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Chapter 299 — The Devourer King’s Shadow
Author: Miss Meadows
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The molten corridors of the Eternal Citadel stretched endlessly, pulsating with ancient energy older than the Celestial Frontier itself. Golden light refracted through crystalline towers, molten rivers flowing in impossible patterns, yet amidst this grand spectacle, Lin Dong felt a chill—a void unlike the fire surrounding him. Even the Eternal Hammer, blazing with the Emperor’s Core, trembled slightly, as if sensing something foreign creeping through the Nine Flames.

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