With a wave of Ang's hand, a Light Bomb shot into the air. Its brilliant glow tore through the darkness like a miniature sun, illuminating the ruins that had been shrouded in shadow. The instant the intense light pierced the darkness, the soldiers craned their necks to peer into the bottom of the enormous pit, eager to see what was there.
However, just as everyone was looking on curiously, one soldier suddenly let out a piercing scream. The shrill, terrified sound made everyone instinctively retreat, and some nearly dropped their weapons.
"Pull him back!" Ang ordered swiftly, his gaze cold. He motioned for the nearby soldiers to help the screaming soldier to the rear to rest. The man's face was deathly pale, cold sweat streamed down his forehead, and his lips trembled nonstop, as though he had just experienced something utterly horrifying. Ang's eyes narrowed as he followed the soldier's previous line of sight toward the bottom of the pit.
A twisted, horrifying figure was curled up at the bottom. Its black, hollow eyes stared unblinkingly at Ang, filled with a chilling cold that made one's heart tremble. Ang understood at once that the soldier had met the monster's gaze and been struck by its lingering mental power.
The monster was not dead yet!
Ang's expression grew even grimmer as he carefully observed the monster in the pit. Its limbs had been blown off, the severed stumps charred black, with faint wisps of smoke still rising from the burned flesh. Its once-proud curved horns had been reduced to a single shattered remnant, while the other had broken off and lay among a pile of rubble nearby. Its entire body was a ghastly sight, as if it had endured torture from hell itself, yet its eyes still gleamed with unwillingness, proving