The sky trembled.
A rift split open above the firmament, black and unfathomably deep, like a passage leading into an endless abyss...
A figure
slowly rose within it.
It had the form of a skeleton. Blue flames danced where its eyes should have been. Behind it stretched a bleak, pitch-black sky, radiating an evil and terrifying aura.
The sky was gradually stained black until it was entirely shrouded in darkness.
"Is that... a King?!"
Su Qingying's teeth trembled as she looked up at the slowly emerging figure, terror spilling from her eyes.
"A King with the Dark Attribute once descended upon Tai City. It was sealed by the Undertaker Captain just before it could hatch. That case file was called King Offering Hell."
"And now, the King had learned its lesson. Rather than expose its lengthy hatching period to the public, it disguised itself as a B+ Class Aberrant and waited to catch us all in one trap..."
At that moment,
everyone present felt as though they had fallen into an ice cellar. Intense terror welled up in their hearts. The figure above was like the god of death lowering its head, sneering at humanity's weakness and ignorance.
Yet what it had not expected was that, after that brief terror, powerful fighting spirit suddenly erupted from among these weak humans.
A Pioneer charged boldly out of the crowd, the spear in his hand ringing sharply. He stared straight at the cunning King, his eyes blazing with battle intent.
"So what if you're a King? Do you think only Aberrants are evolving? Don't underestimate humanity!"
Boom—!
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurled the spear in his hand toward the Skeleton King's forehead.
The surrounding space trembled as blade-like currents surged through the air.
In response,
the King did not