“Impossible... How is it even possible for someone to move like that? How...? What on earth just happened?!” Onat’s mind reeled in absolute terror as he scrambled forward, his limbs trembling uncontrollably.He hoisted Negno’s limp body onto his shoulder, his fingers moving explicitly and with frantic precision across his martial brother’s chest and wrist to scan his internal condition and mana pathways.!!!“He isn't even severely injured! His internal mana flow was merely disrupted in that single microsecond, leaving him unconscious and temporarily rendered unable to fight... Those lightning-fast slices didn't even touch a single vital organ!” Onat realized with a shudder.Carrying Negno over his shoulder as blood slowly dripped onto the floorboards, Onat offered a quick, deeply respectful nod toward Melven and Zion. Without daring to utter another word, he and his two terrified companions began retreating as fast as their shaking legs could carry them.“Amazing... Just what are the

“Where is Zane? It has been quite a while since I last saw him! Also, seeing you here... we received dispatches that you guys went into the Heavenly Barrow, which was the very reason you were not present at the War at Springfield!” Mira said to Zion, her eyes sparkling with excitement as she hurled a barrage of rapid-fire questions at him.“Zane is also currently away on an mission,” Zion replied smoothly, a faint smirk touching his lips as he looked at her. “And indeed, we successfully survived the Heavenly Barrow.”“You are truly amazing! I am entirely certain now that you are exceptionally strong, and so is Zane,” Mira declared, leaning in slightly with an admiring look. “I cannot even discern your cultivation level anymore... Are you already standing at the Enlightened Realm at this point?!”She didn't even wait for a complete answer before continuing enthusiastically, “Forget about that for a moment—you really should have been at the war to witness Oasis! He was absolutely magnif

A few days later…The Eastern Sea — The Flying Fish PortIn a bustling coastal port situated along the eastern waters, the morning trade had given way to an unnerving stillness across the main market district. The usual din of hawkers, sailors, and traveling merchants suddenly died down as the ambient air turned heavy and suffocating.Right in the middle of a wide stone thoroughfare, a group of hooded, caped figures brought each other's tracks to an abrupt halt, locking the entire street in a tense, silent standoff.“Look over there... isn't that Yuri Tsurugi? Or perhaps I should address you as Yuri of the Scorching Scythe?” a man standing on the opposite side of the road called out, his voice smooth yet carrying a terrifying, bone-chilling weight.Yuri stood frozen in place beside Zane Bluemoon and Lancelot Bloodstone, his hands trembling violently beneath his dark traveling cloak as he stared at the four figures lined up directly across from them.“G-Greetings... Master Akuma Murama

Then, without even waiting to see what was about to happen or what forces were awakening, Merium moved! In a split second, she dashed from where she stood, leaving a crater in the cobblestones from her explosive launch. She hurtled forward with her right hand cocked back in a clawed posture, aiming straight for Zane’s throat!!!!“Lancelot!” Yuri bellowed in that exact moment, throwing his entire body into the path of the attack.BOOM—!Yuri’s scythe met her clawed hand, which was heavily laced with Enlightened aura! Another catastrophic shockwave erupted across the market district, blasting dust and debris outward. Yuri was pushed back several meters by the sheer physical impact, coming to a halt directly in front of Lancelot and Zane.“No... No... No...” Zane muttered low, his mind spiraling as his wild magical energy rippled violently across his skin.THUD!Without warning, a precise, heavy blow struck the back of Zane’s neck! Lancelot had stepped up behind him, delivering a swif

The four members all of them braced as they intensified their auras to shield themselves from this at that moment, as they realized the danger they were feeling within this barrier.The sheer, suffocating volume of heat surging through the space was so overwhelming that Akuma’s incoming dark tiger attack, a strike capable of obliterating entire mountain peaks, was scorched and consumed until it burned to absolute nothingness in mid-air.Yuri stood at the center of the roaring heat. His scythe, Kagetsura, was now significantly larger than it was earlier, its red-black metal expanding into a terrifying, colossal war scythe with a radiant, ethereal glow pulsing wildly along its razor-sharp edges.“Don't undermine me, Dawn Reapers. I am Yuri, and I am called the Scorching Scythe for a reason!” Yuri said at that moment. As he spoke those words, the raw resonance of his voice released another massive wave of crimson aura that rippled outward, forcing the air itself to distort and pop.Then,