around with him for fun!
White Lion gritted his teeth and glanced hesitantly at the Ice King Sword in his hand.
“You’re quite the cunning one,” Xing Yao continued increasing his magic power output while teasing White Lion.
“According to that old bastard Black Dragon, you’ve always been holding back. I’m quite curious—what exactly is the reason you never use the full power of your King Sword?”
After hearing this, White Lion’s face turned extremely ugly.
That bastard actually sold me out?!
Although he held a huge grudge against Black Dragon, it was usually just small squabbles. On important matters, he was still extremely loyal to him.
But he never expected to be sold out by the very person he was loyal to!
The moment the thought appeared, White Lion immediately rejected it.
As the person who had followed Black Dragon the longest and the earliest executive to join the Dark Organization, he knew Black Dragon’s character very well.
Therefore, this Xing Yao might also be part of Black Dragon’s plans—perhaps even one of the core members that even he didn’t know about.
“Are you still hesitating?”
Seeing no reaction from White Lion, Xing Yao spoke up proactively.
“You’re someone Black Dragon personally brought up, yet you don’t even have this much courage? In that case, let this old man broaden your horizons!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the intensity of the surrounding magic power surged several levels higher.
The oppressive pressure from the powerful magic nearly caused White Lion to lose his footing.
Boom, the entire roof of the office was blasted away.
White Lion watched in shock as Xing Yao’s body began to gradually shrink until he transformed into the height of a teenager.
“Open your eyes wide and watch carefully!”
The originally aged and majestic voice suddenly became quite youthful, similar in tone to Li Chi’s.
Xing Yao had actually transformed his body into that of a young boy!
“This… what exactly is—”
White Lion stared at the silver-haired youth floating in the air with spread wings, too shocked to speak coherently.
There were indeed spells in the magic world capable of temporarily altering one’s physique, but Xing Yao’s current state had nothing to do with those kinds of magic.
It looked more like… rejuvenation?!
No—at this moment, whether in terms of magic power or oppressive aura, Xing Yao had reached his peak state.
This was more like his true, long-suppressed form being fully unleashed!
Was this Xing Yao’s trump card?
But why would he use something like this just to deal with him?
Could it really be for teaching him, like he claimed? That was impossible!
White Lion gripped the hilt of the Ice King Sword tightly.
Even if it meant recalling that bone-deep pain again, he had to use the Ice King Sword’s power!
At that very moment, a loud and resounding voice came from the horizon, instantly halting the confrontation.
“Stop!”
It was Black Dragon! Black Dragon had finally arrived!
“Black Dragon! Why are you only showing up now!”
White Lion had completely exhausted his magic power in the earlier clash.
Using the last bit of his strength, he barely managed to stay upright by leaning on the Ice King Sword.
What the hell was this?!
Only after seeing Black Dragon did he get the chance to replenish his nearly depleted magic power.
Slowly standing up, White Lion looked at the black-armored figure floating in mid-air with some resentment.
With his backbone finally here, White Lion immediately regained his confidence.
He prepared to face the fully-powered Xing Yao together with Black Dragon.
However, what happened next completely exceeded his expectations.
Black Dragon descended from the air and landed right beside Xing Yao, who had just touched down.
“Bro, what the hell are you doing?! Not sleeping in the middle of the night, and instead coming here to mess with my subordinate?!”
“Huh?”
White Lion looked completely dumbfounded, unable to process the current situation for a moment.
“What do you mean I’m messing with your subordinate? Wasn’t it your subordinate who came looking for trouble on purpose?”
Xing Yao maintained his silver-haired youth form and looked at Black Dragon with some dissatisfaction.
“Wait, wait, wait!”
White Lion quickly stepped between the two, gesturing wildly.
“No way… are you two actually on good terms?! Shouldn’t you be fighting right now?!”
The silver-haired youth and the black-armored man both looked at White Lion as if he were an idiot and spoke in unison:
“Obviously. If we weren’t on good terms, could we be standing here talking peacefully?”
White Lion pointed at Xing Yao and questioned, “Then why the hell did you attack me for no reason?!”
Xing Yao rolled his eyes at White Lion before turning to Black Dragon.
“Black Dragon, your subordinate seems a bit slow upstairs. I made myself so clear earlier, yet he still doesn’t understand?”
“Didn’t I tell you before? This guy is quite interesting. Whenever someone of higher status speaks to him, no matter what they say, his brain automatically translates it into several different versions.”
Black Dragon replied with a laugh.
White Lion: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)？！！
He was furious. If Xing Yao weren’t present, he would have already thrown a punch at Black Dragon’s face.
So everything that Xing Yao said earlier was actually the truth!!!
So not only did you two know each other, but you even had a pretty good relationship!
Then what was the point of all my previous effort?! Was I just asking to suffer?!
After recounting everything to Black Dragon, the guy even had the mood to joke: “It counts as you being greedy, you little glutton.”
What greeted Black Dragon next was White Lion’s merciless iron fist.
With Black Dragon’s mediation, this baffling fight finally came to an end. The night returned to peace once again, and people continued to indulge in their beautiful dreams.