Enemies Descend from the Heavens
At the southern edge of Yan Province, within an unnamed mountain range—whoosh—
A blazing streak of light dragged a long tail of flame behind it, brutally tearing through the clouds like a meteor from beyond the heavens before crashing down into a secluded valley.
Boom!
At once, thunderous detonations rang out in succession, shaking the mountains and earth as murky dust surged into the sky.
After a while, once the dust had settled.
The valley that had once been lush and green had been completely reduced to a thousand-meter expanse of charred black earth.
At the center of that scorched land lay a blazing-red impact crater, wholly melted through, continuously billowing green smoke and heat.
A gigantic flying sword of strange design stood embedded straight in the middle of the blazing crater.
The sword was three zhang wide and of immeasurable length, black and red from end to end and covered in savage spikes, constantly radiating a vicious, baleful aura.
Just then, a hunter dressed in coarse linen and carrying a hunting bow cautiously stepped into the blackened valley.
Drawn here by the tremendous commotion from before, his face was filled with shock and horror as he tried to find out what exactly had happened here.
Step~ Step~ Step~
After passing through the thick clouds of dust step by step and slowly reaching the edge of the crater, the hunter widened his eyes and froze in astonishment at the giant sword within.
Buzz!
At that moment, the black-red giant sword suddenly lit up with a brilliant mystical radiance, dyeing the surroundings in its glow.
Immediately afterward, a tall, burly figure stepped out of the dense mystical light, going from Etherealization to solidity in a single stride.
The man stood a full zhang tall. His wild