Micheal inserted his spirit Qi into the scroll and crushed it.The world around him twisted instantly. A sharp pull dragged at his body, and for a moment everything went dark, no sound, no light, nothing at all.And then—Clang! Clang! Clang!“What sort of bad luck is this? And where the fuck is Micheal? At this rate, without help, we might die!” Aina’s voice entered his ears.There was fog all over the place and Micheal hadn’t even landed yet when he felt a dangerous attack coming straight at him.But his instincts reacted immediately. He twisted his body mid-air and cleanly dodged the incoming strike.“What the fuck?!” Micheal’s eyes widened at the sight in front of him.A massive cloudy being towered over them.The creature was made entirely of clouds, it was white and alive. It rained down attacks in waves at the twin and the area around them. Kaida and Aina were already engaged with it.Watching them fight, Micheal finally understood just how terrifying the twins were.The monst

The demon reacted quickly, swinging its scythe with force, but White raised its paw at the last possible moment and blocked the attack head-on.Clang!The collision rang out as both forces clashed, and for a brief moment they engaged in a brutal exchange of blows, but surprisingly, White began to dominate the fight, pushing Adrian back little by little, although it was clear that it would still take some time to completely bring him down.Micheal didn’t waste that opportunity.He immediately pulled away from the battlefield, leaving White and Adrian to continue their fight, and turned his attention toward the others.Kaida was now fighting one of the demons alone, and the moment Micheal saw her expression, he realized it was colder than anything he had ever seen before.Her eyes had turned completely white, and the temperature around her had dropped to a terrifying level, freezing the air itself, while the demon she was facing was clearly slowing down, its movements becoming sluggish

Gina and the rest looked at the three of them in confusion. They could clearly see the change in their expressions, and it was obvious that something was wrong, but none of them knew what it was.Micheal could also tell that they were starting to suspect something.If he was going to tell them, then he had to do it carefully, very carefully. He couldn’t allow anyone to panic or react in a way that would alert the trees.“Check the group, everyone,” Micheal said.Then he sent a message.Ageless: Be calm, everyone. I’m about to send a disturbing message in the group, but I need one thing from you all.Everyone stared at Micheal, who was standing right in front of them. They couldn’t understand why he was typing instead of speaking.Dinna: What’s wrong, Guild Leader?Ageless: Before I say what’s wrong, brace yourselves. The message is disturbing, and the last thing you should do is panic.Leo: I really don’t like how you’re sounding. It’s making me scared.Dango: Yeah… what’s wrong?Agel

Silence fell over the group.For a moment, no one spoke. Everyone stood there, stunned.Hiterl was really dead.Alex’s eyes turned red, and tears slipped down his face. This wasn’t like the deaths in Terminal 1. This was real. Coming to Asylum suddenly seemed like a terrible choice.They all had returning scrolls, but they had been warned not to use them until after a month—otherwise, they wouldn’t work. The scrolls were still grey, which really entailed that it wouldn't work. They hadn’t even spent up to twenty-four hours here, and someone was already dead. A month was going to be a very long and dangerous ride. Micheal clenched his fists, his gaze fixed on the watching trees. They seemed almost alive with satisfaction, as if they were rejoicing in the group’s pain.The twins looked at the group, unsure of what to say. The heavy, suffocating atmosphere left them at a loss.No one tried to speak.With quiet steps, the group turned and continued their journey into the desert.The lan

Micheal steadied himself and forced his breathing to slow down, knowing that rushing in blindly would only get him killed against an opponent like this.Instead of attacking recklessly again, he began to study the heretic carefully.He moved in and out using ASAAM, not aiming to land a decisive blow this time but attacking to probe the herectic. Each slash of his sword was controlled, each movement calculated. He paid close attention to how the heretic reacted, how its body bent and twisted in those unnatural ways to avoid every strike.At first, it seemed impossible to find any weakness.No matter how he attacked, the creature always dodged. Its body moved like it had no bones, folding and bending in ways that didn’t make sense, escaping even the closest attacks with ease.But the longer Micheal watched, the more he began to notice something.There was one thing that never changed.The eyes.No matter how much its body twisted, no matter the angle it bent, its eyes always stayed on