Vincenzo secretly glanced toward the group seated a short distance away. They appeared ordinary enough, but he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with them. For people gathered in a place like this, they all seemed unusually serious.Especially the handsome man on the right.The man drank casually, his posture loose and relaxed, looking completely at ease. Yet for some reason, Vincenzo couldn't pinpoint why something about him felt off.Then one of the dancers approached the handsome man.His eyes immediately wandered over her body with undisguised lust. Pulling her onto his lap, he openly began engaging in indecent behavior with her, showing not the slightest concern for the people around him.Vincenzo chuckled inwardly.He couldn't believe he had actually been suspicious of someone like that. The last trace of caution in his mind faded away.Turning his attention to the ordinary-looking man sitting opposite him, he initiated contact through spiritual energy communic

Each step carried suffocating pressure.The surrounding members of the Church of Sorrows unconsciously retreated, their instincts screaming at them to get away.Samuel's killing intent spread through the forest like invisible blades, slicing through the air and pressing down on everyone present.He was ready to end everything right there.But suddenly, Kuvic pulled out a strange crystal glowing with silver light.Samuel's pupils contracted.Kuvic immediately grabbed both Vincenzo and Sarena.Samuel moved instantly.BOOM!The ground beneath him exploded apart, sending dirt and shattered stone flying in every direction.His figure vanished so quickly it looked as though he had teleported.In the next instant, he appeared directly before them, his sword already descending with enough force to split the earth.But he was too late.Crack.Kuvic crushed the crystal.Space twisted violently.Silver light erupted outward as the surrounding air folded in on itself.Sarena met Samuel's gaze and

“According to those same laws,” he said calmly, “in desperate times, desperate measures are permitted. Even if the laws themselves must be broken.”His eyes turned cold.“So stop struggling.”“It’ll hurt less.”“I’ll never let you kill me so easily!” one of the Half-Step Ancestors roared.BOOM!His aura erupted violently as he began burning his life force.“No!” Cain’s expression changed instantly. “Don’t burn it! That’s what we need!”The others immediately understood his intentions.One after another, terrifying auras exploded outward as they prepared to destroy themselves rather than become sacrifices.“Damn it!” Cain roared.Leon moved at the same instant.The combined pressure of both men descended like the heavens collapsing.Space itself twisted and groaned beneath the unbearable weight.The struggling experts screamed as an invisible force crushed them from every direction. Their bodies were forcibly dragged together and compressed into a single point. Bones shattered with sic

Kuvic and the Goatee Grand Elder walked side by side along the quiet path."My lord, are you alright?" the Goatee Elder asked carefully, glancing at him."Yeah... don't worry. I was just shocked that he actually attacked at that moment and couldn't react in time. Normally, he's no match for me," Kuvic replied.It was the only excuse he could come up with to save face."That's true. I was shocked as well," the Goatee Elder agreed with a nod."When is the next gathering going to be? It was announced last time that the Church of Sorrows was making a major move and that more details would be revealed soon."Kuvic paused.He no longer had any intention of announcing the grand plan, especially after what had happened yesterday.How would the members of the Church of Sorrows react when they learned that nearly all the powerful figures within the church had been slaughtered by their own two ancestors?Now, he was the only person above the Seventh Level of the Golden Core Realm, or Grandmaster

Sarena swallowed hard as she watched them being dismantled with terrifying ease.But Kuvic showed no fear.A twisted grin spread across his face as he secretly unlocked the covered cage and yanked away the black cloth.The massive golden cage rattled violently.Then something stepped out.Samuel's expression sharpened the instant he saw it.The creature looked like a chimera stitched together from a mountain of human body parts. Arms, legs, torsos, skulls, and screaming faces fused into one grotesque humanoid mass. Flesh pulsed across its gigantic frame like living worms writhing beneath the skin. Countless mouths twitched and muttered incoherent cries while bloodshot eyes blinked from random places across its body.And unlike the Sorrowborne Hydras Samuel had encountered before, this one was colossal."A Sorrowborne Hydra..." Samuel frowned."No!" Kuvic burst into laughter. "This is not just a Sorrowborne Hydra. This is the King Sorrowborne Hydra!"ROOOOOARRRR!The roar crashed acros