Gu Jianlin heard the violent pounding of his heart in his chest.
Like a drumbeat.
Except for the Vermilion Bird Clan, the stunning girl before him was probably the most fearsome adversary of his life, the ultimate nightmare of the human world for millennia, and indisputably the pinnacle among the Ancient Supremes.
Compared to the majority of the Ancient Supremes slumbering in the real world, Candle Dragon Venerable was the ultimate terror because she truly had the ability to live in the real world, her shadow present throughout history, and she was like an immensely powerful nuclear bomb capable of world destruction, God knows when she might be detonated.
Even though he, too, held the dignity of a Supreme, he was reluctant to face such an opponent.
Since their first encounter, he had been avoiding her for a long time.
If possible, he hoped to wait until he ascended to the Demigod Domain before meeting this Supreme again.
Unfortunately, there's no such thing as "if."
