The train sped across the lake, and the passengers by the right-side windows had their eyes drawn to the sight in the sky.
Recently, the starlight had been especially abundant, but for the first time, something had broken into the Main World's gale layer. The Immortal Spiritual Qi reacted with rejection, forming winding, twisted energy currents.
At an academy in a prosperous city.
The students were in class. Among them, a young girl absentmindedly gazed out the window. Outside, a light breeze made the leaves sway, flipping up their silvery undersides. The wind blew strands of hair across her face. As though she had recalled something amusing, the corners of her lips curled into a smile, but she soon became confused, having heard none of what the teacher said.
From the corner of her eye, she vaguely caught sight of something. Raising her head toward the heavens, she saw spiral-shaped fan clouds high in the sky.
What was that?
A shrill air-raid siren tore through the peace. At the same time, pillars of energy rose throughout the city, forming a hemispherical Defense Formation that covered the city high above. The terrifying monster's roars and howls shook the ears, and someone shouted, "Chaos God-Demon!"
The girl froze. If it truly was a Chaos God-Demon, didn't that mean the Void's defenses had failed? The heavenly forces responsible for defending it...
The roar came to an abrupt halt.
Branches and vines pierced through the monster, and azure immortal qi brimming with Life Aura slew the Chaos God-Demon.
The Empire's humans and demon beasts were very familiar with that aura.
The Divine Tree had acted. The rumors had indeed been true—the Divine Tree had always been an unparalleled expert hiding in low profile, acting with clean, decisive efficiency.
Mu coldly shredded the Chaos God-Demon,