Suddenly, the air above Eka's head vibrated violently.A sharp whistling sound pierced the night wind. A giant arrow made of a swirling vortex of pure Qi shot down from the sky, slamming into the asphalt right in the middle of the demons' front line.A bright blue energy explosion swept the highway, turning dozens of demons in front of Eka into dust particles in the blink of an eye.Incredible heat stung Eka's face. The shockwave from the explosion forced Eka to step back, his boots dragging across the muddy ground. The smell of burning ozone and scorched flesh instantly overpowered the sulfur stench of the monster pack. Eka's ears rang loudly, and his vision was filled with blinding flashes of light.Eka opened his eyes. The sound of rapid Qi artillery fire and elemental spells rained down upon the sea of demons before him.Sharp stone pillars shot up from beneath the asphalt, piercing the stomachs of scaled ape demons. Fireballs the size of millstones crashed into the wild dog packs

The enforcer with the scar across his cheek prepared to pull the trigger of his short machine gun. The tip of the weapon's barrel, which channeled bright blue Qi, was barely two hand-spans from Sopian's chest. Behind the muscular young man, Rahayu stood deathly pale, gripping the back of Sopian's shirt with trembling hands. In another corner of the cramped tent, the enforcer's two subordinates also cocked their rifles. The muzzles of the makeshift weapons were pointed straight at the heads of Bara and Old Man Thomas, who was still lying weakly on top of the wet cardboard mat. Sopian ground his teeth hard. The veins on his neck and arms bulged out. He gripped the handle of his sledgehammer, ready to swing the dozens-of-kilograms-heavy iron to crush the skull of the man in front of him. Sopian didn't care at all if the Qi bullets would tear his heart out, as long as he could kill the bastards threatening Eka's family. Howe

The morning wind carried the smell of urine and rust. The sound of a whipping strike rang out sharply, hitting the back of a middle-aged man until he collapsed into a mud puddle. "Keep moving, you lower-caste dog. Do not slow down." A neatly uniformed guard yelled. The guard kicked the man's ribs with his steel boots, forcing the refugee group to resume walking. Eka glared at the guard with eyes as cold as a glacier. His hand itched to draw the God-Slaying Sword to separate the guard's head from his neck. But his brain suppressed that instinct. Rahayu, Eka's mother, walked trembling while clinging to Old Man Thomas's arm. Behind them, Maya's mother and four other civilians dragged their feet. The atmosphere outside the western wall heading to the North Sector was filled with muffled sobs and pure despair. The camp guards locked the giant steel gates behind them with a heavy thud. The North Sector now lay before their eyes, filled with thick volcanic fog and a nauseating sulfur sten

The cold wind swept away the remaining volcanic fog outside the western wall. The sound of hungry snorts from a D-Rank Demon pack began to echo from the dead forest just a few hundred meters away.Aris turned his head, staring at the tightly closed steel gate. His jaw clenched. He glanced at the dirty cloth sack filled with hundreds of Spirit Runes guarded by Bara. That harvest was their blood and sweat. Those energy stones were the key to strengthening their group's foundation and securing decent food rations inside the camp."Eighty percent," Aris whispered. His voice trembled holding back his anger. He glared up at the top of the wall, looking right at the guard commander who was still aiming his crossbow. "You are extorting us after we cleared the North Sector for you?"The commander chuckled softly from up there. His voice echoed and bounced off the concrete walls."Just consider it the rental fee for this steel wall, Hunter," the man mocked. "If you have an objection, feel free

The morning air in the North Sector felt suffocating. Thick volcanic fog mixed with the metallic smell of blood and sulfur blanketed the battlefield. Outside the tightly closed steel gates of Camp Bogor, the four betrayed Hunters fought desperately against the wave of mutant demons. Eka was cornered. His back slammed against a large boulder extremely hard. In front of him, a Golden Horned Wolf Demon pressed down on his God-Slaying Sword. The thick, bone-plated armor on the creature's chest scraped against Eka's sword blade, creating an ear-piercing metallic screech. The demon's venomous saliva dripped, burning the asphalt right near the tip of Eka's boots. "Eka." Sopian screamed hysterically from twenty meters away. The muscular young man swung his sledgehammer blindly, trying to break through the encirclement of five mutant demons holding him back. "Get out of the way, you bastards." Sopian roared. His hammer crushed a de