"The Chi Long devours Dragon Qi. If you can lure Xu Yunfan to the arena, Penglai Pavilion is willing to provide the Nine Nether Cold Iron Chain to bind his feet."
The words were spoken by a figure that gradually emerged from the shadows. This emissary from Penglai Pavilion was shrouded in a cold, damp sea mist. Its skin was not human, but covered in fine, blue-black scales.
Though its facial structure was humanoid, gill-like slits extended from behind its ears down to its neck. As it breathed, they opened and closed, faintly revealing a crimson mucous membrane within.
Its ten knuckles were abnormally large, and its fingertips extended into sharp, translucent bone claws.
Most unsettling were its vertical pupils. A black line split the center of its golden irises, and when the pupils contracted, they reflected a distorted play of light and shadow, just like a snake's.
