Dark clouds pressed upon the city, threatening to crush it!
As Asano Kiyoshi's Reishi emerged, a thick layer of clouds abruptly appeared over the skies of Sōkyoku Hill, which had been clear for miles just moments before. The dark clouds were like a massive, heavy stretch of ground that had been forcibly moved into the sky.
Within only a few breaths, the dense cloud layer devoured all sunlight, swallowing the once-bright, dazzling radiance into darkness. All that remained was an exquisite, silent gray that filled the entirety of Sōkyoku Hill.
And even transmitted through a Reishi Image, that terrifying presence still gave people an oppressive feeling like a natural disaster.
People involuntarily raised their heads to look at the terrifying dark clouds that nearly covered all of Sōkyoku Hill, swallowing hard without realizing it.
As for the Thunder Dragon charging toward Asano Kiyoshi, the instant the dark clouds appeared, it was as though some force had seized it and dragged it directly into the sky. Unable even to resist, it was assimilated by the terrifying spiritual pressure contained within the clouds!
Asano Kiyoshi looked at the stunned Yoshida Tomoya and said calmly, "If you admit defeat now, there is still time. At least you will not be hurt that way."
To be honest, Yoshida Tomoya's strength was so poor that even Asano Kiyoshi found it surprising. This man was probably no more than an ordinary Vice-Captain in terms of combat power.
Against Asano Kiyoshi, who could contend with an ordinary Captain-level opponent, they were not even on the same level. No wonder the nobles had chosen someone like him as acting Chief Kido Master. They had probably simply wanted a puppet they could control with ease.
And it was precisely because of this Chief Kido Master, controlled by the nobles,