The Raven Guard had been active in the Shadow Country for nearly three months.
During those three months, Night Shadow City had been strategically abandoned by the Raven Guard Legion after its location was exposed.
The Raven Guard's sixteen battle groups (with ten thousand men mixed into other legions) had also scattered throughout the Shadow Country, searching everywhere for traces of the Shadow Remnant.
Pairush, meanwhile, had remained in Plato's demiplane, secluded in cultivation as he broke through to the Eighth Tier Legendary realm.
However, he had successfully entered the ranks of Legendary Experts a month earlier.
Over the past month, Pairush had been operating in secret, relying on the strength advantage of a Legendary Expert to covertly investigate information about the Shadow Remnant.
To prevent himself from being exposed and alerting the Shadow Remnant that something was amiss, he had not even cooperated with the legion commanded by Marshal Hemingway.
Instead, relying on the special nature of Plato's demiplane, he had tracked the traces the Shadow Remnant had failed to clean up, based on the abnormal phenomena occurring throughout the Shadow Country.
Eventually, he found Thorned Shadow, a candidate for becoming the Shadow Dominator who had privately led the Shadow Legion out to perform sacrifices after failing to obtain a response from the Shadow Throne.
"Foolish."
Seeing Thorned Shadow killed by Shadow Weaver and hearing her mocking words, Pairush seemed to have been provoked.
He snorted coldly and controlled the raven feathers drifting within the Shadow Nest. Carrying a fierce killing intent, they pounced toward Shadow Weaver.
Shadow Weaver's twisted strands of hair suddenly came loose, transforming into countless threads that met the raven feathers flying toward her.
For a moment, raven feathers snapped and strands of hair fluttered down. The entire Shadow Nest was filled with chaotic, berserk