Walking out of the portal was a man.He was tall, easily six feet, perhaps even a little taller standing a full head above Kai. His frame was broad and heavy with muscle, the kind of build that suggested someone who had fought countless battles.His skin had a rough bronze tone, and faint scars ran across his exposed arms. In one hand, he carried a massive machete-like blade, the weapon so large and thick it almost looked more like a butcher’s cleaver forged for giants rather than something meant for ordinary combat.The blade itself was strange.Its metal was dark and almost black, but faint streaks of silver energy crawled across it. Even without releasing any power, the weapon radiated a faint pressure that made the surrounding air tremble slightly.The moment the man stepped fully into Earth’s world, he stopped.Then his face twisted and his nose wrinkled as if he had just smelled something rotten.“Ugh…”He looked around slowly, his gaze sweeping across the barren land, the unst

The violent clash between the halberd and the massive machete sent shockwaves tearing through the dry land.Dust exploded outward in a circular wave as both weapons locked together in mid-air, metal grinding against metal with a harsh screech that echoed across the battlefield. The pressure generated by the collision compressed the surrounding air, and even several miles away the ground cracked slightly under the force.For a moment, the man froze and not out of fear but more out of surprise.A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he stared at Kai’s halberd holding his machete firmly in place. The strength behind Kai’s block had clearly exceeded his expectations.He had already sensed Kai’s cultivation level.Spirit Severing Realm.He was absolutely certain about it.Yet the strike he had just delivered contained almost a hundred percent of his strength. It wasn’t a casual swing or a testing strike. That attack had been powerful enough to cut through mountains, to split open earth, to

Kai’s halberd descended with unstoppable force.The weapon pierced through flesh and bone, the man who had been struggling with Emily’s whip suddenly froze.His hands were still gripping the whip wrapped around his neck, his muscles tensed as he was just about to yank Emily forward and crush her completely. But the moment Kai’s halberd struck, everything stopped.The blade of the halberd drove straight into his stomach.Not halfway or shallow but all the way through.The weapon punched through his abdomen with terrifying force, the metal edge bursting out from his back as blood sprayed outward. For a split second the invader’s body trembled violently, his eyes widening in disbelief as he looked down at the weapon buried deep inside him.Then... the energy erupted.The spiritual power contained within the Mountain Splitting Technique detonated like a bomb inside his body.BOOM!The explosion happened internally.The energy burst violently through his organs, tearing through his stomach

The following days were strangely peaceful.There were no terrifying beasts crawling out of the portal, no invaders appeared with murderous intent and no life-and-death battles forced them to gamble everything.Instead… the only chaos in that desolate land was Kai’s voice.His constant, dramatic, completely unnecessary screaming...“HELP! Someone save me! Two insane women are trying to assassinate me!”His voice echoed across the barren terrain almost every morning because Abigail and Emily had not forgiven him for mocking them... not even slightly.According to Kai, these past few days had been the most hellish experience of his entire cultivation life.He had fought beasts, had survived death and he had endured bone-breaking injuries but nothing, absolutely nothing compared to living with two angry women who carried weapons and grudges.At the current moment, Kai sat cross-legged near the barrier, looking like a man who had lost all hope in humanity.He sighed deeply, then louder a

Hearing this, the two ladies immediately frowned, well they had long gotten used to Kai’s unpredictable nature.One moment, he's serious enough to plan battles that could decide life and death and the next moment, he's acting like a shameless rogue who didn’t care about anything in the world. Still, this time his words clearly carried weight. If Zora had truly hidden something that could help them advance, then delaying would only put them at a disadvantage when the next wave of enemies arrived from the portal. The barren land outside the barrier stretched endlessly smd the chaotic spiritual currents drifted through the air brushing against their senses and making them slightly uncomfortable. “How exactly are we supposed to look for it?” Emily finally asked, her voice steady but laced with caution. She wasn’t afraid of fighting anymore, not after everything she had gone through, but this kind of uncertainty was different. Fighting an enemy meant there was something tangible to fa