Four pillars of light crossed high in the sky, their immense power piercing through the Void as though breaking free from the space of the Myriad Worlds Continent and establishing contact with some unknown existence.
The five below looked solemnly toward the air. The overwhelming pressure made the entire forest howl as fierce winds rose, dark power ran wild, and all of it gathered toward the sky.
A swirling spatial vortex appeared, and thunder, accompanied by terrifying energy, poured down. All five had seen such a scene before—it was the spatial gateway through which experts from other worlds descended upon the Myriad Worlds Continent. The only difference was that no one's arrival had ever been so earth-shaking.
Because... the being about to descend was not human.
A deep, demonic voice seemed to rise from the infernal depths, yet it carried the majesty of a god looking down upon the ants of the mortal world!
Kyo Kusanagi, who bore the brunt of it, was stunned by that demonic voice, and his mind briefly went blank. He stared dazedly at the spatial gateway in the sky, where the phantom of a man emerged. It was like an impossibly towering divine mountain, stirring an uncontrollable urge within him to kneel in worship!
It was not only him. Beside him, the three Gold Saints were likewise cowed by the demonic voice. Combined with the terrifying Pressure Seal emanating from the sky, every one of them wore an incomparably grim, ashen expression.
Beyond them, the other creatures throughout the Dark Forest fared even worse. The moment the demonic voice arose, they all collapsed to the ground. Trembling violently, they prostrated themselves in utter submission, like ants willingly awaiting divine judgment!
The Myriad Worlds Continent was rich in resources and naturally inhabited by living creatures and