Very quickly, the phantom arrived outside the rain clouds.
With a murmur in Demon Tongue, the phantom revealed its form.
It was a small demon, roughly the height of a human child. But by human standards of beauty, its face was nowhere near as adorable as a child's... Its face was covered in protruding blood vessels, making it look terrifying, while its snake-like pupils carried a cold, sinister air whenever one looked directly into them.
A pair of fluttering wings extended from its back. If they had been pure white feathers, it might have resembled one of the sacred messengers praised by the churches. Yet its wings were the same as its skin—ashen, blackened, and occasionally streaked with blood-red patterns. It was a classic heterodox style.
"Lord Nitotip, I have news to report." The small demon sent a message into the rain clouds.
Very soon, Nitotip's voice sounded from within the rain clouds. "So it is a Shadow Demon. Who sent you?"
"Lord Iyadase," the Shadow Demon said.
Within the rain clouds, Nitotip, positioned at the center, raised her brow. Iyadase had only just gone to the Void Giant Tower. How had it already sent word back?
Nitotip raised her head and looked toward the core area. She had not paid attention before, but now that she looked, she noticed something was amiss. Centered on the Void Giant Tower, a hazy dark light had appeared across a radius of several hundred meters.
Nitotip wanted to see what lay within the light and shadow, only to find that she could not probe it.
Had something happened to the Void Giant Tower? An ominous premonition suddenly rose within Nitotip.
"Come in." Nitotip's voice entered the Shadow Demon's ears.
The Shadow Demon immediately turned into a phantom and slipped into the rain clouds.