The aura of death and despair suddenly surged into the sky. Endless black radiance burst forth, dyeing the entire land as black as raven feathers. Above that blackness—
In the blink of an eye, a dark curtain shrouded heaven and earth.
The King's shadow stood vaguely in the air, as though stepping from nothingness into reality. The shadow gradually became clearer.
Just as He descended.
Countless terrifying tombstones emerged in the sky once more, densely filling the field of vision like white wormholes.
"It's happening again!"
"So many? Why do these tombstones keep falling? It's like they'll never run out. How many are there?"
"If they keep descending, won't Sky City never see daylight again?!"
Everyone stared at the sky in horror.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As though a deadline had been agreed upon, the tombstones all erupted with terrifying black light and suddenly descended upon the city. Towers and Mansions stood throughout the city, while the crowds either hid or fled.
If those tombstones were allowed to fall, countless more people would be displaced and lose their lives!
Just then.
Boom!
All of a sudden.
Blade light flashed, slashing a crimson glow across the sky. That glow stretched endlessly outward. Upon closer inspection, it was actually blazing scarlet flame. The immense fire illuminated the sky above the city, while brilliant golden light spread through the fiery clouds, dazzling and resplendent.
The blade light swept outward from above Divine Fire Plaza, trembling three times in succession. Like a pair of slowly unfurling wings of fire, it drew all of Sky City beneath its protection.
Boom!
The fiery wings collided with the tombstones. Terrifying golden light rippled outward in a thousand waves, and flames surged into the heavens!
Crack!
In an instant, the flames swallowed every white tombstone in the sky. At