One day later, the wilderness outside Sin City.
Sin City, under the descent of Evernight, was shrouded in darkness—a blackness carrying bone-piercing cold, as though it could devour every shred of light, rather than merely the absence of it.
At Sin City's execution ground, the executioner who had just raised his butcher's blade suddenly froze. A fine layer of white frost spread over the blood that had yet to dry on its edge. The Redflame Armored Soldiers in the square instinctively looked up, their expressions changing drastically.
In the distant sky, a sliver of light had appeared—blood-red light—as a black torrent came rolling in.
It was neither cloud nor fog, but a "Demonic Cloud Tsunami" condensed from pure Demonic Energy. Wherever it passed, birds dropped from the sky, vegetation withered, and even the air was dyed ink-black, emitting sizzling corrosive sounds.
Within the demonic cloud, an enormous figure, like a Demon God, was slowly approaching.
Its steps were not fast, yet every one of them seemed to stamp upon everyone's heart.
The ground trembled faintly beneath its feet, splitting into web-like black cracks. The Demonic Energy seeping from those cracks actually condensed into tiny Demon Crystals within the gaps between the bricks.
"Is that... a Sky Demon?!" someone cried out, their teeth chattering.
That aura seemed to originate from the Demon Abyss, yet it was like an invisible sword, piercing through Sin City's defenses and driving straight into the depths of everyone's souls.
The slaughter at the execution ground finally came to a halt at that moment.
Whether they were the "suspects" awaiting the blade or the armored soldiers carrying out orders, all of them stood frozen in place, finding even breathing difficult.
Atop the southern gate tower, Zhuang Lou's already rigid corpse actually trembled faintly beneath that aura. The