Invisible darkness shrouded the entire sky, and warped silence spread between the buildings.
Beyond the nearby buildings lay only a void, with none of the towering structures of a magnificent city.
This was not the real Aines City, but some Hidden Space concealed within Crevice Space, replicating certain features of Aines City.
The imposing, gray-haired Old Man swept his gaze across the dim surroundings before finally fixing it on the somewhat distorted shadowy figure before him.
Traces of yellow radiance had already spread from the distorted shadowy figure, wrapping around its body.
An extreme, suppressed malice overflowed from the humanoid figure, blanketing the Secret Space and the dim "buildings" around them.
A restless heartbeat sounded in the darkness.
It seemed to be the heartbeat of those towering buildings.
Twisted flesh grew from the gaps within the high-rises, shattering the surrounding glass and stretching out through the windows.
Warped malice spread over the buildings, making those cold structures seem alive as they underwent grotesque mutations.
The gray-haired Old Man watched everything, his gaze settling on the shadowy figure flickering with yellow radiance before him. He sighed softly. "Seeing what you look like, I should have thought of it sooner. Talent Sequence 255: Demon King."
He raised a hand slightly, and faint red radiance gathered at his fingertips. "The previous Demon King should have died during the Great Disaster Era. Did you obtain his Talent Sequence? When did you advance?"
"Berlik," the distorted shadow rasped. He stared at the gray-haired Old Man before him and smiled. "You should be more concerned about your own safety. Since you followed me into my domain, you should be prepared to die here."
Boom—
Accompanied by the shadowy figure's hoarse laughter, the surrounding buildings exploded. Enormous tentacles burst through them, and then the hundreds-of-meters-tall "high-rises" were