"Quickly, come in, let’s get out of here!"

...

As Lin Yi’s voice resonated within the great hall, the entire space felt as if it was on the verge of collapsing. A crack, as wide as a bowl, suddenly emerged in the courtyard:

"Crack!"

With a loud noise, the crack abruptly widened, instantly splitting the entire courtyard in two.

"Be careful!"

Zhang Xinying swiftly reacted, reaching out to grab the already stunned Ai Wen, quickly pulling her onto the steps.

At the same time, the artificial hill and the pool in the courtyard plummeted into the unfathomable rift, disappearing from sight.

Ai Wen, still in shock, stared at the scene in front of her, shivering with fear, and said:

"What’s happening?"

"What happened?"

Suddenly, the entire space began to shake violently, as if experiencing an unprecedented massive earthquake.

Guderian looked toward Lin Yi at the entrance of the great hall:

"Clan Leader, what is this?"

Only Guderian realized that this was definitely tied to Lin Yi and the mysterious man.

But in truth, Lin Yi himself didn’t know what was happening.

The mysterious man had disappeared without a trace after giving his instructions, as if he had never existed.

Lin Yi no longer expected any answers from him.

Lin Yi appeared outside the great hall, watching as the distant sky crumbled like a world-ending catastrophe.

The feeling was as if this entire space was somehow patched together piece by piece.

Now the adhesions were falling apart, and the space was on the brink of collapsing, replaced by an all-encompassing void.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, a group of bone dragons outside the great hall began to fly toward the sky in panic, roaring aimlessly.

However, when a bone dragon touched the dark sky, it instantly melted and vanished like ice and snow.

Guderian, witnessing this, let out a pained howl:

"No!!!" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

This horrifying scene left the two women and Lin Yi utterly stunned.

Lin Yi quickly regained his composure:

"Hurry, let’s go! Leave this place."

"Quick!!!"

Lin Yi pulled Zhang Xinying by her hand, and she, in turn, grabbed Ai Wen and reminded her:

"Hold tight."

The Jade Qilin leapt onto Lin Yi’s shoulder in a flash, clutching tightly to Lin Yi’s collar:

"Scared me half to death, let’s get out of here."

At that moment:

"Boom~" a deafening sound.

Above!

Lin Yi looked up to see the top of the great hall suddenly explode.

Large pieces of shattered debris and rubble hurled down toward them. Lin Yi frowned:

"Hmph!"

"Black Tortoise: Divine Power from Heaven"

The shadow of the Black Tortoise roared and appeared on Lin Yi, transforming into a giant shield that enveloped everyone:

"Bang bang bang~"

The debris rained upon the shield like a torrential storm, prompting Ai Wen to scream involuntarily:

"Ah!!"

"What’s happening?"

Lin Yi had no time to think about anything else.

It seemed that some unknown power was about to destroy this place, and Lin Yi didn’t want to vanish along with everything here.

After pulling Zhang Xinying along for a few steps, Lin Yi suddenly realized something was wrong. He stopped and turned to see Guderian standing in place, yelling:

"Elder Lian, follow me!"

As Guderian watched everything around him collapse, he remained unmoved by Lin Yi’s call, saying:

"Clan Leader, I entrust the Dragon Race to you."

"I probably won’t be able to accompany you to witness the rise of our Dragon Race."

Feeling Guderian’s fleeting regret and pain, Lin Yi gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Xinying:

"Take Ai Wen and go first, I’ll be right there."

Then Lin Yi pointed to the swirling vortex within the great hall:

"That’s the exit, go!"

Before Zhang Xinying could react, Lin Yi forcefully threw both Zhang Xinying and Ai Wen toward the exit.

Zhang Xinying watched as the entire great hall continued collapsing; the next moment, it could turn into ruins.

The next moment, Lin Yi could be swallowed by the suddenly appearing rift.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xinying looked at the increasingly distant Lin Yi in terror, shouting:

"Lin Yi!!"

Unfortunately, driven by the immense inertia, Zhang Xinying and Ai Wen were directly engulfed by the massive vortex.

Followed closely by the Jade Qilin:

"Master, I’ll wait for you outside, hurry up!"

Once Zhang Xinying, Ai Wen, and the Jade Qilin had left, Lin Yi finally relaxed and turned back to pull Guderian, without explaining:

"Go!!!"

At this moment, saving other members of the Dragon Race was impossible.

But Guderian, Lin Yi had to take with him.

Whether for his special identity or his immense power, he was indispensable to the Dragon Race now.

Lin Yi could not just watch him die here.

When Lin Yi grabbed Guderian’s hand concealed within his robe, he found it impossible to move him.

Meanwhile, one side of the great hall collapsed with a crash:

"Boom," the entire great hall crumbled, turning into ruins on the spot.

Yet Lin Yi and Guderian stood on the steps outside the great hall, narrowly escaping unharmed.

Luckily, the swirling vortex providing an exit remained unaffected, a rare stroke of fortune.

Relieved, Lin Yi was nonetheless filled with anxiety once more.

The crack that extended into the courtyard seemed to be expanding toward Lin Yi’s position.

Lin Yi knew he could delay no longer. Puzzled, he looked at Guderian, who shook off Lin Yi’s hand.

Guderian’s voice was filled with urgency and a trace of emotion:

"Clan Leader, go, don’t worry about me."

"I haven’t been able to leave here for a thousand years."

"I’ve signed a guardianship contract with this place; leaving means certain death."

It was only then that Lin Yi realized why Guderian refused to leave.

But if that was the case, why had the mysterious man asked him to take Guderian?

His words couldn’t have been aimless.

Contract!

Suddenly, a flash of realization hit Lin Yi:

"I figured it out."

Seeing the entire space nearing its ruin, Lin Yi said to Guderian:

"I have a way to take you out of here."

Under Guderian’s confused gaze, Lin Yi quickly opened the system, locating the panel for flying combat pets:

System: "Would you like to initiate a War Pet Contract with [Bone Dragon Guderian]?"

[Confirm][Cancel]

Without hesitation, Lin Yi said:

"Confirm!!!"

Guderian appeared shocked, receiving some sort of notification, and looked at Lin Yi:

"Clan Leader, you!"

At that moment, the crack in the courtyard, which had already ’swallowed’ most of its surroundings, began extending inward, reaching near the vortex.

Suddenly:

"Crack!!!"

The rift exploded open, revealing a bottomless void beneath.

Everything in the great hall was swallowed up instantly, disappearing into the void, while the vortex slowly sank into it.

Seeing this, Lin Yi quickly grabbed Guderian and shouted:

"Agree now!!!"

Then, with Guderian, Lin Yi jumped off just as the massive stone they stood on started to fall:

"Instant Teleportation"

When Lin Yi reappeared on the brink of the vortex about to vanish in the rift below, and still hadn’t received the system’s confirmation, he looked toward Guderian anxiously:

"Hurry up and agree!"

By now, Lin Yi could no longer control himself as he fell toward the vortex.

If he didn’t leave now, he didn’t know what would happen next and couldn’t choose to stay and take the risk.

This was the last chance to take Guderian out.

Just as half of Lin Yi’s body was already entering the vortex, the long-awaited system prompt finally sounded in his ear:

System: "Congratulations on acquiring the flying combat pet [Bone Dragon Guderian] Lv72 (Synchronized) (Sealed: Lv89/Unlock Pending)"

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