The King of Black Fog

"Hmm!" Li Qianxia nodded.

The Turquoise Pool gathered her long hair trailing down to her ankles at the back of her head, and agilely jumped into the basket made of solid ice, saying at the same time:

"This time he's really turned into a child, later we must tease him well!"

The double-headed Black Flame Dragon rose from the ground, everyone looked towards the Abyss above, opening long-closed eyes.

It started snowing.

The snowflakes drifting down formed words in the firelight of the double-headed Black Flame Dragon's four eyes.

[Side Mission Triggered: Face the Darkness]

Snowflakes fell one by one, like the static of an old black-and-white television.

[Mission Content: Bring Li Changzhou Back]

[Note: Christie in "Death on the Nile" said, "People often speak of youth as the happiest time of life, how absurd — people are actually most vulnerable when they're young." Ten-year-old Li Changzhou, not vulnerable at all!]

The surrounding darkness was as thick as liquid.

"What does this mean?" The Turquoise Pool said, "Will he strike us?"

"No." Li Qianxia shook her head, "But my brother might not want his mental age to revert to twenty, ten-year-old him was quite extreme, and arrogant, viewing introspection at twenty as a sign of weakness."

The Black Flame Dragon climbed along the cliff walls.

After a moment of silence, Yang Qinglan said: "Is it because of your parents?"

"... Partially, I guess, my brother never really looked up to... them, those two were already rotten people by the time we were very young."

"Then how did your brother turn around later?" The Turquoise Pool asked.

"Don't make it sound like my brother had a disease." Li Qianxia refuted, with a tone of discontent.

The Turquoise Pool hurriedly said: "Sorry, I didn't mean that, it just slipped out."

This was the first time in her life she rushed to explain something.

"Mm." Li Qianxia responded with a sound, continuing, "Probably because of our grandparents, when grandmother died, she asked me to take good care of my brother; when grandfather died, he asked my brother to look after me."

"So," Yang Qinglan said, "your brother's extreme personality from a young age didn't directly relate to family ties, but parents were just a trigger?"

"There was direct influence, if not for our grandparents and me, my brother now, on the outside, wouldn't look different from a normal person, but inside he'd definitely be the same as when he was ten, but because of our grandparents and me, he became who he is now."

Yang Qinglan nodded thoughtfully.

Si looked at them, saying: "I think what we should discuss now is how to subdue him with force, psychological issues that have no impact on the outcome of the battle can be dealt with after the mission."

Everyone remained silent for a moment.

"Use the way to deal with the 'White Light Divine Sword' on him?" Si asked again.

"What if he wraps himself in a black box?" Li Qianxia countered.

'Great Power - Black Flame Dragon' was trapped by Li Changzhou using a black box.

Apart from the 'White Light Divine Sword', there's currently nothing else that can dispel the 'Great Power' of darkness, but the 'White Light Divine Sword' is inside a monster and also in the deceleration zone of the 'Extreme Cold Ice Sword', making it inaccessible in the short run.

"He's not a monster, he can't harm me, if I go up to him, and he... no." The Turquoise Pool denied her own suggestion.

Li Changzhou can't harm her, but he can trap her, as for close combat...

"Do you have any ideas?" The Turquoise Pool asked Yang Qinglan.

Yang Qinglan said: "The 'Great Power' in Changzhou is not much, he can only use 'Darkness' and 'Life and Death Separation.'"

"A reminder," Li Qianxia interjected, "I'm sure I'll be fine, my brother won't take the initiative to strike you, but if you strike him first... he might strike back!"

Yang Qinglan opened her mouth to say something, but in the end, she swallowed the words.

She seemed slightly irritated, forcing herself to remain rational: "We can ally with the Angels."

"Ally with the Angels?!"