Chapter 379: The Dragon Claw That Intercepts Across Worlds

Baichuan reached out, and his now small dragon body directly pinched that Mysterious Finger Bone.

At the same time, in another world, Haiming—who had been flirting and playing with a charming maid in his clan—suddenly froze, utterly deaf to the cute, sweet maid's continuous calls beside his ear.

"Why do I feel this sense of fear…?"

He lowered his head, frowning. For some reason, in that instant, an uncontrollable wave of heart-pounding dread surged over him—the feeling that his most treasured possession was about to be taken from him!

Wait!

Could it be…?

He seemed to remember something, and at last his whole person finally sobered up from that decadent atmosphere.

Right—he wasn't a native being of this world, merely a passerby who had crossed over with the aid of a mysterious treasure. This sense of fear absolutely meant something had gone wrong with his treasure!

Still in the other world at this moment, an inexplicable dread welled up inside him, and he began calling out to the Mysterious Finger Bone without cease. He had no idea at all what would happen if the Mysterious Finger Bone on his main body's side had a problem, while his consciousness remained here!

If it were merely that he could never return, that would be fine—there were plenty of things to enjoy here. What he feared most was that without the Mysterious Finger Bone's protection, his consciousness and soul would suffer an enormous, hard-to-ignore catastrophe! At the same time, his original body might die and drag him down with it!

Overcome with terror, Haiming could no longer be bothered with enjoyment. Like one gone mad, he shouted and shrieked, bursting straight out the door.

This abnormal behavior instantly enraged the members of this extraordinary clan that stood high above the mortal world. One after another, figures radiating terrifying auras Burst forth from within the houses…

"Was I detected? Or does this bone possess a Spirit?"

Staring at the Mysterious Finger Bone that was nearly already grasped in his claw, Baichuan ignored the seemingly fear-emitting Mysterious Finger Bone, and with a look of having sensed something, gazed toward a certain direction in the void. He seemed to have already crossed that endless spatial distance and seen a soul, held back by his Demon Seal remnant, being rapidly pulled back by a mysterious force—but—

"I can't just let you return like this…"

After all, I'm still waiting for you to keep contributing to my erosion in the other world.

As Baichuan murmured, a hazy grey light quietly lit up in his dragon eyes, like a grey crescent moon. The next instant, his dragon claw quietly tightened, and the Moon Dream world shrouding Lan Hai Xing exerted its power.

A gaze that seemed able to see through all fluctuations of soul and consciousness fixed upon that segment of bone. At this moment, using the Mysterious Finger Bone as a medium, along with the near-omnipotent special nature within the dream world, he finally glimpsed a sliver of the passage spanning that unknown space—within it, a rice-grain-sized light was rapidly returning.

He extended his other free dragon claw, reaching out into the void ahead. In an instant, that fierce, razor-sharp claw seemed to pierce through something, and vanished directly into the air!

"Quick! Quick! Divine Bone, sir, a little faster!"

At the final moment, as his consciousness sank into slumber, Haiming looked at his shocked clan members and revealed a strange smile—one that seemed both superior, and bitter, and like a farewell…

At this point he no longer cared about any question of concealment or not. As long as the Divine Bone wasn't lost, there were worlds aplenty for him to traverse. But if the Divine Bone were lost, he would be nothing!

He didn't know how long had passed—perhaps only a second, or perhaps several years.

As darkness fell before his eyes, when Haiming's consciousness awoke once more, a brilliant grey light appeared before him.

"Have I returned?"

Subconsciously, this thought flashed through Haiming's mind, but the next instant he was shocked—he could feel that his body had vanished, and that he was in some incomprehensibly mysterious state.

"Perhaps this is the scene when I traverse…" In just a few breaths, the shocked Haiming reacted and murmured. But the next instant, doubt arose in him. "But why have I woken up mid-traverse this Time?"

Before he could continue thinking, a sound like something shattering drew his attention. His consciousness couldn't help but make a motion of looking up—and so—

He saw it—he saw a massive scale radiating a metallic sheen!

It was a claw! A beast claw of some unknown creature, a mysterious claw that blotted out the sky!

He swore he had never observed the specific form of this mysterious beast claw from such close range. The beast claw was so perfect—every inch of its scales seemed exquisitely crafted, radiating a sense of indestructibility. Countless scales layered over one another atop muscles stronger than metal and iron, and the sharp claw tips glinted with a terrifying sheen, as if nothing in the world could possibly withstand its grip.

But he would rather not have the honor of observing it from such close range! Because—

That mysterious beast claw had directly pierced through some obstruction, appearing within the passage of his traverse-and-return, and was reaching for him!

The target of this mysterious beast claw was him!

"No! No! Don't!!"

In that instant, he finally understood—the Divine Bone on his main body's side had definitely encountered a problem, and it was precisely the master of this mysterious beast claw before him!

Unfortunately, no matter how terrified he was, it was already too late. No person, no thing could help him—not even the Divine Bone he relied on!

The next instant, under his terrified, horrified gaze, he watched with his own eyes as that sky-covering beast claw flicked a finger, striking his consciousness dead-on.

Immediately Haiming suffered a heavy blow and let out a string of screams. Yet after a few breaths he realized—he hadn't died! The master of that beast claw hadn't intended to kill him, because he felt his traverse-and-return had been cut off. Not only that, he felt he was now heading back the way he came.

Intercepted by a mysterious beast claw, driven back to the world he had just traversed out of…

"Clan Head, what's happened to my Ming'er?"

Within the Li family compound on a towering mountain wreathed in mist, rich with immortal charm.

A tearful woman in splendid dress clutched her unconscious son, asking the Li clan head in confusion.

These were the original host's kin in the world Haiming had just been about to leave.

Yet in response to the woman's inquiry, the middle-aged man with a goatee—who had been watching from the side for a long while, periodically probing the condition within—also felt his heart filled with shock and uncertainty. By all reason, among the scions of their lofty, world-transcending clan, there should hardly be anyone capable of covertly harming them.

But the current situation…

Truly strange, truly strange…

"Boom—!"

Just then, a tremendous sound abruptly exploded—it was a startling thunderclap.

Lightning, like swimming snakes, ceaselessly darted through the clouds. The pitch-black, seemingly about-to-fall dark clouds piled up like the scales of some beast.

It seemed an omen of an extremely inauspicious portent!

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(End of this chapter)