On a mountain peak where lava flowed across its surface, a clear depression could be seen halfway up the mountain. This had once been Misty Fortress, but now only a small section remained. The rest had either been vaporized by the solar flames or melted into lava.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Dry coughing came from within the depression. A female witch lay prone on the ground, her entire body charred black. Only half of her upper body remained; everything else had been burned to ash by the intense heat.
"This is... Edeline, Edeline?"
After calling out twice, the woman realized that the lump of charcoal twitching occasionally nearby was the Edeline she had been calling for.
"Are they... all dead?"
The woman quickly calmed down. She clutched her own throat and tightened her grip. With a crack, she crushed her neck, and the light in her pupils rapidly faded.
A few seconds later, a pale arm reached out from the corpse's back and braced itself against the ground.
Blood splattered as the woman crawled out of her own corpse. She was completely unharmed.
The sound of soles scorching against the ground came from nearby. The woman turned her head and saw a man in a long leather coat, holding a long blade.
"Moi Nora?"
The man holding the long blade spoke.
"Did you do this?"
"Looks like it. Carmen, your side can make its move now. I'm in Misty Valley. The witches here have been wiped out. Hurry. I don't want to fight an immortal enemy for too long."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, Moi Nora's bare eyes twitched.
Moi Nora was not exceptionally beautiful, but she possessed a very distinctive bearing. Unlike the cold, eerie feeling given off by other witches, she made people feel an unyielding strength, as if nothing