The appearance of the enormous vortex had completely caught Toby off guard, and it filled him with unease.
Given the vortex's terrifying scale, no one knew what changes it might bring. Whether or not he could handle the trouble it caused, Toby still believed that getting as far away from it as possible was the best choice for now.
With the griffin's speed, Toby was confident he could break through the blockade, shake off the Demonic Beasts before him, and reach his target directly.
Once he reclaimed the territory occupied by the Extreme Grudge Intent, the Demonic Beasts in the void—the terrifying disasters themselves—would no longer be obstacles. Instead, they would become his aid.
Within the Heart House, Toby had often ignored powerful Demonic Beasts pursuing him and gone straight for the target. That was precisely why he made this choice.
Rather than confronting an unknown calamity head-on, he would go around it, shake it off, and prioritize completing his objective.
Toby did exactly that. At first, everything unfolded just as he had imagined. The densely packed Demonic Beasts could not stop him at all. With flames capable of scorching space itself and unparalleled speed, Toby quickly broke through the obstacles and sped toward his final target, leaving dust in his wake.
However, the unexpected still came.
From within that unprecedented gigantic vortex, a massive shadow slowly crawled out. It too had the shape of a Demonic Beast, but its body was incomparably enormous, and the aura of power it gave off was beyond anything the other Demonic Beasts could compare with!
More importantly, this Demonic Beast was incredibly fast—faster even than Toby's griffin form!
Although Toby had already fled far ahead, the creature caught up to him in the blink of an eye and blocked his path.
Toby stared