Outside the ancient red-tiled, domed building.
"Village Chief, they've all fallen asleep," Zhan Tu said.
At this moment, every villager of Rabbit Crown Village had gathered at the ancient building.
Without exception, every one of them wore a mask.
In the clearing outside the building, a bizarre black magic circle was surrounded by countless villagers.
The chief of Rabbit Crown Village stood in the center of the magic circle, gripping a blood-red longsword.
His gaze swept across the villagers as he said in an icy voice, "They possess divine artifacts—more than one. As long as we obtain even one, Rabbit Crown Village will reclaim its former glory."
"The cunning Flood Dragon Turtle Clan stripped us of our ability to use Divine Release. For all these years, we have endured humiliation and hidden in this forest, struggling to survive. What was it all for?"
"It was for the day when we could return to Myriad Volt City and reclaim everything the Rabbit Crown Clan had lost."
"Now, I will release the soul of the Rabbit Crown Clan's totem, allowing all of us to temporarily gain the power of Divine Release and seize the divine artifact tonight!"
With that, the chief of Rabbit Crown Village drove the blood-red longsword heavily into the ground at the center of the magic circle.
The instant the blade pierced the earth, the chief of Rabbit Crown Village removed his mask, revealing an utterly horrifying face.
His face resembled a toad covered in warts. As the mask came off, two feelers sprouted from the top of his head. Then, the clothes on his body suddenly burst apart, and he transformed into a monstrous creature with a frog's head and a rabbit's body, covered from head to toe in enormous black warts.
At the same time, the villagers