"Did we get in? Cough, cough--"
Reed coughed from choking, covered his mouth, and looked at the dust drifting through his vision. "There's so much dust here."
A hazy cloud of smoke and dust drifted through the sky like a dim fog, casting the entire world in a gray haze. Only the nearby surroundings were visible.
"Probably." He Ao nodded lightly, tucked the photograph into his pocket, and looked around at the dust.
But before he could finish speaking, a plume of smoke rushed out from behind him and enveloped him.
Yet his body seemed prepared. He instantly pulled away as though teleporting, then drew the long spear from his back, leaped up, and thrust it at the smoke.
The Crystal Spear Tip swept through the surging smoke, slicing open its surface as though piercing flesh and leaving behind a massive wound.
Dust like blood poured out of the smoke, spraying into the sky and mixing with the gray haze that filled the world.
"Roar--"
A violent howl came from within the smoke. Then, the cloud gathered together and formed a vague humanoid figure over ten meters tall, standing amid the gray fog.
He lowered his head, looked at He Ao, who had already landed, and let out an enraged roar.
"It looks like a child." Reed stared at the massive blurry humanoid and said hoarsely.
"It looks like the first child the 'ghost' burned to ashes." He Ao gripped Vestarra's Spear and watched the smoky figure.
From what had just happened, this figure's combat ability was no weaker than that of a D-Class Transcendent.
At that moment, a scorching wave of heat brushed across his cheek.
The more-than-ten-meter-tall shadowy humanoid seemed to sense something. Without hesitation, he retreated, preparing to flee.
At the same time, He Ao grabbed Reed