After a dizzying, soul-shaking passage, several figures appeared in the void and were flung away by an invisible force. All of them were extraordinarily powerful, and they swiftly steadied themselves.
A new environment lay before them. They stood atop a cliff—or, more precisely, at the edge of an island. Several similar islands floated in the distance, suspended in midair, with white mist drifting between them.
It was likewise a vast expanse with almost no gravity. On the contrary, the buoyancy in the air was considerable. Yet the light around them was dim, the sky gloomy, as though a "sun" had been completely obscured by dark clouds.
Clearly, they had successfully passed through the Blazing White Path and escaped the Land of Bewilderment.
Of the original thirteen, only eight remained. Yet no one mentioned the two Devil Emperors whom Koresha had drained dry of life force. Here and now, "survival" was the greatest keyword. Besides, this team had been nothing more than a temporary alliance formed for mutual benefit.
By this point, everyone knew perfectly well that Koresha had assembled this team not merely to gather strength and improve the odds of completing the mission. One of her purposes had also been to keep her teammates penned up as "food."
Of course, those who had joined the team were all shrewd people, each harboring their own schemes. Take the previous Land of Bewilderment, for instance. Leaving aside the fact that refusing to join would have invited Koresha's poisonous hand, there was also the Blazing White Path. Without Koresha, those Devil Emperors could hardly have crossed it; even surviving in that space would have been a major problem. Relying on the strong was their best way out. As for the Kingdom-level powerhouses, they were more inclined to watch the situation unfold, using