Time passed.
About ten minutes later.
The void opened, and a handsome, broad-shouldered man with an elegant bearing appeared on the wooden board. He was incredibly cool and stylish, yet modest rather than arrogant.
"Ha, you have no idea—huh?"
He'd been enthusiastically launching into his story, but abruptly shut his mouth.
There was no one else on the wooden board with him.
Gu Qingshan—
Had vanished without a trace.
The man's face filled with question marks as he looked around.
An endless sea stretched into the distance.
Boundless crimson reflected the pure white sky, lending it a faintly gloomy hue.
Not a living thing could be found anywhere in this world.
There was no trace of Gu Qingshan.
"Impossible... He can only stay in the Blood Sea and can't go to the real world yet..."
The man took out a keyboard and rapidly tapped its keys with both hands.
Rows of small blue words appeared in the air:
"You have activated an observation skill: Historical Observation."
"Location: Real World."
"Event: Events related to Gu Qingshan."
"—Teleport!"
With a whoosh, the man vanished from the Blood Sea.
Hidden World.
National Girls' High School.
Back Mountain.
Spells streaked across the sky in bursts of fiery light.
Roars rang out without pause.
Two afterimages raced through the forest, fleeing at full speed.
One of them called out:
"Hey, you seem pretty weak. Can you protect yourself?"
The other afterimage suddenly stopped.
Zhang Yinghao's voice followed. "Don't underestimate me. I couldn't use my full strength while fighting in the void."
"Fair enough." Crow drew his Thorn Sword. "Then protect yourself for now. I'm going on the offensive."
"Wait," Zhang Yinghao said.
"What?" Crow asked.
"We're only here to look for a sword. You're trying to kill those women?" Zhang Yinghao asked.
"I'm no