"Cough, cough."
Naturally, unlike the Silver Moon power that carried a slight warmth, breathing out the Corrupt Blood Mist made Shade feel as though his lungs and throat were being scorched. After confirming that the monster was truly dead this time, he coughed several more times. The people around him watched the scene nervously, afraid that he would open his mouth and "Dragon Roar" again, and assumed he was deliberately showing weakness.
Shade did not care what the others thought. He greeted Mr. Bernhardt in the distance, first retrieving the monster's final remains from the sea surface. Then, together with the Bloodkin Viscount, he turned into a streak of blood-red light and vanished over the sea.
The three members of the Dragon Devouring Order remained unconscious. After exchanging glances, the high-ring Bloodkin from the Blood Spirit School and the three people from the New Continent Mutual Aid Society also departed separately.
Almost the very next second after they disappeared, the Ring Arcanist Squad from the Dawn Church, which had been delayed for a moment by Mr. Bernhardt's Blood Mist, finally arrived at the beach. They did not immediately begin recording traces at the scene. Instead, they jointly cast various detection Thaumaturgies, confirming that the inexplicable chaotic battle on the beach had truly ended.
Only after confirming that it was safe did the full eleven-member squad end their investigation and approach the three unconscious people. But bad news soon arrived. The two whose right arms had exploded were already dead, their hearts shattered. As for the man whose face was covered by a partial layer of Black Dragon scales, he had actually vanished while the rising waves flooded his "corpse."
"Forget the one who escaped. His blood is still on the beach, and we can divine his whereabouts later. As for