Vivid Demon Iron Monarch! Crimson lightning descended from the heavens, splitting apart and blasting open the Seger Huating Hall, where elites had gathered, exposing its steel framework like the bones of a giant laid bare.
The people in the open-air venue outside were startled, having no idea what had happened. The scene fell into chaos. No one could tell what was going on, and even the security personnel were bewildered. Fortunately, they were highly professional and promptly sounded the evacuation alarm while sending a request for aid to the Alliance.
"Contact the Alliance, now! Our Chief Tribal Council has been attacked!"
Though they were outside the Fixed Time Domain, at this distance, it would only take the Alliance's demigods fifteen minutes to arrive.
For the blacksmith of Sharp Tooth Peak, the time he could truly act would not exceed fifteen minutes.
But...
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
Red Lightning stretched for millions of miles like a dragon. The formerly clear sky was instantly covered in dark clouds, the world turned cold and gloomy, frigid winds cut to the bone, and violent sandstorms rose from the flat ground.
"Wuhahahaha—wahahahahaha!"
The cruel laughter of the Vivid Demon Iron Monarch, Karachia, echoed between heaven and earth. Everyone who was bleeding felt faint and collapsed. Their skin gradually lost its color, while streams of black fluid emerged from their bodies—the metal elements necessary for life, all reclaimed by Karachia.
"Who needs fifteen minutes?"
Li Aoz's voice rang out calmly amid the ruins.
He held a longsword resembling the Fate Awakening Sword in one hand, while his other hand reached into Karachia's mouth behind him, funneling the metal Karachia had absorbed continuously into the furnace in his chest.
The furnace within him blazed with fire. His heart became the most perfect forging hammer, pounding, striking, rolling, layering,