"Mm." Lin Qiye nodded slightly and pointed at the two Corpse Beasts rampaging through the distant city. "Kill them."
"Yes."
The three caregivers of the "Boundless" realm shot out at the same time, charging fiercely toward the two distant Corpse Beasts.
Lin Qiye had already carefully sensed the situation. Every Corpse Beast that had descended here was in the "Boundless" realm. With three against two, their destruction was already certain. The reason he did not act personally was that he had something more important to do.
Lin Qiye stood in the air, looking down at the ruined city below as he rapidly flipped through the forbidden spell codex Merlin had left behind in his mind.
At last, his gaze settled on one of the forbidden spells.
He took a deep breath, placed his hand on the hilt of Zhanbai, and forcefully drew it from its sheath.
He raised the blade and slowly traced patterns through the air over the ruined city below. At the same time, a hint of night flowed from the blade marks.
Blade marks were the brush, and night was the ink.
Under the strokes of this long blade that ignored distance, a massive and intricate Magic Array was gradually taking shape in the center of Osaka.
Mount Fuji.
Pure white snow blanketed the pitch-black mountain. Four figures braved the biting wind as they slowly but resolutely made their way toward the summit.
Paper cranes filled the sky above them, circling the mountain and continuously wheeling through the air as though searching for something.
Hoshimi Shota was wrapped in thick climbing gear. He exhaled a cloud of white mist, then stopped and looked back.
Through the hazy clouds, they could vaguely see thick smoke rising and flames leaping throughout the distant city below. Standing atop this