"We had underestimated the cost of war..."
Marcia, Marquis Qiyu Mountain, Roar Lion Marquis, Qian Ye, and the two other equally powerful marquis lords all spoke with deep sighs.
"Actually, before I first went to the Sky Barren World to meet Baili Qingfeng, I specifically went to the Cavemen World to investigate him. The cavemen called him 'the nightmare of the awakened, the shadow that blots out the sun, the death knell, unstoppable, invincible, undying and imperishable.' But those words were simply too exaggerated, almost as though they were praising a true god, so... I never took them to heart. But now, it seems..."
The legendary Marcia spoke bitterly.
"I once received rumors about him from the intelligence personnel as well. They said that 'wherever his gaze falls, flames burn; wherever his sword points, life wails. He possesses a divine art that can turn everything into nothingness. When he truly descends in anger, he will eclipse the light of the sun. Such vastness, such terror—no life that faces him directly can survive...'"
As Marquis Qiyu Mountain spoke, his gaze turned toward the Imperial Palace of the Constellation Empire in the distance.
Flames were burning, and life was wailing.
The light that eclipsed the sun had robbed an unknown number of City of Stars citizens of their sight. An unknown number of lives that had stared directly at his divine might had been reduced to ashes.
Even now, every scene that had just unfolded felt like a nightmare—a nightmare they were clearly awake in, yet unwilling to accept.
Rolling black clouds had blotted out the sky, like the shadow of death.
And the explosions that had stripped away all sound had rung the death knell of the Constellation Empire again and again...
"The Intelligence Department didn't lie to me... This is